“Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.”

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What is on my Sephora shopping list and why?

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So of course everyone knows how excited I am for the launch of Illamasqua. BUT I was smart and didn't know that even though it's avaliable on the site, it is not avaliable for purchase YET. Garr. Poopy. Oh wells I have my wishlist set up and ready to go and what is in it you may ask? I'll tell you :D

Illamasqua Eye Liner Cake ($21)
WHY?
I heard from the grape vine that this stays FOREVER and that the black is the blackest black that has been seen. I've been on the lookout to try cake eyeliners, to switch up my options from bobbi brown gel liner to cake. We'll see if this stands the test of my eyelid oil.




Illamasqua Eye brow Cake ($19)
WHY?
I'm always on the lookout for eyebrow products and the fact that this is in cake for has poked my interest. I also heard that the cake itself is EXTREMELY long lasting. We'll see if it's true :)





Illamasqua Illuminator ($18) in Poised or Fondle
WHY?
The pigmentation of this product is insanely nice from the swatches I have stalked online. Apparently it's extremely long lasting and the colors are GORGEOUS. Must give it a try at least.





Illamasqua Lipstick in Obey and Sonnet ($20)
WHY?
Illamasqua's lip products have been known for their pigmentation. Gossip has it that their lipsticks are super creamy and glide on very nicely. Pigmentation is also amazingly great, not to mention GORGEOUS colors as well. I wanted the intense lipgloss too but they didn't have the colors I wanted. Darn you lucky UKers.



Urban Decay Complexion Primer Potion- Pore Perfecting ($30) WHY?
Is this as great as the Urban Decay Primer Potion for the eyes? If it is then I'm sold. I missed out on the samples when they were giving it away online, but I'm willing to try it. Hopefully it wont break me out like other primers :(





Yeap that's it. I've been pretty good about buying makeup lately. I won't splurge that much haha. But yeah. The question is, what products do I NEED? :D
What's in YOUR sephora shopping bag? :)
sorry for the lack of updates lately, but soonnn a haul video/post! VERY SOON! Yay. Why may you ask? because of this

COMING SOON TO SEPHORA: Illamasqua


WOOHOOOOOO~
I've been eyeing Illamasqua products online for quite a while now and I was SO CLOSE to buying them but to buy them off of sephora.com is better for me because I have beauty points and I can return them safely if the product doesn't work well with me, unlike if I were to buy it straight from the Illamasqua website because they are Europe based, so it would have to go through international whatchamahcallits. And I want to get my Illamasqua products ASAP! Yay haha. But anywhooo, Illamasqua is coming to sephora.com on JULY 21st! Only two days away! I have heard over and over again that it would be on sephora.com at the END of July, but I just found out that it's actually the 21st so yay, sooner than the 31st. LOL

Anyways I'm lookin forward to the launch of Illamasqua at Sephora.com are you? :)

Product Review: Cover Girl Lash Blast LUXE

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Posted on 4:30 PM | By A.Z. | In


Cover Girl Lash Blast LUXE
The blackest-black LashBlast formula, now tinted with luxe shimmers. The giant
Luxe brush helps blast lashes to their biggest, boldest, and most beautifully
shimmering. In 4 shades that are ready to match your every mood.

This is a branch off of Cover Girl's Lash Blast mascara. They say that they use the blackest-black formula, but personally it seems more like a subtle black to me just because of shimmers in there. This mascara comes in 4 different shades,
  • Black Platinum: Black with platinum shimmers
  • Black Cabernet: Black with browish shimmers
  • Black Royale: Black with navy blue shimmers
  • Black Emerald: Black with green shimmers

I originally purchased this at Target because they had a coupon for a free Cover Girl eyeshadow if you buy the LashBlast and I'd been eyeing this mascara ever since it came out because it was a pretty pink color. It's supposed to be the same formula but I feel as if it's not just because it does not give the same volume that I see in the original. It doesn't seem to volumize as much, but I does and it's obvious, just not as much as the original. And there's no waterproof formula out yet. The formula also seems to be much dryer than the original. And personally I don't see those subtle hints of color. Even up close I don't really see it. OH WAIT, I caught a glimpse of it after staring into the mirror at the swipe of mascara on my hand for about 30minutes. Boo.

Okay, okay so it's not as bad as I said it was. Instead of blacest black it's more like blackish green, the one that I have at least. Despite what I said the Lash blast collection is still a very good line of mascaras. I just personally prefer the original over the Luxe

Pros

  • Does give alot of volume and length (just not as much as original)
  • Does not clump

Cons

  • Dryer formula
  • Color/shimmer does not stand out enough
  • Glitter gets in eye sometimes and it HURTS LIKE NONE OTHER

Repurchase?? Maybe. It depends on my mood and if there's a sale. I like the original better though. The "subtle hints of color" are too subtle for me. But if I want a really subtle change....or a non waterproof mascara (I have the original in waterproof formula) I'll reach for this. :)

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