Lancome Grandiose Extreme Review With Pictures... Is It The Best Mascara?

 Lancome has been known to have some pretty great mascaras and I was anxious to try this one when it caught my eye. I have been slowly trying them out to find which is my favorite. I will be doing a review on all of them and rating them from 1 to 10.  

The first one I reviewed is their 'Grandiose Extreme' a mascara they claim will give you volume, length and up to 24 hours of wear. The wand is shaped in what they have trademarked " The Swan Neck Wand" which is what helps you achieve the latter.

Grandiose Extreme  

My first impression of the mascara is how beautiful the packaging is. I really liked the shape and details of the bottle. 

The curve of the wand is meant to help apply the mascara more precisely. It took some getting used to but after a few strokes I got the hang of it and it actually does help apply it more precisely. 

The texture of the “formula”that coats your lashes is very nice. It allows enough time for you to brush the mascara and style them to your liking then dries to a vibrant matte black 👌🏾

The real concern all woman have when wearing a mascara... Is it going to run on me? I have really sensitive eyes and they constantly get watery, so I’m very picky when it comes to choosing my ride or die mascara. 

The first time I wore it I had a full face of makeup on, I was in front of lights and I moved around a lot. The mascara did not run it held up well. So I’m starting to get really excited now.

However it looked spidery and clumpy, I was very disappointed at this. 

I was ready to put it back in the box to return it, then I realized why my lashes were so clumpy. I got eyelash glue on them . How does one forget to wait for the glue to get tacky. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I gave it a fair try again and my lashes looked a lot better. I worked out and cleaned the house, it did not run. My lashes held the curl and length for like 10 hours.  

The Score 

I would rate this mascara a 7, the wand design can be a little tricky and I smeared mascara on my eyelid and cheeks a few times.

The application of the mascara would go on so much more even and less heavy if the wand didn’t pick up on so much formula. The solution would be to wipe some of it off but then you end up wasting a lot of product. 

Overall it’s a good mascara with more positives then negatives but it’s definitely worth trying. 

What Mascara should I review next? 

My Favorite Pantone 2018 Color Of The Year In Makeup And Beauty!

I was so happy when Pantone announced Violet as the color of the year of 2018, its really a beautiful color and looks great on clothing and makeup! I wanted to round up my favorite (Mostly Eye) makeup and beauty products in this shade for you and its also a little shopping list for items I might grab when shopping for makeup. 

Butter London + Pantone Color Of The Year 2018

Butter London was chosen again this year to carry the official Pantone color of the year. They created 13 products plus this great 4-piece kit priced at $36. This is a great value for your money, and all but one (nail lacquer) are full size! 

What's Inside: 

• Trend Nail Lacquer in Ultra Violet 
• Plush Rush Lip Gloss in Ultra Violet
• Glazen™ Eye Gloss in Ultra Violet
• Glazen™ Lustrous Liner in Ultra Violet
• Makeup bag with zipper closure

Sold Here: Butter London 

 Natasha Denona Eyeshadow Palette #28

I don't own any of Natasha Denona palettes, and they are in my list of I want to try but why so expensive tho? This palette sells for a whooping $239 and its highly rated. The reason I love palettes like this is you get the whole family of purple and some gorgeous blues here so you can really get creative when creating looks. One of the hardest shade to create for makeup artist is purples, getting the right shades can be tricky but from the reviews I hear that Natasha Denona got it right! 

The shade Electric Violet is almost if not the exact shade of the color of the year.

Sold Here: Sephora

Violet Voss Hashtag Palette 

Don't feel like spending all your dough in a makeup palette? yeah me neither. The Violet Voss Hashtag palette is a beautiful warm palette with red undertones in all the shades. The color Life is very close to the color of the year and its only $45 for 20 colors. 

Sold Here: Sephora 

One of the funnest way to incorporate the color of the year is with Mascara, and the Maybelline Volum' Express is really nice! Created by the beautiful and talented Shayla @makeupbyshayla its available in most drugstores. I have the black one and assuming the formula is the same the wand does a beautiful job at opening up and lengthening your lashes. 

Maybelline Volum' Express In Shade Poppin' Purple 

Sold: Target 

Any of these products will make a great addition in your makeup collection and will allow you to incorporate the color of 2018 to your looks. If I had to pick just one, I would probable get one of the eyeshadow palette since I can create endless looks with either one. How will you incorporate the color of the year to your looks? 

Announcing PANTONE^® Color of the Year 2018. A dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade, PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet communicates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us toward the future.

Please Note: This post or links are not sponsored. As always the opinions are my own. 

Too Faced Chocolate Bar!

I will admit it, I was not planning on purchasing this palette at all! I don't know why but I think after seeing it so much on instagram I decided I was not going to follow trend.... After walking around sephora for an hour I just kept coming back to it and like chocolate I couldn't resist! The colors are beautiful and very wearable on any skin color.  I love having a good mix of neutrals mattes and shimmery. Oh and the smell is intoxicating I will be using this baby a lot!

Tengo que admitir que cuando salió esta paleta no quería comprarla, y es que la vi tanto en Instagram que medio me aburro de ella. El Domingo pasado después de horas de andar en Sephora y como el chocolate no me pude resistir y la compre. Los colores son bellos, muy usable con una selección de tonos matte o con brillos. Y que les digo del aromo intoxicante de chocolate huele tan rico que me lo quiero comer, voy a darle mucho huso a esta hermosura! 

Product Review: Beso Eyelash Adhesive

If you have been reading my blog for some time than you probably have read in a post my battle with my sensitive eyes. I have been on the lookout for a eyelash adhesive that won't make my eyes red, watery, and irritated. I decided to order and try this adhesive with high hopes that it would become my HG but unfortunately I'm still looking....

PROS:

• Long Lasting
• Did not Irritate My Eyes (while wearing lashes) 

CONS:

• It sticks to my eye lid and eyelashes and DOES NOT come off unless you "peel Off" which irritates my eyes even more :(
• I loose about 30 precious eyelashes every time I use this
• It has latex so I do not recommend to use on your kit as your client might be allergic to it

Overall I don't completely hate it and I know I can count on this adhesive to keep my lashes in place all day and not have to worry about it falling off, or my eyes running. The issue really is the removal, and the bald spots I now have on my lashes :(

Bold Spots and Irritation 

IMATS NYC 2014

I finally attended the IMATS and boy was it fun! I loved every single moment, if you love makeup this is definitely something to experience for yourself. There was so many beautiful faces different styles from funky, dramatic, artistic, etc. Everywhere you looked there was something to be inspired from. I can honestly tell you guys that I was not prepare for this at all! I can only say that I should have taken a break from shopping for makeup at least 6 months in advance.

The lines was CRAZY but everything was really organized, until they opened the doors... The excitement took over some of the ladies and there was some pushing and skipping going on but overall it did not ruin my experience. 

This picture was taken at the end of the day after hours of standing in line as you can tell by my wrinkly shirt!

I couldnt help taking a picture with macdaddy, I will honestly say that I thought he was more warm and friendly but I found him shy and cold. His makeup did look flawless thought ;) 

Day two waiting for the train! 

With Kelly Bakers creater and owner of KBB

I found Kelly by accident and she was a complete sweetheart very genuine and sweet, I purchased the brow powder and duo pencil... Review coming soon!

Some of the the awesome live beauty fantasy competition!  

If you have not seen Jordan Liberty's makeup tutorial on youtube then you are missing out from learning a few tricks and tips. I was looking at his lashes and he actually approached me to complement me. He was so lovely and we talked for a while I must say hes skin is like porcelain soooo flawless I wanted to touch to feel it but he would have thought I was cray cray. I purchased three of his lashes, reviews coming soon...  

I met this cutie the first day and I was sooooo in love with her face she is so pretty and her makeup was just perfection. Makeup By Jenny was in the violetvoss booth and on both days she helped me pick out beautiful colors some worn by her on that day. Reviews on the pigments, glitters and eyeshadows I purchased from Violet Voss coming soon...

P.S If you have seen me in person then you know by now that I am not photogenic at all and almost all these pictures from IMATS demonstrate that. To get a good looking picture I take a dozen and even then I dont look right I hesitated putting these up because I HATE how I look on ALL of them but oh well! 

My purchases consisted of some personal buys but mostly products for my studio and travel kit. I stocked up on lashes, disposables, shadow shields, concealers, foundations, lip palettes. I will be doing reviews on most of the items as I use them on my self or clients.

 I was not able to get my hands on any Lime Crime, Sigma, Sugarpill products the lines was SOOOOO long and ten minutes after opening some products were sold out already. If I can make it to next years IMATS I will definitely attend the Friday event for PROS only so that I can take advantage and get everything I want before they open to the public.

Overall this was such a unique experience Im glad I did both days because I was so overwhelmed the first day that I really didn't take everything in. I hardly took any pictures because I didn't want to be distracted by my phone (some Blogger I am). My tips to anyone planning to attend is to definitely start saving money, make a list of the things you want, look cute BUT PLEASE wear something comfortable; there is a lot of walking standing in line I saw girls looking so uncomfortable on their 6 inch heels. Go with friends or alone and make new friends over there If you love makeup this is definitely an experience worth living at least once!

Product Rave: Shadow Shields!

 

I have seen this amazing product around for a while now, I decided to try it and boy am I a happy girl! I seriously cant rave this product enough its really a must have on every ones makeup kit. I personally like to start with my foundation and do my eyes last, as careful as I am there are always some fallouts and i always end up having to retouch my concealer. Another advantage to using these shields is that it helps you create sharp clean lines, and makes achieving a cat eye a lot easier. I will definitely be purchasing more of these and start using them with my clients as well. Have you tried Shadow Shields?  

He visto este producto asombroso alrededor por un tiempo ahora, decidí intentarlo y soy una chica feliz! En serio no puedo delirar este producto lo suficientemente realmente una debe tener esto en todos los kit de maquillaje. Personalmente me gusta empezar con mi base y finalizar con mis ojos, por mas  cuidado siempre hay algún derrumbe y siempre termino teniendo que retocar mi corrector. Otra ventaja de usar estos escudos es que te ayuda a crear afiladas líneas limpias y hace un ojo de gato mucho más fácil lograr. Definitivamente comprare más de estos y empezar a usarlos con mis clientes también. ¿Has probado estos escudos de sombra?

Priced: $9.99 for 30 shields!

Purchased: shadowshields.com

Look at how much product the shield catches!

The finished look.... p.s my camera phone sucks!!

Good Luck/ Buenas Suerte! Xxx

Drugstore Product Of The Week: Sonia Kashuk Makeup Brushes!

 

I'm always on the hunt for great brushes and if they are affordable even better! I love Sonia Kashuk's makeup line and these brushes are awesome! 

Siempre estoy a la caza de grandes pinceles y si son asequibles mejor! Me encanta la línea de maquillaje de Sonia Kashuk y estos cepillos son impresionantes!

Tools No. 17 $17.39

This is such a nice angle brush I love the feel and it's firmer then most of my angle brushes which I love because it blends more effortlesly. 

Este es un cepillo de ángulo muy bueno, me encanta el tamaño y es más firme que la mayoría de mis pinceles angulares que me encanta porque mezcla sin ningún esfuerzos.

Tools No. 29 $17.18

A super soft and great blush/bronzer brush. 

Un cepillo de colorete / bronceador super suave.

Tools No. 20 $12.19

I'm currently using this brush to apply my concealer and it's LOVELY! It's the perfect combination of firmness and softness to apply cream or liquid product. 

Actualmente estoy usando el pincel para aplicar mi corrector y es precioso! Es la combinación perfecta de firmeza y suavidad para aplicar la crema o líquido.

Tools no.28 $10.79

This brush is really nice and soft, great for applying powder and cream product.

Este cepillo es muy agradable y suave, ideal para la aplicación de polvo y producto de crema.

Overall I think these are great brushes, I love the handles they feel and look so luxurious and they are shed free which is always a must. I'm happy with my purchase and recommend them to anyone looking for mid price brushes with a high price quality feel! 

En conclucion me encatan estas broshas son echas de muy buena calidad y especialmente me encata las manillas pues la hacen lucir mas elegantes. Las recomiendo a cualquier persona que este en busca de una brosha media economica pero con calidad de la mejor!
 

Purchased: Target

Good Luck/ Buenas Suerte! Xxx

Product Review/ Revise De Producto: Anastasia Beverly Hills Lavish Palette!

Retails $38

I have become obsessed with Anastasia Beverly Hills products lately! I have always loved her brow products and have been using them since they first came out. After trying her makeup line I'm so in love. My love for her palettes are a combination of not only beautiful colors, and beautiful packaging, it's also the unbelievable price tag and all the extra goodies she adds.

Me he obsesionado con lo productos de Anastasia Beverly Hills últimamente! Siempre me ha gustado los productos de ejas y lo eh estado utilizando desde que vinieron por primera vez. Después de probar su linea de maquillaje estoy en el amor. Mi amor por sus paletas son una combinación de colores no solo es bonito, y la hermosa embalaje, también es el increíble precio, y todos los extras que añade.

If opening packages is your thing, you will feel like its christmas every time you open this box, it includes a mirror and a easy to follow step by step guide to create several show stopping looks, and with a double sided brush, which happens to be really nice. A travel size covet waterproof eyeliner in noir, a mini perfect eyebrow pencil in dark brown, and a full sized Anastasia Beverly Hills tweezer.

Si al abrir paquetes es lo que te gusta, te sientes como la navidad cada vez que se abre este cuadro, que incluye un espejo y una fácil de seguir, paso a paso guía para crear varios looks hermosos. Y con un cepillo doble cara, que resulta ser muy agradable. Un resistente al agua covet delineador en noir, un mini lápiz de cejas perfectas en color marrón oscuro, y una pinza de Anastasia Beverly Hills.

Colors Are Described Below From Left To Right! 

Cream is a matte beige. The shadow is a bit powdery but it works well as a transition or highlight/Es un beige mate. La sombra funciona así como una transición o resaltar.

Antique is a shimmery dark mauve. The shade is smooth but requires a bit of layering for full pigmentation. The shade is cool toned with silver shimmer/ Es una purpurina malva oscuro. La sombra es suave, pero requiere un poco de capas de pigmentación. La sombra es fresco con tonos plata.

Rum Cake is shimmery copper. The shade is rich in color payoff and soft in texture/ Es purpurina cobre. La sombra es rico en color suave en beneficios y textura.

Moss is an olive green. This shimmery shade is warm toned and very pigmented/ Es un verde oliva. Esta sombra es purpurina y tonos cálidos muy pigmentadas.

Truffle is a shimmery reddish brown. It has good color payoff and works better with a blending brush/La purpurina es marrón rojizo. Tiene buen color beneficios y funciona mejor con un pincel la mezcla.

Colors Are Described Below From Left To Right! 

Ballet is shimmery nude pink. This shade is soft but requires a lot of layering for full pigmentation. It can be a bit powdery/Es purpurina nude rosa. Este tono es suave pero requiere una gran cantidad de capas de pigmentación. Puede que sea un poco polvosa. 

Orange Soda is a matte pale orange. This shade is perfect as a transition color and blends out very well. It is a tiny bit powdery but has good color payoff/ Es un mate naranja pálido. Este tono es como una transición perfecta color y mezclas muy bien. 

Sienna is a matte reddish brown. It has great pigmentation and works best with a blending brush or pencil brush/ Es un color marrón rojizo mate. Tiene una gran pigmentación y funciona mejor con una brocha tipo pincel.

Pink Sapphire is a darkened fuchsia. This is shimmery shade has a buttery texture and great pigmentation. My favorite shade in the palette/ Es un oscuro color fucsia. Este es purpurina sombra tiene una textura mantecosa y gran pigmentación. Mi favorito en la paleta sombra!

Black Diamond is a black with multi-colored shimmer, great texture and pigmentation. It's very easy to blend/ Es un negro con brillo. Gran textura y la pigmentación. Es muy fácil de combinar.

This palette overall is perfect, I truly love it and for the unbeatable price it would make a great christmas  or birthday gift that anyone would love and feel great to receive. In my opinion the tweezers alone are worth the $38. I will be creating a few looks with this palette and will share it with you soon! 

Esta paleta en general es perfecta, me encanta de verdad, y por el precio sería un gran regalo de cumpleaños o navidad que a todas les gustaría recibir. En mi opinión las pinzas solo valen la pena los $38. Pienso crear unos cuantos looks con esta paleta y lo comparta con usted pronto!

Good Luck/ Buenas Suerte! Xxx

My 3 Most And Least Used Makeup Palettes/ Mis Paletas De Maquillaje Mas Y menos Usadas!

I must confess that in the process of doing this post for you guys I started to feel VERY embarrassed with the amount of money I have invested in makeup and I really only use a handful of them. I want to share with you my three most used makeup palette which unintentionally a three happen to be from the same brand. 

I have reviewed all of these so this is pretty much a recap on why these are my favorite, and no matter what I always reach out for them for one color or all. 

Debo confesar que en el proceso de hacer este post para ustedes comencé a sentirme muy incómoda con la cantidad de dinero que eh invertido en maquillaje y la verdad es que utiliso sólo un puñado de ellos. Quiero compartir con ustedes mi paleta de maquillaje  más utilizados.

He revisado todos estos por lo tanto, este es bastante más que un resumen de por qué estos son mis favoritos.

Urban Decay Original Naked Palette

This is in my opinion one of the best palettes ever made, I love every single color and the consistency and pigmentation are excellent. The only point i will take off is the packaging is not great to travel with because it doesn't close securely.

Esta es en mi opinión uno de los mejores paletas hecho jamás, me encanta todos los colores y la coherencia y la pigmentación son excelentes. Lo único que quisiera es el envase no es genial viajar porque no se cierra correctamente.

From Let To Right: Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle, Creep, Gunmetal

My Favorite colors from the Naked Palette are/ Esto son mis colores favoritos: Virgin, Naked, Buck, Half Baked, Hustle and Gunmetal.

Urban Decay Naked Palette 2

When the naked 2 palette came out I was not very excited or rushed to try it out. I honestly was not expecting to like it at all. I was so wrong and this one is the second palette I had to buy because I finished some of these colors. I travel everywhere with this and use it on my clients all the time. One main reason this one ranks higher then the original naked is the palette seals shut and the packaging is easy to clean. 

Cuando el Naked 2 paleta salió no estaba muy emocionada o me apresure a probarlo. Honestamente, yo no esperaba que me gustara. Yo estaba tan mal, y esta es la segunda paleta tuve que comprar porque he terminado algunos de estos colores. Yo viajo por todas partes con esta y la utilizo en mis clientes todo el tiempo. Una de las principales razones esta me gusta más que la original es que cierra completamente y el embalaje es fácil de limpiar.

Left To Right: Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout

My Favorite Colors from the Naked 2 Palettes are/ Mis colores favorito son: Bottycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Verve, YDK, and Busted

Urban Decay Naked Basics

When Urban decay came out with the Naked Basics I was so happy, its truly the perfect basic shades but the colors are so pigmented and beautiful. I like to call this my not so basic colors palette. The packaging is perfection, the so easy to travel with and so many looks can be created with these colors.

Cuando Urban decay salió con el Naked basics yo estaba tan feliz, es el perfecto tonos básicos, pero los colores son tan pigmentadas y hermoso. Me gusta llamar a esto mi no tan basica paleta de colores básicos. El embalaje es a la perfección,  fácil de viajar y los colores son muy versátil.

Left To Right: Venus, Foxy, W.O.S, Naked 2, Faint, Crave

 My favorite colors for the Naked Basics Palette are/Mis colores Favoritos Son: ALL Seriously I LOVE all these colors.!


These are my least used makeup palette, and I need to make clear that its not a testament to their quality its just that for whatever reason I truly never use these. 

Estos son mis menos utilizado maquillaje paleta, y tengo que dejar claro que no es un testimonio de su calidad es que por la razón que sea realmente nunca uso.

88 Shimmer Palette

I'm sorry I didn't swatch these, as you can see there are 88 colors and none have a name. The colors are very pretty some more pigmented then others and its a great buy for anyone who likes makeup. I personally have only used this palette once! I will be trying to use it more since the colors are very nice. 

Lo siento que no haga hecho muestra, como se puede ver, existen 88 colores y ninguno tiene un nombre. Los colores son muy bonitos, algunos más pigmentados que otros y es una gran compra para cualquiera a quien le guste maquillaje. Yo personalmente sólo han usado esta paleta una vez! Voy a tratar de usar más ya que los colores son muy agradables.

Kat Von D True Love 

Ok so after swatting this palette I am mad at myself for not using it more. Six out of the eight colors are absolutely gorgeous. The second from the left wouldn't even swatch because its dried out :( and the black one is awful, the pigmentation and consistency are non existing. 

Bueno, después volver a ver esta paleta estoy enfadada conmigo mismo por no usarlo más. Seis de los ocho colores son absolutamente magníficas. El segundo desde la izquierda ni siquiera muestra porque su secado :( y el de color negro es horrible, la pigmentación y la coherencia  no existen.

Left To Right: Peanut, Rebeka, Lucifer, Cholita, Shiba, Babe, Missy

 I cant wait to do a makeup look with this palate the colors look so pretty and very creamy. 

No puedo esperar para hacer un maquillaje con estos colores son tan lindos y muy cremoso.

Smashbox The Master Class Palette 

This palette would make an excellent gift for teenagers or anyone who likes to have the all in one palettes. I have used this one maybe one or twice and the colors are really nice. I don't use it more because the packaging sucks! It's terrible to travel with and the eyeshadows are loose and tend to pop out which makes for a super messy application. The cream colors (8) are really nice too.  This palette is made for personal use as for makeup artist it would be too messy to travel with.

Esta paleta podría ser un excelente regalo para los adolescentes o cualquier persona que le gusta tener todo en uno. Yo he utilizado esta uno tal vez una o dos veces y en la que los colores son muy bonitos. Yo no lo uso más, porque el envase es horrible! Es terrible para los viajes y la peletería estén sueltos y tienden a aparecer lo que hace que sea un super complicada aplicación. Los colores crema (8) son realmente muy bonito. Esta paleta es para uso personal como para artistas del maquillaje que sería demasiado complicado para viajar.

From Left To Right: 28 Colors, 8 Cream Colors, 2 Blushes, 3 Highlighting Powders, 4 Lipgloss 

 I hope you enjoyed these kind of post, I'm sure i'm not the only one that makes these purchases and then never really uses the makeup. What are your most used makeup palette?

Cuales paleta de maquillaje son tus favoritos?

Good Luck/ Buenas Suerte! Xxx