Wet n Wild Photo Focus Foundation

Hi friends!

I've been testing out the new Wet n' Wild Photo Focus Foundation for about a month now and I though I would share my thought on it with all of you. I was pretty excited when this Foundation came out, and after hearing a ton of amazing hype about it, I definitely knew I had to try it. Wet n' Wild is a brand that's been on my radar lately because 1. they are cruelty free, and 2. they are ridiculously affordable.

I don't normally have high hopes for cheaper drugstore makeup, even though you and I both know that dispite there being tons of gems in the drugstore among the hits and misses of certain brands, I always assume the worst for some reason. But after hearing all the hype of this in the beauty community, (and my drugstores being out of stock of this baby for weeks) I did in fact, have high hopes.

This foundation comes in 20 different shades and it is said to have been tested in 7 different types of lighting conditions to make your skin look flawless in every single one of them. Those seem to be some hefty claims, and if you want to read more about which light settings they tested in then you can click here.

This foundation is ridiculously affordable at $5.99, which had me even more curious to try it.

The packaging is really nice, with a glass bottle and there is a spatula attached to the lid for easy application. I thought this was a bit weird at first, but I actually like it. I prefer foundations that come with some type of applicator, so that was a win in my book.

My Thoughts

-This foundation applies really nice and has a great formula. It goes on matte, which is always a plus for my combo oily skin. It dries super fast, which I've heard complaints about, but doesn't bother me since I apply my foundation in sections.

-It has medium coverage that I don't find to be very buildable. It feels light weight on the skin.

-I've applied it with a beauty blender, the Sigma F80, and the Wet n Wild Flat Top brush, and they all work well and pretty much the same. I've also tested it with a few different primers, and setting sprays, concealers, etc. and always seem to get the same results with it.

-I do find this to be long wearing, but my only complaint is that my face does feel pretty oily at the end of the day. However, even though my face feel a bit oily, the makeup still looks good and doesn't look like a cakey mess. I'm not sure I would recommend this to someone with super oily skin, unless you can get it to work with some good mattifying products.

So overall, this isn't the absolute best foundation that I've tried, but I think it's pretty good for how affordable it is. For now, I'm really enjoying it and it's been my most used foundation lately. I'm attempting to go cruelty free with my makeup so this is one that I will definitely reconsider repurchasing in the future.

Have you tried the Wet n Wild Photo Focus Foundation? 

5 Under $5

I haven't done a 5 under 5 post in forever, since I first started blogging! I've been using some super affordable goodies lately, so I thought I'd start this week off my sharing them!

All these are under $5, and can be found at drugstores and Ulta, with the exception of a colourpop product. 

•Wet n Wild Color Icon Blush in Rosé Champagne ($2.99) has been a favorite blush of mine for quite a while now and I've definitely raved about it a ton. I've obviously hit pan on this gem, and that's not something that happens too often with me and blushes!

•Colourpop Super Shock Shadows are right at the $5 mark, and are such great quality shadows. The shade I'm sharing here is La La and it's a rose gold shade with a metallic finish. I love all my colorpop shadows, this is just one I pulled out for the post. 

•Elf HD Concealer ($3)- this is a good concealer for how cheap it is. It is a bit tiny but it works well under my eyes. I prefer my Mac and Mabelline concealer to this, but if your on a budget the Elf one is worth a try!

•Essence Nude Longlasting Lipstick in Cool Nude ($2.99$) is a great everyday nude/mauve color. The formula is nice too! 

•Essence Make Me Brow ($2.99) has become my favorite and everyday brow gel. And it's only $2.99!! Definitely way more affordable than Benefit gimme brow. 

What are your favorite affordable makeup products? Does anyone want to see more of these posts? 

Wet n' Wild Megaliner Liquid Liner Review

Having winged eyeliner is a must for me in my makeup routine. I feel naked without it! I'm also really picky when it comes to liquid liners, because even though I've worked very hard at perfecting my winged liner, not all liquid liners are easy for me to use. 

Today I'm going to be reviewing the Wet n' Wild Megaliner liquid liner, which was reformulated recently along with many of their products. 

I wanted to try this because of the way the felt tip is. It's a bit longer than liquid liner pens (similar to the Loreal lineur intense and maybelline line stiletto). But it's in a little jar, similar to the liquid liners that come with the brush (not a felt tip), so that part is new to me. Do you guys know what I'm talking about, or am I crazy trying to describe all these liners? 

About this liner 

"Wet n Wild Megaliner Liquid Eyeliner is formulated with high-definition pigment and a unique blend of polymers for a rich, fluid formula that dries fast and stays put to subtly enhance or dramatically define. An easy-to-control flexible brush delivers precise application."

I tried to get a good picture of the felt tip but my camera wasn't cooperating. And here is a wonky swatch. Running late for work and trying to take blog photos problems. Can I make a hashtag for that? 

And here's a photo of my eyes after I used this liquid liner. 

My Thoughts 

Pros

•Very black formula

•Dries quickly and doesn't fade 

•Easy to draw a line and make a wing (with practice, at least for me)

•Very affordable, around $3 at Walmart. 

Cons 

•In my opinion, I wouldn't recommend this liner to anyone who is new to liquid liner. Even though I said it's easy to make a line and wing, I also noted that I had to practice a lot. There are other ones that are easier to use, than I'd recommend over this one to anyone who is just starting with liquid liner or makeup. 

•At first it's a bit difficult to work with. The felt tip isn't as sturdy as I'm used to, and it gets a bit messy because the formula is super wet. 

Other than it being messy and hard to get use to (for me) that's really the only cons. After I got use to using this, I fell in love. It's super affordable, which I love. And I love how pigmented and black this is. I don't have to keep going over the line like some liners that I have tried before. 

I would definitely recommend this liner, if you are looking for something new to try! 

Have you tried the Wet n Wild Megaliner before? If so, leave your thoughts on it in the comments!

I will be posting Friday this week, but me and hubby are trying to plan a trip away for the weekend for Memorial Day. Hopefully we will leave Friday night or Saturday and be back Monday, so I'll be absent from the blogosphere this weekend. I normally post on Mondays but I'll be back to blogging on Tuesday!  

5 Cheaper Alternatives to Your Favorite High End Makeup

Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend!

Today I'm sharing 5 cheaper alternatives to high end makeup. These products I'm about to show are ones I've used for a long time and I think are just as great of quality as high end ones. A few of them I've replaced some high end makeup with that I use to buy all the time, and since I've discovered these ones, I haven't repurchased the high end version! 

L'Oreal Infallablie Pro Spray & Set. This is my favorite setting spray. I used to buy the UD All Nigter spray until I found this one. A lot of drugstore brands have setting sprays now, I've tried the new Maybelline one and I'm not a fan. I did a blog post over a year ago comparing this L'Oreal one to the UD one, where I got technical and compared prices to fl oz, and showed that this one works just as well as UD, but you are getting the most for your money. You can read it here. 

Nyx Micro Brow. This is exactly like the Anastasia Brow Wiz. It's half the price, and if you can get Nyx buy one get one half off at Ulta, then you can get 2 for $15. I have another blog post comparing the two product here. 

Wet n Wild Color Icon Blush I have mine in the shade Rose Champagne. I want a few more of these, and I'm super impressed with the quality of these blushes for how affordable they are. They are just as great as a lot of my high end blushes (and better than some!) and I reach for this one more. 

Elf Contour Palette. This little gem is only $6. I don't actually have any high end contour palettes, but I do have a ton of high end bronzers and I still prefer this elf palette for contouring. Plus is comes with a bronzer, contour, banana shade, and a highlight! 

Maybelline Lipsticks. These are my favorite drugstore lipsticks. I have a ton from different lines, but the creamy mattes are my favorite. You all know I love Mac lipsticks, but these are just as good! 

I definitely plan on doing more posts like this in the future because I love finding affordable options to high end makeup! 

What are your favorite affordable makeup products? 

Wet n Wild Ombre Blushes

Hello! Happy Tuesday!

Today I wanted to share my review for the Wet n Wild Ombre blushes. I was super impressed with the Wet n Wild Rose Champagne blush, which I've talked about a million times so I wanted to give the Ombre blushes a go too. Since they reformulated and repackaged their blushes, I had really high hopes for the Ombre ones. 

I picked up two of these and I believe they are $3.99 or $4.99 at Target. The first one I picked up is In a Purple Haze and I was unsure about the color, so u picked up The Princess Daquires second so I could keep testing the formula. 

In a Purple Haze 

 Here's swatched of the different shades and the mixed together all the way on the right. I was hoping this would come out more pinkish/lavender because I have a Nars blush like that which I love. It felt like this wasn't super pigmented but I also felt like I was putting purple blush all over my face. The main reason I didn't care for this is because the color didn't match any of my bronzers well and it looked. weird. 

The Princess Daquires 

I had higher hopes for this one since it looked like a pretty peachy/coral shade. It is pretty, but the pigmentation isn't great enough to show up on my skin. I can layer this over top of another blush but I was disappointed I couldn't use it by its self, and it's not very buildable. And mind you, I have very pale skin. 

So basically these were a no go, and I wouldn't recommend them. Don't waste your money, and go for the original wet n wild blushes instead! 

FOTD | Lorac Pro Palette

Hello! I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

I'm trying to make it a point to use more of my makeup that I neglect. I get stuck in a routine and tend to use the same things over and over, so I'm trying to incorporate things I haven't used in a while! I've had my Lorac Pro palette sitting on my vanity for a few weeks and I kept saying I needed to use it more. Which is why I set it out on my vanity, but I was still neglecting it. So last week I made my self use it, and I've been using it everyday since. It's one of my favorite palettes so I don't even know why I stopped using it!

So anyways- I thought I would share a FOTD post since I really like the eye look I've been creating with this palette. 

Face Makeup 

Benefit Porefessional Primer, Covergirl 3 in 1 Foundation, Mac Pro Longwear Concealer, Rinmel Stay Matte Powder, Lorac TANtalizer Bronzer and Highlight Duo, Wet n Wild blush in Rose Champagne

Lips

Mac Blankety over top of Nyx lipliner in Nude

Eyes 

I used Taupe (1) as my transition shade, and Sable (2) in my crease and outer corner. Then I used Champagne (3) all over my lid, and Espresso (4) on my lower lash line. 

I finished up with Maybelline Line Stiletto for my winged liner, Stila Smudge Stick in Stingray on my waterline, and Covergirl Super Sizee for my Mascara. 

This eye look is super simple and easy. It's also really similar to the one I do with my Urban Decay Naked Palette! 

Do you guys ever neglects any of your makeup items that you love? Let me know in the comments!

Drugstore Favorites

Hi :)

I've been meaning to do an updated drugstore favorites. I didn't want to do a top five or ten like I have in the past, so today I'm sharing all of my favorites from the drugstore. It's hard to narrow down favorites and these are all things that I love just as much as my high end makeup so I wanted to include everything.  This video is pretty long, so I'm sorry about that! 

Here's some of the products, but I share a ton more in the video!

I hope you enjoy watching, and props of you actually watched the whole thing lol!!

What are some of your drugstore favorites? 

Wet n Wild Color Icon Blush in Rose Champagne

I have a new favorite blush. And I need to share its amazing-ness. 

I picked up one of the Wet n Wild color icon blushes when I did a drugstore haul earlier this month. I also talked about this blush in my January favorites (last post). I honesty wasn't even expecting much out of this and I really just thought the new packaging to these were pretty. I think I might have mentioned in my January favorites post that I wondered if these had new formulas. Now looking at the packaging I realize that it does say new formula on the sticker with the name shade on it. I had one wet n wild blush before and it definitely wasn't a good as this one, so I'm happy they reformulated these!

Ok enough rambling- let's talk about why I love the Wet n Wild color icon blush in Rose Champagne

Props to wet n wild for making these with pretty packaging. Their old blushes looked super cheap and not very appealing. While the packaging is what mostly drew me in, I really did like this champagne rose shade. It looked like a pretty neutral color that I could wear everyday, and I don't think I own one too similar to this. I don't remember exactly how much I paid for this (from Walgreens) , but I believe these are around $2.99-$3.99. There is also a rose champagne glow from the fergie collection, and that's all I could find when I tried to search for this blush in Google so don't get it confused with that if you are looking for this blush. 

This is a beautiful dusty rose shade, and a great neutral blush that looks good with any makeup look. I've found it works for me with any eye look and any bronzer.

It has a slight hint of shimmer that gives you face a pretty glow. I find that I don't need a highlight with this- but if I do want one anyways it's still not too much.

The formula is amazing. It's so smooth and blends so nicely. I find this is a blush that can't be overdone which is nice so you don't even end up with too much. 

I am really in love with this blush. I checked out the other shades but I didn't care for them as much. They were pretty similar to this one so I picked up one of the new ombre blushes instead. I'll share a review for that one in a few weeks!

I was wearing this in my last FOTD post on my everyday makeup, and also in my January favorites video!

Overall I'm very impressed with this, especially because I just really wasn't expecting to love it. I'm pretty picky about cheek products from the drugstore but this one is amazing. I really want to check out their new eyeshadow palettes too! 

Have you tried any of the new wet n wild blushes? Let me know in the comments! 

Current Everyday Makeup

Hello! I do this thing where I get stuck on one makeup look for a few weeks and do it everyday, then I'll get bored and change it. I rarely stray from whatever is my 'current makeup look' that I'm stuck on at the time unless I do something specific for a blog post or I get something new to try. Does anyone else do that, or am I just weird LOL?

I do switch up my foundations and blushes most often, but everything I'm going to show you today is what I've been using the most!

I also had a bit of a hard time yesterday with the lighting in my house, so I took some photos while I was in my car getting ready to leave for work. 

Face Makeup 

Benefit Porefessional Primer, Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation, Mac Pro Longwear Concealer, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, The Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer, Wet n Wild Color Icon Blush in Rose Champagne. 

Lips and Brows

Nyx Micro Brow Pencil and Australis Oh Hai Brow Kit. Milani Lip Liner in Nude and Milani Lipstick in Matte Nude. 

Eye Makeup

I've been really into a darker smokey eye lately and I've been using my Tartelette palette a lot. 

To get this look I use wanderer (1) as a transition shade. I use power play (2) in my crease. I use natural beauty (3) all over my lid, and bombshell (4) on my lower lash line. In this picture bombshell looks black but it's a super dark purple shade. 

For my eyeliner I used Maybelline Line Stiletto and Stila Smudge Stick Eyeliner in Black in my water line. I used Covergirl Super Sizer for my mascara. 

I hope you guys enjoyed this makeup look! Maybe I will do a video tutorial on it soon since its been a while since I filmed a makeup look!

What is your current go to makeup look?  

Drugstore Makeup Haul

I'm going crazy over all of the new makeup that's out at the drugstore! I'm super excited because I feel like it's been quite a while since the drugstore came out with some new goodies, and a ton at once!

I tried not to go too crazy at Wallgreens, but I did pick up a few items to share in a haul. There is definitely more I want to pick up later, which I'll talk about at the end of this post. 

From Maybelline I picked up the Master Fix Setting Spray. I'm always curious to see how drugstore setting spray compare to highend ones. I love the Loreal one so I wanted to see if this one was any good. I also picked up the Maybelline Master Contour Palette. I've been looking for this for a while, and then I wasn't going to get it because Rimmel came out with one too that o wanted instead. I couldn't find the Rimmel one so I decided why the heck not on the Maybelline one. I'm a sucker for face palettes anyways. 

These Covergirl Trunaked palettes are ones that I've been trying to get my hands on for a while. I chose the 'goldens' palette, but all three of them are gorgeous. It says 'shades like a leading $50 eyeshadow palette'. Those are some big claims, Covergirl!

Last are two things from Wet n Wild. I'm pretty sure their Color icon blushes just got new packaging, but I picked up the shade Rose Champagne. I also picked up a Velvet Matte Lip Crayon in the shade Hickory Smoked. I haven't tried any wet n wild lip products before so I was excited about this, until I opened it up and the color looks nothing like the color on the packaging does. I was kind of disappointed in that, and I dont really like the shade it is. I'm going to play around with different lip liners and see if I can make it work. 

You guys can expect reviews for all of these products, except maybe the wet n wild lip stick! I've already uses a few these that I picked up so I'll probably have reviews up next week some time!!

There is still tons of things I want to pick up fron all of these new drugstore goodies. Wet n wild has new shadow palettes out too, which I almost got but I'll wait till next time. Milani also has new palettes that look gorgeous but I can't find Milani in my town so I'll have to wait for those! Loreal has new single shadows that look gorgoues, and they also have contour/highlight palettes. As I mentioned before, I really want to find the Rimmel bronzer, blush, and highlight palettes because they look gorgoues. And Revlon has a new compact foundation that looks interesting but it's a little expensive. 

Have you picked up any thing new from the drugstore lately? 

Favorite Makeup Products Under $5!

Hello!! One of the best things about makeup from the drugstore is that you can find some great items for such a good price! I'm going to be showing you all of my favorite makeup products that are under $5. Seriously, you can't get more affordable than this! I know that some of the more cheaper brands at the drugstore can be hit or miss (elf, wet n wild, etc) but they do make some good products that are now staples in my makeup collection!

This is the elf blush and bronzer duo that is $3. This is really comparable to the Nars duos but for a way cheaper price! I have a blog post comparing the two duos that you can read here. Both the blush and bronzer in the elf duo are really pigmented and apply nice. I do like the Nars one better, but for $3 you can't go wrong. The packaging on elf studio products are really nice too!

This is another great elf product for only $3! The elf golden bronzer is a product that I use almost daily and I've been through a lot of them. This product is really nice because it's very versatile. It can be used as a really pretty highlight shade, or you can use one of the darker shades to build up a nice contour shade. I personally use it all over my face in the summer time for a nice bronze glow to warm up my skin tone. 

Wet n Wild eyeshadows are by far my favorite eyeshadows at the drug store. The larger palettes are $4.99 and the smaller trios are $2.94 at walmart. These shadows have such great pigmentation and blend really nice. Wet n Wild has a lot of different trios and palettes with tons of different colors. 

Wet n Wild blushes are also a really great product. These you can buy for $2.99. Like the Wet n Wild eyeshadows, these are super pigmented. This one I am showing is in the color called Heather Silk, and I definitely have to apply this with a lighter hand!

 

NYC bronzer in Sunny is a great drugstore bronzer. This was given to me by a friend, but I found it on cvs's website for $2.23. That is definitely a price you can't go wrong with. This is also really pigmented, so I apply it with a lighter hand so it don't come off orange on my skin. 

The Rimmel Stay Matte Powder is a newer find of mine. I've always heard such great things about it, and now that I've tried it I will probably always use this one. You can get it for $3.97 at Walmart. You get quite a lot of product in there as well!

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick in the color Airy Fairy is one of my favorites from the drug store. This is at Walmart for $4.97. It's a super pretty pink color and it applies really nice and creamy.

Revlon Lash Potion Mascara. This is not my favorite drugstore mascara, but I still like to use this one from time to time. It's $4.99 at Target, which is cheaper than any of the other mascaras I use! It has great formulation and makes my lashes really thick!

Ok excuse the dirty brushes LOL, but elf makes some seriously good makeup brushes. Their studio brushes (black ones) are $3, and their regular brushes (white ones) are $1. These two in the picture are my favorites. The elf kabuki brush I used every day to put on my setting powder. It's so soft! The other one in the picture is the elf studio stippling brush. I use this one to put on foundation. I kind of hid it behind the kabuki brush because it's gross from not cleaning it in a while lol. I actually own two of the stippling brushes because I got tired of having to wash it every few days haha!!

What are your favorite beauty products under $5? And have you tried any of these that I mentioned in this post?