If you saw my rave review about the WetnWild Walking on Eggshells post or heard me mention WetnWild's Nutty eyeshadow 500,000 times, you can probably guess that I love WetnWild eyeshadows. I think the quality and pigmentation is amazing and one of the best products I have tried (not just in the drugstore!). Today I have a review and some swatches of the Comfort Zone Eyeshadow Palette. Here is my review and giveaway video on this palette:
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The eyeshadow palette is absolutely amazing. The pigmentation is the same creamy, soft consistency of shadows that are in their trios. I love that the consistency is consistent throughout the palette. Sometimes palettes have some shadows that are crappy/not very pigmented but this palette does not have a single dud. The colors are neutral, earthy toned so I was all over it. Not only are there neutral colors, but there are some green toned ones in case you want to do a colored look too.
WetnWild Comfort Zone Eyeshadow Palette
earth tones galore!
Swatches (as they appear in each row in the order of the palette, left to right):
Browbone colors
Eyelid colors
Crease colors
Definer colors
I highly recommend this palette and WetnWild shadows in general. You can find the 8-pan palettes at Walgreens for $5.
Have you purchased any of the WetnWild 8-pan Eyeshadow Palettes? What do you think of them? Will you be picking up the Comfort Zone Palette?
I had so much fun with The Eyes of March that I just had to continue it for April! This month, I'm calling the series "April Shadows", a play off of April Showers. Thank you all so much for your feedback last month. I PROMISE that this month my other posts won't slack because I was guilty of that in March. Overall, I think it's great to look at the products you have neglected and rediscover them. I know a lot of us have favorites but might forget about them when a new item is purchased, but it's good too take a look at products that were neglected.
For today I used my new Wet n Wild Comfort Zone pallete that narsaddict was sweet to send to me. This palette is sold out everywhere I look but if you can grab it, DO SO! It's one of the new 8 pan palettes that Wet n Wild cam out with and they are only sold at Walgreens and Walmart.
Picture of the Comfort Zone palette for reference:
First of all, happy 2 year anniversary to my youtube channel! I started videos exactly 2 years ago today and it's been such an amazing experience. I wanted to make a special video for the occasion and figured I'd show you guys my makeup storage/collection. I'd say my collection is right in the middle; it's not small and not huge. Of course it's WAY more than one person NEEDS but hey you guys understand, right? =]
My makeup lives (yes...lives) in two Ikea Fira drawer chests. First of all, I want to apologize and say that the Fira line was discontinued about a year ago =[ I'm not sure where you can find them but there are tons of other drawer containers out there. This is the 5- drawer one and contains my eye products.
This is every day stuff. I reach in here everyday and don't want to search through other drawers for this stuff. It contains UDPP, Milani Liquif'eye Liner (a mama and a baby one), Jordana Fabuliner, NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk, NYX Black eyeshadow, MAC tendertone and a sharperner.
Next drawer is round bases and some single shadows. In here is MAC Paint Pots, NARS Corfu cream eyeshadow, baby Benefit RSVP, Chanel Taupe Grise, and MAC Mega Metal Shadows (they didn't fit anywhere else)
Next drawer is MANY single eyeshadows/duos/trios. Brands vary from NYX, Maybelline, Wet n Wild, ELF, NYC, Milani, Covergirl, and more!
The next drawer is the wider one. This is mostly lose shadows/pigments but some palettes ventured in there. Here are MAC pigments (full size and holiday vials), MAC Solarbit, NYX pigments, NYX Morocco Pallete (LOVE), Sigma palette, Sally Girl Eyeshadows, and in the black cotainer (can be found in Walmart/Target) are the little pigment jars that contain MAC pigment samples, Glamour Doll Eyes, and BE shadows)
The other wide drawer is palettes. It contains MAC Holiday palettes, UD Naked Palette, ELF, NYX, Claire's, also some more single shadows/duos that range from Revlon to MAC to Stila. In the other black container is Wet n Wild palettes and trios, MAC quads, and Physician's Formula trios.
On the counter I keep everyday stuff that I would reach for often. This includes Dermorganics Volume Foam, Detangler, MAC Fix+, Brush Cleanser, Perfume, and Hairspray.
Here I keep big palettes like my UD Alice in Wonderland Palette and my MAC Palettes. I have a post here of what is in my MAC palettes, I changed them around a bit but they're still similar. Also, I keep my Too Faced Natural eye palette here, A. because I reach for it almost everyday and B. because it's bulky.
I keep cotton rounds and qtips on hand in these office section cups.
Like a lot of people, I keep my makeup brushes in the sephora-style vases. The fill is just flower fill that can be found in arts stores in the flower section.
On top of my second Fira drawer chest I keep paper towels, tissues, moisturizer, toner, nail stuff, and a lint brush. The box with my clippers, files and nail buffers is actually a MAC box I cut up. Old boxes can make nice storage and organization items.
This is another version of the Ikea Fira chests. Again, I don't know where you can buy them =[ sorry!
This first drawer is my everyday face stuff. Here is NARS Sheer Glow, a small Benefit's Erase Paste, a little jar where I keep some Benefit's Powderflage, sample Murad Oil Control Lotion, MUFE Mascara, NARS Laguna, and some concealers.
This second drawer has more face stuff but I don't go into it on a regular basis. Here is where I keep my full size Benefit Erase Paste and Powderflage, Bare Minerals foundation, MAC MSF Natural, another sample of the Murad Oil Control, and some brow stuff.
This drawer has some skincare. In here is moisturizer, Argan Oil, Mario Badescu Drying cream, Vitamin E, and Baby Oil.
Next is more eyeshadow bases. This drawer has the stick type basis, as opposed to the other drawer with round jars. In ehre, I have UDPP original and Sin, MAC Shadesticks, NYX Jumbo Pencils, and some random L'oreal and Wet n Wild ones.
Here is eyeliners other than the ones I use everyday. This is mostly colored liners. In here I have the L'oreal HIP loose kohl liner, some UD liners, Milani, L'oreal, and the Wet n Wild cream liner.
Next is mascara drawer. I'm not a mascara "collector" and a lot of these I received in swaps. They are mainly unopened mascaras. I usually stick to a mascara I'm loving (currently the MUFE one) so I don't have many mascaras opened at a time.
Here is my lipstick drawer. There's many different brands in here that include MAC, Maybelline, Rimmel, L'Oreal, and Barry M. I group them by brands and generally know which is which so I can pull out the one I want. I also have a few lip liners in this drawer.
Of course, near the lipstick drawer is lipgloss. These are also grouped mainly by brand. They range from Victoria's Secret, MAC, NYX, Sephora, and Revlon.
Here are lip balms. I'm not sure how I got around to having so many but what can you do =]. In here are EOS, Neutrogena, Blistex, Nivea, MAC, and C.O. Bigelow.
Another drawer I have is miscellaneous stuff I would have on hand. I have the 32 oz of Zoya Remove+, LUSH Snow Fairy, some empty LUSH containers, hand cream, body butter, and some makeup remover wipes that I don't really like but keep for when I'm swatching things.
That is my makeup storage/ collection! I hope some of you found it helpful in terms of finding ways to organize or reorganize your stash. If you have any questions on what a particular color or product is, feel free to ask. =]
How do you store your makeup? Do you like your method or are you looking for another way to organize your makeup?
I'm going to say a shocking statement now: I love MAC shadows! GASP! =] I love the variety and quality of their shadows. They have amazing neutrals!
I prefer depotting them/ buying the pan forms and put it in the palettes. I think the little pots are really cute but if you have many, it's hard to keep track and sort through. I am a little embarrased to say that I have now had to purchase a THIRD palette. Now, I know that some people have more but, to me that's quite a lot lol. Another thing I love about the palettes is that they also fit other brands. I don't ONLY have MAC shadows in mine, I also have some Milani single shadows and some Wet n Wild single shadows (I think both are discontinued but you can find the Milani ones on Cherry Culture). I tried organizing them without the divider insert because that fits more shadows than the 15 slots, but I find the slots are more organized.
None of my palettes are full but this is how I have them now. I love all these colors and highly recommend them. The Limited Edition shades have a *.
I tell my palettes apart by color coding them with nail polish on top.
The first palette is my highlight and lid colors. I labeled it with light, neutral nail polish.
(left to right)
Top Row:WnW Cream, Shroom, Femme Fi*, Nylon, Grain
The last palette is a misc/smokey/colors palette. It's indicated by smokey/teal polishes on top.
(left to right)
Top Row: Paradisco, empty, empty, Poison Pen*, Birds and Berries*
Middle Row: Electra, Smoke and Diamonds*, Bough Grey*, empty, empty
Bottom Row: all empty
So these are all my palettes. They're not perfectly clean but that just shows I use them =] (the only reason the last one is clean is because I just bought it lol)
I've been getting really excited about the upcoming MAC collections (part of why I'm considering skipping Sephora F&F) and wanted to share with you guys the info and my wishlist from them. Here is the first upcoming collection, the holiday one, A Tartan Tale!
MAC stores (and possibly counters...not sure) are doing presales of this collection. They basically have testers out of the items, you tell them what you want to preorder, give them your name and credit card number, and they charge your card on the 28th (release date). You can pick up your items anytime after the collection is released. I would call your local store/counter to check if they're doing it to save you a trip. My store had the palettes, brush sets, lip sets, and blush sets. I've highlighted below what I preordered.
Here is a picture of what my store had out (unfortunately, not the whole collection):
MAC A Tartan Tale Collection: Chapter 1 for Holiday 2010
U.S./Canada Launch Date: October 28th, 2010 International Launch Date: November 2010
6 Dashing Lassie Eyeshadow Palette ($36.00 U.S. / $43.50 CDN)
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