Ipsy April 2014 "Beauty Rocks" Unboxing & Review

So I decided not to cancel my Ipsy subscription after all, and I'm actually pretty glad that I didn't. This month's bag was REALLY good compared to all the other bags so far in 2014.
If you'd like to sign up for Ipsy, feel free to use my referral link HERE!
I'm not going to go into to the story of Ipsy this time, because I've don't countless posts before but for $10 a month you really can't beat it! I love testing new products, and I've found SO many that I love because of them.

Here's a first look:

The theme for April is "Beauty Rocks". I'm not totally sure how they come up with their themes, it doesn't really seem to correlate with what is in the bags, but mostly just the bags themselves. Either way, the bag is pretty big and kind of cute compared to some of the one's I've received lately. This is my 11th month with Ipsy.

This month I received:

• Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Glide on Eye Pencil in "Black Velvet"
• Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion
• Elizabeth Mott Pop! Goes the Shadow in "Champagne"
• Mary Kay at Play Jelly Lip Gloss in "Berry Me"
• St. Tropez Gradual plus Anti-Aging Multi Action Face

Like I said I'm pretty pleased with this months Ipsy bag. This is the first month this year that I've loved every single product. I have tried all of them so far so here is a quick overview of my thoughts.

First up, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil Travel Size Value: $15 (estimate)/ Full size $20

If you read my blog regularly, you know I don't really love pencil eyeliners. However, Urban Decay glide on liners are the exception. They are great and highly pigmented and go on with ease. They last literally all day and are GREAT pencil liners. I'd definitely purchase this in a full size version.

Up next is Dr. Brandt's Microdermabrasion Value: $9 (estimate) Full Size $78

I recently have fallen in love with this brand. They are pretty expensive, but totally worth it in my opinion. I use Pores no More regularly and love it, and tested out this product tonight. It left my skin feeling very clean, and much less dry than I started off with. It's like my winter skin just went away. It hurt a little but while scrubbing, but no pain, no gain. 

Up next: Elizabeth Mott Pop! Goes the Shadow FULL SIZE VALUE: $12.99!

I love getting full size products in my bags. I was excited to receive this as well, and have been using it about three days. It's a great color for your lids or as a highlight, and is highly pigmented and I love it. Elizabeth Mott is a brand that I have only received through Ipsy, and I love the mascara as well.

Mary Kay at Play Jelly Lip Gloss FULL SIZE VALUE: $10!

YAY for another full size product. Finally Ipsy has sent me lipgloss instead of stupid lipstick which I have way way too many of. I'd never tried Mary Kay before so I was excited to test this out. It's a pretty red sheer-ish color and I really like it. It will be great for summer and isn't overly sticky.

St. Tropez Gradual Tan plus Anti-Aging Multiaction Face Trial Size Value $10 (estimate)

I usually use the Jergens self tanner or the Walmart version, so I was happy to receive something that is specific for my face. I'd never tried St. Tropez before or even heard of it but I'm pretty pleased. I've been using it at night and can't speak for the anti-aging properties of it just yet, but it isn't greasy and has a pleasant smell. I think I may be a teensy bit tanner too.

And here's some swatches of the liner and eyeshadow for your viewing pleasure! But you can't really see the shadow on my hand, but I promise it's really pretty.

And here is an extra of my new blonde hair and what the eyeliner looks like on!

Total bag estimated value: $56.99! In my opinion that is an AWESOME deal for what I paid! $10!!!

So again, If you want to sign up for Ipsy, please use my referral link HERE!

And here are the coupons for the month of April that come with your Ipsy subscription!

• Dr. Brandt - 20% off full size Microdermabrasion kit + free gift with code MICRO20
• Urban Decay - Free gift with $35+ purchase with code UDIPSY
• St. Tropez - 25% off any purchase with code GLOW25
• Elizabeth Mott - 50% off any purchase with code IPSYPOP
• Benefit - Free deluxe sample of high beam with $30+ order with code APRILGLAM
• Cailyn - 20% off any purchase plus free gift with code IPSYGIFT
• Cover FX - 20% off $50+ Purchase with code IPSY20
• Rainbow Honey - 25% off any purchase with code IPSY25
• City Color - 20% off any purchase with code 14IPSY20WG
• Starlooks - 20% off any purchase with IPSY20
• Sexy Hair - 25% off when you text IPSTER to 33233 and provide email
• Kiss - 25% off Kiss of iEnvy lashes with code IPSY1
• Demeter - 20% off any purchase with code 20ipsydfl
• Coastal Scents - 25% off any purchase with code BRUSH25OFF
• So Seductive Lashes - 20% off any purchase with code IPSY20

So that's it people! A great Ipsy month in my opinion so make sure and sign up! Next month is my 1 year anniversary and I've gained so many AWESOME things with my subscription!

Until next time,

Xx Ashley C.

Top Ten Eye Products by Chynel :)

So Ashley had this crazy idea to do a top ten so since she and I are into completely different things, She thought it would be a great idea to give you all another view of the top ten. So I am going to share my top ten and what I consider must haves for your favorite eye looks! I will also post links if you would like to buy them. 

So to start off my number one thing I love the most is my Urban Decay Primer Potion Original. This allows you to have the perfect base to start your eye make up and it holds that shadow for at least two days. I know that sounds gross but being a new mommy, some times you just don't have time for yourself. I like the original the most as they do have 5 different kinds. 
BUY HERE

Number two -  Bdellium Tools, Studio Line, Eyes 776,  Blending Brush. Words cannot describe my love for this brush. I own Sigma, Mac, Sephora, Elf, Eco-tools, and Bdellium brushes. I have spent so much stink-in money on brushes and in my honest opinion Bdellium is the best. I feel like Sigma is just a big stupid hype! A lot of gurus on YouTube will go crazy over them but you have to take in account that Sigma basically gives them all their brushes for free to help promote them and does pay a few of them. So don't fall for it! Bdellium is amazing, they are high quality and cost much much less then the other brands except the drugstore of course. I purchase mine off amazon. This brush is so amazing, it blends so incredibly well. It has never shed (like sigma's version) and has lasted me forever. I love love LOVE their brushes. 
BUY HERE

Number threeeee! -  Urban Decay Eyeshadow in the shade Habit! It is in the Vice 2 Palette and I don't believe it is sold by itself since the Vice 2 Palette is limited edition. It is just a beautiful pinkie neutral all over shade. It is just gorgeous. I have the Naked 3 and really wish it was in it or some thing similar.
BUY HERE

Number IV -  Urban Decay Naked Palette - I own all the Naked Palettes and I absolutely love Rose Golds but since I have my amazing yellow Asian skin, I still reach for this palette every single time I do my daily routine. The shades are just amazing and the value is good. I love the shade sidecar in this palette and pretty much all the rest. This palette just gives you so many looks and I just love doing a nude look and this palette provides that. And like I always say, Urban Decay is just the best. I absolutely love them, they just are amazing quality.
BUY HERE

Number Five - Naked Basics. I absolutely love this little palette! They are all mattes and the perfect combination of them. You have your highlight, your all over base shade, the perfect blending color/transitioning colors and another for smoked or for liner. This is such a must have and it is great for the price!
BUY HERE

Number Mu- Emite Makeup Micronized Eyeshadow in Damson Black. So this came in the Glossybox in November 2013 and a lot people hated it. I am guessing it is for a smoked eye look but I am so in love with this shadow for applying over your gel eyeliner. It is such a wonderful bold black matte shadow that looks so amazing if you put it over your liner. It allows you liner to stay put all day and it looks much more appealing in my opinion. 
BUY HERE

Number Siete! -  NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, I know I already posted an eye primer but some days when I feel like I am doing just a bit too much Urban Decay I go for this primer. Overall I love the way this one feels on my lids, its super smooth and soft. Some times I just like to switch it up a bit! This one in my opinion does make the color pop a little more but it doesn't last as long as the Urban Decay but it does last all day and no one really needs their makeup to last more then 24 hours haha.
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Number Acht- Tarte Mascara Lights Camera Lashes - This is my absolute favorite mascara, Tarte is such a wonderful brand and their makeup is good for you! They put a ton of amazing ingredients in it. When I do my lashes, I am that person who wants those crazy spider lashes. I want those bug eye lashes lol. So I only have to apply about 2 or 3 coats of this amd I am good to go! I used to use like 5 mascaras before, but this solved my problem! 
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Number NEUN!! - Maybelline Studio Gel Eye liner in the blackest black! I really do love this liner more then the other high end brands. Although I am trying to replace it, I feel like there is one out there with more potential. I do find this one dries up kinda fast, which I mean before I can use it all up. BUT this is still a great product and alot better then the other ones I try and for the price you cannot beat it but I will find one that can! Haha. The brush that comes with, you can toss it. I use my Sigma Angled Liner brush.
BUY HERE

Last but definitely NOT least Number 10! -  Mac Copperplate- So I know this is supposed to be for the eyes but I don't think your eye look is complete unless you do your brows. So the only thing I use for my brows is eye shadow. I find that brow products tend to look fake during the middle of the day no matter how much the product says it will look natural. Mac Copperplate eye shadow is amazing for me. I have jet black hair since I am Japanese and this is the absolute perfect match and I love mac shadows. So this is a win for me!
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So this is my top ten eye products! If you have any questions please comment below!
Thanks, Chynel Webb!

Urban Decay Naked 3

So I am super late when it comes to posting it, but the baby has been driving me up the walls along with Christmas and what not, who cares about excuses lets get down to business. So as soon as they announced the Naked 3, I knew I needed to make room in my wallet and in my Muji. I was so excited!! So they had it up for sale on the Urban Decay website but I like rewards so I waited for it to hit Sephora because I use my Sephora points and I believe I deserve to get some thing for drop loads of cash at their store. So Sephora is my place to go! So the night it was available on their site which I believe was the 6th of December. I placed my order. Like usual it takes two days to get here and it did.

So a little back ground to the Naked Palettes by Urban Decay. They are an eyeshadow palette giving you the option to have a very nude and subtle look or do the complete opposite! They now have 3 different Naked palettes. The first one is a Bronze Gold Neutrals, the Second one is a Taupe- Hued Neutrals, and the Third one is a Rose Gold set of Neutrals. So I absolutely love my first Naked palette, it is so beautiful and I am able to create so many different kinds of looks. I am a very nudey type girl so these palettes definitely scream for my name! The second one is not my favorite, I hardly ever used it so I just gave it to my sister and she loves it. 

So lets do the unboxing first. It comes in a very pretty Rose Gold and Embedded designed box. So below is the front and the back of the box.

So when I take it out of the box, it comes in the same kind of tin that the Naked 2 came in which honestly is a huge disappointment for me. I really hate the tin, to me if feels very cheap and it is not super easy to close like the first Naked design where it was like a magnetic velvet. Although there are some positives to this design, it is harder to break the eyeshadows.... I guess? No I just hate it but it doesn't really matter what the outside looks like what matters is the product inside. So below is what the palette looks like being closed.

So now for the fun part, the inside of the palette. Packed with 12 BEAUTIFUL Rose Gold Neutrals this palette is just amazing. Below is a picture of the entire palette and then I will do closes up of the left side and the right side. 

So the left side contains the colors going L-R, Strange which is a beautiful highlight matte color, Dust which is extremely in my opinion glittery so you have to be careful with her because she will have fallout but if you work with it, she will we be so beautiful! Then we have Burnout, Limit which is another matte which is my favorite for that transitioning blending color, then we have Buzz and Trick. Trick is so freaking beautiful. I think that might be my favorite. 

Now the last six going L-R again, we have Nooner which is another wonderful matte. I like this shadow for the base of my shadow for all over the lid. Then we have this beautiful shimmery shadow called Liar which I absolutely love and kinda want this one to be my favorite only because my favorite Urban Decay Lipstick is called Liar. Then we have Factory which is a beautiful Shimmery Rosey Brown, Then we have Mugshot and I love love love this one. It is a shimmery brown grey and it is just gorgeous! I have used this eyeshadow every single time. It just looks so timeless. Then we have Darkside which is perfect for a light liner look and then we have our beloved Blackheart which is so beautiful, it is a nice smoked black with pretty like dark pink flicks in it. It is nice to have some thing then a traditional black in the palette like usual. 

So lets do some swatching! 

I am going to do the first six L-R and then the last six the same way. 

So above we have Strange, Dust, Burnout, Limit, Buzz, Trick.

And then we have Nooner, Liar (My favorite along with Mugshot, Factory, Mugshot, Darkside and Blackheart.

So you also get a double ended brush with this palette and UD always has pretty amazing brushes. Although I love my bedullium brushes out of all my brushes so this one probably wont be touched unless mine all of my brushes are dirty. And you also got a little booklet of primer samples. Which is a bit of a complaint with me, I really am disappointed that you dont get a deluxe freebie like you do with the rest of the palettes. But back to what I was saying what matters is what is inside of the palette. So I am very happy with this purchase, I absolutely love rose gold eyeshadows so this was a must have. Anyone who already owns the other two Nakeds this is a great palette to add to your collection. They are still extremely buttery and like always you can trust Urban Decay with their products, they are always amazing. If you guys have any questions just comment below! 

Love Chynel Webb! <3

Urban Decay Naked Nail Polish Kit

Urban Decay Naked Nail Polish Kit

So as soon as I found this, I had to get it! Especially since they no longer make or sell these so it is really hard to find. So basically Urban Decay took their colors from the original Naked Eyeshadow Palette and created nail polishes that matched them. The first Naked is definitely my favorite of all three Nakeds so I jumped on this as soon as I found them. Also I do apologize in advance about the lighting, I was trying to get all the pics done before the sun went down and unfortunately it was dark at 5:30pm. So that sucked.

So this is what it looks like BNIB:

This is outside of the package, they are so cute, and they are minis!

On with the swatches! Like always it is only two coats so you can see the quality of the pigmentation. 

First we have Naked. It is a very easy applied nude with full coverage. 

Next we have Sidecar which is one of my favorite shadows from the palette, it is very fine glitter and full coverage.

Next we have Toasted which was very creamy which left some streaks but it still is beautiful!

Next we have Smog, This one was also full coverage, it looked soo much better in person. This is when the sun went down, sorry guys!

Now we have Hustle, this was definitely my favorite out of all six. The way it shines is sooo beautiful. Sorry for the sloppiness haha, I was trying to go as fast as possible!

Last we have Creep which is a very dark black with some silver glitter, which was also full coverage. It was kind of hard to apply if you are in a hurry but looks really great on!

And that was all of them, I am super happy to add this to my collection being the Urban Decay Junkie that I am. But I was actually very impressed with these. They were really great and easy to apply and very full coverage. Thanks for looking and until next time! 

<3 Chynel Webb

Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette

A bit of a confession is that I am a sort of a Urban Decay Junkie. I literally get things by UD that I necessary don't need or would never use but Urban Decay just gives me that push to try some thing new, like lipstick which I never wear. So when the Vice II Palette came out, of course it had to be added to my wonderful collection. I ordered it from Sephora a day before the 20 percent discount code for VIBs was released which was kind of a bummer but it got here super fast so it made up for it! Urban Decay is just a really great brand, every thing they do is pretty much over the top and you definitely get what you pay for. 

So as far as the Vice II palette, it was introducing 20 brand new shadows where you could do dramatic looks or even do a little bit of neutrals. If you are going to limit yourself to ONE holiday makeup palette like I am trying to do myself, I say go for this palette. I am extremely pleased with it and now I will show you why.

So here it is in the packaging:

Unboxing looked like this: ( Sorry about my ceiling lights reflecting on this, it is like a very shiny plastic palette and I just could not get it out of the reflection taking the picture in any angles .)

It was extremely sturdy and very nice, I love how they accent the UD looking like gems, it is really pretty.

So opening it up looks like this, the mirror looks blurry but it still has the plastic on it. I have not messed with it until I was taking pictures, that way you guys would be able to see exactly how it came. 

 Here is a better look at the eye-shadows. They are so very pretty! I am sooo happy about this palette!

So now I am going to do some swatching. This is a single swatch, I did not go over it twice just so you guys can see exactly how pigmented each eye-shadow is individually. So I am going left to right on each row. 

 So we have Smokeout, Lovesick, Shellshock (which is amazing), Coax,  and X-Rated.

 Then we have Prank, Maddness, Strike, Stash, and Poison

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 3rd Row we have Radar, Damaged, Voodoo, Betrayal and Derailed.

4th row seemed like the neutral shadows. We have Dope, Toxic, Habit, Ambush, and Rewind.

So there are the swatches and as you can see these are highly pigmented. You can see my forearm is red in some pics because it was a bit difficult to just wipe off with a baby wipe. 

It comes with a brush which I was not really excited about since my Karma brushes that came with my Naked palettes really were not all that great but I really love the brush that came with this palette. It was dual ended and the blending end is really nice. This brush is not as stiff and is much more soft then the other brushes which was a huge plus for me. 

So there is the Vice II Palette by Urban Decay, if you have any questions feel free to ask. 

Until next time :) Chynel Webb