NYX Advent Calendar Days 21-24

It’s Christmas Eve! That means this is the last installment of my NYX Advent Calendar. I really enjoyed this Calendar but I think it would have been cool to get a mini mascara or eyeliner somewhere instead of just eyeshadows and lipsticks. I liked how it had a travel theme though and I’m excited to try all the new shades I got.

Left to right: Seoul lipstick and eyeshadow, and Morocco lipstick and eyeshadow.

These lipstick shades are a little bit more intense then some, but I really like the Seoul eyeshadow as a highlight for the brow bone. Anyway that’s it, I hope you enjoyed this little series. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

NYX Advent Calendar Days 13-20

Ok so I know I’m a little behind on this post, but I’ve been so busy getting ready for Christmas. This post will have eight days instead of four and I’ll post the last four tomorrow.

Left to right: Rome lipstick and eyeshadow, Stockholm lipstick and eyeshadow, Cannes lipstick and eyeshadow, and Manila lipstick and eyeshadow.

Out of all these shades I’m most excited to try both Rome products because I love a dark lip and a shimmery gold eyeshadow. I’m not sure about the green Cannes eyeshadow or the bright Manila lipstick as they’re kind of out of my comfort zone, but we’ll see maybe they’ll end up being my new faves.

Cleaning My Makeup Brushes

Today I decided it was time to clean my brushes, I know your supposed to clean them every two weeks, but it’s more of a monthly thing for me.  I going to share my tools and techniques for cleaning makeup brushes. I have a Sigma brush cleaning mat that I use with Beauty Blender solid cleanser to clean all my brushes and sponges.  I lather my brushes in the solid cleanser then wash them with the mat.  I love this mat because its divided up into sections to clean and rinse face brushes and eye brushes.  Once the water runs clean I squeeze the excess water out of my brushes and lay them on a towel to dry.  This process cleans my brushes and also leaves them feeling soft and almost new.

Sephora Rewards

I recently redeemed a reward at Sephora, buxom sexy little things for 500 points.  I  don’t have much experience with this brand so I decided this was the perfect opportunity to test it out. 

First Impressions: I love the packaging of all the individual products, it’s all so pretty. It comes with four sample products: a mascara, a liquid lipstick, a lip gloss, and an eye shadow.

The mascara looks really good and I’m so excited to use it. I love the applicator, I definitely prefer a denser brush for my eyelashes.

The lipstick and lip gloss are both very pretty as well. Although the lipstick didn’t seem to dry and came off very easily when I swatched them, I’ll definitely have to try it on my lips to see if it stays on better.

And last, but not least the eyeshadow. This was definitely what I was most excited about because of how much I love eyeshadows. The color is so pretty and I’m very excited to try it.

NYX Advent Calendar Days 9-12

Can you believe we’re already halfway in? I’m so psyched for Christmas, but I also want the holiday season to last forever. Anyway, here are the last four days.

Left to right: Copenhagen lipstick, Copenhagen eyeshadow, Addis Ababa lipstick, Addis Ababa eyeshadow

I already own a full sized version of the Copenhagen lipstick, the color is gorgeous. I also really like the eyeshadow it would be great for a holiday makeup look. The Addis Ababa shades are also really pretty, the lipstick is a bright Barbie pink color and the eyeshadow is a shimmery blue-navy color.

NYX Advent Calendar days 5-8

Here are the next four days form my NYX calendar.

Left to Right: Prague lipstick,Prague eyeshadow, Transylvania lipstick, Transylvania eyeshadow.

I’m really into dark lipstick shades so I’m loving the Transylvania lipstick. Both eyeshadows are so pretty and work really well together, their both shimmer shades which I love. I continue to love this Advent Calendar and intend to keep posting what I get until Christmas. Hope you enjoy!

NYX Advent Calendar Days 1-4

Hey, if you read my last post then you know I’m going to be sharing all the goodies I get in my NYX advent calendar. I love advent calendars, they’re one of my favorite things to do during the holiday season. Here are the first four products:

Right to left: Monte Carlo liquid lipstick, Monte Carlo eyeshadow, Milan liquid lipstick, Milan eyeshadow

Here’s the inside of the shadows

So basically every two days you get a matching lipstick and eyeshadow. I’ve tried NYX lipsticks before, but I’ve never tried their eyeshadows, so far I’m loving the colors and the darker shadows, I can’t wait to see how they look on my eyes.

Colour Pop Eyeshadow Review

On Thanksgiving I did a post where I mentioned Colour Pop’s collab with No Kill Los Angeles , they have two eyeshadows in the shades Cat Nap and Puppy Love available here.  I ordered both and they are so pretty.

Cat Nap is on the left, Puppy Love is on the right.

The two shades are gorgeous, they have great pigmentation and look so nice together.  Cat Nap is a super shimmery pink-gold color and Puppy Love is a less shimmery lighter pink.  The best part is definitely that all proceeds go to NKLA, check out their website to see other ways you can help and visit Colour Pop to grab these beautiful eyeshadows.

December is Here!

Hey guys it’s finally December and I’m so excited. This year I have two advent calendars to countdown to Christmas. One is a nyx beauty calendar and the other is a Lego city one. I think I’ll post a review of what I’ve gotten in the nyx calendar every four days or so before Christmas, as for the Lego calendar I’m planing on snapchating what I get every day. If you’re interested in that follow me on snapchat, my handle is leinedc. I’m just so excited for Christmas, I can’t contain myself. 🎄🎅🏽⛄️🎁