Ettude House NEW Lovely Cookie Blushes, Dear my glosses, and SHINee lip balm~ review and swatches~!!!

Hiya! Made two Etude House orders a little while back and thought I'd show y'all what I got~~

My first order I got two of their newly revamped Lovely Cookie Blusher's since I loved their first Cookie Blusher which I've reviewed in the past~~ They've done a special edition makeup line with the korean boy group SHINee and Sandara from 2NE1~ In which I'm happy about because I like SHINee and 2NE1, but Sandara is not my fav, I prefer Minzy~ hehe~ =^ ^= so anyway, I got a Lip Balm, a Dear my Milky Lip Gloss, and two new Lovely Cookie Blushes~ then my second order I got a Dear my Crystal Gloss and another blush~ with everything I got I also got a variety of samples two of which I've tried~ so yay! onto teh review~

Yay~ so here it all is, the first time I ordered this was everything I got~

The Face Shop nose strip didn't do much for me... barely got a black head out but the Nesura charcoal one did wonders and I've recently ordered more~! Those nose strips put Biore to shame~ lol

Extra puff! Kyah~!

Key's Passion Fruit Lip Balm~ Really pretty pink but as expected somewhat sheer~

I'm not a big Lip Balm fan because I have long false finger nails and anything in a jar or pan is a pain for me! I always get makeup in between my real nail and false one when I try to apply with my finger, but this one isn't so tiny that it's a problem. Yay! Very moisturizing, very pretty~

Here's the Balm swatched on mah' arm~ I didn't do a lip pic because it's too sheer for it to show up correctly on camera~ =P

Then we have the Dear my Milky and Crystal Gloss~ The left one is the Milky Gloss in Strawberry Latte and the one on the right is the Crystal Gloss in Shimmering Rose Pink~

Classic doe foot applicator~ Both Lipglosses are pretty darn sheer, which I expected, but they're perfect for over lipsticks when I don't want some huge color change or tons of pigment. They're both very milky, the Crystal Gloss being just a tad bit grainy due to the sparkles, but not uncomfortable~

Strawberry Latte on top, Shimmering Rose Pink on the bottom~ I'm rlly happy with both and I plan on getting more colors soon~

003 Strawberry Latte~ rlly lightened the natural rose color of my lips~ 

002 Shimmering Rose Pink~ This one sorta compliments the rose color of my lips and adds sparkle~

Then we have the revamped Lovely Cookie Blushes which I had to get and I'll be getting another one soon! I've reviewed one of the old ones in Rose so go check that out if you wanna see the difference for yourself~

Far left Strawberry Mousse, Middle Grape Fruit Jelly, Far right Raspberry Tart~ I intend on getting Rose Sugar Macaroon very very soon~ hehe ;D

Far left Raspberry Tart, Middle Grapefruit Jelly, Far right Strawberry Mousse~ At first I thought I would dislike Strawberry Mousse it being sooo light but actually, it's my fav out of the whole bunch! Makes my cheeks not only pink but bright! I look glowy without lookin' dewy! lol and Raspberry Tart surprised me with it's sparkles, didn't expect it to be all shimmery but it is! It also looks less cool and more warm when worn~ and then Grapefruit Jelly is a pretty peach pink, doesn't look to orange when worn which is great~

Overall I'm happy, I think I'll be getting around 4 more of those lip glosses and at least one more blush~ ;D So look out for those the next upcoming month~ I ordered all of this from www.cosmetic-love.com , love cosmetic love! lol Great prices and for only $2.00 you can have a tracking number added or just stick with plain old free shipping~ I plan on buying a lot more from them~ total for all this I paid... $49.48 ~ not too bad a price~

=^ ^= ~ thx for reading! Byez! ~

Skin by Alison Raffaele Cosmetic Tiny Mini Haul!

                                  

Hi again everyone! I'm so sorry for the delay for this blog post, I went on vacation and had a lot of work to do to get caught up. So I'm back and in action now!

I'm gonna do a review on 3 items I bought from www.hautelook.com by a brand of cosmetics called Skin by Alison Raffaele~ =^ ^=
Now, lemme' go over something here. Hautelook is a online shop that sells all kinds of designer items for discounted prices. They don't sell anything consistently though, things go on sale for certain periods of time and when they're gone who knows when you'll see them again. So it's important you get to the sale and get the stuff before it's gone!
You can sign up from this link, http://www.hautelook.com/invite/864677
If you sign up from that link, every time you guys buy something, I earn credits! So think of this as repaying me for showing you such a great site that'll save you tons! lol ;D

So quite a while back I bought 2 lip glosses and a water based gel blush from Hautelook. I loved all the products and will purchase again from Hautelook. Especially the glosses!!! They had free shipping that weekend, it's usually only $ 5 . 95, so it only cost me $ 16 . 58! I saved a total of $ 50 . 42. Pretty impressive huh? hehe~
Shipping only took about a week too! =^ ^=

I got a Soft Gloss in Lovely and a Volumizing Soft Gloss in Sweet. The top peach colored one is Lovely and the bottom purple one is Sweet. Lovely normally retails for $ 19 . 50, I bought mine for $ 4 . 68! Sweet normally retails for $ 22 . 50, I bought mine for $ 5 . 40! 

They both have fuzzy tip applicators.

I like these applicators as they apply well, they have to be my fav applicator when it comes to lip gloss.

Pretty flower looking thingy engraved on the top of the glosses caps. The caps are a very pretty violet color, very simple but pretty and elegant.

Here is Lovely on my lips! Lovely color isn't it? lol I love these glosses because they're not too sheer, you get a lot of color payoff from what you see in the bottle. They're VERY watery feeling. So they're not long lasting, you'll need to reapply these consistently every hour and a half to maybe two hours, especially if you eat and drink a lot. Though I'm okay with re-application so that's no con for me. I have to say I LOVE the way these feel, very moisturizing!

Here is Sweet on my lips! Now I love purple lipsticks and lip glosses so I was really happy when I got this, it's the perfect purple! I have a MAX Factor lipstick that I swear was made for this gloss! lol Now, as for volumizing, it does tingle a teeny tiny bit. Honestly the tingle is nothing, it's like putting on menthol chapstick, so no bad burning here. I don't think it has much of a plumping effect, if I look closely I kind of see a slight difference and my lips look a little fuller, but nothing monumental. Still, it's very nice and I find I don't need the plump anyways~ ^ ^

Here they are swatched on my arm, Lovely on the left and Sweet on the right. They look a little more sheer on my lips than they do on my arm. Overall, I love these and they're my favorites currently! Even for full price they'd be worth every penny.

This is a Inner Glow Translucent Gel Blush. It's water based and feels like a hard gel stick. The color is called Glamorous. This normally retails for $ 25 . 00, I bought mine for $ 6 . 50! Woo hoo Hautelook! lol

Here's a top view of the Gel Blush. Now, the color is a mixture of light pink and a lavender/violet color with opal and gold sparkles. I'd say the gold sparkles are the most noticeable feature of this blush. It's very translucent so I prefer to use it as a sparkly highlighter rather than a blush.

In this picture from the side I pushed it out pretty far. You can really see how purple it can look in this pic. If you add tons you can see some violet color and not just the sparkle.

Here you can see it swatched on my arm. You can clearly see the gold sparkle. It's truly a pretty gel blush~! I like to swirl it on my fingers and dab my fingers on my cheeks, forehead, sides of nose, and a little on the chin as a sparkly highlight! Now, I have slightly sensitive, acne prone skin and I've had no allergic reaction and no acne breakouts from this. It's kind of sticky so it'll last well in hot weather, it's been tested here in Florida so it should hold up just fine else were! ;D

Also, because it's so sticky it can pull away base makeup so I suggest using your fingers and dabbing it on as application. You could also add some translucent powder over it to smooth it out a bit.

One down side is you have to push it out from the bottom you see here and to push it back you just push the stick back in. I would have preferred something a little more convenient like being able to it twist up or down or something.

Here's a view from the top. It's a pretty white bottle with a violet cap with that same flower lookin' thingy engraved on the cap as the lip glosses.

Here on the side of the box it goes over a little application for it.

Here are the ingredients for people who may be allergic to any.

So, I hope you guys enjoyed this post! Overall, I've been really happy with this purchase and these are all products I use frequently. If I see some more on Hautelook again, chances are I'll buy more if I have the
money! lol
So I hope you guys check out Hautelook here! -> http://www.hautelook.com/invite/864677
PLEASE use that link to sign up! It'll mean a lot to me! So I hope you guys check them out, they have great deals on some amazing designer brands! Please follow me and have a great day, or night, or noon, or whatever! ;D