Top 5 Favorite Affordable Lipsticks | ColourPop, City Color, Maybelline

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Top Five Affordable/Drugstore Lipsticks

Maybelline Colorsensationals

Color Sensational The Vivids $5.50 from Walmart http://www.walmart.com/ip/22137515?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedItemId=22137472&adid=22222222227016201414&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40842703352&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78656307152&veh=sem

Color Sensational Matte $5.50 from Walmart http://www.walmart.com/ip/39590683?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedItemId=39590681&adid=22222222227030388638&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=51487832552&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=105950424992&veh=sem

Color Sensational Rebel Bloom Spring $5.50 from Walmart  http://www.walmart.com/ip/Maybelline-New-York-Color-Sensational-Rebel-Bloom-Lipstick-Petal-Pink-0.15-fl-oz/41128630

Milani Color Statement Lipsticks $4.97 from Walmart http://www.walmart.com/ip/24008107?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227017325307&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40843264592&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78656480192&veh=sem

City Color Cosmetics Be Matte Lipsticks $4.99 http://citycolorcosmetics.com/lips/lipstick/be-matte-lipstick/#.VRs9zLv2pnE

Color Pop Lillie Sticks $5 https://colourpop.com/product-category/lippie-stix-and-pencils/

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BeneFit Watt's Up Highlight

Recently, I have been enjoying shopping my stash to avoid spending money on unnecessary purchases. This summer I have been really focused on using products that shape, sculpt, and highlight certain points of my face. A product I discovered that has been a well loved highlighter within the blogging community is BeneFit's Watt's Up. I received this sample last year as part of my Birthday Present from Sephora and am wondering why I waited so long to use it!

BeneFit's Watt's Up is a cream to powder champagne highlighter that adds a gorgeous light golden iridescence to the skin. It truly leaves the most gorgeous glowing effect to any high point of your face. 

I like to apply this with my fingers and blend out so I have control over how much procduct is distributed. The full size product does come with a sponge on the other end for blending purposes. I not only like to apply this on the high points of my cheeks and down the center of my nose but I also really love the look of Watt's up on the inner corners of my eyes and brow bones to draw attention to my eyes and brighten them!

Rave: Cream Highlighter

I have been avoiding using more than one powder product on my face this fall. If I go into powder bronzer, powder highlighter and powder blush it is just way too much and too drying for my skin! Today I'm going to talk about a product brand that is never really mentioned in the beauty community because their makeup isn't that luxurious or quality. However, my friend just started selling Mary Kay and I purchased a product that I actually ended up LOVING. It's a facial highlighting pen from Mary Kay that is the same concept as the YSL Touch Eclat and MAC's Prep n Prime pen. Now, I do not own the TE or Prep n Prime so I cannot comment on their similarities or their dissimilarities. 

The Mary Kay pen comes in 4 shades. I wear shade 2 which is a neutral shade. Shade 1 is more peachy, shade 3 is peachy pink and shade 4 is a very deep luminous brown shade. The Mary Kay Highlighting Facial Pen has a click brush applicator. Normally I find this trait in a product annoying but after the first use you get plenty of product disbursed after just a couple of clicks. 

The highlighting pen is meant to lift shadowy areas of the face and make your skin tone brighter and more luminous. I have seen many reviews where people use this exactly under their eyes and have issues with it settling into fine lines but that is not what this product is for. I use this in a number of areas on my face including down my nose and on my cheekbones and right under my dark circles. I apply it right from the pen and blend in with my fingers. This is a sheer product and is really easy to blend

Nars Sheer Glow No Highlighter:

Mary Kay Highlight and NYX Cream Blush in Tea Rose:

As you can see from the photos the highlighter gives the skin a nice glow from within and really pretty pearlescent appearance. 

This is a really nice highlight if you are getting into the cream highlight/contour kick that is really popular right now. It retails for $18 which is a little cheaper than the Mac Prep n Prime and significantly affordable compared to the YSL so if you wanted to try out a product like this it is a good one to test drive before you shell out all that money!

Do you have a favorite cream highlighter! Share your favorites 

Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo: Bold Gold & Tough as Taupe

The Maybelline 24hr Color Tattoo is a product that I have wanted to talk about for a while now! I only have a couple of shades - one shimmer and one cream, but I can tell you that these are some of the best drugstore cream eyeshadow//eyeshadow bases on the market!

I own  #45 Bold Gold and #35 Tough as Taupe

Bold Gold is a gorgeous brassy gold shade with shimmer. This shade tends to dry a lot quicker then Tough as Taupe due to the glitter. I love wearing this alone of under Urban Decay;s Half Baked eyeshadow. It really intensifies the gold shade. 

Tough as Taupe is a true grey, purple taupe cream shade with very deep purple undertones. Now, I have seen some photos of this product looking looking like a beige grey. As you can see in the swatch below the one I own has next to no brown undertones. Tough as Taupe is a little bit creamier than Bold Gold. I find it easier to blend when applying this with my finger. This cream shadow is a bit on the tacky side which is perfect for helping eyeshadows stick to your lids. This shade pairs great with Mac's Patina and Shale eyeshadows!

The wear of both shades is excellent for a drugstore price. These seem to face after 7-8 hours of wear. I have not experienced any creasing with their shade (like I find with Mac's Painterly Paint Pot).

After some time these products do tend to dry out slightly. I would see that as the only striking difference between the Color Tattoos and Mac's Pain Pots. When this happens, I just wipe the top layer away and the underneath layer seems to be pretty creamy once again. 

Peachy Keen Polka Dots

Hello! I have a July favrites post, I promise. My camera chip broke and I need to purchase a new one so I can take pics of my July favs!

I  have a dotticure to hold you over, though!

For the base I used China Glaze's Peachy Keen. The dots were

done with Color CLub's Alabaster and L'Oreal's Orange You Jealous.

I hope to have my Favorites up by the end of the week!