My Own Purple Palette

Aka,  the purpliest purple palette that ever purpled.

And it was because of Colourpop's newest release, at the alluring price of $12.

When I saw this palette released, I was ready to buy it. But I waited a day, and paused. Even though the colors and their names are so completely right up my alley (Chick Lit, Fanfiction, and Sleeper especially), I couldn't shake the feeling that I had these colors already, and that purchasing the palette would add nothing to my collection.

So, I endeavored to make my own purple palette, inspired by My Pleasure. It's a bit expanded, and made up of singles and depotted shadows (some of which got a little banged up 😢) .

Instead of going over every single color, I will list the top ones that I think truly capture the spirit of the CP Palette.

1.) Looxi, Charmed. This is the shadow right underneath the white one. Colourpop has been doing a bit with duochromes lately, especially with blue reflects. I have a feeling that Do or Dough from the CP palette is an exact dupe of this Looxi shadow, which can also be worn as a highlighter. I also included another blue shifter shade, Glass Bull.

2.) Nabla, Calypso. This is literally at the center of my palette because it is my perfect purple shimmer shadow. Looking at the two darker shimmers in the Colourpop Palette, Bare Minimum and Chicklit, one looks too red and one looks too blue. Calypso for me is just right.

3.) No Filter, a "blue based dusty rose," from Give Me Glow. This is the largest pan in my palette. Though I think the CP palette could have benefitted from actual mid-tones of purple, rosy saturated mattes can be found, which is what I hope No Filter is replicating. I did expand upon matte options by just including more in my palette.

So, again, even though I really like what CP did, I just don't have the heart to buy it, because I know I have this palette. But, I do know CP is coming out with a series of "monochromatic" palettes, so I am exciting to see what they will do.

If you want to know what the other shadows are, please let me know! I'll also be doing some looks with this palette in the coming week, so stay tuned!

Thanks for reading.

Designing My Own Pumpkin Spice Palette

Hello! Today I have a rather fun post. After watching an anti-haul video from one of my favorite Youtubers, Smokey Glow, I decided to design my own Pumpkin Spice Palette, using colors already in my collection. In her anti-haul, she talked about how disappointed she was in the Too Faced version, after accurately prediction they would roll one out for the holidays.

After listening to her describe the types of colors she would include, and using my own preferences as well, this is what I came up with!

The palette is from Livancy Palettes, who can be found on Etsy. This was a new purchase for me and I'm quite liking it!

Fleece-Lined Pillow Fort Shiro	Crown Coloured Raine	Let Me Explain Colourpop	Heir Coloured Raine	Lay Low Colourpop	Tangy Dijon Vanessa’s Vanity
Tangelo Tint Coastal Scents	Empress Coloured Raine	Royal Prerogative Coloured Raine	Team Captain Colourpop	18K Gold Coastal Scents	Chauffeur Colourpop
Rapunzel Had Extensions Fyrinnae	Your Majesty Coloured Raine	Bohemian Looxi	20-Something Colourpop	Boujee Looxi	Mirage Looxi

Now I know there are a lot of neutral shimmers in this palette. But that's just how I roll. And while these shimmers could easily be written off as "neutral," each of them contain something special about them- either a high-shine factor, or duochromatic quality, that make them integral to the palette. 

Looking at the palette, in terms of how the colors are balanced it reminds me a little of the Norvina palette. But I think I need to switch out the pale coral matte, Lay Low, and replace it with another warm brown. Maybe. Overall, the goal is to use warm orange and browns, and maybe a hint of green.

By the way, I am not a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Person (tm) by any means. But I do very much enjoy Wawa's Pumpkin Spice coffee. I highly recommend it. 

Anyway, I'll try to use this palette this week and report back with my thoughts!

And if you have not yet seen my review, I do have another fall/harvest-themed palette from Colourpop that I personally feel has some excellent shades, The Good Sport Palette:

Thanks for reading!

Small Eyeshadow Single Declutter

Well, after careful consideration, the time has come to be 100% honest with my collection and let go of the things that I no longer need.

1.) My sample of Urban Decay lounge. Let's talk about this pigment, shall we? I have a feeling it's one of the most commercially easy duochrome highlighters to produce, which is why you have been seeing it everywhere, including the drugstore. The thing is,though, even though technically it's a blue-brown  pigment, the brown is so very red that my eyes look horrible with this. I have been holding on to this for two years already. I need to give it a rest.

2.) Three (more) depotted shadows from Kat Von D. This is when I discovered that my local shops were selling discounted high end. I lost my mind, and so made rather ill-informed purchases. So now I am letting these mattes go. I don't need to have Kat Von D shadows in my collection in order to feel good about it. And to be honest, I really don't like her formula. Sorry about it.

3.) Speaking of formulas, it took me a long time to accept the fact that I simply dislike ABH titanium formula. How do I know this? Because I am decluttering Rosette and Emerald. I have tried very hard to like both of them, especially because Tempalia rated them so high, but they are just not working for me. The formula reminds me of old Makeup Forever shadows- kind of play-doh like, and I found I got hard pan on them pretty quickly. So, I am letting go of these two albatrosses.

These are the decluttered shadows:

And this is my z-palette now:

Z-Palette Talk-Through

So, a while ago I bought a new empty palette from Coastal Scents. It has 12 wells, and I filled it with my most-loved shades. It also includes two new shades, the top and bottom one in the third column from the left, Topaz and and Brownie. These were purchased at TJ Maxx, for $4 ea.

Here is what it looks like:

Also, I've posted a talk-through description and thoughts on the palette. Listen below: