Swatches: Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipsticks in PK027, PK028, PK029, BE109, BE110, and RD315

Last month, Etude House sent me two of their new Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipsticks to review and I immediately loved the formula. To be honest, I actually bought PK027 and BE109 on Jolse and then got the Etude House email telling me they were going to send me the same colors. I ended up emailing Jolse to ask about exchanging those two colors out and so it worked out great for me! You can never have too many lipsticks, right?

I found that the formulas were consistent in all 6 lipsticks and so this post is mostly just for swatches so people can see the difference in colors and how the lipsticks look on my skintone. I also included the other two full face shots from my original review of these lipsticks here.

L to R - 

PK027, PK028, PK029, BE109, BE110, and RD315

& here they are! All swatched on my arm

I can't actually tell the difference between PK027 and PK029. One seems more magenta (PK027) and one seems more like a strawberry pinky red (PK029), but I only see that when I'm really really inspecting these lipsticks. If you have one, you don't need the other. 

Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipstick in PK027*

Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipstick in PK028

This shade looks like a neon orange in the tube, but it translate to a beautiful coral on my lips. 

Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipstick in PK029

Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipstick in BE109*

Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipstick in BE110

This shade is the only one that had the slightest shimmer when I look at the bullet. It doesn't translate on the lips, but I thought it was weird since the other 5 were just regular cream/matte on the lips and in the tube.

Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipstick in RD315

I usually get RD315 in most of their formulas and so how could I skip out on getting the same shade in the Chiffon finish?!

The pinks are out of comfort zone but I'm pretty glad to have them. I do actually see myself using PK027 or PK029 (since they're pretty much the same....) a lot since they're darker pinks and don't look neon on me. 

Like I mentioned in my review of BE109 and PK027, this formula is amazing and I even see myself buying more in the future. Etude House has gotten lipstick formulas down and the Chiffon formula is now a firm favorite. 

Which shade is your favorite? Have you tried these lipsticks?

*These shades were sent to me for free from Etude House as part of their Pink Bird program. All opinions are my own and 100% honest. 

Review & Swatches: Viseart Theory Palette in Minx

I put off this review for so long but now I'm finally ready for it! My camera wasn't picking up the color well enough for the close up eye looks and so I did have to change up my review format though. 

The Viseart Theory Palettes contain 6 eyeshadows - 3 mattes and 3 shimmer - and the one I'll be reviewing is Minx! It's full of warm tones and so perfect for my medium (MAC NC35 / L'oreal & Maybelline Natural Beige) skin tone. Each pan contains 0.13 ounces of product (12 grams / 0.24 ounces total) and retails for $45.

Favorites: June 2016!

Another month, another monthly favorites. 

This month is a little bit weird for me because 3/4 of the products in my favorites were sent to me for free to review and I didn't use that many other new products enough to call them my favorites. I'm also playing with the idea of switching from monthly favorites to monthly reviews to include things I didn't like as well, but that's going to be for another month when I have more time. 

For the month of June, I was super busy and so I fell onto trusty favorites but also easy to wear new items I either bought or received. The Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk Chiffon Lipstick in BE109* (review here) was the perfect nude lipstick that lived in my hand bag all month. It has an amazing texture and it was a nice break from the drying matte liquid lipsticks that are currently popular. 

L to R -

Etude House BE109

NARS Persia

Pony Effect Lucid Dream and Strobing Luminizer 

Another product I've been loving is the NARS Eyeshadow in Persia. It's something I've been wanting for almost a year due to a Samantha Ravndahl video. This is my first NARS eyeshadow from their regular line and I'm so impressed with it. It is so pigmented and easy to blend out, which makes me super happy since a lot of matte eyeshadows can be patchy. I was holding off from getting Persia for so long since I already had Blackbird Cosmetics Pressed Luxury Matte Eyeshadow in Fire Pledge (another favorite), but I just couldn't resist. 

If you've read my review on the Pony Effect Mirage Highlighter in Lucid Dream* (here) and Strobing Luminizer* (here), you might already know that I'm a massive fan of these products. I'm generally a hoarder collector of more pinky highlighters and so these products stand out even more in my collection. Lucid Dream is pretty subtle and it gives me the prettiest highlighted/strobing look. The Strobing Luminizer also works as a great base or liquid highlighter on top of my makeup as well. Even though I have a medium skin tone, both products don't look too stark or out of place on my skin.

What products have you been loving in June? Have you tried any of these products?

*These products were sent to me for free to review. All opinions are my own and 100% honest. 

Review: Bonvivant Hawaiian Pink Calamine, Mint Tea Tree, and Jeju Volcanic Jelly Clay Masks

I'm very happy to announce that I'm now a Memebox Ambassador! Like with the Etude House Pink Bird program, Memebox will be sending me stuff to review every month and I'll only be required to post honest reviews. I'm not being paid and these will just be free PR samples.

Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, it's time to move on to what I'll be talking about in this post. Memebox kindly sent me the Bonvivant Hawaiian Pink Calamine, Mint Tea Tree, and Jeju Volcanic Jelly Clay Masks to review! Each mask targets a specific problem, but you can also use more than one to "Rainbow Mask" or multi-mask. I'm actually a fan of rainbow masking since my cheeks, t-zone, and jawline all have different issues. I haven't found a mask that works on all issues and that's where raining masking comes in! You can buy all three masks on Memebox here! There are different set options as well, but the individual mask plus a free cat headband retails for $14.

The Power Brow (Pencils)!

Brow pencils are probably my favorite form of brow product. They're super quick and easy to use and they allow me to be precise or natural depending on how I use them. I've also somehow collected a lot of brow pencils, but recently used up three of them and so it seems like a great time to do an overview!

The Magically Perfect Pinks

Last year when I got my first full time job, I treated myself to the Dior Addict Lip Glow in Pink and even though it's ridiculously expensive and totally unnecessary, it's been one of my favorites. It started a whole love affair with the "magically perfect" pink products that change colors based on body temperature/chemistry/pH or whatever they claim.