New Sugarpill Offerings: @#$%!, Chromalust Trios, and Pillkitty Keychain!

Lots of stuff coming out from Sugarpill today to talk about!

First off, a few months ago Sugarpill came out with a Limited Edition eyeshadow at IMATS which they then had available as a Gift with Purchase of a Heartbreaker Palette when you purchased from Beautylish's Boutiques. I know many people were wanting to purchase it separately and weren't able to but now you finally can.

Head on over to Sugarpill Cosmetics (affiliate link) to get your hands on the lovely (but impossibly named?) eyeshadow but act quick because it's only available for 3 days, October 19th-21st! Feel free to check out my swatch and comparison of @#$%! with Love+ here for reference! I know it might be difficult for some to justify owning both so definitely take the swatches into consideration. I think even if you own Love+, @#$%! is worth picking up since it isn't as close to Love+ as you might think at first glance. @#$%! is $12.00 oh and it is not vegan.

Next up, the Chromalust trios are here. I mentioned seeing them a year ago at the Beautylish Beauty Social, and they were available online on Beautylish's site and now you can get them on Sugarpill's site. There are four different trios available. 

The Atomic trio contains Lumi, Decora, and Royal Sugar, The Frostbitten trio contains Birthday Girl, Tiara, and Darling. The Reckless trio contains Absinthe, Starling, and Stella. Lastly, the Zillionaire trio contains Goldilux, Junebug, and Hysteric. 

The trios are $30.00 each, valued at $36.00


Lastly, there's a new accessory out for the hardcore Sugarpill fans in the form of an adorable Pillkitty keychain! This costs $6.00 and looks super cute.

Get to Sugarpill quick to snatch everything up!

As a warning, expect it to take a little while longer for you to get your package. I'm sure there's tons of people trying to get ahold of @#$%! and the Chromalust trios.

Disclaimer: The affiliate links are noted and there are also affiliate links in the picture. I'm affiliated with Sugarpill Cosmetics since I have an affiliate account with them though I wouldn't be supporting them if I didn't like the brand. My thoughts and opinions are my own. The affiliate links give me a commission based off your use of the link. If you don't feel comfortable using the affiliate link, feel free to use this nonaffiliate link. (Sugarpill Cosmetics)

Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Lip Sampler Set: Swatches and Thoughts

I've got quite a fondness for sampler sets, especially the Sephora Favorites sets. They're a cost effective way to try out offerings from some of the popular Sephora brands for essentially the price of a full size item. This Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Lip set called out to me because it was full of lip products and included products from Bite Beauty, Hourglass, and Tarte which were brands I've had my eye on for ages. I got the set months ago with the use of a gift card I had hoarded.

That being said, I wish I liked this set more, I really do. I had really high hopes but they were dashed when I tried the products on and got a whiff of the scents. The products themselves aren't bad and if you're in the market for work friendly pinks and neutrals with a range of opacity, then it's the perfect set for you. I felt really sensitive to the scents which just made wearing the products an offputting experience.

The set includes six lip products, two of which are full size but the rest are nearly are.

(The group picture isn't color accurate so refer to the individual item pictures instead!)

Price: $25.00. The estimated value of the products inside is said to be more than $79.00. My math calculated the value out to be $96.67.

Where to Purchase: This is limited edition and available at Sephora online and it looks like it might be available in select stores!

Cruelty Free?: Bite Beauty, Fresh, Hourglass, Laura Mercier, and Tarte are cruelty free brands. Sephora Collection used to be until they recently started selling in China which means they are now not.

Product Description: "A set of six perfect pink and nude lip products from glosses, treatments, tints, and shines." I'll be talking about the individual formulas and my thoughts for each lip product.

Click thru to see pictures, lip swatches, and my thoughts on each product!

One Color Wonder: Darling Girl Jeweled Taupe

Since I haven't been wearing much complicated makeup lately, I thought I'd take the time to do features on my favorite "one and done" eyeshadows (cream or powder) that I wear when I want to have makeup on but want something with more "oomph". I've mentioned that Darling Girl Cosmetics' Persuasion was one of my favorites and here's another one from the brand, Jeweled Taupe.

Jeweled Taupe is described as "an amazing, metallic, bronzey taupe with multi-colored shimmer like tiny little jewels". The multi-colored glitter within the base acts like a duochrome when you put it on. When it's on the lid, the glitter isn't as apparent but when you blend into the crease and the light hits it at the right angle, you get a great flash of the color.

This is one of Darling Girl's top selling eyeshadows and it is not surprising to see why. Because of the glitter, you do need to use a glitter fixative underneath but I think the color is most definitely worth it. I pretty much declare that if you were to own any of DG's eyeshadows, this would be it. You ain't a DG customer til you own this is all I'm saying. Do you already own it?

Life-wise, I'm really hoping to be less busy with school. I took the GRE yesterday (nailed it because I did better than average!) and studying for that was taking up most of my time lately. There are a few midterms coming up but I'm hoping to get those out of the way and get back to blogging (at least before I start grad school applications!)

(Belated) Birthday Giveaway Winners!

I didn't feel up for blogging for last week since I had a few major tests last week plus this week I'm taking the GRE (the dastardly standardized test for grad school) on Thursday (wish me luck!). I may have a few posts queued up for this week but I can't promise anything of substance.

Anyway, I finally finished moderating giveaway entries and am happy to announce winners.

The winner of the Sugarpill @#$%! Eyeshadow...

Alexis C of Smokin Colour!

The winner of the Portland Black Lipstick Company Giveaway is...



Shelli Z of Polish Follies!

The winner of the Darling Girl Cosmetics Gift Certificate and Mai Holo Gloss is...



Nikki A of Confessions of a Makeup Addict

The winner of the Fyrinnae Cosmetics Gift Certificate is...



Taura M of The Glam Kitty!

and last but not least, the winner of the OCC Lip Tar of their choice...



Emily P of Makeup Fancy! (I've been reading Emily's blog for a long time so it made me super happy that she won!)

Everyone, email me within a week to claim your prize. My contact info and contact form are under the "Contact Me/PR" tab. Alexis, Nikki, Taura, and Emily, I will be sending your prize after you've contacted me. Shelli, I will forward your information to the owner of Portland Black Lipstick Company so she can send out your prize!