Hope y'all had a great Labour Day weekend! Labour Day marks the beginning of September (or, you know, back to school... but that hasn't applied to me in many years), which means it's time for my August haul post.
Basically, I bought a million palettes last month.
Violet Voss Ride or Die Eyeshadow Palette
Violet Voss x Nicol Concilio Eyeshadow Palette
Violet Voss Rose Gold Highlighter Palette
Hakuhodo J5522 Eyeshadow Brushes
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Taupe, Soft Brown, and Medium Brown
Let's start with IMATS, which was last weekend. I made a beeline for the Violet Voss booth to see what they'd have to offer this year, because last year was so underwhelming (they couldn't bring any of their eyeshadow palettes with them, so they only had their three-pan highlighter palette and a couple of glitters on sale — waste of a booth, if you ask me). So I was completely ecstatic when I saw that they had all of their offerings for sale this year. Moreover, they were selling them at their regular retail price but in Canadian dollars so we didn't have to pay conversion, and everything was tax-free. So I immediately snatched up the Ride or Die eyeshadow palette, the Nicol Concilio eyeshadow palette (no idea who she is, but the palette is gorgeous!), and the Rose Gold highlighter palette. Those three items alone already made my trip to IMATS worth it, because Violet Voss was the vendor that I was most excited for, but I did also pick up two of my favourite J5522 eyeshadow blending brushes from Hakuhodo, as well as three shades of Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz from the Frends Beauty Supply booth because they were selling them for $15 USD (about $19 CAD, so I saved $8 per pencil).
ColourPop Karrueche x ColourPop Fem Rosa She Eyeshadow Palette
ColourPop Gimme More! Powder Highlighter Palette
ColourPop Pressed Powder Highlighter in Ruffle My Feathers, Boy Next Door, and Total Package
I haven't been interested in ColourPop in a long time but they've been killing it with their powder formulas this year, so when I got a notification that their ultra-coveted She Eyeshadow Palette was back in stock, I immediately got on their website to snatch it up. But I didn't want to pay for shipping just for a $16 palette — ColourPop offers free international shipping on orders over $50 — so I added the Gimme More! Highlighter Palette that I'd been eyeing for a couple months (and finally came back in stock) and took the opportunity to check out their brand new single highlighting powders that launched a few weeks ago. I was curious about the formula and had read good reviews about them, so I ended up picking out three colours to start out with: Ruffle My Feathers (a light gold), Boy Next Door (a medium champagne), and Total Package (a medium rose gold).
Zoeva Plaisir Box
Zoeva Blanc Fusion Eyeshadow Palette
Zoeva Caramel Melange Eyeshadow Palette
Zoeva Cocoa Blend Eyeshadow Palette
Zoeva Matte Eyeshadow Palette
I've been wanting to try out Zoeva products for well over a year now and finally bit the bullet. I don't hear a lot about German makeup brands over here, but Zoeva is one brand that has gotten quite a lot of attention in the online makeup community. Like Morphe, Zoeva was originally known for their affordable brushes and then expanded into eyeshadow palettes that have been getting more and more popular because of their affordability, pigmentation, and sleek packaging. I'd been eyeing the gorgeous Plaisir Box for well over six months now because it has the three palettes I wanted (Blanc Fusion, Caramel Melange, and Cocoa Blend) in a gift set that looks like it could be from a fancy chocolate store (it's also slightly cheaper at $90 instead of $102 for all three palettes), but what made me put in an order is their Matte Eyeshadow Palette finally came back in stock. (I didn't want to pay for shipping for two separate orders, so I waited until all of them were in stock.) I'll be playing around with them for the next couple weeks to see if they live up to the hype and post some reviews soon.
Morphe The Jaclyn Hill Palette
Speaking of Morphe, I finally caved in and ordered the Jaclyn Hill Palette. It might just be the most hyped-up makeup product of 2017 — the first batch sold out within 30 minutes, and there have already been three re-stocks of this palette (as of this post, it is sold out but it will probably be re-stocked in the next month). I was on the fence about it because I already have so many warm-toned palettes, let alone Morphe palettes, but palettes are my kryptonite. I was originally going to wait to see if this palette would be available at IMATS, but quickly discarded that thought because even if they did have it (which would've been unlikely given how fast it has sold out since its first launch), they'd be sold out within minutes, and the line-up for Morphe is tediously long at IMATS (last year, we couldn't even get in the line-up to line up for Morphe — this year, we took one look at the line-up and immediately walked away). That having been said, this will be the last time I shop through the Morphe website because the international shipping cost from Morphe is absolutely atrocious. Shipping to Canada used to be $15.50 USD, and now it's $29.99 USD — plus I had to pay FedEx an extra $17 because they paid the HST in advance for me — making this palette nearly $100 CAD. I'm sorry, but if I can get a package from Zoeva, who charges $12 CAD for shipping to Canada from Germany, and not get charged anything upon arrival, then I sure as hell shouldn't be charged over $50 CAD for shipping from California.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture Eyeshadow Palette
Speaking of hype, my friend Chelsea got me the Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture Eyeshadow Palette when it launched on Sephora. It's possibly the most debated makeup product of 2017; this is truly a love-it-or-hate-it palette, and it sparked so many ridiculous, overdramatized reviews on social media that I was that much more curious to try it out. (Don't know if it's just me, but I actually like trying out products that have bad reps more than ones that are notoriously good just to see if the naysayers are justified.) You can read my review of it here. All I gotta say is, I really like it, and haters are just gonna hate.
Too Faced Just Peachy Mattes Velvet Matte Eyeshadow Palette
Too Faced Sweetie Pie Radiant Matte Bronzer
Too Faced Peach Mist Mattifying Setting Spray
Too Faced Peach Kiss Lipstick in Doll Face, Sunday Funday, and Sex on the Peach
Finally, Too Faced launched their Peaches and Cream collection last week! I ended up getting the Just Peachy Mattes Eyeshadow Palette (obviously), the Sweetie Pie Radiant Matte Bronzer, the Peach Mist Mattifying Setting Spray, and three shades of the Peach Kiss Moisture Matte Long Wear Lipstick (I got nudes because that's what I wear the most, but they only had five shades available when I ordered them). The palette and lipsticks are particularly luxe — the palette feels heftier (similar to the Becca x Jaclyn Hill Champagne Collection Face Palette) with gold trim and cute clasp enclosure, and the lipsticks have chic ivory and gold packaging with the same clasp enclosure and the most adorable peach design embossed on to the bullets. I know some people are sick of the whole peach wave that Too Faced has been riding for well over a year now, but I've always been a fan of the peach theme, and the Peaches and Cream collection is like the classier, more mature sister to the original Sweet Peach collection (which were adorned with the peach smiley face emoji that made it seem cuter and more childish). Even the scent is softer and less cloyingly sweet. I do wish that the blushes, bronzers, and highlighters were straight powder formulas instead of cream-to-powder because they don't blend well on top of powdered skin (and honestly, are cream products still popular these days?), but I like that they launched a full range of products for the whole face so it'll appeal to a broader range of people.
On that note, I need to cool it with makeup for the next month. Holiday collections are coming around the corner.
Basically, I bought a million palettes last month.
Let's start with IMATS, which was last weekend. I made a beeline for the Violet Voss booth to see what they'd have to offer this year, because last year was so underwhelming (they couldn't bring any of their eyeshadow palettes with them, so they only had their three-pan highlighter palette and a couple of glitters on sale — waste of a booth, if you ask me). So I was completely ecstatic when I saw that they had all of their offerings for sale this year. Moreover, they were selling them at their regular retail price but in Canadian dollars so we didn't have to pay conversion, and everything was tax-free. So I immediately snatched up the Ride or Die eyeshadow palette, the Nicol Concilio eyeshadow palette (no idea who she is, but the palette is gorgeous!), and the Rose Gold highlighter palette. Those three items alone already made my trip to IMATS worth it, because Violet Voss was the vendor that I was most excited for, but I did also pick up two of my favourite J5522 eyeshadow blending brushes from Hakuhodo, as well as three shades of Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz from the Frends Beauty Supply booth because they were selling them for $15 USD (about $19 CAD, so I saved $8 per pencil).
I haven't been interested in ColourPop in a long time but they've been killing it with their powder formulas this year, so when I got a notification that their ultra-coveted She Eyeshadow Palette was back in stock, I immediately got on their website to snatch it up. But I didn't want to pay for shipping just for a $16 palette — ColourPop offers free international shipping on orders over $50 — so I added the Gimme More! Highlighter Palette that I'd been eyeing for a couple months (and finally came back in stock) and took the opportunity to check out their brand new single highlighting powders that launched a few weeks ago. I was curious about the formula and had read good reviews about them, so I ended up picking out three colours to start out with: Ruffle My Feathers (a light gold), Boy Next Door (a medium champagne), and Total Package (a medium rose gold).
I've been wanting to try out Zoeva products for well over a year now and finally bit the bullet. I don't hear a lot about German makeup brands over here, but Zoeva is one brand that has gotten quite a lot of attention in the online makeup community. Like Morphe, Zoeva was originally known for their affordable brushes and then expanded into eyeshadow palettes that have been getting more and more popular because of their affordability, pigmentation, and sleek packaging. I'd been eyeing the gorgeous Plaisir Box for well over six months now because it has the three palettes I wanted (Blanc Fusion, Caramel Melange, and Cocoa Blend) in a gift set that looks like it could be from a fancy chocolate store (it's also slightly cheaper at $90 instead of $102 for all three palettes), but what made me put in an order is their Matte Eyeshadow Palette finally came back in stock. (I didn't want to pay for shipping for two separate orders, so I waited until all of them were in stock.) I'll be playing around with them for the next couple weeks to see if they live up to the hype and post some reviews soon.
Speaking of Morphe, I finally caved in and ordered the Jaclyn Hill Palette. It might just be the most hyped-up makeup product of 2017 — the first batch sold out within 30 minutes, and there have already been three re-stocks of this palette (as of this post, it is sold out but it will probably be re-stocked in the next month). I was on the fence about it because I already have so many warm-toned palettes, let alone Morphe palettes, but palettes are my kryptonite. I was originally going to wait to see if this palette would be available at IMATS, but quickly discarded that thought because even if they did have it (which would've been unlikely given how fast it has sold out since its first launch), they'd be sold out within minutes, and the line-up for Morphe is tediously long at IMATS (last year, we couldn't even get in the line-up to line up for Morphe — this year, we took one look at the line-up and immediately walked away). That having been said, this will be the last time I shop through the Morphe website because the international shipping cost from Morphe is absolutely atrocious. Shipping to Canada used to be $15.50 USD, and now it's $29.99 USD — plus I had to pay FedEx an extra $17 because they paid the HST in advance for me — making this palette nearly $100 CAD. I'm sorry, but if I can get a package from Zoeva, who charges $12 CAD for shipping to Canada from Germany, and not get charged anything upon arrival, then I sure as hell shouldn't be charged over $50 CAD for shipping from California.
Speaking of hype, my friend Chelsea got me the Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture Eyeshadow Palette when it launched on Sephora. It's possibly the most debated makeup product of 2017; this is truly a love-it-or-hate-it palette, and it sparked so many ridiculous, overdramatized reviews on social media that I was that much more curious to try it out. (Don't know if it's just me, but I actually like trying out products that have bad reps more than ones that are notoriously good just to see if the naysayers are justified.) You can read my review of it here. All I gotta say is, I really like it, and haters are just gonna hate.
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