February Favorites 2015!

I don't have that many favorites this month, but I decided to share the ones that I do have because I absolutely love them.

My first favorite is my Mac double sided palette. I want to go ahead and point out that this palette is kinda tricky to work with, but it's kinda worth it to have all of my shadows in one place. Some of the shadows do tend to fly off the magnetic sheet if you open or close the palette too roughly/quickly. The magnets that shut this palette are so strong that if you aren't careful, it will snap closed very quickly and cause some of the shadows to come unmagnetized. Truthfully, I probably won't be using this palette for my shadows for long because I have two more empty palettes coming in the mail soon; I believe those will be better for storing shadows because they aren't double sided.

My second favorite is really exciting for me because I'm finally building my own Mac palette. I've always wanted a 15-pan Mac palette with the insert and I'm actually doing it. This palette is exclusively for my Mac standard sized eye shadows and, as you can see, I still have room for five more. I plan to fill those spaces over time. I mentioned this palette in closer detail in my previous post, so if you're interested in the shadows I have in there now, check out that post. I have added three new shadows since then though, which are "Satellite Dreams" (1st row, 5th column), "Skin Tone 1" (2nd row, 3rd column), & "Showstopper" (2nd row, 4th column).

This primer is life! I have been trying so hard to find a primer that will actually keep my eye shadow on all day and this actually does! I have super oily eyelids and this stuff keeps my shadow on all day long without creasing! I love it.

I've really been loving this Victoria's Secret lotion and body mist too! I use them together, for the most part, but they're obviously great by themselves as well. I picked them up a while ago during the Semi-Annual sale and they were really really cheap. I'm so glad I got them!

My next favorite is snow!! There has been a lot of snow in Louisiana during the past week and I have been absolutely loving it! We never get snow, so this is a pretty rare thing. I'm one happy girl!

And finally, I been loving these super rad Pikachu pajama pants that I ordered from Hot Topic! They're the perfect size and they are super soft & cute. I was worried that they wouldn't fit right because they're men's pajama pants, but they fit absolutely perfect when I got them. 10/10, I LOVE these. ♥

Once again, thank you so much for reading my blog post and have an awesome March!

Hannah ♥

Links:
MAC Double-Sided Palette
MAC Pro Palette
MAC Pro Palette Eye Shadow x15 Insert
Lorac Behind The Scenes Eye Primer
Victoria's Secret "Secret Crush" Body Mist
Victoria's Secret "Secret Craving" Body Lotion
Pikachu Pajama Pants

Huge Mac Haul + Swatches! First Post of 2015!

Hey everyone! It has been absolutely forever since I last posted. I've been so busy with school and everything has just been really hectic, plus I haven't had anything really exciting to post, so I decided to hold off until I actually have something cool to show you guys. So here we are, a Mac haul in mid-February. Basically, I finally decided to break down and start building my own Mac palette. I've been wanting to do that for a while but I always talked myself out of it because it can be pretty expensive if you try to fill it up all at once. Let's get started.

So this is the very first thing I saw when I opened my box. As you can see, there are some eyeshadow refill pans on the top as well as a pressed pigment, while the palette itself and the insert are beneath them.

This is the pressed pigment I got and it's in "Amethyst". It's an absolutely gorgeous, sparkly pinkish purple. I swatched it in the Mac store near me and I fell in love instantly.

The first shadow I picked up was "Aquadesiac", which is a vibrant, beautiful blue. I don't normally go for bright blue shadows but I fell in love with this when I swatched it.

"Creme de Violet" is another color I got. I heard mixed reviews on this eyeshadow online. Some people said that it was hard to blend, although very pretty, and others said that it blended like a dream. Overall, I decided to give it a try because it was just too pretty to pass up.

I honestly did not plan on buying this eyeshadow before I went to the Mac store in the mall near me. This is "Vibrant Grape" and it is the perfect purple color. Online it looks much darker than it truly is and I am so glad that the Mac employee in the store swatched it for me while I was there. It's so so gorgeous and I am so excited to use it. (If you can't tell, I'm a little obsessed with purple shadows right now...) Also, this shadow reminds me of one of the eyeshadows in the Lorac AfterGlo palette that was released this summer..although this shadow is much more pigmented and takes less time to build up good coverage.

This is "Fig. 1" and it's a very nice dark purple, very smooth matte shade. It looks like the perfect crease color for a purple eye look. Once again, I didn't plan on buying this until I swatched it in person. It's just so smooth and so pretty..I couldn't pass it up.

And here we have - you guessed it - another purple. This is "Parfait Amour" and it is such a pretty light purple. I'm really excited to start incorporating more purples into my eyeshadow looks this year. Gosh. It's so pretty.

Aaaaand the final shade I ordered is "Plumage". It's a very very dark blue color and I'll probably use this alone when I wear it. I'll likely just pack it on the lid for a really dark, intense look..and maybe I'll blend a black shadow in the crease or something. I'm not sure yet, I just know that this is gorgeous.

This is my palette so far. I still have 8 spaces left, but I'm sure I'll be able to fill them in no time at all. Also, you may notice that I have an eyeshadow in the palette that wasn't shown here and that is "Soba". I've had it for a while and I decided to try my hand at depotting once I got my palette in the mail, and it turned out really well. I usually use "Soba" for my eyebrows when I don't feel like using my eyebrow pencil and it gives me a more natural look. I have swatched it below.

Thank you so much for reading this post and I hope I was helpful for anyone thinking about getting some of these shadows! Until next time, stay lovely. ♥