Week in Review | September 30th through October 6th
Happy Saturday! I always enjoy seeing what makes up the week’s top ten highest-reviewed products, so I hope you find it somewhat interesting as well! 🙂
What was your week in review like?
My skin tone/coloring:
Favorite look you wore:
Most used product of the week:
Any new beauty discoveries:
Week in Review
Fenty Beauty Chili Mango Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick ($25.00 for 0.25 oz.) is an intense, medium orange with warm, yellow undertones and a fine,...
Fenty Beauty Chili Mango Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick ($25.00 for 0.25 oz.) is an intense, medium orange with warm, yellow undertones and a fine,...
Fenty Beauty Ridiiic Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick ($25.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a rich, tomato red with warm, orange undertones and flecks of golden pearl...
Fenty Beauty Ridiiic Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick ($25.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a rich, tomato red with warm, orange undertones and flecks of golden pearl...
Oxblood (53) is a deep, muted plum with subtle, warm undertones and a cream finish. It had good pigmentation--just shy of truly full coverage--that...
Oxblood (53) is a deep, muted plum with subtle, warm undertones and a cream finish. It had good pigmentation--just shy of truly full coverage--that...
ColourPop Dream Castle Ultra Glossy Lip ( for oz.) is a rich, medium-dark fuchsia with subtle, cool undrtones and flecks of violet, gold, and red...
ColourPop Dream Castle Ultra Glossy Lip ( for oz.) is a rich, medium-dark fuchsia with subtle, cool undrtones and flecks of violet, gold, and red...
Tom Ford Beauty Kyra Boys & Girls Ultra-Rich Lip Color ($36.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium-dark, plummy brown with warm undertones and a luminous...
Tom Ford Beauty Kyra Boys & Girls Ultra-Rich Lip Color ($36.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium-dark, plummy brown with warm undertones and a luminous...
Laura Mercier Mode to Modern 4-Piece Caviar Stick Set ($38.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a new, limited edition set featuring four, miniature-sized jumbo...
Laura Mercier Mode to Modern 4-Piece Caviar Stick Set ($38.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a new, limited edition set featuring four, miniature-sized jumbo...
Ciate Rainbow Mermaid Glow ($32.00 for 0.32 oz.) is a pale, silvery white with a luminous sheen. The strips of colors are rather thin, so it wasn't...
Ciate Rainbow Mermaid Glow ($32.00 for 0.32 oz.) is a pale, silvery white with a luminous sheen. The strips of colors are rather thin, so it wasn't...
ME512 Golden Beige is a light-medium gold with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. The eyeshadow was richly pigmented and had a smooth, slightly...
ME512 Golden Beige is a light-medium gold with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. The eyeshadow was richly pigmented and had a smooth, slightly...
M500 Ivory is a soft beige with warm undertones and a matte finish. It had opaque pigmentation with a soft, smooth consistency that wasn't too thin...
M500 Ivory is a soft beige with warm undertones and a matte finish. It had opaque pigmentation with a soft, smooth consistency that wasn't too thin...
Tom Ford Beauty Ashley Boys & Girls Ultra-Rich Lip Color ($36.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium-dark, raspberry pink with subtle, cool undertones and a...
Tom Ford Beauty Ashley Boys & Girls Ultra-Rich Lip Color ($36.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium-dark, raspberry pink with subtle, cool undertones and a...
My skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool
Favorite look you wore: (sorry, had to fix that typo – it always drives me nuts!) – I can’t really think of one that really stood out this week
Most used product of the week: Once again, it’s Dior’s Rosy Glow Awakening Blush
Any new beauty discoveries: Thanks to Christine, the Laura Mercier shadow pencil set. I’m wearing Amethyst today, as a “one and done” (I’m cooking, baking and prepping, so no time to faff around). What a wonderful set of crayon shadows!
Skin tone: Medium Warm (MAC NC37, UD Naked 5.0, Teint Idole Bisque 370)
Favorite look: I did three looks I really loved this week! If I had to pick a favorite, I guess it would be the plum look I did with NARS Lunar Hardwired shadow all over lid, Kat Von D Silk for transition and Ribbon in the outer V (both from the MetalMatte palette), UD’s Bittersweet on cheeks, and Bite Beauty Barberry on lips. (I posted a pic of this on Free Haul Friday).
My second favorite look will be posted tomorrow (Sunday) on the blog. It was a lovely orange and silver look using the Colourpop Yes Please Palette and Bikini from Jouer’s Skinny Dip palette. The camera really couldn’t do it justice, but I tried anyway.
Most used product: Urban Decay Naked Skin foundation in 5.0, Lorac Porefection face powder pressed into my skin with a dry black Beauty Blender (I believe they call it the Pro), and Guerlain Meteorites Perles D’Etoile as a finishing powder (I use this everyday, it is my favorite of the Meteorites that I’ve purchased).
I just ordered Colourpop Yes Please. A little Xmas present for my daughter ?
Skintone / coloring : light, MAC NC 20, med brown hair and eyes
Favorite look worn : Tarte Make Believe In Yourself Palette. Eyeshadows in Myth (crease) and Trance (eyelid).
Most Used Product: MAC Mineralize Blush in Modest (LE) and Clinique High Impact Mascara and Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation.
New Beauty Discovery : Not only was I reminded of great the Tarte Make Believe In Yourself Palette is but I work MAC Antique eyeshadow again and absolutely swooned over it. What a great shadow! Thank goodness fall is finally here!!
My skin tone/coloring: Medium w/ olive undertones MAC NC37 or Lancôme Teint Idole Foundation N360, deep brunette, blue-green eyes w/ gold flecks.
Favorite look you worn: On Thursday, I wore the yellow, red and orangey shades from CP Yes, Please palette with Fenty Chili Mango and Metal Moon on my cheeks and MAC Nicki’s Nude (lined underneath with Nyx Ever Slim Lip Pencil) with their Mariah Carey Butterfly Bling Lipglass from this past winter (anyone else see the hilarious irony in that pairing?!??) Very cheery late summer going into autumn look that I really enjoyed wearing!
Most used product of the week: Fenty Chili Mango Matchstix, Metal Moon Highlighter and again this week, MAC Nicki’s Nude. Also, MAC Retro lipstick has been put back into rotation and worn twice this week. It’s an old favorite of mine for fall.
Any new beauty discoveries: That finally, a true cream blush stayed put on my cheeks for once! Now I need Ridiiic, too!
My skin tone/coloring: Very fair with neutral undertones; magenta/red hair; hazel/green eyes.
Favorite look you worn: I have two this week.
1) Eyes — Make Up For Ever Lustrous Shadow Palette: Khaki in crease; Copper Red (lid/halo); Golden Beige (brow bone; center of lid); Juvia’s Place Dahlia from the Masquerade Mini Palette on the lower lashline; UD 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Perversion (upper & lower water lines); Tarte Lights, Camera, Flashes Mascara. Cheeks — Tarte Exposed; e.l.f. Blush in Gotta Glow. Lips — UD x Basquiat Vice Lipstick in Abstract.
2) Eyes — Besame Snow White 1937 Storybook Palette: Pastel 101 (crease), Beige 106 (outer corners), and Pastel 105 (brow bone); Apocalyptic Beauty (etsy) eyeshadow in Holiday on the Moon foiled on the lids and along the lower lashline; UD 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Perversion (upper & lower water lines); Tarte Lights, Camera, Flashes Mascara. Cheeks — MAC Pink Cult. Lips — Jeffree Star Velour Liquid Lipstick in Dirty Money.
Most used product of the week: Kat von D Saint + Sinner Palette; UD Primer Potion in Enigma; e.l.f. Flawless Finish Foundation; e.l.f. HD Powder.
Any new beauty discoveries: Other than the Besame and MUFE Palettes mentioned above, no.
My skin tone/coloring:
Light neutral, MAC NC20
Favorite look:
Eyes: Kat Von D Shade & Light palette’s Samael in crease, and Succubus on outer lid and outer crease blended toward the middle. ABH Modern Renaissance’s Vermeer in inner-to-middle lid. Lips: Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Bow ‘n’ Arrow.
Most used product of the week:
Other than my beloved Clinique Brow Shaper, which I have used every day for the past 10+ years, my most used product of the week was Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Bow ‘n’ Arrow.
Any new beauty discoveries:
I’ve always put powder blush on after foundation and before setting powder. A few days ago I read something online about putting on blush after powder, so I tried it and it worked so much better! The setting powder underneath helped with the blending of the blush, and it lasted so much longer.
Thanks for the tip – I will use this.
You’re welcome. I hope it works for you, too.
Skin tone: Very pale with cool undertones, NW5-10
Favorite look this week: I had seen a video on YT, actually Leesha’s video. Leesha is a friend of Christine’s. She and a friend were using the Huda Desert Dusk palette and they decided to play a game with it and they wrote the name of each shadow down and then put them all in a glass bowl. They agreed that they would alternate drawing colors. They had to use the color in the order they drew it and they could go back later and reuse the color if they had used it before. So, they had done this one other time but the video was corrupted so this was like a redo. I really loved the look that Leesha got from the shadows she drew so I recreated that look. I played with the idea of doing this myself, drawing shades, just to challenge myself and I may still do that. I would have to limit the number of shadows I would draw since I wouldn’t want to put 12 different shadows on my eyes so maybe do the first 6 drawn or something. Anyway, it turned out really beautiful and is something I might try with other palettes down the road, to challenge myself. The young lady doing it with Leesha ended up drawing all the shimmer shades and even though she didn’t have a transition shade her look turned out great also. I paired the eye shadow with my favorite blush, Hourglass Incandescent Electra and the lipstick was Dose of Colors Liquid Lipstick in Campfire over a pink lip pencil. I love the color Campfire but it was a little too brown/rust for what I wanted so tried putting a pinky/fuschia pencil underneath and it worked great.
Most used product: Huda Desert Dusk Palette again this week.
Beauty discoveries: I purchased the Gerard Cosmetics lip pencil in Red Brick Road and a lipstick in Vintage Rose. These are my first purchases from Gerard Cosmetics and I really love both of them. I haven’t used them enough o determine whether they are long lasting, etc. but plan to use more this week so I should know whether I want to order more, but I am intrigued.
My skin tone/colouring: Porcelain, with pink undertones
Favourite look you wore: A couple this week:
1. bareMinerals Soft and Smokey, with Mysterious Sky (smokey blue) on the lid, Midnight Luminance (very pale green) over the top, a touch of UD Mushroom in the crease and Aha above.
2. Lorac Pro Metals: Clover (olive green), Graphite and Rose Gold.
Most used product of the week: Innika brow pencil in Taupe, Rimmel Match Perfection Gel Creme foundation in porcelain
Any new beauty discoveries: After reading Seraphine’s comment on using blush before setting powder for longevity, I am going to give that a go.
My skin tone/coloring: fair/warm-toned (elf Flawless Finish Foundation in Natural/Porcelain)
Favorite look you wore: Today’s! I wore the elf Mad for Matte Summer Breeze (formerly 2) palette that I bought yesterday… It’s so gorgeous, omg! I also used the Seraphine Botanicals Blush in Happy Hibiscus and Wet n Wild MegaGlo Powder in Precious Petals. On my lips, I wore the UD Sheer Revolution Lipstick in Liar.
Most used product of the week: Makeup Revolution Iconic 3, I was really feeling those colors this week.
Any new beauty discoveries: elf Mad for Matte Summer Breeze… I’ve been eyeing it since it was released and when I found the elf pop-up store in Times Square, I knew I had to just buy it.
I bought that elf palette too. I quite like it!