My First Inglot Palette!

The other day, I ventured in to my first ever inglot counter. There is not a free-standing store near me, so I drove to the closest counter because I have been dying to check out some inglot eyeshadows. The counter that I went to was decent in size and there was a fairly large range of eyeshadows.

Going in to the store, I had the idea that I wanted a completely matte and neutral palette. As you can see, I did not stick to my original plan. All of there eyeshadows are so pretty and have great pigmentation that it is hard to narrow it down. The great thing about the non matte eyeshadows is that they do not have fallout and your eyes don't look like a glitter bomb. I feel as if the two shine shadows that I bought, have a more of a sheen of shimmer than full on glitter and I love that so much.

46 shine is one of my absolute favorites and I have been wearing it every single day. The best way that I can describe it, is that it looks like a pearl when you move it around in the light and thus it looks so pretty when you apply it on your eyes. I love to use this as an all over lid color and even a brow bone highlight.

24 shine has the same kind of really pretty sheen and I got this to add a pop of color, either on my lower last line or in my inner corner, and I have been loving it!

I bought 341 matte to use as a blending color and to help pull the whole eye look together.

342 matte is what I use to help deepen my outer crease and add more of a dimension.

409 pearl is another gorgeous color that I have been using everyday. I use this mainly on my lower lash line as an eyeliner and then I also put it in my outer crease (v shaped) to help deepen it when I want a darker look.

The swatches are extremely crappy, I know but I think that you have to go in person to see them anyway. As much as I love these eyeshadows, I don't think that I will be doing any online purchases because it's tricky to see how exactly each eyeshadow looks and if you go in to swatch them, you can find some truly gorgeous shades. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase, it was well worth it, I think with the five eyeshadows and palette, it came out to around 40$ which is awesome for the size and quality.

What do you think about inglot eyeshadows?

Product Review: Tarte Glamazon Pure Performance 12-hour Lipsticks

I had seen a lot of hype about these lipsticks and when they rolled out a 30% coupon I had to snag a couple up. I saw someone wearing this gorgeous purple lipstick and she said it was a Tarte glamazon lipstick in the shade playful. I went ahead and snatched up their blue based red as well because I love blue based reds and there was a coupon code so why not?

On the Tarte website they claim that these lipsticks are their very first long-wear, clay-infused lipstick. A unique blend of emollient-rich butters (mango, avocado and shea) is encapsulated in this tarte12-hour power™ formula to achieve rich, vivid, and long-wearing color that applies smoothly and won’t fade away.

I've been so into avocado oils and all of that jazz so when I saw that these little guys had avocado butter I was even more excited. One of the best things about ordering online from Tarte is that their turn around time and shipping are very fast. I always choose the cheapest form of shipping and I still received my package in under a week which was freaking amazing.

 The first one that I am going to tell you about is the above mentioned playful. The Tarte website describes it as a purple rose and I think that is a great description. I also think that is the main reason why I love this color so much. I have really pigmented lips and I don't feel that most light rose shades mesh well with my skin tone but this color looks and feels so amazing.

 These lipsticks go on so creamy and smooth. I'm not even exaggerating you have to feel how creamy they are. I have never felt a lipstick this creamy (can I say creamy again...) in my entire life and I feel like I have been newly awakened.

 The next lipstick that I picked up is called wild and like I said earlier is it a blue based red. My holy grail red lipstick is MAC's ruby woo. I absolutely love that shade however, it can be a little drying so you have to apply a healthy coat of lip balm and I don't feel that ruby lasts all that long.

That being said, I don't know if these lipsticks really last 12 hours like they claim to but they do last a really long time--who wears lipstick for 12 hours anyway? I can give you a great example--I wore wild when I went out with my dad for his birthday lunch. We ate at a hibachi place, so we ate our fair share of courses and food. My lipstick was still perfectly intact after I was finished eating. I'm not lying either, I was just as surprised as you probably are right now.

In conclusion, I think that these lipsticks are so amazing and if and when they release more colors, I will definitely be stocking up. You can't go wrong with a creamy, long-lasting, beautiful lipstick. These would be a create addition to your lipstick collection.

❤ Lauren