Morphe x Kathleenlights eyeshadow palette

I can upload this now because this extremely limited edition palette is back in stock on Morphe's website! It's retailed at $14.99, and you can get 10% off using "kathleenlights" code which was what I did. It's not much, but it's better than nothing:D Below is my video review, swatches, and tutorial using this palette. I also included information from the Morphe website regarding this palette as well as close up swatches from my camera. I think the palette is great for it's price and for how much you are getting. The shades might be a bit odd or off depending on what you normally wear, but I can see many different and interesting looks being created using this palette. It's sleek and simple. It's fine for me that it doesn't have a mirror because price will go up if a mirror is included. I really don't need a mirror in every single palette. It's helpful, but it's not a necessity. Only three shades need some extra work and those three are all matte shades. They are not chalky but lack of pigmentations when compared to the rest of the shades in this palette. They are not horrible though. I had no problem blending these shadows, and they blend nicely together. I didn't notice much fall out since I tapped my brush off after dipping into each shade. However, when I was swatching them, two shades were a bit more softer and "crumblier"than the rest. The super odd sparkly green shade is extremely foiled, and I swatched it without any base/primer. It's pretty awesome. I like that mustard yellow brown weird shade because you don't see this shade everyday. I love that Kathleen threw in some of these unique shades into this palette since they are some of her favorite colors in general. Don't hold back. It's your palette, girl, so you do you! I love this palette, and I actually leave it out on my vanity along with the Bubzbeauty x BH cosmetics palette. I got these two palettes back to back, and I really love them both. They are also both very affordable! Will I be purchasing more Morphe shadows? I'm not really sure because I have tons of shadows and palettes. I think I'm pretty good just to have this one palette from Morphe because after all, Kathleen did include some of her all time favorite Morphe shadows in this palette. I feel like this is pretty well rounded and represents Morphe as a makeup brand. My only encounter with Morphe was some brushes I purchased from IMATS, and they are decent. Other than that, I'm not super crazy about this brand, but it's a really affordable brand for new makeup artists or students trying to build their kits. I would recommend this palette if you love Kathleen Lights, or you love these types of shades. You can still create everyday neutral looks using most of these shades, so don't get scared by that one shiny green color or the poopy brown color. I think it's a good palette, and that's all I'm going to say.

With colors as vivid and imaginative as Kathleen herself, this collaboration is a perfect reflection of the spirited YouTuber. It's easy to create a fun, adventurous look with this 15 color mix of mattes and shimmers. This palette is anything but ordinary. #MorpheXKathleenLights

"I'm so happy to be sharing this palette with you guys! It was so fun to think of all the different colors I love wearing and putting them together!! I can't get enough of it and I hope you feel the same way! You guys mean the world to me! Thank you for always being so loving and supportive! Enjoy! Xoxo" -Kathleen Lights

Dimensions of Palette: Length: 7 1/4"
Width: 4 14"
Thickness: 1/2"
Number of Pans: 15 Pan Size:1"

Ingredients:Talc, Mica, Magnesium Stearate, Kaolin, Dimethicone, Tridecyl Trimellitate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, PTFE, Zinc Oxide, Capryl Clycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin. May contain: Tatanium Dioxide (CI77891) Iron oxide black (cI77499), Iron Oxide Yellow (cI77492) Iron Oxide Red (cI77491), Hydrated Chromium Oxide Green (cI77289), Ultramarine Blue (cI77007), Ferric Ferrocyanide (cI77510), Chromium dioxide Greens (cI77288), Manganese Violet (cI77742), FD&C Red 40 AI Lake (cI16035), FD&C Yellow 5 AI Lake (cI9140), FD&C Blue 1 AI Lake (cI42090)

Glossier Products Review

I finally decided to try some products from Glossier, a brand that promotes healthy skin with their motto "Skin first, makeup second". I was intrigued because I kept seeing their products being raved and featured on some of the online forums that I subscribed to. I took the opportunity during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale, and purchased a bunch of stuff to try. Even though this company was first known for it's skincare products, mostly for their lip salves, I really wanted to try their makeup products because I love makeup. I wanted to try their makeup because it's similar to Milk Makeup, very modern, minimalistic, and chic. I received everything in the mail the week after the sale. I wanted to try their highlighter sticks and their new face serums but they were all sold out. I will get those and post a separate blog later on. You can check out the close up pictures of product infos, swatches, and wear test below. This brand is made in the USA and cruelty free!

I love these sheer matte lipsticks! It's the perfect finish and formula I've been hoping for for my entire life(?) LOL:D It's perfect because it's build-able. It starts out with sheer wash of tint on the lips with just one coat, and then the more you layer on, the more intensity color payoff you get. The finish is matte, but a very lightweight and comfortable matte. Although it's not hydrating by any means, that's where their best selling lip salve comes in. That's why I need to get that stuff so I can have smooth and nice lips. Either ways, the packaging of these tubes are slim and streamlined. It's perfect for throw in the purse or in my case, my pant pocket:) It's not a lot of product so I assume I will get through these pretty quickly especially if I layer them for bolder looks all the time. I like how even after I build up the stronger color, the look for my lips is still very natural/tinted and "blurred". As I stated in my video review that I usually like to have a blurred edge around my lips because it's more "low maintenance" looking. (I know, kind of an oxymoron here) I got Leo because I'm a Leo, and it's a warm brownish nude color. I got Crush because it's a strawberry shade and I really like how it gave a hint of pinky red on the lips which is flattering on everyone. I got Jam, Yeah, I got the Jam, but seriously, I got it because it's a berry grape color and that's my Jam. I live for this type of color because it reminds  me of wine stained lips (was this a line from Taylor Swift lyrics or some other song? can't remember)

This is another super raved and hyped product from Glossier by a lot of magazines and online beauty forums so I have to try. I got the shade Blond as a part of their Phase 2 bundle set. I'm not sure why it's called Boy Brow. Maybe it's because full and bushy eyebrows are back on trend? I don't know but it's a grooming pomade, and the wand is very similar to the Benefit Gimme Brow brow gel. The old Benefit formula broke my eyebrows out, but the newly packaged one didn't. I wanted to give this a try because I personally don't fill in my eyebrows. I like tinted brow gel to deposit some colors into my brows and keep them in place. Most of the days, I would just comb out the foundations in my brows with a clean mascara wand. I have pretty full brows and I just tweeze them once a week. I don't like to spend a lot of time on them. I spend most of my time on my lashes with coats of mascaras so I don't want to waste more time on perfecting my eyebrows. Once a while, I do like to fill them in with a pencil and I do notice a difference since nice eyebrows do frame the whole face, but I just don't got time for that everyday. Overall, I don't see anything special with this brow pomade and it broke my eyebrows out:/

I got the foundation and their concealer to try. I got them both in the shade medium. It turned out that medium is perfect for my MAC NC20 skintone. Since they are both super sheer, they melt and blend into my skin seamlessly. However, their coverages are sheer. I believe this whole brand of makeup are on the sheer side because they want to promote healthier skin first. I guess once you have great skin, you really don't need any makeup, and if you really do, you only need minimum amount. Hence, these sheer finished products. I really like the Perfecting skin tint because it made my skin soft and supple. It's really sheer but still somehow evened out my skin tone which is great because my biggest concern is the discolorations on my face. I can always go back in with a concealer for spot concealing. The stretch concealer supposed to move with your skin, and it's not caky at all, but it doesn't cover anything, not even my dark circles. I definitely need color correcting. I guess if this concealer is a color corrector in the same formula would be better. Either way, these are great for the gym if you wear makeup for workout since they don't cake up and look really really natural. Otherwise, these are great for quick get ready and fuzz free type of makeup look.

 Looks kind of darker when squeezed out, but blends in beautifully. The bottle and the name is very similar to the OCC skin tint, and I remember OCC skin tint has slightly more coverage than this, and it's more build-able. It's 1fl.oz so it's pretty standard.

 Looks so much darker for some reason.

 Could be the lighting, but I film and shoot in natural lighting all the time.

 Once it blends in, you can't really detect it. Very lightweight, but slick and not sure how long this kind of formula can stay on the skin though. Giving the fact that it's so sheer coverage, I couldn't tell whether it's still on by the end of the day.

No flash with full face of Glossier products from this post. It definitely gives off a fresh and simple look. I didn't even have mascara on since this line hasn't yet released one. I just curled my lashes, and I really like how it turned out. Excuse my chapped lips though:/ The skin tint plus concealer gave a natural finish so my skin still shown through with some "glow".

These products don't have SPF so i don't think they give off white cast with flash photography. If you are seeing some type of white cast is probably my full body cellphone case with the plastic cover. Makeup still looks great in flash photography so I'm happy with these products:)

Be by Bubzbeauty x bh cosmetics eyeshadow palette

Lindy Tsang, aka BubzBeauty on YouTube land, has collaborated with bh cosmetics on an eyeshadow palette. I have been watching Bubz for years, and I love her vlogs the most because of her son, Issac. Bubz is super cute, and her family as well as her dogs are also really adorable. I think her vlogs show a lot of pleasant daily lives that are very heartwarming. I decided to get this palette to show some love and support:) You can see my first impression, swatches, and demo in my video below. For every palette sold in the month of November, $2 will be donated to Lindy.PencilsofPromise.org to help Bubz and Pencils of Promise build three schools in Ghana! You can also show some love and support by purchase a shirt of her design as well as money donation on the website^__^