Hard Candy Birthday Suit Palette - Review/Swatches

I only purchased this about 3 days ago at Walmart and have only done one look with this palette. So I suppose this is kind of a first impressions review type post. This palette is $6.00 at Walmart -- I think they have 4 other palettes with different finishes in this collection. I only picked up one to test it out.

The one I picked up is a neutral - completely matte - palette. The colors look gorgeous just from looking at the pictures. The packaging is awesome.. Shit, just the packaging is worth $6.00! It comes with 2 double ended applicators for application.. But of course I don't use those. I forgot to picture them :/ oops. Anyway here are the pictures:

These shadows are kind of chalky. However, when I did the one look I did with this palette, I had no fall out. These shadows are very blend-able, but if you blend them out too much - the color will fade. So you have to build up the color if you blend. I wish I would have taken a picture of my look, but I was in a hurry and forgot :/ so I'll have to post a separate post with different looks with this palette. For the price this palette is.. It isn't horrible. I've only tried it once so I have yet to use all the colors, but one color I did use was the navy blue color that isn't greatly pigmented and it showed up on my eyes. I did have to add more of the color after I blended, but it stayed and didn't fade throughout the day. I actually really liked the look I came up with using this palette.  So if you'd like to try out this palette, I'd say pick it up since it's cheap. I think I'm going to purchase a shimmery one & see how it is compared to this one as well. So.. To be continued.. Possibly. Unless I get lazy & don't post for another 3 months :P. Joking.. Sort of ;)

NYX Sex Bomb Palette Review/Look

Long time, no post. As always. But I purchased this palette.. i'd say 2 months ago.. and I absolutely love it! I mainly wanted it for the bright red eyeshadow because I don't really have a red eyeshadow. But I ended up loving this palette as a whole & all the colors in it.. which is very rare when it comes to palettes.. for me, atleast. 

I purchased this at Ulta for $7.49. Pretty decent price.. NYX products are affordable anyway.

(sorry my up close pictures are shitty.. camera phone)

All the colors are super creamy and not powdery/chalky at all. The only one I didn't really care for just from looking at the palette is the shimmery sand colored one. I don't like ugly shimmery eyeshadows. H8. Fo' lyfe.  Kidding. But the way I wore it in the pictures.. I used all the colors in the palette.. even the ugly shimmery one. I blended the ugly shimmer on top of the matte light taupe color in  the crease and let me tell you.. those colors look AMAZING together. Really, they do. I fell in love with the ugly shimmer. These colors blend very well together. I find that some drugstore eyeshadow palettes are hard to blend the colors together without either losing pigmentation .. or just looking horrendous as a whole. But this palette blended all together = BAM. 

My overall opinion of this palette.. is great. I honestly have nothing negative to say about it. It's one of my favorite beauty purchases this year, thus far. Soooo... go get cha one ;).