April Looks

 Hey Y'all!

First off an update about the Makeup Revolution/I Heart Revolution Donut Palette. As I said in a previous blog, my sister convinced me to give it another shot, here's how it went:

I used Smashbox 24hr Shadow Primer, these two were apparently made for each other. It's the best performance I've ever gotten out of a Makeup Revolution eyeshadow.

Above is first applied. Below is after 8+hrs!!

Currently I'm undecided on the brand, my niece has some more palettes and next time I visit maybe I'll give them a try. I won't spend anymore money on their eyeshadows quite yet.

The rest of April's looks:

Get ready it's a big one!

My hair does what it wants now.. I give up most days, lol.

This is my first ever M.A.C. palette and WOW! So nice! (Hubby picked out my makeup on this day.)

My sister got me this Nabla palette, and I'm enjoying the color story here. I also have this one. They're both great quality!

I'm really trying with this tarte palette. (Link to current collection.)

I used to really like this palette, but now I'm not so sure. The packaging is super cute though.

This look with that palette turned out better!

I tried with my hair, it was going to be "bangs" this day no matter what I wanted. 

This version of the My Little Pony palette is the best I believe.

One of the many attempts with this thing.

Another try below.

No idea which one I used here?? Oops!

The Minnie Mouse black is in fact dark.

Hair here is doing what I like to call THE WAVE.

Makeup Revolution attempt 1903248203.

The white mascara is a primer, I was curious to see what it looked like on it's own. Do not recommend.

I like BH Cosmetics, such fun, bold brights, these pics don't do it justice I didn't have my normal lighting.

Double wave going on here.

Attempted an all drug store face, realized I don't have enough for a full face..

Told ya they were bright. Not what I was going for, but got a little heavy handed, and am too lazy to start over.

I wore this look to the doctor's and got sooooo many compliments on my eyeshadow that day.

What would you do with the Makeup Revolution palette? How do you feel about the brand? Anything new I should try (from any brand)? What are you're favorites right now?

Let me know in the comments below.

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

Favorites & Hate it's Craft Tools/Supplies

 Hey Y'all!

I wanted to share a few of my favorite (and not so favorite) craft things. I try not to "hate" on any brand, but if something doesn't work I have to be honest about it. This time I'm just going to do a general fav/fail blog, but if you want something more sub-category specific let me know in the comments below.

I'm going to do the two "Hate it's" first, then we can do the four favorites and end on a positive note!

1) American Crafts Adhesive Vinyl~ This is glitter vinyl specific, the others seem to do fine. The glitter doesn't cut well. On my many attempts, when I did get it to cut it was a pain to weed. It sticks to pretty much nothing but itself, and is crazy thin. I had purchased several rolls, and had so much issue working with it I gave them away. After such a hard time I tried the others (foil, and holographic) that I had also purchased, and luckily they work just fine. Not my favorite, but easy to work with.

2)RoseArt~ Crayons & Colored pencils, both of these suck. (I had enough bad experience with these, I've not tried the markers.) The crayons are too waxy and don't leave much else behind. The colored pencils have poor pigmentation, and dull quickly. Spend the little extra and get higher quality!

Those are the only products I've really not liked recently!

Favorites:

1) Gildan Tees~  An endless assortment of colors, affordable, easy to work with, comfortable, true to size. What's not to love?

2) Craftables vinyl~ I like several others, but this is my favorite place to get vinyl. (I'm really eyeing the glow-in-the-dark COLORS {can be seen online}, but haven't ordered yet.) This vinyl is insanely easy to weed and adheres like a dream! When I wanted a peach HTV that wasn't pink this is the only place that I could find it.

3)Dorhui Vinyl Scrap Collector~ Prior to this I was using a mini cup, and it wasn't working well. This speeds up the weeding process by leaps and bounds. It just suctions right to my desk and the petals grip all the scraps. Game Changer!

4) Goldoro Pro 5 in 1 Heat Press(12x15)~ So much more even heat and pressure with a heat press! I love the versatility, and price, of this model.  Much larger work space 12x15, as opposed to my easy press which is 9x9. I needed something larger. It fit's nicely in the space where the Cricut Easy Press was, I was afraid a heat press would be too big for the space, but it works well there.  The only negative I have with this heat press is it doesn't have an auto shut off feature, I'm used to shutting it off when I finish, but if you've relied on an auto shut off before it would take some getting used to.

What are your current must haves? Do you disagree with my hate it's? Let me know in the comments below!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife

Let's make it TooFaced. May Everyday Makeup Shelf!

 Hey Y'all!

This month I decided to do all one brand, with a few exceptions. I'm starting it off with Too Faced simply because it's about the only brand I own enough of to make a monthly makeup shelf possible.

Here's a reminder of what I was working with in April:

Not pictured is the Makeup Revolution/I Heart Revolution palette I mentioned and reviewed in a previous blog. My sister did convince me to give it another shot, with a different primer, it's on my eyes today and I'll let you know how it works out in the next beauty blog (Wednesday). Also, I finished the Ulta Setting Spray!! YAY!

Too Faced May:

Eyeliner, and clear Brow Gel are Wet 'n Wild, Colored Eyeliners are LA Girl, Shadow Primer is Smashbox, and lastly I'm still using up this Cover FX Illuminating Glitter Drops.

Sunscreens are: Shiseido Urban Environment Oil- Free UV Protector SPF 42 and Supergoop SPF 50 Setting Spray.

I didn't have Too Faced options in these categories.

I've had the Dew You for a while now, and have yet to try it. I hope it's not Holy Grail since it's being discontinued.

All the lippies are Too Faced, I had to pull one more nude than intended, because only so many fit in the nude storage space....

The palettes are this past years Holiday Collection (2020), Sweet Peach (face & eye), Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chip, Natural Lust, and Natural Love behind that.. I tried not to pull too many. Looking at it now, I probably should have pulled a bit more color (like the Clover Palette, or one of the Peach palettes). I'll probably be reaching for them since I'm seeing now most of this is nude, darker (for too faced) and muted colors. 

The Lip Oils are Profusion, and LA Colors. I like both, for different reasons. 

The profusion lip oils are a very slight hint of color but very juicy without sliding all over, and the LA Colors is thinner, but moisturizes well, and is good under lip stick.

What's your go-to Too Faced product? Least favorite? Share in the comments below!

Have a great day, 

Craftin' Wife