February 2017 Favorites

Hey folksickles,

Alright, all the goodies I've been enjoying in this... past month. :)

1.Makeup Forever Pro Sculpting Palette in 20 - I feel like I never talk about this yet I use it every single day I do my makeup or when I'm doing my friends' makeup. It is an absolute staple and must-have in my collection or for a professional kit. In my opinion this is by far the best and easiest contouring palette for fair skintones in particular; although other colors are available for deeper skintones. Firstly, I love that the contour shade is cool-toned, thus providing a shadowed appearance rather than being orange-y/warm and off-colored like a lot of other palettes can be; which is why I think the fair-toned option is great, it's difficult to find cooler-tone contour tones for very fair skin, or very deep skin for that matter. The colors in here work fantastically together and create a truly harmonious-looking, sculpted glowing cheek/face look. Plus the texture is absolutely sublime, this glides onto the skin and blends like a dream. In my humble opinion, if you need a cream contour palette - this is it. Plus it's sleek so you can take it on the go easily.

2. Laura Mercier Silk Creme Moisturizing Photo Edition Foundation in Rose Ivory: One of my absolute favorite foundations for many reasons, of which I'll speak right now. Firstly this is a very smooth, hydrating formula, it glides over the skin while making the skin look really plump and hydrated with a nice glow. It provides full coverage while being fairly lightweight - as far as full-coverage foundations are concerned this one wears very comfortably. It's also designed with sensitive skin in mind so it doesn't aggravate any preexisting redness or dryness I may have.  Lastly, as its name suggests, this photographs beautifully. I sent a selfie to my bestie wearing this and he said my skin looked incredible. I love and highly recommend this stuff and am glad they finally expanded their shade range in this formula.

3.Nature Republic 40 Silver Dress Color & Nature Nail Color - This is a gorgeous bright metallic silver. It goes on easily and is fairly opaque in two coats. I find it very New Year's Eve appropriate but nice for year-round use.

4. Nature Republic 46 Gold Island Color & Nature Nail Color: A really bright, metallic yellow gold. This is a fun sparkly color for any time of year and the formula applies like a dream - super smooth. 

5.Nature Republic 49 Wild Pink Color & Nature Nail Color - This is a stunning metallic rose gold. It makes me happy to look at my nails when I have this on. In fact I have it on right now as I type this.

Please let me know if you have any comments or questions.

Disclaimer: I paid for all these items.