LOTD: The Balm's Balm Jovi Palette

I've been doing this look this week and have been loving it! To get this look I applied Allegro from my crease to my brow bone, Blink 1982 on my lids, Alice Copper on the outer one-third of my eye and crease, Iron Maid-In as a highlight with Third Eye Blinded in a triangle above my irises. For blush I used Milly as a cream base with Don't You Want Me? over it and Solid Gold lightly on my cheekbones. For my lips I used Vanilly. Voilà! It's a perfect no-fuss look that still looks put together! I've noticed it makes my blue eyes pop and goes great with anything I wear! I hope you can recreate it!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Perfect Palette Tag

I saw this tag a while back on Beauty Broadcast and have been wanting to do it ever since. I am a huge palette lover because you get more bang for your buck with palettes and you get to try so many different shades as well. This post was hard! I think ideally there is only one palette per topic, but so many were tied. So here’s my list:

1. Best Packaging: Define best haha! For cute packaging I have chosen the Too Faced Sweet Dreams palette. For practical packaging I have chosen the Urban Decay Smoked palette. That packaging is pretty dang durable!

2. Best Color Payoff: LORAC PRO palette & Urban Decay Smoked palette. Both palettes offer saturated color with unique pigmentation.

3. Most Versatile: Too Faced Sweet Indulgences & original NAKED palette. There are so many different looks that can be created from each of these palettes. A day look can easily be turned into a night look. I love that!

4. Best for Traveling: Balm Jovi by the Balm because it is so compact AND has lip and cheek products as well. Also, any small palette like the LORAC PRO and Unzipped palettes are great because with them every day, as well as more-bold, looks can be created. Plus, they are so thin that they can be put in any nook or cranny of your suitcase if need be!

5. Biggest Regret: Sephora Collection Colorful Palettes in Pin Up Show 13 and Eternally Purple 04. I believe I paid the full $24 for each of these and I have not used the Pin Up Show palette a single time. The colors on that palette are impractical and it’s absolutely ridiculous that I bought it in the first place. Upon review, it does have a beautiful burgundy that would have been a great fall color. The Eternally Purple palette makes a little more sense because purple is my favorite color and I wear it quite frequently. However, I don’t know that I’ve used that palette more than three times…if that! I think I mostly haven’t utilized them enough is because they are out of sight and out of mind.

6. Best Color Names: Any Too Faced palette! They all have adorable names. It makes me want to name shadows for a living, although I would never come up with half of the creative names they do.

7. Least Used: Sephora palettes & Urban Decay Smoked palette. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Smoked palette! I think it’s just gotten passed over with all of the palettes I’ve since purchased. I guess you could call it the middle child. I’ll try and use it this week and post some LOTDs from it.

8. Most Used, Most Loved, Desert Island: NAKED & NAKED 2 palettes. I can create a number of looks from these two together or separate. Love, love, love them!

I appreciate this tag because I was able to reevaluate some purchases and I will definitely be making a more conscious effort to use the palettes that I have neglected in the past. If you are reading this, you are officially tagged. Leave a comment with your answers/ a link to your blog or YouTube channel. I’m curious to see/read which palettes fall under the above categories for you! Have a great day!! :)

FOTD: the Balm

Yesterday I got ready at 2pm...Don't judge me haha! Because of that I went for a quick, simple look. I used Urban Decay's Primer Potion all over my eyelids, then the Balm's Blink 1982 on my lids and up into my crease slightly. I then used Presto in my crease and then Adagio as a highlight. I finished my eye look by using Ulta's Automatic Eyeliner in Black/Brown and only used a coat of Sephora's Full Action mascara. For my face I used a sample of bareMinerals Ready SPF 20 Foundation in Medium Beige over my Olay CC cream. I used the sample instead of my loose bareMinerals foundation. I then used my be a bombshell The One Stick in Sunset on my cheeks. I used it like I would my Maybelline Bouncy Blush. I dabbed it directly onto my cheeks and then used an e.l.f. small stipple brush to smooth it out. I would usually apply a blush on top of the cream blush to make it last longer, but I wanted to see how I liked the color on its own. Lastly, I lightly dusted my face with Tarte's bronzer in Park Avenue Princess.

Here's the result:

I catch myself quite frequently using the same face products. Two days ago I went through my basket of samples and new products. I set out some things that I wanted to use and weed out, so yesterday once I finally got ready for the day I got a chance to use them. I actually really liked The One Stick in Sunset. It was a different enough color without being too outrageous. I will definitely be using it more. I am not sold on the packed bareMinerals foundation powder though. I feel that I used far more than I would have normally, and it left my skin dry. The loose foundation is easier to manipulate on my face, so I won't be making the switch on that. However, I could see how it would be nice to have a compact in my purse for touch-ups whereas now I just leave my foundation powder at home. The Balm shadows are super light and a little goes a long way. I had difficulty blending them, and you can see I wasn't completely effective in doing so. I think I will have to try them with different primers to obtain a more optimal look with them.

LOTD: Balm Jovi Palette

Caitlyn's Corner gave me these for a Christmas gift:

Today I finally got a chance to use them! The concealer worked great. I'll definitely do a review about it once I've used it more. I used UD Primer Potion and then pat Third Eye Blinded on my lids as a base. Next, I used Alice Copper in the outer half of my lid and brought the color into my crease. I then used Too Faced's Silk Teddy as a highlight and Too Faced's Cherry Cola over the Alice Copper to make it more bold. Here's the look:

I finished the look using the Balm's blush in Pop Pop Don't You Want Me? over my Maybelline Bouncy Blush. For lip gloss I used Neutrogena MoistureShine gloss in Wine.

I'm looking forward to creating more looks soon! Merry Christmas!!