Beauty From The Earth: Mineral Blush & Highlights

This past year I really learned to love Blush & the whole aspect of applying mineral make up to my face to contour and give it an all around glow. Lets face it, I used to believe being pasty pale was where its at but I've really expanded out of some close mindedness. I found that it's okay not to look deathly pale - all the time! 

I have a few different blush brands (Sephora, Sleek, Clinique, Fyrinnae) but I really enjoy BFTE's Mineral Blush & Highlighter. They seem to be my go-to brand and that's okay! Quality product at amazing prices is a win. I started easing into blush with the purchase of Neutral Pink and after scoring Georgia Peach in a following order I was hooked. I never thought a coral tone would be for me but it compliments my skin tone so nicely. So please take chances because you may be shocked with what you find!

Lush, Georgia Peach, Goddess & Buff Apricot

Lush, Georgia Peach, Goddess & Buff Apricot

Doll Face, Bronzed Babe, Zinger & Neutral Pink

Doll Face, Bronzed Babe, Zinger & Neutral Pink

All 3 Highlighters BFTE offers & Medium Bronzer

Pyxis, Lynx, Aquila & Medium Bronzer

Pyxis, Lynx, Aquila & Medium Bronzer - Darkened the image slightly to show a difference

My favorites: Georgia Peach, Doll Face, Buff Apricot & Goddess

The great thing about blush is it can be blended down to a faint trace on your cheeks instead of the 1980's blush application. I'm totally into both looks so it depends on what I'm trying to achieve for the day. Also, another perk to wearing blush is I don't get asked if I use SPF 10,000 every week.

Have any Blush recommendations or must haves that I need? Comment so I can check them out!

Thanks for reading! XOXO

Sugarpill Cosmetics: Chromalust Loose Eye Shadow PT 2

First off I wanted to apologize for my lapse in blog posting lately. This time of the year is always really busy for me at work and I've had no time to take pictures. However I'm hoping to fix that situation starting now. Thanks for your patience!

It's no secret that I'm a huge Sugarpill fan. I have all the pressed shadows Sugarpill offers but I'm still trying to finish out my collection of the Chromalust Loose Shadows. This week I scored 4 more additional jars of loose pigments to add to my collection and I wanted to share some pictures/swatches with you!

I somehow misplaced the box to Tiara >.<

Weekender, Decora, Royal Sugar & Tiara - no primer

Sugarpill never disappoints! I am in love with these loose pigments. Out of the 12 Chromalusts I own, Royal Sugar is my all time favorite, hands down!! In the above swatch image all were applied without primer and just look at Royal Sugar. Its a super rich blue pigment with lots of sparkle - it's giving me the fevah! The other 3 loose pigments are all fantastic in their own right but RS is the ultimate show stopper.

To see more swatches of prior purchased Chromalust Shadows please hit up: Chromalust Shadows PT 1

Do you own any Sugarpill Chromalust Shadows? What is your ultimate fav?

Inglot Cosmetics: PT 2

Another friend of mine was unloading an extra Inglot palette of hers and I had to scoop it up. It has all the colors in it I love the most - Earth Tones! Not to mention it's a perfect time to sport all these colors since its Fall.

Top Row: 35 Shine, 30 Shine, 08 Shine, 430 Pearl & 25 Shine
Bottom Row: 11 Shine, 09 Shine, 406 Pearl, 419 Pearl & 418 Pearl

35 Shine, 30 Shine, 08 Shine, 430 Pearl & 25 Shine

35 Shine, 30 Shine, 08 Shine, 430 Pearl & 25 Shine

11 Shine, 09 Shine, 406 Pearl, 419 Pearl & 418 Pearl

11 Shine, 09 Shine, 406 Pearl, 419 Pearl & 418 Pearl

I am in love with Inglot shadows. The Freedom Palettes are pretty stellar since you get to create your own custom palette. The shadows themselves are smooth and soft to the touch. Care must be taken when removing the pans from the magnetic palettes as its really easy to dent the eyeshadow trying to get them out.

Inglot is a brand I look to further expand my collection on as they have a stunning array of greens and blues I'm dying to get my hands on.

Do you own any Inglot eyeshadows? Have any suggestions for must have colors? Please let me know! <3

MOI Minerals: More Swatches

Happy day! I have some new MOI Minerals to share with you today! I'm so excited about this package because there was a slight debacle receiving it. I had placed my original order at the end of August/beginning of September but since MOI is located in Nova Scotia I'm not counting on the calendar for its delivery due to customs. My sister lives in Canada so I know how long packages can get held up going through. However by the 3rd week in September I contacted Holly at MOI about my missing package.

Holly is SO sweet to deal with. Upon receiving my message she wrote me back and had already got another package together to ship out to me - no questions asked. That speaks leaps and bounds to me about an indie (or any) companies customer service. I really appreciated what she did for me and I had to tell you about MOI's customer service before I got into the goods.

Pandora, Galaxy & Haunted

Pink Stiletto, Monster Mash & Spank Me

Temptress, Rapids & Tubular

Temptress, Rapids, Tubular, Pink Stiletto & Monster Mash

Temptress, Rapid, Tubular, Pink Stiletto & Monster Mash

Spank Me, Pandora, Galaxy & Haunted

Spank Me, Pandora, Galaxy & Haunted

My Favorites: Spank Me, Pandora, Temptress & Haunted

All these colors are pretty fantastic. It was hard to capture the awesomeness of the shadows due to poor lightning (thanks rain clouds) however there wasn't a single shadow I didn't like out of this order. Even Galaxy is pretty fly. Its a purple-black which really shows up in the light. These swatches were applied dry so imagine how stellar they'd be on a base or primer! 

I look forward to creating and sharing some looks with you this week - especially with Spank Me. That blue is amazing. Thanks for reading! XOXO

Beauty From The Earth: "Pick Your Poison" Halloween Collection

Let me start out by saying that Halloween is my all time favorite holiday. This love was intensified by moving to the East Coast and experiencing a New England Fall (esp October). So naturally I jumped on the opportunity to order Beauty From The Earth's Halloween Collection. I just received it in the mail today and wanted to share the pictures with you.

"Pick Your Poison" Collection, COTW-Tough Men Wear Pink, Marigold (Sample Jar) & Wacky (Sample Jar)

A tasty treat too?? This is too good to be true!

Snake Oil & Cats Eye

Spider Venom & Bats Wing

Snake Oil, Cats Eye, Spider Venom & Bats Wing

The "Pick Your Poison" Collection retails for $25.00. It includes 4 full size jars, tinted lip balm and was neatly placed inside this adorable Poison Box (w/ tasty treat). All colors in this Collection are brand new to BFTE. There are limited numbers of this set but don't fret - they will be available for individual sale on the website in the future. My personal favorites out of this Collection are Snake Oil (real sparkly orange) & Bats Wing.

I also purchased the COTW - Tough Men Wear Pink & 2 sample jars. Here are the swatches of those:

Marigold, Tough Men Wear Pink & Wacky

Thanks for reading! XOXO