NYC IndividualEyes in Smokin Blue and Smokin Green - swatches and review

I am loving how the cheaper, drugstore brands are really stepping up their game. I got these 2 palettes for under $5 each, and am pretty impressed with the quality.

The first one I reviewed is Smokin Blue.

Each palette comes with 4 shades, a primer and highlighter.

This one includes a light beige, light greige, medium golden brown and a dark plum-brown. Some interesting colours compared to other palettes for blue eyes I have seen (no bronze or blue).

As you can see, the colour pay off is not too bad! These are swatched on bare skin, not using the primer. I used the shadows for an eye look one day, and the primer does enhance the colour even more.

The second palette is Smokin Green. I got this one for my sister since she has green eyes.

This palette includes a shimmery white, light grey-violet, a wine coloured purple, and a dark grey-purple.

Colour pay off is great here too. I love these colours, maybe even more then the blue ones.

Here is the primer and highlighter. The primer is a good colour, matches my skin tone. It worked pretty well, lasting about 5 hours without any creases or smudges.

The highlighter is great, super sparkly and pretty :) I love these types of shadows.

Considering how cheap these palettes are, I am pretty impressed. I am going to post a look I did with them soon.

So, what do you think?

Alice





*disclaimer- all products mentioned were purchased by me*

Deborah Lippmann Glitter In The Air - swatch and review

Expensive nail polish rocks. But, being a freshly graduated college student, I rarely have the funds to buy any. A couple of weeks ago, I was visiting Kyra and we decided to take a trip to Holt Renfrew. That was when I decided to pick this baby up.

Ta-da! It was a tough choice between this and Across The Universe. That will be my next investment :)

Here is three layers on my thumb. Kind of blurry, sorry! My camera likes to annoy me sometimes. Anyway, I really love this colour. It's so...different! I don't even mind the fact that you can see my nail still.

Here it is on top of (L to R) China Glaze Pelican Gray, China Glaze White On White, Joe Fresh Powder Blue.

I like it on blue the best, but I want to find an even lighter blue to match the base colour of the original polish.

So, I really like the quality of the polish. Pretty easy to apply, even though it is a glitter. Easy removal too.

All in all, I am very happy with my first even expensive polish purchase ($25, ahhh!!). I know I will be back soon (possibly this weekend?) for more!

So, what do you think?

Alice




*disclaimer- all products were purchased by me*