Hard Candy Cheeks & Balances Stick Duo; Review & Swatches of Shades

Hard Candy Cheeks & Balances Highlighting, Contour & Blush Stick

New Shades for Fall 2014

Price: $7 for about 1/4 ounce

CRUELTY FREE!!!

According to Hard Candy, when you use their Highlight & Contour Cheek Duo- "Contouring has never been easier. Now you can create a multi-dimensional look with just one swipe! Cheeks & Balances provides a dual-toned stick that is designed to deliver the perfect amount of highlighter, and blush/bronzer to sculpt, color and illuminate cheeks."

How to Fix Broken Baked Eye Shadow or Rounded Powder

 How to Fix Raised, Rounded or Baked Makeup

The other day I did a How to Fix Broken Makeup guide, but I wanted to provide pictures of how to fix baked powder makeup- or any pressed powder in a domed shape. It's a little different than your standard pressed powder but it's actually even easier & quicker!

How to Fix ANY Broken Makeup in Seconds- FOR FREE!

Ever break an eye shadow, blush, bronzer or any other type of pressed powder?

I can't even begin to count how many broken eye shadows & blushes I've thrown out over the years.

It must be thousands of dollars worth of makeup that just went right down the drain because I didn't know this easy way to fix broken makeup that will have any powdered makeup looking good as new in under a minute!

Hard Candy Fall 2014 Collection Preview

NEW 

Hard Candy for Fall 2014

-Top Ten Trendsetters Eyeshadow Pallettes

-Plumping Serum Gel Lipstick

New Shades 

Hard Candy Fall 2014 Shades 

- Cheeks & Balances Blush/Highlighter 

-Face & Body Glow Illuminator

Prices range from $6-$8

CRUELTY FREE!!!

I was so excited when I saw the display of Hard Candy's Fall 2014 Collection.

Hard Candy has really gone and out done themselves. In the Spring of 2014 they added the new Hard Candy Glamoflauge Lite Blendable Concealer and not with their fall collection they've added options for eyes, lips, cheeks and body!

L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Blush; Review & Swatches of Shades

L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Blush

New for Spring 2014

Price: $12 for .6 ounces

About $20 an ounce

L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Blush was one of three new complexion products L'Oreal released for their extensive Visible Lift line for Spring/Summer 2014.

(The other two products were L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Foundation and L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Concealer). All of these products claim to come complete with scientifically advanced "Opti-Blur" technology...

Mally Effortless Airbrush Highlighter & Blush Duo; Review & Swatches of Shades

Mally Effortless Airbrush & Highlighter

CRUELTY FREE!!!
Price: $45 for 5.5 grams
About $8.80/gram
(Available at Ulta Stores)

Ulta says:
The Effortless Airbrush Highlighter and Blush formula isn't a powder; it's not a cream; it's the most beautiful marriage of hydrating and comforting ingredients that give you a soft, radiant glow and that perfect look of airbrushing with the precision and control of a brush. Its ingredients will brighten your entire face.

So does that make it worth the $45 price tag?
Keep reading....

Mally Shimmer, Shape & Glow (Blush, Highlighter, Contour), Review & Swatches of Shades,

Mally Shimmer Shape & Glow Palette

Price: $49.50 w/brushes from Mally's Website

$40 w/out brushes from Ulta 

CRUELTY FREE!!

Ulta's Description:

Create Mally's signature "superstar glow" in three easy steps using this powder trio. First, the shimmer powder lifts and illuminates the cheekbones giving you the bone structure that you have always dreamed of. Second, the shaping powder softly contours making you look like you lost five pounds. Lastly, the glow powder gives you a soft, warm look like you had a beautifully romantic evening. 

Times must be changing. While the wording is tasteful, I don't know that basically claiming this will give you the "just laid look" is the best approach for what I always assumed was the typical QVC shopper, but this could just be my gutter mind.

So will Mally's Shimmer Shape & Glow palette really do that much for your complexion? Keep reading!

Mally Liquid Face Defender- BLUSH; Review & Swatches of Shades

Mally Liquid Face Defender Blush

Price: $18-$35 for .75 ounces

($22-$43 per ounce)

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Mally took the beauty world by storm with the release of her Poreless Face Defender a few years ago and she has since released several sister-products with her Liquid Face Defender Blush being one of Mally's most recent creations.

Mally 24/7 Illuminating Blush Duo; Review & Swatches of Shades

Mally 24/7 Illuminating Blush System

Price: $35 for 7 grams

(About $5 a gram-

OR, you can look at it as $10 for the brush, and about $3.50/gram)
CRUELTY FREE!!!

One thing you won't hear many people saying about Mrs. Mally Roncal is that "She doesn't do color well." In reality, she does color fabulously well which is why she was so successful as a makeup artist!

So is the 24/7 Illuminating Blush System just another one of those products that require you to be a professional to have halfway decent results?

Keep reading...