Top 12 Beauty Products of 2012.

Hello Beauties! Is it just me or did this year fly by? Seems like it was just January the other day.

This post is dedicated to the top 12 products (or categories) that I discovered this year or that were released this year that I absolutely fell in love with. I tried a lot of things this year so it was really hard to narrow it down to 12 but I thought the name was cute LOL.

On to my picks...

1. The Sugarpill Heart Breaker palette.

  This is by far my favorite palette that I've purchased this year. All the colors are really pigmented and unique to my collection.

2. MAC Highlighters.

  These are the Extra Dimension Skin Finishes released this year and the Mineralize Skin Finishes released this Summer from the Heavenly Creature collection. After getting these I really haven't used any of my other highlighters.

3. The Make Up For Ever empty tin palette.

  I've talked about this in my favorites before. It is perfect for those shadows and blushes that come in pan form and you don't have any place else to put them or perfect for travel. I call it my homeless shelter. 

4. Inglot Shadows.
  This year I finally decided to try Inglot shadows and they really are as good as people say. I really love the pigmentation, my only gripe would be that the matte shades are really powdery so just watch for fall out.

5. MAC Lipsticks.

  This year I've purchased quite a few lipsticks from MAC but these three are the ones that I'm most happy about. Pink Pigeon, Heroine, Candy Yum Yum. Unfortunately these three are all LE but word on the street is MAC is making Candy Yum Yum permanent.

6. Real Techniques Brushes.

  These are some really amazing brushes with an ever better price.

7. NYX Matte Lipsticks.

  I live for matte lipsticks and I really love the formula of these. They are matte but not drying at all. Perfect Red, Tea Rose, Bloody Mary and Shocking Pink (my favorite one).

8. NYX Xtreme Lip Creams.

  I really don't have better way to describe these 'than a dream come true in a tube'. These are a highly pigmented liquid lipstick. I have a post with more info and swatches here.

9. NYX Matte Bronzer.

  As you can see I really love this. I purchased this mid-July and it's been my go-to bronzer/contour product ever since.

I think it's funny because I recall saying earlier this year that I really wasn't into NYX but clearly that has changed.

10. NARS Amour Blush.

  This is by far my favorite blush. I love the way it looks on my skin, I find myself reaching for this weekly. That's often (I think) for a blush lover like myself. 

11. MAC Strobe Cream.

  This is a moisturizing highlighting cream. I used this on my many early mornings during the semester because it instantly makes me look alive. 

12. Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars.

  These are the newest products (to me) that made the list. They are last but certainly not least. I don't know why I'm just getting around to trying these but they are really amazing just like the hype that follows. The two shades I have so far are Belladonna and Anime (pink and purple of course). I do have my eye on some other shades (of course red being one of them). 

What were some of the products you loved this year? I'd love to hear about them.

Thanks so much for reading! 

XOXO Brittany

FOTD: Addicted to Pretty.

Hello Beauties! Here's a look I did using all the colors from the Sugarpill Heart Breaker palette. I love this palette! I think every time I use this palette I start singing Mariah Carey's Heartbreaker. LOL If you missed my post on the palette here.

Products Used 

Eyes

MAC Brow Pencil - Spiked

MAC Select Cover-up Concealer - NC35 (under brows)

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

Sugarpill Heartbreaker palette

 MAC Cork eye shadow

Maybelline Gel Liner

Wet n Wild Mega length mascara - Very Black

BSS Lashes - #42

 

Face

Maybelline BB Cream - Medium/Deep

MAC MSFN - Dark

MAC Bronzing Powder - Refine Golden

Wet n Wild Ultimate Minerals loose blush - Barely Peach

MAC EDSF - Glorify

 

Lips

NYX Matte Lipstick - Tea Rose

e.l.f. Glossy Gloss - Berry Blush

Thanks so much for reading! Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.

XOXO Brittany

Sugar Pill Heartbreaker Palette.

Hello Beauties! I'm really thrilled about doing this post because I got my hands on the newest Sugarpill palette, the Heart Breaker palette. This was love at 1st sight for me because I love bright, bold eye shadows.

I was already looking to add similar colors to my collection and when they all came together in one palette I immediately thought it was fate (yes it's that serious). Also I really like the pigmentation of Sugarpill's eye shadows.

 

          

                ... "A delicious fix for color fiends! Sugarpill palettes offer bold combinations of richly pigmented, luxury pressed powders in striking hues. The velvety smooth texture allows flawless application and superior blending."

Where to buy: Sugarpill.net

Price: $34 ($48 value)

Amount: 4g/0.14 oz x 4 pans

Finish: These are all matte but Acidberry, 2am, and Mochi have some slight sheen to them. I'd say Velocity was the only true matte. 

More pics and swatches!

 

So far I'm really impressed and I can't wait to do some looks using it!

Thanks so much for reading! Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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