Long time no see gals and guys! I need not get into how "the hustle and bustle of everyday life kept me away" or "I was a bit overwhelmed with school, work and planning a wedding"..but I will focus on the fact that I have missed my keyboard and the freedom of expression that comes along with being a blogger =D
I have been wanting to do a beauty post for a while now but I honestly haven't been purchasing many beauty items since I am saving for my wedding (hey, every penny counts!) and aside from a great mascara I switched to and an occasional new lip product, nothing really blog worthy has fallen into my hands. That all changed around the Holidays!
It is safe to say, if you read the title of this post, then you know to what high regard I hold these next two products I am about to show you. These are the kinds of finds that make me shout from the rooftops! (ok maybe we shouldn't take it that far lol) In the past month, I have used these each and every day and they are essentially all I would ever need if they were to never run out :)
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1. The Guy Bourdin for NARS Holiday Collection Cheek Palette
- Included are a bronzer in Laguna, highlighter in Devotee, Blushes in Orgasm, Deep Throat, Mistinguette, and Goulue.
- The Bronzer is a little light for medium complexions like myself, BUT I make it work by layering and it is pretty awesome.
- There is a shade of peachy pink for everyone--my favorites happen to be Goulue which is the deep pink and Deep Throat which is described as a "flirty sheer peach"
- For old time NARS "devotee's", they also included their best seller, Orgasm which I have in regular compact form as well.
- After doing the math..you know what, let's just break it down here:
- A Full size blush contains 0.16 oz. or 4.8 g's of product and run around $29.00.
- Each of the blushes in this palette contain 0.14 oz or 4 grams of product and with a total palette cost of $65.00, that means that we are pretty much getting 6 near full size products for only $10.83 each !!!!!!!! After doing the math, I was able to justify the price, heck $65 is a lot to spend in one place on cosmetics.
- The convenience of being able to grab this and go is awesome too....minus the fact that it has the typical NARS packaging and it gets dirty very easily..NARS, switch it up please :)
2. The Lorac Pro Palette
- 8 Matte Shades, 8 Shimmer Shades...does anything else really need to be explained? haha
- There are colors that will give you that sexy smokey eye and also colors that you can wear for a fresh face look---I love them all!
- "Taupe" is the perfect crease blending color for me and "Cream" is what I have been using as my browbone highlight with "Nude" as a nice inner corner shimmer highlight.
- The only drawback I see is that "White" can come off a little chalky but honestly I have yet to come across a true white shadow that isn't chalky.
- This goes for around $42 and comes with a mini eye primer as well--excellent deal as I, dare I say it....prefer this over my NAKED 1 palette which was my HG for a while!
My final thoughts on these babies are this: I am sorry that the cheek palette is a holiday item as I don't think you can get it online anymore--I have definitely seen some still in Sephora stores though so if you're interested, be sure to go check it out. I truly could give away my entire makeup collection (which is mighty hefty these days) and only use these two palettes and a lip product and mascara for a complete look. You can use the black shadow as an eyeliner!
Lorac Pro Palette Guy Bourdin for NARS Cheek palette Reviews
Happy New Year Friends, wishing you health, prosperity, happiness and love :)
Grab these babies now or be sorry later,
xox
