Allure Beauty Box [April 2024]

 

Hello~

I know every time I make a new post, it's always been a while and I promise I'll start blogging more.

Blogging has really taken a back seat to short videos in the social media world but since I'm not very good at video taking, blogging is it for me as a past time.

I tend to only start blogging again when I'm bored or have a stroke of inspiration and who knows which one will hit first.

So, sorry for my super sporadic posting and posting topics, haha.

Anyways~ I recently subscribed to the Allure beauty box after unsubscribing to Ipsy and boxy charm. The main thing that lured me was the first box that I received which had a YSL lip balm in it. That's not this one, haha.

I actually skipped a month in-between my first box and this one but I've been pretty happy with the box so far. 

Click the jump to read more details about the box!

[Review] Freetress Karissa in HazePurple {Picture Heavy}

Hello all~

As most of your know, I am absolutely obsessed with wigs. 

I started out with just a few "as needed" for cosplays but it quickly transitioned into a full swing addiction.

I enjoy wigs of all kinds and colors but recently I've been really into lace fronts in "creative" colors...especially when they're well priced! They're technically "normal" colors to me since I'm so used to wearing them for cosplay but they're seen as trendy colors in normal fashion wigs.

The colors I usually stick to in "fashion wigs" like these are reds but purples really speak to me as well. 

One of my favorite beauty supply stores in Jackosnville posted a wig on instagram that was very similar to this! I almost purchased that exact one but found out the color was a more red purple. I LOVE violet reds but I was looking for a more blue purple because I wanted to possible use it for a Psylocke cosplay as well. I've been on the search for the perfect Psylocke wig so every time I see a purple wig, I think of her.

Anyways, before I get really off topic, follow the jump for the rest of the post!

[Review] Pili Cosmetics Loose Shadow Pigments Kapu / Glow / Buttery Nipple (Picture Heavy/ 2 looks

Hello again!~

Like in my last post, I've been on an Etsy kick recently so I figured I'd start reviewing my purchases here!

This week, I have 3 loose shadows/pigments from Pili Cosmetics.

In order from left to right: Kapu | Glow | Buttery Nipple.

I use all three in the following post to create two different looks for you all so that it can showcase each one!

Be sure to follow the jump for the rest of the post and leave a comment or two~!

[Review] Brija Cosmetics "You Know Who..." Face Highlighter

Recently I've been looking at different highlighters to use for (obviously) highlighting, mixing with foundation for dewy looks, etc. There's no "perfect" one for everyone and you definitely have to try out different ones to see what you like and what you don't.

I already have quite a few highlighters (because as a MUA they're a necessity) but they're mainly pressed powders which I tend to prefer when using just to highlight the face. 

With them being pressed, they can get troublesome trying to mix with foundations since you have to scrape it out and hope you don't get too much because you can't exactly "put it back". Thus, I started looking for loose ones!

Recently I've been on a huge etsy kick because of my wedding approaching and it's so easy to find favors, decorations, etc on there and I love being able to support small businesses!

I decided to take a look at the highlighters that different sellers were offering and picked out a few to try out!

The first one to arrive was Brija Cosmetic's (Etsy Link) "You Know Who..." from her Harry Potter collection.

[ Sponsored Review] Luxury Babe 97 Brown (Pic Heavy~)

TADAHHH!

I'm pretty sure I mentioned making blog reviews with cosplay involved and this is the first one!

Luxury Babe Lens contacted me for a sponsorship and I couldn't pass it down!

I've been wanting to do this type of review for a while now because I know that circle lenses can go hand in hand with cosplay and what better way to showcase them then to use characters that you could  use them for!

I'm starting out with characters that I, of course, am familiar with and even have costumes and wigs for but maybe I'll look into other characters in the future.

LBL allowed me to pick out a few different lenses and this is the first of the set. I'm planning an Ahri one...but I'm stumped for the other two. One is a bright blue and the other is Grey. If you have suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments below!

[Sponsored Review] SCL 23 C-BROWN

Hello all~

I bring you another circle lens review to start off the next week! I have a few things planned for future reviews including makeup tutorials and cosplay makeup for circle lens reviews!

I know I keep saying that I'll do more posts/ others posts in the future and I don't really get to them..so we'll see how well I stick to this. xD

Anywho~

Follow the jump for the rest of the post!

[Sponsored Review] Klenspop Bunny Color Brown Lens

Hello again~

I bring you a new lens review from KLENSPOP who sponsored me this pair~

Honestly, I haven't worn circle lenses in a while since I don't go to many events anymore and I feel like my glasses help me see better details at work. ~But~ I'm looking to start cosplaying and attending more events again which means I'll be in the need of new lenses.

There's always tons of designs coming out so it's nice to have these reviews to see how they all stack up against each other. 

See how this pair did!~

[Review] Inglot AMC Gel Liner 77 (Black)

Another INGLOT review here ! This time with a gel eyeliner that I've had my eyes on for a long time now!
I LOVEEE gel eyeliners! My eyeliners of choice go from gel, liquid, cake to pencil. I just love the smooth lines that you normally get from gels and liquids. Cakes have similar effects since you mix them with something but a lot of them aren't water resistant. Pencils are just a pain to me, haha.

I've read some other reviews about the AMC gel liner but I figured I'd add mine out there anyways~ It's my way of forcing myself to blog since I always think "well...there's so many other posts about this product from other bloggers so I don't need to" which really causes a block in my posts.

Anyways! Click the jump for the rest of the post!

[Review] INGLOT Duraline

Hello all!

I have soooo many things on the back burner right now and I'm trying to get caught up. I just started a second job so it's been taking a bit of my extra time and I haven't been able to focus on blogging recently. SO SORRY!

Anyways, a few weeks ago, I went to The Makeup Show Orlando and bought tons of goodies! I'll be posting about the makeup show at a later date since there's sooooo much I wanna say but I figured I'd start marking stuff of the list of reviews!

At the makeup show, I was pretty excited to check out the inglot booth since I had yet to try out their cosmetics but have wanted to for quite a while. One of the items I picked up was their Duraline! It's basically a mixing medium that turns eyeshadows in liner!

Click the jump (the read more this) to see the rest of the post!

[Review] J.Cat Love Struck Glam Glow Powder Blush 108 (Sweetheart) / 111(Kitten Kisses) / 106 (Snookums)

Hello!

I'm gearing up to be posting a lot so keep an eye out! :D

I recently went on a trip to see my parents and thought I'd stop by at some new beauty stores in Jax.

Beauty Depot has a few locations throughout jacksonville and recently, a friends been posting a lot about their NYX collection! They have the full line there and I've been wanting to grab the eyebrow gel and check out their new lip lines.

Unfortunately...they didn't have the brow gel or the wicked lip like that I was looking for yet....but I didn't get some other cool stuff!

I'm a huge fan of smaller cosmetics companies because the prices are usually a steal and you normally get pretty good quality!

When I saw these blushes, I knew I HAD to have them. CATS! DUH!

I didn't know which shades to get...so I just grabbed 3 that I liked to try them out first. 

Follow the jump for the rest of the post~

[Review] Mirabella Colour Vinyl Lipstick swatches and review

Here's a post that's a little different from what I normally do~

Mirabella is a brand that I deal with a lot at work and they come out with new collections quarterly. I figured I'd start posting reviews and swatches of them since they're relatively new whenever they come in and it'll help people who are hesitant in buying them! :D

So, to my knowledge, Mirabella is slowly phasing out their normal lipsticks and instead switching to these ones instead. Their starter set is 12 colors ranging from nudes to berries and are paraben and gluten free!

Here's what the site says about them:

The colors I personally own are Glossy Ginger, Rosy Rouge, Metallic Blush and Caramel Creme.

I've yet to put the "10-hour wear" claim to the test since I've never had to wear makeup that long, haha. But it's definitely stayed put for 5 hours with no feathering and only minor re-application.

I feel that the lipsticks vary a but from eachother as far as smoothness goes and some also have hints of shimmer in them but the shimmer doesn't really show up on the lips.
Some of them glide on like butter and others take a quick second to heat slightly from contact to your lips.

Swatches from left to right:

Pink Polish, Glossy Ginger, Rosy Rouge, Caramel Creme, Mulberry Mocha, Cherry Shine, Metallic Blush,Coral Flash, Lavender Lustre, Vintage Vibe, Scarlet Sparkle, Icy Violet

I think most of them are pretty accurate but the last two colors are actually a bit darker then they appear.

Out of the colors I personally own (even though I've tried all of them) my favorites are Glossy Ginger and Rosy Rouge. Out of all the colors, add Icy Violet and Scarlet Sparkle to that list!

Rosy Rouge reminds me of my favorite Shiseido lipstick that I ran out of a long while ago. xD

Hopefully this helps for people who wanted to see swatches!

[Review] Rock Star Wig Farrah in Vamp

Hello all~

Today I bring you a review on my latest wig purchase! For a little while I've been looking for the *perfect black wig* for my upcoming Wonder Woman cosplay!

It was pretty hard for me to pick the perfect wig because I wasn't sure if I wanted a lace front, normal wig, bangs, no bangs, etc.

Eventually I had my boyfriend pick one out of 5 and he chose this one. xD

Click "read more" to see what I think about this wig!

[Sponsored Review] SoLolita White Heart Bow PU shoes

Hello again lovelies~

I know I've been on hiatus for a little while but I've been soooo busy with work. x__x

All my free time goes into sleeping, cleaning or doing errands. The life of an adult is poop, haha...

Anyways! I bring you today a review on some lolita shoes that were generously sponsored to me be SoLolita!

Click "READ MORE" for the rest of the post!

[Sponsored Review] Short Brown Lolita Wig

Herro again~

I thought it was weird for me to basically be absent after posting about my giveaway...but I got super busy with maid of honor stuff, haha.

ALSO! I had a really cool shoot planned...but everything kinda fell through...I was really looking forward to blogging about it...but oh well. xD

Anyways~ here is a (slightly) overdue review of a wig that Sololita generously sent me!

100 Followers GIVEAWAY!

Hello All!

FINALLY, the giveaway I've been talking about is here!
It's a bit overdue since it was supposed to be for my 100 followers...and I'm at 106 now...
IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO GET THAT LAST 1! I WAS AT 99 FOREVERRRRR.

Anyways, this giveaway is a little different then my first one.
There's TWO prizes and this is INTERNATIONAL!

Now, let me explain to you the prizes.

[Sponsored Review] Luxury Babe 68 in Grey

Herro all~

I've been pretty busy lately with work and trying to get all my blog pictures done...plus wedding season is coming and I had to arrange tons of stuff for the 1309842785 weddings I'm attending next month, haha.


Anyways, I have a pretty consistent sponsorship with Apple Of Your Eyes and they contacted me to let me know they just received new lenses in and would like me to do reviews on them. Of course I said yes, haha.

Apple Of Your Eyes is one of my favorite places to get lenses from because I NEVER have any hiccups with them. The lenses always come in a timely manner, I've never received defective product from them and the owner is super sweet! This means a lot to me because I only suggest reliable places to my friends and readers!

Luxury Babe is a brand that has TONS of designs. They're always coming out with more and you never know what they're going to come out with next. They have designs ranging from "natural" ones to super crazy styles.

[Review & Haul] Wig is Fashion (Picture Heavy~)

Hello Again!

Before Christmas (I knowww! Super late. T_T), I made a purchase as an early Christmas present to myself. I've been wanting a few new wigs and decided that there wasn't a better time! :)

I knew that I wanted some wigs to change up my looks for my posts and decided to get decently natural ones that I could style into different looks.

In total, I purchased 6 wigs. 1 of them is no longer on the site which is a bit sad since it was one of my favorites from the bunch, but, I'll be posting all the information for the other wigs. :3

[Sponsored Review] SoLolita Lavender with Blonde wig

Hello all!

I PROMISE I'll start posting more frequently. There's a lot of reviews that I need to catch up on, giveaways I need to prepare, etc but I'd also like your input! What other type of posts would you like to see? Like...more quizzes about me? Some advice stuff? Leave me a comment!

I also have reviews of TONS of Tony Moly stuff to review and wigs (All purchased by me. :P ).

Also, 100 followers! IT HAS BEEN REACHED! I'll be posting details about my 100 follower giveaway soon and would just like to let you all know that this one won't be a strictly blogger one. I'll be crossing it with facebook as well. It will be INTERNATIONAL this time and there will be two different prizes. 1 for general followers and 1 for my loyal followers! If you've been an active follower (comments, likes, etc) then, when you sign up, you'll not only be put in the raffle for the general prize but you'll also be put in the raffle for the better "loyalty" prize. Some may say it's a bribe but...whatever~ ;) It's not too late also! :D
There may or may not be cosmetics, lenses, eyelashes, and wigs involved~ <3

NOW, to the actual post!

I was recently sponsored by Sololita to review a wig and I just received it!
By just received it, meaning it actually only took like..1.5 weeks to get to me, haha.

Anyways~ JUMP for the rest of the post~

[Review] True Promise Beauty ONE Universal Skin Cleanser

Hello!

I have some posts coming up about the recent wig haul I did butttt for now I'll be reviewing this product!

True Promise Beauty's ONE Universal skin cleaner!

We just got it in at work and I wanted to try it right away since I'm always looking to try new cleansers. :)

Keep reading to find out more!

Late Christmas/ New Year swap anyone? :3

Hello~

I'm just making a post to put it out there that I'd LOVE to partake in a Christmas swap!

I've been meaning to put this out but kept on pushing it back for reasons andddd now, it'd probably be a late Christmas/New Years swap since the post office gets ambushed during this time of year.

If you're interested in swapping, just leave a comment on this blog post or email me (it can be found in the "contact" thing up top) with the following:

Name:
Blog:
Location/Country:

 I'm not really picky about where you're located as long as you're able to get your hands on cosmetics that I can't. :3 
We can go over details through email~