Anastasia Beverly Hills Shadow Couture Eye Shadow Palette

Hi Beauties! Recently my husband surprised me with the New Anastasia Beverly Hills (ABH) “Shadow Couture World Traveler” palette. Let me start off by saying I truly have been wanting this palette since I first seen it pop up on my Instagram news feed. The colors looked so smooth and wonderfully thought of that I knew I needed to have it. It retails for $30 USD, and can be purchased at any Ulta, Macy’s, Sephora, Nordstrom, or on the ABH website (http://www.anastasiabeverlyhills.com/).

 

The palette itself in person is truly beautiful. The Finishes include matte, satin, and metallic and are very pigmented. You get 12 shades which include (from Ulta Website)…
 

§  Soft Peach: neutral, flesh-toned beige with a matte finish.

§  Morocco: warm, desert sand with a matte finish.

§  Heirloom: A shimmery, eggplant hue with a satin finish.

§  Bellini: A sophisticated, golden peach with a satin finish.

§  Pink Champagne: A cool, glimmering mauve with a metallic  finish.

§  Chic: A sophisticated, taupe grey with a satin finish.

§  Spoiled: A gold-flecked peach with a satin finish.

§  Fudge: A rich, chocolate brown with a matte finish.

§  Azure: A vibrant, Mediterranean blue with a satin finish.

§  Intense Gaze: A warm, bronzed pink with a satin finish.

§  Metallic: A subtle, shimmery gold with a satin finish.

§  Noir: A sultry, inky black with a matte finish.

Ok, so putting all excitement aside, this palette is great, I have used it basically every day since I’ve gotten it. The colors are true to pigmentation, and can be built up more. My favorite shades include Soft Peach, Morocco, and Pink Champagne for an everyday look with a touch of glitter. Now there is minimal fall out with the shadows, but I would say the shades with metallic glitter if not tapped on the eye can definitely lead to fall out. The shadows are very bendable and easy to use; they do not have a chalky consistency which is really big with me! Now, Azure is such a gorgeous color but with like any other blue shadow ,it can be difficult to blend if you try to add too much at once. I would recommend using a little at a time and building it up slowly, unless that’s the looks you’re going for.
 

 

Shadows can also be used wet or dry without ruining the consistency of the product, and is recommended. Over all, I love this palette and believe it’s worth the buy for me at least! You can play this palette up or tone it down which makes it such a great palette to have! Let me know your thoughts, and if you’ve purchased this palette let me know how its working for you!



 

(Wearing my favorite shadows Soft Peach, Morocco, and Pink Champange from the ABH Pallete
Skin- Pur Minerals Pressed powder
Concealer- Maybelline Fit Me Medium 25
Contour Highlight- Lorac Pro Palette
Lips-Sonia Kashuk Tinted Lip Balm "Hint of Pink 42"
and Ulta Beauty Super Shiny Lip Gloss "Flirtini 07"
Liner- Elf Cosmetics Liquid Liner )

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Lorac Pro Contour Palette

Hey all! I am so excited, I finally got my hands on the new Lorac Cosmetics Pro Contour Palette (retailing $45 at Ulta Cosmetics) and I'm in love! At first, the colors looked very warm but honestly the shades are truly perfection for all skin tones. It’s a happy middle, not to cool (Skin has definite blue and pinkish undertones) and not to warm ( Skin has yellow/orange or olive undertones)  just the perfect blend. It’s easy to blend with its smooth texture and is pigmented. I used it about 8 times and it looks like I haven’t even touched it. The Pro Contour Brush it comes with is great, nice, dense (not super dense), and soft. It truly is a great brush that just sinks into that perfect cheek contour as well as forehead, nose, chin, etc. The lighter shades are also brilliant, I have brown skin and it doesn’t make me look like I added a 10 shade difference to highlight! I'm very excited to use it more on my clients. There are 5 matte shadows (2 matte highlighter & 3 matte contour shades) and 1 shimmery highlight. I definitely would recommend this product, and with the price point of $45 for a palette and contour brush you can’t beat it! The only thing I would say is a con with this product would be the packaging. The packaging looks nice but it does easily get dirty, other than that, great job Lorac Cosmetics this palette is everything!! Photo below is me wearing it for the first time :) I went for a subtle look this day, using the light and medium contour mixed together and the yellow highlight. Until next time! <3



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Disclaimer- All opinions are solely mine. I am not a sponsored by this company. I would not recommend a product that I myself would not like or use.

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Hey there! My name is Yashira; I am just your normal woman in love with all things Makeup, Hair and DIY (Do It Yourself). I am a wife, mother, Makeup Artist, and Believer. I didn’t know I was crafty or loved anything in the beauty industry till a few years ago, when I had people asking me to do their hair and makeup. I then decided to follow this hidden passion as a curiosity to see if I could be any good and to my surprise I fell in love! I attended and graduated from Metro Beauty Academy (Pennsylvania) and took the cosmetology courses.I had no idea how I loved expressing myself and loved making people feel “brand new”. Although makeup wasn’t huge at the school during the time I was going, we did get a crash courses on it and had a guest speaker who worked for Make-up Designory. Let me just say she was spectacular! I instantly fell in love with makeup after her course and began self-teaching. I stayed on YouTube day and night, and kept practicing on myself till I felt comfortable to start sharing my work on Facebook.  

 

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