FOTD : Kat Von D Evelyn Palette & NYX Transylvania - 7/24/2014

keeping on with the roll, I have another FOTD, plus a small haul. I went to Ulta today because I was having a really bad day(week) and decided to see if they had the NYX macaron lippies in the store - negative. Good news, there were new colors of the soft matte lip creams to poke at. I got one to see, and there are few more I would love, plus there are new normal matte lipstick shades now! As I was wandering around with my new lippie I found some clearanced nail polishes, SCORE! So I picked up Josie, Sunshine (pixie dust) , and Chita (pixie dust). The best part of the day was there were clearanced from 8.00 to 1.97 but when I got to check out they actually range up for .98 I believe. I purchased everything for under ten dollars! That sure made my week a little brighter.

This is the first day all week that my husband has noticed or at least said anything about my makeup. I walked into his office when I picked him up from work and all he had to say was "You look dark." For the life of me, I couldn't just take a "normal" photo but I think these show off the makeup well enough so here they stay!

What I used:


Face
Too Faced Primed & Poreless Pure
Make Up For Ever HD Invisible Cover Foundation in 115 Ivory
ELF High Definition Powder


Eyes
Milani Eyeshadow Primer
Kat Von D Evelyn Palette
Urban Decay 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in Demolition
Maybelline Mega Plush Volum' Express
ELF Eyebrow Kit in Dark

Lips
NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Transylvania


What do you think? Will you be running out to Ulta to score some nail poishes or checking out some new NYX products? I think the lip cream could have been a little bit nicer if I used a lipliner first, c'est la vie!






Everyday is an adventure.

Valentine's Day 5/14 - Smokey Brown Eye Using Kat Von D Evelyn Palette

Today is day five of my Valentine's series. I wanted to do a smokey look using Kat Von D's Evelyn Palette. This palette contains my favorite browns from her line and can create a few nice simple looks. The quality of the shadows is good, and it would be great for a beginner or someone looking for something to throw in their purse that can create an everyday work appropriate look and then be able to add a little to take you from day to night.

What I used

Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Kat Von D Evelyn Palette
Jane Fan Club Curling Mascara

Lips
Buxom Trixie

Face
Make Up For Ever HD Foundation in 115 Ivory
Benefit Watt's Up!
ELF High Definition Powder
Benefit Hoola
Hard Candy Fox In A Box Smooth Talker

Brushes
BE Full Flawless Face Brush
ELF Complexion Brush
ELF Blush Brush
ELF Angled Foundation Brush
ELF Small Smudge Brush
ELF Contour Brush
ELF Stipple Brush
ELF Small Precision Brush
Sonia Kashuk Blending Brush

What do you think of this look? Do you like doing a neutral brown smokey eye?

Do you wear a stronger lip or more neutral lip with this kind of look?

Missed a day, no problem! Check them our here - 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Kat Von D Art Of Elysium - Evelyn Palette

Today I will be reviewing Kat Von D's Art Of Elysium Palette in Evelyn. This palette is the same size as the small palette that you could have received as a 500 points perk at Sephora. The palette is white rubberized plastic like most of the other palettes. It has red flowers on the front.

What is so nice about this palette, and probably the only real reason to buy (because every single color is a repeat) is because of this:

Kat Von D designed this gorgeous palette in collaboration with the Art of Elysium, a charity that provides creative inspiration to children battling serious medical conditions. For the palette's cover, Kat and a teenage girl from named Evelyn created this unique floral design. In the center you'll find Evelyn's flower with the surrounding artwork by Kat. 

Ten percent of the purchase of this palette will benefit The Art of Elysium programs.
from the sephora website

 Front

 Back

Inside

The colors in the palette are:

Enjoy the Silence- Pearlized butter-cream (also found in Saint Palette)

Sand Timer- Pearlized sand (also found in Poetica Palette)

Leather- Matte dark brown (also found in Angeles, Beethoven, and Ludwig Plalettes)

Tijuana- Brown black with gold sparkle (also found in Tattoo Chronicles Vol I and Poetica Palettes)

Enjoy the Silence is the Silence is a shimmery vanilla. Sand Timer is pinky champagne sand. Leather is matte chocolate brown. Tijuana is a blackened brown with gold sparkle.

 Top: Enjoy the Silence, Sand Timer

Bottom: Leather, Tijuana

 Top: Enjoy the Silence, Sand Timer

Bottom: Leather, Tijuana

Top: Enjoy the Silence, Sand Timer

Bottom: Leather, Tijuana 

All were swatched over bare skin -no primer or base.

 

My favorite color in the palette is: Tijuana -love that glitter

All of the colors in this palette are winners. They are perfect for a neutral eye and I could see this being really nice to travel with. Much more travel friendly than the UD Naked palette. Also because there are only four shadows in this, it would make doing makeup on vacation a snap because they all go together and there are no unnecessary colors to try to work with.

You can pick this palette up for $20 at Sephora.

Kat Von D Tattoo Chronicles Vol I

Today I will be reviewing Kat Von D's Tattoo Chronicles Vol. I palette. This palette was released for the holidays last year. It is designed to look like a vintage book. There are a few pages with drawings and some journal entries. Once you get past all of these pages, the palette opens up to show you a full mirror on the left and the shadows on the right. Along with the 12 shadows you also receive three primers and a pair of false eyelashes. The eye shadows pull out to reveal a hidden compartment. Inside the compartment is a sample of the Sinner and Saint scents.

Front

 Front again

 

Side

 Back

  

Inside

 

 Inside 

  

 Inside 

 Mirror and Shadows

Close up of Shadows, Primers and Lashes

 

  

Open Compartment

 

 Secret compartment with fragrance

  Secret compartment with fragrance

 Inside after you take out the fragrance and paper it is attached too

 

The colors in the palette are:

(There was no color description)

Tijuana - also seen in Poetica and Evelyn

Taxidermy

Hollywood

Peanut- also seen in True Love

Redemption

Solitude

Heartkiller

Baudelaire

Monastary

Poe Blue

Nite Owl

Lemmy

Primers:

Skin

Stellar

Smoky

Tijuana- Brown black with gold sparkle. Taxidermy is a rich chocolate teddy bear brown. Hollywood is a golden mustard brown. Peanut is a vanilla cream color. Redemption is matte purple mountains majesty. Solitude is soft lilac. Heartkiller is a soft candy pink with gold and pink glitter. Baudelaire is a light silver blue. Monastary is black with red, blue and silver glitter. Poe Blue is navy blue with blue shimmer. Nite Owl is a shimmery forest green. Lemmy is bright lime green.

Skin is a yellowish skin tone color. Stellar is a shimmery light pink. Smoky is a dark charcoal gray.

 False Eyelashes

 Row one: Tijuana, Taxidermy, Hollywood, Peanut

Skin primer

Row two: Redemption, Solitude, Heartkiller, Baudelaire

Stellar primer

Row three: Monastary, Poe Blue, Nite Owl, Lemmy

Smoky primer

 False Eyelashes

 Tijuana, Taxidermy, Hollywood, Peanut

Skin primer

 Redemption, Solitude, Heartkiller, Baudelaire

Stellar primer 

Monastary, Poe Blue, Nite Owl, Lemmy

Smoky primer

Skin

Stellar

Smoky

Swatches

 Tijuana, Taxidermy, Hollywood, Peanut

 Redemption, Solitude, Heartkiller, Baudelaire

 Monastary, Poe Blue, Nite Owl, Lemmy

Skin, Stellar, Smoky

All were swatched over bare skin -no primer or base.

My favorite colors in the palette are: Taxidermy, Hollywood and Heartkiller.

Two of the colors in this palette are repeats. Overall the selection of colors and quality makes this palette a must have in my book. I actually have two! I love the packaging and the hidden compartment is a nice touch.