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Few Sephora Sale products

I bought some sale items from Sephora, and I uploaded a "haul" video about it on YouTube which you can check it out. Here are just few of the items I got, and they are such bargains!

This eyeliner was on sale for $3!!! It's Sephora's brand, and it's super pigmented. The texture is creamy and easy to blend. I believe this came out with Pantone color of the year collection. It is called Sunburst. It's surprising and refreshing to see a bright orange eyeliner because lots people are afraid to use orange on their face. Thanks to Pantone picking orange as color of the year and Sephora promoting it, we are seeing lots orange and corals on people such as lipstick and blush. However, it's still rare to see people wear orange on the eyes because it's such a bold color, but I personally a Huge fan of orange:) I love how this is a true orange color, and that it adds a pop of color on the lid close to the lash line just as fun as wearing blue or purple or green! I have yet to use this in a tutorial, and I can't wait to make one to show you how you can easily take this summery color into the Fall!

Sephora also came out with it's prisma chrome eyeshadow collection. When I saw those online, I wanted to try them so badly mainly because they remind me of L'Oreal infallable eyeshadows. I got this on sale for $5! The original price was $12 I believe. The most popular shade is moonbean which is the powder version of Benefit's highbean highlighter. I know lots people bought that color eyeshadow so that they can use it to either highlight their brows, inner corners of the eye, and as well as on the cheekbones. There are also some really beautiful bronze/copper/plum/blue/brown/black colors in this line, but unfortunately they were sold out when I was purchasing these. I only got to try this shade which is called Gold Reflection #20. Well, as you can see from the compact and swatch that this is rather a bright yellow gold, and it leans much more toward the yellow side. Personally I am disappointed with this eyeshadow. It looks so beautiful in the compact, and the wave like molding looks a lot like the extremely popular M.A.C. highlighting powders (totally forgot what they are called). I've never tried the M.A.C. ones because they were completely sold out and limited editions just like most of their products are. I believe they must go on very shimmery and beautiful and velvet. This eyeshadow is terrible. I had to apply so many times in order to get that swatch, and I used my finger! Imagine if I'm using a brush, I won't be able to pick anything up:/ Although it looks really pretty, the payoff is just not there at all. I don't even care that it was on sale for $5. Wet n' Wild eyeshadows are $4.99 a palette for 8 shadows, and all of them are super pigmented and beautiful despite the packaging. This is such a fail for Sephora!

 The next two items I purchased that were on sale were the tokidoki products. I am only going to show you the swatches and review on the palette, and I will do a separate blog post on the nail color. This palette was $10, and I got it for $5. I believe it's still on sale at Sephora.com along with two other tokidoki palettes. I only got this because it's called Lion Pappa, and I am a Leo. I didn't really care for this palette besides the name, cute illustration, and the gold color. However, after using this on a quick outdoor shoot on a fair skin red hair model, I completely fell in love with it. I know the colors are fairly neutral and simple, but that gold really changes everything. It completely transform the neutral shadows in the palette. The swatch I have here is not doing this palette justice, but I have done tutorial using this palette. The gold color, unlike the gold color on top from Sephora, it's more of an olive green gold. It's a little bit antique and a little bit olive toned. These colors compliment each other so wonderful, and that gold adds so much punch and character to the neutral look. The matte taupe color and the dark brown can be a bit powdery and have some fallouts. Other than that, they apply very smoothly and have decent pigmentation. Now the blush in this palette is also great! It's a peachy pink with subtle golden shimmer. It's almost like the Benefit Bella Bomba but with more peachy color. It gives skin a nice flesh of healthy glow and color. I love how small this palette is, but packs the most useful colors for everyday as well as glamour evening. All you need to do is to intensify with the darker shades, add that pop of gold on the center lids or inner corners, and deepen up that blush. You will be ready for a night out:)

Nails inc. London polish in Hampstead Gardens

I bought this from Sephora when it was on sale for $5! Normally this brand retails around $9.50. I have seen Sephora carries them as well as ASOS.com. I have never tried nails inc. london polishes, and I assume this color was from last Fall or last season. Either way, I am in LOVE with this shade!!! I know that burgundy is a huge color trend for this Fall, but mustard yellow is as cool and chic as burgundy for the Fall season. I wanted to get a pair of Uniqlo jeans in this shade, and I am definitely going to get that now after trying this color on my nails. I know it is an odd color and many people won't like it, but it's actually really flattering on the nails. I can totally see this color on pale skin to medium and all the way to dark skin toned. I just love these offset colors, and who knows mustard yellow would look so good on nails?! I think the trick is to get one that is slightly close to camel color. This shade works for me because of it's beige undertone, and since my skin has beige in it, this compliments my skin tone so well. This color is also a great neutral everyday nail shade because it's understated, unique, but also sophisticated. I love how this is only after one coat without base/top coats! The color is super saturated without streaking, and the application is easy and quick. I can't get enough of this shade, and I think mustard yellow deserves more attention just as much as burgundy for this Fall!

GDE April Jar - Hippy Party Girl

This April jar color was created by Cosmeticcouturier! She has a YouTube channel as well as a blog. She features lots useful informations on Cruelty-free and Vegan beauty products. I started watching her channel about more than a year ago, and fell in love with her many creative colorful smokey makeup tutorials. I personally think she is gorgeous and also helpful. I found many great products through her videos, and I highly recommend people to check out her channel and blog. This color is called Hippy Party Girl, and it's a Vegan eyeshadow with matte and shimmer. The blue color is so vibrant with and without primer/base. I've done a tutorial featuring this color and received great feedback on this color. I don't think if it's still available on glamourdolleyes.com since it's a monthly color, but she did create another permanent color (Going Green) from the permanent Bloggers' Collection. I purchased the full size jar of this shadow, and it came with a sample size of the new Vegan Control Freak eye primer. 

 I think this primer is good for it's velvety texture, but a little bit is enough otherwise the shadows tend to crease on my eyelids. I do have oily eyelids, and it just seems that shadows either crease or disappear after midday. This primer helps the pigments come off more vibrant and the staying power is great as long as I use sparingly. 

Top swatch was on top of GDE control freak eye primer, and lower swatch was without the primer. As you can see, the one with primer is a little bit brighter, but the shadow on it's own still deposits great amount of pigmentation. I love the matte blue with the blue shimmer. This color is fun, sparkly, happy, and great for the summer. 

Urban Decay Smoked Palette

The Urban Decay new Smoked palette: $49 from www.Sephora.com

Comes with deluxe sample size UD primer potion, full size 24/7 eyeliner in Perversion, 10 eyeshadows ranges from neutral matte to dark shimmery metallic, and a how-to look book featuring thorough guidelines of different looks.

 Top swatches without UD primer potion, and lower swatches with UD primer potion. The matte shadows in this palette are powdery and have more fallouts, whereas the metallics are my favorite. I think the neutral mattes are great transitional and highlighting colors, and the dark mattes are great for defining and darkening. I love the perversion eyeliner which I did not swatch and show here, but it's very smooth and inky. However, the staying power is not quite as long as what everyone else says. I still experience smudges and bleeding from my waterline with this eyeliner. I do love the fact that the palette is a great deal consisting these beautiful jewel toned metallic shadows (the ones on the bottom row) and the full size eyeliner. I think the palette packaging itself is a lot better than Naked and Naked2 since it's smaller and fabric cover with zipper closure. It's as small as a clutch/checkbook wallet size and the black fabric case feels quite nice. I do recommend this palette if you do not own Naked and Naked2 but loves dark smokey eye looks! 

 All the rest of the swatches were done without UD primer potion. 

Concrete Minerals

www.concreteminerals.com

2 free sample shadows with purchase: White Rabbit - shimmery white with pink cast & Temptress - shimmery dark teal

Swamped - metallic forest green

This was sale of the week when I made the purchase for $5. The new jars all come with sifters, and each full size products contain 1.5g of mineral shadows.

This was the limited edition Akham collection. It was inspired by comic super heros. I literally bought this set on the last day of it's sale! Again, all the swatches were done without any primer/base. These shadows all have a nice shimmery effect mixed with matte colors. They are very gentle on the skin, and pigmented but soft at the same time. It's recommended to be used either wet or dry, with or without a primer. They also sell a vegan primer on their website for $10 a tin jar which is quite similar to the Glamour Doll Eyes "Control Freak" eye primer. They usually offer a different eyeshadow for sale of $5 every week, and the full size shadows cost $7.00 each. There are also permanent collections as well as limited edition sets. They have lip products as well which I haven't tried yet. Overall, I really like Concrete Minerals products, and I think they deserve to be rated on the same level as Glamour Doll Eyes, Lime Crime, and Sugar Pills. 

Julep nail polish in Georgia

I received this nail polish from a care package sent by one of my YouTube subscribers! I will have a video featuring the package soon. I love this color! I have never tried Julep nail polish but this is great! I think they have a monthly subscription deal on their site, www.Julep.com. They retail at $14 each, but Julep Maven on their site is a monthly subscription deal which you receive two polishes, nail care products, and tools for $19.99 a month. I love the packaging because it's very sleek! This color is gorgeous, and it's a cream orange with golden shimmer. The application is smooth and the color payoff is wonderful. It doesn't have a strong nail polish scent so that's always a plus. One coat gives the nails enough coverage, and this was done in two coats without base and top coats. I love it so much! Thanks to Gracie21 again for sending me this beautiful nail polish since I LOVE orange:) 

NYX sets from Hautelook

I purchased these NYX products from Hautelook's sale. You can sign up for free at www.hautelook.com, and they have lots sales everyday with different brands range from fashion to beauty to hair to home to kitchen. They usually have good deals on beauty items. I used to shop at Beyondtherack.com, but once I learned about Hautelook having more beauty related sale items, I switched to Hautelook more often now. I've purchased lots things from Hautelook, and most items are returnable/refundable. I love how they put up sets with great sale prices such as this NYX sale. I got most of them as sets, and I also did giveaway on the Haute Jersey palette (not featured here). You can also purchase NYX products on ULTA.com, Amazon.com, and as well as NYX.com. 

These glitter cream pallets are more convenient than loose glitters since it's adhesive without having to use a primer/base/mixing media. However, they can be a little greasy and crease easily. I don't even think with additional primer/base underneath these would help. Still, they are fun to play with, and I think it's better to use these on face/lips/body instead of eyelids if creasing is a major problem. I do love the vivid color ranges of these pallets and the fact that they are spill proof.

This glitter liner came with the glitter set, and it's in a very nice sparkly silver. The application is a thin brush tip, and it deposits good amount of liquid glitters, but it can get a little bit clumpy.

The glitter on the go contains lots loose glitters, and this one also came in the glitter set from Hautelook NYX sale event. I like the holographic effect and I believe you can use this on nails as well. I got another one from the IMATS in NYC, and I just really like them because they are inexpensive and you get 6g of glitters.

The glitter gel is designed for face, body, and hair. It's in a gel consistence which goes on quite smooth and spreads evenly. I don't know if I would use it in my hair because it's hard enough to get glitters off skin/face, and it will be a real pain in the ass to get them off your hair! This color is pretty because it has pink and green glitters in a cloudy colored gel base. It gives an iridescent cast that's fairy like. I think this can be great to use for fairy/fantasy makeup looks.

I love these roll on shimmers! They are mess free and convenient! Super pigmented and smooth! The roller ball applicator is great and doesn't clump up. These came in a set with the liners down below and I just love the colors. They are very sea inspired. The swatches were done without any primer/base and just one swipe deposit vivd colors. 

NYX has great eyeliners that are super pigmented and creamy! They are blend-able but also sets waterproof. 

 I don't have the other products from the "haul" swatched, but you can see them from the video!