Raspberry Gradient! EOTD!

Hello Upsessers!

I have another eye of the day for you! This one is titled Raspberry Gradient! I am in LOVE with this eye look!! For more EOTDs follow me on INSTAGRAM: Makeupsessedwithali and anything EOTD you see on there comment on and I will post all the products I used! I currently just got a new video camera and I'm working on lighting and tripods so I should have youtube videos up soon for tutorials!! 

Enjoy!

Inner Corner and Brow Bone Highlight: Wet n Wild Color Icon in Lust (#248) The light matte pink shade.

Mid lid: Coastal Scents Maroon Berry

Outter Lid and V: Coastal Scents Wild Raisin mixed with MAC Carbon 

Crease: Coastal Scents Fine Wine 

Eyeliner: Tarte Gel liner in Black

Mascara: L'Oreal Power Volume Collagen

EOTD Green with Envy!

Hello Upsessers! 

So I have decided to start doing eye of the days and include all the products I used! These first few eye of the days I have already had pictures of so I only have one shot of each but once I get through these I will start taking shots of different angles so you can see the look a little better! So on to the first look I will call this one Green with Envy! Enjoy and thanks for reading! xox Ali

Products Used:

Lid: Inner half Wet n Wild Palette in Comfort Zone the eyelid color on the green side 

on the middle of the lid Coastal Scents Olive.

Outter V: A mix of MAC Carbon and Coastal Scents Pinehurst.

Crease: Coastal Scents M05

Brow Bone: Wet n Wild single color icon shadow in Brulee

Lower lash line: Coastal Scents shadow in Balsam and MAC Carbon towards the outter lash line

Eyeliner: Tarte gel liner in black

Mascara: Benefit They're Real Mascara 

Coastal Scents Swatches Pt 5!

Hello Upsessers! Here comes another installment in my Coastal Scents Swatches! Again I have to continue to RAVE about these shadows! I absolutely love them. For the price the quality is fantastic great color pay off, wear time and no fall out! I highly recommend these shadows to anyone who hasn't tried them yet, or looking to build their collection with high quality low priced cosmetics! 

(I am in no way paid by Coastal Scents to say any of this I purchased these all with my own money)

Each pan sells for $1.99 a piece!

S38: A flesh tone color with a pinky undertone almost matte but has some shimmer.

Earth Rose: Contrary to the name it has more of a brown meets dusty rose but the brown stands out, would call this shimmer because it has only a fine glitter dusting throughout.

Chocolate Berry: This is a gorgeous deep brown with a purple/raspberry undertone so satiny and shimmery a must have! 

Mai Tai: A very pretty shimmery taupe with a with a silver but almost pink undertone, very unique.

Southern Wood: A very pretty pinky brown similar to Urban Decay's Toasted but a little lighter.

Chocolate Cherry: A deep shimmer brown with red undertones. 

Boca Moca: High bronzed shimmer shade with a gold sheen, super pretty! 

Kodiak: A golden green shade with an olivey hue, a very special color LOVE IT! 

Medieval Gold: A brassy gold with a high gleaming shimmer so gorgeous! 

Coastal Scent Single Eyeshadows! 

L-R: S38, Earth Rose, Chocolate Berry

L-R: Mai Tai, Southern Wood, Cherry Chocolate

L-R: Boca Mocha, Kodiak, Medieval Gold

6Contour Blush Palette Coastal Scents Review!

Hello Upsessers! Sorry for being so absent but I am back and working hard to bring you a ton of new posts! So to kick it off I thought I would start with Coastal Scents 6Contour Blush Palette. 

Now I have to say I was a little put off by some of the chalky textures of certain colors in this palette just because I have such high respect for their eyeshadow. But besides the texture I was very pleased with pigmentation and coverage. 

This palette includes One Translucent Powder, I use it as a setting powder and you might be able to get away with it as a subtle highlight powder.( I did not include this is the swatches for obvious reasons of it being translucent) 

The next color is a light flesh colored powder with yellow undertones, this color has nice coverage but this is where the chalkyness comes in to play, if you apply with a light hand and build up coverage I didn't notice a chalky build up. I am going to guess the chalkyness stems from the fact that the powder seems to be a finely milled pigment, which does finish out to have a silky texture once rubbed in.

The next color is another flesh tone but this one having pink undertones instead. Again same chalky texture but does blend out to a silky smooth finish if applied the right way. 

The contour color is a deep matte brown, it is a chocolate-esque brown with very nice buildable color. Just a word of advice to fairer skin tones apply very lightly and build to desired color because a little goes along way and it is very easy to over do it with this color!

Lastly the two blushes which are probably my favorite things in this palette. The blush in the top row is a very rosy matte pink, very gorgeous, very vibrant and very wearable; LOVE! The blush in the bottom row is a nice tea rose that is also a matte color. I have noticed this one does go on a lot sheerer than the other so it may take a while to build the desired pigmentation.
Retails on Coastal Scent's website for $18.95!

Now enough typing onto the photos! 

6Contour Blush Palette

Top:Translucent, Yellow undertone, Rosy Vibrant Pink Blush
Bottom: Pink undertone, Contour, Tea Rose Blush

Top-Bottom: Contour, Yellow undertone, Pink undertone
(NO FLASH)

Top-Bottom: Pink undertone, Yellow undertone, Contour
(FLASH)

R-L: Vibrant Rose Pink (1 application to achieve this color), Tea Rose Pink (2 applications to achieve this color)

Coastal Scents Swatches Pt. 4!

Hey Upsessers! 

I have yet another installment in the Coastal Scents swatches posts. There should be two more posts after this one to finish up all 56 eyeshadows. Today's post will be all about GREYS AND BLACKS. The final two will be matte browns and shimmer browns just because there are so many browns I need to break them up into two posts...so stay tuned for those! But like I have been saying I am amazed at the quality of these eyeshadows! They are so silky smooth, super pigmented, and long lasting with no fall out or creasing and the best part they are only $1.99!! So again if you have not done your self the favor of checking out their site you should, and for the record I receive nothing from Coastal Scents for saying these things about their product, I am just a very happy customer and I wanna scream it from the roof tops and share it with all of you makeupsessers so you can celebrate in the goodness too!! 

Greys:

Ash Grey: matte soft taupey grey 

Bazaar: shimmer silky grey with a slight golden hue super pretty! 

Concrete Jungle: shimmer smokey grey with a purple hue

Thunderous: shimmer dark grey with a golden shimmer tint

Gypsy Night: is a very pretty unique color a shimmer dark grey/black with green and gold glitter specks flickering throughout (looks lighter in pic than actual) 

Gunpowder: is another not so common color very dark grey I would personally say almost black with a beautiful bronze amber shimmer throughout (looks lighter in pic than actual)

So now onto the Swatches Enjoy! 

Coastal Scents Greys and Blacks!  

(L-R) Ash Grey(matte), Bazaar, Concrete Jungle

(L-R) Thunderous, Gypsy Night, Gunpowder

Coastal Scents Swatches Pt. 3!

Hello Upsessers!

Today I have Part 3 of the Coastal Scent Swatches and this post will feature the GORGEOUS GREENS of my collection! I am in love with every one of these colors, the silky texture and rich color pay off with the added bonus of a great price $1.99 each you can NOT beat it! I'm serious if you have not ordered from Coastal Scents I don't know what your waiting for, because you are seriously missing out on GREAT QUALITY products for LOW PRICES! So on with the individual descriptions and swatch pictures! 

Shimmers:

Golden Avocado: It is a beautiful golden green/olive color comparable to MACs Old Gold pigment.

Balsam: Is an amazing bright green with a golden duo chrome/hue to it, think granny smith apple mixed with pure gold. 

Dark Golden Olive: Great partner shade to Golden Avocado it is dark forest green color with a hint of gold throughout.

Matte:

Olive: The name says it all think true dirty martini olive shaken not stirred! 

M05: This color is almost a true green matte shade but skims the border of forest green because it is a little on the darker side.

Pinehurst: Picture your pine christmas tree and you'll know exactly what this color looks like, true to its name pine, pine, pine!

Olivewood: I didn't know whether to include this in browns or greens but because of the name I placed it here. It is very army green meets khaki, a truly unique color and quite possibly one of my favorites out of the bunch!

Now on to the swatches enjoy!! 

GORGEOUS GREENS from Coastal Scents! 

(Top-Bottom) Golden Avocado, Balsam, Dark Golden Olive (All Shimmer)

(L-R) Olive, M05, Pinehurst, Olivewood (All Matte)

Coastal Scents Pt 2. Swatches!

Hello Upsessers! 

Here is another installment in the Coastal Scents Eyeshadow swatches! Today's swatches are of the PINKS and BERRIES in my collection!  

B11- Is a very light baby pink with a matte finish

Peach Fuzz- Is a high shimmer peach toned shadow

HP-MEZ0- Is a baby pink shadow with a high shimmer finish

Wine Berry- Is a gorgeous berry/hot pink silky shimmer eyeshadow

Raspberry Tart- Again is another amazing color with more a berry/purple hued shimmer shadow

Vintage Burgundy- I would compare this to MACs Star Violet but this is little deeper and a more shimmer finish 

Fine Wine- Is a great staple berry matte to have in any collection it is a true wine color

Maroon Berry- Is similar to Fine Wine but more rich and deep in color also with a matte finish

Enjoy the photos and swatches below! xox 

Coastal Scents Palette! 

Coastal Scents 28 Pan Palette! 

Coastal Scents Individual Eyeshadow Pans!

(L-R) Raspberry Tart, Vintage Burgundy, Fine Wine, Maroon Berry

(L-R) B11, Peach Fuzz, HP-MEZ0, Wine Berry 

Coastal Scents Swatches/Review Pt 1!

Hello Upsessers!

So for Christmas I received two Coastal Scents Eyeshadow Palettes and the Blush and Contour Palette. Each eyeshadow palette was the empty 28 pan palette that you can fill with their individually sold eyeshadows, so naturally being the upsesser I am I filled up both 28 pan palettes! Now I can't swatch all 56 eyeshadows in one posting so I figured I would separate them by color family. These eyeshadows are AMAZING! And as I was playing with a bunch of them today swatching and such I discovered some of them are dupes for MAC shadows and Urban Decay shadows, so I will be sure to include comparison photos of the duped colors. Not only do every one of these 56 shades have great color pay off, but there is little to no fall out, and long lasting wear! I couldn't ask for a better quality shadow with such a small price tag at $1.99/pan!(The 28 empty pan palette was only $9.95!) I would most certainly buy from them again! So if you haven't checked Coastal Scents out before I highly recommend that you do! Now on with the photos, I'm starting with the PURPLES today!    

Coastal Scents 28 pan palette!

Filled Coastal Scents 28 pan palette!

Coastal Scents Purple Family Eyeshadows!

(L-R) Antique Lilac, Purple Panic, Vibrant Plum, Violette (all matte shades!)

(L-R) CM07, Edgy Eggplant (both matte also!)

Two older Coastal Scent shadows #'s S16 and S13 (shimmer)
ps. Not sure if they are still available :(