The Balm Shady Lady Palette

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Happy Friday!! Hope it is sunny where ever you are!! I wanted to share some swatches from a recent palette I purchased. I have been loving eyeshadows from The Balm SO much!! They are great quality and gorgeous colors!! What more could you ask for in a palette??

This is the first installment of the Shady Lady Palettes. Each palette comes with 9 eyeshadows. Most are pearlescent  shimmer shadows but there is a few with some glitter in them as well. I love these palettes because the colors are all very wearable!!

                 The above swatches are without Eye Primer and the Below are with.
                                                             From Left to Right:

   Caught In the Act Courtney A brown Glitter (Although None of the glitter transferred to skin)

     Shameless Shana A lovely chocolate brown with just the right amount of shimmer.

    Luscious Lani A light champagne pink. This one was the least pigmented of the bunch. 

Jealous Jordana A very dark Forest Green. It is so dark it comes off as black but you can definitely see the green in real life. It also does not transfer those glitters onto the skin that well.

Risque Renee A Dark Royal Blue. The glitter in this is a little more noticeable. This is very pigmented. A little goes a long way. 

Curvy Cami A nice light purple with gold glitters. This one surprised with how much I liked it on the skin!!

Jet Setting Jennifer A yellow toned gold. It pairs perfectly with any of these shadows!! 

All About Alex A very nice camo color. I was scared this would be too dark but it is a really nice and easy color to work with.

Easy Wheezie A nice stary blue. This is the kind of blue that I love to wear. It is right inbetween dark and light. 

I use this palette at least two days out of the week if not more. I have been using Luscious Lani and Shameless Shana together as my go to look when I don't have time to experiment with something new. I also have used Easy Wheezie a few times as a really nice dark blue eye for the night. My most used shadow of the bunch has to be Jet Setting Jennifer. I use this in my crease all the time even when I am using colors from other palettes as well!! I definitely recommend this palette!! The eyeshadows are two times bigger then the average palette and the price of the palette is on the cheaper side of most palettes. You definitely get your moneys worth!! I found some on Amazon for only $29 Here!!

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                                           KatXoXo

The Balm Haul

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Hope you are all enjoying your weekends!! Today I wanted to share a few things that I recently ordered off of Hautelook. Back in September I ordered The Balm's Nude Tude palette from Hautelook and have been obsessed with it ever since!! So when I saw that they were on there again I wanted to order some more products. Here is what I ordered.

3 Blush/ Eyeshadows

                                                                    Hot Mamma

                     A gorgeous pink with a peach sheen to it. So pretty for a night out!!

Down Boy

A dust rose mauve blush with a matte finish. 

Frat Boy

A very nice dolly pink. It looks like it has a hint of sheen in the pan but does not transfer onto the skin. 

                                            3 Eyeshadow Palettes that came with 9 shadows each.

Shady Lady Vol. 1

This has 9 huge eyeshadows all in very usable colors. I prefer this palette to Vol.3 because all the colors are so usable!! I love using the top row 2nd & 3rd shadow together for an everyday look!!

                                                                     Shady Lady Vol.3
All the shadows in the Shady Lady palettes are all shimmer. They have a little bit more sheen to them than the Nude Tude palette but are still very workable. 

Meet Matte Nude

These shadows are HUGE!! You can never have to much of a matte eyeshadow!!

I am very happy with everything I bought!! I love all the blushes and palettes. I think I could have done without Shady Lady Vol.3 but I will obviously still get a lot of use out of it!!

My experience with Hautelook......
I have very good and not so good things about my experience. The good point of my experience was their Live chat customer service. Hautelooks flash sales can sell out fast and you can only keep something in your basket for 15 minutes, so when you need a question answered you need it right away. Well I was able to talk to someone and get it figured out in just a few minutes!! That is a feature that I wish all online stores had!!

The bad....International charges. I understand that some companies do charge international fees since I am in Canada (why some do and some don`t I do not understand...) BUT this is something that should be applied with your receipt at the time of transaction. If you are going to charge me $20 extra do not send me another receipt two weeks later. Also both times I have ordered off Hautelook it has taken just over a month for me to receive it........ Really?? Anyways that is my little  rant for the day!!

                      What is your favorite Balm product??

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                                            KatXoXo