June Glam Bag

Hello loves! Yesterday I FINALLY got my June Glam Bag from Ipsy! I was seriously so excited because it is the first one I have received.

This months theme was "On the wild side" which I thought wasn't particularly represented by the makeup, but the bag for sure. The items included were: cream blush from NYX in red cheeks, Chella highlighting crayon in ivory lace, Star Looks lip pencil in bare, Cailyn gel eyeliner in iron, and J cat sparkling cream palette in volta.

I am particularly excited to use this blush from NYX, I already like several products from this company, this is the only product that I had seen before this kit. The color is a lovely pink/berry, not exactly red but I like it and I think I'll use it a lot.

A new tool for me is the Chella highlighting crayon. I like the color and the concept and I believe I will be getting a lot of use out of this product.

As for the Star Looks lip pencil, I don't think I will use this product very much, the consistency is very creamy and nice feeling but the color made my lips look ghostly.

I am excited to try the Cailyn gel liner, the color is quite dark and the brush picked up a lot of product for my expectations. I think this will be a nice eyeshadow base as well.

I am not as excited about the J cat sparkling cream palette, I personally don't like putting glitter on my skin at all because it is so hard to get off, especially in the eye area. I wouldn't use this product over the lid, I would though do a funky cat eye and use the glitter as eyeliner.

And here are all the products swatched! You can see the glitter palette first, then the lip liner, the highlighter, the blush, then the eyeliner.

Overall I am satisfied with this Glam Bag! When I get my next Glam Bag in July I will write a full report on these products and how much I used them over the month!

Stay lovely!

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Getting Naked

The Naked palette from Urban Decay is, and has been my most used palette since I got it years ago. As you can see it has been much loved and may be nearing its end. I haven't been wearing eyeshadow very often lately, but today I was inspired to go for it.

My look today uses Barely Branded all over the lid and under the eyebrow. I use this to make the eye shadow stick all day and as a highlight.

I used the flat brush that came with the palette to put Sin over the first half of the eye lid, the second half being covered with Toasted and the crease with a little bit of Hustle. I also added a little bit of Toasted under my bottom eyelashes.

I simply blended this together with a clean blending brush to make the look more subtle. O then added a smidge of Rimmel Scandaleyes in black on the top lashes. I finished this look with The Rocket mascara.

What do you guys think? Have you revisited any old favorites lately?

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