july 2015 favorites & regrets

hi guys! july was a kinda hectic month for me. teh paul finally came back from his eurotrip adventure and then we moved!!! and craziness man. so that's why i don't have a ton of favorites, but anyway here you go!~Lin-chan ^.~

favorites:

blushed nudes palette (top 1, 3, 5, 6; bottom 3); amaze, summer lovin, rose gold, baby face, trooper

1. maybelline blushed nudes palette -- this one's a surprising one. i bought it on a whim, even after seeing many reviews, but i need more rose gold palettes, right? anyway, compared to the naked3, this is not that great, but for a drugstore palette, it is freaking fantastic. granted, i keep gravitating toward the same 5 shadows and not really the rest of the palette, but it's still really great. it takes a little more effort to pack on color, but it blends very nicely.
2. kat von d five fearless years tattoo liner -- i already mentioned her tattoo liner on here, before, but omg the packaging on this one. yes it is more expensive than the regular packaging, but it's limited edition and contributes to a good cause. so whatevs. anyway, i'm loving going back to this liner!
3. ardency inn modster manuka honey eyeshadow in rose gold -- this is so freaking pretty. this has been on my sephora list for forever since it's been out of stock (like over a year?, with email alerts), and i ordered it when i got the chance! someone i follow on youtube a loooong ways back was talking about this particular shadow, and it is soooo freaking pretty. it's not exactly my definition of rose gold...but it's still super pretty.
1. ps, this is magnetized into the container, so it's super easy to depot!
4. colourpop super shock shadows in amaze and summer lovin -- we already know that i love their shadows......anyway, these are really pretty (i'm on a gold or rosy gold kick right now, can't ya tell?) and i'm super glad they brought back summer lovin (i think was limited edition again, when i got it)..
5. makeup geek baby face eyeshadow -- this is basically my skintone, but that's why i like it. and it's matte.

random favorites: the new apartment! what else!? so as i've mentioned a few times already, we've moved! we're actually just down the street from where we were before, since this is where the larger 2 bedroom apartments are. eventually, when i actually have time.....i will try to post pictures, once we're done. (and i have yet to bring all of my crap from my mom's here, my rough deadline is my cousin's wedding on halloween, so that relatives can stay over.)

regrets: revlon colorstay oily/combination in 200 nude -- first off, i have no photo because i bought this and returned it two days later. i had a couple issues with this product, despite hearing great things about it. first off, the color. i tried my best to research the color and grab other foundations to compare through the bottles.....this one is actually darker than how it appears in the bottle, or at least that's my impression. with that, it was orangy on me. secondly the scent. i have no idea why they'd put a fragrance/scent in the foundation, but it's no good, didn't like it. i will say that the staying power was about what i expected or wanted, but the scent was off-putting enough that i didn't want to trade for a lighter shade.