Tuesday, August 16, 2011

HAUL: SLEEK MAKEUP

What is Sleek Makeup?
  • Sleek Makeup is a cosmetics line, headquartered out of London, who's main focus is to present fashion-trendy colors, and to provide products that all skin tones could use, especially skin tones who are misrepresented by mainstream cosmetics lines.
  • Sleek Cosmetics is stocked at the local drugstores throughout Europe, and has merged its way to Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya.
I ordered 9 items:
True Colour Lipstick- Stiletto $6.00
True Colour Lipstick- Papaya Punch $6.00
Face Contour Kit & Dual Ended Brush $13.00
Curacao I-Divine Eyeshadow Palette $10.50
I-Divine Primer Palette $10.50
Caribbean collection Blush- Aruba $6.50
Blush- Rose Gold $6.50
Blush- Flushed $6.50
Blush- Scandalous $6.50
Shipping Cost: $13.50
  • True Colour Lipstick

These lipsticks are classified as "matte", but contains vitamin E, so they still glide on smoothly!! I was extremely happy about the pigmentation of these lipsticks because I have been on a hunt for a nice coral lipstick that is true to it's color, as well as a deep red for the Fall. :)
Swatches:
[Left to Right: Papaya Punch, Stiletto]
  • Curacao I-Divine Eyeshadow Palette
Literally, just looking at the palette before swatching, I knew that I was now #winning!! :)
The colors are sooooo bright and it's pattern gave me hope!! & I was right.

 
Plastic Film with the name of each eyeshadow!
  •   Sleek Makeup Blush
Great Packaging!

^^Name of Each Blush^^

These blushes are so beautiful. I could not wait to open my package to swatch the heck out of these bad
boys! lol.

The intensity of the blush pigmentation is to die for. When purchasing without being able to physically see an item,  it can be a bit scary; only because you're not sure if the product will show up on skin, like it did on the computer screen. You will always have the doubt that it's not as PIGMENTED as it may look, when you can't swatch the product! Well with Sleep Makeup.. what you SEE is definitely what you GET!

  •  I-Divine Primer Palette

Anytime an eyeshadow is being used, a primer or base should be used to help with creasing, longevity, and enhancement of color.
Collecting different colored primers can be quite costly, if purchased individually, so when I saw this I-Divine Primer Palette, I knew it was a MUST-HAVE.
Amazed by the cost, I made sure to purchase it. 
Swatches First Row:
Swatches Second Row:


  • Face Contour Kit

I was ecstatic about this Contour Kit, because it came as a set includng the dual ended contouring brush! :) Not to mention that the brush came with a traveling case! 
The Contour Kit came in three different shades: Light, Medium, & Dark
I purchased: Medium
Swatches:


Special Thanks to Michelle, from BeautyAndTheBlog, for her amazing postings about Sleek Makeup; And to the determination and willingness to do months and months of research, I finally decided to place an order with Sleek Makeup! Well.. let alone the fact that it took months for my to figure out that the website offered US shipping, and I was overlooking it the entire time!
Shipping was AMAZING and FAST!! Packaging was superb! I was extremely IMPRESSED! :)

My Overall Thought: My experience with Sleek Makeup was phenomenal! I couldn't have been anymore satisfied! Fast shipping, Great packing, Great products, great service, & a great asset to the beauty community!!
Have You Tried Sleek Makeup? What is your thought on this brand?
If you have not tried Sleek, do you think you will in the near future?

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Jesse's Girl *New* Baked Powder Eyeshadow Collection Palette

Jesse's Girl Cosmetics launches a new palette!! 
Introducing the 9 pan Baked Mineralized Eyeshadow Palette! :)

While on the hunt for the Wet'n'Wild Dream Weavers collection, I happened to stumble upon this palette. My friend, Patrice went on to explain about how Jesse's Girl had launched this palette among other new cosmetic products. I, anxiously, could not wait to purchase it; I am a true fan of their cosmetics! :)
I paid $7.00 at my local Rite Aid.
Grab Yours Today!! 


Below gives description of the mineralized e/s above:

First Row
Dark Navy/ Purple with pink veining
 Frost Champagne w/ Burgandy veining
Lime Green w/ Yellow veining.

Second Row
Light Purple w/ frost white veining
Copper w/ champagne frost veining
Navy Blue w/ white veining.

Third Row
Gold w/ Bronze veining
Charcoal Grey w/ frost veining
Strawberry w/ bronze gold veining.


Enlarge photos to get TRUE colors:

First Row Swatches

Second Row Swatch

Third Row Swatch



Swatches of all shades


Pros:
  • Variety of colors
  • Smooth texture
  • Longevity
  • Pigmented
  • Inexpensive
  • Windows included to see every color
Cons:
  • e/s has no name
  • palette is not sturdy at all

Watch Pigmentation Review:



Have You Tried This 9 Pan Palette? What are your thoughts?

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

iRock Glitter


As a kid, I'm sure we've all used glitter to beautify a school project that we've worked on...right? It was just something about a plain marker to a poster board that was just TOTALLYboring... until we traced it with glue and added GLiTTER!! Lol!! 

I thought it would be fun to do a makeup tutorial using glitter! I knew that it would totally enhance the makeup look..DRASTICALLY.

I present to you: iRock Glitter Eye Tutorial. (Worn at IMATS)



Want to Recreate this look? These are the products needed:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance Primer
E.L.F concealer brush
M.A.C All that Glitters e/s
M.A.C 224 brush
M.A.C Coppering e/s
Revlon Contour Brush
M.A.C Cranberry e/s
M.A.C Contrast e/s
M.A.C 217 brush
M.A.C Blunt e/s
Too Faced Shadow Insurance Glitter Glue
Sephora Flat Shader Brush
Sallys Girl Gold Glitter
Tape (to removed excess glitter)
Nars blush Albatross
M.A.C 266 Angled Brush
Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner Pencil
Red Cherry 747 M Lashes
Duo Eyelash Glue
Wet'n'Wild Gel Liner


Hope You've Enjoyed! :)

What do you think about this look? Would you rock it? 
Leave a comment below stating why or why not.