Maybelline City Palettes ~ Graffiti Pop ~ swatches and review

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I have to say I was looking forward to the new Maybelline City Palettes. 

I went yesterday to my local Rite Aid and guess what ?! Yes we finally have the display :)

I also notice few more new launches by Maybelline, that I am thinking of picking it up. 

But now I will show you what Influenster send me :) 

I got accepted in a Maybelline vox box and I got a Mini City Palette is a shade Graffiti Pop.

Now to be honest, if I would go now to pick few palettes, Graffiti Pop would not be on the list. I am eyeing few other ones, that I would like to try first . But... after swatching it, I fell in love :) I mean that blue and purple are just so pretty! plus palette do contain few natural shades, so I am able to create something wearable on my eyes. I really like the two shades on top of the blue one :) Those are my kind of shades :) 

Personally I really like the texture. Soft, creamy and pigmented. Graffiti Pop contains mostly shimmer and satin shades. There is 6 shades in the palettes and it cost $9.99. In my opinion they are better than other maybelline palettes, you know the bigger ones ? I did enjoyed the new 24k gold palette tho, but the others compared to this one were so so. The do retail at the same price but if I had to choose I would definitely purchase the mini'city palettes over the bigger palettes (im sorry but do they have a name? I can't remember). 

I do like the palettes and by the looking at them and seeing swatches online, I think they will be fun to play with. And hoarder in me want them and I think will get them soon :) There are 8 in total :)
Available at Ulta, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens
Price $9.99

*Thanks Influenster and Maybelline for sending me this palettes. Opinion is my own.,

Maybelline SuperStay 24 Lip Color ~ review and swatches

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I got recently chosen for a new voxbox by Influenster. This time I got to try two colors from Maybelline SuperStay 24 liquid lipstick. 

I like the lipsticks that I can wear all day with no need to touch up. Maybelline SuperStay gave me just that. 

I received two shades:

* Keep up the fames ~ red

* Constant Toast ~ nude.

Both colors are gorgeous :) Personally I find myself reaching more for nude but omg that red have my heart :)

As for the formula , I like it. Red applies much better than nude one. The color is more opaque and creamy and just looks so pretty on my lips. Nude well its more sheer and it sit in my lines on my lips (you know I mean?) it does not apply same as red that for sure. Plus once it dries it gives me glowy metallic sheen to my lips which with my oily skin was no no. I mean don't get me wrong i do like metallic finish but I need to mattify my face better wen I wear one. I think Constant toast look better under a nude lip liner. I tried under In the nude by essence and I really like it. I want to see how it will look under soft berry tho :) 

what i am impressed the most is the staying power. They do last very long on my lips. First, when you apply the liquid lipstick on you need to wait for it to dry. It will get all sticky and tacky and just yuck! but wait once its dry go over with the conditioning stick. That conditioning stick/balm locks on moisture and color.  Color stayed on my lips .. lets see ... I applied it around 7:30am and I saw that the color was wearing off from the middle of my lips around 4pm. I say not bad. The formula is so lightweight you cant feel it on the lips :) Plus the stick makes your lips hydrated. I notice drying by the 3:30pm. 

I was afraid of removing them tho. When I first swatched them on the back of my hand it was soooo hard and painful to take them off...really! So I was scared that I might be difficult to take tem off the lips as well.  I used first my L'Occitane Immortelle Oil Makeup Remover and after I took my In Vitamin Micellar water and took of any excess that was left. I went off nicely without hurting my lips :)

Maybelline SuperStay 24 is indeed long wearing and smudge proof.  I did notice a tiny transfer on my mug yesterday but clearly it was nothing. I rub my finger on my lips and there was no lipstick on . Weird tho. I didn't notice any cracking or flaking. Over all I am impressed with them :) I might pick one or two more shades :) Coz I wasn't happy wit the nude I got so I might pick another one. There is 30 shades in collection so for sure I will be able to pick something up. 

If you are on the budget and you need a long wearing lightweight lipstick try maybelline superstay 24 :) They less than $10 :)

*Thanks for Influenster for sending them over for review. Just wanna state that all thought are my own :) 

Recent Beauty Favorites

I didn't post my monthly favorites in like forever. So I decided to do a roundup of some of my most loved products n past few months. 

I will try to keep this post not too long but we will see LOL there is a few things that I been loving.
So without me talking to much lets just jump in.

Starting Makeup Products:

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick "Rapture" ~ the lipsticks are already discontinued, right now VICE lipstick took it place. I purchased my on sale for around $12. And I love it! I really need a back up of it. Just hoping that VICE Rapture will be same. This is gorgeous dusty rose shade. Perfect pinky plum :) the wear time is amazing! It can wear up to 5h! I did a touch ups ..hmmm... twice during the day? I really hope the VICE lipsticks are similar to Revolution Lipsticks! I am really impressed with Revolution lipsticks and I wish I could knew of them before they were discontinued.  Next stop I will pick up few VICE and see how they compare to this one.
I like to pair Rapture with Wibo Nude Lips Lip Liner in #3. I got this lip liner from my polish friend and then my mom sent me rest of them. I actually really like Wibo cosmetics, they are polish makeup brand that makes a good stuff. I own few products form them and i been enjoying it so far.

Next lipstick, or should i say liquid lipstick that i been loving is NYX Suede Liquid Lipstick in Soft Spoken.  It is such a  pretty nude shade, perfect mixture of pink and brown. This one was sent to me by my IG friend Ashley :)

swatches: top nyx soft spoken, middle UD rapture, bottom wibo lip liner #3

Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation ~ at first I didn't like this foundation. But when I blended out with Wander Beauty Sponge that came with their stick foundation I was in love! This is such a perfect duo! The sponge is soft and blends soooo good! really! I don't own original beauty blender but I belive this one could be a good dupe. The foundation overall is really nice. I like the covarge and that I don't get too oily with it.

Amazing Cosmetics Hydrate and Correcting Concealers  were my go to. On hydrate concealer I did a post few weeks back, you can read it here. Corrector concealer is also one of the my top favorites. It comes with two sides: one is your regular beige color for under eyes or any other place your wish to conceal, and the other side have a green corrector for all you imperfections such as acne or pimple you want to cover it with. I will be posting more in-depth review soon.

As for a bronzer, lately I been loving Fiona Stiles bronzer in shade AHIKO. its cool tone and perfect for soft contour that I like.  I like to apply it with Royal and Langnickel Moda Line Contour brush. Brush fits there perfectly and it works super good! plus the bristles are soft and blend bronzer nicely.

As for highlight I can't put down Makeup revolution Golden Sugar palette #2 . There are 3 shades that I can't live without. In first row 3rd highlight is a dream! plus I been liking the matte blush (first row #4) and the second row first shade is also so pretty. I been using both on and on :)

As for eye makeup. As a base I been loving Mirabella Beauty Visionary long wearing eye shadow. Pretty golden with some sparkles. Perfect on  its own or as a base. For a palettes I been using two: Anastasia Beverly Hills - Amrezy. This one been discontinued but I love it! The shades are gorgeous and as you know all ABH eye shadows are dreamy :)
By Yourself, Be Beautiful Palette ~ I won this palette in BYBB giveaway and I pulled it out recently and I been really loving it. The eye shadow are nicely pigmented. They are shimmers (i like shimmers a lot) and they go perfectly with mattes in ABH Amrezy palette.
Ittse single eye shadow in . pretty shimmery highlight shade. I like to use it in my tear corner :) Overall very pigmented! I have to invest in more eye shadows by Ittse, they are fabulous !

Skin, Body and Hair Care.

Dip Into Pretty nail separators, just look how adorable these are. I already wrote a blog of it, just need to upload pics and it will be ready to go.

Puna Noni Tuberose soap ~handmade and all vegan soap. Smells so good! Leathers up and leaves my skin feeling clean and soft. I have few more products from Puna Noni that I have to dive into :)

Formula 10.0.6 USA Wipe your face Off makeup removing wipes are unbelievable! They are heavy soaked (which I like), take off all my makeup including mascara in one wipe! Plus they smell amazing. By far the best makeup wipes I used. I might have change one thing in the packaging but on that I will talk about later.  I also been liking their Deep Down Detox Mud Mask that leaves my skin firm and  clean looking.

Victoria's Secret Body Mist Secret Charm my go to refresher.  Nice crisp scent that wakes me up. Its fresh fruity floral kind off scent. not overpowering. The only con i have is that it don't last too long :( other then that I love it.

here is the pic I posted on my IG with some of my fave beauty products. On some i already did a reviews on some I will so I just link them below :)

for review of above click links below:
Whish Beauty
Osea Malibu
Madam CJ Walker
Soap and Glory 
Atal Skin Care

Miss SPA Overnight Gel Masques

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Hi Loves!

OMg the amount of makeup and beauty products I have for review is out of control. Bare with me. In next coming weeks you will see lots of reviews:) Are you looking forward to it? Coz I am :)

ANyways I been completely =hooked on sleep masks lately. They do wonders to you skin! I review Amarte Overnight Express few days ago and now I want show you some budget friendly masks. They are by the brand Miss SPA and they are available at ULTA. 

So far I think they are 5 sleep masks that they offer. The sleep masques deliver extraordinary benefits to the skin while sleeping. each comes in easy to open re-sealable pouch that provides 3 applications. 

They are gel formula and they absorb quick. I apply them after all my steps in my daily skin care routine. In the morning my skin feels great! soft and beautiful. 

Here are the 5 masques that I got:

 * Soothing ~ Calms sensitive  and irritated skin. Helps relive stress. Infused with fruit and plant extracts of Blackcurrant and Cardiospermum, it effectively reduces inflammatory process and replenish the damaged skin barrier.  

* Purifying ~ exfoliate and deep cleanses skin. Brighten and soften dull skin. Infused with Pineapple , it removes superficial dead skin cells and restores skin's natural radiance and complexion.

*Radiance ~ Brightness and even out skin tone. Breath a new life into lackluster skin with mask. Infused with Oligopeptide-68, it decreases tyrosine oxidation and melanin synthesis to reduce overall skin pigmentation.  

* Anti-Aging ~ smooths and refines fine lines and wrinkles. Counteract presky signs of aging. Infused with Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, it reduces mimic wrinkles by inhibiting muscles contractions and slow down cellular skin aging. 

* Moisturizing ~ Hydrates and dehydrates skin. Bathe in moisture. Influenced with Adenosine and Papaya, it optimize the water balance and reduces the transepidermal water loss of the epidermis. 

If you never try sleep masks I suggest you do! I tried 3 out of 5 and I love them! First off they are super affordable and they do work great. 

Each product is free of sulfates, parabens, fragrances and artificial dyes. They are cruelty free. 

Miss Spa have many more products to offer. I suggest to check them out ----> Miss SPA.

Overnight masks can be purchsed at ULTA and ULTA.Com

Price $7.99