First Row Rockstar is a dark purple satin Gunmetal is a metallic gray with silver micro glitter Skimp is a light peachy cream satin Infamous is a plumy pink satin Wreckage is a bronzy medium brown shimmer Second Row Haight is a teal blue satin Money is a light gray green shimmer Mushroom is a gray silverishy taupe Spotlight is a light champagne with gold micro glitter Limelight is a light golden copper with gold micro glitter

Urban Decay Mariposa Palette swatches indirect sunlight over bare skin

This set of swatches are over UDPP in Eden. Just for fun I thought I would swatch these over a matte primer to show how one can tone down the shimmer intensity in these shadows (pic also taken by the window in daylight)


Urban Decay Mariposa Palette (heavy) swatches indirect sunlight over Eden UDPP



the Mariposa palette beside a regular UDPP for size reference

I got it in my head I wanted to play with my dotting tools one night and this is the mani I came up with. I was in a pink sort mood :)

I have to say Ipsy keeps getting better with each bag I get!



June 2013 Ipsy On the Wild Side bag




June 2013 Ipsy Contents

The Contents:





June 2013 Ipsy NYX blush in Dare

I haven’t had a NYX blush in a long time. This is the first time I ever tried the Mosaic blushes. It contains five colors in the blusher. Although they are tiny, they probably could be tapped into to get the individual colors. I just swirled my brush in the whole pan and used all the colors to get a light peachy bronze. I am totally digging it!




June 2013 Ipsy J.Cat

This palette looks very pretty; all sparkly and such. But I am not sure how much use I will get out of it. I don’t wear glitter too much. I will give it a try. Yah never know...maybe there is a glitter diva inside me.... J. Cat Beauty has 11 sparkling cream palette available.





June 2013 Ipsy Starlooks

Tipsy is a pinky orange hue. It is pretty bright. I tried it alone with some nude lip gloss over it. The lip liner made every dry patch on my lips very noticeable soooo make sure you have baby smooth lips before applying this. I think this would be pretty good as a base for a hot pink lipstick. Also to note is that Starlooks also offers a monthly sub; Starbox $15/month. Canadians need to call their Customer Service department as shipping rates vary.





June 2013 Ipsy Chella Ivory Lace highlighter

I really like this highlighter. I remember thinking before who needs a separate pencil highlighter for your brows? But now I can see why. Applied on the underside of the brow makes your brow pop and look very clean.





June 2013 Ipsy Cailyn Eyeliner

I was truly impressed with this liner upon application. It went on very smoothly. I even used the built-in brush that came with it, which also surprised me. If you use the flat side you can get a thicker line and by turning the brush to the thin side you can achieve a sleek line. I have been wearing this liner all day and so far no smudging! Plus it is purple!!!

My Topbox finally showed up on Friday at my door. I was getting antsy as it was sitting in the Mississauga sorting centre all week. Then BOOM here it was! Plus my Ipsy bag showed up the same day so I was in makeup overload! Always a good thing!

The June Topbox tube was a bit shorter than the norm. It was still the same tube but just about an inch shorter. But it still had some awesome products in it! Wanna see???
 


June 2013 Topbox

The contents:



Benefit Sugarbomb Ultra Plush gloss

Benefit Sugarbomb Ultra Plush Gloss    deluxe sample
Full Size: 15ml/ $19
Love love getting Benefit in any box and I was pretty excited to see the Sugarbomb gloss. I have been carrying around the Dandelion gloss in my purse for the past month or so as my ‘on the go’ gloss. I like it because it is a squeeze tube gloss. Perfect for on the go. I do find the Ultra Plush glosses good sheer glosses and I also like the smell of them. I am not sure if I would spend $19 on a sheer gloss no matter how good it smelled. But I am cheap hehe so I am happy to get these deluxe samples.
 



Lise Watier Solo Eyeshadow Bleu Curacao



Bleu Curacao swatch L: on bare skin        R: over primer

Full Size: 2g/$18
Another Lise Watier product! Last month, we received the lip gloss in Stylista which I totally adore. Bleu Curacao is an icy light blue. I wear all different eyeshadow hues so this light blue doesn’t really scare me. It might not be a shade I will wear everyday but I am glad to try out the formula. I found it works best with primer. It really ‘pops’ as you can see from the swatch. Oh and it is paraben free!



Jelly Pong Pong Fairy Lashes Mascara

Full Size: 8ml/$24
Mascara mascara! LOL I will be adding this to my mascara stash. I have a few on the go right now so I need to get through them first before I open this one. Buuut I might have to bump this one up in the cue though as it is water resistant. I hope that means waterproof! I prefer using waterproof mascaras in the summer for the obvious reasons. Isn’t the tube adorable?.
 


Belvada Mini Lash Curler

Full Size: $5.99
A travel sized eye lash curler. I tried it today and it works just fine. I was a little worried at how sharp it would curl my lashes as the top part of this curler is just a solid thin plastic strip. But I didn’t use a lot of pressure and my eyelash curled easily. I kind of like that this is straighter than traditional curlers. It makes getting the outer edges of my lashes easier. There is an extra pad for the curler tucked snuggly into the bottom of the curler for future use.



OPI Liquid Sands Honey Ryder and Cult Nails Fetish

This past weekend, Shoppers Drug Mart had a mega point redemption event. I redeemed 50,000 points which came out to $110 in free stuff! I did get some other food and general stuff but the majority of my redemption was beauty related.

• Garnier Nutrisse Mouse Hair Dye - Dark Brown (I always like having one on hand)
• Q-Tip Precision Tips
• L’Oreal Ombrelle Visage SPF60
• Annabelle BB Cream (light/medium) SPF15
• Neutrogena Makeup Removing Wipes (x2)
• Revlon Lash Potion by Grow Luscious Waterproof mascara (Blackest Black)
• L’Oreal Voluminous Original Waterproof mascara (Black)
• Maybelline Volum Express Turbo Boost mascara (Very Black)
• L’Oreal Infallible eyeshadows in All Night Blue and Hourglass Beige
• Essence 3D eyeshadow in Irresistible Mermaid Kiss
• Annabelle eyebrow pencil in Taupe
• Annabelle lip pencil in Demure
• Essence lip glosses in Big Night Out (sparkly pink) and Nude Kiss (nude pink)



L'Oreal Ombrelle Visage and Annabelle BB Cream



Maybelline Volum Express Turbo Boost L'Oreal Voluminous waterproof mascara Revlon Lash Potion waterproof mascara



L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow All Night Blue and Hourglass Beige Essence 3D shadow in Irresistible Mermaid Kiss



Annabelle eyebrow pencil in Taupe and lipliner in Demure



Essence lipgloss in Big Night Out and Nude Kiss

Product	Count
Mascara	18
BB Cream	17
Lip Balm	11
Eyeliner	11
Lipstick	7
Foundation	6
gloss	6
Powder	5
Blush	4
Concealer	4
brow	4
moisturizer/sunscreen	4
Eyeshadow Other	3 5

I really want a lightweight BB Cream for summer. I need something that has a good amount of SPF in it as well and fairly good concealing/evening out abilities. Do any of you have any recommendations I can check out?

Do you have a polish that just makes you happy when you wear it? Come on, I know we all have one!