NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Loose Pearl Eye Shadow swatches

If you know me, or watch any of my videos, or have seen some of my other blog posts, you know I LOVE pigments.  This hasn't always been the case. I was afraid to try them, fearing they'd be super messy, have a lot of fallout, or I'd lack the skill to work with them.  Thankfully that is not the case because I would be missing out on a lot of good stuff out there!

 

 

Not too long ago one of my awesome besties sent me a package and in it were 3 of the NYX Ultra Pearl Mania pigments.  I had seen them at Ulta and wanted to try them, but never picked any up.  I am SO glad she sent them to me because I fell instantly in love with them.  So much that while Ulta has had their 40% off sale on NYX, Revlon, Almay, and Physicians Formula (this week only!) I ended up getting 5 more!  I love them so much I just had to swatch them and show them to you!

 

 L-R:26 Yellow Pearl, 09 Lime Pearl, 15 Lilac Pearl, 02 Pearl



L-R:24 Penny Pearl, 21 Oro Pearl, 29 True Purple Pearl, 30 Jade Pearl

 

The lightest colors, while beautiful, don't look as opaque as the other colors.  My absolute favorite out of all of these is 24 Penny Pearl.  I used Penny Pearl and Oro Pearl in a look yesterday and I loved it so much.

 

These shadows are on sale at Ulta until tomorrow, September 29th, for $1.79, and regular price is $2.99.  These are an AWESOME steal on sale, and still worth every penny at full price.  The only thing I do not like about these is the packaging.  The lid screws off the top and the opening is pretty small making it hard, and messy, to get to the product. I ended up buying some contact cases and tranferring the product into those.  MUCH easier to get to, and way less messy.

 

Do you have any of these or have you tried them? What do you think of them?

 



Profusion eyshadow palettes from Dollar Tree

I was talking to my friend Sammie and she mentioned she had seen Profusion palettes at her Dollar Tree.  I have 2 of the bigger 36 palettes and I like them. So I thought ok, we're going to Dollar Tree!  I walked down the makeup aisle and didn't see them at first, there were so few of them.  I bought all of the different ones I could find, which ended up being 5.  I swatched them all for you so let's get to the good stuff!  All shadows were swatched on bare skin.

Gemineye palette in 07

 Gemineye palette in 03

Twinkle twinkle palette in 05

Perfect ten palette in 01

Colour me glow palette in 04

Obviously some of the shadows aren't as pigmented as others, but for the most part they are absolutely beautiful and for $1 a palette I think these look to be a great deal!  I can't wait to play with these!



Taking stock

Today I decided to count all of my makeup.  Yes, ALL of it, including nail polish.  I know my collection isn't nearly as big as some, but I still wondered how many of what I had.  This is what I came up with-

Lip products:

96

(I was going to do it by glosses, lipsticks, and liners and forgot and just counted it all together.)

Eye products:

eye primers

4

cream eye liners

6

eyeshadow palettes

41

eyeliners (pencil)

22

single eyeshadows

21

loose pigments

62

liquid liners

3

mascaras

6

Face products:

foundations

13

concealers

3

powders

4

blushes

28

bronzers

5

primers

3

Nail polish

292

607 items.  SAY WHAT?! The big shocker for me was nail polish because I thought I only had about 200.  And I have given away probably at least 30 bottles-I had over 300 nail polishes!  Palettes were another number I was a little surprised with.  But those Wet N Wild trios, 6 pans, and 8 pans add up quick! (Along with the other palettes I have.)

I must admit I have a sick feeling in my stomach now.  I do have a few things on my wish list, which I have been waiting to get until we get our tax refund back.  After counting everything I think I can safely say after I make those purchases, my low-buy is NEEDED and I think knowing how much I already have will make it pretty easy.

You'll notice I didn't include perfumes, skincare, or hair care in my tally.  Probably a good thing-when I saw 607 I felt a bit faint.  I'd hate to see what it is including these other things.