Throwback Thursday: Dia de los Muertos

Swatches & Review! Sonia Kashuk Eye Couture Palette and Hidden Agenda Concealer Palette

 Today's post is going to be about the Sonia Kashuk Eye Couture Palette, and the Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda Concealer Palette. I had heard good things about these products, so I finally pulled the trigger and got them on my recent Target visit. The eye palette is available for about $19.99 USD, and the concealer palette was around $9.99 USD. 

Here you can see the open palette and all of the shades. There are 12 shades, all matte. They all have a pretty neutral tone to them, which is awesome because you can create a lot of looks from the one palette.

Here are the swatches of the shades, over NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. They are EXTREMELY soft and buttery, and can get messy when you pick them up on the brush. They have pretty good pigmentation, though, and are easily blendable. I see this quickly becoming my HG palette, perhaps even over the LORAC Pro and the Naked 2.

 Here is the concealer palette. There are 3 creme shades, and 1 setting powder in the bottom right corner. This is in medium, and it's a little dark for my skin tone, but the skin on my face is darker than the underside of my arm. I will probably use the darker shade for contouring. 

Here are the swatches! The first shade is a simple skin tone shade, the middle is a darker brown-toned hue, and the last definitely leans green/yellow toned. The powder is swatched as well but apparently matches exactly with my skin. They are all extremely pigmented, and seem to have good staying power, especially when set with the powder. Definitely would rebuy, maybe in the lighter shade.

I have more on the way, including shipments from LimeCrime, RoseRoseShop, and Sephora. Many more swatches to come! 

xoxo,

Gabrielle

FOTD January 22, 2014

This is from a few days ago but I'm just now getting it up! On this day, I used Benefit's Hello Flawless and stippled it on to create full coverage. I used Beige and Taupe from the Lorac Pro palette to create the eye look, along with Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper. The lashes are Ardell in 117 and brows are Anastasia Brow Wiz in Brunette (holy grail!). The lips feature one of the new Matte Lip Creams from NYX, in Transylvania. I also picked up Copenhagen and will definitely have to swatch, as they are GORGEOUS colors. I also just placed a Lime Crime order for some of their lipsticks, velvetines, and carousel glosses. I can't wait until those come in and I can swatch them!

xoxo,
Gabrielle