inthecosmets

Member Since: January 22, 2016

Reviews

Coastal Scents styleEYES Palette Trio

My overall rating

Recommended? You Betcha!

On: January 22, 2016

I recieved a sample from the glamour eyes palette in my December Birchbox and instantly fell in love with the eyeshadows. With one swipe the colour payoff was incredible and absolutely stunning. I gave them a test run and indeed decided I needed to spend all my birchbox points on them.

All three were designed for specific ossasions, have a mirror in the middle and are great sizes for travel. They have wondeful colour payoff as well. I did not use a primer with the glamourEYES colours yet they stayed in place all day without smudging, creasing or fading. How they created them to be like so is byond me but these are definitely my favourite eye palettes right now. The only bad things I have to say are that the mattes are not noticeable unless you do use a primer, but the shimmers are true to colour. The mirror is great for travel but I feel they should have put it on the flip up part and given you some more shadows.

First is the socialEYES palette which is full of deep neutrals for everyday looks. This one is a great neutral palette, and the colours go of flawlessly.

Second is the formalEyes palette that offers lovely nudes and rosy pinks for a night out. This one I am not too keen on, the first shadow and fourth shadow were REALLY hard to swatch and see. the secon one if you put a few layers it is quite pretty and I love the fifth colour but the rest are just ok at best to me.

Third (and my personal favourite) is glamourEYES which contains dramatic, bold colours for special occasions and fun, colourful expression. Can we just look at that black swatch right there, I mean how BEAUTFUL is that? It is by far the best black shadow I have ever owned and that was just one swipe. The only one in this palette that doesn't go on too well is ythe second colour(orange).

Pros:

Amazing colour payoff
Last all day
Do not crease
Little bit goes a long way
Blend beautifully

Cons:

Mirror takes up most of the palette, I feel they should have given you more shadow
Mattes need a primer in order to show
3 of the shadows are barely visible

I definitely would reccomend this palette, it is amazing quality, specially for the price. It is not available on the Coastal Scents site yet but you can buy these from Canadian Birchbox for $39.95 CAD or American Birchbox for $25 USD

OR if you only want one of them you can pick an individual palette here> American Birchbox for $12 USD or here>Canadian Birchbox for $16 USD.

**IF YOU DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO BIRCHBOX YOU CAN STILL PURCHASE FROM THEIR STORE** -

KVD Vegan Beauty Tattoo Liner

My overall rating

Recommended? You Betcha!

On: January 22, 2016

Kat Von D’s products have never ceased to amaze me. They always prove to be of great quality and do exactly what is claimed all while being free of animal-derived ingredients and cruelty-free. Bear with me this post is long but I promise it to be highly informative.

KVDs liquid tattoo liner is no different, it is the holy grail of all liquid liners... no joke you can not be disappinted with this product. I used to like to switch it up between a few brands and hated felt tip liners but this product has changed all that. I rarely use any other black liner than this and unlike most felt tip liners it does not fray.

The innovative marker-like design makes it really use to use for an effortless and precise application. I must admit I struggled with getting a good wing before, up until this product it would take me 3 or 4 tries, ruining all my eyeshadow and a good 15 minutes just to get them even and ok. Now that I use this liner my wings are done and perfectly pointed in the first try, it really is an amazing product and perfect for anyone from beginners to professionals.

Here is a swatch of the liner, as you can see it is highly pigmented. The claims on it is that it “waterproof liner that stays put all day for a fade-, melt-, crack-, and run-resistant finish.” This is why it has taken me so long to do a blog on this product, I needed to put all of these claims to a test and they are completely accurate. I put it on at 7am and don’t take my makeup off until 8 pm after the little one is gone to sleep and it looks the exact same at 8pm as it did right after I put it on. No cracks, no fading, no missing wing tips, no smudges, it looks just as perfect. The one claim that is on the edge is it’s water resistant. Is it water resistant? Yes it will withstand water without fading or running IF you do not tear at your eyes, rub them excessively or any of that. I can show with this liner on and as long as I don’t touch my eyes my mascara is everywhere but this liner is not (yes I did try). So to me it is waterproof but to those who are always at their eyes might say otherwise.
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A feature some people love and other may not like is how fast it dries, and being as great of a product that it is you have to get your mistakes (if any) right away, ELFs makeup remover pen is GREAT for quickly fixing that kind of thing. A plus side to how quick it dries is that you do not have to worry about it transferring to anywhere else on your lids.

Last thing I want to touch on is how far this product goes for its price. It is $19 USD or $23 CAD. Does that seem expensive for a liner? Yeah I guess to majority it does. I bought this product 4.5 months ago and it is still going strong and not even close to drying out and I wear it every day. That it only $4.22 USD or $5.11 a month so far for this product OR to break it down even more $0.14 USD a day $0.17 or CAD a day. Those numbers are going to get lower and lower because this product is still lasting me.

In the end it is a great investment, you save some money because a little goes a long way.

Pros: Long wearing, staying power, waterproof, smudge free, easy to use, highly pigmented, precise application, dries quick, crack free, fade resistant, melt free, run resistant

Cons: Price? (kind of not really due to how long it lasts) -