When it comes to building my makeup artist kit, I like to have a selection of mauves, plums, warm pinks, anything natural but flushed for my clients. I find these tones look great on so many skin tones and wedding themes.  They make everyone feel natural but also something a little extra special and the one word I can think of, "pretty". 

Give Me Glow Cosmetics is an indie brand that has been around and in my radar for a while now. I personally own a few of their liquid lipsticks, a couple highlighters and their staple palette. Her matte shadows are unlike anything I've tried. The pigmentation, blend-ability, and color selections are fabulous. The pan sizes are also larger than your average Mac shadow. And don't get me started on her metallic shade and highlighters. P-I-G-M-E-N-T-E-D. 

A Mauve Wedding was released and I knew I needed it for my brides. I can see this palette working for all seasons and pairing so well with other palettes in my kit and collection. The swatches below are all on my bare skin, no primer or anything.

Their Quad Goals palettes retail for $25.00 a piece and are a steal! I highly recommend picking them up and supporting this blossoming brand. She will also be re-releasing the Staple Palette reformulated and that is definitely a staple in my makeup arsenal. 

It's that time of year ladies and gents, holiday makeup collectors have arrived! Tarte has released a simply glamorous collection this year! As soon as I saw this palette case I knew I had to add it to my collection. 

If you are looking to try out Tarte's eyeshadows, blush, and bronzer then this is for you! If you are a glam glow getter, this is for you! And finally if you are a neutral loving mother, this is for you!

The texture of the shadows are buttery and smooth. The paler shades (swatched below) basically blend into my skin because I am pale (NC15 - NW20) but they are just as pigmented as the other shades in this collection. I love the variety of neutrals included too. You have everything you need right here, a navy all the way to a mauve. All the trending colors are included.

This retails for $59 and is limited edition. I purchased mine at Sephora. The set also includes a travel palette with six more eyeshadows, a highlighter, blush, and bronzer plus a deluxe sample mascara, a nice size mirror, and double ended eyeshadow brush. 

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Greige, the mix of gray and beige that equals the epitome of chic. Bobbi brown has taken it to the next level with her new Fall 2015 collection which stars the shade. The collection consists of everything from this palette to nail polish and the results are exquisite. 

The palette is the one thing that caught my eye besides the liner cakes but the price is ridiculous. I know Bobbi is on the high end makeup spectrum but still, $70 for only eight shadows?! I was lucky enough to receive an "I'm sorry" $50 code from Sephora after their Epic Rewards fail so I decided to order this. $20 felt a lot easier to stomach. I don't know why it felt crazy to me when I can spend $60 on a foundation but it just did for some reason.

So on to the palette...

I was really drawn to this palette because it's the first palette that revolves around the greige "movement" that I've seen. You may be able to include Urban Decay's Naked Basics 2 but besides that, this is a new thing. It's intriguing and something different for my collection. A fresh spin on nudes and neutrals.

The colors are perfect for daily wear. They can apply sheer but also be built up for a more dramatic look. My two favorite shades in this palette are Greige (third in on the bottom from the left) and Fog (bottom right, last shade). They are both matte textures and I just find the combo to be so pretty together. Smokey but nude at the same time. I like to use Fog as a liner and Greige all over my lid. Perfection.

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I saw this picture of Miss Kim and immediately needed this palette. I love its rosy mauve tones. This look is so different than the standard smokey eye which I find refreshing. The colors still pack a lot of impact and that seductive air like the original smoky eye but make it new and modern.

The palette includes all matte textures except for the black shade. The black is a matte base with subtle silver specks, gorgeous and a nice twist on the usual pure matte black. Each shadow is buttery smooth and blends gorgeously. I would definitely recommend this palette for anyone looking for a new kit staple. It would work great for bridal and just your everyday glam. This is a great find!

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I've really been purchasing a lot of Colourpop's products lately. They are affordable (basically drugstore pricing) and the quality is amazing! The pigmentation with their eyeshadows, blushes, and lip products is perfection. The other things about Colourpop is the texture! Their eyeshadows and blushes are something you have to feel to believe. So smooth and creamy yet powdery at the same time. It's magic.

Check out their latest collab below with KathleenLights a YouTube beauty guru. 

This collection of four shadows will be a great summer addition to your collection. These colors would work well with bright pops of color which is so in this season. The collection retails for $20.

It has an even split of matte and shimmer finishes. My two favorites from this palette are Blaze, a cocoa bronze shade with golden glitter and Cornelious a medium matte caramel color that is perfect for blending out that crease. 

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This palette is going a little beyond my usual comfort zone. I was really drawn to the yellow in this quad. It's yellow but not over the top because it has a little mustard in it to tone it down. Looking at the color, I pictured a cat eye with that yellow blended into the crease and then a nude lip. It screams Spring 2015 to me. Mix a bright with a nude/neutral and you are so on trend this season. 

I really can't wait to play with this and come up with looks for you guys to try out. This is my first Dolce quad and I have to say I am impressed. Besides the ultra luxe gold packaging, the texture of these matte shadows is so creamy. You can lightly touch the shadow and have full color impact. Color Explosion is not joking around with its name! 

The pale ivory is basically my skin tone so it doesn't photograph well here. It has more of a satin finish than pure matte which helps. I don't think this shade is a negative as it will make a perfect brow bone highlight to coordinate with the brighter shades. 

What are your thoughts? Will you be trying out bright colors this season?

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Miss Kat Von D has been a favorite of mine in the beauty world for a long time now. I love her products. From her full coverage (and I mean FULL) foundation to her buttery eyeshadow palettes they are all top notch. I have yet to pick up here Shade + Light Contour palette but I picked up her Shade + Light Eye palette and I am so happy I did. It is so gorgeous!! 

This palette is completely matte and every single shade is super pigmented. It has everything you need to contour and manipulate your eyes in one perfect palette. There are  total of 12 shades, 3 being larger for base and blending. The collection of shadows is separated into 3 sections, neutral, cool, and warm. I love the way she organized this. It makes application for a beginner or when you are in a rush a snap. She even included an instruction pamphlet for reference. It shows examples for a natural and a smokey look for each undertone. 

The selection of colors here is perfect. You have a black, a white, yellow ivory, a warm brownish red, etc. You have every matte neutral you will ever need in one handy and nicely sized palette. 

The one thing you might miss is an included brush. Kat did release a special eye brush at the same time as this palette but they are sold separately and there is no space for the brush inside the palette. I don't really mind as I bring a bunch of brushes when traveling anyway but I know some people will find that to be a bummer. Here is the link to her eye brush if you are interested. 

It retails for $46 and can be found here on Sephora's website. I believe at this point it is early release for VIB and ROUGE members only. If you aren't a member I recommend signing up as you rack up points and earn deluxe samples all for free!

I never purchased Maybelline's Nude palette. I always came close but then put it back. When it came to L'Oreal's new Nude 2 palette, I picked that sucker right up and took it to the register. There are two palettes, Nude 1 and Nude 2. Nude 1 had no appeal to me at first so I just grabbed Nude 2. Now that I see how pigmented I might go back and check out the Nude 1 again.

For about $14 this is a steal in my opinion. I love the color and texture combination. There are mattes and shimmers. The colors are mainly cool toned but there are warm tones thrown in there too. What really surprised me is there are no black shadows in either Nude 1 or Nude 2. Which was nice to see for a change.  Every shade is velvety soft but not too soft where there is fallout everywhere. 

Not sure if I would call this a dupe for the Naked 2 palette since the color range is a little different but if you are looking for something affordable and similar I would check this out. For a more close dupe, Coastal Scents' Revealed 2 palette is also affordable and super pigmented!

I don't usually wear purple shades but I find myself really drawn to the two that are included in this palette. They are the perfect everyday plums. I think this palette will be a favorite for Spring with the soft petal-like hues. 

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I went to CVS on Sunday with some Extra Bucks in hand. I perused the makeup isle and came across this really pretty duo of shadows. I was thinking well it's basically free lets try it out. 

Now maybe it's me and I just don't understand the product but there is no pigmentation. I swatched it and it took pressing and pushing it get anything and that anything was basically nothing. I was disappointed and surprised. The formula itself is like a cream but then not. It's silky and weightless which would be nice if it had any color! This will be a return. :(