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Week in Review | January 6th through January 12th

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

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Erica Avatar

Skintone / coloring : light, MAC NC 20, med brown hair and eyes

Favorite look worn : created a quad with my MAC singles. Blanc Type on browbone. Sushi Flower in crease. Cranberry and Naked Lunch. MAC Broque technakohl liner. Clinique High Impact Black. Cover Girl Tru Blend Blush in Medium. MAC Lightscapade Highlighter

Most used products : Clinique Even Better Foundation. Clinique High Impact Black Mascara. MAC Broque liner. Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Translucent Pressed Powder. Cover Girl Tru Blend Blush in Medium Rose. Lorac Behind the Scenes Eyeshadow Primer. Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Neutralizer Concealer

New beauty discoveries : I just bought It CC Cream. The smell is awful but no irritation noted but I will see. I’m keeping all packaging/receipts in case my skin reacts or I don’t like it. So far so good. Crazy how light I have to go to find a color match though…

Kelly Avatar

My skin tone/coloring: MAC NC35

Favorite look you worn: Foundation is always either Face and Body or StudioFix depending on my mood of less or more coverage. Still loving the MUFE holiday palette–cream on the lid, cocoa in the crease and the khaki color on the lid. I like using a touch of the soft red in the middle of the lid and lightly blending. MAC Fluidline black liner.

Most used product of the week: MUFE holiday shadow palette and the MILK holographic highlighter. I’m honestly not sure how it’s supposed to be used but it gives a soft luminous glow to my face. (No one at work has been looking at me strangely so I guess it looks all right!)

Any new beauty discoveries: Stila cream contour in medium. I’m new to contouring (not very adept at makeup in general) and this is simple enough for my morning routine.

Monica Avatar

My skin tone/coloring: Deep Tan with golden yellow undertone (MAC C7)

Favorite look you worn: I paired Colour Pop’s Lip Stain in Limbo & a bold cat eyeliner using MAC’s black gel eyeliner

Most used product of the week: MAC Face & Body

Any new beauty discoveries: Used my friend’s Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray and really loved it!

Genevieve Avatar

My skin tone/colouring: Porcelain, with pink undertones

Favourite look you worn: Used the Guerlain Les Gris palette this week with the gorgeous grey matte in the crease, the stunning teal on the lid and the vanilla shade in the corners of my eyes. Paired it with the Clarins Joli Rouge lipstick in Ginger.

Most used product of the week: Elf Porcelain foundation and the Clarins blush in peach.

Any new beauty discoveries: The Smashbox Smoky Cover Shot palette has the aubergine shade I am looking for.

WildDove Avatar

My skin tone/coloring: MAC NC20 / NW20

Favorite look you wore: not wearing makeup this week, focused on skincare day and night and keeping my lips hydrated.

Most used product of the week: Dr. Jart Ceramidin Gel-Cream and Liquid products.

Any new beauty discoveries: Ordered a creamy eyeliner pencil from 100percentpure, since reviews said it did not irritate the eyes where everything else tried had. I can relate to this problem. Hasn’t arrived yet. If this works, I’ll let you know.

Lesley Avatar

Skin tone/ coloring: medium with neutral undertones

Favorite look worn: Viseart Minx#1 all over my lid, Candeur et Experience #2 in my crease, and Minx #4 on my mobile lid. I used a metallic black from Chanel Ocres 52 quad (really old) as a liner and Lancôme Monsieur Big mascara. It seemed really fresh looking to wear pale colors.

Most used product: Koh Gen Do Maifanshi Moisture foundation in shade 123 and Lancôme Monsieur Big mascara.

New Beauty Discoveries: I rediscovered Benefit Benetint. I forgot how pretty the color is and the sheer liquid is very flattering on my winter-dry skin.

Rosie Avatar

My skin tone/coloring: dark with golden undertones

Favorite look you worn: Bobbi Brown stick foundation in 6.75 Golden Almond set with Sasha transulent matte face powder; Touraline (ABH Sundipped Glow Kit) mixed with Bobbi Brown highlight in Bronze Glow as highlight. Teddy Bare by Milani with Strawberry Parfait butter lipgloss by NYX on top.

Most used product of the week: MAC fix plus

Any new beauty discoveries: Bittersweet lip liner by MAC

Rachel R. Avatar

My skin tone/coloring: Very fair with neutral undertones; magenta/red hair; hazel/green eyes.

Favorite look you worn: EYES — UD Primer Potion in Enigma. Igneous Cosmetics (etsy) e/s in Bixbite, topped with MUFE Artist Shadow (new formula) in M928 on the outer corner (lids); Black Beauty Cosmetics (etsy) e/s in Hocus Pocus alone on outer 1/3; mixed with Urban Decay Savage on inner 2/3 (crease); Looxi Beauty HL in Pandora (brow bone); Igneous Cosmetics e/s in African Amethyst (lower lashline); Glam Goth Beauty Goth Moth Death’s Head glitter (inner corner). UD 24/7 Eye Pencil in Perversion (upper and lower waterlines); UD Troublemaker Mascara. BROWS — ABH e/s in Love Letter. CHEEKS — LORAC Color Source Buildable Blush in Ultra Violet; Laura Geller Diamond Dust Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator. LIPS — UD Vice Lipstick in Cruz. FACE — e.l.f. Flawless Finish Foundation in Porcelain; e.l.f. HD Powder in Sheer; Notoriously Morbid Contour in Necromancy; e.l.f. Original Mist & Set.

Most used product of the week: E.l.f. Flawless Finish Foundation and HD Powder; UD Primer Potion in Enigma.

Any new beauty discoveries: Igneous Cosmetics (etsy) has gorgeous pressed eyeshadows. They’re CF and vegan, which makes them all the more impressive.

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