Browsing Category
Coastal Scents
Christmas came early for me this year! Coastal Scents sent me a box of goodies to play with this holiday season and I’ve dived right in! My favorites of the bunch include all six of the Revealed eyeshadow palettes and I’m going to be showing them off to you today!
I’ve had these palettes for a few weeks and I’ve been able to put them through the paces. I invited a few friends over to help me play around with all six pans because that is A LOT of eyeshadow and I needed some help. The quality is fantastic! Previously, I’ve only used their single eyeshadow pans so I wasn’t so sure about their full palettes, but some of the satin shades were especially stellar. I was also really impressed by the glitter shimmers. They were fairly bright, with very little fallout and they didn’t get everywhere as I was trying to apply them my lid. However, they weren’t as bright as some of the other glitter shadows I have. But a quick way around this is to add a bit of loose pigment on top of your eyeshadow to really make it pop. This way, you’ve got a great palette, and you only need to supplement it a little with little bit of pop! I did that on my look with the Revealed Smokey palette that you can read all about here.
Without further ado, let’s jump into details about the individual palettes with swatches!
Continue Reading
It’s been dreary and raining a lot the past month in Austin and the sky has been a spectrum of gray for what seems like forever. Inspiration crept into my head after seeing the grays float overhead.
When Coastal Scents sent me a box of goodies to try out that included their Revealed Smokey eye palette, I knew exactly what I was going for first. This palette has some intense shades perfect for the winter months. It includes a range of mauves, golds, blues, purples, and – of course – grays.
Continue Reading
Oh fall how I love thee! I’m big into the changing leaves, pumpkin spice candles (and drinks!), holiday planning, and transition into vampy makeup! This fall, I’ll be leaning heavily towards cool toned seasonal looks vs. last’s year’s heavy emphasis on gold from me. If you are interested in my must have shadow singles, keep reading below! Alternatively, if you are more of a palette gal, I’ve got just the thing for you. Either way, I’ve got you covered!
Continue Reading
A few weeks ago, Coastal Scents was having a great sale and I went a little crazy! All of their eye shadow hot pots were only $0.99 each and I couldn’t resist. I nearly walked away with one in every color, but I restrained myself and only purchased some warm shimmery shades perfect for summer. Want to know which ones I grabbed? Read on!
I was so stoked when I saw on Instagram that Coastal Scents had restocked all their shadows and they were having a sale to boot! The company often has some pretty awesome deals, but most of the time nearly all their eye shadows are always sold out. So this was a huge win for me and I immediately went to order #alldashadows.
I ended up *only* getting 16 shadows and in total, I spent $20 including shipping. This is a great deal on shadows! To compare, I could get 2 MAC shadows, and 3 Makeup Geek shadows for this same price. I’d say 16 beats 2-3, what about you?
I know what you are thinking: “But how do these compare quality wise?”
I’d say these were pretty good! Not stellar, but totally worth $1. My budget shadow go-to’s are typically from Morphe Brushes. Their single shadows are only $2, but their shipping is a flat rate of $8 anywhere in the US and that’s what normally kills the sale for me. I rarely order from their website. Shipping for Coastal Scents was around $4 to Georgia, but it varies depending on your location.
I wouldn’t say these were even Morphe quality, but I maybe something similar to Wet ‘N Wild. You definitely need a primer and there will be some fallout. But the color are gorgeous and (as I will keep repeating) you can’t beat the price tag! The shadow pans are also the same size as a MAC or a Makeup Geek shadow.
On this go round, I purchased all shimmery, warm colors. I’ll probably grab some deeper mattes in the fall, but these will do for now. I was able to swatch the colors without primer on my arm and they did fine. However, when I went to put the colors on my eyelid, I needed the primer. The colors didn’t have the same vibrancy on the darker skin color of my eyelid that they had on the smooth area of skin I swatched on my arm. I use the HD primer from NYX for nearly all my eye looks so this wasn’t a turn off for me.
|
|
My Order:
|
Frosty Taupe
Chocolate Berry
Cherry Chocolate
Copper Pot
Dark Golden Olive
Lava
Bright Copper
Amber Bronze
|
Raisin Berry
Watermelon
Light Bronze
New Penny
Deep Cantaloupe
18 Karat Gold
Mauve Frost
Light Apricot
|
|
R-L: Mauve Frost, Watermelon, Bright Copper, Lava, Raisin Berry, Chocolate Berry, Cherry Chocolate
L-R: Light Apricot, Light Bronze, New Penny, Amber Bronze, Frosty Taupe
L-R: Dark Golden Olive, Golden Lemon (MAC Pigment), 18 Karat Gold, Deep Cantaloupe, Copper Pot
