Makeup Wars: Holiday Beauty Wishlist!!!

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It is time for another Makeup War!!! This week's Makeup Wars post is pure fun and fantasy: it is my Makeup Holiday Wishlist! I have not tried any of these items. These are simply the makeup items that I am lusting after. The items that I am wishing Santa will put in my stocking. Some of these have been around while, some are new, and some are LE Holiday items. Reguardless, I want 'em! ;) 

What are Makeup Wars?

Before sharing my Holiday Wishlist, let me share a little bit about the idea behind Makeup Wars. The Makeup Wars Bloggers are a group of top beauty bloggers that publish coordinated bi-weekly posts. The Makeup Wars bloggers collectively pick topics to blog about (e.g., Top 10 Products, Beauty Pampering, etc). We publish our posts at precisely the same time and link up through the graphic links and thumbnails at the bottom of our posts. Be sure to click through the thumbnail links at the bottom of this post to read through everyone's posts! :)

My Holiday 2013 Beauty Wishlist:

• Conair Infiniti Pro Curl Secret: I am so intrigued by this unique hair tool! Somehow it magically sucks in your hair and spits out a perfect curl. It both frightens me and excites me at the same time. It is pricey at $99.00. However, if it works as well as it promises, then the price would be well worth it! 

• LORAC Pro Palette: I honestly can't believe that I don't own this palette yet! I love that it features a full range of neutral shades from light to dark in both matte and shimmer finishes. A great deal for $42.00. 

• Urban Decay Naked Basics: I can't believe that I don't own this yet either! A neutral lovers dream palette! I need this! :) Seriously, at $27.00, I should just head out and buy this one now. 

• Too Faced Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush: This blush is soooo cute! I mean, it is a heart! :) I am a sucker for a pretty blush in great packaging. Retails for $29.00. 

• Hayworth Lingerie Chest by Pier 1: First of all, I am obsessed with Pier 1 furniture and home decor. We just moved into a new house 3 months ago and I am slowly filling it up with Pier 1 furniture and accessories! My husband just surprised me with the Hayworth Vanity a couple weeks ago! He knew it was on my wishlist for ages. What a guy!!! ;) Well, now I want the Hayworth Lingerie Chest for my makeup storage. I am actually planning on splurging on this for my "Christmas Gift for Myself" this year!!! I can't wait! I am going to sit this right next to my vanity to store all my makeup. My makeup is currently in my closet and I hate walking back and forth to my vanity table (and I don't want to sit my IKEA Alex next to a mirrored vanity...it just wouldn't look right). I am hoping to downsize my makeup collection, too. If it doesn't fit into this chest, then I am not keeping it. 

• Glam Glow Gift Set or Glam Glow Mask: I hear that this Glam Glow mask is totally amazeballs. At typically $69 for a tub, I think that the gift set that Sephora is offering is a great price (and you get to try more from the line). I am seriously dying to try this!

• BeneFit Rockateur Blush: I adore BeneFit's blushes. I have a bit of a collection and I am dying to add this! I hear that it looks beautiful on. Plus, BeneFit blushes always smell amazing.

Holiday Shopping Wishlist: Makeup Wars! with Benefit , Conair, Urban Decay

So, that is it! My Holiday 2013 Beauty Wishlist!!! I know that I am forgetting a million things. I mean, seriously, as soon as I publish this I will smack my head because I will think of more things. :) However, the list must end somewhere, right?

What do you all want for the beauty-wise for the Holidays? Have you tried any of my wishlist items? If so, I would love to hear how you like these things!!! :)

Happy Holidays!!!
XOXO!!!

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Everything You Need For Your Face: Too Faced Natural Face Palette

Wouldn't it be nice to have all of your essential face products in one place? Well, that is what you will get with Too Faced's Natural Radiance Face Palette!

This palette has everything you need: Blush, Creme Blush, Bronzer, Concealer, Brightener, and Luminizer. How convenient to have this all in one place! I have never had a face palette before and am having a lot of fun playing around with this adorable kit!

Too Faced is one of my favorite brands! I have yet to meet a Too Faced product that I did not like. How did this face palette work for me? Keep reading for more swatches, photos, and my impressions!

Essence XXXL nudes lipgloss in Nude Kiss: A "close dupe" for Too Faced Pillow Talk!

Hello there lovely readers! While browsing at Ulta yesterday, I was so excited to discover a "close dupe" for my beloved Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Pillow Talk (from the Enchanted Glamourland Collection, and seriously, Pillow Talk has become my new fav gloss)! Yes, the essence gloss is "pinker"...but, for the look and effect and yummy scent...very similar (especially over my very pigmented lips)! Total rave for both of these glosses!

As you all know, I totally love essence cosmetics line, so I was happy to pick up the gloss as it was only $1.99! What a steal! The essence gloss is the XXXL Nudes Gloss in Nude Kiss.

*both photos show TF on left and essence on right. 

Here is my comparison of the two glosses! I *totally* love both glosses!!!

Similarities: 

• Same scent! Both glosses have a very sweet scent...it is a very "vanilla" cake-like scent with a hint of mocha? 
• Both shades wear as a lovely nude (with the essence more a "pinkish" nude...but, really, the same effect)
• Similar packaging
• Both glosses wear well as they are thick enough to be lasting without being sticky. Good texture on both glosses!
• Both gloss have good pigmentation. 

Differences:

• The Too Faced has a more "milky" finish
• The Too Faced is more a peachy nude and the essence is more of a pinky nude. You can see the difference in the arm swatches, but over my pigmented lips...the shades are *very* close (with the essence just being ever so slightly pinker)
• They are both thick (yet not sticky) glosses. The Too Faced gloss is slightly more dense. 
• The Too Faced has a brush applicator wand and the essence has a doe-foot applicator wand. 
• Too Faced has gold/iridescent micro fine gitter and the essence has silver/iridescent micro fine glitter...but, neither of these glosses look nor feel overly glittery. And despite the essence having silver not gold micro glitter, again, the effect is very similar on the lips. 
• Probably the most major difference is that the Too Faced gloss is a plumper and has a "minty"/mildly tingly or "cooling" feel upon application and the essence gloss does not have this feel. 
• The Too Faced Gloss retails at $18 and the essence gloss retails at $1.99!!! :) I got my Too Faced Glamour Gloss in the Enchanted Glamourland Set (which is a good value for the price!).

So, if the price for the Too Faced gloss is too high for you, then you can get a "similar" look with the essence gloss!!! Yay for a near-dupe! It is not an exact dupe, but the overall effect is similar enough to give you the same "look" with your makeup. I really love both glosses equally! Also, there are about 3 other shades in essence's XXXL Nudes line, so there are some other lovely nudes to try...and I bet if you mixed a few of them together, you could get an exact dupe!

I was very excited to find this essence gloss at Ulta!!! The essence display at my Ulta has a ton of new products...so, I am tempted to try more! :)

Hope you enjoyed reading!!!

XOXO!
Pammy

Coming Soon:
-Profusion Beauty Wallet: a fail!
-Wet n Wild Holiday Palettes: Night Elf :)

Too Faced Enchanted Glamourland: Review and *total rave*!

Too Faced Enchanted Glamourland

Here I am with another review! And this one is a GLOWING review and a "total rave" for sure! This is an amazingly beautiful set! I am totally *in love* with it! :)

First of all, the value of this set is insane! The Enchanted Glamourland by Too Faced is $49 at Sephora with an estimated value of $145. I think it was so generous of Too Faced to provide full-sized products in this kit!!! This kit contains a Le Vie en Rose blush, Snow Bunny Bronzer (highlighter/bronzer), a full sized lip gloss: Glamour Gloss in Pillow talk, 15 eye shadows (.03 oz size), and a full sized Shadow Insurance primer. I mean, a full sized Shadow Insurance is about $18 and a full sized TF lip gloss is about $19...so, you can clearly see the value here! You get pretty much everything you need for a complete look!

As you guys can see from the pictures, the set is absolutely beautiful! The packaging is sparkly and girlie and just pretty. Super girlie packaging, which is "so me"!!! Love, love, love the "fairy" theme and packaging. The "front cover" of the palette features pop-up pictures of fairies, etc (and the blush and bronzer are located here).

Now, lets face it, the pop ups are not necessary...but, are a totally cute addition. If you are a collector, then you will for sure want to pick up this beautiful set. I actually find myself wanting to create the makeup looks that are on the little pop-up fairy girls and the girl on the cover. The set also has 3 "look"/makeup-tip pull-out cards in a pocket in the front section. I havent tried each particular look, but it gives you some great ideas for experiementing with some new looks. No need for a makeup rut! The eyeshadows, Shadow Insurance, and lipgloss are housed in a pull-out drawer that acutally and convieniently pulls completely out.

I hope you guys can read the shade names here??? If not let me know,

and I will add them. 

These eye shadows are gorgeous! TDF!!! The shadows have a rich buttery texture and are highly pigmented. Seriously, these are high quality shadows! You get a great array of colors here and many colors exclusive specifically to this palette and named, repetitively "exclusive". There are some mattes, shimmers/satins, sparkles...light shades, dark shades, and even some with totally lovely micro fine glitter.

My personal faves from this palette are:

• Peach Fizz (goldish nude color with iridescent/gold micro fine glitter: absolutely fab as a allover lid color worn alone with black liquid winged liner)
• Honey Pot (bronzy metallic gold)
• Exclusive (purple with duo chrome metallic finish and some pinkish tone)
• Velvet Revolver (perfect "just above the crease" blending color for blending out a smoky eye)
• Exclusive (deep brown with blue micro glitter: great eyeliner!)
• Ooh & Ahh (the best true silver metallic shadow I have ever tried! Applies soooo metallic!)
• Stiletto (Deep matte Black: Very pigmented...will become my most used black shadow).  

Just a few of my faves....but, they are all great! And, I can't wait to play around with these colors more and do more looks! :) 

For Halloween, I did a very dramatic eye with Stiletto on the outer corner/outer lid smoked out through through the crease, with Ohh & Aah on the middle lid blended out and the inner corner, Velvet Revolver to blend out the crease and just above the crease, and In the Buff for Brow Highlight. 

Here are the eyeshadow swatches! I did them in the exact order of the palette. 

My camera does not do them justice! Look how pigmented they are with just a 

quick finger swipe! The camera did not pick up on the glittery shades, but the glitter is

micro fine and absolutely beautiful!

I really love the color selection...you have everything you need for a smokey eye here! But, you can do so many other looks with this color selection too...a pastel eye, a light eye, a shimmery/glittery eye with black liner. So many choices! The metallics and glitter shades in this collection really stand out! And, I think that what makes this set unique is that you literally have all the shades you need right in the palette to do so many looks! No need to "finish off" a look with one of your MAC shadows...really, you have all the bases covered here!

As far as the rest of the kit:

• Shadow Insurance: This is a *great* eyeshadow base! *I am planning a future blog post comparing and contrasting the various shadow bases that I have tried. So, be on the lookout for that.* I love that this eyeshadow base comes in a squeeze tube instead of the doe-foot type applicator that most eye bases seem to come with. Just squeeze out exactly what you need! I feel that squeeze tubes are just so much more sanitary to work with! (yes, I am a bit of a germ-a-phobe). Also, this is a *full size* product! This tube will last me a long time! 

• Snow Bunny Bronzer/Highlighter: This is quickly becoming one of my favorite highlighters (really more of a highlighter than a bronzer). I swirl all the colors together with my kabuki bronzer brush and apply in the "3" patter on forehead, cheekbones, etc. Sometimes I take my elf fan brush and apply just the light shades to the tops of my cheekbones and over the brow area. Either way...it looks fantastic on my fair skin...and I think will become a winter-staple highlighter for me. Gives a nice "glow" without being over the top glittery. Definitely "fairy" like!!! What a wonderful addition to this palette. I like it so much that I would consider buying this on its own just to have a more portable travel-friendly version of this! 

• Le Vie en Rose blush: Such a nice neutral shimmery mid-tone pink. Goes great with these shadows and layers nicely with the snow bunny bronzer/highlighter. Gives such a nice rosy flush to the cheeks. Love it with my pale skin. Will certainly brighten up winter-pale skin! :)

• Glamour Gloss in Pillow Talk: Saved one of the "best for last"!!! This gloss is AMAZING ya'll!!! Totally love it! It was such a "bonus" to me as I primarily wanted this set for its beautiful shadow selections. The fact that I now have a new fav lipgloss...is, like I said, a total bonus and just the "icing on the cake" of me loving this whole set! This gloss has a yummy cake-like vanilla scent...actually, the scent totally reminds me of the "classic" Bonne Bell Vanilla Lipgloss! Yum!  Sweet smelling without being overly sweet (you guys know I am picky about gloss flavor/scents)...this one is great! It is called a Volumizing Lip Gloss with "Lip Injection Comfort Plump" as it does not plump lips by irritating them. I actually find this gloss to be quite moisturizing. It has a beautiful sparkly peachy/nude color. This gloss pairs wonderfully with the shadows, highlighter, and blush in this wonderful set! I am finding that I am reaching for this gloss all the time! Beautiful! And, I will certainly repurchase this gloss! And, how cute is it that it has a jewel on the end. Fit for an Enchanted Fairy (okay, sorry, dorking out here!)! :) 

So, all-in-all, a *total rave* for the Enchanted Glamourland set!!! The only downside might be that the packaging is a bit bulky for travel. But, at the same time, if you traveled with this...this set would be practically all you would need to bring (just toss your brushes, concealer, mascara, and powder/foundation in a bag...and you would be good-to-go).

I highly recommend this set! This is my first foray into Too Faced shadows and blushes/highlighters (been a fan of their lipglosses for quite some time!)...and I will for sure be back for more! Very high quality and awesome products! Without question, I would totally repurchase this set!

If you are thinking about this set...I would go ahead and get it as I am quite certain that this will sell out soon. I am very happy with my purchase. Love, love, love it!!! This was my "big treat" to myself...and I am so pleased. :) I think the whole "Fairy" line from Too Faced looks great and can't wait to try more items from this collection!

Hope you enjoyed reading! As always, I would love to hear your thoughts!

XOXO!
Pammy

Coming soon:
-Too Faced Glamour-to-Go: Fairy Edition: Review

Sephora very-Mini Haul: Too Faced Enchanted Glamourland Limited Edition Palette

 Too Faced Enchanted Glamourland Limited Edition Palette

OMG!!! I got this order in the mail yesterday from Sephora...and it is even prettier than I imagined!!! I mean, I felt like a giddy little-girl opening it and seeing such a pretty box! The packaging is beyond delightful, and so "me".

I must admit I was drawn in because I love "fairies" (and all things fantasy)!So, this "fantasy" special edition palette seemed like too good of a value to pass up. The kit contains 15 shadows (mix of colors and neutrals, great array!), a full sized Shadow Insurance primer, full sized plumping lipgloss, blush, and bronzer/highlighter...all in a BEAUTIFULLY packaged girly/glittery fairy themed box.

I can't wait to try everything out over the next few weeks and then post a more extensive review and swatches! The shades all look beautiful! I can't wait to test it out! :) So, check back soon for the review.

Just wanted to share the pictures now and my initial "yay" with my readers. A fun and pretty palette for all you girly-girls out there like me!!!

XOXO!

P