BRUTALLY HONEST JEFFREE STAR BLOOD SUGAR PALETTE REVIEW & SWATCHES

Reviewing Jeffree Star products is nothing new in the beauty community. If you're a follower of my Instagram or even my blog, you may have seen previously where I reviewed some Jeffree Star products [if not, click here].

Today I've decided to review the newly released - and contantly selling out - Blood Sugar palette. 

In order to acquire this palette myself, I had to go through the rush of people wanting to buy this palette. Since this palette was such a high demand it has been constantly selling out. Unfortunately, I missed the initial launch as well as the BeautyLish which both sold out in under 10 minutes. When I found out Morphe got the Blood Sugar collection in stock, I raced to get it. Upon ordering the palette, it shipped the next day, and got here in 2 days once shipped.

I want to start off my review by saying I stand neutral on Jeffree Star. There are pros and cons to him as a person, but I'm strictly only here to HONESTLY review the product!

The blood sugar palette is HUGE. This is a lot of packaging compared to his other palettes, and it is a little space consuming considering how thick the palette itself is. Although it's not the ideal travel friendly palette to take on the go, the packaging is beautiful.

Onto the eyeshadows themselves! I wanted to try this palette specifically because I enjoy reds very much. Reds are extremely flattered on me being my extremely pale skin, I LOVE the colors in this palette. Be aware though that some of the shades in this palette are marketed as not safe for the immediate eye area. I decided to include some swatches of this palette, but I can say myself that the metallics in here are buttery smooth. I only had problems with a couple shades being a little hard to swatch (or chalky like), but out of 18 it's alright in my book.'

In my final thoughts, this palette is definitely worth a go if you're into red shades. This palette is almost every pale girls needs, 100%. Once this comes in stock, it's a race to grab before it sells out.

MY SWEET SPARKLE SUBSCRIPTION BOX | MARCH 2018 | UNBOXING & REVIEW

It's become that time of the month again! My Sweet Sparkle has released their new box in their subscription series for March! My Sweet Sparkle is a monthly subscription box for your favorite indie brands! Each month, a box curated of 5 FULL SIZED products is released, giving you the materials to create the looks you crave! You can get this subscription for as low as $21, and it definitely has over $70 of product for any makeup addict to love and try!

March's box for My Sweet Sparkle is Blooming Bronze! Get ready for sunny days with a glossy lip and nice smoky eye! With March's My Sweet Sparkle box, you have everything to channel your inner sunshine!

THIS MONTHS UNBOXING

 I want to kick off this months unboxing with one of the most expensive items in the box. Terre Mere's Mineral Bronzer ($54)! Enjoy a healthy glistening tan without the damaging effects of sun exposure. Mere’s all-natural mineral bronzer gives you a nice sun-kissed glow, keeping your skin healthy. The all-natural formula is suitable for all skin types and conditions, whether your skin is oily or dry, mature or sensitive. Its lightweight coverage has the added benefits of camouflaging wrinkles, blemishes, and discolorations. Go the extra mile and also apply this to your body to give your skin extra life!

Next in the box is an IBY deluxe eyeshadow ($9). IBY's long-wearing, crease-resistant, and super pigmented - if I can say so myself - Deluxe Eye Shadow is a staple in this box. It can be applied sheer for a more natural or layered for a even more dramatic look. A plus to this deluxe shadow, it is completely vegan!

Also from IBY Beauty, we have the eye shadow brush ($8). This brush consists of professional quality bristles which makes it simple to apply color on the lid and can double to create an amazing highlighted brow. I can vouch that this brush feels wonderful on the skin, and extremely high quality.

Next item in this box is LA Splash's Catwalk mascara ($18). This mascara is smudge proof, water proof, and adds a nice dramatic rich effect to your lashes so they look thicker and fuller.

Last item in this box is a lipreme glodd from Makeup Love Cosmetics ($15). This gloss gives to such a hydrating, non-sticky, beautifully colored lip. Theis lip gloss is formulated with anti-aging properties, and just enough sparkle and shine to make your pout look luxurious.

FINAL THOUGHTS

This has to be one of my most successful My Sweet Sparkle boxes as of yet! For only $21, this box totaled $104 retail price when adding the cost of all products curated inside together. I'm definitely going to use the IBY eyeshadow brush, Makeup Love gloss, and IBY shadow here and there from now on! The bronzer shade was pretty off for my skin tone, and I could never pull something like such off (sorry for being a pale girl). I do, however, think I could double this bronzer for some nice eye looks - so it will not go to waste! The only thing I could absolutely do without would be the mascara. I've received multiple monthly boxes and I always get mascara in them, I'm running out of friends to hand them down to! In my head, most mascara's do almost the same to my lashes - as well as they aren't of much use for us that pack on a par of falsies.

Let me know, have you tried My Sweet Sparkle? What other subscriptions do you have? I will be posting some new looks on Instagram soon featuring contents of my box! Much love, xoxo.

DECK OF SCARLET | SUBCRIPTION | EDITION 07 | REVIEW W/ PHOTOS

After a hiatus from writing blog entries, I'm coming in hot with a new subscription. Deck of Scarlet is a bi-monthly makeup subscription of your all-in-one palette. That's right, you get a palette with ALL the products you need for a full face of makeup. Get this... It even costs less than a single item at Sephora! In each Deck of Scarlet palette you will contain 3 eyeshadows, 2 cheek colors, 2 lip colors, an eyeliner, and a lip pencil! As for more important info, Deck of Scarlet offers free US shipping as well as shipping to Canada and the UK.

Every other month, Deck of Scarlet releases a brand spankin' new palette in collaboration with top beauty gurus! This mean not only can you support other artists, but you can even learn with your favorite beauty babes through tutorials they provide!

This March-April edition of Deck of Scarlet is in collaboration with Roxette Arisa. Roxette was born in Los Angeles and is known for her YouTube channel where you will find makeup tutorials, first impressions, and more!

Deck of Scarlet Review

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This months Deck of Scarlet has some gorgeous packaging. You can open up this baby to teleport yourself to the hues of an exotic beach getaway. All of the shadows and cheek colors are buttery soft, easily blendable, and just the right amount of color you need in your life. The lip colors included in this palette give you a luxury feel with it's full coverage, moisturizing, and creamy formula. Last with this subscription is included liner and lip pencils - which don't smudge and prevents bleeding!

Eyeshadows in this palette include buttery, blendable shades in: Starry Eyed - a warm, light tan with a luxurious matte finish, Bora Bora - an exotic turqiose with a light shimmer, and Bronzed - a dark golden brown which is perfect for opaque intensity and definition.

This palette includes a glistening highlighter in Roxstar - with a blinding glow for that luminous look, as well as a beautiful soft pink coral blush in Lovesick. 

Lip colors in this palette will include 2 creamy, full coverage shades in Smootch and Swept away. Both a opaque, moisturizing formula.

Add-on pencils include lip liner in Foxy and eyeliner in Goddess

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Website:  https://www.deckofscarlet.com/