New At The Drugstore ~ Milani Cosmetics Spotlight Face and Eye Strobe Palettes ~ Swatches

Hello Loves, it is finally snowing here in NYC. I wanted snow for Christmas but oh well...

Anyways today i want to show you swatches of new Milani Cosmetics  Products I picked up yesterday. 

I went to look for Jordana's Lipsticks for a Friend and I found a display of new Spotlight Strobe Palettes by Milani. 

Milani is my favorite drugstore brand. Their products are amazing and always luxurious looking. The gold packaging is everything:) plus the quality of the products is so on point! I could rave about them forever :)  This year Milani is on fire! They launching so many great products that I can't wait to get my hands on, I just need $$$. LOL! But no seriously, all the new stuff is keep showing at my local drugstore and get this the prices are better than on Milani's website (just a thought)

These Spotlight powders retails at $13 at Milani web I got them for $12. 

"Spotlight Face and Eye Strobe palette is ultimate multitasking glow powder with universal flattering shades to illuminate face and eye like never before. Light-reflecting powders build and blend effortlessly for an instant glow. Use as a blush, highlight or an eye accent and to spotlight all of your pretty features with beautiful luminosity."  

Ah they are so pretty! I just don't want to touch it. The design reminds me of Hourglass eye shadow palettes. The sand dunes design is everything! 

Milani Spotlight palette comes with in 3 color selection and each palette have a 3 shades in. Blush, Bronzer, Highlight. 

* Sun Light 01 ~ the lightest in the trio comes with white gold highlighter, copper bronzer and coral blush.  Warm toned.

* Candle light 02 ~ medium, comes with pink-pearl highlighter, caramel bronzer and pink blush. Cool toned.

* Golden Light 03 ~ the darkest of all includes all shades of bronze (warm, deep and light).

All three are just stunning! 

The packaging is kinda bulky. Its black and square with clear lid. 

The products swatched with a finger looks  beautiful. When you use brush and apply to your face it gives you more natural look. It's not crazy pigmented, I know it looks like it might be but it is not. 

I over all don't mind it, I like more of natural look and products that wont do me harm hahaha. With more pigmented products I always tend to 'hurt' myself hahah and it so hard to fix.  With these Milani I can work and not be afraid that once I am done I would look like a clown or glitter ball. 

I say that if you like super crazy pigmented products these Milani are not for you. If you are like me and like more of natural look and don't mind the lack of pigmentation, they will work for you :)

Wet n Wild Megalast Lipsticks Swatches ~ My Collection

I am big fan of Wet n Wild. They are super affordable drugstore brand here in US. The quality of products really feels like a high end. The eyeshadows, nail polishes and lipsticks.

Their Megalast lipsticks are amazing! If you have them then you know what I am talking about. 

The are pigmented, glide on smooth and all have matte finsih. the best part? They don't feel drying on the lips. With one swipe you get full opacity. Formula is rich and velvety. The last hours on the lips. 

The only downside is the packaging. It can be hella annoying! especially the cap. You have to be really careful while putting it back on. And another thing is that lipstick stick up. You can't twist it don to hide it on the tube :( but for $2 a piece you can't go wrong.

I have in my collection total of almost 30. Some might be repeats. Some are in permanent  line and some are limited edition. I will mark the LE ones.   

 NUDES 

LE from this bunch were : Rose to Fame, Night Cap, Tangelinos, Blossom Out, Coming in Latte, Pink Sugar and Clothing Optional.

PINKS AND PURPLES 

LE from this bunch are:  Urban Nights, Bordeaux Bitten, Pink Pyramid, On the AVe,

REDS AND ORANGES

 LE form this bunch are: Coral-ine, Celeb Sightseeing and Red Sea Resort.

As for LE (Limited Edition) colors they are very similar to ones in permanent line or the other LE lipsticks that came out before. I have a close dupe post I did a while back when I picked few LE lipsticks form Halloween and Fall Displays 2015. Here is the LINK if you want to check it out.

Overall I will say these are one of the best lipsticks you can fin in a drugstore. They are creamy and pigmented and super cheap!
All the swatches I used only one swipe !!! ONE!!!!
I sill missing few form permanent display. I will have to hunt them down soon :)
Available in any drugstore that sells Wet N Wild products :)

NOTE:
I also have a bunch of eye shadow palettes. I will be swatching them and posting it soon! :)

Milani Cosmetics Everyday Eyes 'Earthly Elements' Eyeshadow palette ~ Swatches + Review

OMG I am so excited to see my favorite drugstore brand Milani Cosmetics came out with a eyeshadow palettes! They just launched recently and there is total of 6 palettes available now. 

If you know me , you know my love for Milani Cosmetics. They are by far the best drugstore brand! Their products are amazing, affordable and comes in the prettiest gold packaging ever. I could talk and talk about them, seriously! 

I picked only Earthy Elements palette, coz this was the only one left... 

It comes in beautiful rectangle gold packaging, with clear lid. Milani name is visible on the lid in gold ink.  Packaging is plastic but very good quality. Doesn't feel cheap. On the back you can see a tutorial on how to use the palettes and which shade is you base etc. Tells you step by step on how to use each color in the palette.  Normally I don't care much for those kind of tutorials. Each palette comes with dual-ended brush. Which is an actual brush and not a sponge one that most of the palettes uses. 

I haven't use the brush, so I can really say if it is good or not. 

The colors in this palette are gorgeous! Tell me you think so too! Especially that ORANGE! I actually wanted this palette, coz that color stand up and screamed my name form the pics when I first saw it. On the Milani Website this palette is described as "terracotta & earthy" Beautiful warm tones palette. 

Eyeshadows are rich and pigmented! they feel soft and they blend really nice! 

They are matte and shimmer shades. Shimmers swatches nice but they will create fallouts, especially the first (base) shade. It is just a glitter in my opinion. The other shimmers preform much better. and they are opaque in one swipe.   Mattes are nice, I had to swipe my finger few times so they swatch can be visible. Mattes are not my faves though. I really want to love them but they do take a lot of time to build it up.  

Overall I really like this palette and I will be getting rest of the colors. Milani did really good :) I love to see drugstore brands coming out with a high quality palettes. I say go for it! The shadows are amazing and they wear long time over a primer. 

Milani also launched few new products that I cant wait to get my hands on! Including new primers, foundation and liquid lipsticks!

I got my palette form CVS $10.99 

You can find them at any drugstore that carry MILANI line and they are available on Milani Website for $9.99  

Wet n Wild ~ 'Halloween Display' and 'Here's to the Wild ones' ~ HAUL, SWATCHES compared to Permanent lipsticks (lots of pics)

I was lucky enough to stumble over two LE wet n wild displays last Sunday.

I found the Halloween one and Here's to the wild ones. 

I manage to get all 4 new LE lipsticks form Halloween Display and 3 nail polishes. 

For the 'Here;s to the wild ones' I only got 3 lipsticks out of 6. 

I also want to show you swatches the most. You really don't need all the lipsticks ! 

I compered them to permanent line lipsticks and last year LE lipsticks. 

Really they all look so similar! 

Take a look 

These are form Halloween 2015 display. But I tell you the colors are very similar to ones that exist already. Scroll down for more swatches.
* Pink Pyramid
*Blossom Out
*Bordeaux Bitten
*Red Sea Resort

Nail Polishes form Halloween Display. I will swatch them over the weekend.
(L to R)
*Haute Hieroglyph
*Embellish Minted
*Pharaoh Fatale

These 3 are form 'Here's to the wild ones' display. Sorry no separate  swathes of these. I don't know why I forgot to swatch them LOL!
The colors I picked (L to R)
* Nightcap (reddish brown)
* On the Ave ( fuchsia purple)
* Celeb Sighting (orangy red)

Now here is the fun art. Swatches compared to other Wet n Wild lipsticks

First goes Blossom Out ( this year Halloween display).
Loos exactly same as Pink Suga ( last year Halloween display) and it is a bit darker then Clothing Optional ( also last year Halloween display). If you own any f the other two , you really don't need this one ...

Second is Pink Pyramid ( Halloween 2015). I felt like I need this color ..why ...? Because it remind me of my favorite Cherry Picking ...and guess what?! Its same! Cherry picking might be slightly darker But also check this one out the new Fall 2015 Here's to wild ones lipstick On the Ave looks exact;y same as Pink Pyramid. So if you own Cherry Picking you don't need any of the other two. But if you don't, then pick only one , as you can see they are both same!

Next one Red Sea Resort (Halloween 2015) I compared to Celeb Sighting ( new Fall 2015 display) (again you don't need both ..duh) and other two red from permanent line Red Velvet and Spotlight Red

Next we have Bordeaux Bitten. Kinda reminds me of Bordeaux Boulevard form last year, bur unfortunately I don't own this one. I compared to Cherry Bomb (permanent line) and Urban nights ( I think it was form Halloween 2014). Cherry Bomb is a lot darker, but Urban nights its very similar.

Last one to compare is Nightcap form Fall 2015 display.
the closest shade that I fund in my wet n wild stash as Coming in Latte (from Halloween 2014).
But as you can see the Nightcap is more on a brown side and Coming in Latte more on a nude side.

Hope this post was helpful :) they all retail less then $2.49, depends on a location.
Hapy shopping :) for me I still need to get reaming 3 lipsticks form 'Here's to the wild ones' display.