Jouer Cosmetics Blush Bouquet Palette Swatches

Today is the day!!!! ... lol that the Jouer Blush Bouquet Palette came out! Jouer Cosmetics just launched 3 dual blush palettes and OH MY, they are gorgeous! Christina, the founder of Jouer made these into dual palettes because she said... when someone blushes, no one just blushes ONE color - they always have a little bit more rosiness around the apples of your cheek, and then it gets lighter as you go toward the sides of your face... thus, she made these gorgeous duos! Each has a matte deeper color with an accompanying shimmer shade.

These come in three palettes:
Coquette: Seduce Me [matte cool berry pink] and Tease Me [satin cool light pink]
Adore: Adore Me [matte warm dusty peach] and Hold Me [shimmering warm pale nude peach]
Flirt: Kiss Me [matte warm carnation pink] and Touch Me [shimmering warm light peach]


Below are the swatches:

Flirt

Coquette

Adore
I was only really able to swatch these for you and test these for a day but here are my overall impressions. As I wear them more, I will update this post.

Packaging: Um... this is BY FAR Jouer's best packaging yet!!! It's SO GOOD. It's high quality, luxe, feels very sturdy and is gorgeous. This is my color palette for life -- lol! It's pale pink with gorgeous gold floral detailing.

Application + Texture: I wanted to apply it the way Christina applied it -- where she mixed both shades and put it on her cheekbones for a beautiful wash of color and then put the deeper matte shade on the apples of the cheek. It looked SO natural, like I was glowing from within and each palette was incredibly smooth and silky to apply. They blended out easily with no streaks.

Color: The color is super natural, but is very buildable. As you can see - I could get a relatively deep shade of pink... showing me that this could work for a variety of skin tones. The only one that I feel like is for lighter skin ones is Adore since the peach color is harder to build into a deeper shade.

Wear: I can't comment too much on the wear, so I will have to update this later.. however, the one time I put it on, I had a full face of makeup. It lasted throughout the whole day, no problem (6 hours). I'm interested to see how it lasts on my usual makeup routine where I don't normally put on foundation.

Price: These retail for $30 each and you get 11g of product. I think although it's a bit pricy, you definitely get your bang for your buck. A little bit goes a long way!

Overall, these gorgeous thangs are worth checking out if you're due for a new blush palette! These are available online at Jouer!

*pr sample

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A little giveaway for you... :D

To celebrate making new videos again -- I wanted to give ya a little giveaway to thank all of you that stuck around. You are all amazing!

All you need to enter is to be subscribed to my youtube channel and comment on the "husband does my makeup look" video! THATS IT! :)

For a bonus entry - comment in this blog :) :)

There are two winners!
Each winner will win a smashbox trio and a flower lippie.

This will end 1/26 Best of luck!! XO

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iphone x giveaway!

HIII! So this is my first time doing this - but I thought it would be fun!! I teamed up with some of my blogger and youtube friends to giveaway an iPhone X! (wait, can i enter myself? LOL) All the info is in the link below :)  The winner will be announced by 2/18 :D Good luck! XOXO a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Fenty Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick Review

Happy New Year, loves! I'm back on here to share with you some Fenty lippies I just recently purchased. I didn't fall into the Fenty hype and didn't buy any products from their line... but then they came out with these plush matte lippies and I knew I had to pick some up! :P

I picked up two of them in Shawty (warm chestnut) and Spanked (dusty rose). This lipstick claims to be long-wearing, a petal-soft matte finish, weightless with intense color pay off. 

Below are the swatches:

L-R: Shawty, Spanked

spanked

shawty

 Alright - and here is my breakdown!

Packaging: The packaging is as lightweight as the product itself LOL! Although it looks incredibly cool and chic, the package is made of light plastic, making the product feel a bit cheap. However, the price point isn't as high, so maybe Rihanna did it to save on costs.

Pricing: The pricing is $18 for .06oz of product, which I believe is relatively little product. An UD Vice lipstick (pretty standard bullet) is .11oz at $17. That's almost double the amount of product for less cost. :T

Formula: The formula is pretty nice. Yes - it is incredibly lightweight and pigmented. It was also very creamy and comfortable on the lips. It is not transfer proof, so you touch ur lips, the product will begin to come off. It was relatively long wearing, but I felt that as the night progressed, the product became more dry on my lips. I mean... my lips in themselves are very dry - but I definitely felt like my dry "hang lips" started to become way more noticeable as the night went on. . . for sure on the darker color. Spanked didn't cause as much of a problem for me! The product however, did not feather and did stay put!

Application Process: This was kinda tricky for me. Because of the nature of the matte product and how pigmented it is, it's hard to get a very perfect application. It's extremely round, so trying to get a nice application on my cupids bow and pulling it down to the side, I felt like I was constantly messing up my lipstick.

Color Range:  I do also love the very unique color range - although I pick colors that are more in my comfort zone, I do find that it does really compliment my complexion as it will many other people.

Overall, it was an okay product for me! It is definitely a bit more of a luxury than it is a necessity. I would choose these lippies solely for the color range. The formula, although very nice - doesn't particularly stand out for the price that you're paying. If you do end up purchasing - don't get me wrong - it is a great product, but if you have dry lips, be prepared to exfoliate and moisturize first :)

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