Fall 2011 Beauty: Make Up For Ever Smoky Couleur Palette+ Swatches

Last month, Make Up For Ever released a Smoky Couleur Collection exclusively at Sephora. Thankfully I got my hands on one of the hottest palettes right now *Happy Dance* This palette has a strong emphasis on Jewel toned colors just in time for Fall! 

Smoky flirts with color with this limited edition palette that brings together the most beautiful, intense and smoky colors of the fall season. 

Isn't that palette Gorgeous???
Here are the colors which are included in this limited edition palette from left to right:

• Matte Black
• Deep Plum Shimmer
• Metallic Navy Blue
• Iridescent Peacock Green
• Metallic Cooper
• Metallic Taupe
• Iridescent Yellow Beige
• White Shimmer

I'm not one for brushes that come with palettes but these are pretty nice! 

There made with natural bristles, specially designed by Dany SANZ(Artistic Director for Make Up For Ever).

SWATCHES:
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Interested in this palette? MAKE UP FOR EVER products can be found exclusively at all 26 Sephora stores throughout Canada, as well as online at http://www.sephora.com/.

CARGO Voyages Gloss Collection Review + Swatches

I recently received a CARGO Voyages Gloss Collection for review. I'm a sucker for cute packing & color stories, so these became my summertime glosses. I was able to bring these babies everywhere!

GLOSS BREAKDOWN:

Consistency:

These glosses are thin but smooth. 

Four out of five have micro glitter....which can be a pain for some.

Price:

This collection is $22.00 on ebeauty.ca.

If your Canadian divide that into 5 adding HST.. that comes up to $4.97 each.

Color Pay off:

These colors are very sheer **It depends on your natural lip color**.

I find that I have to do 2-3 applications to get some color pay off.

SWATCHES:

RECAP:

OVERALL:
My favorite colors are Tokyo, Paris & Serengeti.
Las Vegas is too light & Morocco is too glittery.

What do you think?

Do you change your fragrances each season?

I don't!

I'm more of a Bath & Body Works kinda girl, so I basically buy what smells good. Of topic I love their sales! 

3 for 10, 75%-90% off and their freebies with purchases are my fav!

I will admit that I might indulge in a holiday collection or two but overall I don't retire scents.

What about you? 

Do you change your fragrances according to the season?

Every girl needs a OttLite Natural Makeup mirror

Every makeup artist + beauty junkie knows how important it is to have natural light/good lighting when doing your makeup. I remember my beauty days before I got my certificate.. doing my makeup before work in the bathroom.

WRONG move! 

It would usually end up with me spending more time wiping it off than putting it on. Those are the times I wish I had a OttLite Natural Makeup mirror.

Bring the accuracy and beauty of OttLite natural lighting indoors to help you apply makeup flawlessly for a confident look with no surprises once you go outside. The secret to the OttLite Makeup mirror is the precise blend of light wavelengths – OttLite® 508 Illumination™.

This mirror will help me:

• On MUA shoots (indoor ones of course)
• Filming youtube videos ( when the sun goes down)
• Taking product swatches for the blog

Mirror Breakdown

Pro
* Dual sided mirror features 5x/1x magnification (Perfect for tweezing!)
* True to color tones
* Fashionable prints which can match any room
* Movable head
* One button touch to turn on

Con
$69.99 is pricey for some but trust me it's worth the investment!

These swatches were taken with the Ottlite mirror. Doesn't it look like I was near a mirror!

My favorite Summer Lipstick was MAC Romancin'

The number one lipstick that stayed in my bag for the whole Summer was MAC's Romancin'.

Unfortunately it's no longer available since it was from the Adoring Carmine collection awhile back. I'm so happy I got my hands on it at the MAC warehouse sale.

Romancin' is a creamy magenta lipstick. It will work for every skin tone especially WOC because it's blue based.

                                                 That just screams summer to me <3

What was your favorite summer lipstick?