What's in my makeup bag!

Hello adventurers! Today's post is a very popular video on youtube, and I have actually filmed one myself and that can be found here, but that is old and here's an updated one! I got a new makeup bag as a gift with purchase from benefit if you purchased any of the Ultra Plush lip glosses. As you can see it can hold a lot of stuff. In no particular order:

Victoria's secret mini lipgloss in Innocent( dupe for NARS turkish delight post here)
Revlon Colorstay Overtime mascara
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara (brow gel)
Neutrogena Healthy Skin brightening eye perfecter spf 25
MAC lipstick in Lovelorn
Benefit Ultra plush lip gloss in Sugarbomb
E.l.f eyelid primer
Maybelline the Mega Plush volum' express mascara
NARS Turkish delight
Maybelline Instant age rewind concealer in brightening
Revlon Just Bitten kissable lip color in Sweetheart Valentine
Revlon Colorburst Lip butter in Sweet Tart
E.l.f Baked blush in pinktastic
MAC Lipstick in Plumful
Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Creme Brûlée
MAC Lipstick in Creme Cup
MAC Lipglass in Myth
NARS Blush in Gaiety
Sample size Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
Sample size Clear Prep FX primer
Benefit Erase paste in no.2 Medium
NARS Blush in Torrid
Benefit Ultra Plush lip gloss in Hoola
Clinique Cream Shaper for eyes in chocolate lustre
Rimmel Stay matte powder in Silky beige


Perfumes(Rollerball):
Vera Wang Princess
MAC Turquatic
Viva La Juicy--also came with a lipgloss on the other end which is just absolutely horrible!
Marc Jacobs Daisy

I know you may be thinking "why does she carry so much makeup on her?" It's because I do my makeup from this bag every morning and if I use a different product I just throw it in there. I don't use all of this every day by any means. It's a little look into my favorite products!

Have you done a post like this? Leave it down below for me to check out!

Would you like a review on any of these products?


xoxoAlaina

Mally's High Shine Liquid Lipstick

Hey Adventurers! Today is a review of the item I recently received in my New Beauty Test tube. I received my tube about two weeks ago and was instantly drawn to this to try out. I don't know too much about the brand but a few people on youtube talk about them and love them. This bad boy will cost $20. As I said, I received it in my test tube so I didn't pay full price for it.

This product has a brush tip applicator--these pictures were taken when it was brand new to get the full effect of everything and to keep it in pristine condition; and who wants to see a brush coated in gloss anyway? hahaa. To get the product through the brush, you twist up the bottom. It took a pretty good minute for any product to get through the brush.

Here's a swatch of it--with flash. It has shimmer in it and quite a bit that you won't see in the tube, it surprised me actually. On the hand it was more of a stickier formula than I liked. On the lips it feels less sticky but it's still sticky and it's not something that I would run toward again. The lasting power on the lips is enough. It stays for about an hour, comes off on things and it's sticky. I know it says nothing about staying tough. But I just wanted more from this product.

Bottom line: I wouldn't purchase this product again, and I don't think I would of ever purchased this product for $20. The color is gorgeous but it's just too sticky for my liking. :/ Again, I just wanted more from this product.



What were your thoughts on this product if you've ever tried it? Also what would you like to see on this blog?


xoxoAlaina

Loreal's Colour Riche Lipgloss in Watermelon Crush!

Hello Adventurers! More Swatches here for ya! I purchased a Loreal Colour Riche 'leGloss' lip gloss in the color Watermelon Crush. I picked this up after hearing all the hype about them and of course I got it in a pink!

Here's without flash, the consistency reminds me of the Benefit Ultra Plush lip glosses that just came out. It's not too sticky and it does have a sweet smell. I'm not really a fan of the smell to be honest. But that's just because I'm sensitive to smells and sweet candy-ish ones really are not my fancy.

Here's it with flash. It's a sheer gloss, but it can definitely be built up in my opinion. This is a heavy swatch so that the color would actually come through. There isn't shimmer in the gloss, it's just like a cream color lip gloss, and I like the fact that there is no shimmer, cause sometimes a girl can only take so much!

I have a few more idea's up my sleeve for this blog, but go ahead and leave your recommendations below! I always would appreciate some feedback!


xoxoAlaina

New Benefit Plush Lipglosses Swatches!

Hello Adventurers! As I promised in my Haul Video on youtube--if you aren't subscribed to me, you should be! (www.youtube.com/AlternativelyAlaina)-- Today is the day you get the swatches of the 4 plush lip glosses that I purchased a few days ago. I decided not to get Bella Bamba because it seemed too deep of a color for me and I'm not really into deep reds like that. So I just got these four instead, and that is another things to check off my wish list! Making that wish list in the beginning of the month is really good for me, cause then I set my sights on things that I know I want, and I work up to getting them--anyway. Back to the swatches! The four colors I purchased were Coralista, Dandelion, Sugarbomb, and Hoola!

I love the fact that Benefit did this, they took popular products and made them into lip glosses, I thought that was very clever of them and really intuitive. I think the one I'm most excited for is Dandelion, I just love that color! Coralista is coming off a bit bright because of the flash.

Here they are! Swatches! Going from Left to Right they are-- Coralista, Dandelion, Sugarbomb, and then Hoola.

Close up to where you can really see them.

-Coralista is a straight reddy orangish color with no shimmer at all, it's just a colored gloss, straight forward and I quite like that.
-Dandelion is a light pale pink with shimmer in it.
-Sugarbomb is what I'd like to call a true pink with shimmer
-Hoola is a tan nude with shimmer in it.

I would like to say that I think that Benefit did a good job with the formula of these glosses and I didn't find them sticky at all! I will do a full review after I get to wearing them and trying them out for a few!


xoxoAlaina!

I went shopping!

Hey guys! I picked up a few things recently from the drugstore and I decided to share them with you so you know what will be appearing on my blog, and if you want me to do reviews on specific items in this haul, go ahead and leave that down below and I'll be sure to do that for you, but lets get on to it!

• 4 of the new Benefit Plush Lipglosses in Hoola, Sugarbomb, Coralista, and Dandelion
• 2 Revlon Photoready Cream blushes in Pinched and Flushed
• Rimmel's Match Perfection Concealer in Light/Medium
• Loreal Color Riche Lipgloss in Watermelon Crush
• Clinique Chubby stick in Mega Melon
• Oatmeal soap
• Mini Bad Gal Lash
• Formula 10.0.6 Keep me Clean Facial wipes

Until next time guys(which shall be tomorrow!) 

xoxoAlaina!

If you'd like me to check out your blog, go ahead and leave that down below as well.

July Makeup Wishlist!

1. NARS Orgasm: Blush, Multiple, and Illuminator

Basically, I went to the NARS website (https://www.narscosmetics.com) and saw the ad on the front page and well, it got me. Good Advertising NARS. I have not ever tried the Orgasm shade in anything from NARS and I love the two blushes that I have, so why not get a few more things? Make sense? No? oh.. Well... Good Advertising NARS.

2. Benefit Ultra Plush Lipgloss: Dandelion, Bella Bamba, Coralista, Hoola

I haven't heard too many things about them, I know a lot of people got them but I haven't seen any reviews on them about color pay off or anything like that and I am really interested in trying them out for myself and doing a review on them. I picked so many colors because they are all a little different and I'm really interested in Hoola because it's a nude shade. 

3. BB Cream- Clinique, Dr. Jart, Dr. Brandt.

I tried the Dr. Jart and Dr. Brandt in the Birchbox and New beauty Test tube and loved them. I'm really interested in the Clinique one because of how well known the brand is for being hypoallergenic and I'm a fan of Clinique. BB cream also isn't as heavy and foundation and I haven't been broken out by the bb cream's that I have tried so I'm on the bb cream train. 

4. Too Faced La Creme lipstick- Variety of shades.

I have fallen in love with Lipstick through MAC and Revlon, so to branch out, Too Faced seems like a good Idea, I haven't actually tried Too Faced Products before and these are New so I'd like to try these out and give them a review as well!

5. Korres Wild Rose & Vitamin C Advance Brightening Sleeping Facial

I've heard a lot about this product through many different youtubers and it sounds amazing. I'd love to give this a try, putting on Makeup at night, I'd love to see if it transfers onto pillows and make a review on this as well. This is a pretty pricey product($48) but if it's as good as everyone makes it seems, I'd love to try it out. 

NARS Turkish Delight VS Victoria's Secret Innocent

So as many of you have probably heard the Victoria's Secret lip gloss in Innocent (rumored to be renamed 'Pink') is a dupe for NARS Turkish Delight. So I've been on the hunt for this lip gloss and found it in the 5 lip gloss set from Victoria's Secret. Now as you can see in the picture this is just a sample size of lip gloss and the size is very small. But the fullsize lip gloss is 14 dollars for Innocent (Pink) and the NARS is 24 dollars. 

 Above are the swatches on my hand, Innocent (Pink) is on the bottom, Turkish Delight on the top. Now Innocent was a heavier swatch which is why it's showing up more opaque. In certain lights (I had natural lighting, no artificial) Turkish delight comes across a deeper pink, but again only in certain lights. So I'd say that yes, Innocent (Pink) is a damn good dupe for Turkish Delight and if/when I find Pink at VS I will buy it and compare Pink and Innocent cause again, I've only heard it was renamed. If you know for a fact it was renamed please leave it below.

You may recognize this from my wishlist but I was walking buy the VS section at the NEX and it caught my eye and I wanted it so I picked it up. Included in this set are Innocent, Glow. Baby Doll, Elegance, and Wet. All contain shimmer but Wet (Farthest shade on the right) has a very faint shimmer and Elegance contains a lot as you can probably tell from the picture above. The size of them are very small which I was bummed about, but you would deff know if you liked the shade from this set, and that is what they are all about. and they are the perfect handbag size.


xoxo Alaina

April Wishlist!

#1 The Victoria's secret lipgloss set, basically I really want the lipgloss in color Innocent, but I can't find it on the website so I cannot find a picture of just it. I guess it's supposed to be a dupe for Turkish Delight and I love that lip gloss so If I can get 5 for less than the price of Turkish delight, I'd be all over it.

#2 NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in the color Milk. I think this would be the perfect thing to stick on the waterline for keeping eyeshadow's to stay. I've also heard so much hype I'd love to try it out and see what its like and if I'd like it.

#3 MAC Lipstick in "Vegas Volt" I saw this in someone's video, and I absolutely fell in love with the color, it's bright but not too bright that it'll be weird to see on someone, and I think that this would be a perfect color for spring.

#4 Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara, I loved this mascara, but I thought that the non-hypoallergenic mascara's were making my eyelashes fall out and I want to see if it was actually the 24/7 Urban decay Eyeliner Pencils. This mascara made my lashes full and long and that was back when I didn't have many. I just can't be bothered to go pick it up, but I really wish I would. Hah.

#5 Macadamia Deep Repair Mask- I bought a little sample of this to try it out that I haven't used yet, but if that works I'm gonna want to get the full size. Probably off of amazon since it's only 17 dollars on there. I've heard so much hype about this also I want to try it. and I use a lot of products on my hair already, might as well add one that odds are it's gonna work.