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 :( 

   

Glitter Liners!

Hello Upsessers! Today's Post is all over GLITTER LINERS! I personally own three different brands of glitter liners: Sephora, Urban Decay and Forever 21 Love & Beauty. Personally out of the three my favorite would be the Sephora Brand. Not only does it have a great staying power but it doesn't crease your eyeshadow when you layer over it, has awesome pigmentation, full cover payoff with as little as 2 swipes, has no fall out, and the best part is the stick doubles as a liner brush and mascara wand! Next in line would be Love and Beauty by Forever 21. Now I only own one color in this brand, but not by choice, I could only find one color while I was shopping there the other day. What is really nice about their liners is not only is the glitter very pigmented but the glitter gel suspension has the same color pigment as the glitter for that extra oomph! And the last surprisingly least favorite is Urban Decay Heavy Metal liners. I was sorely impressed by these (especially with such a hefty price tag), they have poor pigmention and it takes forever to build up a noticeable even layer of glitter when applying to the lid. And they have a clear gel suspension which doesn't help the poor pigmention. The only positive thing I have found for these Urban Decay liners was the staying power. It takes a whole lot of scrubbing to get these babies off and even after your eyes are red and raw there is still some residue left over (which you can take as a pro or a con you decide). 

Now on the the pictures!! XOXO Ali  

GLITTER LINER COLLECTION! 

Sephora Liners in VIP Gold, Party Purple, & Sassy Silver ($13 each)

Sephora Glitter wand doubles as liner and mascara!! 

Love and Beauty by Forever 21 in Turquoise ($2.80 each) 

Sephora Glitter in VIP Gold, Party Purple, & Sassy Silver. Love and Beauty in Turquoise

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Liners in Air Guitar and Mullet ($18 each)

UD Heavy Metal Liners in Air Guitar and Mullet

Drug Store Haul!

Hello Upsessers!
     Welcome back! Sorry for being so absent lately with the holiday its been super busy around here! But I finally made it to the drug store do some makeup therapy shopping and I think I did pretty good!
          I was so excited when I went to my local Walgreens and seen the new Fergie section of Wet n Wild and I went a little over board! So a little review of what I got! I purchased 5 Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors in Fergie Daily, Bebot Love, Penthouse Sweet, Saraghina, and Ferguson Crest Cabernet. They are AMAZING! The color pay off is great, they are creamy and not drying at all, and they last a good amount of time for the price! Also from the Fergie Collection I picked up her Take On The Day Eyeshadow Primer, and On The Edge Creme Eyeliner in Cocoa. Now I can't do a review on these just yet because I haven't tried them out but my first impression is : I'm very impressed! The eyeshadow primer is nice because it has a flesh tone tint to it for a little extra coverage. The cream liner is spectacular; it comes with a good size eyeliner brush and about 2.8 g of product which is decent for the $4.99 price tag. Over all I am very happy with my Fergie Collection purchases, but if you wanna get it on the goodies act fast because as of right now they are LIMITED EDITION!
          Now moving on to the Kate for Rimmel Matte Lipsticks, they are a nice creamy texture (creamier than most matte lipsticks) and a little to my dismay they had a bit of a sheen finish when I was hoping they would be a flat matte. I picked up two of her colors in #s 101 and 107. I have to give these another wear or two before I decide fully on whether or not I would purchase again!
         And lastly I wandered to the mascaras and picked up both the Maybelline Rocket Volum' Express along with the L'oreal Power Volume Collagen. I have to say L'oreal is the hands down winner in this competition between the two! The lift, volume and fullness this mascara gives you with the defining rich black color is everything you would want in a drug store mascara with out the flakyness and eyelid transfer. Maybelline Rocket Volum' Express on the other hand was not all bad it does give you a good amount of lift but it failed in separating my eyelashes efficiently enough for my liking along with having a lot of transfer to my eyelid area during a days wear.
           OK I think I talked enough on with the pictures! ENJOY and Thanks for stopping by!! xox Ali

Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors

Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors

Fergie Centerstage Collection Perfect Pout Lip Colors

(L-R) Bebot Love, Fergie Daily, Penthouse Sweet, Saraghina, Ferguson Crest Cabernet 

Fergie's Creme Eyeliner in Cocoa and Eyeshadow Primer 

Fergie Creme Liner in Cocoa (left) and Primer (right)

Kate Matte Lipsticks for Rimmel

Kate Matte Lipsticks for Rimmel

Kate Matte Lipsticks in 101(left) and 107 (right) 

Youtube Update!

Hello Upsessers!
    I just wanted to say a little something about my Youtube channel I am starting I have an account created and I am working on getting some videos up and running but I want to make sure they are of the best quality, so I'm currently researching a camera to purchase so that I can start uploading videos. In the mean time I am going to try and set up filming with my Mac Book until I have a better quality option. If you would like to check out my channel my name on Youtube is also MakeupsessedwithAli I also have a Instagram with the same user name and a Pinterest! So subscribe to everything so you can stay up to date with all my new posts and videos! Thanks so much guys for taking the time to stop by! xoxo Ali!