Review: bh Cosmetics Spotlight Highlight Palette! (Swatches!)

Shine Bright on a Budget!

Welcome back! Today I'm super excited to share my thoughts on the NEW bh Cosmetics Spotlight Highlight Palette! It retails for $16.99 but bh Cosmetics is notorious for crazy good deals and sales so you can potentially get it for less. It comes with 6 gorgeous shades that are suitable for most skintones. I've had it for a little while now and I am in love! :-)

The pans are very large and they come encased in a compact palette with a mirror. Something to point out is that the palette has a somewhat strong chemical smell. I think it's packaging related though. The texture on these highlights is very creamy, kinda like a super pigmented metallic shadow. Dimethicone is the fourth ingredient on the list which adds the "smooth" texture and application to the highlights. It goes on the skin beautifully and a little goes a long way, specially if you wet your brush before applying. 

Here are the swatches! My favorite shade is the last one, Vivid. It's a beautiful light pink highlight with high shine and intensity! It looks almost wet on the skin! The shade selection includes every highlight tone you would ever need. I mean... it wont stop me from getting others haha but it's so convenient to have them all in one palette!

The picture on the left was taken with flash and the one on the right is in natural light. I love how the white-gold shade looks in the inner corner.

Bottom line: I'm really impressed with this palette. Typically, higher end highlight palettes are about $40 or more and this one retails for less than half of that. The formula is lovely, very buildable so if you're looking for a blinding highlight you can definetely get that look with it! I plan on taking it on my trip to the Dominican Republic because it has everything I need to get the glow I want! :-)

Review: bh Cosmetics Wild & Alluring Baked Eyeshadow & Highlighter Palette! (Swatches + Looks!)

All-in-One!

bh Cosmetics released the Wild & Alluring Baked Eyeshadow & Highlighter Palette and it is gorgeous! The palette screams summer and it's $9 right now! Apart from being baked the eye shadows are also marbleized which makes them look so cool on. It comes with a beautiful coral blush and a bronze highlight (more of a bronzer on my skin tone) which adds a beautiful sheen to your face. Overall this palette is pretty darn nice! Lest get into more details shall we? ;-)

Here's the palette layout! I know I know, I have a broken shadow but no worries, I figured out how to press it back and it's good as new! 

I swatched the colors over primer so you can see that the color payoff is really good. Since it's a baked palette you can wear the shadows wet or dry. On the looks below I used the colors wet and I was OBSESSED! I love metallic/foiled shadows and these were so easy to work with. Plus I didn't notice any creasing! I don't tend to wear shimmer shadows in my crease but I gave it a shot since I wanted to create a one palette look and I really liked it!

Bottom line: This is a great summer palette! bh's baked shadow formula is really good, definetely a must try! I love the colors and the versatility of the palette. The price is unbeatable too! Two thumbs up from yours truly! :-)

Everyday Drugstore Makeup Look! (Using NEW Drugstore Products!)

Look For Less!

I wanted to share with you my everyday look using only drugstore products! :-) All of these products are NEW at the drugstore and I'm been pretty much obsessed with them! Let's get into it!

Face

Primer- I used the Milani Prime Perfection Face Primer which is Hydrating + Pore Minimizing. It's so amazing and I definetely notice a difference when it comes to my pores. It makes my foundation look smoother and the hydration factor is a plus! It's $9.99 :-)

I also used the NYX First Base Primer Spray before the Milani primer just to prep and refresh my face a bit. I find that it helps with extending the wear of my makeup. This is $7.99!

Foundation- I've been loving the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Cushion Foundation for my everyday looks because it's so easy and quick to use! It's so skin like but brace yourself for the price... $16.99! Make sure you have a coupon for this one, haha.

Powder- If you haven't tried the Maybelline Face Studio Master Fix Setting + Perfecting Loose Powder you are definetely missing out! It's so finely milled and sets your foundation into place. It also helps with the wear time! It's $9.99.

Eyes

Eye Primer- I used the bh Cosmetics Smooth Canvas  Long Wear Shadow Primer in Malt which is a great shade to neutralize the lid. It's a great formula and makes any shadow last! It's only $7.00 right now on bhcosmetics.com

Eyeshadow- I used the NEW Covergirl Roses TruNaked Eye Shadow Palette which is such a great drugstore palette! I own the entire collection but this one is my favorite. They shadows are buttery and it's only $11.99!

Mascara- I stuck with Covergirl and used the NEW Lashblast Plumpify Mascara! The wand is enormous but it gives me so much volume and holds a curl so well. Since I also wanted some length I used the Milani Length in Seconds Lash Extension Fibers which is also pretty amazing! The mascara is $11.99 and the fiber one is $8.99.

Lips

Last but not least I used the Revlon Ultra HD Matte Lip Color in Seduction. I love this formula! It's matte yet so moisturizing and super longwearing! This lippie is only $8.99!

Review: bh Cosmetics Carli Bybel 14 Color Eyeshadow & Highlighter Palette!

Affordable & Amazing!

bh Cosmetics has the best collaborations! From ItsJudyTime to Missy Lynn and now Carli Bybel! I love the creative process that goes into someone personalizing a palette or lipstick + it being super affordable for the everyday consumer is pretty cool too! I've watched Carli Bybel for a while now and I remember her using bh Cosmetics products from the get go so it's awesome to see her release her own palette. I was iffy at first, I thought it would be another neutral palette but after giving it a try I truly love it!
It retails for $20 but bh Cosmetics has many incredible sales so I managed to get it for only $12.50! Think about it: $12.50 for 14 shadows and 4 highlighters? That's a steal!

The shadows are very nicely pigmented and what I love the most is how easily they blend out. The quality is pretty great and I find the color selection to be suitable for anyone. The only thing I would change is the darker brown color. It takes a lot of building up to smoke out a look. Other than that the palette is fab! I personally use all the pans as shadows including the "highlighters". The first one will work as a highlight for sure but the other three are too deep for my skintone. Here are the swatches:

Here's a look I came up with using the first highlighter on the lid and both purple-mauve tones in the crease!

PS: It's a good day when your husband compliments your makeup, specially your eye look! :-) haha.

Bottom line: This is a great palette and an even better value! The colors mesh so well together and I love how easy to blend they are. There's so many palettes that I've tried where colors just blend away these shadows stay vibrant and over primer the look will stay put all day. I'm happy that I have it and I highly recommend it! :-)

Review: bh Cosmetics Nude Rose- 12 Color Eyeshadow Palette!

Affordable Nude Palette!

bh Cosmetics released a NEW palette called the Nude Rose Palette... get excited! bh Cosmetics is a great brand with amazing prices, this palette is only $14.50 at the moment! There's 12 shadows (satins, mattes and shimmers) and it's meant to be the perfect neutral palette with the sheerest champagne shade to the deepest brown to add some depth. It claims to be a petal soft formula that goes on effortlessly. Those are the claims and here are my thoughts! :-)

The palette comes in an awesome sturdy tin packaging which I love! It's a nice touch! It comes with a double ended brush with I used and it's a great little extra. There's 12 shadows, most are on the lighter side which is something I would've changed. I rather have a few more browns for some variety. There's also only one deep shade... something to note but I'm happy to report it's a really nice shade!

The formula feels really smooth, borderline cream to powder which is really nice to work with! All the shades blend effortlessly and they last which are two things I look for in a palette. My main con is that many of the shades are very similar to each other. They do build up nicely though so overall I do like it! Here are the swatches by row:

 Here's a look I came up with using the palette, I love how "angelic" it looks!

Bottom line: If you're looking for a nice natural palette for everyday this is a great choice! The shadows are easy to work with and you can throw a few on and head out without a problem. I love how smooth they all are too. More variety within the color selection would've been great but you can definitely make this palette work! :-)

Review: bh Cosmetics Blushed Neutrals 26 Color Eyeshadow & Blush Palette!

Perfect Fall Colors!

An all-in-one palette for less than $20? Yes please! :-) Today I have a review on the bhCosmetics Blushed Neutrals 26 Color Eyeshadow & Blush Palette. I purchased mine for only $12 but it's on sale for $10 as I'm writing this post so make sure to check it out here! It's a beautiful mix of metallics, mattes and satin eyeshadows + a row of blushes to pair with them. Overall, it's a great value and the colors are gorgeous!

I'm loving the color selection, it's pretty much fall in a palette. BTW: I'm super excited for fall... dark lips, smokey eyes... can't wait! :-D The mattes are surprisingly my faves from this palette. I say surprisingly because I love metallic shadows but the mattes were so smooth and pigmented, really impressed by them! Here are the swatches:

The blushes are stunning! They would suit most skintones and I love the option of mixing a little bit of this one with that one to customize a shade. Plus... you can use them as shadows! No rules in makeup ;-) That second to last blush would look amazing all over the lid!

Here's a look I created using a matte purple and orange and one of the lighter metallic shades. There was little fall out when I used them. I find the pigmentation to be very good, not super pigmented like Urban Decay but defintely buildable.

Bottom line: This is a great palette and the price is awesome! Goes to show that you don't need to splurge to get pretty eye looks! Some shadows are more pigmented than others but overall it's a palette I can work with and the colors just inspire me! Nowadays palettes just look the same. These colors speak to me and that makes creating looks a lot more fun! :-)

Review: bh Cosmetics Wild & Radiant -Baked Illuminating & Bronzing Palette!

Affordable Glow!

Highlight and bronzer are quickly becoming obsessions for me... and I ain't mad about it! ;-) Blogging and Youtube has opened my eyes to so many techniques and products I never thought I would use. Since then, I've been experimenting with bronzer and highlight and looking for affordable options to test out. bh Cosmetics released an amazing (and affordable!) highlight & bronzer palette which I've been loving lately and can't wait to tell you guys about. Let's get into it!

The Wild & Radiant- Baked Illuminating & Bronzing Palette is pretty much amazing! BH Cosmetics is notorious for their crazy good sales so this palette is only $8 at the moment. The size of each pan is pretty generous so it's a great value all around. Plus, since it's baked a little goes a long way. It's also a versatile product that can be used wet or dry, depending on how glamorous you want to look! ;-)

The bronzers are really pretty and will definetely give you that summer bronze glow. The highlighters are stunning! They're not chunky and go on so smooth. The highlight lasts and once it melts into your skin it makes you glisten... love it!

The color selection is great! If you're looking for variety you can mix a bit of bronzer with the highlight and customize it to your liking. If you're looking for a champagne or golden highlight this palette will give you that. The swatches above are dry so just imagine how cool they would look wet... yeah I know!

Bottom line: I love this palette and can't rave about it enough! It's compact, affordable and great for someone who want's to test the waters of highlight and bronzer. The quality is so darn good, just like all of bh cosmetics baked products. If this seems like somehing you'd like make sure to stop by their website and catch it on sale! :-)

Review: bh Cosmetics Studio Pro Beauty Sponge!

Awesome Value!

There's so many beauty sponges in the market nowadays. Some are really good and others are just plain terrible. Luckily bh Cosmetics released their amazing version called the Studio Pro Beauty Sponge! Not only is it priced so well it also gets the job done flawlessly! Plus it's purple... what more can I ask for? ;-) I managed to catch mine on sale for only $4.95 and it retails for $9.95 which is not bad at all. Some great things to point out about this sponge is that it's latex free, hypoallergenic and odor free which is perfect for you sensitive skin gals.

If you were to compare this beauty sponge to the Beauty Blender it's pretty similar in size, I'd say this one is wider and more round which is awesome for covering more surface when applying your foundation. The point is also pointier which is great for getting into those hard to reach areas around your nose or under your eyes. Overall I love the shape of this one better!
The material is very different. This one isn't as bouncy as the beauty blender, it's actually a bit stiff. The material also doesn't absorb much water nor product. When using it wet with my foundation the product stayed on the surface which was great because it means a little will go a long way! The picture above is the sponge when dry.

This is what the sponge looks like wet. It definitely plumps up!  The texture becomes so smooth making your foundation and concealer airbrushed! I love the finish if give your makeup/skin!

Bottom line: I'm a huge fan of this beauty sponge! It's one of the best I've used and the price is pretty amazing! Even though it's different from the beloved beauty blender sponge it's just as good (or better!) The texture will take some getting use to but trust me when I say you can't go wrong! :-)

Must Haves: bh Cosmetics Missy Lynn Palette!

Truly Amazing!

You know something is good when you own so much makeup but you keep reaching for the same palette over and over again! Missy Lynn or Start2FinishMUA is someone I've been watching on YouTube for years. When I first saw that she was releasing her own palette with bh Cosmetics I was so excited to get my hands on it haha. She is such an inspiration and so relatable, definetely one of favorites to watch! :-) The Missy Lynn Palette retails for $18.95 but I purchased it during a sale for only $11.95... such a bargain! It comes with six pretty large shadow pans and two baked eyeshadows/highlighters which makes this palette so versatile. It has such an incredible color selection that is suitable for any skintone!

You all know that I love little details that companies add to their products. This quote is a great one and it's such a nice touch to have, inspiration before your makeup application.

Here's an overview of the palette. The overall color scheme is beautiful! I love how the packaging matches the actual makeup inside. I also enjoy the diversity of finishes in the palette. My favorite thing in this palette is the baked shadows/highlighters, they look amazing all over the lid and super gorgeous on your cheekbones! Initially I thought they would be too dark for my face but they both look stunning on!

The size of these shadows are so generous! I don't see myself hitting pan anytime soon haha. bh Cosmetics makes great shadows, really smooth and pigmented. These are all super nice in texture, the only one that was slightly powdery was the purple shade on the bottom right corner but nothing horrible.

Here are the swatches. That second shade is gorgeous! I love to use it all over the lid for a daytime smokey eye. The shade next to it is amazing too, awesome color for adding dimension in the outer corner. My favorite shade within the shadows is the fourth shade, it's the perfect crease/transition shade! Purples are the perfect pops of colors for us brown eyes girls so I'm excited to have those in this palette too.

Here are the highlighters. The first one is more of a rose gold and the second one has more true gold to it. I'm a huge fan of these because they are baked, it gives a prettier sheen on the cheeks! They go on pretty smooth, no chunky glitters. 

I wore the palette to work recently and got a few compliments! It's always a great day when someone asks what you're wearing :-D I added the last purple shade on my lower lash-line to slightly smoke it out and it turned out really pretty!

I used the first baked shade all over the lid, love it!

This palette quickly made it to my must haves category! It's affordable and truly amazing quality! It's great for day to night looks and even though it has your typical neutral shades, it's far from boring! I love the pops of color it has and I adore the highlights too. This palette will be suitable for anyone and having the Missy Lynn approval is pretty damn cool haha. :-)

Swatches: bh Cosmetics Party Girl Loose Pigment Eyeshadows!

New From bh Cosmetics!

Pigments... such a love/hate relationship! I hate the mess but I love the look, I guess you just have to compromise haha. bh Cosmetics released a new line of pigments called the Party Girl Loose Pigment Eye shadows, full of stunning shades! The original price is $7.95 but sales are very common on the bh website so I manged to get them for only $4.50 each!

They came in such a cute packaging, consistant with their Party Girl line. I love the color selection within the line! I ended up choosing two just to test out and so far they are really good!

I noticed a few things worth pointing out: they are packed with product,so for the price you pay you're not being cheated out of product (which is awesome!) and they have a seal that you remove when you receive them so they don't get messy in transit. I had the biggest makeup fail about a month ago where I received some pigments in the mail without the seal so I ended being covered in eye shadow as soon as I opened the package. I laugh now but I was pissed then, haha! So packaging gets two thumbs up from me!

I also enjoy the shape of the pot, it's easy to get your brush in there without making such a huge mess. Let's get into swatches:

The left swatch is dry and the right one is foiled... gorgeous! I love how finely milled they are, even dry they pack a punch because of the texture. Over primer they stick fairly easy, didn't notice much to any fall out. Foiling them was super easy too and I noticed that when foiled they can also be worn as liners! So far so good with these!

*Bring it on- a rose- copper

*Ready to go- a cobalt blue

I'm very impressed so far, haven't had a chance to really put them to test but I'll keep you updated. I might end up picking up a few more colors! ;-)

Review: bh Cosmetics Color Lock Long Lasting Matte Lipstick!

Keeping Up With The Matte Trend!

bh Cosmetics always releases products with the cutest packaging! :-) Today I have two of the bh Cosmetics Color Lock Long Lasting Matte Lipsticks to review for you. They retail for $8.95 but normally on sale for 50% off on bhcosmetics.com. I did manage to get them on a great sale which was awesome!

Here's the box they come in... cute huh?! They're said to be a rich, creamy matte lipstick. While being nourishing they are said to stay in place all day... and I completely agree! When they go on they are so smooth and ridiculously pigmented! I had no issues with the color staying on all day, barely any touch ups if any. Just make sure not to make the same mistake I did: I didn't wear a lip liner, just put the lipstick on by itself. The shape of the lipstick makes it difficult to get a precise line so I ended up doing a sloppy job. Concealer helped a ton but the color is so hard to get off! You need makeup remover to remove these... stays on like crazy glue haha.

The packaging is amazing! I love the design, it's a great sturdy plastic. I was most intrigued by the clicking sound it made when you twisted it up! It locks the lipstick into place so you have more security when you apply it... really cool!

Here are some swatches! They are a true matte finish. Doesn't dry you lips at all. They remind me of the Maybelline matte lipsticks but not as creamy to the point that they transfer. They nourish your lips throughout the day but the color doesn't fade at all, amazing! I'm super impressed :-)

*Blissful- a medium berry shade, really different. I love the color because in the light it has a slight shift that makes your lips look so good, a great color!

*Dark Rose- a reddish pink shade, my favorite from the two! Looks so bright and gorgeous on the lips! 

Bottom line: These are a must have if you're loving the matte lip trend! They are not high maintenance like other formulas which is what made me love them so much. They stay put and honestly you don't need to worry about it throughout the day. Just make sure to wear a lip liner just to get that sharp look! The price is very affordable and... I just ordered a few other colors haha. I couldn't help myself, they're that good! :-)