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Another decent month for me. I always have to be really cautious and not get my hopes up for Boxycharm because alot of times the stuff doesn’t end up working out for me. I really like that they actually stuck to the happy summery festival vibes theme.
I love Luxie Brushes I can never have enough of them lol. I like that they changed it up a bit and did a pink to yellow ombre it is cute. The eyeshadow brush heads are pretty standard and nice and soft. The Small contouring brush is a bit of an odd shape it really dense and fluffy looking but kinda pinched in. I have nothing like it. This set contains 209 Large Shader, 245 Small Shader (more like a mini concealer brush then a shader) and 512 Small Contouring.
I am not opening this to swatch because I would never ever use this I am not a gloss person at all and I already have too much gloss. This looks super pretty in the tube and I like the pretty packaging with the metallic blue cap.
This claims “These eye pencils are rigid enough to provide a crisp, clean line yet can easily be smudged during application for a smokey effect.” Rigid is for sure true this is horrible I could not get any pigment off on my eyes because this is so stiff and hard. I hate eyeliners that are painful to use. This sucks because I really wanted this color in my collection and this did not work at all. It was hard to even get a swatch. Swatched Below.
We have received a diamond glow powder before but it was in a different shade. I normally don’t like using loose highlighters because they are messy but I can make an exception for these because they are so gorgeous. This looks very peachy/orange in the pot but on the skin it is really like a light peach like pearly color with heavy purple shift. I love it it looks so amazingly pretty on. I lasted for hours on my face through working as I was starting to get sick so this is The star of the box for me I think. Swatched Below.
The swatch does not do this highlighter justice. All that glitter is from doing the palette swatched I should have done these first the glitter just sticks to you and does not go away.
Another Pur eyeshadow palette. This time a fairly neutral palette masquerading as colorful. This is a technically a pressed pigment palette I am guessing from the performance of the pink shade and the glitters. This is alright but it really needs to be built up on the eyes and takes alot of fussing which I don’t love but it also meas there is little to no fallout which is also nice. The pink stains like no tomorrow this might be the most staining eyeshadow I have ever had almost to the point that it bothers me and staining usually doesn’t annoy me but this is excessive it still looked like I was wearing the shadow after I took it off. These glitters are pretty cool they are a bit sticky and really hang together you almost don’t even need a glitter glue for these they are also very very pretty. 24k Magic is like wow omg Gold and Firework is a really pretty pink and gold glitter.
There was also a sample of their eyeshadow primer Get a Grip in here which is good timing I am gona take it on my trip next month with me and test it out. I am not including it in the value but I love when palettes include eyeshadow primer samples I wish more palettes did.
I like the eyeshadow palette even though I don’t love it and I love the brushes and highlighter. The lip gloss and eyeliner is a fail for me but still I’m happier with this box then I was with January and February’s boxes.
I am a Disney freak I love all Disney stuff especially the villains. So when Colourpop came out with a villains collection to follow up the Disney Designer collection they did for the princesses I was in even though I don’t love Colourpop formulas alot of the time.
Info:
This is available at Colourpop’s website and at Ulta with Ulta carrying a limited selection of the collection.
Ulta carries the Misunderstood palette and the villains kits. Coloupop has everything individually as well as some additional products, 2 shades of their Glitterally Obsessed body glitter gels and 6 shades of their Jelly Much Shadows.
Each Villain Kit has Creme Lux Lipstick, A Supershock Highlighter and an Ultra Glossy Lip all themed to the villain named in the kit. The finishes of the lipsticks and the lipglosses also vary from kit to kit.
The Misunderstood Palette has 15 shades and is a pressed powder shadow palette.
I only purchased 2 villain kits (Hades and Ursula) and the palette. I purchased them from Ulta.
Villains Kits:
The packaging on these are amazing I love the like neon bar sign style they went with and how every single thing in this collection is themed out and custom and fits the theme. They really went there with the packaging it is spot on. Even each compact is like custom to the villain and the lipstick and lip gloss tubes are so detailed. That said the color choices were awful I was pretty disappointed in the colors they chose for alot of the villains. I am only going to talk about the two I have but even these two I am not happy with I bought them more because they are my favorite villains in the collection and not for the colors.
Cost: $25, you don’t save any money buying the kit versus buying individually
The packaging has my heart I love that they chose the Hydra and the colors of the packaging are so perfect for Hades and the whole color story of him and the underworld. I can’t say the same for the shades chosen.
“Everybody’s Got a Weakness”
I love the highlighter from the Hades set it it gives a very glowy natural wearable look. It is a nice champagne shade. Theses are the super shock formula so I find them easiest to apply with my fingers and really pack it on and then blend it our with a brush or a sponge. Also I love the name.
“Hades”
I was really hoping for like a grey toned lilac for Hades I feel like that would have been more appropriate then this very peachy nude. I really won’t wear this shade much it doesn’t look as bad on as I expected but still not what I would have envisioned this is also a creme finish. It is very comfortable to wear and wears decent I drank through a straw with this on and it didn’t all come off but this would definitely need reapplying through out the day.
The lipstick bullet details with emblems for all the villains is perfection though.
“Hot Headed”
The lipgloss shade is more firey so I can live with that but it is still a peachy nude which I would not have chosen for Hades. Either go full fire orange or go the more grey cool tones that he is drawn in. The lipglosses are not sticky so I can tolerate them for a short while but I am just not a lipgloss girl I don’t mark the kits down for that I was never going to like them that is personal preference on my part.
The lipstick swatch picks up on camera alot more coral/pink then it is in real life and I don’t know why. I am sorry about that. You can see how gorgeous the highlight is.
Cost: $25, you don’t save any money buying the kit versus buying individually
Ursula’s packaging has her tentacles and stormy waves very fitting.
“Poor Unfortunate Souls”
I love a colored highlight and a purple slightly glittery highlight feels very appropriate for the Sea Witch.
How fucking cute is the “Villains” stamped in to the lipstick?
“Ursula”
I love this color this is totally my kinda lip color a nice burgundy dark bloody red, but its Ursula! The seen where she puts on the bright orangey red lipstick in the movie is like so iconic and so her I was expecting that shade. They did alot of reds in this collection and none of them felt spot on to the characters for me personally. That said this is a matte formula in a color I love so this will get wear from me so I am happy about that at least. It wears off very patchy though so I would wipe this off before eating and drinking and then reapply.
“Sad But True
The lipgloss in this set is a clear iridescent gloss pretty and basic.
Love the packaging so amazing I love all the blurred out and pixelated imaged from the movies and all the colors. Love all the Details they put on the inside and the holographic inside even though it makes it really hard to photograph. The shade names are also so so cute.
A+ packaging!
Formula I have some issues, lets get to the swatches first.
Lets start with the mattes they really really need to be built up to get them true to color which makes them a bit difficult to blend out I really really had to use alot of Tragic to help blend out The Fates (dark blue) in the look I did with that (See Below). I also found both 101 and The Fates to stain my eyes pretty bad. Now staining usually doesn’t bother me because it means theres alot of pigment and the shadows tend to last a really long time but these also faded alot during the day after like 3 or 4 hrs of just running errands not doing anything too intense they were looking alot worse for wear and pretty faded. Serious no no from eyeshadow for me.
The glitters are also super crumbly there is alot of fallout out and you have to pack them on really heavily on top of glitter glue to get the impact you expect from seeing them in the pan. Not the best performing in terms of shine or glitter but thats how I find most Colourpop shadows to be so I was not surprised.
So theses all in all are pretty hard to work with this is only a palette I would use when I have alot of time to play but also don’t need my makeup to look good for more then a few hours.
Looks:
I used The Fates and Pain and Panic to create a halo eye look. And the eye liner I use totally rub off with in minutes of blinking so don’t mind that. I am also wearing the Hades lipstick in this look. I liked the look but I could have gotten this same look cleaner and easier with other shadows.
I threw on a Sally headband from Nightmare Before Christmas because it was cute and matches and I did a simple eye look with the Flotsam, Forest of Thorns and 101. I am also wearing the Ursula lipstick here. I had a much better time creating this look these shadows preformed alot better these shades aren’t as far out on the extreme as the first look. This also lasted alot better on the eye but there was still fading.
Yay or Nay?
Nay for the palette unfortunately this will be more of a collectors item for me then a go to usable palette. At $22 it is just a bit much for just a collectors item.
For the kits its a maybe they are well themed and good quality nice packaging but the color selections are so off for me they don’t go with the characters.
I think you would be better off cherry picking some individual items so that you know you get shades that you will use and products you like.
This was such a win for aesthetics but a miss for performance for me. Still happy to have it though it fits in both my makeup and Disney collection really well.
Another month gone and some more empties. Anyone else so thrilled that the weather is getting warmer and the days longer? I know I am always makes me feel more positive.
Skincare (8)
Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser this was ok nothing special not
a great cleanser not a great exfoliator just not really great at anything.
There is probably one more use in there if I cut it open but I am not desperate
enough to need to do that. Murad is one of those brands that seems like it’s
all going to work so well and I always want to try stuff but it is so expensive
but then it’s really hit or miss with me from what I have tried.
Repurchase: No
Origins Clear Improvements Charcoal Honey Mask to Purify and
Nourish Mask this was not as good as the original one that does not have honey
in it. It was also really hard to get off my skin. I found this to not leave my
skin as dry but it also didn’t get rid
of blemishes as well as the original did. The pretty gold tinted black
color of this mask was nice though.
Repurchase: No
Derma E Microdermabrasion Scrub this is my favorite scrub I have
ever used it smells like lemons and the particles are so tiny but in like a
nice cream base it leaves my skin feeling so smooth this is so much better than
the expensive Dr. Brandt one.
Repurchase: Yes
First Aid Beauty Ginger & Tumeric Vitamin C Jelly Mask I
really really liked this mask. It left my face feeling bright and moisturizered
and soft with out being greasy or gross. I really really like this and would
definitely consider buying.
Repurchase: Yes
The Face Shop Chia Seed Sheet Mask my skin was feeling super
irritated so I figure this would be a good generically soothing and
moisturizing mask that might calm it a bit and it did. There wasn’t anything
super special about it or bad about it.
Repurchase: No
South Mane Eye Gel I have one set of these left I like them just
fine they ad moisture and make my under eyes feel nice but they aren’t the
greatest eye gels ever. I tried wearing them while folding laundry ad they
didn’t stick on that well through that much movement. These are more like a sit
and read or watch tv type of eye gel.
Repurchase: No
Mario Badescu Facial Spray in Orange and Sage I really liked this
the orange blossom and sage scent is definitely for me I love the orange plus
herbal scent. I use this just because I like the geeral feeling of spraying
some moisture on my face and as a replacement for moisturizer when my skin is feeling
too oil for moisturizer. I will buy more of this.
Repurchase: Yes
Murad Outsmart Acne Clarifying Treatment this wasn’t that great I mean it was only 1% salicylic acid and didn’t work as well as my favorite the clean and clear one that has 2% for like 6 dollars this is just too expensive for what it is.
Repurchase: No
Random (6)
BodyographyPro Makeup Brush
Cleanser I don’t really like liquid cleansers I only use them for my sponges
and my oval brushes. I don’t feel like this was great it didn’t really clean
well but it also didn’t smell like pure alcohol like so many spray cleansers
do.
Repurchase: No
Degree Motion Sense Deodorant Ultraclear this is my preferred line
of deodorant.
Repurchase: Yes
Random sponge I can’t
remember where you came from and I am so sad because I really really liked you L. This was a super soft and squishy little sponge that
I liked to use with cream highlights and for erasing makeup mistakes. Sponge
you will be missed RIP.
Repurchase: Yes if I could
figure out what it is
Sweet & Shimmer Marshmallow Mint Face & Body Wipes I love
how these smell these were move vanilla mint then marshmallow but I love these
little packs for like swatches or keeping in my car to wipe my hands stuff like
that not for my actual face. I buy them every holiday season when they come out
and always get excited for what the new scents are going to be every year.
Repurchase: Yes
Mauloa Paper N Planning Swatch Stencil Coffee Cups
Mauloa Paper N Planning Swatch Stencil Diamond
I liked these stencils they were fine. I ended up not using them as much as I thought I would but I still like them when I do use them. But they are only good for a few sets of swatches before all the stick is gone and they don’t work anymore.
Repurchase: Maybe
Home Scents (5)
Bath and Body Works Wallflower Cinnamon Caramel Swirl I liked this
one a lot I got this on crazy couponed sale for 12 cents. This was nice and
sweet but not overwhelming I liked it a lot. The wallflowers can be really hit
or miss on where the scents actually work or not. Especially since I only
really use it in a very small room.
Repurchase: Yes
Febreze Air Effects in Sugared Cranberry I liked this scent and it
was good for freshening up linens.
RepurchasE: Maybe
Lucille & Co. Reviving Lemon Basil Room Spray I got this on a
whim at Marshalls because I love Lemon and Basil scents and this did smell
really really nice but it did not perform well. The scent did not last at all
and was definitely not strong enough to cover up and other scents that may be
around.
Repurchase: No
HG Global Lemon Bar Candle I got this in a three pack on Amazon as
like a whim. It was an ok candle especially for the price. I don’t like that it
doesn’t burn all the way to the end but oh well. I might repurchase these I
might not.
Repurchase: Maybe
Sweet & Shimmer Reed Diffuser in Winter Citrus this was cute but produced basically no scent.
Repurchase: No
Lip (2)
L’occitane Verveine Icy Lip Balm this was like a lemon verbena
flavor which I liked I a lot. Normally I would never spend this much on a lip
balm but what happened was I was at an outlet mall on vacation and I didn’t
have a lip balm for the trip and was panicking so I bought this. It lasted a
really long time ad was nice but I don’t think they sell this anymore and even
if they did I wasn’t so impressed that it would be worth repurchasing at that
price point.
Repurchase: No
Carmex Classic Lip Balm I love Carmex but only I the normal chapstick tube I feel like it isn’t the same in the squeezey tube.
Repurchase: No
Makeup (3)
L’oreal Voluminous Butterfly Mascara in Midnight Black I liked
this mascara a lot. It is really light and natural it does give that long
fluttery butterfly like look which I like when I’m just throwing on some
mascara and eyeliner but this is definitely only for light makeup looks this
can’t hold up to a more dramatic eyeshadow look it just disappears. I liked it
for the more natural easy light look.
Repurchase: Maybe
L’oreal Unlimited Mascara in 235 Blackest Black I received this
for free in exchange for an honest review/post on instagram. I liked this it
added a lot of length and curl to my lashes as well as looked really pretty on
my makeup stand because it stands up and looks kinda classy and old school. I
also like how the brush handle bends it makes it a lot easier to apply. I don’t
like how quickly this got all gloopy and thick in the bottle and I am not into
rehydrating my mascaras.
Repurchase: Maybe
Urban Decay Primer Potion this is like the og primer that everyone knows and loves it’s a great primer it holds on to shadow it keeps them from creasing it lasts forever like this tiny ass tube took me like 2 years to use its insane. My only thing with it currently is I’m sorta not into the primers that dry down clear I am more into like a white or really blanked out type of primer at the moment. But I do love this primer I have another and I’m sure I will buy more in the future.
Repurchase: Yes
Lotion (1)
Delectable Triple Moisture Body Lotion I Coconut & Cream I love the scent of this it is like a warm coconut scent that kinda reminds me of coconuts and cookies idk. I love the scent but the lotion is kinda meh it is really thick and moisturizing but it leaves kinda of a residue on my skin that I am not a fan of.
Repurchase: Maybe
Bodycare (2)
Basin Satsuma Shea Scrub the Basin scrubs are just so amazing they
are so soft but they scrub your skin so nicely you feel so soft and smooth and
silk ad moisturized after ugh so good. And this lasted me a really long time
like 8/9 months with anywhere from 1 to 4 uses a month. So good. The Satsuma
scent is my favorite it is such a bright yummy citrus. There is an orange
vanilla one I have my eye on now, but I have a shit ton of scrubs I NEED to get
through first. I am going to save the container it is really nice and keeps the
water from the shower out of the product and I am going to put my scrubs that
come in paper bags (like why?) in it.
Repurchase: Yes
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Off We Go Body Wash this wasn’t my favorite scent but the body wash was good.
Repurchase: No
Perfume (1)
Gourmand Pistachio Brulee Perfume this is what I call an at home perfume. The kind of perfume that doesn’t have a strong scent or last very long. This had a light sweet smell but like very faint and disappears after like a few minutes. I don’t like perfumes like that. This is the kind of thing I would spray on just to hang out at home in.
Repurchase: No
Declutter (5)
Lancome Hydra Zen Anti-Stress Moisturizing Cream Gel this gave me
an allergic reaction it has something related to roses in it. Suffice to say it
stressed the fuck out of my skin rather than de stressing it. The last thing I
needed was an allergic reaction the night I used this so I am extra mad at this
product.
Chella Tantalizing Taupe
Eyebrow Cream this is too hard to get out of the tiny little end cap that the
product is in and it ends up looking like nothing or is all goopy in my
eyebrows. It was weirdly a good color for me but definitely not a product for
me.
Ulra Limitless Lashes this
mascara smudges horribly and doesn’t really do anything for my lashes. I used
this a few times and could not find a way to make it work for me and not
smudge.
Z Skin Acne Spot Treatment
I tried this for a long time but it does nothing to treat or prevent spots at
all so this has to go it is a waste of my time. It is also a really thick white
cream that is hard to rub in.
Note Cosmetics Long Lash Mascara I am not one to like give up on a mascara after one use so that is how you know this is bad. Usually even if I hate a mascara I will power through and use it since I get rid of them pretty frequently because germs and I don’t want any issues with my eyes. This was awful I like a dry mascara formula but this was so dry that like barely anything came off on my lashes and it kinda stuck them together but not in a clump thick way but like they were combed bad way this was truly awful no length no volume and it legit straightened my naturally curly lashes out this was terrible.
