Review | Urban Decay - Naked Heat Palette 🔥

Hello everyone!

Long time no blog! Though the days have continued to be hot and sweaty, my summer has winded down to a close. I moved into my new apartment in LA and just finished my 3rd week of graduate classes. 😊 It's been a struggle, not gonna lie...but it's definitely something I can handle. 😉 I'm thinking of writing a post regarding my move, life here at USC as a graduate student and all that soon. So until then, let's just jump right into this heated review. 🔥

The Naked Heat Palette by Urban Decay Cosmetics

I first heard of this palette through Urban Decay's Instagram (@urbandecaycosmetics). I immediately fell in love with the BEAUTIFUL warm, amber-hued shadows.  Lately, I've been loving burgundy/ terra-cotta shadows on my eyes, no matter what the season. Usually these types of colors remind me of Fall, but I've been using these types of shades pretty much everyday this summer~

Urban Decay's Naked line also has held a very special place in my heart. The original Naked palette was I believe, the first high-end product I've ever bought, and to this day, is still one of my favorite OG palettes. I did pass on the Naked 2 palette due to its strong cool-toned shadows and the Naked Smokey because I'm not a big fan of smokey looks, but decided to purchase the Naked 3 palette second-hand because of how much I loved the soft pink eyeshadows in the palette. I've been in love with the Naked palette shadow formulas and I knew I just had to have the Naked Heat palette too!

Luckily, this palette was released around the time of my birthday, so my sister gifted me this beauty! Thanks sis! 👭💜

MultiPal Store Review - Liz Lisa Floral Dress & Deary Pink Frill Boots

Hello everyone!

I hope you've all been having a wonderful week! I've been getting busier and busier as my final semester of Undergrad continues...but it's definitely not something I can't handle. ;) Today, I'm here to review a cute store I came across from Instagram, along with the two items I bought from them!

Everybody say hello to,

 

MULTIPAL STORE!

I've been following a lot more people on Instagram since 2017 started, most of them being Liz Lisa collectors/beauty and fashion bloggers. I came across a cute girl, @sugar.mew, and noticed that she was promoting a store called "MultiPal".

If you guys didn't know, I'm a HUGE fan (and wallet empty customer ;_;) of the Japanese himekaji brand, Liz Lisa. I believe if you've read my Study Abroad posts when I was living in Osaka, Japan, you've might've come across me saying how much I loved visiting the Liz Lisa stores, as well as spending all my money there. ^^'''

The only bad thing that about loving a Japanese brand is.... it's so difficult buying their products while in the United States! >< Trust me...I've bought from TokyoKawaiiLife, Liz Lisa's main Japanese seller, but because I want to expand my Liz Lisa collection and purchase older items, I've been trying to buy items from different places such as Yahoo Auction, eBay, and/or secondhand stores, thus MultiPal store came into picture!

MultiPal store is a shop located in Japan. It is run by a really sweet owner, Mari. The site offers many Japanese brands such as Liz Lisa, Ank Rouge, Axes Femme, One Spo, and more. Some of their items are pre-owned and are barely worn so their clothes' condition is almost new. They also have brand new items, stocked directly from their retailers! They update their items at a decent pace, around once or twice every 2 weeks. I've been keeping an eye out for their updates when I saw these shoes~

And I knew I had to have them. ;) So on January 11, I made the order! I also decided to buy a floral Liz Lisa dress because their Liz Lisa items have always caught my eye. ;) MultiPal shipped out my package the very next day! And I received the package, in Southern California, on January 23rd, so it took around 10 days! Incredibly fast processing and shipping~ 

Review & Swatches: Juvia's Place - Nubian Palette

Hello everyone!

I know I haven't been updating my blog since my last year of University started, but it's all right! I didn't forget about you all. :)  I'll try my best to review and swatch what I can when I find myself with free time~ And I've recently come across A LOT of beauty products that I can't wait to blog to you guys about.

So for today, I'd like to introduce to you all one of my new FALL favorites!

The Nubian Palette by Juvia's Place

I first heard of this palette by one of my favorite Makeup Queens on YouTube, NikkieTutorials. She spoke very highly of this palette in one of her Monthly Favorites videos, and after she swatched this palette on Snapchat, and gave us her discount code + informing us of Juvia's Place recent sale on its site, I decided to take the chance and get it. :) I definitely do not regret buying this palette. It is one of the most gorgeous warm-neutral eye shadow palettes I have ever laid my hands on. (And as you can see from the above and future pictures, I couldn't wait to use it and forgot to take pictures of the palette for the blog before I used it. Oops!)

So let's get this review on a roll~!

"The Nubian Palette by Juvia's was inspired by an African Empire in old Egypt headed by the beauty icon Nefertiti. Famously endowed with strength and spirituality. This palette consists of 12 shades beautifully coordinated to be reflective on Golds, Coppers, Browns and Nudes as seen in an Egyptian Empire." 

It's a pretty simple green cardboard palette, inspired by Nefertiti. I've always loved Egyptian Gods and Goddesses ever since I studied them in elementary and middle school, so it's really cool to see their incorporation in makeup! The front of the palette has the picture of Queen Nefertiti, and the back contains a short passage describing the palette as well as the ingredients of the shadows. The good thing that I'd like to add about this palette though is that it's cruelty-free! Yay!

Review: KLENSPOP - POP-C Brown

Here is the second lenses brought to you by, Klenspop! It is a circle lens online store based in South Korea and carries an array of beautiful circle lenses as well as a few cosmetic items! So let's just get into the review!

G&G POP-C Brown Lenses

(This review will be pretty similar to my previous circle lens review on Pop-C Black&Choco circle lens.)

Whenever you buy from Klenspop, they provide you with a cute little blue/pink contact lens case,  a plastic yellow tweezer that can be used to grab the circle lens out of the vial, and of course the actual circle lens vials. 

Review: KLENSPOP - POP-C Black & Choco

Hi guys! I apologize for the late update. Things are seriously cray in my life right now. If you guys want a hint at what's going on...let's just say I am writing this post in the midsts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^_^ 

But today, I'm here to share with you another circle lens review from the ever awesome circle lens store, Klenspop! It is a circle lens online store based in South Korea and carries an array of beautiful circle lenses as well as a few cosmetic items! So let's just get into the review!

G&G POP-C Black&Choco

Whenever you buy from Klenspop, they provide you with a cute little blue/pink contact lens case, a plastic yellow tweezer that can be used to grab the circle lens out of the vial, and of course the actual circle lens vials. 

 I received two circles lenses to review, but for today, I'll just focus on these POP-C Black&Choco lenses.

Review: KLENSPOP - Flower Choco

Hello everyone! Today, I'm here to share with you a circle lens review from the wonderful circle lens store, Klenspop! It is a circle lens online store based in South Korea and carries an array of beautiful circle lenses as well as a few cosmetic items!

Short description of the store!

I received these lenses awhile ago...like cough5monthsagocough. (I apologize Klenspop for the late review!!!) But nevertheless let's get on with the post!

Whenever you buy from K-Lenspop, they provide you with a cute little blue/pink contact lens case, a yellow tool like thing (what is this called??) that can be used to grab the circle lens out of the vial, and of course the actual circle lens vials. 

The only thing that concerned me was how the vials had two different labels if you can see. >.< I got mine powered, both -4.5...however one of the vials had a Power 0.00 label, while the other had a Power -4.50 label. When I tried them on however, both were -4.50 as asked for. :)

Review: Innisfree Creamy Tint Lip Mousse in #3 and #7

Hello everyone~! 

Like I promised, I finally have an actual makeup product review! I've had this post in my drafts for....quite awhile to be honest. >.< I just haven't had the time to write the actual post! But I finally told myself to stop with the procrastinating and just write the post already, so let's just get into the review!