e.l.f. NYC Baked Eyeshadow Palette

I purchased the e.l.f. Baked Eyeshadow Palette for $10 from their website. It seems e.l.f. is finally breaking into the baked market. I can't say I am too impressed with the blushes I purchased, but I will save that for a review after I've tested them further.

I have not yet worn the shadows yet, but from swatching I can tell a primer is very important. Wearing them wet would be the other best option.  There are 10 colors in all. The NYC palette is a cool palette. They also have a California palette that is warmer.

The first four shadows are very light and frosty. Perhaps from the photo below you can see the stripe down the middle where the shadow is over the primer.

No Primer - Primer - Wet

The next four are the fifth shadow from the top row and the first three on the bottom. The darker colors have a bit more depth to them when applied wet. The brown is a beautiful chocolate color as long as it is over the primer or applied wet.

No primer -  primer - wet

The last two in the palette are a sparkly black and a blue. When wet the blue has a purple hue to it. However, the wet blue stained my finger and my hand! I don't think I will be using this one wet.

No primer - primer - wet

Red stain on my finger from blue shadow

Can you see the red stain under my middle knuckle where I swiped the wet blue shadow?

Overall, I think it may be another decent e.l.f. product. They are a bit dusty and sparkly and fallout is certain.
For $10 - That's a dollar a shadow - I suppose it will do.

Makeup Challenge - Feat. Wet n Wild

Another makeup challenge filmed. I used two 8-pan palettes from Wet n Wild (Petal Pusher and Comfort Zone). I also used the blush in Pearlescent Pink - which I decided is not a good fall color.
Here are some pics I took during my time using this set of products!

Palmolive Fresh Infusions First Look

I have finally qualified for a VoxBox from Influenster! Guess what it is from the title? Yup, Dish Soap! And it's yummy smelling dish soap at that! I received these products free and plan to give one to my friend to try. I'll update later on the grease fighting ability! So far hopes are high as I like the Palmolive brand and love the smell!

The Lime Basil is my favorite scent so far! That's the one I'll start using right away!

Have you tried the new Fresh Infusions soap? Let me know your thoughts!

NOTD: Essie Nail Polish Miss Fancy Pants

One of the items I recieved in my Loose Button American Luxe Box was the Essie Nail Polish in Miss Fancy Pants. The color is great with a one coat application. I have to say, nail polish doesn't last very long on my nails but it's holding up pretty well with normal tip wear.

 One coat of polish, no top coat.

A great fall color! I love the gray, purple, taupe color.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips

I received the Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Strips in my first American Loose Button Luxe Box.
I was able to use one set of strips for both hands due to my short nails. This leaves me another set. Application was a little difficult but basically it's like putting stickers on your nails.

Salon effects kit applied to my nails.

A great lace pattern.

Almost immediately I noticed some of the edges wanted to curl up. I applied a clear coat to try to prevent them from peeling off. However after about 2 days one did peel off, damaging my nail. I gave them one more day as another started to peel off and decided to remove them I am not sure how they are supposed to last 10 days.

My ruined nail from the polish peeling off.

I still have another chance to try them out, but I am not really looking forward to trying again. I knew there was a reason I just couldn't bring myself to purchasing this product on it's own. For the price, it really is not worth it. I'd rather save up and have my nails done professionally. Or just stick with standard polish.

Influenster's New Look!

Influenster is a website where you can influence people with your reviews, videos, blogs, pretty much any social media outlet out there. The cool thing is, you also get to try stuff. I have not been an Influenster for very long, but I should have some new dish soap on the way to me. (Yes, dish soap. People need to know how well even dish soap works. - or doesn't work.)

Visit Influenster and sign up. It's free!

The great new thing is that you can earn tons more badges than before. You can also get badges more specific to what items you like to use and review. This is great as you can show where you are most influential as well. The more badges you get, the more likely you are to get VBoxes. (Boxes of goodies for you to test out and review.)

The site is much more easy to navigate through and it's easier to see what your goals are. The more goals you accomplish the higher your Influenster score.

With my limited experience with Influenster, I can't saw a whole lot more, but I can keep you updated!

Let me know if you are an Influenster by commenting below!

Nail of the Day featuring BarryM Mushroom

BarryM Mushroom Nails and Nicole by OPI Love in your Life accent

 I received my first BarryM nail polish in a swap earlier this year. It's fall and time to start enjoying it! It's called Mushroom. It is quite opaque and you can get away with one coat.
I decided to use Nicole by OPI in Love in Your Life as an accent. I find it difficult to get the heart glitter out and there is too much clear polish to even get enough pink glitter. You really have to use multiple coats to get good glitter coverage.

My short nails with the lovely polish on them!

Have you tried BarryM polishes?

Makeup Challenge - Featuring Sleek and MUA

What is Sarah Jane's makeup challenge?

For my makeup challenge I like to pick a set of products and use them for a week or two, trying to see what looks I can create within the limits of what I have chosen.
I used to do them weekly, editing videos with pictures I took everyday. This became very time consuming so I have altered it to show a tutorial of my most used look with the products I chose. I did take some pictures this time, so I thought I would share:

A Gold look from the MUA Going for Gold palette. Yes, it's a rather silly pose!

A Silvery look from the MUA Going for Gold palette.

A pinky purple look from the Sleek Storm palette.

Overall look with the pinky purple eyes, mac cruella de vil blush, NYC bronzer

Check out my video to see all the products I used and how I used them!