July 2013: Music I've Been Loving

There's one site I recently found that is AMAZING for making playlists! It's called Grooveshark.

Link to the playlist: http://grooveshark.com/playlist/July+2013/88641072

Here's a list of all the songs on my current playlist:

1. Counting Stars - One Republic
2. Dreaming - Smallpools
3. Handshake - Two Door Cinema Club (Remix)
4. Love Somebody - Maroon 5
5. Mermaids - Jinja Safari
6. Intro - The xx
7. De Do Do, De Da Da - The Police
8. The Boys of Summer - The Ataris
9. Tongue Tied - Grouplove
10. Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
11. Australia - The Shins
12. Lamplight - Bombay Bicycle Club
13. Shuffle - Bombay Bicycle Club
14. Kokomo - The Beach Boys
15. Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
16. Fine China - Chris Brown
17. Trojans - Atlas Genius
18. Smile Like you Mean It - The Killers
19. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
20. Gone, Gone, Gone - Phillip Phillips
21. Satelite - Dave Matthews Band

I hope you enjoy! :)

xx,

Margaret

Maybelline Barely Branded & Inked in Pink Color Tattoos Metal Eyeshadows Review, Photos, Swatches

I was lucky enough to stop by the CVS on my way home this afternoon and pick up these AMAZING new color tattoos!! I AM IN LOVE.
CVS is having somewhat of a sale on Maybelline products (Spend more than $15 and you get $5 in ExtraBucks - I was planning on purchasing the cream eyeshadows anyway!)

I was playing around with all of my cream eyeshadows last night and I found out that you can switch the tops of the color tattoos with the MAC paintpots and they fit on eachother's packages! So interesting! haha

Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal Eyeshadows in Barely Branded and Inked in Pink ($6.99 for 0.14 oz.) 
Overall:

          PRODUCT

10/10

PIGMENTATION

8/10

TEXTURE

10/10

LONGEVITY

7/10

APPLICATION

8/10

Barely Branded is a champagne/cream/tan color with hints of shimmer- a beautiful nude for any skin tone!
Inked in Pink is a light pastel pink with the same amount of shimmer, but more cool toned.

 I already have two of the Maybelline color tattoos- Bad to the Bronze and Tough as Taupe. I have to say- I barely use them! Especially Tough as Taupe. I just don't think they are very flattering on extremely fair skin. When I saw these - I knew I had to pick them up! Perfect colors for everyday makeup!

 These are swatches of the cream eyeshadows: (left to right) Inked in Pink, Barely Branded

 Today I used Inked in Pink as a base and applied MAC's eyeshadow in Starviolet! It turned out beautifully ~

Overall, I would recommend these to ANYONE! They are just as good as MAC's paintpots! (I have Painterly and Indianwood) The staying power may not be as long, but the pigmentation is the same. For any high school or college student, or anyone that has to apply makeup on the run (which is probably most people) I think these are sample products! 

Looking forward to getting lots of use out of them!

xx, 

Margaret

P.S. I hope you had an amazing Christmas and New Years! ♥

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