#makeupreview – Page 7 – Forty, Flirty & Fabulous

Rimmel London Stay Matte Products and Natural Shades For a Flawless Spring!

Hi all! I hope you’re spring is bright and sunny! It’s been pretty nice in Kansas City and is getting warmer!

I received some fun Rimmel London products to create spring looks with. The Stay Matte Line has a new concealer I’m excited to be trying and Rimmel has beautiful neutral and coral makeup that’s perfect for spring. Here are the products I received for my honest review:

Scandal’eyes WOW Wings Mascara ($6.99 USD at Walgreens)

Maxi Blush in Sweet Cheeks

Stay Matte Liquid Lip in Be My Baby ($4.97 at Walmart)

Magnif’Eyes Eyeshadow Palette Nude Edition ($7.97 at Walmart)

Stay Matte Concealer ($5.49 USD at Walgreens)

Stay Matte Foundation ($5.49 USD at CVS)

Exaggerate Eye Definer

I received 001 Fair Porcelain in the foundation and 011 Porcelain in the concealer. The foundation is a little light for me, but I still tried it out. It has a mousse-like texture, but it feels really light when blended out. I’d say it’s a medium coverage. And, I get more coverage with a brush than a sponge.The finish is soft matte. It does not completely dry down and it’s so comfortable on. I have combination, aging skin, but it does tend to get oily as the weather gets warmer. I think this will be nice when my skin is oily, because it stays looking fresh all day, and not shiny.

The concealer is new. I’d say it’s also medium coverage. It’s thick and just a bit dry, so I make sure to blend it out quickly. But I have to say it stays on all day, and I didn’t see much creasing, which is really nice. The shade I received is good on me now, but if I tan, it might be a bit light.

Sorry this is so blurry! But the swatch on the left is the foundation and theswatch on the right is the concealer. They are both creamy, with a soft matte finish.

Maxi Blush in 004 Sweet Cheeks and Stay Matte Liquid Lip Color in Be My Baby.

This is a buildable cheek color that lasts all day. It has a velvety matte finish and blends really nicely. The color Sweet Cheeks is a soft coral-orange shade. It’s perfect for spring.

This matte lipstick is one of my favorite formulas. It is very matte, so I love it with a light gloss over it. It stays on so long!

These products really define the eyes. The mascara has a winged wand that flares out corner lashes for a perfect winged out look. It also lifts lashes and gives lots of volume. I really like that it doesn’t flake or smudge. Rimmel makes such nice mascaras.

I don’t usually wear eyeliner. I usually use eyeshadow as liner, but I do like liner for tightlining. I’ve used this to tightline my upper lashes and placed it in my waterlines. It’s very soft and creamy and easy to blend, but it does also break easily because it is so soft. It is waterproof and stays all day.

I’m a big fan of the Rimmel London Magnif’Eyes Eyeshadow Palettes. I have been enjoying the Nude Edition. It’s a mostly cool toned palette, with a few warm tones lighter shades.

Here’s swatches from the palette. It has a good selection of mattes and shimmers, and I can create a good smoky eye if I want. I normally do a more natural look, and this gives a good day look, too. The shadows are very easy to blend. The mattes are a little powdery and there’s a bit of kick up in the pan, but not a lot. The shimmers are very creamy. I’m looking forward to playing with it more!

Rimmel London products are available at chain drug stores and mass retailers nationwide. Visit www.RimmelLondon.com for store locations and to try the newest products with Rimmel London’s exclusive Get The Look App available on iTunes and Google Play.

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Have you tried any new Rimmel London products lately?

New bareMinerals Products For Face and Lips

Hi all! I hope you are having an amazing weekend so far! It was in the 70’s today in Kansas City, and that’s so exciting. So in honor of the warm weather, I thought I would review some fresh new products from bareMinerals!

I was sent the following products for my honest review:

The products I was sent for review are:

Complexion Rescue Hydrating Foundation Stick SPF 25 ($32 USD) — A clean, water-based liquid foundation in a stick that combines hydrating skincare benefits and SPF with naturally radiant medium coverage.

Blemish Rescue Skin-Clearing Spot Concealer ($22 USD) — A non-drying, full-coverage targeted spot concealer that reduces the appearance of blemishes and redness and helps to prevent future blemishes.

BAREPRO Longwear Lipstick ($20 USD) — The long lasting lipstick that provides up to 8 hours of wear with a weightless, matte finish.

Here’s a close up of the products — I received the foundation in the shades Birch 1.5 and Vanilla 2, the concealer in Fair/Light 1.5N, and the lippies in (from top to bottom) Petal, Spice and Peony.

I have been using these two shades together. Birch is a bit light and Vanilla is a bit deeper for me, so blended together, they look amazing on!

The coverage on this is light for me, but I can build it up to medium. I find applying it with a brush gives the best coverage. It gives a natural finish, which is what I like. I don’t like to be too matte or too glowy. And it feels light on the skin, not too creamy or heavy!

The foundation wears all day and looks so nice on!

I don’t break out often, but I have a bit lately and have been trying this concealer on my acne. It covers it well. I’m not sure how well it treats my acne, but it does make my skin look better.

The consistency is creamy, but a bit dry, so it won’t slide of the skin. It definitely stays put all day!

I was so excited to try these, because I heard they have an amazing formula. I don’t like matte liquid lipsticks, but I do like a soft matte lipstick.

This feels very hydrating and creamy when applied. It dries down just a bit to a matte finish, but it’s still comfortable and not drying.

I love all three shades. You can see that I love nudes and pinks, and these colors will work so well all year round.

Here are swatches of all of the products:

From left to right is the foundation in Birch and Vanilla, the concealer in Fair/Light and the lipstick in Petal, Spice and Peony.

I’m enjoying all of these products, especially the foundation and the lipsticks.

Have you tried any of these new bareMinerals products? What do you think?

Shop My Stash — April 2019

Hi all! It’s time for my April Shop My Stash! I love the beginning of the month when I choose new products from my stash to use. My goal is to get more use out of the products I have and to see if they are something I want to keep.

I think my choices for April are so pretty! And they all look new, so I need to give them some love and mess them up a bit!

Here are close ups of the products:

I received this Violet Voss Pro HG palette in my December BoxyLuxe — and it’s really gorgeous! I have only used it a few times, so I am excited to focus more on it this month. I will be able to do neutral brown looks and more warm/coral looks for spring. The metallics in these are gorgeous! I haven’t reviewed it yet — and I will try to do it this month. I say that every month with my palettes, and haven’t done it yet, but hopefully soon I will start reviewing my palettes!

This is the Rimmel London MAGNIF’EYES Eyeshadow Palette in Electric Violet. It is so pretty! I have been choosing more neutral palettes so far this year in my Shop My Stashes, so I decided I needed a colorful one in this month! I’m going to try to add a palette with color through spring and summer — it’s definitely the season for fun eye looks! I haven’t played with this one yet, but it swatches so nicely, so I’m excited! And, I love purple!

I received this CoverFX All in One Perfector Face Palette in my March BoxyLuxe. I love that it takes care of my face color cosmetics in just one palette. This will be nice if I travel this year, too. This is the lighter palette and it works perfectly for my skin tone.

These are the BareMinerals Gen Nude Patent Lip Lacquer in Can’t Even and Bae. This is a high gloss liquid lipstick. I received these lasts fall for review, and I thought these would be perfect in spring. And they are! I’m excited to wear them alone, over a lip liner or over a lipstick.

I am so excited to play with these product! Have you tried any of them? What do you think of them?

IT Cosmetics Palettes That Are New To Me!

Hi all! Happy first day of spring! Didn’t it feel like it would never come after that cold and snowy winter?!?

I’m excited to be reviewing IT Cosmetics products that I haven’t tried before. I love the brand, but I have mostly tried their skincare and base products.

I was sent these products for my honest review:

Superhero Eye Transforming Anti-Aging Super Palette ($42 USD)

IT Girl Vol. 2 Makeup Palette ($38 on sale for $25)

Hello Cheekbones Contour Palette ($36 USD)

Heavenly Luxe Hello Cheekbones Contour Brush #19 ($48 USD)

Here are the palettes opened. I did noticed that the eyeshadow shades in both palettes are fairly similar. But they are pretty and good for every day looks.

I have been wanting to try this palette and am so glad I did! The top row are eye foundations, which are bases for under shadow. The first two are matte, and the last one is a shimmer. The first six shadows are shimmers and metallics and the last three are matte liners.

These are so gorgeous! The shadows are creamy and blend nice. The only thing I wish there was is a matte transition shade. I am going to do a full review on this palette with swatches soon!

I believe this was It Cosmetic’s limited edition holiday palette. It is on sale right now so if you want it, it’s the time to pick it up!

This palette has some of the same colors as the Superhero palette, but it does have more mattes. The left shadows are shimmer and the right shadows are mattes. The blush is a pretty pink ombre.

It’s a great palette for everyday, or use some of the darker shades for a nice smokey eye!

This contour palette and brush is so fun!

The brush is very soft, like all IT Cosmetic brushes. They’re such great quality. This is easy to use. Just sweep it as shown above and then apply it to the cheekbone. It blends out easily. The bronzer is pretty warm, but can be used as contour. I also take this with a fluffier brush to bronze my whole face.

The highlighter is pretty, but not very blinding. It does give a nice glow and for more impact, I wet my brush and it did give more shine.

Have you tried any of these IT Cosmetics products? What do you love from the brand?

Beautyblender Bounce Foundation Review

Hi all! I’m here today with a foundation review! I’ve realized that I don’t review a lot of foundations. I usually only have a couple open at a time, since I just have one face. LOL!

But I do feel like I’m in sort of a foundation/concealer rut and want to try some new ones this year.

I was recently sent the beautyblender Bounce foundation for my honest review. I was excited because I have been wanting to try this foundation for a while.

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Beautyblender Bounce Liquid Foundation ($40 USD) — The beautyblender website claims:

A weightless, full-coverage foundation in 40 shades that easily blends for a flawless finish and a revolutionary bare-skin feel. The whipped liquid glides and bounces easily so it never looks cakey or fake- no matter how little or how much you layer on. Never chalky or lifeless, the velveteen matte finish has a multidimensional effect, like naturally gorgeous, healthy skin. The lightweight, buildable formula addresses not just tone but also skin texture so your complexion looks smooth and even. Skin looks picture perfect- IRL and on-screen for up to 24 hours.

Here’s a closeup of the product:

To use this foundation, you slide the button (photo left) over to the left, then squeeze the top and the foundation comes out of the spout (photo right). Then you take a beautyblender (or other sponge or brush) and take the foundation that’s come out with the tool and apply it. It’s very easy to use. The only downfall is that the spout on the pump gets a bit messy.

I have tried the foundation with both a beautyblender and a flat top foundation brush. It works well with both, but even if I use a brush, I finish the application by bouncing the beautyblender over my skin to blend it out. My shade is 1.50, which is a fair/light with cool undertones.

The texture of the foundation is very silky and mousse-like. The claim on this is that it’s full coverage. I’d say it’s more medium, but can be built up to full. It melts into my skin and doesn’t even look like I’m wearing foundation — the coverage and finish is so natural! And my skin looks very flawless. It does give a soft matte finish, but it doesn’t dry down, so I do need to powder my skin. That’s fine with me.

The biggest pro with this foundation is that it doesn’t show texture and it looks like I’m not really wearing makeup. My skin is aging and combination. It’s also sensitive. This foundation covers my redness and uneven texture.

I’d say the only con for me is the packaging. The spout gets really dirty and it’s tough to clean.

I definitely recommend this foundation! I’ve been wearing it everyday since I received it. It just makes my skin look so nice.

Have you tried beautyblender Bounce? What foundation are you loving right now?

IT Cosmetics’ QVC TSV IT’s All About You! Your Customer Favorites Collection

It’s that time again! IT Cosmetics and QVC are having their March Today’s Special Value IT’s All About You! Your Customer Favorites Collection. It is a four piece collection that is a value of $187.36 and is going for $59.94.

I love IT Cosmetics. It’s such a nice brand and the products have beautiful ingredients and amazing quality! I think it’s gorgeous for all ages, but I think it’s perfect forolder ladies like myself. The products contain anti-aging ingredients and their shades of color cosmetics are so lovely!

You can purchase this on QVC.com or buy watching and calling in. It starts today, Saturday, March 9, 2019 at midnight (ET) and will be offered for one day only! As a reminder, each day, QVC picks one special item they believe shoppers will love, and offers it at an exceptionally low price from midnight (ET) until 11:59 p.m. (PT) that day.

Here’s a clearer photo of what you get:

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This exclusive four-piece collection features a NEW! brow-transforming essential, a lip-loving favorite in a new shade, an illuminating complexion must-have in new shades—plus a perfectly paired brush! First, create the look of your fullest, most natural-looking brows with the NEW! Brow PowerFULL Universal Volumizing Eyebrow Pencil. Use your included Heavenly Skin CC+ Skin-Perfecting Brush No. 702 to flawlessly apply your Supersize CC+ Cream Illumination with SPF 50+, then apply your NEW SHADE! of Je Ne Sais Quoi all over your lips for your most beautiful finish.

I have tried the wonderful CC+ Cream and brush before. They are such a nice combo for dewy, hydrated skin. And the size of the CC+ Cream is huge — 2.53-fl oz! This will last a long time.

The Brow PowerFULL pencil is brand new. It is universal for all hair colors, the unique triangular shape allows you to customize your application experience, from the finest line to a fuller-looking brow faster. Brow PowerFULL adheres to skin, covers gray, and looks like real hair!

I like the original pink Je Ne Sais Quoi Hydrating Color Awakening Lip Treatment, but it is a bit bright for my skintone. This shade in Honey is a pretty nude shade and gives a nice, natural lip look.

This is such a great value! Are you going to pick this up today?

Colourpop It’s My Pleasure Palette Review

Hi all! I’m here with a review of the new Colourpop It’s My Pleasure palette. It’s a gorgeous purple and pink palette. I picked it up in my recent haul that you can see here.

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My photos aren’t the best, I took some at night and some at daytime, but hopefully you can see how pretty this is!

Here’s the palette with flash:

Without flash:

The shades from left to right are:

Kittenfish: matte cool lavender
Do or dough: metallic bright lavender with blue duo chrome flip
Pretty cruel: matte berry mauve with gold flecks
Bare minimum: metallic berry violet
Earthshine: metallic pinky lavender with a blue duochrome flip
Chick lit: metallic deep amethyst
Mr. Sandman: icy rose with a silver sheen
Fan fiction: matte dusty pink
Sleeper: matte eggplant

Swatches:

This palette swatches so well! I’m not surprised because Colourpop’s shadows are such great quality! I like all of these shades, but I wish the third one (Pretty Cruel) didn’t have glitter flecks in it, because is the perfect crease color. I did still use it in my crease, though. The mattes in this palette are pigmented and creamy and the metallics are gorgeous! They work well with a wet brush or your finger.

I have used these with neutral colors, but I am going to do a full purple eye soon. You can also do a pretty pink eye look. And like I do, you can pair this with other shades. This is a very versatile palette!

I also love that this is only $12 and comes with a mirror! Colourpop has more of these 9 shadow palettes, including a brand new green one called Just My Luck. It’s really fun, but I don’t know if I would use that one.

Have you purchased any of these 9 pan Colourpop palettes? Would you purchase It’s My Pleasure, Just My Luck or one of the others?

Early Spring Colourpop Haul!

Hi all! I hope everyone is well! I have been very good this year when it comes to purchasing makeup! This is my first haul of the year! I’m not really on a no or low buy, but I’m trying to be careful in what I get. I did purchase a lot last year! I have purchased the new L’Oreal foundation (let me know if you would like a review) and I just got the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Sultry palette on sale and I will be reviewing that palette.

I decided to make a Colourpop order because they are always coming out with cool new products, and I wanted to try some. I also looked at my order history, and foudn that I hadn’t ordered from Colourpop since last June! That’s crazy! It’s definitely time to try some new makeup!

I purchased:

Blur Lux Lipstick in Hey Mr. DJ ($7 USD) – Soft petal pink

Lippie Pencil in Brink ($5 USD) – Terracota rose

It’s My Pleasure Palette ($12 USD)

The Twins Loose Pigment ($6 USD)

BFF Mascara in Black on Black ($8 USD)

Brow Boss in Ash Brown ($5 USD)

I have heard great things about the lip liner and have been wanting to try the Lux Lipstick. The Blur formula is new. I probably should have tried the regular formula first. Both of these products are nice, but the lipstick is way to bright for me. It’s supposed to be a soft petal pink, but It looks very bright on my fair skin. The pencil is nice, though I wish I got that in a lighter shade. It is not as bright as the lipstick, so I can still use it under nudes.

I have swatched these below.

This is a collaboration between Colourpop and YouTuber Kathleenlights. I picked up The Twins because I’m a Gemini! It is an intense pink with a coppery duochrome. This is really pretty. I apply it with a damp brush, so I don’t get all of the fall out. It’s so gorgeous, as you can see below:

Left to right is the lipstick, lipliner and pigment. You can really tell that the pigment has a pink to orange duochrome. It’s very pretty! I do like the liner, but I probably won’t wear the lipstick.

I also picked up their new mascara in black. It’s okay. It gives a lot of volume, but I like mascaras that give my lashes length. I will continue wearing it, and with a primer under it, I get better length. They also have these in bright colors, so if you love colorful mascara, you might want to check this out!

I’ve been doing more with my brows lately, so am happy to try a new pencil. This one is pretty nice. It’s very waxy, so if that’s the type of pencil’s you like, you will love it. I have used it a couple of times and like it. I think I need more practice with it, but will keep trying it out!

I love purple, and so I had to pick it up. Plus, it’s only $12, which is so affordable. I will be posting a review this month with swatches.

I also have purchased another one of these for a future Instagram giveaway. I just hit 4000 followers and will post my giveaway when I get to 5000. So check it out at @fortyflirtyfab on Instagram! I also picked up a pigment and one of the new lip glosses from Colourpop. I will be adding more makeup items to the giveaway, of course. Stay tuned!

Have you made any recent purchases from Colourpop? What did you get?

Shop My Stash — March 2019

Hi All! It’s time for my March Shop My Stash! I’m ready to dive into a different set of products I want to play with.

I’m so excited about all of these. Some are very new to me and some I purchased last year.

Here are closes-ups of each item:

This is the Dose of Colors Desi x Katy Friendcation Eyeshadow Palette. I purchase this on sale in December. It is usually $55, it was on sale for $27.50, plus I had a 20% coupon! It’s a nice palette, but I have to say I only purchased it because it got such great reviews. I have yet to review this on my blog, but I will this month. I’m looking forward to trying it out. I’ve only used it a couple of times, but the shimmery shades are sooooo glittery (not my fave). I am going to pair the mattes with the next palette.

I received this tarte Rainforest of the Sea ™ highlighting eyeshadow palette vol. III in my January BoxyCharm. I have to be honest, I’ve swatched this, but haven’t tried it yet. It’s all shimmers and one matte. These swatch really nicely, so I’m going to pair this with the Friendcation palette. I think it will look nice with the neutral mattes in the palette.

This is probably my oldest product in this Shop My Stash. I’ve had the Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator Palette for about a year and a half. I bought it at Ulta’s 21 Days of beauty. You can see that haul here. I don’t really use this. I think the shades are just a bit dark for me, but I’m going to give all three of them a good go this month. And if I don’t enjoy them, I’ll pass it on.

I haven’t really tried this Becca Glow Gloss in Malibu Soleil which is a mauvy rose. I got this in the BoxyCharm Charm Room last fall. This is a little darker than I usually wear, but I thought I would give it a shot!

I was a Julep Maven since 2012, until they shut down the subscription in February. That is so sad! So I thought I would pay homage to Julep by including one of their products this month. This is the Eyeshadow 101 in Champagne Shimmer. When apply it lasts all day! I swatched it below and I wiped all of the other swatches off, but it would not budge.

This is so nice on the inner corner of the eye or all over the lid.

Here are some swatches:

From Left to Right — The highlighers in Ballerina, Gilded Honey and Peach Glow. Next to them are the Becca Gloss and the Julep cream shadow.

So these are the products in my March Shop My Stash. I think they will be fun to play with this month!

Have you used any of these products? What do you think of them?

Shop My Stash February 2019 Results

Hi all! Happy March! I am excited for a new month. To wrap February up, I’m going to give my thoughts on how the latest Shop My Stash went. Each month I will usually add my empties to this post, but I only had one this month. So I will hold on to it and post it with my March empties.

I chose the five products above. You can read more about them and see close up photos here.

My goal in these is to use some of my products more frequently, and also decide if I need to keep them all or pass them along to someone who will get more use out of them than me. Of course some of these I knew I was going to keep (Modern Renaissance), but others I wasn’t sure about.

I think it was a fairly successful month. I haven’t been feeling well, so I didn’t wear makeup every day. But when I did, I tried to use at least one of these products.

Out of the three eye shadow palettes I chose, I used the Chocolate Bar and Modern Renaissance the most. I stated at the beginning of the month that I hadn’t yet reviewed the Chocolate Bar or Venus III yet on my blog, and that’s still true. I will try to review the Chocolate Bar this month. I think I may be passing Venus III on to someone else. The shadows aren’t very easy to work with and the shimmers are so glittery. It is pretty though, and I think my daughter will love it!

I wasn’t sure if I was going to keep the LORAC bronzer or the Wet n Wild highlighter, but I found that I love them both! The bronzer is really nice, especially while I’m still fair. If I get a (faux) tan this year, I can use another bronzer, but for now I’ve moved it with my every day makeup next to my beloved Butter Bronzer. It’s so good!

The highlighter is so gorgeous — it’s the perfect tone for my skin! It is a bit glittery, so I will use it for evenings and special occasions. But I do really love it, too!

I’ve chosen my five products for March and will hopefully have that up tomorrow. I’m excited to get started on giving some love to some different products!

Have you done a Shop My Stash? How did it go for you?