Temptalia's Favorites | July 2016
Anastasia Sweets Glow Kit
At some point, you may have noticed we added a Favorites section to the site (it’s in the navigation above), which I try to update monthly with my current favorites. The Favorites section also highlights my all-time favorites across various categories, which I also updated recently (removed some discontinued formulas, added some new, enduring favorites). These are products that I’ve recently tested and/or used more recently and really enjoyed (so they can be products from the past, too), maybe have worn a few times when I have a spare moment, or am otherwise enamored with.
I thought it might encourage me to update my favorites more timely if I also shared them on the main blog. Let me know if you liked seeing this! 🙂
Thoughts on some of my favorites…
- Marc Jacobs Flesh & Fantasy Air Blush | I was incredibly impressed by the Air Blush as a formula, and this is definitely one of my favorite shades–long-time readers will probably recognize that I like rosy, plummy, and brownish blushes as go-tos.
- Anastasia Sweets / Moonchild Glow Kits | While Moonchild may not have been A+ in quality, I really dug the colors and how it inspired creativity in finding combinations that worked in a more “everyday” sense. It paired well with the Sweets palette, which had gorgeous shades (loved Taffy).
- Tom Ford Velvet Orchid Lip Color | The color itself is the type I find myself wearing and reaching for, as it is rich enough to be noticeable but works with a variety of other looks, including bolder eyes, but I loved the more complex pearl to this one.
- Too Faced Honey Bear La Creme | It’s like a darker, more fun version of my natural lip color with shimmer, and it’s a shade I leave in my photo room so I can wear it when I need something relatively universal for days with more blush swatches. (I often will wear the first lip color I want to photograph/swatch, but sometimes the grouping might be all reds or the like!) I will eventually write an official review for this one…
- Tarte Metallics Shadow | Why this is a limited edition formula is absolutely mind-boggling! It’s richly pigmented, soft, smooth, blendable, and so easy to use. The only downside is that the shades are more dupable, but the formula is incredible. I really enjoyed applying these.
July 2016 Favorites
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Yes, please keep doing monthly favorites on the blog!! I really trust your reviews the most and it’s awesome to see unbiased/not sponsored favorites 🙂
I’ll definitely give it a go for a bit 🙂 But you can always find them under Favorites even if I stop posting on the blog!
Wow that buxom eyeshadow and the look you’ve done with it looks stunning!
Thank you, A!
Love this post!! Sometimes it’s hard for a makeup addict to sort through the goods, betters, and bests :))
So true, Bibi! There are so many products!
Great idea, Christine! I love seeing other people’s monthly favorites!
Me too 😀
I got 5 of those Tarte Metallic Shadows, and they are buttery smooth, pigmented, and gorgeous! So addictive. And surprisingly, I didn’t have any dupes except for maybe Shakedown. If Ulta has another sale or I earn enough rewards dollars, I will pick up a couple more. Please make them permanent! And as soon as Sephora has a sale, I’m pouncing on those new Buxom shadows.
Glad you didn’t end up having dupes of the ones you got, Katherine!
I’m craving Sweets! And Moonchild, too! Or….its less $’s dupe, and some indies dupes of my favorite Moonchild shades. They just all look so yummy and summer fun!
Have been wanting TF Honey Bear for the longest time. At least ever since we started seeing it on you. Until I saw its dupes and realized I’m a creature of habit. I already own 2 of its dupes!
Haha! I’m not surprised at all. It’s not super unique, but it’s very wearable – and the La Creme formula is nice!
Too Faced Honey Bear lip cream is one of my favorite lipsticks I own. Like my lips but better!!!
Totally agree, Lily!!
I like this feature, Christine. Your reviews are always so impartial and technical, which is what makes them so consistent. But we don’t always get your *personal* personal opinion. So it’s nice, for instance, to see how something that scored a B managed to find a place in your heart, so to speak.
Thank you, Ginny! 🙂
Yes please – I love to see your favorites!
Great, thank you Deborah! 🙂
Honey Bear! I owe you big time for introducing me to this one! Lately every time I’d notice your lipstick right off the bat and immediately see what it was before even really checking out the rest of the look it would be Honey Bear. You might want to sit down, this is going to be shocking, it replaced Pink Chocolate as my always in my purse lipstick! I know. I thought nothing could tear Pink Chocolate and I apart but along came this beauty. Lol it’s just sooooo prettyyyyyyyy
How fun! And I think it’s telling when it’s still a La Creme that gets the favored purse spot 😉
SEE! Honey Bear distracted me again lol I really liked this, it’s fun to see what your favorites are outside of the reviews. I’m srsly loving that Nordstrom M.A.C. c’est chic palette. I’ve used it pretty much every day I’ve worn makeup since I got it which was no joke immediately after your review lol I’m so dependent on you. I had it in my cart ..hovering..just waiting for that review.. B+ a quick read and my credit card had skid marks I used it so fast lol
B+ is pretty good for a palette of that size, PLUS matte, too! It’s a nice palette – I can see it being a real workhorse 🙂
So glad you were able to get one!
Yes, I love this idea. I can tell that you love the Too Faced Honey Bear lipstick because it suits so many of your eye and face looks. I personally like the Anastasia Sweets Glow kit.
It’s very easy to wear! Sweets is fun – very summery but not your typical bronzes.
I love this monthly favorites!!
Awesome to hear, Lauri!
Though I appreciate your creative eye looks lately I always notice how perfect both Marc Jacobs Flesh and Fantasy blush and Too Faced Honey Bear lipstick looks on you, I hope it works for me as well.
Thank you, Betty! I hope they are lovely on you!
I love that you are now doing favourites, you are by far the blogger i most trust when i intend to buy a product and look for a review! Thank you so much for all the effort and love you put in your blog! xoxo from a portuguese fan.
Thanks, Sofia!
Yes! This is great — the ultimate summary reference and ‘must read’ from an ultimate expert.
Yay!!
Do you know if the sweets and Moonchild kits have been discontinued?! I haven’t been able to find them at sephora online or in store, and some on the ABH site??
They’re exclusive to Anastasia’s website and are not in Sephora!
They were here in the Canadian Sephoras but, I figured they sold out and they pulled the testers 🙁 . Thank you for your time and response, what you do for the beauty world is so helpful to all women and takes so much passion and dedication. Tonnes of respect to you!
Thank you, Sana!