Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipsticks: Sad Girl and Pure Holywood

Anastasia Beverly Hills just launched her liquid lipsticks line.  Lipsticks are advertised to be full-coverage, matte and long wearing. I was waiting patiently to the day they started selling them online and purchased 2 shades to test: one nude (Pure Hollywood) and one bold (Sad Girl). While Pure Hollywood is such a beauty, Sad Girl left me with mixed feelings:

Color of the year Marsala in Sephora+Pantone Universe palette (with swatches)

Pantone announced color of the year 2015: MARSALA 18-1438.

Picture 'stolen' from pantone.com
 

This color is described on their website as a 'naturally robust and earthy wine red'

'Morphe Brushes' contour palette, 06F Pressed Powder

 

I got myself a 'Morphe brushes' palette #06F which is a Pressed Powder Palette designed for contouring. It has 2 contour colors, 1 bronzer color, 1 highlight color, 2 kind of blush colors (1 is pinkish, 1 is peachy). The finish is matt, the powder is finely milled and silky to the touch. It does go on a little powdery, but once you blend it into your skin it transforms into a natural finish.

I have played with this puppy for couple of weeks already and I am very impressed with the quality and staying power of the brown ones

ColourPop Super Shock Shadows

Colourpop is a fun affordable company giving you a great shopping experience starting with the description of the products on their website and hand-written messages you get when the order arrives.
They are offering quite a unique product, too. Their super shock shadows formula is different from what we all are used to. They are mousse to powder, if you know what I mean. They obviously offer different finishes within the sparkling department. I don't think they have any matts, but I might be mistaken.

Coastal Scents Black Friday Grab (gift for my dear self)

I am new to many popular US makeup brands as far as you can tell. They were simply not available in Russia, or I never paid attention. That's why it is so much fun for me to try them out now. Coastal Scents was one of them until Black Friday 2014.
They had 50-70% off entire site. Products are already quite cheap regular price, so it was a steal. I did my research on their popular\worth-the-money products and ordered the following products for my personal use:

Clinique Even Better Foundation SPF15

After the sad story of MAC Face and Body breaking me out, I kept thinking on what foundation to try out next for my kit. I was especially disappointed with MAC because it is so popular and I hardly ever had such a reaction from any other foundation. Of course, I don't want to risk and cause break outs for my beautiful clients. I have a friend who has an extremely sensitive skin and the only brand she ever uses that doesn't cause her any skin problems whatsoever is Clinique. I went ahead and purchased Clinique Even Better Makeup with SPF15.

HOT drugstore products + swatches.

I made yet another drugstore products purchase, this time online. And I loved everything I got, thanks to online research. When I am in the actual store I tend to grab things emotionally. I do that online, too, but then I can sleep over and decide the next day what is a keeper in the shopping cart and what is not.
Anyways, here are great makeup items worth considering:

Wet n Wild
Color Icon Collection Eyeshadow Set, Comfort Zone 738
$4.99 at drugstore.com