Spring has Sprung Makeup

Ola beauty lovers! I know it has been a hot minute since I have been to report to you the latest and hottest items. I promise I will be posting some updated posts on what is "in" at the moment. But first let me talk to you about my recent trip to Shoppers Drug Marts Beauty Boutique. They had their spring event, by $75 or more in cosmetics and get 20 times the Shoppers Optimum points! Now if you live here in Canada, you know how big Shoppers Drug Mart is in this country. Shopper Drug Mart is basically the U.S.A Ulta store.

So I couldn't resist. I have a whole bunch of point accumulating that I am saving for a great shopping spree of makeup and skin care, the works!

Anyway, I had an idea what I wanted to pick up today in shop since I have heard some great YouTubers speak about it. The gorgeous Jodi from "Goo Roo Beauty" on YouTube has spoken about the Stila "In the Know" Palette ($50) many times. I have a few products from Stila, some individual eye shadows (Kitten especially), BB creams, Eyeliners, and lip products. But I did not have a palette from them. So I thought about the palette choices they had. Personally the other palette choices they had were so close to palettes I already had in my stash, so I gravitated more towards the "In the Know" palette because, one it is ALL MATTE shades. Two, even though there are a lot of neutrals in this palette that is fine with me, especially since I am a nude/naked type of eyeshadow wearer. Finally three, the gorgeous burnt orange shade in this palette just made me want it even more! So I bought the palette. I am so excited to wear this palette its amazing. It also comes with an amazing stay all day smudge stick waterproof eye liner in the shade "Half moon". A gorgeous dark grey tone liner. It is definately something different that what I already had in my makeup collection, believe it or not. Plus Stila's smudge stick waterproof liners are amazing, once they set the do not move or budge. You will need the jaws of life (AKA a good makeup remover oil) to get this off you. Below I will show you all some swatches I did on these shades so you can see what I am talking about.

#Shoppingproblems

Great pigmentation, blends well, and all Matte shades. Can't go wrong here.

This dark grey liner looks amazing with this palette. Compliments the shades perfectly.

Now, if you think I walked into this store bought the palette and walked out, you are sadly mistaken! Shame on you for thinking I would not leave there without another item. If you have not noticed my blog is a beauty blog lol :)

So what else did I get you may ask me? Well, I have a lip product feddish lately so I ended up picking up the Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in the color "Carina" ($29). I have two other shades in this liquid lipstick line, and I was not a huge fan of the drying formula. BUT the color are so pigmented, the longevity is amazing, they do not transfer and they are a matte finish, aka that means semi-LOVE. Here is a picture below on the shade Carina. This product is the perfect lip product on those days you need to put color on your lips and forget about it because you won't have time to re-apply. May I suggest to bring a balm with you though? Also apply a balm under neath before applying this product so that you do not get over drying lippies.

Carina is the amazing coral orange shade that just looks fabulous on me when I have a bronze glow going on. For all you bronze biscuits out there, this color would look amazing on you!

Look at this amazing coral shade. Just loving corals, oranges and pinks this spring and summer.

Here is a picture of moi wearing the amazing lip shade in Carina. I just can not get enough of coral colors this year!

Don't mind the random shadow from my camera #bloggerproblems

That is what I picked up on my shopping trip today, I got to see my lovely ladies who work there at the beauty boutique in Shoppers Drug Mart, so it was nice to see them. Yes they do know me by name, sad I know. I am so excited for my new goodies, please let me know what kind of new products you have been to pick up and are excited to try out! I love hearing from all my readers!

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Garnier BB Cream Review: Oily Combination skin

Ola beauty lovers! Hope you all had a great holiday. I am back with a review, and it is with one of the most impressive product I have yet to experience. The Garnier BB cream is by far the best drug store BB cream brand that I have tried to date. I got the great recommendation from Lizzy at Whatwouldlizzydo on YouTube. I honestly did not think this product was going to WOW me, but Lizzy tells no lies.

For a drug store BB cream it can be a bit pricey depending where you purchase this product it ranges $14-$22.

There are two types that you can select from, normal or oily combination skin. I have combination skin so that is the one I chose. I am loving this product. With it being -20 here in Canada at the moment, my skin is drier the most times, but I still do get oily in my T zone. The bottle is pretty large considering other high end brands of BB creams. You get about 60mL of product and that is more then enough to last you a long time.

They have two different shades to choose from, Medium/light or Dark/Medium. I use the Dark/Medium shade and even though I am more tanned now that I every been, this shade is workable. If I feel that it makes me a tiny bit lighter then I will bronze up my face a bit to bring the color back. So the only down fall I find is the shade selection is minimal.

The texture of the cream is on the runny/cream side. Yes it can be runny and creamy at the same time. But I love how it meshes with my skin. It feels just like how a BB cream should feel. When you apply the cream on your face it has this cold cream feel where it is cooling to the skin. I use my Real Techniques buffing brush to apply this baby and it just works so well with it. You do not even need to apply a lot, I would say that you apply less than what you apply a foundation.

After applying it to the face, your skin looks and feels so hydrated. You can add a powder to the T zone if you wish but sometimes I just use the BB cream on it's own and I love the look it gives. It provides quiet a bit of coverage and does hide the redness on my cheeks. When I wear it, through out the day I check myself out in the mirror ( I am not Vain I swear) and my skin just looks glowing and healthy!

So I decided to do a bit of research on this product to see what ingredients are included, and this is what I found: don't judge that I researched after I purchased the product. It's the beauty lover inside of me.

Caffeine: we all know that caffeine is well known for as a stimulant and also as a decongestant property.
Mineral Pigments: these are light and blend instantly into the skin, this allows for a light comfortable product that can be blended flawlessly into the skin, also absorbs quickly.
Mineral Perlite: I did not know this but, this is a volcanic rock extract that is well known apparently for it's ultra absorbing properties. It is suppose to assist in keeping your skin matte through out the day.
Vitamin C: We all know Vitamin C is amazing for skin. It acts as an anti oxidant and helps brighten and even out the skin tone.

Where I found this info is on the Garnier web site:
http://www.garnier.ca/_en/_ca/skincare/sc-nutritioniste-skin-renew/bb-cream-combination-to-oily-skin.htm

After reading those ingredients I was impressed with this item. To say the least it was nice to see that companies actually do put beneficial ingredients in products that we use. I swear I have faith in the beauty retail industry, just sometimes I have to wonder.

All in all this product is a thumbs up in my book. Love the texture, love how it applies, love how it leaves my face feeling hydrated but not oily. My suggestion even if you do not have oily skin, I would still suggest the oil-combination formula any ways. I found this item at any local drug store, or Wal-Mart, Target etc.  Definitely worth the hype!





Until next time beauty lovers <3
MacGirl25