Bare Escentuals: The Royal Treatment

I fianlly got the Royal Treatment collection from Bare escentuals. The first shipment got lost in the mail so it took forever for me to get it, but it was worth the wait. Both eye colours are beautiful. The blue, Crown, it a nice teal leaning blue (it is similar to TLC) with green sparkles in it. King looks peach in the pot but it definitly looks like a light gold on the eye. The lipgloss is called Beignet and it is a sheer peachy gold colour. I don't love the gloss but it's okay. Both King and Crown are worth having. I ended up using at least one of them in three of the looks I did this week.

The first look is just the Royal Treatment collection by itself.

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,
King lash to brow,
Crown lash into crease on outer 1/3ish,
Crown wet lined on top,
mascara.


LIPS: London with Beignet over it.

The second look is a typical fall look.

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
King under brow,
Kiko lash to crease,
Beutiful Autumn in crease,
Spark in V ish,
Tiger's eye wet lined on top,
mascara.


CHEEKS: Joyous Jennifer
LIPS: Apricot quick stick with Smashbox candid over it.

 
In the last look I wanted to play with the green in Crown. This look reminded me of how much I love Azalea blush.
 

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
Tiara under brow,
Buxom Saint bernard lash to crease,
Crown in crease,
King lash to creas on inner 1/3ish,
Envy blended into crown on outer 1/3ish,
Black Leather wet lined on top,
mascara.


CHEEKS: Azeala Blush
LIPS: Fruit Cocktail gloss

Video: Buxom Stay There Eye Shadow

I've gotten a lot of requests for a video with the new Buxom Shadows so I finally did one this morning. I felt like I had a lot to say but forgot some of it so if you have any questions just let me know.

Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard and Laura Does London: A Look and Swatches

I'm so excited toady--I got a bunch of new stuff and had to try as much of it as possible! So I did some comparison swatches of the Buxom Laura Does London collection and I swatched Buxom Stay there in Saint Bernard.

I only got one stay there shadow because I don't really wear cream shadows all that often. But my first impression is that I will be wearing the buxom shadow a lot! It has a nice mousse texture that blends easily. It is not really sparkly but it does have some sparkle. Saint Bernard is a beautiful green/blue. It definitly registers more green than blue. It is bright but dark enough to wear as a crease colour. I applied it with my finger in the swatch, then when I did my eyes I used a synthetic brush on one eye and a natural hair brush on the other. The colour payoff was very similar and it washed out of both brushes easily. If I were going to use it in the crease or if I wanted a thinner layer of colour I would use the natural hair brush. Overall my first impression of Stay There is very positive.

Here are the brushes I used and a few pictures of Saint Bernard:

I also got the Laura Does London collection. The kit has a Buxom Lipstick in London and a Buxom Gloss in Laura. London is very pale, pearly, neutral to cool pink. Laura is hot pink and it has a creamy look too it. So while it is not a full coverage buxom it is more opaque than many of the other sheer buxoms. Over London it looks very opaque. I love both colours. I did some comparison swatches with other buxoms people have suggested these are similar to.

London Alone

London with Laura over it

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard lash to

crease,

Aquamarine in crease and outer 1/4ish,

Masquerade lash to crease on outer 1/2ish

blended into aquamarine,

Midnight diamond wet lined on top, Aquamarine

dry on bottom,

Buxom Mascara.

CHEEKS: Giddy Pink Blush

LIPS: Buxom lipstick in London by itself in

the first picture and then London with Laura

Buxom over it in second picture.