THE ORIGINAL AQUARIUM BRUSHES ARE HERE, AND THEY'RE AMAZING!

Clicking any highlighted text with take you straight to Brushicorn's website!

Move over Lime Crime, the original aquarium glitter makeup brushes are here! Jess, the owner of Brushicorn, is the original creator of this glistening gorgeous! The Alaskan born unicorn queen first created the Brushicorn goodness for herself after admiring the lava lamps at her job at Home Depot - not kidding. Life happened, and the Brushicorns were sadly put on hold for a year when Jess's fiance was diagnosed with a brain tumor - which had these brushes put off for a good year. After recovering completely, in early 2016 Jess started selling her Brushicorn's on Etsy. Soon after the brushes gained more recognition and the rest is history!

Jess assembles these makeup brushes by hand - one by one - in a small apartment in California. Each Brushicorn is assembles with lots of love, and you guessed it... MAGIC! As you doll yourself up you can watch these brushes sparkle, spin, and wink at you. All while still applying your flawless makeup.

Each Brushicorn handle is made using industrial grade polyethylene, with all glitter sealed inside with an oil based fluid - so you don't have to worry about the liquid evaporating. The bristles of the brush is made synthetic nylon fibers. The Unicorns and Jess agreed that the Brushicorns should be cruelty-free!

Brushicorn's pegasus friends fly near and far all over the world including PO and APO boxes. Get your Brushicorn now!

I got the lucky chance to try out one of these bad babies for myself, and I have to conclude that I'm under the glittery spell! The handle is highly durable and strong, yet the brushes nice and soft. I can easily tell that this brush is created with the best quality synthetic fibers I've come to known, and not the shiny prickles that other synthetic makeup brushes might have. I have experienced no shedding at all! I do have to admit, having the fan Brushicorn to apply highlighter will make application twice as long, but that's mainly because the magic seeps into your body and gets you addicted.

A closer look at the magic!

Coming 6/27 is a kabuki face set of Brushicorn's to leave you completely in awe! Get the stipple, angled stipple, round powder, angled round, and chisel brush for only $89 orig. $135+ .

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF BAD IMPRESSIONS

This past Memorial Day I decided that it would be nice to try products from brands I'd never normally buy from. These brands fall under those who have had scandals, bad customer service, bad products, or overall anything negative in their business lifetime. I made a simple challenge for myself.

1. I can only buy from brands I've NEVER bought from before. 
2. I can only buy from brands that have a bad reputation (ex. involved in scandals, etc...).
3. I can only buy from brands that are having a sale.
4. I have a set limit to how much I can spend ($70).
5. I can only buy with brands that allow PayPal.

LIME CRIME BACKGROUND INFO:

Up to 75% off sale.

9 Items Ordered: Dreamgirls and True Love Bundle. Squash, Thistle, Alien, Cement, Teacup, Mercury, and Zenon Velvetines.

Total: $68.50

Order placed May 25, 2017 at 5:55pm
Money came out of PayPal May 26, 2017 at 9:00 am
Shipping and tracking confirmation received May 26, 2017 at 9:40am

May 27, 2017 7:00pm tracking number states "Status Unavailable"
May 31, 2017 12:30pm tracking number states "Status Unavailable"
June 1, 2017 1:00am tracking number finally works
June 5. 2017 order is delivered

During my time of ordering and waiting to receive my items I saw many comments on the Lime Crime Instagram stating that Lime Crime was changing the prices of the items as people were on their website and checking out. I also witnessed myself that days after I placed my order that the bundles were going up in price throughout the sale.

JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS BACKGROUND INFO:

50% off sale with free U.S. shipping on every order.

4 Items Ordered: Beauty Killer Palette, Ice Cold Skin Frost, Peach Goddess Skin Frost, Grandaddy Purp Lip Ammunition.

Total: $60.50

May 27, 2017 12:00am free shipping wasn't working
May 27, 2017 12:20am the free shipping issue was fixed
May 27, 2017 12:22am order was placed
May 27, 2017 12:22am money came out of PayPal
Shipping and tracking confirmation received June 6, 2017 11:30am
June 12, 2017 order is delivered

Also note that on May 28, 2017 I made another order from Jeffree Star Cosmetics for a friend as a graduation gift. I ordered 2 Lip Ammunitions in Dreamhouse and Grandaddy Purp for $18 total. Her order shipped on May 31st, and she received her package on June 5, 2017. Everything arrived in complete and perfect condition.

During my waiting period for my order to process and ship I witnessed hundreds of comment complaints on the Jeffree Star Cosmetics Instagram page. People who ordered days after the sale started were receiving their orders before people who ordered on the 27th even processed. I can back this up from personal experience as the order I made for my friend a full day later was shipped and delivered before my order even moved. Many comments were as well made on the JCS Instagram about those who paid shipping were and still are to this day waiting for their shipping refund as promised on Jeffree Star's Twitter. I've also seen complaints of people receiving products broken as well as people not getting a response from customer service.

MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS

LIME CRIME FIRST IMPRESSIONS + REVIEW:

Upon receiving my Lime Crime order I took the contents out of the package. I was able to notice that a few of the lipsticks were significantly lighter in weight than the other ones by just taking them out of the box. When I went through opening my Lime Crime Velvetines I was able to see that some of the lipsticks had product leaking out of their tubes. After going through I was able to determine that out of 15 of the lipsticks I bought, 4 of them were half empty (Alien, Cement, Thistle, and Zenon). Also, there was a strong smell of Play-Doh throughout many of the tubes. I sent an e-mail to Lime Crime customer service and waited 3 days with no response, so I did what everybody else was doing and left a comment on their Instagram. Not even minutes later the person behind the LC Instagram suggested me that using their online live customer service would work better. I went and talked to a representative who was very understanding of the problem and stated she could resend the shades and since 1 of them was out of stock I could just get a refund. I ended up getting a refund for the Cement lipstick. After waiting another week I got the replacements package from Lime Crime but sadly opened the box to find Alien and Thistle. If you're wondering why sadly, where's my Zenon replacement? As of right now, I still have not received my replacement for Zenon. I will be lucky if I possibly ever see it. 

I swatched the Velvetines on the back of my hand for 5 hours to make sure I wouldn't have any allergic reaction the them. I determined through this that the Metallic Velvetines, expecially the half empty Zenon I already had almost was like gold pigment, glitter, and a lipstick base. The gold glitter from the hand swatch was spreading all over my hand. I as well determined the Diamond Crusher I got in the Dreamgirls bundle was just oil and glitter. After the Diamond Crusher had dried on my hand I was able to just blow on my hand and the whole swatch came off. After that, I decided to wear Squash for the day. The formula being very watery right out of the tube surprisingly dried down matte within 30 seconds. This color lasted until dinner where the meal I ate completely took the lipstick off my lips. That night, I decided to switch out onto trying the Mercury Metallic Velvetine which I have to say may be my favorite out of them all. Again, formula and everything was outstanding for this color. I loved everything about it.

My final thoughts on Lime Crime is that if they ever had another sale I'd definitely want to try out some more of what they have to offer. I don't think I'd ever pay full price for any of the products.

JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS FIRST IMPRESSIONS + REVIEW:

This review is a bit hard for me the wrench out of my heart due to how I'm almost daily hearing a new scandal about Jeffree Star or his brand. I was one of the people getting impatient about the shipping time. Seeing people who placed their orders days after me receiving their stuff before mine even processed, I have to admit that made me upset. Knowing that items in these people's orders were some of the same things I ordered and they were getting theirs before mine even processed was beyond me. I figured since I placed my order first, a rather small order at that, that mine should be shipping quickly and as one of the firsts to go out. I got my items I ordered and thank god they were perfectly okay. I've heard too many bad things about these orders while I was waiting along with the shipping problem it had me worried so bad to almost cancel the order. 

I examined everything carefully and did some swatches on my arm. The Beauty Killer palette is gorgeous and had great pigment in some of the shades, but a couple of them were a miss. A couple specs from the Black Rainbow shadow were in the Princess shadow which saddened me a bit but not so much to complain damaged or get a refund. The Peach Goddess skin frost was super super gorgeous and amazingly pigmented, I have absolutely no criticism here. My Ice Cold however, looked to have more of a yellow tint in the pan. When swatching it I found out that with even the lightest touch I was getting some clumps of pigment. I want to exclaim though that the swatch actually ended up lighter than how the highlighter looked in the pan. I can't really express if it's the exact white or not I've seen swatched online, but it's pretty dang close. Lastly, I leave off with the Grandaddy Purp Lip Ammunition. A total miss...I mean mess. I don't know if the formula is the same throughout all Lip Ammunition or not but I HATE IT. It's way too oily, sticky, and messy. The swiftest breeze could smudge this lipstick. I was getting purple everywhere on everything.

I have to as well say for my final thoughts on Jeffree Star Cosmetics is that for this brand as well; I wouldn't pay full price ever. I'd wait until a sale to but any of these products. If I ever got around to trying the Velour Liquid Lipstick sometime and like them, those would possibly be the only thing I'd think about paying full price for. Until then, sticking to hounding out the sales only.

You may be asking why these brands aren't in this review, and here's why they didn't make my criteria list.

Morphe Brushes - They did not have a Memorial Day Sale

Kylie Cosmetics - They do not accept PayPal

*DISCLAIMER: IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT FROM LIME CRIME PLEASE TAKE THE WANDS AND SCRAPE THE SIDES OF THE TUBES. THIS WILL BETTER HELP DETERMINE IF YOURS CAME HALF EMPTY OR NOT*