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. 

Dior Holiday Couture Collection Smokey Eyes - Lips Palette Review!

Dior is one of my favorite brands to splurge on in makeup, the  brand always seems to impress me with the quality and presentation of their products. However this one did not quite do it for me.... Lets start with the pros, the eyeshadows are beautiful, highly pigmented and go on like butter. The little pouch is adorable, but the lip "maximizer " and lipstick leave so much to be desired. I did not notice andy difference on my lips and there is no pigment to the lipstick, it does smell nice but thats about it. 

Overall its a beautiful palette, the colors are not so different from anything thats out there and the vaseline (lipstick) that comes did not show on my lips at all. I'm glad that I saved my receipt because this one is going back since I can't justify the price for only three eyeshadows.

  

Purchased: Sephora 
Price: $62

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 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

The Best Makeup Palette Ever! / La Mejor Paleta De Maquillaje!

I am so in love with this eyeshadow palette, its seriously amazing! Lets start with the fact that every single color is beautiful, highly pigmented and wearable. The consistency is excellent they go on smoothly like butter and the longevity is great, I wore it for 11 hours and had no fading and just minor normal creasing. 

Estoy tan enamorada de esta paleta de sombra de ojos, es sorprendente en serio! Permite comenzar con el hecho de que cada color no solo es hermoso, tambien es altamente pigmentado y usable. La consistencia es excelente van suavemente como la mantequilla y la longevidad es genial, yo usé durante 11 horas y tenía ninguna decoloración y arrugando normal sólo menores

The palette is black and sleek comes with 16 beautiful color, 8 mattes and 8 shimmer. They added a sample size behind the scenes eye primer that is very nice. The only downside is that the palette gets very dirty fast, but nothing that a wet wipe cant take care of. 

La paleta es negra y liso viene con 16 color hermoso, 8 mate y brillo 8. Agregaron un tamaño de muestra detrás de la cartilla de primer de ojo que es muy agradable. El único inconveniente es que la paleta se ensucia muy rápido, pero nada que no se puede cuidar un trapo mojado.

Left To Right Top: White, Cream, Taupe, LT. Pink, Mauve, Sable, Espresso, Black
Left To Right Bottom: Nude, Champagne, Gold, LT. Bronze, Pewter, Garnet, Deep Purple, Slate

To Create this look I used my lorac pro palette!

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

Product Rave/ Delirio Por Este Producto: Dior Mystic Metallics 5 Color Eyeshadows

5 Couleurs Mystic Metallics: Bonne Etoile (384)

 I cant tell you how many times this has happened to me, I see a beautiful makeup palette and I buy it to then only have it decorate my makeup vanity. As cute as some packagings are they really dont offer anything else. But Dior always deliver, they not only have some of the prettiest palettes they are so pigmented and all the colors are wearable. 

 This palette is no different the colors are sooo pigmented and I will get so many uses out of it. I was freaking out because this palette was sold out everywhere online. I bought the last one they had at Macy's.  Right now as I speak I'm working on a few looks to share and possibly do on a blog post. I cant wait to share the looks I come out with this palette, it will work for every season! What do you guys think of this beautiful palette? 

Purchased: Macy's $61

Good Luck Xxx

Smokey Eyes Using Gareth Pugh For Mac

List Of Products:

MAC: Pigments in Deceit And Guise, Eye pencil in Grey Print, 242 Brush.

Stila Onyx eye liner.

Clinique: Cream Liner in True Black.