This bright orange Maybelline blush will make your Spring!

Today I wanted to show you two Maybelline Color Goes Electric LE blushes:  Coral Burst and Golden Fuse.  An electric orange blush?  Count me curious!

 These beautiful blushes cost about $7.50/each when I found them at Walgreens.  I haven't had any luck finding them in CVS yet.

The orange is glorious and can be built up to an amazing, deep flush.  The golden color is perfect for a some subtle warmth and shimmer.  I actually used mine as a bronzer but I know many people could pull this off as a highlighter.

Do you need these?  Yes!  Well, you must have the orange blush.  The quality is impeccable and saved me from the terrible lemming I've been having to buy a bright orange NARS blush like Exhibit A.

See if you can find them in your local stores - you won't regret it!

XOXO

-Kaitlin

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Discovering my EvRev lipglass after months of missing it!

Today is the first day of Fall and I couldn't be happier!  Something about the crisp weather, changing leaves, and cozy clothes make me love Fall more than any other season.  I decided to grab my Fall/Winter purses out of the closet and start giving them some love.  Of course, that involves cleaning out all the detritus from last season!

Yikes!  As you can see from the DayQuil, Zicam, and cough drops, I get sick in the colder months!  But more importantly, do you see the two beauty finds?

One of them is a Bare Minerals lipliner (which I'll review at a later date) and the other is MAC Evolution Revolution Lipglass ($14.50).

This was my first ever MAC purchase and I bought it because I'm so obsessed with Karen from Makeup and Beauty Blog.  You see, Evolution Revolution is part of the Bloggers' Obsession collection that came out from MAC a while back.

MAC invited various beauty bloggers to create a custom product and the results were amazing.  EvRev (as it's affectionately called) is Karen's creation and I think it's gorgeous.  (My only complaint is that lipglasses are so sticky!)

You can read all about the inspiration and creation of EvRev at MBB here.

I'll let Karen describe the color:

"Like colors shifting in the light as it falls on a woman’s face at sunset, the colors of Evolution Revolution Lipglass are beautiful and complex — from some angles, pink; from others, peachy gold. And when the light hits them just right, we see brief flashes of purple, green and blue micro glitter."

YES!  It's so amazing!

This is a color that looks good on everyone.  You can wear it alone (like I'm doing in the pictures) or you can layer it over pretty much everything!

You should also check out Karen's "12 Ways to Wear MAC Evolution Revolution Lipglass" post!

Now, you can't buy these on MAC's website anymore but you can find some tubes on eBay.  I hate showing you things you can't have but this was just too pretty to pass up!

XOXO

-Kaitlin

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Maybelline Color Tattoo heralds the beginning of Fall!

I know I've mentioned it before but it's really, really true:  Fall is my favorite season EVER!  I have had an eye on the new limited edition (LE) shades of Maybelline Color Tattoo Cream Gel Shadow since they first started circulating online.  Maybelline's Fall collection looks fabulous and these shades are no exception:

(Plus some candy corn for that real Fall feel!)

These shades are thoroughly Fall!  We've got Rich Mahogany, Mossy Green, Barely Beige, Gold Shimmer.  

These are just so lovely and I knew I had to have them!  They are quite on par with the permanent Color Tattoo shades:  creamy, long-wearing, crease-resistant.

Rich Mahogany

Mossy Green

Barely Beige

Gold Shimmer

However, they have a couple of the same problems.  In the following swatches, only Gold Shimmer is one swipe.  The others are two swipes.  These take a few layers to really build up and just a little while to dry down.

L-R

Barely Beige, Mossy Green, Gold Shimmer, Rich Mahogany

I expected to love Mossy Green most but I actually adore Gold Shimmer the best!  These colors are just SO FALL and really reflect what I love about the cosmetics of the season!

These are currently BOGO 50% off at both CVS and Walgreens.  They're $6.99 each and I found mine at Walgreens.  If you're only hauling one - grab Gold Shimmer.  

XOXO

-Kaitlin

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Purple isn't possible with Maybelline Pop of Purple mascara

I've already told y'all just how much I love Maybelline Great Lash mascara.  So when I saw that Maybelline was coming out with four limited edition colors of Great Lash, I was thrilled!  I initially wanted to grab one of each color; however, I decided to just try one and see how it was before indulging in all of them.

Well, I'm glad I waited.  I grabbed Pop of Purple and I was a little disappointed in the results.  The color is a true purple and it almost looks like it has little bits of goldy-red shimmer in it.  Although you can see the color well on the wand and in the swatch, it just doesn't translate to eyelashes.  (The other available shades are Totally Teal, Blink of Blue and Go Go Green.)  

They haven't sacrificed the formula - it still applies easily without clumps.  Unfortunately the  color just isn't there.  This might work on people with really light blond lashes, but it won't work on people with brown or black lashes.   

I used Pop of Purple in an eye look.  This is one of my favorite looks for going out and I think it looks nice with my green eyes!  I used:

*UDPP over entire eye
*Wet n Wild Color Icon palette in Petal Pusher - Left eyelid color and right browbone color blended on lid
*Laura Mercier Violet Sky in crease and used wet as a liner
*Urban Decay Ecstasy on outer part of lid (Ecstasy is discontinued now but you can still find it for sale at a lot of places)
*Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Liner on upper waterline
*Maybelline Great Lash Pop of Purple on upper lashes

You can pick these up at almost any drugstore.  I got mine at Walgreens for $5.49.  I definitely don't regret picking it up because it will work just fine for everyday use.  I'm just disappointed that it isn't super dramatic. 

What's your go-to look for going out?  Are you going to indulge in any of the LE mascaras?

XOXO

-K

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