A Mixed Review

This favorites post is kind of late, but better late than never!
Each month has been flying by, and April came and went too! This month I liked so many new things! Since it was the Sephora VIB sale I got some awesome new things that I have fallen in love with!

I finally used my Hourglass Ambient Bronzer, and I am beyond happy I picked it up during the sale! It adds the perfect tanned glow to my skin. I am so glad I picked it up in my VIB sale haul. If you are a beginner to bronzer like myself this is perfect. I heard the Too Faced 'Sweet Tea' bronzer is pretty similar so I might have to pick it up for a similarity post!

This month I loved 3 different highlights! The first one I loved was a rekindled love, and it was my BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector in 'Champage Pop'. This highlighter is a collaboration with Jaclyn Hill, and it is so beautiful. It is the perfect light gold highlight. I am skeptical to see how it looks when I am darker, but for the moment I am loving it! It was limited edition when it first came out but it's now permanent which is great because it is really loved! My next highlight favorite is a new one. It is the highlight trio by City Colors Cosmetics. It came in my ipsy bag and surprisingly it is so amazing! I did a review on it in my April ipsy bag review, so I won't talk too much on it, but it is so great. It's 3 colors, and super thin which makes it the most ideal highlight to travel with! To read my other review on it, click here. And my last highlight favorite has been my Anastasia Beverly Hills glow kit in 'That Glow'. I also have a review on this highlight kit, so read it here. It is amazing, and I really recommend it. Even if you get the kit in 'Gleam' it is such a great value. I have seen preview pictures of another kit coming out, and I really want it too! So far from what I have seen it looks great!

I have slowly been becoming more and more obsessed with blush palettes, and because I missed out on the Tarte holiday blush palette as soon as I saw the tarteist blush palette was released I bought it immediately! I am so glad I picked up this palette because the blush shades are all so beautiful. All of the colors look great on my skin which is amazing because in most palettes there is always one color that I hate. Not in this one! The blushes are super pigmented and you only need to tap your brush in ever so gently. I love the hot pink packaging! It is my favorite color, and really convenient for travel. Go grab it if you don't have it already because it is limited edition!

Matte eyeshadows aren't usually my thing, but I wanted to have some more matte shadows in my collection to use as transitions shades. I decided on the Too Faced Natural Matte palette, and it is the best! It has the right amount of cool and warm matte shades so it's versatile!

I have been wanting to try out more brands that are less talked about on YouTube and one I decided on was Ciate. They are known for their awesome nail polishes, but they also make makeup. I grabbed a lipstick from the brand, and it is in collaboration with Olivia Palermo. I bought the Satin Kiss Lipstick in 'Praline'. I plan on having a full review on the Ciate brand makeup, so I won't get too much into this. But if you haven't tried it, I recommend it!

With all the online orders I make I get more samples than one person actually needs. I am so late to the bandwagon because I literally never hear anyone speak about this primer anymore, it is the Urban Decay Primer Potion. It is in the original formula. I love it so much!! I had been strictly using my NYX eyeshadow base but I am slowly liking it less and I found this sample in my collection. I am glad I started using it because it doesn't feel sticky on my lids. I noticed that primers that feel sticky on my lids tend to make my eyeshadows skip when I apply them. With the primer potion it doesn't skip at all and goes on smoothly. I will probably buy the full size when I run out of my sample!

And the last thing I have been loving is the L'Oreal Brow Stylist Definer. I saw this and got really excited because I already love the brow mascara by L'Oreal, so I figured I would love this too. It is so amazing! The spooly at the end is perfect for brushing out my brows before I fill them in. The actual product is so great too. It is very pigmented, and easily glides on to make my eyebrows look darker, and more defined. I thought at first I wouldn't be that great at filling in my brows, but the tiny pencil makes it really easy, and I love that. I haven't ever tried the Anastasia Beverly Hills brow wiz, but with this affordable, amazing product I don't plan on it! I just plan on using this great brow pencil!

What did you love in the month of May? I always love to know for recommendations on things I should try! Let me know!

xo, Amy

This was my very first time ordering from Beautylish, and I must say I am very impressed! Not only is it speedy it is also free with purchases over $35! Even if you don't spend $35 shipping is only $5. So that altogether is a huge plus for me!
With Beautylish you can opt in for text alerts regarding your package, so I got texts of when they received my order, when it shipped, and when it was delivered. I love that! It made me feel really valued as a customer. Another great service with Beautylish is after I received my order an employee from Beautylish texted me asking me how I was enjoying my order, and even told me I could text her anytime to ask her questions. It was so helpful because I asked her about some other stuff I ordered (review coming soon!).
My first order I placed was for the Rae Morris Makeup Masterclass. I saw this book on trendmood's snap chat and instantly fell in love. It might is the most beautiful book I own. I call it my makeup bible because it has so much detailed information plus gorgeous pictures. It is helpful as I navigate through my makeup obsession. I think even if you are a makeup artist you can benefit from this book because of all the information and knowledge Rae Morris shares. The book costs $55 which sounds expensive, but considering how big it is it's worth it. The book is quite large in size, but also volume. It has close to 500 colored pages in it! Impressive!
 I haven't read through the whole book yet, but I hope I can improve my makeup skills from reading, and practicing. And I love the images in this book so much I hope it inspires me for my future goals and dreams in life.
Also with my order I got two Bioderma samples! I hear so much hype around Bioderma so I am pumped to try it!

If you haven't ever placed an order with Beautylish I highly recommend it. They ship to so many countries all over the world, and literally have the best customer service I have ever had, and that includes actually shopping in stores too.

If you have the Rae Morris book let me know what you think of it! Or if you have read any other makeup book that is great let me know what they are so I can pick them up!

xo, Amy

April's ipsy bag was so amazing! This is only my second month being subscribed to ipsy, but I am loving it! This month's bag was even better than March bag! I love the bag too! The bright tye dye colors make me so excited for summer!!

This is a little late, and the sale is now over, but I wanted to post it anyways for future shopping trip ideas. 
Here are the things I picked up on the last day of the sale!

The first thing I picked up is the Sephora Favorites 'Power of the Petal' set. It is a set of skincare products all made with or from plants, flowers, and fruits. To be honest, I only bought it because I wanted the Tsubaki beauty oil from boscia. I am glad I have that beauty oil because I have heard rave reviews on it. And I love miniature sized products for travel so having this set is great! Sadly this set is sold out now, but sometimes the Sephora favorites are sold out online but are still in stores. If you want this set check your local Sephora!
Like I mentioned in my last Sephora haul post I recently got a z palette and I want to fill it up so I bought two more Anastasia Beverly Hills shades. This time I got a beautiful matte shade called 'caramel'. It's a nice warm toned brown and will be perfect for the crease. I picked up another metallic shimmery shade called 'metal'. I think it'll look great when I am tan this summer!
Speaking of summer, I had to buy the Hourglass Ambient bronzer in Luminous Bronze. Kathleen Lights talked about how this bronzer was amazing and made her skin look glowy and bronzed like J Lo. So if Kathleen recommended it I had to pick it up!
Color correcting is all the rage these days so I had to pick up some kind of color correcting product. Since I am new to the color correcting world, and I don't have really any problem areas so I got the Color Correcting Stick by Smashbox. I got the 'look less tired' pencil in the peach color to see if I can cover my light dark circles. Hoping it works!
I have been really interested in Korres skincare since I had a sample of their Greek Yoghurt facial cleanser. Again, like mentioned in my last Sephora post I am obsessing over rose scents so I bought the Wild Rose + Vitamin C Advanced Brightening Sleeping Facial. I want to improve my skincare routine and help my skin be at it's best. So since I usually like to use gels at night, and not creams I only bought the sample size of this to test it before I commit to the full size!
The last things I picked up were lipsticks! I picked up the new Amuse Bouche lipstick in 'Honeycomb'. The hype around these lipsticks is so real so I wanted to be apart of the hype. The other lipstick I bought was Olivia Palermo x Ciate London Satin Kiss Lipstick in 'Praline'. I bought this because Joanna from BronzedBeautyyy on YouTube spoke so highly of it. No one speaks of the Ciate beauty line so I am eager to try it out! I even ordered one of their eyeshadow palettes to do a Ciate brand review post.

I will be reviewing all of these products in the next couple weeks! If you have tried anything I bought let me know your thoughts on it!
And let me know what you picked up in the Sephora sale!

xo, Amy

When I first heard about Beautycon Box I didn't think much of it honestly but when I found out that Bunny aka grav3yardgirl was curating the box I jumped on it! I bought it kind of late after she announced it so I was really scared I wouldn't get one of her boxes. But I emailed their customer service and was given a really quick reply that YES I would be receiving one of Bunny's boxes. I was so excited to get it. I ordered it a month ago, and I just now got it in the mail.
Since I just opened it I wanted to get this post up ASAP! It is my unboxing post of the box, and I must say it is amazing!! I had already seen what was going to be in the box, so nothing was a surprise, but I am so pumped to finally have it.
I will posting a review in the next few weeks on how I feel about the products in the box (spoiler alert: I already tried something and I am loving it!!).
But for now, here are some photos I just snapped while opening it!







If you got Beautycon Box as well leave me a comment on your thoughts of the box, and who you think will be curating the next one! My hope is KathleenLights!

xo, Amy

I have been wanting to get into glosses more, and after hearing rave reviews on the Buxom Full-On Lip Cream I grabbed some.
Originally I only bought the shade 'Mai Tai' and I bought it during my Ulta 21 days of Beauty haul. I only bought one because I wasn't sure if I would like the formula.
I love these glosses so much!! They aren't took sticky, and don't feel thick on my lips. Usually I feel like I stay away from lip glosses because I am not a fan of how thick they feel on my lips. The Buxom glosses are the perfect formula. If you haven't tried any of the Buxom Full-On Lip Creams then you don't know the amazing feeling these leave on your lips. It is a cooling feeling, but not tingly or burning. The description of the product says these have a '...tingle for a gentle plumping effect', but in my opinion this one doesn't at all. I already have full lips, so I can't tell a difference with the plumping effect when I wear Mai Tai. But I didn't buy it for the plumping effect, so that isn't a negative for me.
'Mai Tai' is such a beautiful color, and I love it. Like I said in my haul post I wanted a coral shade that will be great for summer. It is bright enough that shows color, but isn't too bright to where I feel crazy and insecure wearing it.
After loving Mai Tai so much while at the VIB Rouge sale I picked up another shade. I had been eyeing Hot Toddy so with the 15% off I grabbed Hot Toddy too! It is the perfect nude gloss, and this one surprisingly does make my lips look a little bit fuller.

PRO's

• Pigmented glosses
• Comes in a variety of colors
• Cool feeling on lips
• Beautiful, durable packaging
• Only need one coat per application

Since subscribing to ipsy I noticed on their site they have a lot of great coupon codes for the sites of the brands they feature in their bags. So I decided to take advantage of one of the codes they had and I picked up some nail polishes from Trust Fund Beauty. I had never heard of this brand prior to subscribing to ipsy, and after stalking their instagram I thought their polish was something I had to have.
I decided on 3 colors, and the ones I got were 'I'm Kind of a Big Deal' which is described as a dusty rose. I haven't used it yet, but the pictures I saw of this shade are so beautiful. It is perfect for summer! The next shade I got was 'Boy Tears' which is the best silvery glitter. I have a love hate relationship with glitter polish. It is so beautiful and will be perfect for summer as well. Glitter polish always looks so amazing when the sun hits it! And the last color I got was 'Elegantly Wasted'. It is described as a dark lilac, which is very accurate. It looks like the perfect light purple color with grey undertones.
I am so impressed with these polishes!! They are for sure my new favorite brand. Trust Fund Beauty is cruelty free and vegan which is really awesome. Not a lot of nail polish brands seem to be as conscience of the ingredients they put in the polish as much as Trust Fund Beauty does.
I used 'Elegantly Wasted' on my nails with 'Boy Tears' on my pinky nails and it turned out very nice. When I painted my nails I didn't use a top coat and my nails didn't start to chip until about 4 days in. My nails still looked really great a week later, so I was pleasantly surprised. I think with a top coat it'll last even longer.
The biggest down side to Trust Fund Beauty is the price. The polishes are $15 a piece which is the most I have spent on any nail polishes. But since they are cruelty free, vegan, and formulated in the US it is semi expected.
I wasn't too bothered about the price because I did use the ipsy coupon code so I was happy to save a little bit of money.
Unfortunately, the code is no longer on ipsy's site, but I would check back next month for it. Or if you don't mind paying $15 per polish I recommend picking some colors up!
I have a few on my wishlist, and as soon as I see another coupon code I am going to pick them up. I also want to try one of their lipsticks because they have lipsticks, and a highlight!
If you have tried any of Trust Fund Beauty polishes, or other makeup products let me know which ones! And if you have ipsy, I would say take advantage of the codes!

xo, Amy

 Sorry for the absence from my blog for the past two weeks. I have been very busy with my personal life but I am back! So for a great post back I am posting a haul!
If you are living under a rock, and haven't heard it's the Sephora VIB Rouge then you need to stop reading right now and go to your closest Sephora store!
I am VIB Rouge, and was able to go on the vey first day for first access. I originally had an over $200 list of items I wanted but I decided to control myself and only buy things I genuinely wanted/needed. I am so happy with all my purchases!
I love perfumes, and have been obsessed with rose scent recently so I grabbed the Roses De Chloe rollerball. It is such a beautiful scent, and I am most definitely going to buy the full size when I run out of this rollerball!
As you saw in my last Ulta haul I picked up a Buxom full-on lip cream, and since I loved it so much (full review coming soon) I picked up another one. I grabbed the shade 'Hot Toddy', and it the perfect nude color for my lips. I had my eye on it when I bought Mai Tai, and now that I have it I am so excited. I want to pick up even more colors in the future!
For my birthday one gift I received was an empty z-palette which was too excited for because I have been wanting some of the Anastasia Beverly Hills single pans. I picked up two shades to go in my z-palette. I love the ABH shadows so much!! I plan on filling my whole z-palette with them. I got the shades 'Gleam' and 'Electro'. Oh em gee I am obsessed!! Electro looks bright purple in the pan but has a blue/pink iridescent shine. It is so beautiful. It might be my new favorite eyeshadow which is saying a lot because I usually only love neutrals!
And the last thing I bought is the Sephora Double-Ended Blemish Extractor. I bought it so I could start steaming my face and using it to clear out the blackheads on my nose. I used it once, and I didn't see much results, but maybe I didn't steam my face long enough. My cousin said that extractors really work, so I am excited to keep using it to see more results!

The last couple things I got were point perk items, and a free item for being VIB rouge status. From the point perks I grabbed the new GLAMGLOW peel off mask which I am beyond excited to try, and I got the new Estee Edit 2-in-1 makeup remover and cleanser. It has good reviews so I am eager to test it out. And the last little perk I got is a Sephora makeup tote. This is my first year being VIB Rouge so I was very happy to be able to get a tote from being at that status.

I am going back to Sephora with my cousin to shop, and will probably pick up a few more items so I will be posting a part 2 haul post!
If you shopped the sale, let me know what you got and what you recommend I try to pick up before the sale ends!

xo, Amy