Revlon Lash Potion Review!

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Sorry about the absence it was finals week, but its SUMMER BREAK so I am dedicating all my time to my blog and finally starting my YouTube Channel. But any who today I am here to review the ever so popular buzzing Revlon Lash Potion Mascara! So I picked this baby up at Walgreens after watching so many gurus haul this on YouTube. I am just at an ehh level with it. Its not great but its not terrible either. It gave me volume, but little length and I was however pleased with the separation power of the natural bristle brush. Another con I found was that it was extremely flakey on me, I'm not sure if any one else experienced this but I am willing to give it a few more tries before I throw this in the "What were they thinking" pile. As for the growing serum power I don't believe I have used it enough to see results but I will comment on that later. So in conclusion you have to ask "Is this worth me paying $7 or so dollars on it" ehh its a really split decision for me. 

PROS: Volume and Separation BUY ME! CONS: Flaking and No Length SAVE YOUR MONEY!  

Revlon Lash Potion

Natural Bristle Brush/Wand

No mascara

No mascara

One coat of Revlon Lash Potion

One coat of Revlon Lash Potion

Beauty Quick Tip #2!!

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I'm back with another Beauty Quick Tip! This weeks tip is all about getting the most BANG for you BUCK! Did you know that you can use your eye and lip treatments for other things as well?! Use your under eye treatments for the fine lines around your mouth. The skin around your mouth and eyes is very similar, so the same cream for crows feet will work around your mouth too! And have some lip treatments lying around, use those to hydrate your cuticles! Your nails and lips crave nourishment so why not give them what they deserve ladies balm up those lips and nails! 

**Any quick tips that you can think of leave them in the comments below and I'll feature them on my blog along with a shout out for everyone else to enjoy!!**

Beauty Quick Tip!

Hello Upsessers! 

This is a little type of post I'm going to start having weekly and it will be Beauty Quick Tips, secret confessions from Sephora's finest! 

First Beauty Quick Tip!

*** Ever wonder why after awhile you feel like that foundation you fell in love with just isn't cutting it anymore? It's most likely because your brush is to dirty! Natural hair bristle brushes absorb a lot of oil from your skin when your using them to apply make up, along with a lot of product as well. All this build up can cause the makeup to stick to the brush instead of to your face when applying! So make sure to be a good makeup artist and take care of your brushes! You can use a daily brush spray Sephora Collection has a Daily Brush Cleaner a 6.75 oz bottle for only $14! Or you can really give your brushes  a day at the salon and shampoo them at least once a week! Sephora Collection Purifying Brush Shampoo is a great steal again 6.75 oz for $14!  Double bonus they are antibacterial!! So remember take of your brushes and you'll never have to worry about loosing the love for your favorite foundation again!*** 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

PS. If you have any tips of you own LEAVE THEM IN THE COMMENTS and I'll FEATURE YOU and some of my favorite here on my blog!! 

***disclaimer I am not paid by Sephora in any way to write what I do. These are my own personal opinions.***

EOTD! ELF Mineral Eyeshadow look!

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Sorry for my brief absence I was on vacation, but no fear I am back! This is look I promised to post that  I created using the Eyes Lips Face Mineral Eyeshadow I recently reviewed and swatched!! Enjoy!! 

And again if you have any looks of your own using ELF Mineral Eyeshadow be sure to leave your link in the comments so I and everyone else can check it out! I am all about all us girls and guys sharing your pages and hard work I won't be upset if you leave a link to your page in the comment section as long as it is respectful! And if any of you wanna do a guest blog post leave me a comment of where I can contact you to set it up!! Thanks so much!  xox Ali 

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Instagram: makeupsessedwithali 

Twitter: MakeupsessedAli

it would mean the world to me if you would follow me and as always I will check out your page and return the favor! <3 

Lid: Inner corner to mid lid ELF Mineral Shadow in Celebrity

Middle of lid: ELF Mineral Shadow in Elegant 

Outer lid, crease and outer V: ELF Mineral Shadow in Caffeinated

Blended out to smooth sharp lines with ELF Mineral Shadow in Innocent

Lower Lash line: ELF Mineral Shadow in Caffeinated 

ELF Mineral Shadow Swatches!

Hello Upsessers! 

Today's post is a continuation of my most recent ELF (eyeslipsface) haul! The other week ELF held a sale if you spent $30 you could pick 10 of their mineral eyeshadows for free! I have done this before when they ran this sale earlier in the year and when they did it again I was like HECK YES! I LOVE LOVE these shadows! The pigmentation is great, long lasting formula and I have seen no creasing! If you have not tried these yet you must get on it! You will not be sorry, even if you missed the sale at the small price tag of $3 for a .03 oz jar, it is money well spent! In today's post I have 4 out of the 10 I selected. I will post the other 6 during the week and if you are interested in the previous ten I already own let me know IN THE COMMENTS!
Innocent: Matte vanilla white I would compare this to MAC Blanc Type eyeshadow
Elegant: Such an amazing color its shimmery white with gorgeous golden flecks the first swatch pic doesn't do it justice but I amped up the flash as you can see in the third pic down and there you can see the amazing sparkle it has!
Celebrity: A very pretty bronzey, gold high shimmer (but not with fall out) and is beautiful foiled!
Caffeinated: Dark cool tone brown with a golden undertone. Super unique! Love this foiled or great for you to use to deepen out the crease!
PS. My next EOTD post will be of a look I did with all 4 of these colors! So make sure to look for it! You can also follow all of my EOTD on my instagram: makeupsessedwithali
To purchase these shadows: www.eyeslipsface.com
If you have eye looks you have done with these shadows leave a link to your blog or instagram in the comments so we all can check them out! Or ask about a guest blog post!!  xoxo Ali

ELF Mineral Eyeshadow

L-R Elegant, Caffeinated, Celebrity, Innocent

L-R Caffeinated and Elegant (with more light) 

L-R Elegant, Caffeinated, Celebrity, Innocent

Thanks Ali xoxo! 

ELF Haul Pt.1 Face!

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Today's post is the start of my new Eyes Lips Face (ELF) haul! If you have not heard of this site yet, you have NO IDEA what your missing! Eyes Lips Face is a online makeup store that carries GREAT QUALITY makeup at LOW PRICES a ton of things starting at ONE DOLLAR! I have ordered from this site hundreds of times and I have NEVER been disappointed! I will make sure to link their site at the end of the post so all of you can take advantage of their great deals! This post will relate to everything "face" I got in this order. 

ELF HD Blush in Superstar is a beautiful insanely pigmented true pink. It reminds me of when I was little and Tickle Me Pink was my favorite Crayola Crayon it's like the exact color. 

ELF HD Blush in Headliner is a super pigmented baby pink with a violet/lavender undertone. 

What I love about both of these is how little product it takes to get such great pay off. Both of the swatches below is just one teeny pump! Retails online for $3.00 each. **I now own all the HD blushes if you are interested swatches of the other colors let me know in the comments!**

ELF HD Blush in Headliner and Superstar.

Top- Superstar      Bottom- Headliner

ELF Contouring & Bronzing Cream! Another amazing find at ELF! I already own the powder duo of this set and I love it and I have been looking for a creamy contour color everywhere and I finally found it at ELF! The blush is a very pretty peachy pink with no shimmer. And the bronzer/contour color is a very cool tone light brown again with no shimmer. Needless to say I LOVE IT! It is soooo creamy, sooo pigmented, and I love that the color is light to start and very buildable! This only comes in one shade called St. Lucia, so for you darker skinned beauties this is a buildable formation so don't let the light color keep you from trying it out! Retails online for $3.00 each!

ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Cream in St. Lucia

(L) Blush  (R) Contour/Bronzer

Next up! ELF Studio Blush in Gotta Glow. Now for all you girls like me craving after NARS Albatross, with a not big enough budget, this is an answer to your prayers! It is a gorgeous candle light goldeny glow soo pretty I can't even put it into words! Retails online for $3.00 each. 

ELF Blush in Gotta Glow

Gotta Glow

Last but certainly not least! ELF's new Maximum Coverage Concealer! I was super excited when I seen this one but I am a concealer lover and I feel like I have tried every drug store, high end concealer out there and still haven't found the "perfect" one. But this concealer I purchased in the color Porcelain which is the lightest shade is really nice for the $3.00 price tag! It's super creamy and goes on so smooth and not drying or cakey at all, like some fuller coverage concealers are. Below I put in a picture with the concealer applied to half my hand. I just scrubbed all the other swatches off my hand so I wanted to see how well this concealer covered redness and the blueness of my veins since I will be applying it to my under eye circles. And I can say confidently this may be my new favorite concealer!

ELF Maximum Coverage Concealer in Porcelain

Concealer applied to Right side of my hand! 

**Check out Eyes Lips Face out yourself!  http://www.eyeslipsface.com/

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. 3!

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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!

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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 :( 

   

Belletto Studio Review and Swatches!

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      I recently purchased a Belletto Studio Airbrush system off of Hautelook the other day for $100 plus tax. The kit that I purchases normally runs for $484 on their website www.bellettostudio.com. The set is called Beauty Basics Airbrush System and I purchased the color set Fair Skin with Pink Undertones. And I have to say it was one of the best $100 dollars I have invested on a single makeup product. The set included the compressor, the airbrush wand, four shades of foundation ranging from fair to light/medium, one blush, one eyeshadow, two primers, and a bottle of cleaner solution. I have to say so far I have tried the primer, foundation in shade F3 beignet and the cleaner solution afterwards. I have to say I was amazed at how easy I found the system to use. The instructions are very clear and to the point and it also comes with a informational DVD. The coverage was light to medium but could be built up to be a fuller coverage foundation. I applied 2 layers and resulted in a professional airbrushed look with a medium coverage and no cakey-ness. I loved the fact that you couldn't even tell I was wearing makeup and the length of wear earned the system some major bonus points. Applied the foundation around 1 pm and removed it at 10 pm and I did not have any touch ups in the mean time. For any one looking into investing in an airbrush system and wants professional quality with ease of use as a beginner this is the system for you! I have taken a bunch of pictures that I have included below to help you get a better idea of the system! Enjoy and let me know if you have a Belletto System as well, or any other airbrush system and how do you like it?! xox Ali 

The Compressor

The Airbrush Wand 

Set of two Primers

Blusha and Eyeshadow 

Set of Four Foundations 

Foundations in (L-R) F8 Darque Tan, F3 Beignet, F1 Creme De La, F4 Blanched Almond

Eyeshadow in Unique Taupe (left) and Blush in Peachish (right)