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Vincent Longo Eyeshadow Swatches and Coupon Code

March 18, 2014 by daydreamingbeauty 23 Comments

I recently had a great giveaway for Vincent Longo Water Canvas Base/Primer and Water Canvas Blush. A big congratulations to Lulubelle, who has been a longtime reader of my blog! I’m so excited for her to try her prize! I know she’s going to love them as much as I do. 🙂

If you weren’t the winner, I have a great consolation prize for you in the form of a coupon code for all of my subscribers! Not sure what to get with a Vincent Longo discount code? I have a few ideas below! I’ve been testing out two eyeshadows that I just love! The Pearl X Eyeshadow in Luna Beach is like having a complete eyeshadow palette in one pot. You can use the colors separately or blended together.

What Vincent Longo says about Pearl X Eyeshadows – This unique, out-of-this-world formula opens new vistas in eye makeup. Pearl X eyeshadows spread cool to warm tones throughout a sophisticated multi-textured product, to create shades of matte and shine that effortlessly blend and shift as you apply. The galactic multi-textures of matte and pearl encourage a personalized, creative application style.

The other shadow I’m currently obsessed with is the Wet Dry Diamond Eyeshadow in Dawn Flesh.

What Vincent Longo says about the Wet Dry Diamond eyeshadows – New, high-tech, light reflective pearls in a creamy soft, full-color baked eye powder makes Wet/Dry Diamond Eyeshadow unlike any other eye product available. Four gorgeous colors enhance your look for office or evening, from natural to dramatic. Applied dry, it spreads a sheer veil of dazzling, diamond sparkle color over the eyelids. Used wet, it goes on like a shimmering brilliant cream that lasts for hours without creasing.

How gorgeous are these shadows?! They really do last without fading or creasing. If you haven’t tried the Vincent Longo Water Canvas Base/Primer, you really should put it on your “must have” list! Please use the following discount code to order from Vincent Longo – BLOR214. I’d love to hear what you order! 🙂

xo Amber

LORAC Lip Luxe 8 Hour Lip Color Swatches

January 25, 2014 by daydreamingbeauty 1 Comment

LORAC’s latest lip release is the Lip Luxe 8 hour Lip Colors. They claim to be long lasting, with a velvety matte finish and infused with Acai Berry, Grape Seed, Pomegranate and vitamins C & E.
Currently, LORAC offers 6 on trend shades: Hot Pink, Scarlet, Coral, True Red, Bordeaux and Orchid.
I haven’t tried them yet, but I’m most interested in Orchid and Hot Pink!

You can purchase LORAC online, at ULTA and some Kohls stores. Have you tried these new long wearing beauties from LORAC? I’d love to hear what your thoughts!
xo Amber

Urban Decay Naked 3 Swatches

January 24, 2014 by daydreamingbeauty 34 Comments

Urban Decay Naked 3 palette debuted 12 all new neutral eyeshadows with a rosy theme. This Naked palette comes housed in a metal case, similar to the Naked 2 palette. It contains a new double-ended shadow blending brush and 4 samples of the ever popular Eyeshadow Primer Potions.

Urban Decay’s descriptions of the 12 Rosy toned shadows:

Strange – pale neutral pink matte-satin
Dust – pale metallic pink shimmer with iridescent micro glitter
Burnout – light pinky peach satin
Limit – light dusty rose matte
Buzz – metallic rose shimmer with silver micro-glitter
Trick – light metallic pinky-copper shimmer with tonal micro sparkle
Nooner – medium pinky-brown matte
Liar – medium metallic mauve shimmer
Factory – pinky-brown satin
Mugshot – metallic taupe shimmer with slight pink shift
Darkside – deep taupe-mauve satin
Blackheart – smokey black matte with rosy red micro sparkle

Here’s how I like to wear the Naked 3 shades:
Strange on my brow bone and inner corner, Limit and Nooner in the crease. This will give you a super easy, effortless matte look in no time.

Strange on my brow bone and inner corner, Dust patted on my lid with a flat brush sprayed with MAC Fix+, Mugshot in the crease, Darkside in the outer v, and blend the crease with Nooner.

Other info: Each shadow is 1.3g or 0.05 oz. Limit and Trick are the only vegan shades, however the rest contain carmine. You can find Naked 3 online at Urban Decay, Sephora, ULTA, Macy’s and beauty.com for $52.

Have you picked up the Naked 3 palette? What are some of your favorite looks with it?

xo
Amber

Studio Gear Holiday Smokey Eye Palette

December 5, 2013 by daydreamingbeauty 11 Comments

*sample provided for review*

The Studio Gear Holiday Smokey Eye Palette has all you need for a sultry festive look this holiday season! This slim palette holds four eyeshadows, Frost (shimmery ivory), Platinum (sparkly gray), Glimmer (soft gold) and Coal (charcoal with pink and green shimmer). The center of the palette holds Snowy Glow blush, a peachy pink with a golden luminescence.

The eyeshadow shades allow for endless combinations, from a bright eyed shimmery look, to a full on glammed up smokey eye. The flattering Snowy Glow blush is highly pigmented, and I can see it working on most skin tones. I need to use a very light hand with it on my light skin.

I love how portable this palette is. It’ll be great for travel, or touch ups! Do you have any favorites from Studio Gear Cosmetics? Studio Gear is offering 10% off if you use the code SGHOLIDAY. It’s already at an introductory price of $25 (regularly $40) so this is a really great deal! I’d grab it while it’s still available! 🙂

xo Amber

Crown Brush 88 color warm eyeshadow palette

December 2, 2013 by daydreamingbeauty 3 Comments

*sent for review*

This is an amazing palette packed with my favorite eye shadow tones. Neutrals! I’ve got the Urban Decay Naked palettes, but I still find myself reaching for this palette often. As you will see in the swatches below, most of the colors are quite pigmented. The satin, shimmer and frost shades in particular are soft and pigmented, with an almost creamy texture. There are a few of the matte shades that are a little dry and take a bit of work to build up. The shadows have good lasting power when worn with an eyeshadow primer. Overall, I am delighted that I have this handy palette filled with useful shades!

You can find Crown Brush’s 88 color warm eyeshadow palette here.
It’s sold out at the moment, but there should be more available soon! Do you have any palettes that I should check out from Crown Brush?

xo Amber

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Matte Brown

November 11, 2013 by daydreamingbeauty 14 Comments

Maybelline has 3 new matte color tattoos. I think this will be a great addition to the Color Tattoo family! I’m fairly sure these are LE shades, and they are hard to find! I stumbled on Matte Brown, which reminds me of Naked or Buck from Urban Decay’s Naked 1 palette. I actually got this to try on my brows. I haven’t tried that yet, but wanted to share swatches.

There are two other shades in this release, Just Beige (maybe a MAC Soft Ochre paint pot dupe?) and Nude Pink (looks a lot like MAC Painterly paint pot). I have not swatched those shades and I don’t have them, so I can’t confirm that.

I was surprised at how smooth and evenly pigmented these were during swatching. I don’t own any matte Color Tattoos, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The left swatch is two thicker layers, the swatch on the right is one layer blended out.

Have you seen the new Color Tattoos? What’s your favorite color if you own any?

xo Amber

BH Cosmetics Glamorous Blush palette

October 11, 2013 by daydreamingbeauty 9 Comments

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I have been using my BH Cosmetics Glamorous Blush palette constantly since got it. It’s the perfect mix of peaches, pinks, purple and reds, some matte and some shimmer. No glitter bombs! 😉
This is my first experience with BH Cosmetics, and I couldn’t be happier!

What do you think of this palette? I’d love to hear what your BH Cosmetics favorites are if you’ve tried them!
xo Amber