Make Waves - My first ever Boxy Charm - May 2019

*purchased by me*

I finally craved in and subscribed to famous Boxy Charm. Oh guys, you have no idea for how long I been thinking of joining. After hearing my sister in law loves each and every box she gets,I decided it's about time. And here I am with my first box.

This won't be a review.More like see whats inside. I can always post review at later time :) 

First is the product I was hoping for :) Glam Glow - Gentle Bubble Cleanser.Ah just look at this beauty! I heard all good reviews on it so yes I am super excited to try it!Have you tried it before? Or any Glam Glow product on that matter? This is my very first time trying anything from this brand.And I am so excited! Its a daily conditioning gel cleanser that gently and effectively cleanses skin and dissolves makeup. Oat amino acids condition while vegan formula with apple extract, vitamin E and green tea extract bubbles up to clean and remove impurities.Soap, fragrance free and SLS/SLES free.  Retail $28.00

Next is Milk Makeup - Blur Stick. Again this is my first time trying Milk Makeup. This is lightweight, silicon free, matte primer stick that minimizes the appearance of pores and fine lines with powder-filled,blurring micro spheres. The smooth and velvety formula goes on clear to create a flawless, shine free canvas that helps makeup look better and last longer. Well reading the short description a I am excited as I have oily skin with pores :) Retail $36.00

Ciate London - Eye Lustre Creme Eye Shadow - I got my in shade ICE. They are great at creating long lasting,shimmering eye looks. The metallic,glittering eye shadow can be swipe on a full covereage or blend out for a sheer sparkle.Applied on any eye shadow as a topper. ICE as you can guess is a white sparkly shade! and glimmers so beautiful!I definitely want to ware it sheer and it shows so much more sparkle! Retail $22.00  

PUR Cosmetics - Eye Lash Curler - I love how cool and holographic it is :) I be honest I don't use curler often. Not sure if I will keep it or pass it along. Let see. 

Retail $18.00

Luna by Luna - lip gloss in the shade Venus. pretty sparkly lip gloss.I might own it already as I got very similar one in Lip Monthly bag months ago. Not sure tho. If I don;t I might keep if not I will pass along :) Retail 18.00

Total value of my May Boxy Charm is $122.00 and all products are always a full size products. 

Boxy Charm is only $21.00 and you can sign up here.

PUR Cosmetics Diaries Collection ~ swatches

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Eeeekkk~ I just got new launches by PUR Cosmetics :) Their new Diaries collection that includes two palettes: eye shadow and contour.

OMG! the packaging is everything! 

Who doesn't love marble and rose gold? I know I do love it! What else blogger dream are made of?

There are two palettes in the collection :
* The Soiree Dairies Eye shadow palette
* The Contour Diaries contour palette

And yes they do look the diaries I used to have back in the days :)
Size wise I could compare them to Huda Beauty Rose Gold palette, PUR palettes are a bit shorter and a bit wider. The outer box is same as a packing, marble with rose gold details. Both palettes are on a bit thicker side. because they do resemble diaries. Both palettes have a mirror inside and shade names printed in rose gold.

The Soiree Dairies

An eye shadow palettes , that contain 12 beautiful shades. Perfect for day and night. The shadows are silky smooth and really pigmented. Mix of neutral, copper and bronze colors We have 4 mattes, 4 satin and 4 shimmers. I'm sorry but the shimmers are calling my name! :) Like I mentioned before there is a nice sized mirror, and the names are printed under each shade.  I do think this palette will be a hit!  Not only packaging  wise but the color selection as well :) Can't wait to play more with it .   $34

The Contour Diaries 

Now lets move to contour diary book. Same packaging as the eye shadow palette. Inside you will find six shades.

 3 highlights:
* Charm ~ light pink/peach
*Dream ~ golden
* Flirt ~ warm peach

3 brozners:
* Secret ~ light brown
* Passion ~ warm brown
* Mystery ~ deep brown

All shades are creamy and blend able. You can mix them to get you own desired shade as well.  Don't mind me as I go and play with my new babies :)
$32

Pur Beauty is a cruelty free brand.

Both palettes are already available and PurCosmetics.Com and Khol's.
Which one are your getting?

Pur Cosmetics Vanity Palettes ~ Dream Chaser and Goal Digger

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Hey loves,

Excited to see Pur Cosmetics launching new palettes! and gosh how fun are they :) They are not like your typical palettes :) Just wait and see for yourself :)

Two new palettes Dream Chaser and Goal Digger just  launched and are available on PURCosmetics.com ($36 each).

Each palette contains 4 eye shadows, a blush, a brozner and a highlight. Inside is also a big mirror that ... wait for it .... is retractable standing mirror that transform the palette into your own little vanity :)  How cool is that! I took me a while tho to figure the mirror thing out hahaha! But i is so easy! once you open the palette , pull the mirror upward and taadaa perfect little vanity for all the touch ups and well makeup on the go :)

I love the idea! 

Now lets talk about the palettes. 

Goal Digger ~ contains shimmer shades. So if you are a fan of all sparkly products this one is for you :) It comes in reflected shiny packaging that is a finger magnet! so watch it :) it took forever to clean this little guy up after I played with it . LOL my weird ocd! I don't like to see finger prints all over hahah! but oh well :)  

Dream Chaser ~ contains matte and more neutral shades. so yeah ,matte junkies this one is for you. The packaging on this is matte. Therefor you can tell them apart, if you have both that means. 

Same for the outer packaging . Box is either matte or shiny. 

the names are not printed inside of the palette (bummer) but you can find them on the back of the box (which I can't find anywhere ) . i guess since it is a smaller or portable size palette they don't have space ? I don't know . 

Overall I really like both palettes. the products are nicely pigmented and they look great on the skin. The only thing I didn't like that the eye shadow were together in the same pan. There was nothing that separated them and with that they kinda mix together. In Dream Chaser its ok coz colors are same color scheme, but Goal Digger have a light and dark together and i have to be extra careful and not to mix them. 

I really like the face products in both. They are soft buttery and overall beautiful looking. 

What do you guys think? Do you like the idea of the palette? Which one is calling you name?

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till next time!

xo  Monica 

PUR Cosmetics x Trolls ~ Eye shadow Palette ~Swatches

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Heyyyyy Loves and Happy New Year!

We are officially in 2017! cheers to my 30th birthday coming in March :) Dang I am getting old! 

Anyways right before beautiful year of  2016 ended I got a surprised package from PUR Cosmetics. 

The Trolls obsession is not over yet! after MAC and Hard Candy, PUR Cosmetics is bringing to us very soon a gorgeous eye shadow palette :) 

We all know trolls and I bet we all had at least one while growing up. 

From Pur Cosmetics:

" Trolls were one of our favorite toys growing up. each crazy haired doll was full of personality and wild color combination. What we loved the most about Trolls is that these little creatures always inspired us to celebrate our differences and be unique. It was a dream come true to work with DreamWorks  and Khol's to create a 16-piece eye shadow palette collection inspired by the DreamWorks film Trolls. The kaleidoscope of vivid, highly pigmented eye shadows in unique shades gave us the opportunity to create palette unlike anything we've ever created before. "

  

I be honest here I have never tried PUR eye shadows before,but dang they are good!

The palette over all is beautiful! the color selection is amazing. Love all the pops of colors and all the neutrals. We have shimmers, satin and matte shadows :)

Palette comes in silver a'la sequin looking box. The palette itself is silver and on the cover we have PUR logo, DreamWorks and Trolls logo and a shadow of a troll on the bottom right corner. :)

Inside you find 16 gorgeous shades and a mirror :) 

The eye shadows names are Troll inspired :) We have Poppy, Creek, Bridget, Branch, Guy Diamond etc. My box came with a cute Trolls fabric, palette of course, cute trolls pez and chocolate which my daughter stole from me. 

There is total of 5 matte shades. Bridget is more of a satin than matte for me. The rest have a shimmer and Satin & Chenille is a duo chrome ( have a purple/lilac shift).

All swatches done with a finger  , no primer. 

Palette will be available :

January 8th 2017 on purcosmetics.com

January 19th 2017 Exclusively in Khol's stores nationwide 

Price $29

PUR Cosmetics is Cruelty free. 

September Favorites ~ It Cosmetics, Pur Cosmetics, Tah Tah Makeup, Maybelline, Cover Girl, MBA Cosmetics, Freedom and Lovely

Gosh another month has passed. Halloween and Thanksgiving are around the corner and don't even let me start on Christmas. Time to start CHristmas shopping. 

September for me was a really busy month. I been working sundays and overtime. So due to many hours of work and me being tired at the end of the day I  put on minimal makeup. Most was mascara, foundation, bronzer, highlighter and lipstick... My favorites are most of the products I used the most in that month. So let just start with it.

Was using two foundations:

IT Cosmetics CC+ and PUR Cosmetics Hydra Fluid.  CC+ have a medium coverage, Hydara Fluid have a light coverage. I use either IT Cosmetics by itself or mixed with Hydra Fluid. Yes I mix them :) At the beginning I didn't like PUR foundation. There was noncoverage and it made me look shiny after few hours. I had to use a mattifying primer then powder foundation on top to make it work,They only pro was that it was hydrating. But I found that it work good with IT CC+.  I add a bit of PUR an mix , then apply with beauty blender. I set it all with mattifying powder :)

For bronzing /contouring I was using a lot My Beauty Addicts HydraSunRays bronzer. I dont see the name though. Its a matte warm tone bronzer. It is great to warm up my face. Not so much for contouring though , well for me I like t use a cooler toned bronzers for that. But it does give a nice sun kissed look.It contains skin loving ingredients like green tea, vitamin A, C, D and B5. It is packaged in sleek black packaging. Comes with the mirror inside but no brush. Which is fine by me because I like to use my own brushes. The bronzer is lightweight, can be built up, and it suits all skin tones. The texture s silky and buttery. Applies nicely and not patchy. Thumbs up ! definitely worth checking out, click here for more info .

The blush I been using is one by Tah Tah Makeup in Allure. I recieved a while back nice package from Tah Tah Makeup, they are Charlotte, NC based company. It shows up as very light peachy pink shade.  I would say it is more of a satin finish. Give beautiful flush and wear all day. Applies nicely and feels silky soft. Tah Tah have a large selection of blushes and more. Defietly check them out.Click here to see more colors. 

My favorite highlighter in past month were golds :) One from Polish Brand Lovely and one from MBA Cosmetics. 
When I swatched I notice they look same. SO no wonder I been liking them a lot. Both are gorgeous golds and give beautiful glow. MBA Cosmetics GOlden Lights is compared to Mary Lou by The Balm. I am pretty sure that GOLD by Lovely will be a nice and affordable dupe as well. :) Both come in round packaging with twist up lid.

Now lets move on to eyes. Two mascaras I been enjoying are Cover Girl Super Sizer and Maybelline  Lash Sensational.  Both gives me a nice length and volume. My lashes really look good. Maybelline one I purchased coz of my friend.She was getting one fr herself and since there was a promo buy one get 2nd 50% off I said why not. I opened next day and been using ever since. Cover Girl was one of the prizes in a giveaway I won a while back. I like it but I dont want to use it much coz my erson is waterproof and hate hate taking it off. Take too much time. Definitely will be getting regular version soon :)

My go to eyeshadow was Tah Tah Makeup in shade Pin Up. I actually was using one more but I forgot where I put so I will show you guys later. Pin Up is a pretty coppery shade. Soft texture and nicely pigmanted. Looks gorgeous on the eye, 

Even by itself ,blends nice and it does look stunning. I will be getting more shades for sure coz I realy like them. Just let me wait for some promo :) check more here.

For my brows I been using Freedom Makeup brow pomade and gosh  love it! I did mention it before in my brow routine post so you can read more here.

 for the lips I went nude ts month and well bold too LOL. But let me show you the lippie I been using a lot last month. It is by Julie Hewett and it is in the shade Edie. First off Edie, love the name and it brings out Desperate Housewives to my mind.its a pretty pinky nude shade that goes well with anything.  It have a satin matte finish and wear nicely throughout the day. Check more in here.

My hair favorite is DAFNI straightening brush, which helped me get ready fast in the mornings. for my review check here.

Also I have t say I love The Crazy Merman Brush soap! omg it cleans my brushes really fast and they are super clean. This soap is hand made, cruelty free and vegan. The fusion of coconut and olive  oil removes makeup from synthetic brushes, leaving them soft and clean. They offer 4 scents to choose from. I have my in Lavender Basil and you guys it smells amazing. Its super easy to use :) Make sure to follow me on my IG I will do a demo soon on it :) So far the best makeup brush cleaner :)
You can get the soaps form here.

So that is for my favorites. What did you like in a past month?

swatches:
from top: Tah Tah Blush Allure, My Beauty Addicts Bronzer, Highlighters Lovely and MBA, Tah Tah eyeshadow Pin Up, Lipstick Edie .

Pur Cosmetics ~ Fully Charged Mascara

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Hi Loves!

Lets talk mascara. Pur Cosmetics  Fully Charged Mascara is everything! Its amazing and the way my lashes looks wooow! I get lost of volume and length.After one coat I can see a huge difference in my lashes! They are really black and more visible. The color is super intense black. Formula is rather wet, on which I don't mind. I prefer wet formulas over drier ones. I feel like it is easier to work with. I didn't notice any smudging. As I apply in the morning and when I get home after 13h they look almost same.  I did notice some clumping, but its not a big deal. I used one of my lash combs and voila they look stunning. Easy to remove with any makeup remover. I use either Micellar water or oil makeup remover. Mascara melts away really fast. God this mascara is really awesome!

Fully charge you lashes. It uses magnetic polymer matrix which creates an elastic veil around each lash. That elastic veil helps instantly lift, separate and define each lash for a long lasting performance. The formula also help to strengthen and reduce fallout. The brush reminds me of Too Faced Better then Sex mascara . 

Benefits:

* Age-defying ingredient for  eyelashes. Helps fight the follicle aging process by conditioning lashes to help premature fall out. 

* Nourishes lashes giving them more flexibility to maintain lift and curl.

* Separates and sets each lash for all day length, volume and curl. 

You get it at : Khol's , Ulta and Pur Csosmetics website

Price $22

April Favorites ~ Makeup and Skin Care

Hi Loves!

I just realize that I haven't post my favorites this year... And there is another post I skipped ~ "Month is Pictures" I think I should bring both of them back ? What do you think?

My April favorites will be more of my favorites since January haha! Well since I didn't post any I will include products that I been loving in past few months. 

I just want to warn you, it might be a lot :) 

Lets jump in it then :)

Makeup 

* Loreal LUMI primer ~ My Oily skin kinda likes this product. I though I would look all grease and all but nooo. It gives me a dewy look. Just let it sits for few minutes before applying foundation. Kept my foundation in place and well I like the glow once in a while , you know without feeling greasy.

* Pur Hydra Fluid Foundation ~ same here it should suit my oily skin, but once I use a matte powder all is good! It gives nice hydration to the skin and that is why I like it :) This will be perfect for summer days :) 

* Dior Air Flash Spray Foundation ~ now this is my go to!  Gives me full coverage and matte finish. I freaking love this foundation. It works the best in a colder days. I would not want to wear it during heat in the summer tho. Definitely a must have for oily skin :)

* Lunatick Cosmetics Labs ~ Mystifying Mattifying powder ~ clear, pressed powder. Gives nice matte look and won't leave a white cast on the face. I been really loving it and well the packaging is on point !

* Bella Pierre Contour and Highlight Pro Palette ~ I get so much use of this palette. 3 highlight shades and 3 bronzers. Highlight shades are great to set the concealer and to highlight face and 2 bronzers are great to contour with. 

* N.Y.Color Sunny Bronzer ~ at first I thought it might be to dark but it is great to just warm up my face. I don't use it for contouring it is too warm for that.  

* Makeup Revolution Vivid Bake Highlight ~ One of my go to highlights. I am a highlight junkie and I like to glow to the moon and back :) I been really enjoying this one and the other below.

* Colourpop highlight in Lunch Money ~ cream highlight. Gives me a nice golden sheen which I been loving so much :) the best way to apply is with your finger :)

* Colourpop Blush in Between The Sheets ~ this blush  beautiful!you  guys if you ever order form colourpop get this blush :) Its gorgeous muted pink-coraly-brown, that looks just beautiful on. I use stippling brush to apply. 

* PUR Fully Charged Mascara ~ holy grail ladies! I am in love! this mascra rocked my world! My lashes never looked better I am telling you. I will have a full review soon. I have to take few more pics ":)

* MBA Cosmetics single eye shadow Aruba and Angel Kiss ~ Angel kiss is my most used one.on a days that I am rushing I just apply all over my eye lid and I am ready to go. Aruba is gorgeous metallic shade that I am obsessed with. I will have more on it soon :)

* Coastal Scents Z palette ~ CS hot pots! OMG the pigment !!! They are amazing! I will have soon more of it, like swatches and review. The post is in writing :) so stay tuned

* L'oreal La Palette Lip ~ ummmm the best lip palette ever! I did a review on it a while back . check here.  

* Milani Rose Femme Lipstick ~ I been rocking this baby on my lips for a past month. Brownish mauve that should be suited more for Fall season and not Spring LOL. But what the hell I love it all year round :)

* NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Zurich ~ NYX lip creams are amazing! Beautiful dusty rose that is your perfect everyday wear :)

* Vintage Cosmetics Lip Gloss ~ who would I be if I didn't add some sparkle to my lips huh ? Vintage Cosmetics lip gloss in Rosebud gives me a gorgeous shimmery lips :)  Sometimes I wear it over a lipstick and sometimes alone :) Depends on my mood :)

Skin Care

* Insta Natural Acne Face Wash ~ I have if for about few weeks and I really been liking it :) Cleans really nice, my skin feels soft and smooth. Keeps acne at bay. Love the fresh citrusy scent as well. I will have a review soon on Insta Natural skin care.

* Amarte Wonder Cream ~ Amarte is luxury Korean brand. When I say luxury I mean it. I really love their overnight express, and recently I tried Wonder cream and well I love it :) I really like that it leaves my skin feeling smooth and calm. Absorbs quick and don't leave a greasy feeling. Review on my Amarte Skin Care line soon :)

* Pixi Hydrating Milky Mist ~  deeply hydrating, smells good what more can I expect? Love the mist pump. Goes so well in pair with Hydrating Milky Serum. Once I spray on my face I like to pat it down and follow up with serum and viola I am ready to go :)

*SkinDeva Hyaluronic Acid ~ Serum that I apply twice a day. Clear, absorbs quick. Leaves my skin soft and smooth and whats important hydrated. Its an anti-aging skin treatment that keeps wrinkles at bay. I don't have wrinkles yet but oh men I really like this stuff. I do feel like my skin got a bit more firm though. :)

* Dr.Brandt Oxygen Facial Mask ~ When I feel like my skin feels tired and dull I use this mask and it fix it up right away :) I been loving it and this one of the best masks on the market. Full review here.

* Victoria's Secret Body Lotion "Total Attraction" ~ love the amazing floral scent ~ bright freshness of cherry orchid and lily blossom. I actually am a big fan of Bath and  body Works lotions but this one I got as a gift a while back and OMG it smells amazing and my skin feels really nice!

* Savannah Shea Butter Treatment Oil ~ I received a huge box of Savannah Products back in February and this one is so far my favorite!  I love to apply it on my hair after I am done with straightening. My hair feels amazing! They look glossy and feel silky soft. It didn't weigh down my hair or anything , plus it smells wonderful. Again review on their hair care line soon. :)

* Essence Nail Art Express Nail Drops ~ Hello Lover! hahah! this product is awesome girls! It does help with drying my nails. I been using every time I paint my nails :)