Review: PurMinerals Jupiter Ascending

I found this awesome little set when I was looking around on Ulta. The colors in the palette looked so pretty, so i went to YouTube & watched a few reviews, and decided I had to have this. It was on sale for $29, and the palette alone is worth that much! I just considered the liner & lip gloss a bonus!
The palette is even more beautiful than I expected! I have never used PurMinerals before, but I definitely was not disappointed!  I love all of the colors, and they go together perfectly!These are the colors you get:

• Majesty (Pale Taupe)
• Destiny (Cream)
• Night Sky (Slate)
• Jupiter (Rose)
• Caine (Mocha)
• Cosmos (Iridescent White)

 I was pleasantly surprised by the  eyeliner and lip gloss that came in the set also. The liner is a black liquid, & it goes on smoothly and stays put. It works really well for making a cat-eye look. The lip gloss is a really pretty pink, and it is super cool -it has a mirror on the side of it, and it has a little light that shines on your lips when you are applying it!
 I don't know how lone Ulta will have this sale going on, but I highly recommend this set. It would be a great addition to anyone's eyeshadow palette collection.

order your own here!:

Lip Factory Swatches April 2014

BirchBox

  I am trying a new monthly subscription box. ..BirchBox.

It is rated as one of the top beauty subscription boxes, and it is only $10 a month.Each month you will get 5 deluxe size beauty samples.They send high-end products, too. Looking through pics of past boxes, I see NARS in quite a few of them..They seem to send a good variety of products, and definitely always worth the $10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another thing I like about BirchBox is the rewards system:

• Sign up for a Birchbox membership — you earn 110 points for a yearly subscription, 10 for a monthly subscription
• Shop, shop — every time you purchase a full-size product from our Shop or a gift membership, you earn 1 point for every $1 spent
• Refer friends — earn 50 points for every friend that signs up for Birchbox
• Fill out product feedback surveys — Birchbox members earn 10 points for each completed product feedback survey (look for the feedback icon on every product detail page). Only products sampled through Birchbox are eligible for feedback points.
•  For every 100 points you earn, you’ll get a $10 reward to spend on Birchbox.com. The rewards are redeemable towards purchases of full-size products 

 Sign up here:

https://www.birchbox.com/invite/l819m 

Amazon "Hard Candy" Haul

I am always looking for a good deal on makeup. I have been shopping at Amazon for years- it is where I got about 90& of my movies, video games, and toys for my son. Recently I was looking around on there and I noticed they had "Wholesale cosmetics Lots" so, of course, I checked it out. I was a little leery, because it did not tell you what you would be getting. It simply said mixed lot, no duplicates.I thought I would probably end up with a bunch of makeup in colors/products no one would ever wear, but they had one for $10, with free shipping. SO I decided it was worth the risk just to see...
 It took a little longer than most items on Amazon do to get to me, but once I got it I was really surprised, and very happy with what I received in the box!It was supposed to be 10 items, but I actually got 12, so that was a nice surprise!
Here is what I got:
mascara in electric blue
mascara in black
1 nail polish-gray with black specks
bronzer/highlighter stick
loose body glitter (pink)
eyeshadow glitter (light green)
baked eyeshadow in a gorgeous chocolate brown/bronze color (sparkly)
cream eyeshadow tube ("Eye Def") in a light blue
plumping lipgloss
"lip def" tube in bronze
..and last, but not least: my favorite product: concealer/corrector palette with 6 shades, including 3 skin tones, yellow, green, and a pink/lilac. comes with an attached, covered applicator

After I saw what I ha received, I immediately went right back to Amazon and ordered a lot of 25 items from the same seller (Bozley's Bargains)..I will be posting about that one as soon as I receive it!
I guess it pays to take a chance once on awhile after all!

Julep Maven March 2014

this is my first box from Julep, and I was very pleased!! Very high quality products!
The products I chose for this month were the eyeliner, in brown & black. It came with a very nice pencil sharpener, and the pencil glides on like silk and stays put all day. I also got a lip gloss in the color "Charming". It smells really good and feels great on your lips! It stays on, but doesn't feel sticky. It actually feels like oil. the color is sheer, but gorgeous.