Benefit's Creaseless Cream Shadow | "Blue My Mind"

In the summertime, simple and easy makeup looks is the way to go. Cream Shadows come in handy during this time because of that reason. You can sweep them across your lid and bam, you're done. 

Benefit's Creaseless Cream Shadow in "Blue My Mind" is one I picked a few weeks ago. I thought it would be a baby blue color, but it tends to look more grey when I put it on my eye lid. I tried wearing this shadow alone and I don't much like it, so I've ended up wearing another color over top of it every time. This line from Benefit claims to be creaseless.. However, I found after about 8 or 9 hours, it did crease. At $20, I wouldn't recommend buying this exact color. I would might go for a more neutral color such as Flatter Me. The Maybeline Color Tattoos are far better in my opinion, especially considering the price. 

Have you tried any of these Benefit Shadows? If so, what colors and what do you think about them? 

Love always, 

Isabella 

Stila Eyeshadow Review | "Kitten"

           

Stila's single eye shadow in the shade "Kitten" is a classic! It's been raved about over and over again, on beauty blog after youtube channel after beauty blog.. I'm giving in and joining this oh so popular review topic. I actually just recently picked this eyeshadow up. Since then, I've fallen absolutely in love with it and have been contemplating getting a few other colors. 

  

So, the packaging is super nice quality and quite convenient. The eyeshadow is in a pan that is not glued, but held in place with a magnet. Because of this, stila's eyeshadows would be so easy to transfer into a Z palette, or a custom palette of that nature. 

In the pan, "Kitten" looks like a peachy pink nude color with sheen of shimmer. Swatching it, you can see that it would make the perfect highlight color as it comes off a more champagne-nude color.  

The consistency is smooth as butter! Literally! I love the formulation.. It's easy to blend, creamy, and the pigmentation is out of this world.  It's very wearable and could more than likely look on any skin tone. 

For 2.6 g, or 0.09 oz, it retails for $18 which is a great value. Comparing it to other high end brands, Stila is pretty generous when it comes to the amount of product they have in their single eyeshadows.

 I would recommend this product! Most definitely! This is must have in anyone's collection. 

xoxo 

Isabella  

Review & Swatches: Rihanna Hearts MAC Summer Collection

At first, I didn't plan on buying anything from this collection. I really did try to resist temptation, but I ended up giving in and buying what I knew I would wear the most. So I bought all 3 lipsticks Riri Woo, Heaux, and Riri Boy. All three have a retro matte finish. The matte finish can be very drying and tends to tug on my lips. I don't mind that, it's when the lipstick clings any dry patches I might have on my lips that I don't like. Either way these lipsticks are extremely pigmented! One swipe and your done. It's so great. Each lipstick was $15 for 0.10 ounces. 

Riri Woo is a true red lipstick with cool blue undertones. I would recommend purchasing MAC's cherry lip liner and using that along with Riri Woo. 

Heaux is pink berry color. Even though it's still a retro matte finish it's not near as drying as Riri Woo. I don't know why, but it's just a little more creamy. When I put this color on my lips, it looked so similar to MAC's Rebel lipstick.

Riri Boy is my favorite! I can't even stand how much I love this lipstick. It's a light lavender, pink color.    The swatch looks comes off as a true purple, but I find that it looks more pink than purple on my lips. 

This is a picture of me wearing Riri Boy. I applied it around 2:00 pm and took this picture around 7:00 pm. After touching up one time with a little gloss I didn't have to mess with it at all. It wore very nicely for a cool 5 hours.

What did you think about Rihanna MAC Collection? And who's excited about the next launch in August?! :)

xoxo 

Isabella 

Top Five Friday | Summer Lips!

If you know me personally, you know I LOVE pink lipsticks! When I was picking out what I have been wearing all summer, it was nothing but pink lips as you'll see from this post. I have a cool toned complexion so blue toned pinks look great on me and just happen to be my favorite. Also, I have picked out my favorite nude and coral lip for summer. 

Vivid Lipstick in Shocking Coral 

This entire Vivd line from Maybelline is fantastic. Even though I love them all, I chose shocking coral to feature. I find that more than likely I grab this one above the rest. 

Milani Lipstick in Hot Pink Rage 

Although I do love my nude lipsticks, pinks are my weakness. This Milani lipstick in Hot Pink Rage is amazing for summer! It's that bright pink that would go great with a simple eye, maybe just mascara. Not to mention, the formulation is great. 

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Sweet Tart 

These colorburst lipsticks by Revlon are quite sheer, but I love the moisture they give to my lips. I love the red, pinkish tint this gives my lips. 

Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Be Free

I can't say enough good things about these Moxie lippies. Pigmented, long lasting, creamy, moisturizing.. The list goes on. I chose my favorite color, Be Free. It's a straight up nude. There might be a slight pink tone to it, but all in all.. It's a true nude. Either way, this lipstick is perfect for those days you want to spice up your eye makeup and down play the lips. 

MAC Satin Lipstick in Snob 

The picture doesn't even do this lipstick justice. It's a blue toned pink lipstick, that is by far one of my all time favorites! I've only had it for a few months and I probably have worn it 50% of the time. It's just amazing. 

Swatches: 

I'm going to try and stick with this "Top 5 Friday" post for the next month. Sort of like a series.. I hope you liked it. As always, let me know know your thoughts, questions, whatever down below in a comment..

Have a slammin weekend!


xoxo