About
My name is Mikayla! I'm a 22 year old University Graduate with a passion for all things beauty. I stumbled into the online beauty community a year ago and have been obsessed with youtube videos and blogs ever since. After watching hundreds of videos over the past year I figured it was about time I joined the community and posted my own thoughts in my own little space. I'm also recently graduated, unemployed and headed for college in September.I really enjoy all things beauty, and I really like telling my friends what I think about products so writing them down just felt natural. To me, make up isn't something that you wear to make yourself look prettier, it's something you do on yourself for yourself. It has the power to give you strength to tackle a rough day, the courage to find your inner confidence and sparkle like every girl is meant too.
Other than beauty, I love fashion. Beauty and Fashion are the keys to my heart, along with a great deal. I'm all about a decent deal, and budget shopping is my favourite.
I can't wait to start this journey with the internet and all of you!
Disclaimer
Just a general disclaimer:I am not a professional makeup artist, I am completely self taught, any posts on beauty products are purely personal opinion and should not be taken as fact.
Beauty items shown on this blog are purchased by myself, or as a gift from family members.
Any and all reviews on products are based on my opinions alone.
4 Palettes Worthy of Your Money
Labels: bblogger, lorac, palettes for your money, review, shopping, the balm, urban decay, wet n wild
For today's post, I thought I would do a little roundup of the 4 palettes I think are the best in terms of quality and price, for you to actually spend your money on. As a self-professed makeup junkie/shopaholic I like a good deal, the idea of spending multiple hours of work at a minimum wage job on one eyeshadow palette was a lot for me to get over. Once you work in the concept of how much you would spend on each shade, versus the price of the palette all together, Sephora quality higher end palettes seem to be a little bit more worth it.
Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone the cheapest and only drugstore palette of my collection that I reach for quite often. 8 shades of pre-formulated looks labelled with where the shade best goes, easy to mix and match shades and create really beautiful night looks as well as classic daytime looks. I've found this palette available on amazon to be $7.07 making each shade $.88! The Balm Nude 'Tude Nice available online at the balm and somewhat difficult to find in Canada I used this every day for the longest time, each shade is a little bit shimmery, with no real matte shades in the bunch. The shadows are easy to blend and all work really well together to create so many different looks. For $36.00 each shade is $3.00 still well below a typical single eye shadow at the drugstore.
Lorac Pro The infamous cult favourite I absolutely had to buy while shopping in America. No longer available in Canada, these shadows are seriously buttery and incredibly pigmented. A row of mattes and a row of shimmery shades, this palette is all I need for a week away, and many different eye looks (I use the deep purple shade as a liner ALL THE TIME). Available online (Sorry Canada) at $42.00 with 16 shades, making each shade $2.62. Last but not least, Urban Decay Naked 2 my first ever Urban Decay palette and the one that stole my heart- as a paler person with lighter hair, the taupes in this palette really compliment my skin tone, shadows are smooth and pigmented and apply perfectly, easy to build. Available at spear for $64.00 each shadow is $5.33, a little pricey but still well worth it.
Final Results:
The best in terms of price: Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone at $.88 each shade.
The best in terms of quality and price: Lorac Pro at $2.62 each shade.
I love all of these palettes for their own reasons, but hands down my two personal favourites are the Lorac Pro and Urban Decay Naked 2. What is a palette you think is worthy of your money?
I love.. Spring Nail Polish
Labels: blogger, china glaze, maybelline color show, nail polish, opi, orly, rimmel 60 seconds, sinful colors, spring, wet n wild, what i'm wearing
OPI- Purple with a purpose $9.95 I love that it's a darker purple, yet still on trend for spring/summer, especially on my toes.
Chinaglaze- Spontaneous $7.95 Lighter than the last purple, but still good for the season, I love how it's not a total lilac, but not a deep purple.
Chinaglaze- Pink Voltage $7.95 BRIGHT PINK I think bright pink makes me look tanner, for some reason, so I rock the bubble gum pink in the spring/summer to not appear as ghostlike.
Chinaglaze- Fuchia Fanatic $7.95 I recently wore this in my last OOTD post Here I love this colour, it looks great on, and is a little darker than Pink Voltage.
Sinful Colours- Frenzy $1.99 I got these in the United States, at Walgreens, on one of many trips with my mom and sister while in B.C. I love the sparkles, especially as an accent nail.
Sinful Colours- Shock and Awe $1.99 Purple and Blue, it's like a perfect blend of the two, great for a more sophisticated spring nail, love this one. It looks really good with Frenzy as an accent nail.
Rimmel 60 Seconds- I Lilac You $3.99 It really does dry fast, it really is a true lilac colour.
Maybelline Colorshow- Pinkalicious $2.99 Another bright pink, love this! (Can you notice a I like pink in the summer trend that's happening?)
Wet N Wild- I Need A Refresh-Mint $3 I have this colour on my toes right now, I love as a true minty green shade, it goes well with everything too.
Orly- Gum Drop $12.50 the most expensive of my list, I love this colour, it's really similar to Wet N Wild's, I really like it.
Old Navy- Preppy Pink $2 It's not really opaque, it goes on very sheer and it is a little difficult to get off, but the colour is worth it, especially with a couple of coats on it.
These are the colours I wear most often in the Spring/Summer, what are some of your favourite spring/summer nail colours?