Coastal Scents Hot Pot Haul.

Hello Beauties! As mentioned in my Summer FOTD's 5 post I purchased a few shadows from the latest Coastal Scents hot pot sale. If you would like a deeper in-depth look at my thoughts on these shadows please check out my hot pot review here. On to the photos and swatches, enjoy!

Coastal Scents Hot Pots

Top row - Southern Bell, Oat Mean Tan, Oktoberfest, Harvest Brown

Bottom row - Cinnamon Stone, Chocolate Berry, Black Berry

Swatches 

From left: Southern Bell, Oat Mean Tan, Oktoberfest, Harvest Brown, Cinnamon Stone, Chocolate Berry, Black Berry

Top Row - Volcanic Blast, Deep Cantaloupe, Solar Flare

Bottom Row - Sage Sensation, Vibrant Lime Green, Prehistoric Green, Vibrant Blue Green

Swatches

From left: Volcanic Blast, Deep Cantaloupe, Solar Flare, Sage Sensation, Vibrant Lime Green, Prehistoric Green, Vibrant Blue Green

Top row - Laguna Green, Vibrant Blue, Brandeis Blue

Bottom row - Thistle Lavender, Magenta, Midnight Blue

Swatches

From left: Laguna Green, Vibrant Blue, Brandeis Blue, Thistle Lavender, Magenta, Midnight Blue

I'm really happy with these shades I picked out. The only one this isn't as pigmented as I would want it to be is Midnight Blue, if you know of any great pigmented dark navy blue matte shadows please leave them in the comments below! 

If you have any questions or comments please leave them below!

Thanks for viewing!

XOXO Brittany

FOTD: Green with Envy

Hello Beauties! Here's another Face of the Day, this time using different green shadows. I really like green eye shadow and I don't use it enough. On to the look, enjoy!

Products Used

Eyes

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MAC e/s - Soft Brown (transition), Samoa Silk (brow bone highlight), Plumage (crease), All That Glitters (inner corner highlight)

Coastal Scents Hot Pot - M 02 (lid), M 05 (lid), ME 01 (lower lash line)

Maybelline Gel Eyeliner - Black

MAC Feline eye kohl

CoverGirl Lash Blast Mascara - Blackest black

BSS Lashes - #747 S (cut in half)

Face

MAC MSFN - Dark

Sleek Makeup - Contour Kit Medium

Sleek Makeup Blush - Life's a Peach

Lips

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick - Kiss Me Coral

Essence Stay With Me Longlasting Lip Gloss - Candy Bar

Hope you enjoyed reading! Please leave your thoughts in the comments below!

XOXO Brittany

Coastal Scents Hot Pots/Palette Review

Hello Beauties! As I promised from my Black Friday Haul post I would update the information on the Coastal Scents hot pot palette I purchased. As you may already know Coastal Scents had a site wide 50% off sale for Black Friday and I purchased 12 hot pots and recieved the empty palette for free with purchase.

Here's what the palette looks like closed:

Here's a picture of the palette with a MAC palette for comparison. As you can see it is a bit smaller, which may be better for storage purposes. The CS palette is a bit heavier then the MAC palette, because of the mirror.

The palette opened

Up close of the shadows

1st row left to right:

*Salmon Peach (HP - 009) or S09

*Satin Lavender (HP - 019) or S19

*Jungle Green (HP - 052) or M02

*Maroon Berry (HP - 075) or M25

2nd row left to right:

*Peachy Copper (HP - 039) or S39

*Orchid (HP - 020) or S20

*Deep Sage (HP - 055) or M05

*Burnt Umber (HP - 075) or M24

3rd row left to right:

*Sunset Gold (HP - ME25)

*Tyrian Purple (HP - 013) or S13

*Kiwi Green (HP - ME09)

*Dark Golden Olive (HP - ME25)

These shadows come in several finishes, here's a key to what they mean:

S - Shimmer

ME - Creative Me Metal Mania Collection

HP - Hot Pot

M - Matte

The also have on the site:

B - Blush

CM - Creative Me #1 Palette

Pros:

*Price - When I purchased they were $3.95 (some on clearance for $1.49) but now they are $1.99 with some still available for the clearance price. Also as stated before if you buy 12 you get the palette for free.

*Wide range of colors/finishes - While most of the shades I purchased are really similar, on the website they have a wide variety of colors. They have a lot of bright/bold colors and there are some neutrals as well.

*Palette (mirror) - I like the fact that this palette comes with a mirror. Although it's not a must for me but sometimes when traveling it comes in handy when I need to look up close at what I'm doing. The palette is $5.95. I've read that MAC e/s don't fit, but when I placed it in mine they fit. This is also a cheaper alternative to buying MAC palettes.

*Pigmententation - The shadows are really pigmented, with great color payoff. They also are really easy to blend.

Cons:

*Name/Numbering System - The fact that the back of the eye shadow has one number and on the website they now have names and a different number may be difficult for those who are looking up swatches (I included both the old and new names/numbers).

*The amount in each pan  - I searched the website high and low & I could not find out how much product was in each pan. I do know they are in the standard 26mm size pan.

 Swatches

From left to right: Salmon Peach, Peachy Copper, Sunset Gold, Satin Lavender, Orchid, Tyrian Purple

From left to right: Jungle Green, Deep Sage, Kiwi Green, Maroon Berry, Burnt Umber, Dark Golden Olive

 I'm really satisfied with my purchase, these are some pretty good shadows for a great price. I know many people want to know how these compare to MAC eye shadows, IMO I do not feel like they are as good but they are still nice quality. MAC is $11.50 per pan and these are $1.99. I do recommend these, especially if you are looking to expand your eye shadow collection without spending too much money.

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments below and check back for a response.

Thanks so much for reading!!

XOXO Brittany

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Haul

Hello Beauties! I finally have all the things I ordered during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday Madness! I just received the last package from Milani yesterday. I did all my shopping online, I can't say without struggle but I'm sure it wasn't as bad as some of the horror stories I've heard that went on for Black Friday. Now my Mom on the other hand is a Black Friday Pro, she left at 10 pm Thanksgiving evening and returned around 8 am on Friday! I'm pretty sure that's where I got all of my shopping skills from her, but even I couldn't do that! Well let's get to the haul....

I ordered from MAC, Coastal Scents, JewelMint, Sugarpill, & Milani.

MAC technically didn't have a sale (IMO) but they did have free overnight shipping which I figured was better than the normal free shipping or every so often free 2nd day shipping. I decided to check off a couple things off my wish list.

MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick - Tea Ceremony

MAC e/s - Club (my camera does this lovely duo-chrome e/s NO justice!)

Coastal Scents, this is where my struggle came in. The had a 50% the entire website & they posted the sale on Thanksgiving. It took me FOREVERRRR to place my order! Due to the mass amount of orders their website was moving so slow & the checkout process took even longer, but I was persistent and I did not give up! I think it was around 12 am that Saturday that I was finally able to place my order. I ordered 12 hot pots, the empty pan palette (free with the purchase of 12 hot pots) and a synthetic flat shader brush. I currently don't have the names/numbers of the hot pots in front of me so I'll update that later.

Milani Cosmetics had 50% off and free shipping, that was a pretty good sale! I didn't go too crazy, I only ordered 4 things.

 My favorite pencil liner - Liquif'eye eye liner in Black

Infinite Liquid eye liner - Infinite

Specialty Nail Lacquer - FX-Gem

Baked Blush -Fantastico Mauve

Flash - You can see the sparkly goodness in this picture

Sugarpill Loose e/s - Hysteric

Sugarpill Pressed e/s - Dollipop

No Flash

Sugarpill, they had a 20% off their website. I never tried any Sugarpill and I thought this was a great opportunity to. I used these 2 for my 2nd holiday look and I really like them.

 Bow Tie Bracelet

Cosmic Fusion Necklace

JewelMint, they had $9.99 for 1st time buyers so I got my Mom to order one piece and I ordered the other. 

Did you get any Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals? Please leave them in the comments below.

Hope you enjoyed viewing!! Thanks and Have a Blessed Day!!

XOXO Brittany