Best Liquid Matte Lipsticks

Welcome back, little birdies!

I hope everyone is having a grand ole day. I love how much warmer the weather is getting as we quickly approach summer! Hopefully, I'll be able to start posting more outfit posts now the it's bright and shiny outside.

Today, I have for you what could be the greatest Liquid Lipsticks of all time. In my opinion at least. About a month ago I went to do some makeup shopping as you saw in my previous Sephora haul and I picked up the Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Lipstick in the shade Muse. I've heard a lot about Huda Beauty but I think they sell more of them in select Sephora's so there was only a small collection left in the corner of the store. My birthday just passed and one of my best friend's decided to get me another one of the lipsticks in the shade Bombshell.

Liquid Matte? More like Liquid Gold

I've always been weary of "matte" lipsticks because I'm afraid how much more dry they'd make my lips and how much the color would just cling to the dryness of my lips but my goodness this couldn't be more far from it. Before I put on any type of lipstick, no matter the formula, I always pop on some of MAC's Lip Prep + Prime. It's supposed to help give your lips the hydrating foundation it needs to layer your lippies. It also helps prevent feathering. Once that's in and set putting on Huda Beauty's liquid matte's make it feel like liquid gold. The formula is so "rich" - is that strange to use that word when talking about a formula!?- it feels like you're applying velvet to your lips. It dried pretty quickly to settle in to a lovely matte - which - didn't take hold of my dry patches. It doesn't feel like you're wearing a matte lipstick when you have it on. Your lips feel as free as they do when you're not wearing any at all.

(Unfortunately, my camera doesn't show the true color of these. They're beautiful!)

Don't get me started on the lasting power of this thing. After putting it on before work, ate and drank all day - this lasted like a dream. I've actually never had a lip product that stayed on your lips as well as this one.

 Overall, I'm obsessed and definitely see myself buying more of these in the future. I do hope they end up putting more Huda Beauty in our Sephora's. I hear great things of all her products and I would like to try more stuff. I mean, if these are this good - what else does she have in store?!

Have you tried any products from Huda Beauty? What's your favorite product?

Jay

Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Eyeshadow Palette

What? Jay has another neutral palette to show you?! What a surprise!.... ;)

You knew another would come soon enough! I received this gem as a birthday gift back in April. It's Tarte's Rainforest of the Sea eyeshadow palette. Tarte's Rainforest of the Sea products have been everywhere and talked about by everyone. I personally feel like it's the most hype I've heard from this brand myself. I've even gifted products from this line to other's. It's needless to say I literally jumped for joy when I opened this beaut.

I'm a sucker for packaging. I probably look at that as a factor almost as much I do the quality of the product. It's definitely a selling tactic. Packaging = sell - sell - sell! I fell for Tarte's blue and purple ombre packaging for this palette just on the outside! It's even more beautiful when you actually open it up. The palette itself is covered in gold, purple, and blue and the back of the palette is like a little (distorted..) mirror. It's chic to say the least. Honestly, out of all the palette's I own - this one has the most beautiful aesthetic.

Opening it up, immediately you notice the good sized mirror inside. This one isn't distorted thankfully - haha. It also contains 8 gorgeous neutral shades with a mix of shimmers and mattes. I'll be frank and say I can't really tell which one's are matte except for the shades Sand and Cove but I'm sure you can figure it out better than I can. This palette has a whole bunch of different shades of browns, a silver / purple and even a true nude. I tend to gravitate more towards Sand, Cove and Reef. But I love to try and discover other color combos also.

It's the perfect size to just chuck in your purse if you're traveling and looks beautiful in your makeup collection if you're not. Super excited I was gifted this. I'm not sure if the collection is limited edition (I really hope it isn't) but if it is - I'd suggest grabbing this palette if you're looking to splurge a bit on a higher end eye shadow palette. Definitely a staple in my collection.

This is not sponsored. Although it was given to me by family as a birthday present. I just truly think it's a great palette. And it's really pretty to look at!

Have you tried this palette yet?

Do you know of any dupes for it?

Until next time,

Jay

High End Makeup Haul

Good Evening, lovelies.

Last Saturday some of my coworkers and I decided we would go make up shopping specifically. So after work we headed straight to the mall. (Before I begin with anything, I just want to add a disclaimer that I am not bragging whatsoever. The majority of my makeup is drug store and I wanted to splurge just a bit with some money that I received for my birthday.) Back to the regularly scheduled program. :)

We went into Forever 21 as our "meeting place" and I ended up buying this really adorable shirt that I'm sure I'll show you in a future post. Funny story about this shirt is that I like the look of it better backwards than how it looks front side forward! I really hope no body calls me out for wearing this shirt backwards haha!

After we all met up we booked it to Sephora. Sephora is like a makeup girls playground and it felt like we got the OK to go completely wild in there. I got everything that I essentially "needed" to grab when it comes to make up.

First I went for the Too Faced Shadow Insurance. You've seen me talk about this before because beside's the UD Primer Potion, the TF Shadow Insurance is my absolute favorite. I was going between buying that one which I know is a good one or the MAC Painterly Paint Pot. I was given a little bit of background from one of my friends that the Painterly Paint Pot creases a bit. I'm sure it could be different for everyone but my purpose for a primer was so that my eye makeup does NOT BUDGE and I usually get that peace of mind with the Shadow Insurance. I bought the full sized version which is the first full sized that I got of these. Totally worth it.

Next, I went for a Kat Von D Lock - It Featherweight Primer and my goooodness is it good. My friend Nicki recommended it and I've never had any of Kat Von D's products before so I thought I would give it a whirl. It's such a great primer because it's not really silicone based. It's a waterbased formula so I kind of dissolves into your skin? I'm not sure if I'm doing this primer justice but my first impression of it is that I love it already. How did I go so long without it!?

After getting those I knew I wanted to grab a NARS foundation. I've only ever had one high end foundation before and I hear great things about it but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Amazing brand though. Any who, I knew I wanted a Nars foundation but I wasn't sure on which one. I asked a girl who worked there on her opinion on what she thought depending on my skin routine and what type of skin I have. We talked a lot of what she thought was best. (Thank you so much for your insight and input! It means a lot that you really listened and helped me out!) We came to the conclusion that I do like more coverage because my cheeks tend to be red so I would like to cover all that up without being cake-y. We choose the Nars All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation in Gobi. I tried it for the first time today and my first impression is that I'm HIGHLY impressed. Of course I didn't think any less could come from Nars as they always have great reviews but I am so glad that we chose this one. Definitely going to be one of my favorites and quickly.

So that was all I got from Sephora. While I was checking out the girl at the register said I was eligable for my free Beauty Insider birthday gift so I chose the Marc Jacobs eyeliner and lipstick duo. Two thumbs up from me. The lipstick is a bit darker than I usually wear but it lasts a really long time and the eyeliner didn't budge. They were great picks for being a birthday gift. Thanks Sephora. :)

Our last stop was MAC and the only thing I really wanted to buy from there was the Mac Fix Plus. I really wanted a setting spray and I've used the Urban Decay setting sprays before and I loved them. Hearing all the wonderful things about this Mac Fix Plus I knew I just had to give it a try, so I bought that as my last thing.

I just wanted add what Mia from confidentlycurly.com bought me for my birthday! Oh my goodness! When I opened her present to me, I found not one but two Anastasia Glow Kits in Gleam and That Glow! (Thank you Mia!) Gleam has the shades Hard Candy, Mimosa, Starburst, and Crushed Pearl. Absolutely gorgeous highlights! My favorites are the ones in That Glow. The shades are Sunburst, Golden Bronze, Bubbly, and Dripping in Gold. Those are my favorite kind of bronzey highlight. Both palettes are stunning and I nearly jumped out of my seat when I opened them. I've used them all already - using one shade one day and another the next. I saw on instagram this girl mixed all four from one palette and applied it. It came out beautiful. I think I'm going to try that out!

I've very excited with all that I got especially because I know it was things I "needed" when it comes down to makeup.(I used the word needed loosely as I know I don't ever NEED makeup.) I had a great time laughing and being mini make up artists with my friends. Coming home, I was excited to play with all my stuff which by the way - first impressions of all is really good! Top notch.

If there is a certain product that I mentioned in this post that you would like an in depth review about just let me know down in the comments. As I continue to test them out I'll be looking out for all that they claim to do!

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Until next time,

Jay