Too Faced - A Few of My Favorite Things Palette

Too Faced has come out with three palettes for the Holiday season. The first of the palettes, and the priciest, is the A Few of My Favorite Things palette. Currently at Sephora it’s selling for $56 (an original $436 value). I think this is a great palette for any individual; there is a variety of products and I think it’ll be a good gift for someone who just wants an all in one palette. 

This palette includes 20 eyeshadows, 2 blushes, 2 bronzers, 1 Lip Injection Color Bomb, 1 mascara, a chevron clutch, and a how-to guide. Talk about a great value!

The 20 e/s colors are: 

- Snowflakes: shimmery beige
- Whiskers on Kittens: shimmery salmon
- Chocolate Milk: matte medium-dark brown
- Cream Colored Ponies: matte light tan
- Honey Honey: Shimmery gold
- Buche de Noel: Dark shimmery brown
- Coquet: Light pearlescent pink (slight orange undertone)
- Taffy: Matte medium pink
- Crisp Apple Strudel: Pearlescent medium brown

- Moon on Their Wings: Shimmery medium beige
- Dark Chocolate: Dark Matte Brown (this is one of the darkest browns I’ve ever seen!)
- Evergreen: Pearlescent forest green
- Blue Satin Sashes: Matte navy with silvery/golden specs
- Woolen Mittens: Matte brown (lighter than Chocolate Milk, but darker than Cream Colored Ponies)
- Soiree: Deep burgundy with golden specs

- Tinsel: Pearlescent taupe beige
- Bluff: Muted purple with slight shimmer
- Ooh la Orchid: Matte orchid (purple) 

- Party Time: Shimmery/glittery dark teal
- Pure Glam: Black/purple with a lot of silver/golden shimmer/glitter

2 Blushes:

- Raindrops on Roses: Rosey pink with golden shimmer
- Melt into Spring: Matte salmon/orange

2 Bronzers: 

- Chocolate Soleil: Matte brown (typical bronzer)
- Sun Bunny: Shimmery bronzer with 2 different shades - the darker of the shades isn’t as dark as Chocolate Sleil, but it’ll give a nice shimmer to a matte bronzer. The lighter of the shades can be a great highlighter if you’re on the tanner side, but can be versatile. 

1 Lip Color:
Lip Injection Color Bomb in Bee Sting: Rose pink 

1 Better Than Sex Mascara 

There’s a lot of great value in this set and I would definitely consider picking this up. The thing about Too Faced is that they don’t sell e/s individually. Their e/s are great quality, but a lot of the glittery ones tend to have a lot of fallout from the glitter/shimmer. If you want them to stick you’d need to use a tacky base, the usual base like Too Faced E/S Insurance and UD’s Primer Potion isn’t tacky enough to hang on to the glitter. 

The Chocolate Soleil is one of their best selling bronzers and is a great product. Their blushes are also pretty pigmented as well. 

If you want a palette that has a lot of bang for the buck, definitely consider picking up this palette. 

Sephora Favorites - Glitz & Glam Set

The Sephora Glitz & Glam is a great set, in my opinion, and it has perfect travel size products and it also has a great (and stylish) travel clutch. The set includes:

Urban Decay Moondust E/S in Space Cowboy

NARS Lip Gloss in Gold Digger

Nails Inc. Kensington Caviar Gel Effect Plumping Top Coat

Jose Maran Coconut Watercolor Cheek Gelee in Pink Escape

Lancome Hypnose Star in Noir Midnight

Stila Stay All Day 10-In-One HD Illuminating Beauty Balm w/ SPF 30

1 Sephora Collection False Eye Lashes in Celebrity

Too Faced 3 Way Lash Lining Tool

This set is being sold at $45 ($159 value) which is almost a 72% savings, which is incredible (in my opinion). I think there is a wide variety of products that someone, or possibly you, could try out. I would personally invest in this set because I could try out a bunch of products from not just one, but multiple brands. 

Keep in mind that most of these things is not the full size, a lot of these products are mini/travel sized products. This would be great to give someone who is just starting out in makeup. I think that there are some staple products that they could use to create really natural and effortless looks. 

Lancome - Hypnose Drama Mascara Set

This set offered by Sephora includes a bottle of Bi-Facil, Artliner (eyeliner) in Noir (black), and Hypnose Drama in black. This set is going for $33 ($66 value), so that’s a 50% savings, which really isn’t bad. Lancome is one of my mom’s favorite brans and the artliner is her favorite liquid eyeliner and the bi-facil is her favorite eye makeup remover. I personally really like the Hypnose Drama mascara, but because it’s not water proof, I can’t use it on a daily basis.

Lancome Bi-Facil Eye Makeup Remover

Lancome - Percision Artliner 

Lancome - Hypnose Drama 

I think this set would be great for someone who loves their eyeliner and mascara and you would want to introduce them to a high-end line. This would also be great if you’d want to try Lancome’s liquid eyeliner, mascara, and the eye makeup remover. The eye makeup remover doesn’t leave an oily residue like other products, but personally I didn’t like it because it was too harsh for my eyes. 

BITE Beauty - Best BITE Set

Best BITE Set

BITE is offering a neat set of 4 mini lip pencils for $25.00 ($55 value), this is a 45% savings and about $6.25/pencil, but you should keep in mind that it is a mini set. There isn’t much of a range color, there are about two red-toned pencils and and two nude-toned pencils. The colors that are included are Quince, Rhubarb, Cranberry, and Madeira. I should also mention that all four pencils are matte. 

Quince: Rose Berry 

Rhubarb: Plum Rose

Cranberry (Limited Edition Color): Deep Red

Madeira: Nude Pink

**Original size is 0.99 oz**

This will be a great stocking stuffer or gift for someone who loves lip products or even if you’re wanting to experiment with a little bit of color. The color range isn’t the greatest, but it is definitely embodies the Fall/Winter seasons. 

New Series - Makeup Gift Sets

So I'm going to be showing some of the great gift sets that Sephora is offering for the season. I think this season has some of the best sets out there. You can expect to see stuff from Lancome, BITE Beauty, Stilla, Tarte, etc. 

Stay tuned and if you see anything interesting, just click the picture and you'll be redirected to Sephora's website and directly to the product. 

Happy Holidays Guys!!

Neutrogena Oil Free Moisturizer - Combination Skin

Now that winter is right around the corner and the harsh cold winter weather is on it’s way, it’s time to start taking better care of the beautiful skin on your face. I discovered this product about a year ago because I was looking for a moisturizer that wouldn’t break me out and would also provide the necessary moisture back to my skin. I originally used one of Olay’s moisturizer, but unfortunately it would break me out after a couple of uses and I didn’t feel like it really ever sunk into my skin. Overall I didn’t really care for it and I needed something better. 

I was curious about the Neutrogena moisturizer because I had heard a lot of good things about the entire Neutrogena line and I do love some of their facial cleansers and face washes. I picked up the version for combination skin because no matter what season it is I always have dry patches and oily patches all over my face, but during the winter time my dry spots feel like they’re 5 times drier than usual. During the summer I have the opposite problem (my oily spots feel like they’re extremely oily). 

I’ve been using this moisturizer for about a year and I’ve gone through two bottles. I don’t use a lot of product, I need about three pea size amounts for my entire face and I can literally feel the moisture being sucked up by my skin, and it feels amazing! I apply it two times a day, once when I get out of the shower in the morning and once after I take off my makeup at the end of the day. 

I’m able to wear this moisturizer under my primer and other face makeup and I don’t feel like it makes my skin any oilier and I don’t feel like my face is sliding off at the end of the day. 

The great thing I like about this product is that there is not scent and it actually sinks into my skin. I can feel this product really working into my skin and I’ve seen great improvements ever since I started using it. I no longer have the dry patches around the corners of my mouth, around my cheeks, and around my eyebrows. I have never broken out from this product too which is a big plus. The one fear I always had about moisturizers is that it’ll break me out because off all the oils in it or the scents that they use. 

One of the best things I like about Neutrogena is that they make a variety of products for different skin types. It’s extremely diverse and I can always find something that works for me. This is one of my holy grail products and I can’t imagine using something else. 

Overall I give this product a 10/10 because it’s really that great for me and I can’t imagine using anything else.