LA Colors eyshadow swatches

A few years ago most of the shadows I used were LA Colors.  I have all of the 6 pan palettes you can find at Dollar Tree.  For such a low price most of them are nicely pigmented.  I hadn't really been using them for a while, and then I saw an ad in Cosmopolitan magazine.  The trio they had used on the model was called Forget-me-not and the look was gorgeous.  With that picture seared into my brain I went looking for the trio.  I checked I don't know how many Dollar Trees, Family Dollars, Five Below, Roses, and Dollar Generals.  I never did find that trio, but I did pick up some other trios, as well as the 5 pan palettes.  Since LA Colors isn't a brand you really ever hear a lot about I thought I'd share some swatches with you.  All of these swatches are on bare skin.  Thank you to my daughter for volunteering her arm!

Peony

The blue in this trio is not pigmented at all.  The pink and yellow aren't bad and can definitely be built up.

Water Lily

These are pretty decently pigmented and such pretty pastel shades.

Iris

Again not super pigmented, but they can be built up and over a primer they'd look better.

Orchid

Out of all the trios this one is probably the most pigmented.  These colors are very pretty.  You can see how soft the shadows themselves are.

Now onto the 5 pans-

Tease

Most shadows in the 5 pans are pretty well pigmented.  There are a few here and there that would really take some working with, I don't mind that.

Waterworld

I grabbed this palette with the hopes I could use the colors in here for the colors in the ad I saw in Cosmo.  I do not believe they are the exact same colors.  I wish they were.

And I saved my absolute favorite for last-

Lollipop

I LOVE this palette!  The colors are so bright, they are all pigmented, and wore ALL day over primer.  Here's a look I did with this last week:

For some reason my camera could not pick up how vivid these colors are, but they are absolutely beautiful!  I found Lollipop on clearance at Family Dollar for 90 cents!

Have you ever used LA Colors before?  Interested in trying them?  I say go for it-the trios I found at Dollar Tree for $1 each, and I believe Tease and Waterworld were either $1.50 or $2.  These would be a great way to play around with color if you're a neutral gal and don't spend much on other brands.

FOTD

I thought I'd do a FOTD post today. When I gathered all the products I used so I could take a picture, it was a little overwhelming seeing them all together. It seems like a LOT. I'm not the best photographer, and I don't seem to photograph well, but here's the look I'm sporting today.

I know this second one is a luttle blurry, but I like it better. :)  Now for all the products I used-

These aren't arranged by the order I apply them, but I'm going to list them that way. I start off with my Lacura foundation in Transparent, which I apply with one of the flat top Elf powder brushes (slightly damp). Then I use my Maybelline Super Stay concealer in Ivory where it's needed. I used a tiny bit of the Coty Airspun powder, just to set things under my eyes, across my cheeks, and the tip of my nose and chin. Today I grabbed Wet N Wild's mineral blush in Purely Mauve and applied that with the 2nd flat top Elf powder brush. Threw some of the Elf clear gel in my brows, and some of the LA Splash shadow base/sealer on my lids (it's the very last thing on the right).  The main palette I used for my eyes is the LA Colors one. Here's a closeup with better lighting-

I purchased this at Dollar Tree probably 2 years ago. I have I think 6 of these palettes. For $1 I can't believe the pigmentation. It's incredible!

After I slapped on 4 of the colors in the LA Colors I palette I used the top right shade from I ♥ Matte to blend, the top left shade for a highlight and slapped on some black liner and mascara. I've been using Urban Decay's Zero on my top lashline and a waterproof Rimmel liner on my waterline (which never stays so I don't know why I use it). I usually never layer mascaras, but today I did a sweep of Rimmel Wow Lash and then a coat of L'Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes (but for some odd reason I grabbed the Rimmel Volume Accelerator for the picture).  I'm not much of a lip product wearer, which sounds odd considering I have probably at LEAST 100 lip products. Seriously.  Most of the time I just have Blistex Lip Medex on my lips (in the blue pot).

That's it for my FOTD.  Seeing it all and typing it all out seems like a LOT of products to me. I guess since I grab a few things at a time while I'm doing my makeup I never realized how many things I actually use every day. How about you? Do you use a lot of products daily when doing your makeup?