Maybelline The Nudes

Hey y'all!

I know it's been a few days but I've been trying to get ahold of this for ya:

I went to about 4 different Targets trying to find this Nude palette. It seems like it would be a great staple item and some have even said it's a great dupe for at least the naked basics.

The packaging is sleek and small. It fits easily into my makeup storage AND I've actually been able to fit it in my purse.

It's $10 and you get 12 natural shades. The colors range from black/dark grey to a shimmery white. There are 7 shimmer shades and the rest are matte. This is great because a lot of drugstore products aren't matte.

You also get a small sponge applicator that is double sided. The brush has both a thick and thin and sides.

The colors are nice a creamy and are well pigmented! Here are swatches from left to right. The first batch is the upper row the second is the bottom.

Second row:

However, these swatches don't really do justice to the beautiful colors and pigmentation. The lighter colors don't show up well on camera but they are light, shimmer and super pretty.

The other thin I enjoyed is that the back of the palette gives you 13 different looks you can do. The palette is split up by quads, trios, and duos. I've tried almost all of them over the last day and each one is unique and look great. The trios aren't as impressive as the duos and quads however. 

My favorite quad is the first:

My favorite trio is the third:

I also love the third and fifth duo

Overall,

I really adore this palette. If you don't have the money for the naked, Lorac or other high end palettes this is a great dupe! Absolutely awesome for a drugstore palette and a good thing for any girl on a budget to have! 

Until next time!

Cheers! <3 :)

-K

Dupe Alert: part 1

Hey y'all!

I love buying makeup as much as any other girl out there! I love having it and experimenting with it and just loving my products. However, makeup is getting soooo expensive especially from high end brands. Today, I'm bringing you part 1 of my dupe list. I've spent literally more than 2 years compiling dupes that I've either found by myself or on the internet and have tried. 

Please know that most of the pictures I'm about to show you are not all mine. I have tried and own or have owned ALL of the drugstore dupes and some of the higher end products. 

Posie tint vs. lip stain

The popular benefit lip and cheek stain is an absolutely beautiful color. It sits matte on the lips and face and doesn't budge all day; it costs $30. 

For $6 you can get the elf lip stain in their lightest pink shade. It is not as long lasting as poise tint but it is the same color and feels the same on the lips and cheeks.

Sephora baked shadow vs elf baked

For a while sephora brand had a popular baked eyeshadow palette. It was full of some matte and some shimmer shadows. They were all natural, had great pigmentation, and were just an all around good product. From sephora the palette costs $26.

Elf sells a dupe baked eyeshadow palette that has pretty fantastic pigmentation. Their are some sephora colors they couldn't recreate but most are fairly spot on. However, the elf does not come with any matte shades only shimmer. It goes for $10.

Stila high shine vs. elf hyper shine 

Stila makes this girly pricy gloss at $22 and it's one of those products that doesn't quite live up to the price. It gives great shine and color but it's overly sticky.

Elf has hyper shine gloss for $1. It has very similar color and the formula is almost the same. I've also found that elf stay in place a lot better than the Stila gloss did. The packaging is almost identical as well.

MAC Lippies vs. Wet n Wild and Revlon Lippies

MAC makes one besutiful products but when it comes to lipsticks the price is waaaay to high. The average MAC lipstick can cost anywhere from $16-$25 and that's ridiculous! There are several drugstore brands that make lipstick from $3-$10 that are the same color and have the same effect:

Rebel vs sugar plum fairy and diva vs. cherry bomb:

Viva glam Nikki vs. pinker bell:

Vegas volt vs. coral berry:

Benefit dandelion vs. loreal baby blossom

For $28 you can get a popular benefit blush. They sit nicly on the face and the color dandelion is perfect for spring and summer.

L'oreal also carried a light pink blush called baby blossom. These true match blushes have almost the same formula as benefit blushes and this color is an exact match. Meaning, loreal is an exact dupe for this color of benefit.

Of course, this is only part 1! Hope you enjoyed it! Comment blows of what was your favorite and if there were any I should have included. Please share this blog via social media: it helps.

Until next time!

Cheers <3 :)

-K