Mine just arrived its so pretty but the shipping debacle kinda brought my excitement level way down. It was my first hourglass purchase and ive been waiting for it and now it was like Finally not YAY!
I know how you feel. :-/
I got mine before I left for work, and wore the middle coral color today. I do really like this blush palette. The mood exposure color is more red-pink on my skin than I thought it'd be. It looks like it'd be a nice nude purple color, but not when I put it on. Isn't bad, but not what I was expecting. All three colors are pretty pigmented and mine had a good even ratio of ambient powder to blush powder--much better than the full size variety. I was surprised that the peach color's ambient powder gave an awesome highlight on my cheeks! Cut out one product needed for the day. A nice silvery champagne color, not too cool tone though. My full size Radiant Magenta blush is kind of glittery, which I'm not crazy about...but all three of these in the palette were just a flattering shimmer sheen and not glitter, so that was great.
My excitement ended after I realized half of what I ordered will need to be returned. The good reviews for Dolce and Gabbana nail polish are bunk (on my nails)...one had a wonky brush, and the color was wrong on that same polish compared to the swatches online (stromboli). The other purple color was nothing special and took forever to dry (royal). SO not worth the money. I like the Sephora Formula X and Nails Inc Kale polishes a million times better.
Anybody see the new NudeStix makeup line lately (eye pencils/liners/lip pencil that doubles as blush)? I tried three eye pencils out, yeah, not even worth swatching to show you all. Smear city! And not in a sexy/rocker way, just messy. Colors were beautiful on my hand swatches, but had half the color pay off on my eyes, even with primer. For $24 a pop, I expected more. Urban Decay pencil liners have the same color options, and work better for both liner and shadow.
Estee Lauder color sculpt lipstick in Insatiable Ivory is NOT a good color on yellow skin tones. Orange baby puke! Lol I love the defiant coral color though, it is a shinier 1% less neon-ish version of Bite's Blood Orange matte crayon stick that was limited edition. I'd say the Estee version is more "classy" bright coral, whereas the Bite version is more younger/edgier.
The Jin Soon nail color in Faraggio (or however it is spelled, lol) is really pretty. More of a dark purple with some red/gold shimmer in it. More purple than I thought it'd be, but I still like it a lot. I was expecting a more red based medium purple with shimmer, and it is a darker bluer purple with shimmer.
LOVE the KP Duty body scrub. Huge 16oz tub. It doesn't irritate my super sensitive skin, but exfoliates enough to get super smooth skin. No real fragrance, no greasy residue in the shower. And a tiny bit goes a looong way. Well worth the cost.
Jury is still out on the FAB liquid face recovery stuff...Hated it when I put it on, but after I washed it off that side of my face felt softer/smoother... but you're not supposed to wash it off, soooo...lol.. I'll give it a couple tries before I decide on it.
Getting another order tomorrow with a Dolce and Gabbana passion duo lipstick and a YSL lip gloss, so I'll post all my pictures tomorrow of things. I'm too tired tonight
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