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Mar 15, 2013

Purely Pro Cosmetics Swatches and Review

March 15, 2013 By Carleenp 1 Comment

Purely Pro Cosmetics offers some quality and attractive makeup items. The company sent me several products to try and I was happy with all of them. Right off, I love this travel bag. You can see it featured in this recent Makeup Wars feature on how beauty bloggers travel.

The company provides cute shadow palettes and some really nice cream highlights, which Purely Pro spells as Hilites.

This eye shadow palette, the Glamazon Palette, has 5 neutral/nude shades and is very pretty.

The shades are neutral, perhaps ever so slightly on the warm side.

Below are swatches of the shadows. All had decent pigment and wore well for me. I got full day wear with no creasing.

The hilites were my favorite items. Here they are in Flirty and PopTart. The Hilites have enough pigment and are buildable that I can wear them as a blush on my fair skin. They also work well applied lightly as a true highlight.

Here is a look at the Purely Pro Hilites with the shadow palette.

Below are swatches of the Purely Pro Hilites with Pop Tart on top and Flirty on the bottom.

I was also sent a fixative, but I haven’t tried it yet. Look for a review of it sometime in the future.

Buy Purely Pro Cosmetics at their website or at Dermstore.com.

Disclosure: This post is based on products given to me by a representative of the company.

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Filed Under: Blush, Eyeshadow, Makeup, Palettes and Collections Tagged With: Blush, Eyeshadow, Highlighter, Palettes, Purely Pro, Swatches

Nov 19, 2008

Neutrogena Skin Soothing Eye Tint

November 19, 2008 By Carleenp Leave a Comment

Neutrogena Skin Soothing Eye Tint is a fun little cream eye shimmer, good for use as a light illuminizing base or as a targeted highlight.

I find the the tint to be a pretty good way to add a subtle shimmer without going overboard. This can also be used elsewhere on the face. I like to use the light pink shade (petal shimmer, linked above) on my cheek bones under a generally matte blush. I also have used it on my brow bones. Overall, it is a fun and inexpensive way to add just a bit of subtle shimmer anywhere you want it.

Neutrogena Eye Tint also has a cooling aspect to it, so it feels nice and can reduce puffiness. So that is a bonus!

Aside from the petal shade, it also comes in the shade Honey Shimmer.

Filed Under: Eyeshadow, Makeup, Makeup Primer Tagged With: Eye Base, Eye Shadow, Highlighter, Neutrogena, Primer

Oct 17, 2008

M.A.C. Cosmetics Ungaro Collection

October 17, 2008 By Carleenp 1 Comment

Here is a pretty limited edition collection and look form MAC Cosmetics—The Ungaro Collection. Designer, Esteban Cortazar, celebrity makeup artist, Sharon Dowsett, and M·A·C came together backstage to create this collection in the spirit of today's Ungaro.

I gave the eyeshadow shade mineral a try, which is a beautiful soft brown. Weell pigmented and long lasting, as is the norm for M.A.C. shadows.

I also adored the cream colour base in fresh morning. It is designed for use on lips and cheeks, but I love it as a highlight shade on my brow bone. I also have been using it as a cheek highlight. If you like delicate pink shades for highlights, this is a must have item!