Anastasia She Wears It Well Palette Review & Swatches.

Hey guys! Today I have a really wonderful neutral eye palette to show you guys!
That I really should have posted  already! >.< Nonetheless here is the review :)

The Anastasia She Wears It Well Palette is a great palette option for those wanting to get a neutral eye palette without breaking the bank! 
It costs less than the Urban Decay Naked palettes, &  Too Faced Naked and Natural eye sets.

Here are a few notes about it!

• The palette has 9 eye shadow shades. Including mattes & shimmers.
• You can use these shadows Wet or Dry!
• It comes with a small double ended brush.
• The Illumin8 formula featuring Youthful Synergy Complex is clinically proven to illuminate, firm and hydrate skin.

All shadows swatched dry over UDPP L-R: Trophy, Glow, Latte, Foxy & Sunset.

All shadows swatched dry over UDPP L-R: Frosting, Onyx, Almond, & Toffee.

I really love this palette and the shadows included. (With one exception.)The Packaging is cute but still classy, and a wonderful size to have in your purse.The only shade that I'm not very fond of  is Almond.I just could not get it to show up no matter what I did. Probably due to my skin tone though.
As you can see, it is basically a perfect match for my skin. But It will be a great matte high light color!
My favorites are Latte, Foxy, and Toffee. But they are all really great!I thought I would be very disappointed in the brush..Generally palette brushes aren't wonderful quality.And this one isn't amazing quality either but It is wonderful for small areas like my upper and lower lash lines and my inner corner. I have actually been reaching for it way more than I expected!
I get just as well wear time as I do with my Urban Decay shadows, and at the end of the day I have no creasing. The shadows are soft and easy to blend but have staying power!

The She Wears It Well Palette is available for $34.00 ($90.00 value!)
You can purchase it from  Anastasia, Sephora, and Nordstrom.
All of the eye shadows (with the exception of Sunset) are 0.025 oz. Sunset is 0.063 oz.

But if you want this Palette HURRY!! It is only available for THREE more weeks! Just 3! So don't hesitate or think about it too long!


-Sarah <3
If you have any questions, concerns or requests please let me know in the comments!
*The products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.* 

Concrete Minerals Pro Matte Eyeshadow Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! I hope everyone had a stellar weekend! Nothing crazy here lol

I can't wait until Thursday though! That's when I get my new laptop!

This one is seriously in horrid condition! The screen won't even stand up on it's own, it is leaned up against a pillow as I type! lmao.

Anyway! Here is a post for fellow makeup lovers out there! 

I've really been wanting to try Concrete Minerals for a while now and I finally caved recently!

I'm so glad I did! I decided to try four of the Pro Matte Eyeshadows, since I have a lot less matte shadows than I would like!

The colors I chose: Toxic, Domino, Queen & Bruise.

 

 

The pots are huge! The 10 gram pots are packed with 2.5 grams of product!

 

Macro shot of Toxic. Matte Lime Green.

SAFE FOR: Eyes, Face, Nails (NOT Lips) 

Macro shot of Domino. Matte Peacock Blue.

SAFE FOR: Eyes, Face, Nails (NOT Lips) 

 

Macro shot of Queen. Matte Royal Purple.

(Also Queen is one of my very favorite bands!)

SAFE FOR: Eyes, Face, Nails (NOT Lips) 

Macro shot of Bruise. Matte navy Blue. (with sparkles!)

SAFE FOR: Eyes, Face, Nails (NOT Lips)

From L-R- Toxic, Domino, Queen & Bruise swatched on my arm.

I swatched these over the Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer. (Pictured Below)

Sorry it is a little messy, I cleaned in between them with a q-tip and makeup remover so that's the reasoning for the "bleeding" there. Still learning how to attempt makeup swatches! Patience my friends! Learn I will. :)

 Here is the eye look I did with all four! I love it so much! <3

Products used & where I used them below!

I used my 239 brush to pack Toxic onto my inner corner.
Then I packed Domino on right next to it. More Domino got covered than I wanted :(
I used my Mac 217 & Sigma E45 to blend Queen in my crease.
I used my 239 again to pack on some Bruise, then used my E45 to blend it into my crease.
I used my Sigma E05 (damp) to apply Bruise like eyeliner.
I used Bruise, Queen & Domino on my lower lash line with the E05 as well.

And I used BFTE Very vanilla as my highlight.

Primer: Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer.
Mascara: Guerlain Noir G Deluxe Sample on upper lashes,
Mac Zoom Lash-Blue Charge on lower lashes.
Eyeliner:Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes- Matte Black
Brows: Illamasqua Brow Cake-Thunder & Anastasia clear brow gel.

* Note *
I really had a hard time blending Queen into my crease with my Mac 217 brush,
Which typically is my go to blending brush. I thought that maybe it was the shade, or that I just can't blend matte eyeshadows worth a damn..until I tried to with my Sigma E45 (Tapered Blending Brush)
WHAT a difference! I think it's because the E45 has much softer bristles than the 217.
but if this happens to you-Give them a shot with another brush! I am so glad I did before I posted this!

*This is only a review for the shadows*
I have only used the Primer once so I cannot conclusively say anything about the wear yet really.
 I do know that after 8 hours I still had no creasing, but again I've only worn it once.

It has tiny little sparkles in it but they don't interfere with the colors whatsoever.

Seems like this will last a long time! Really good amount of product. (.35 oz)

Let me know if you have any questions! 

You can purchase Concrete Minerals HERE!
Mineral shadows are $7.00 (1.5 grams)
& Pro Matte Shadows are $8.00 (2.5 grams) 
They also sell Lippies for $6.00 (0.15 oz./4.25 grams)
They do NOT test on animals and 98% of their product line is currently vegan.

Don't forget to Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter to keep up with new releases!
They have a Blog and Tumblr too!


-Sarah <3
Ahh Off to sleep for me!



*Products in this review were purchased by me at a discounted price to review*

Anastasia See And Be Seen Kit-Swatches & Review!

Hey Guys! Can you believe that is is almost July?! I really can't D: 

Today I have a Review for you all! It is the See And Be Seen Kit from Anastasia  Beverly Hills!

This kit retails for $44.00 (an $80.00 value!) It includes
1-Full size Eyeshadow duo
1-Full Size Tinted Brow Gel
2 Full Size-Hydrafull lipglosses!
(The glosses are exclusive-You can only get these two colors from this kit!)

The packaging is so cute! <3

Eyeshadow Duo-On Set. I love that this has a mirror in it, and I like the packaging it is sleek and pretty but still easy to open.

Quick swatch over primer, seriously only ONE swipe of each! They are velvety and very pigmented!
The left shade is a Champagne-y shimmer, and the right shade is a Copper-y shimmer.

  

This is the Tinted Brow Gel in Caramel. I love Anastasia brow gels! This is the first time for me using the tinted one, I really love it but It isn't the *perfect* color for my brows. It gives my brows a golden sheen and has some sparkle. :) The only small issue is that I wish it didn't pull out so much product, but that is always an issue for me with all mascaras and such. I just scrape some back into the tube!
The gel has botanical hair conditioner and essential oils in the formula. There are five available shades.

These are the two Hydrafull Lipglosses! Plastic and Heiress. They stain a bit but I actually like that, when the product comes off you still have the pretty color left. Heiress has some micro glitter but it's hard to notice int he photos, more noticeable in person but it's very subtle.
The wand is kinda funky, it's bendy and flat it's easy to control how much product you use but kind of hard to apply it neatly. The colors are gorgeous and last wonderfully!
The gloss also has Jajobo oil, Shea Butter and Anastasia's Balkan Botanical Infusion.

Here are quick swatches of everything on my arm!

 

 

(L-R)-On Set Shadow Buo, Caramel Brow Gel blended out, Hydrafull Lipglosses-Plastic & Heiress.

Here are the lipglosses on my lips!
These are my first lip pictures on the blog so please, be nice! lol
Due to the color of my lips they don't look drastically different on me, so keep the color of your lips in mind!

 

Anastasia Hydrafull Lipgloss in Plastic

 

Anastasia Hydrafull Lipgloss in Heiress

And I also did a quick eyelook, I only used the two shades, brow gel and a mascara (not included).
The first picture is without the Brow Gel, just to show you how it tames them! lol

 Without Brow Gel

 & with Brow Gel.

If you don't already follow Anastasia on Facebook I suggest you 'like' them Here!

And here is a nice silly picture as a bonus for you guys :P
My hubby took the eye pictures for me, because well.. for the life of me I just couldn't today haha I kept missing my eye and I've been shaky. So he was making fun of me and I flipped him off :O
And he made sure to get that picture!

 *Eye* Hope you guys are doing great and had a wonderful weekend!
-Sarah!

 *This was sent to me for review.*