Annabelle Smoothliner Eyeliner Pencil Review and Swatches

Hi lovelies,

Today's post is something I wanted to do as long as I wanted to do blogging. As you can tell by the tittle , Annabelle eyeliner pencils has been a favorite of mine since I started wearing makeup. Annabelle is a Canadian brand of cosmetics that has been stepping up in the makeup industry to stay competitive in the business. Not only their makeup quality is amazing but the price is unbeatable. I sometimes have compare them to MAC in the eyeshadow department and Urban Decay in their eyeliner pencil department. The only thing that these big companies have in common with Annabelle is quality and although Annabelle has a range of color selection is not as wide as MAC or Urban Decay.
You may ask why would I want to do this post quite badly? Well, no matter how in love with a product I may be, I still google it and see how it looks and what others think about and I also like to see swatches, but not many bloggers have made in depth review and/or many swatches of the many eyeliner color they have.

What does Annabelle claim to be?Annabelle claims to be the leading brand in eyeliner sales in Canada.

What products do they make?
Annabelle makes Metallic and Regular Kohl Eyeliner, and Smoothliner ( Waterproof + Long Lasting) All of their products are hypo-allergenic.

In order not to be picture heavy I'll be doing 2 posts. Today you'll see the Smoothliner and on my next post which is here  for the Kohl eyeliners.

So what do you think would you pick any of these pencils? Or do you have any? Well I do hope that you liked this post ... Take care!!!

NOTD Wet n' Wild Nail polish Lavender Pearl

Hi Lovelies,

Well today I have a quick post. It's been a few days since I haven't posted anything. I really missed not writing anything but I guess time wasn't on my side, so talking about nails will do haha!

Wet n' Wild cosmetics has hits and miss products is those kind of company whether you other love or hate them, we'll I guess not entirely because it goes by products eh? Anyways their I hate their nail polish but I love their colors selection and not only that but their affordability it gives you second and third and so on thoughts hahaha. Walmart sells them for $1.57 however they do go on sale for $1.00 but I've seen them at Dollarama ( dollar tree in US) for $1-1.25 no matter how many cents cheaper it is between places it is very cheap. Onto the product of the day is from the the Wild Shine line called Lavender Pearl C420B. This polish is not lavender is mostly pink I guess you can say it has lavender undertones, it dries semi matte and just a bit streaky. But it's not annoyingly streaky though. You definitely need a Top Coat to look shiny, although most polishes from this line took a matter of hours to peel off my nails, this one in particular lasted about 6 days wear and of course it wore off my tips but that happens with most nail polishes, so I highly recommend this color plus a really pretty polish that will make you wanna look look at it few times a day.

Till my next post ... Cya

NOTD China glaze Westside Warrior

Hi lovelies,

Well today I have a post about my current Nail Polish. I love nail polishes I think it makes my hand look a lot more girly and polished. However I definitely do not know how to paint properly my nails no matter how much clean up I do or carefully I go. All in all they look quite decent but person than in pictures.

By the tittle today you may have noticed is China Glaze Westside Warrior from the Fall Collection 2011 called Metro Downtown Collection. This is a deep military green which can be a 1 coater but to be on the safe side I did 2 coats plus a top coat to make it extra shiny and make our manicure last longer, however if you are mostly asking about shininess it doesn't really needed because the polish itself is very shiny. The longevity of the polish is outstanding it does last a week, but on my nails I can see bare tips on day 1, the good thing is that it remains like that throughout the whole week.

Where can you find China Glaze in Canada? Well at Sally Beauty Supply if not you can order them from eBay in which I did. I found a seller in which sells genuine polishes for very reasonable price and shipping, if you want to know anything about this seller let me know!

Swatches of Westside Warrior.

This polish is indeed very nice, very vibrant, Also it reminds me of another nail polish by Kleancolor called 105 Military Green, want to see more of it, click here. They are not dupes but definitely an alternative.

Thanks for stopping by ... take care!!!

Quo Makeup Palette Holiday Collection 2012

Hi my Lovelies,

Today is the day I've been waiting for ... Why? Because is my birthday wooohooo!
And what did I do? Nothing just buy some presents for myself :) makeup of course!

For a long while I always wanted the most popular UD Naked palette. The palette is one of the most versatile palette ever, an you can find tonnes of tutorials on YouTube. So I went to Sephora and found out it for $60 CND plus tax (ughh I hate that you have to add taxes to everything I don't know why it isn't  already include in it) anyways so I was bummed and decided not to get it, so I guess I settled for the mostly raved Nude'tude Palettle by The Balm ($36 at Rexall) which is a bit more cheaper but I still wanted that damn palette. Months later ... I googled dupes for the naked palette and came across a Canadian blogger which name I forgot and said that Quo (which is a Canadian brand) was coming out with a dupe for the naked palette, so the next day I went to Shoppers Drugmart and saw that same display that I have seen about couple weeks ago and saw the palette and bought it for only $25 :)

What does Quo say:
Nothing is as beautiful as a natural you! Highlight your existing beauty with this collection of 12 eyeshadow colors from light and barely there to intense brown and smokey tones to amplify your eyes. Also includes a full size special edition eye shadow brush.

With out further a do here it is :

The palette is by Quo and the name is Back to Basics the cover is very fancy looking with its embroidery design in gold in a black background.

The inside look of it! Also you can see the brush in the slot made for it haha, since we are talking about the brush i can say is quite decent, although I would like for quo name to be printed on the brush since they're regular line brushes do, and a big mirror which can be comfortable for makeup application.  As well it has magnets to hold shut the cover one in each corner.

On the inside it has 12 eyeshadow colors all in the neutral family ranging from light to deep browns, black and a silver color. It has 3 matte shades 1 metallic, 1 sparkly and the rest are shimmery.

Makeup Time! FOTD Smokey Lavender Fields look

Hi everyone so today I have a face of the day look. I know,I know I say in my previous post that my blog was about beauty find products but since is about beauty I had to include this post as well. Is not any kind of tutorial is just a look I created and I wanted to share with you guys. Also i did use products that are unknown to you haha, I meant to say that some products that you don't know of it I'll definately do a review soon for ya!

So today I was heading out and I was very inspired and I thought why not just put makeup on haha! So I did!

Here is my look hope you enjoy and I'll post pictures below:

Products used in order :
Eyes:
Essence I love Stage Primer
Lise Watier Crayon Jumbo in Moonlight
Essence Holographic Eyeshadow in 42 Mystic Purple
Nars Eyeshadow in Daphne
Profound Matte Eyeshadow #3 Palette
L.A. Colors Eyeliner in Black

Face:
Maybelline foundation Fit Me! In 220
MAC Select Sheer pressed powder in NC40
Maybelline Mineral Power Blush in Soft Mauve II
L'oreal Million Lashes 1st coat and Maybelline Falsies 2nd Coat

Here it is hope you like it and try it out till my next post ....

Yay I'm a blogger!!

Hi there! Today is the day that I finally join the family of blogging. For quite some time I've been contemplating blogging. On my Internet browsing years I've seen a lot of blogs some fantastic, some entertaining and some were just ok. I was really studying myself and I came across a question why would people read my blog? specially since is going to be about beauty related topics; And then I came to a conclusion. Well simply because, I being a beauty hunter I find products that are very good, affordable and people don't know them. I also started doing YouTube videos for a very short time however, due to my lack of video knowledge and equipment I didn't continue making anymore if your interested my name is purple87star. Anyways back to my beauty finds, as I was saying the products that i find are very affordable and easy to find here in Canada which is where I'm located. Another answer to my question is that before I make any purchases of any sort (beauty products that is) I google them, and then depending on the review, pictures of swatches I buy them. However some products that i find and i want to know more about it and google them has very little or no information at all, and if i go to that maker company it doesn't have information on the product, since is very weird because they are selling it putting they're name out there and no info at all about it. Anyways that's why I decided to start my own.

Ok, ok I should stop explaining and justifying myself haha.

Till my next post take care hope you come back soon!