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Sunday, September 16, 2018

Highlights from The Beauty Spotlight Team


Prime Beauty has found the first ever nail lacquer with a swatch cap! LBK Nail Lacquer has a hinged cap that is the color of the nail lacquer inside so you can try before you buy and there are 48 shades! 

Find out how Pammy Blogs Beauty makes every day a FUNday with sunshine and great SPF protection from Neutrogena! 

Never Say Die Beauty is over the moon after using the stunning new Highlighting Blush from Mally Beauty. It's a swirl of 4 blushes and 2 highlighters that's sure to captivate you, too!

Lola's Secret Beauty Blog is over-the-moon about Tata Harper's Illuminating Eye Crème because it not only hydrates, plumps fine lines, reduces puffiness and dark circles, but also because the pearl infused “diamond dust mineral blend” serves as an optical diffuser that blurs fine lines and brightens the skin. #tataharper 

Beauty Info Zone loves Boxycharm but sometimes the products are ones already owned. Get your chance to win the September 2018 box so you can experience the charm of this subscription. 

The latest Deck Of Scarlet Subscription Box was in collaboration with youTuber Belle Jordan and Polarbelle has it for you to check out.

Stacie from The Makeup Obsessed Mom is still gambling with beauty subscription boxes every month. See what she got in this month's BeautyFIX box.

15 Minute Beauty is on a teaching mission and her readers lucky enough to be the students. Learn All About Laser Hair Removal. It's teaching for adults.

It’s blackberry picking season for Jen from Laugh, Love, Contour up in Northern California, and the colorful berry hues have inspired some nail art. Jen has created a fun look to showcase just one way you can use the shades from Zoya’s new Element Collection besides a simple manicure.


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Friday, September 14, 2018

Get Ready for Halloween Nail Art with Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate L004

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It may only be September, but it's never too early to start thinking of Halloween, particularly if you have specific supplies you may need! I couldn't tell you how many National Fill-In-This-Line Days I have missed because I planned to order something when the time got closer.....and it never happened. Because Halloween is the best holiday ever (ok, ok, so not everyone agrees on that, but it is a fun one!), I wanted to be sure to get this post up with plenty of time for you to get in an order, especially since shipping can take six weeks.


Born Pretty Store always has such fun stamping plates for the holidays, and I was sent the Halloween L004 plate to test and review. This plate includes full images to cover your nails, pumpkin and jack-o'-lantern images for layering, skull and bone patterns laid out to make numbers, and a few other assorted smaller images. The full-sized etchings are great to use as a background for other stamping and nail art plans, and I especially like that they aren't limiting you to just Halloween. I also really dig the Halloween twist on the numbers! I know I'm biased because it is for Halloween, but this plate is fantastic! Check out the look I created with it!


I played with several images on this plate to create my look and get a good idea of how well it would perform. The background pattern and the face images stamped easily for me and was a quick process to get on my nails. The pumpkin, however, was a whole other story. I'm not sure if it is because I generally don't stamp with suck large open areas or if the issue was with my polishes or technique, but every time I would lightly scraped away excess polish, it would pull out large portions of polish, ruining the image. I tried this with at least five different polishes, both regular and stamping. Perhaps it is my technique, and I'll just have to practice more to get it down. In the end, I was able to get it to stamp, but not without an infuriating number of attempts.


Other products used:
Scofflaw: Furiosa
Born Pretty: Stamping Polish (shade unknown)


Other products used:
Scofflaw: Boo!
Color4Nails & Celestial: Stamping polish Viridian
Rica: Whiteout
Color Infinity: Bare Your Sol
Ever After Polish: Black Magic


You can purchase this plate from Born Pretty Store here. It retails for $5.99, but it is currently marked down to $2.99. While visiting the website, be sure to check out the other nail art supplies offered by Born Pretty Store.


You can save 10% off full priced items from Born Pretty Store with code QWL91. If you opt to order during their 8th anniversary celebration from October 10th - October 16th, be sure to include this code in the comment section (regardless of whether or not you use it) and they will include a special free gift with your order! If you are interested in items specifically for Halloween, please be aware that shipping usually takes about three weeks, so orders placed during the anniversary sale likely won't arrive in time for Halloween.

Have you given any thought to Halloween nail art yet this year? If so, what sorts of looks do you have planned? I really missed out on it last year, so I'm eager to get some fun designs on my nails this season!

Until next time, dear readers, have a wonderful day!
XO!


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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Guilt-Free Chocolate: Covergirl TruNaked Chocoholic Eyeshadow Palette


When the Chocoholic eyeshadow palette by Covergirl dropped at my local Walmart, I knew I had to have it! I have a sweet tooth in general, but my love of chocolate reigns supreme. While I find scented non-lip makeup products to be unnecessary, albeit fun, I was more than willing to make an exception for this palette!




The TruNaked Chocoholic palette consists of eight polishes in matte and shimmer finishes, ranging from nude browns, touches of plums, and even a deep olive-leaning hue thanks to the added sparkle. I loved that it has the elements of nude palettes that I enjoy, but also had some interesting shades to keep it from being just another “boring” or “basic” eyeshadow palette. 

 I discovered quickly to appreciate the colour variety with this palette as the scent option unfortunately leaves a lot to be desired. While there certainly are chocolatey notes to the scent, the fragrance is far too synthetic for my taste. That being said, the products are going on my eyes and won’t be smelled often beyond initial opening and application; I was willing to accept this limitation at the end of the day.


The Chocoholic palette was decently pigmented, especially when you take into consideration it is a drugstore palette. However, these swatches weren’t indicative of the blending quality of these eyeshadows. While I had previously stumbled across a positive review that gave me the little nudge I needed to buy this palette, my experience has not been very positive. To start, I found these to apply patchy to my eyes no matter what eyeshadow brushes I used. While the colour would build up for me, they didn’t want to blend together as seamlessly as I like. I’m usually willing to make small concessions with ultra affordable palettes, but there was just something about this palette that rubbed me the wrong way from the moment I used it to create eye looks.  Nothing turned out quite right, either due to the patchy issues or the blending. While the colour options initially helped grab my attention, I found myself surprisingly uninspired by this palette. In the end, I’m no longer convinced this assortment of shades and finishes is truly sufficient to create on point eye looks on its own. Maybe I just have unreasonable expectations, but I like my palettes to be able to stand alone. I want it to be optional to pull in outside extras, not a requirement.



While the synthetic nature of the chocolate fragrance wasn’t a total deal breaker for me, it was still disappointing that I wouldn’t be able to get my chocolate fix with a deep whiff upon opening. Perhaps I have just become too picky when it comes to my chocolate over the years! I was hoping this would be a great guilt and calorie-free option to get a chocolate fix.
I used this eyeshadow palette for a week straight, mixing up colour combinations on my eyes as well as switching out eye primers and brushes. After seven days in a row, I gave up. I wear makeup to make myself feel beautiful, and sometimes I just come across makeup items that have the opposite effect. Every time I wore this palette, I felt like I was having a bad makeup day. Needless to say, after seven days in a row, I really was unhappy with my appearance. Because of this, my only conclusion is this palette is definitely not for me. If you have it and are able to make it work well, I am so happy for you! Unfortunately that was not the case for me, and I can only write about my own personal experiences. As for me, I've already dropped this palette like a hot potato.

Have you tried the Covergirl TruNaked Chocoholic eyeshadow palette? I’d love to hear about your experiences with it!

Until next time, dear readers, have a wonderful day!
XO!

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