Ipsy February 2016

I'm bringing back one of my favorite posts, Ipsy glambags unboxing!! This is one of my favorite time of the mont, I love seeing that bright pink wrapped package waiting for me. I've tried quite a few subscription boxes and this one is by far my favorite one ever. I think you get a pretty good deal for just $10 a month. I have been a member for over a year now, and I love collecting the bags! But any who lets see what's inside, shall we?!

First of all, this is my favorite bag of ALL time. It is so cute and it seems to be made well. Some do tend to be a little cheaper than others but I think this one is great!! I love the texture of it, and I wish I took a picture of the other side, but it is all pink! They have a different theme each month and this month was pretty in pink which I thought was super cute! 

The first Item was the Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Oil. I saw this at Ulta when it came out and I was a bit skeptical. I have pretty oily skin so I thought putting a primer oil on top of my already oily skin was pretty dumb. I wore it yesterday, and to be completely honest it wasn't that bad. I know I have to wear it more than once to see what I really think of it, but I don't hate it as much as I thought I would. The oil absorbed into my skin and I didn't get more oily than I usually do. So I will definitely keep trying this one out!

Next was a Vintage lipgloss in Pink Sequin by Jessica Liebeskind. I think it's a really pretty color, and if you want something that isn't much color just super sparkly and glossy, this would be the lipgloss for you! 

Then I got a Ciate nail polish in "my off duty nude". I love light color nail polishes and I love pink so I was super excited about this one! I have tried this brand before and I don't remember hating it, so I'm excited to try it out again! I love trying new nail polishes because I never found a brand that I'm in love with yet.

The last two items were a lip balm by Curology and a eyeliner by Paula Dorf. The lip balm has no color or scent to it, it's just your traditional lip balm. The eye pencil is a light pink. I tried this on yesterday and it did make my eyes appear bigger, but I forgot to check if it stayed on all day, I will keep you posted! 

If any of you were interested, here is a referral code to join ipsy today!

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Lorac Nude Necessities Review

I was so excited when I saw this new Lorac Palette come out. I love neutral eyeshadows so this was like a dream come true. And I adore Lorac eyeshadows, in fact my favorite eyeshadow palette of all time is the Mega Pro 2! But this is honestly the most disappointing product I've ever purchased...

The first time I tried it I knew I wasn't going to like it. The pigmentation isn't good at all. You have to layer and layer and layer, but if you're going to pay for a high end makeup palette you shouldn't be layering and layering and layering. You can't really tell in pictures, or even in person when you first look at the colors, but so many of them look the same!! The last two rows all blend into one color and you can't tell them apart. The shimmery shades do swatch pretty decently but when you do blend them with other shades you can't even tell you put a shimmery shade.

I did try these a few times all with different primers to see if that would make a difference, it didn't. Below I swatched a few of them and you can even see how unevenly some of them show up. And see what I mean about the colors being WAY too similar? I then looked at the back of the packaging and I saw that the palette was made in China and that made a lot of sense. That's why it was only $30 and not the greatest quality. Lorac is such a great brand so I'm not too sure as to why they decided to bring out this palette. If they really wanted it they should have made it the same quality as the other ones and just raise the price. What's the point of selling something cheap if a lot of people will return it, I know I will.

I'm Back!

It's been a while since I sat down on my laptop and wrote a blogpost. Almost 4 months to be exact. And that makes me sad because I LOVE writing. I like having my own little space and just share my ideas. I'm always busy with school and work and it's nice to have this thing you love to do that isn't stressful. I do have a journal that I try to write in a lot but I also like having something online to share with people. I would never let anyone read my journal! Waaay too personal :,)

I really wan't to get back into blogging and to be honest I'm not even sure why I stopped. I think I was uninspired and I also just wasn't feeling happy and so I lost the motivation to write. I made myself a promise that I need to start being happier, and I don't want to jinx it but I feel like I have been doing better than previous years. I've been reading a lot, and reading makes me happy and so I hope to do way more of it this year. I also got one of those adult coloring books, the enchanted forest one, and I feel like that does calm me quite a bit. I have also been feeling more creative. I had a stack of magazines from like last march that I never got the chance to look through, and I have been going through them recently, one by one, and rippling out pages that I love but I'm not too sure what to do with them. 

Over this past month I have also had the biggest urge to start a YouTube channel but I just can't get enough courage to do it! I have been wanting to do it for a while now. I just hate how funny my voice sounds on a video camera! It sounds nothing like me and I just hate hearing myself speak and I don't even think I would be fun to watch! Maybe one day but right now i'm too much of a chicken!

I'm also really excited because I'm graduating from College this coming May and I feel like I will have so much more time to do the things I want to do and this sounds cliche, but I'll have time to discover myself because I feel like I never took the time to do that.

I will try to post something at least 3 times a week. I have so many ideas but it's me finding the time that's the problem. Or most times I do have the time, I'm just the laziest person in the world.