BECCA Highlighters

Happy Friday!!!

So, if y'all been following my youtube channel then you may know that BECCA cosmetics has slowly made its way into my little heart. So far everything that I've tried from this line besides the ultimate coverage complexion creme foundation has been phenomenal. I believe this foundation made me break out so after a couple of days of use I gave up on it. But other than that my experience with this makeup line has been on point.

Today I will be showing you the three highlighter's that I have from this line that have completely turned me into a BECCA highlighter junkie.

Becca cosmetics offers highlighters in liquid form and pressed form as well. The liquid is a sheer cream, but can be built to disco ball status quickly. When used in moderation this highlighter can easily perfect the skin with light reflecting pearls, providing a beautiful natural glow. They melt beautifully into the skin, leaving your skin naturally radiant and will adjust in any light.

I like to use this in conjunction with my foundation. I will mix both products into a mixing plate, or the back of my hand and with my foundation brush blend it in. I have to be careful when mixing it with my foundation though because I have an oily t-zone, if I apply it there it can easily emphasize my oiliness. If you do not like this method it can be also used on its own and applied to the high points of your face. Such as the tops of your cheekbones in a c motion to the tops of your eyebrows. On your cupids bow to enhance your upper lip. And if you don't have an oily t-zone it can also be applied down the bridge of your nose, forehead, and chin. I personally like to avoid these areas, but you can obviously do as you please. These liquid highlighters come at a hefty price of $41.00 with 1.7oz. Five shades are offered in the liquid form. Pearl, moonstone which is a pale gold. Opal is a golden opal pearl. Topaz is a golden bronze pearl. And last you have rose gold which is a golden rosy pink. In my opinion they are totally worth every penny. If you don't want to spend $41 on a single product, they also offer moonstone and opal in travel sizes for $19.00 and you get 0.68oz.

The other two highlighters that I have are in the pressed form. They basically work the same way as the liquid in the aspect that you can apply them on the highest points of your face. I would not recommend using these in conjunction with your foundation. I simply don't see it feasible. These powders are very creamy in consistency and provide the same beautiful luminiscent, natural glow as the liquid does. They are very finely milled and when blended out, they melt beautifully into the skin. They also adjust to your skin's natural undertones providing a uniquely glow. The powders are a little less than the liquid. You get 0.28oz at $38.00 each. They also come in five shades but instead of pearl which is offered in the liquid form you get champagne gold which is a soft warm gold. Champagne gold is the next one on my list. haha And these do not come in travel size.

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xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

NARS Audacious Lipstick Review

Hey y'all and Happy Friday!!!

So if y'all saw my NARS Audacious lipstick video on my channel then you already know how obsessed I am with these lipsticks. I decided to add a blog post to accompany that video so you can see the colors and swatches on my lips and arm a little better.

I purchased mine through Sephora. There are forty shades in the collection but ten are exclusive to Barney's. They are $32 a lipstick and you get 0.14oz. These are a permanent formula so you don't have to worry about it disappearing after a certain amount of time (limited edition). Yes to that, and hopefully they NEVER get discontinued because we all know makeup companies always discontinue the great products. haha

Can I just say how amazing these lipsticks are. They are saturated in color and the texture is ultra soft. The finish is more like a satin. They are not matte and certainly no shimmer or gloss like to it. These lipsticks have great color payoff and feel very creamy on the lips. They did not moisturize my lips by no means, but they did not dry them out either. They did however leave a stain on my lips when they started to wear off along the five hour mark. When they did wear off, they wore off evenly, it was not choppy or anything like that.

 And I must say, the consistency did not change. All four lipsticks remained constant. They all performed the same way, lasted the same amount of time, glided on the lips the same, all of them were highly pigmented and all had the same satin finish.

Raquel: pinky beige
Brigitte: nude rose
Barbara: tan rose
Anna: smokey rose

Raquel, Brigitte, Barbara, Anna

Raquel

Raquel

Raquel

Brigitte

Brigitte

Brigitte

Barbara

Barbara

Barbara

Anna

Anna

Anna

Amazing lipsticks with an amazing formula.

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Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Review

Good Morning y'all!!!

So you all know how much I love the hourglass ambient lighting powders. I have the same love affair for the hourglass ambient lighting blushes. I don't own the entire collection like I do with the powders, but the two that I do have I LOVE!!! I will leave a link below of my hourglass ambient lighting powders review on my youtube channel.

I purchased mine through Sephora, but there are other stores you can pick them up from.  Each blush contains 0.15oz of product at $35 a pop. Pretty hefty but definitely worth it. I would not recommend something so expensive if I didn't think it was worth your money.

So each blush is basically a hybrid of the ambient lighting powder with a specific blush color to go with. Each blush uses a photoluminescent technology which allows the blush to provide a beautiful soft focus look versus a flat matte look.

There are six colors in the collection, and they are all worthy of purchasing because no two colors look alike. They deliver an all over natural radiant, natural finish, and are easily buildable and blendable.  I can't speak for all 6 shades, but the 2 that I have are super soft and finely milled. You do have to be very gentle though when dipping your brush into it because they do provide some kick up. I like to use them in conjunction with my ambient lighting powders, but you definitely don't need to. You can achieve a beautiful "glow from with in" by simply using the blushes on its own. But if you do decide to use them together like I do, they surely enhance the look of your skin.

Here are the 6 colors 
Dim Infusion: light peach with dim light to add warmth
Diffused Heat: coral with diffused light for a subtle halo effect
Luminous Flush: rose with luminous light for a candle lit glimmer
Radiant Magenta: fuchsia with radiant light for a summer glow
Mood Exposure: soft plum with mood light to brighten the complexion
Ethereal Glow: cool tone pink with ethereal light for a moonlit luminosity

They are paraben free, fragrance free, nano-particle free, no talc, and gluten free. And not tested on animals.

I absolutely adore these blushes and when I get the chance I will definitely be picking up some more.

Mood Exposure

Dim Infusion

Hourglass ambient lighting powder review

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Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Urban Decay Naked Basics Review

Good Morning y'all and happy Thursday!!!

So I know that Urban Decay has released the Basics 2 palette, and the hype is all around that one right now. But I showcased the original Basics palette in my August favorites youtube video, so I wanted to show y'all why this little palette may seem so basic but so beautiful all at the same time. 

To start off, this is what the packaging looks like. The palette has a suede like feel to it making it really comfortable to the touch. Embossed in the front you get the signature Naked Urban Decay Basics logo. And in the back you get the expiration date, which is 12 months. And the amount of shadows/ ounces, as well as where it was distributed.

Front/ Back

I purchased mine through Sephora, but you can purchase it at Ulta, and Urban Decay.com as well. This palette is $29 and you get 6 matte neutrals shadows at 0.05oz each. However, I feel as though you get five mattes, and one satin finish. Four of the shades are never before seen by Urban Decay and 2 are repeats. Foxy is in the Naked 2 palette, and Walk Of Shame (W.O.S.) is available as a single shadow.

The compact is very sleek, a little smaller than the length of my iphone5, making it  perfect for travel. The shadows are so buttery and smooth making it extremely easy to blend. Which seems almost impossible because if you know anything about makeup, you would know that matte eyeshadows are a paint in the b*tt, to blend. Each shadow features Urban Decay's brand new pigment infusion system™, the proprietary blend of ingredient that gives every shade its velvety texture, rich color, serious staying power, and blendability.

This is what the shadows look like swatched on my forearm. From top to bottom, crave is a brown/ black matte, faint is a warm, dusty brown matte, naked 2 is a taupe matte, w.o.s. is a light taupey matte, foxy is a yellow matte, and venus is a soft off white satin. In my opinion, this is a must have palette. You can create so many looks by simply only using this palette, or accompany this palette with colorful shadows. When creating a look with colorful shadows you can always use faint or naked 2 as your transition shade,  crave as an eyeliner, foxy as your brow bone highlight, and venus as your inner corner highlight. It also pairs perfectly with your naked palette. I believe the reason Urban Decay released this palette is because people were suggesting that they come out with an all matte palette since the original Naked is mainly shimmery shades.

Faint on the lid, naked 2 to transition and crave to line the rims of my eye

foxy on the lid, and crave on the crease and outer v

faint and crave on the lid

venus on the center of the eye, faint on both sides of venus, and crave on the inner and outer corner of the eye

This is just several of the looks I've created using the basics palette, but seriously your possibilities are endless. You can create some really toned down every day looks, to bold and dramatic looks.

I hope you found this review helpful and informative. If I left any information out, or you would like some more information leave me a comment, or come follow me on my social media and we can chit chat.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this. If you have any product in mind that would like to see a review on, don't hesitate to leave it in the comment section.

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Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Yves Saint Laurent Fusion Ink Foundation Review

Happy Friday y'all!!!

 

Two posts in one week, WHAT!

Well today's post is in conjunction with my youtube video. If y'all are interested in seeing that video I will leave a link down below.

 ...a revolutionary, fine-as-ink foundation with broad spectrum SPF18 that perfects the skin while it wears weightlessly for 24 hours.

Basically, this is a long wearing foundation, that feels very light weight on the skin. I wore it for a good 7-8 hours before I started seeing some separation around my nose area. Keep in mind, I do have an oily T-zone so the first signs of separation are around my nose, and chin. I had to blot around the fifth hour mark which is pretty good, if you ask me. I did use a primer, and I did set it with a powder as well. That is just what I do with every foundation, so I'm not going to change it for the sake of a review.

I failed to mention in the video that the foundation is $60, and it's 0.84 fl. oz. So you do not get the standard 1 oz. bottle. I also didn't mention that it does have a scent. It has your typical YSL smell, a la rouge volupte lipstick, with a very distant alcohol smell.

Personally, I love this foundation. It is not full coverage what so ever. I would say it's more light to buildable medium coverage. If you decide to only do one application, you will get a very light coverage, but I applied it twice and it gave me a better coverage, without making me look cakey, or "fake" like.  It feels very comfortable on my skin, and it feels like I'm not wearing anything.

 

No Makeup y'all...Don't be frightened. haha

 Two different occasions of me wearing the foundation. If  you can see it does settle into my "parenthesis lines". I would not suggest this foundation, if you have wrinkles because it might settle into them.

I also would not recommend it for dry skin, because it did emphasize some dry patches I had around my nose as well as on Charlie (a zit on the side of my face).

I do love this foundation though, it has quickly become a favorite in my foundation collection.

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Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Yves Saint Laurent (Rouge Volupte/Shine) and Rouge Pur Couture Glossy Stain

Hey y'all and happy Thursday!!!

Today's blog is in conjunction with today's youtube video. I'm providing this blog so you can see better pics and lip swatches in case the lighting in my video was not the best for y'all.

YSL's lipstick in my opinion are some of the best high end products in the market. They are very smooth and creamy feeling on the lips. The formula is long lasting and extremely opaque as well. They also contain spf 15 which is great for preventing sun burn or skin damage to your lips. A lot of us forget that we can also damage our lips with sun exposure and forget to protect our lips, so that's an exra added bonus...at least for me.

They are highly pricey, but it is YSL so you know what you're getting yourself into. At sephora which is where I purchased mine they are $35 each with 0.12oz for the volupte and $35 with 0.20oz for the glossy stains.

Here are swatches of the lipsticks on my lips.   

#1 Nude Beige

#2 Sensual Silk

#30 Faubourgh Peach

#13 Peach Passion

#15 Corail Intuitive

#27 Peche Cerra Cola

#2 Sensual Silk

#1 Nude Beige

#13 Peach Passion

#15 Corail Intuitive

#27 Peche Cerral Cola

#30 Faubourgh Peach

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Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

                                                                                                                                         

Dior Addict Fluid Stick Review

Happy Thursday y'all!!!

So as you all may or may not know Dior launched a new lip product for the Spring 2014 collection. As a lip junkie, I was lusting over the Dior addict fluid sticks. They made their debut at my local Sephora May 2nd. Because I was waiting impatiently for these bad boys to make their appearance, as soon as they were released I made sure I was the first one there. Much to my surprise they were not displayed on the floor yet. The sales associate didn't even know what I was talking about. But I whipped out my handy dandy Sephora application, and showed her that it was available according to the website at my nearest Sephora. She went to the back to look, and ta-daaa... the angels starting singing. She then tells me that they don't have the testers out yet, but I said no worries, I know exactly which shade I want. I felt like a kid in a candy store. My son laughs at me because he says "you're silly mami, why do you get so excited over makeup?" Are you serious? How can you not. Specially after seeing these beauties.

They do come at a hefty price. Each fluid stick is $35.00 with 0.18 oz, which is why at the time I only came home with one. But after I put it on my lips, I knew I had to go back for more. There are 17 colors in the range, with one shade exclusive to Sephora. With so many colors in the collection I'm sure there will be a shade for you.

The packaging at first glance leads you to believe it' s a lipstick. But it's not, not this baby. It has the pigmentation of a lipstick, and the shine of a gloss. Think of it as a hybrid, two great products housed in one.

Upon application I felt a little cool sensation, but not like a plumping lip gloss, it just felt cool. It glided on my lips a little streaky, but I went over it again and the streaks were gone. It feels completely weight less on my lips. It may be due to the fact that they are water based and not wax. Upon application the water evaporates leaving your lips pigmented and glossy. They did feel though slightly tacky. Not tacky or sticky like a mac prolong wear sticky, but tacky like it's going to last a while on your lips tacky. On my lips it lasted a good three hours before I started seeing any fading.  It did settle into my fine lines, but honestly all my lipsticks/lip glosses do that, so it's not a con for me.

Overall, I am very impressed with these fluid sticks and I will go back for more. At least one more. I feel like I always have to have a peach, pink, nude and red. 

If you do not mind paying $35 for a lipstick/lip gloss, or are a Dior addict then I highly recommend you pick these up, at least one.

So I obviously went back for more. Here are lip swatches of the four that I own. If you want to see them in action head on over to my YouTube channel. #makeupbymarcelar

I purchased the fluid sticks at Sephora with my own money and I am not affiliated in any way with Sephora or Dior.

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xoxo, ♡Marcela♡