E.L.F Glossy Gloss: Muted Mauve

Hey adventurers! Today's blog post is coming at cha from the back patio, where I am sitting at my brand new patio set! (can you tell how excited I am about that?)

Today's review is of another E.L.F product--since it is E.l.f month on my blog-- and this time it's the Glossy Gloss in Muted Mauve. When I received it, this was the product that I was least excited about as it looks straight up brown in the tube. Again, if you are going to purchase stuff from elf the pictures on the website are straight up bad. Always do your research darling.

Here's the swatch; again this has no shimmer or glitter in it because it's supposed to be just a straight color with sheen. But the color is a pinky brown, it's a very pigmented gloss and that could be a good or a bad thing. 

When I applied it to my lips, the brush was smooth and nice feeling unlike the brush that came with the shade Dragon Fruit--which was disappointing because that was my favorite color of the 4 that I purchased--and the color came out somewhat sheer. I am not a fan of this color on my lips, it made them look very odd. I'd say if you have a darker skin tone and you want a darker nude shade to try this one out, it is a good gloss but it just looks weird on my skin tone and my lips. 

I have inserted the picture above to show you the actual color that it looks like in the tube as the first photo doesn't give a very great representation of it. As you can see it is a very dark shade in the tube. It is a little forgiving as it's not exactly that shade on your lips. 

Will I be repurchasing? No. 

Have you tried Muted Mauve? Leave your thoughts on it down below! 

xoxoAlaina

Wanna go shopping?

Hey adventurers! I know that when I'm online shopping I get tired of looking at the same ol' websites (ie. hollister, abercrombie, american eagle, aeropostale, wet seal, forever21, etc) even though they are good quality websites and have some good quality stuff I've grown tired of those places and have decided to look elsewhere! So I am going to share with you my findings here!

1. Urbanog.com
This website has some killer deals on shoes, you can get knock off Jeffery Campbell and others for a heck of a deal! If you're looking for shoes I would definitely check out this website.

2. BrandyMelvilleusa.com (US shop)
This website has been a rager on YouTube recently and it has some really trendy pieces for OK prices, I feel like the pieces that come from this website are higher quality than the ones from Forever21 but the prices are still on the inexpensive side.

3. Tobi.com
I just recently discovered this website and it looks like it could be a good deal, right now it's 50% off your first order and 30% off the new stuff added daily. This looks more like a trend type store and some of the prices are not budget friendly(inmyopinion) but with that 50% off your order could make it very wallet friendly!

4. Dots.com
This website has again lots of trendy pieces for around 20 dollars. They are introducing their fall jeans right now and they are really great prices around 20-30 dollars per pair of jeans. The only problem I seem to have with the website is the pictures they take. It seems they stick the shirt or item on a mannequin an then they edit the mannequin out and to me that's not visually appealing.

5. Bodyc.com - Body Central
I discovered them because they randomly sent me a catalog in the mail and their prices seemed really good for what they have. They also have a really good selection of shoes and accessories for good prices as well.  Right now you can take 10 off of 75 through August 15th by using the coupon code TAKE10AUG

6. Gojane.com
This website may not be a surprise to you, it has been pretty popular in the past. Again it's a more trend oriented store and which means the pieces may not be of the highest quality but they are not going to charge you outrageous prices for them either. Their shoe collection is absolutely amazing! They have really on trend shoes and really nice shoes as well. Lot's of high-low items on this website if that's your trend that you like!

7. Boohoo.com
This website is pretty cool because they have an option to shop by trend. Their clothes are more on the expensive side but they also have some inexpensive items, and if you shop the sale section its not as bad! They do usually have a pretty good selection on the sale items as well.

8. Getheavenly.com - Heavenly Couture
On the front page it says everything is 15 or less dollars except for there Romeo and Juliet collection and it seems like they have pretty good selection of items. I have not personally purchased from this website and if you have please leave your experience down below because it looks really interesting the times I've gone to the website.

9. Agacistore.com - A'Gaci
Shopping on this website is easy, self explanatory, and very appealing. The prices are also very reasonable for the items shown.

10. Stylesforless.com
Majority of the items on this website is below $20 which I think is an absolute steal in this market. I have never shopped from this website either so if you have, leave your experience down below!


I hope you enjoyed this list and maybe you can get yourself some good stuff for school or just for yourself(I know I do!)

xoxoAlaina