Milani Blushes: Soft Rose, Luminous, Sunset Beach

I got these blushes on clearance for about $2 at CVS.  I don't know if that means they are discontinuing the blushes or if they were just clearing out the Milani displays for new products.  Either way, you might want to check out your CVS to see if you can get some of these, because they're quite nice!

First up:  Sweet Rose

 ingredients

 It's a matte color, very pretty and creates a nice soft flush on the cheeks.

 Swatch on my finger

 hand swatch

left: heavy swatch, right: blended swatch

As you can see, it's very soft once blended out.  At least on me, it looks brighter on my cheeks than it does blended on my hand.  

 As I mentioned in my haul video, I think this blush is a pretty good dupe for the Too Faced blush Cocoa Rose.

 L-R: Cocoa Rose, Soft Rose

As you can see, the Milani blush is a little darker, and the Too Faced blush is a little less pink.  However, I still think they are pretty great dupes for eachother!

Next up: Luminous

Luminous, in my opinion, can be used as a blush and a highlighter (if you apply it lightly).  The golden sheen this blush provides is beautiful!

 Very lightly applied, as a highlighter

 finger swatch

 heavier swatch, blended swatch

 light peachy pink!

I haven't used this blush on my cheeks yet, but from what I can tell, this will be a perfect glowy blush.  It leans a little peachy because of the gold sheen.

Sunset Beach

 I'd say this blush leans a tad more reddish than the pictures show.  It's also matte, with no sparkle whatsoever.

 Heavy swatch, blended swatch

This is a very very pigmented blush.  I'm almost scared to put it on my cheeks!  I think with a light hand, it will make a pretty tan summer flush.  I think it can also be used for contouring...

Overall, I think these are some pretty nice blushes!  They aren't powdery, they apply smoothly, and they are quite pigmented.  Of course 'luminous' isn't the most pigmented, but what blush called 'lumnious' would be?

Too Faced: Sweet Dreams Eyeshadow Palette

This palette is from Too Faced's winter 2011 collection.  Or maybe holiday?  Not sure...but you can get it at Sephora and Ulta.  The palette includes 15 eyeshadows, two blushes, one bronzer, one highlighter, and a full sized tube of TFSI.

 The outer packaging is sturdy cardboard...and gorgeous.  It's all sparkly and colorful (two things that I love)

 The fifteen beautiful eyeshadows.  (You can see the color names by clicking on the picture to enlarge it)

 (Top left, going clockwise)  Chocolate Soleil bronzer, Cocoa Rose blush, Sweet Pink blush, Candlelight Glow highlighter

 The eyeshadows are various finishes (shimmer, metallic, matte, glitter...)  They're all quite pigmented.  I didn't use primer or any sort of base for these shadows.  

 Although they are quite pigmented in swatches, I find it is best to wear a primer as well as a cream eyeshadow as a base when wearing these eyeshadows.  That way, they are just as bright on your eyes as they are in swatches

 Chocolate Soleil bronzer, Cocoa Rose blush, Sweet Pink blush, Candlelight glow highlighter

The bronzer actually smells like cocoa!  It smells AMAZING.  I've heard some people say that one of the blushes (possibly Sweet Pink, but I'm not exactly sure) don't show up very well.  Buuut, on my uber pale skin, they show up quite well.  The highlighter adds a pretty glow.  It is a tad chalky on my cheeks if I don't take care to blend it well, but it works really well to highlight the bridge of my nose.

This palette is a really great bargain!  With all the shadows and blushes, this palette packs quite a punch.  (Plus I got it during Sephora's F&F sale, so that made it an even greater bargain.)  So...super awesome!