✨ RANKING ALL OF THE MAKEUP I TRIED IN JANUARY ✨ SPEED REVIEWS

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Hello, welcome back. Thank you so much for being here. January is finally over, which
means it is time for an all new round of speed reviews. So we are going to be ranking all
of the products that I tried in the month of January. I feel like I ended up trying
everything. So we have a lot of products to talk about today. Anything that I tried too
close to the end of the month or too recently will be in my February speed reviews because
I just feel like I need a little bit more time with them to fully form my opinion and
be comfortable sharing my final thoughts. So if there's anything you know I've tried
but that is not in this video, you will see it at the end of February. But let's get into
it. We have 19 products to rank and for the most part we had a really good month, but
there were definitely some misses. So coming in at number 19 is one that kind of hurts
my heart a little. This is from YSL. This is one of their new shades in their Make Me
Blush line. This is shade 10, Stardust Love. Now they have the Stardust collection for
spring 2026. And if you're familiar with my channel, you know just how much I love the
YSL blushes. They're my absolute favorite blush formula for 2025. I reach for them almost
on a daily basis unless I'm testing out something else. It is almost always a YSL blush that
is on my cheeks. I love the formula so much, particularly the matte shades, but some of
their satins are also stunning. So when I saw this shade, I was so excited to pick it
up. I don't have any of their baby pink shades in this line, so I thought this one could
be fun. I knew this was going to be a glowier blush and I knew it was going to be one of
their more satin formulas, but this is genuinely basically a highlighter for the cheeks. It
is just way too glowy. I feel like the actual base shade is very, very light. So if you
do try to build up the actual shade, all you're doing is building up the intensity
of the shimmer. It's like this baby pink, but it has this cool, almost silver leaning
shimmer to it. And all you do is build up that shimmer so it just gets glowier and glowier
and the base shade only gradually builds. I've tried this as a highlighter. I don't
necessarily love it for that. I think it's a little bit too intense even for that. As
an all over blush, it's way too much. And even as a blush topper, I think that's really
the only thing I would use it for. But this just does not stack up compared to all of
the other YSL blush formulas. I love the matte formula because it is the most buttery, blendable,
blurring blush and I love it so much. The shades are stunning. I love the way they melt
into the cheeks. They're just the best formula. The more satin formulas are also incredibly
easy to work with and I find they give just the right amount of glow without being too
much, whereas this is just a complete highlighter. They have released a couple of other shades
as well, so maybe they're a little bit better, but this one for me is just a miss. If you
love a super, super glowy blush, you might like this, but for me, unfortunately it's
a big miss. Coming in at number 18 is from Dior and this is one of their new eyeshadow
quints. This is an 865 Pink Lollipop. This is pretty. These are all satin shades, so
you're not getting any mattes in here whatsoever. You have a couple of satins, you have some
more shimmery shades, and then you have this really pretty white glowy shade in the middle.
I love that white. I think it's gorgeous. But otherwise, this is very much a very sheer
wash of color, which I do often expect from Dior, but with this one, I just really wasn't
able to build it up too much either way. I was just very, very limited. I mean, of course,
when you look at this, it's pretty obvious that it's always going to be a more pinky
purple tone look, and I can certainly get some pretty looks from it, but I do feel like
I'm very limited. I didn't feel like the quality of this one was anything special, and I just
found myself kind of bored by this, and I do wish there was a more pigmented matte to
work with just to build up a little something. I think the colors are pretty. It's just that
this one really does not stand out for me. Coming in at number 17 is also from Dior,
so I'm feeling a little bad about this, but this is their Dior Forever Skin Bronze. I
have the shade One Light Bronze. The first thing I noticed about this when I received
it is that in contrast to their contour stick in this line, this is much more lightweight.
The contour stick has a nice amount of weight to it. It just feels heavier in the hand.
This is very lightweight. When I took the lid of mine off, the whole component actually
fell right out, so I do want to say if you do order one of these, make sure that this
is secure before tipping it upside down or anything like that. I do like the brown packaging.
I think this is really nice, and the formula of this bronzer is incredibly creamy and easy
to blend. Very, very easy to work with. I would say it's almost as easy to blend as
my ABH contour stick that I love so much. It's very, very easy to blend. My only thing
is that it is a little bit warm. However, because it is so easy to blend and work with,
I will certainly reach for this, especially underneath some of my powder bronzers. Maybe
if I'm looking for a little bit of a boost, especially in the summer months, I can definitely
see myself putting this under some of my other lighter powder bronzers. It's just that this
is a little bit too warm for me to want to reach for all of the time, and I do have to
be careful because this does have an ability to turn me orange if I'm not careful. I don't
hate this. I really love the formula. It's just I do kind of wish I had picked up shade
two and I might like it more, but I also don't really understand why the component
is so lightweight when the contour stick is so weighty and heavy and luxurious. Just a
minor packaging thing for me, but I like to take note of that when it comes to luxury
products in particular. Okay, coming in at number 16 is from Kosas. This is their Shiny
Objects Powder Highlighter. I have the shade Haloed. Now, this is partially my fault because
I ordered this thinking this was the lightest shade, and somehow I didn't even realize there
was a more white-toned highlighter. Somehow I completely missed that. This, I think, is
on the borderline of being too deep for me, but I can certainly make it work, and I think
it looks really pretty on the cheeks. When I swatch it out, though, you'll see that this
can be a beautiful, beautiful eyeshadow shade. It's very creamy. It's very buttery. As an
eyeshadow, it's beautiful. On the cheeks, I can make it work. I just have to be very
light-handed with it, so that is why this is ranking a little bit lower. There's really
not anything wrong with the product. It was more so my fault for the shade. It definitely
has some shine to it, but it's not really glittery. It's not chunky. It's really, really
pretty. It's just, I think this is going to end up being more of a single shadow for me
than a highlighter. I also really like the packaging on this. I think these are beautiful.
Again, ranking low because of the shade, but there's nothing wrong with the formula. Coming
in at number 15 is from CoverGirl, and this is their True Blend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous
Bronzer. Now, these have been very viral over the last month. There's been a lot of chatter
back and forth as to whether or not these are hourglass dupes, and in some ways, I think
there are a lot of similarities between the products. This bronzer is available in four
different shades, and I got the lightest one, which is 300 Honey Bun. Now, this is
of course a bit of a glowier bronzer, and when I initially look at the marbling, I see
this very neutral shade with a bit of a reddish undertone, but then it has this golden undertone
marbled throughout. I found it very easy to blend, and it is very buildable, so I can
go in with a very light hand and really like how it comes together, but I do have to be
careful because it can end up being a little bit too warm on my skin tone. I do prefer
more of a matte bronzer. That's just my preference. I think this is really, really nice. I do
think I like the hourglass powders a little bit more, but in terms of the baked formula,
the marbling, there's a lot of similarities there, but I do think with this, it's a little
bit easier to get too much product, whereas with hourglass, that's not something that
I ever experience. However, you get a ton of product here for the smallest fraction
of a price point. I think this shade is really pretty, and they do have three others, which
isn't a lot, but if you find a shade that works for you and you don't mind a bit of
a glow, you might really like this. It's just that for my super fair, cool undertone skin,
this isn't my favorite, but I can make it work, and I do find it fun to play with from
time to time. Coming in at number 14 is another bronzer I tried this month. This is the
Rare Beauty Soft Matte Powder Bronzer. This is in the shade Summer Feels. Now, this is
another one where you look online, you can easily see that all of the shades of this
bronzer tend to run quite warm. I do love the packaging. I love that it's magnetic.
I think it's very pretty, and I also love that it's a matte formula. Like I mentioned,
that is my preference when it comes to bronzers. This one feels very, very smooth and buttery
to the touch. Now, I find this to be a very light, very buildable formula, so you're really
going to be able to customize the intensity and the pigment level of this. This is the
lightest shade. It is quite warm, but if I go in with a light hand, it actually looks
really, really nice. It's a beautiful shade. It gives me a nice amount of warmth without
being too intense, but if I do build it up, it does kind of turn me orange. This is the
bronzer I have on today, and you can see it is nice. It's pretty. It's subtle. It looks
great. Just keep that in mind. The shade range is certainly going to run very warm, but they're
very, very light, so you can make it work if you like the formula. I actually really
do like the formula. I would say I like this formula better than the Hung Vien Go formula
that was very popular last year. I think I might like the shade better, too. I just find
this to be very easy and blendable, and I like that it's a little more sheer buildable,
even though it's warm. I can still make it work because it does run so light. So if you're
around my skin tone, you can certainly make this work. If you're interested in this, if
you want to check it out, it's a beautiful shade. You just have to be light-handed with
it. Coming in at number 13 is from CoverGirl. This is the TrueBlend Skin Enhancer Baked
Luminous Blush, so the counterpart to the bronzer, and I have mine in the shade 410
Rose Latte. Now, I went back and forth over which one I liked better. For a while, I thought
I liked the bronzer better, and then as I was kind of looking at everything today, I
thought, no, I definitely like the blush better. What I will say is the blush, it doesn't look
like it in swatch, but the blush is actually quite a bit more pigmented, so I do have to
be a little bit more careful with this. However, I think this is such a beautiful rosy mauve
toned blush. It's absolutely beautiful. It blends right into the skin. I don't think
it's a perfect hourglass dupe, but it is quite close, just in the sense that we have that
marbled finish. We have that baked formula. It does blend right into the cheeks, but I
do find this to be a little bit more intense and pigmented than hourglass right away, so
I do have to be a little bit more careful with this. Otherwise, I love this. I think
it's beautiful. I think it's such a pretty shade, and I really enjoy this overall. It
does have a bit of a glow to it, but it's gorgeous. So I do quite like this blush.
Now coming in at number 12 is from Lancome, and I don't think I've used these on camera
yet, but I've played with them quite a bit over the last month, and this is their Idol
Goddess Dimensions single eyeshadows. I have three shades. I have Pink Moonrise, which
is a matte. I have Celestial Spark and Stellar Light, which are the intense shimmery shades.
Now online browsing these, they do not look that special. They do not look that shimmery,
but these shimmery shades are so foiled and metallic when you get them in person. They
are so, so beautiful. My favorite is Celestial Spark. It's more of a champagne, but it's
so wet. I will say these are a little bit chunky though, and I definitely do get fall
out with them. So that is kind of why they're ranking a little bit lower, but they are so
pretty and wet on the lids. They're stunning. I don't necessarily love the matte as much.
I think it's a great formula. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just that Pink Moonrise
is such a light shade that you don't really get much pigment from it at all. It doesn't
really do anything. Maybe one of their other matte shades would do a little bit more, but
it is just a matte shadow. I didn't really need to grab this. I do think that where this
collection stands out is these gorgeous foiled single shadows. These are stunning. Again,
a little bit of fallout, so maybe use a glitter glue or a good eye primer, but these are 100%
worth it. They are so wet and ethereal on the lids.
Coming in at number 11 is from Natasha Denona. This is the Mini Eyesculpt Cool Tone Palette.
Now, this came out at the very beginning of the month, and this is the cool tone counterpart
to the original Eyesculpt 5 pan that she came out with this time last year. This is a really
nice mix of shades. These are beautiful, cool toned mattes. You do get a nice cream shade
in here, some cool toned browns, and then the shade on the end that looks like a black
from a distance, but it's not. It's really more like an espresso brown. It's not nearly
as intense, but it is beautiful nonetheless. I think this is pretty if you love cool tones.
I think it's beautiful to create an all matte look. I think if you really, really love your
cool toned shadows, you will like this. However, I don't think this palette's a need. I found
this exact selection and color story so many times in my collection when I was swatching
it out and doing swatch comparisons. My Makeup By Mario The Neutrals Palette, very, very
similar mattes. Even my Patrick Ta All Matte Palette, I found some very similar mattes.
Just in general, this is one of those color stories that I think you have. If you even
have the larger Eye Sculpt Palette in the soft version, you can definitely find a lot
of these shades already. I don't think this is necessary, but if you found the original
Eye Sculpt Palette to be a little too warm for you, you might really like this. On swatch,
these looked to me to be a little bit chalky. I just didn't find they were typical Natasha
shadows, but on the eyes, they performed just like they always do. They're so beautiful.
These are a mix of her silky matte and creamy matte formulas. They are her standard formulas.
They just didn't swatch the best, but on the eyes, they performed beautifully. There's
nothing wrong with the quality of this. It's more so, are you going to use a cool toned
all matte palette often? If yes, then this is 100% worth it. It's beautiful, but you
might already have it in your collection. I really like it. Was it a need? No. Do I
prefer the original? Yes. However, that all comes down to personal preference. There's
nothing wrong with the formula, but I did have some things that I was a little bit more
excited about.
Coming in at number 10 is a product I am actually shocked to see at number 10, but that just
goes to show you how good my top 10 are. This is from YSL. This is in 126 Sparkling Lust.
This is their Valentine's Day limited edition eyeshadow quad. I love the packaging on this.
Opening this up, you do get one matte. You get more of a sequin shade that essentially
feels like the matte. Then you get two of these sparkly toppers. All of the shades in
here are stunning. They all perform beautifully. I will say this is not one of their quads
that you are going to reach for if you're looking for a lot of depth. This is very much
a very light color story. I don't even know if this topper is the most sparkly topper
that they have. It's stunning though. I love this. Something like this is perfect for me,
but if you really crave a lot of depth, you might not love this. I like this. I would
say more than Babylon Roses, but I would say I like Sunrise Safari from last summer better.
It's totally up to your own preferences. I love this. The packaging is 10 out of 10.
The quality is up to par. It's right there with what it usually is. The color story is beautiful.
It's just not one that's going to give me as much depth as I would like.
Coming in at number nine is from Natasha Denona. This is her High Gloss Hybrid Tinted Gloss Balm.
I have been loving this. I have mine in Lush Lilac. I love this chubby little packaging
this comes in. This is very weighted. It feels very luxurious. The shade of this is this beautiful,
milky lilac cool tone pink. It's so pretty. When you look up close, you can kind of see the shimmer
in the tube itself. You get this really lovely chubby doe foot that spreads the product over
the lips so nicely. This is incredibly balmy on the lips, and it's also just very, very shiny
and beautiful. I will say this is one of those products that can get a little bit goopy if you
go in with too much, and it will do that stringy thing between the lips. Just be aware of that,
but as long as you're careful to not get too much, I think you'll really, really like this.
I think she did a phenomenal job with this formula. I also need to mention this smells
absolutely divine. It's like a vanilla dream, but in the best way. It's so good. I would compare it
to the scent of the MAC lipsticks, but almost a little bit sweeter. Such a good scent, such a
good fragrance, such a good formula. Just keep in mind to not go in with too much because it'll be
a little bit too goopy, but it feels and looks so pretty on the lips. It just feels incredibly
nourishing. Coming in at number eight is from Gucci, and this is the Gucci Glow Blush in shade
2 Fresh Coral. This is a radiant, silky blush. Now, this blush is what I want if I'm going for
a glowy blush. Like I mentioned, that YSL shade is straight highlighter all over the cheeks. This
is a wash of color with a bit of a glow to it that's not too intense. If I build this up,
I'm building up the shade and not the sparkle. I absolutely love this. This is the one I'm
wearing today, and I think it's the prettiest, softest coral. This is a more sheer, buildable
formula, so this is never going to look too intense. It's not going to look like too much.
It's just a very, very flawless blush formula. It's really hard to mess this up, in my opinion.
It is lightly fragrant. I don't think it's anywhere near as intense as the bronzer in
this line. I haven't tried their matte blush formulas, but I'm thinking based on how much
I like this, I might want to. I think this is a really beautiful formula with a light
glow that just looks very fresh, and I think it's going to be such a beautiful blush,
especially going into spring. Coming in at number seven is from Lancome, and this is
their Lash Idol Curl Goddess Mascara. I've been using this a ton this month. I think
this is so nice. The packaging is beautiful, and you get this fiber bristle wand, which
is my preference. This is also in that sort of curved shape, so it's meant to hug the
lashes and hold a curl. The bristles also kind of spiral around the brush a little bit
as well, and I think that adds to a lot of separation. Now, I will say this formula is
certainly wetter than the YSL Lash Latex that I was trying last month and loved, and that's
actually the one I'm wearing today. This is definitely a wetter formula. This will give
you more volume. This can lead to more clumps, but it does make the lashes look so full and
voluminous, and it does hold the curl so beautifully. So if you love a really thick, black lash,
this is a good one. Lancome does not miss when it comes to mascaras. The only thing
I don't love about this is that sometimes it can get a little clumpy if you try to build
it too much, but honestly, this looks so good on the lashes that I really can't complain
about anything else. That's just me being that picky. I have really loved this. I also
don't think this flakes or smudges at all throughout the day unless I do try to build
it up too much, but if I just go in lightly like I normally like to do, this looks beautiful.
Coming in at number six is from Dior. So we're getting a little redemption from the bottom
of the list. This is their Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil in Fizzy Pink. Now, when Dior came
out with their spring release, they also reformulated and relaunched their lip oils, and now they
have a lot more finishes. So they have the original very sheer finish. They have a sparkly
finish, and they have a more opaque finish, so it's going to give you a lot more color.
Now, Fizzy Pink is beautiful. I used this one relentlessly this month. First of all,
it is a really, really nice lip oil. It's very, very comfortable, very slippy, very
wet, but very shiny and beautiful. I don't feel like it easily bleeds into the lines
around the lips. I think on the website it says that this is a plumping oil, but I really
don't notice any plumping effects whatsoever with this. So in comparing this to the YSL
lip oils, I would go with these all day long, especially now that these have all of these
different finishes, because the sparkly finish is so beautiful and ethereal. I just think
it looks gorgeous, and I've had so much fun reaching for this. I feel like this is going
to end up going right in my purse, because I think it's so pretty.
Coming in at number five is from C'est, and this is their City Set Lightweight Setting
Powder. I don't normally try out all the new setting sprays, but something about this just
really caught my attention, and the packaging of this is really nice. I really like the
pump on this, and this is also an incredibly fine mist, which I love. I cannot stand a
particular, a lot of drugstore setting spray formulas, because it feels like a water gun
to the face, whereas this is just so incredibly fine, and it's not too wet, but it does such
a beautiful job of melting all of the powders together and just making the skin look blurred.
I wouldn't say the blurring effect is as intense as the Danessa Myricks Blurring Setting Spray,
but it's pretty close. This does such a beautiful job of just melting everything together and
making it look so seamless while having the finest mist. It's also really refreshing.
It doesn't have a strong fragrance. This is a really, really nice one, and I'm really
going to have to be comparing these later on, especially to the Charlotte Tilbury that
has been my favorite for ages at this point, but between this one and the Danessa Myricks,
I'm kind of worried that that one's going to get dethroned.
Coming in at number four is a new lip liner formula I tried this month, and it's actually
not a new formula. It's a formula that's been around for a while. This is from Smashbox,
and this is the Be Legendary Line and Prime Lip Pencil. I have two shades. I have Fair
Neutral Rose, which is one that has seen a lot of use for me, and True Red. Now, I first
purchased these because I watched the Heiress Tour documentary, of course, and I realized
right away that this was the lip liner that Taylor was using. I also got my hands on the
lipstick she was using, but I, of course, ordered the lip combo right away. When I was
browsing this, there's not a ton of shades in this formula, but I did find Fair Neutral
Rose, and I thought that looks like a me shade. I love this lip liner formula. It is just
a wooden pencil. It is an incredibly creamy, comfortable formula to apply. It just glides
right on the lips, but it's almost like a gel formula because the way it dries down,
it is absolutely budge-proof, especially the red. This is not messing around. There is
a reason this is Taylor's lip liner. This is budge-proof, and this is also the most
beautiful True Red with that slightly blue undertone. If you are someone who likes orangey
tone reds, then this will be a skip for you, but if you are like me and you love a good,
cool blue undertone in your reds, this is the absolute perfect lip liner. This is the
one I've been going to constantly all month long. I've already sharpened this quite a
few times. This is just a perfect, my-lips-but-better, but slightly pinkier shade. I have been reaching
for this constantly. What I actually love to do is I will put this on, and then I'll
powder my liner, and then I'll build it up just a little bit more, then go in with my
lip combo, and it's been lasting such a long time. Even when I don't powder it, I find
this lip liner sticks around quite well, but the powdering is really quite magic. I've
been doing it with all of my liners this month, but I've been pairing this liner in particular
with the Dior lip oil, and it's such a pretty combo. I've really, really been loving these
lip liners, and these are definitely one of those hidden gems that are completely slept
on. Nobody talks about them, but they're actually phenomenal.
Coming in at number three is from Chanel, and this is their Rouge Noir Confidence Blush
Palette. Now, I was so excited about this. I am slowly starting to dip my toes into Chanel
makeup, and this I just couldn't skip. This is so beautiful. I love the burgundy outer
packaging. I think that's stunning, and then inside you get three blushes and a highlighter.
Now, I love these. I think all of these shades ended up somehow looking so good on my skin
tone. I was expecting these to be potentially a little bit too deep, but they're not. This
one ends up being a little bit more of a fuchsia, and I do think fuchsia blush is going to have
a moment this year from everything I'm seeing online, so I'm excited to have this. I also
think this coppery shade, which is one I wouldn't normally like that much, ends up looking really
nice on my skin. I think I'm really going to like it in the summer in particular. This more
mauve-y shade is, of course, the favorite. It's just a really, really beautiful neutral rose for
every day. I constantly want to reach for it. This coppery shape is more of a glowier formula,
whereas these two are a little bit more matte, and then this highlighter is this absolutely
stunning iridescent pink that is not too intense. It's not glittery, but it does give the most
beautiful shine to the cheeks. I don't know if the formulas in these palettes have always been
that good. Have I been completely missing out? I don't know, but I think this is so gorgeous.
I'm excited to reach for these shades all winter long because I do think they are beautiful,
beautiful winter shades in particular. That highlighter is stunning. I just want to reach
for this palette all of the time, and it's kind of the one thing that has sort of pulled me away
from my YSL blushes a little bit just because I've been having so much fun playing with these,
and I think they look so flawless on the skin. Absolutely been loving this. Last I saw,
it was sold out, but then I saw it was back in stock in a couple of places. If I do find it,
I will try to leave it linked down below, but I do absolutely love this. Coming in at number two
is where Chanel really, really shined, and this is their new concealer. This is the
Ultralatent Corrector Concealer. I have mine in BR02. I love the very simple design packaging
of this tube. I love that it's just this thin frosted glass bottle. There's absolutely no fuss,
and then you just have this matte black cap with the Chanel logo on the lid,
and then you get this tiny little doe foot. It's very unassuming. The shade BR02 is perfect for me,
and what I ended up loving about this is that it is truly a full coverage concealer. This will
cover and hide anything and everything, but it's so thin. It's almost like a serum consistency,
but then it somehow gives you the coverage without feeling heavy, without feeling cakey.
I do have dry skin. I have dry under eyes. I also live in Canada. It's been ungodly cold the last
little bit, so I have really been putting this concealer through it, and it's fantastic. It is
not at all too dry for me like I thought it would. A little bit goes a really long way,
and again, it is a very thin formula, but it stretches so far. I like to do a dot here,
and then a little bit out here. I'll blend, and it gives me more than enough coverage.
I think it looks absolutely fabulous, and I love that it's not heavily fragrance,
at least not that I can detect. I think this is such a fabulous formula. It was a complete
fluke that I tried this. Just for some reason, something told me to try it. I was also thinking
of trying it with the Prada concealer, but then I heard someone say that it was incredibly
fragrance, so I thought under my eyes that's going to drive me nuts, so I went with the
Chanel instead. I'm so glad I did because this is ranking very, very high in my favorite
concealers. This is fantastic. I have also been loving and trying out the new Charlotte Tilbury,
but again, I need more time with that one, so you'll see that one in February, but
loving the Chanel concealer. Coming in at number one is my absolute favorite product that I tried
in the month of January. This took me by surprise with how much I love this, but this is from
Anastasia Beverly Hills, and this is their Haze eyeshadow palette. Now, this is their 9 pan palette.
This is, of course, all cool tones with a pop of blue, and this actually launched early on TikTok
shop back in November, and I was so frustrated because, like I said, I'm in Canada. We can't
shop through TikTok shop, and I was so frustrated. I wanted this so bad. I wanted to get my hands on
it, and I couldn't figure it out, so I had to wait until January, and then I was also thinking
at a couple of points, I don't know if I'll be interested in it, then I don't know if it'll be
worth picking up, but you know what? The way I ended up absolutely loving this palette,
I'm so glad I did. First of all, these cool tone browns are absolutely stunning.
I love the formulas in here. The mattes are so incredibly creamy and buttery.
The shimmers are just the right amount of metallic and shiny without being too intense. We're not
getting any of those super crazy foiled shades that we got from the Sugar and Spice palettes,
but the shimmers in here are more intense and reflective than what was in the Embers palette
back in the fall, so it's a really nice mix between the two. You also get this matte navy
here, which to the swatch feels kind of dry, but it's actually a really beautiful, easy to work
with shade as well. When I did my review of this, I created three different looks, and I managed to
every single shade in here. I love that I can get a very almost neutral leaning cool tone brown eye,
but I can really play with this blue as well. I did create a look using this shade on the bottom,
which is kind of like a blue to brown, almost red tone shift to it, and I don't typically like that
type of shade. However, I did end up creating a look that I thought came together really well,
and I paired it with the blue. When I was editing that video back, I realized how much it looked
like a black eye, but I was still impressed by how well everything blended. It was a very well
blended black eye. However, the other looks I created with this were so easy and simple. I had
so much fun playing with this. I didn't notice that I got a lot of fallout. I noticed I wanted
to keep coming back to this. This reminded me a lot of the Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes Moonlight
palette. I did a comparison with that one. I still think if you have that one, you can skip this.
If you have the Viseart Paris Nuit Etoile palette and the Mario palette, you could totally skip
this. You absolutely have these shades, but this is such a beautiful, compact 9pm palette. It's
not nearly as fragile as the Sugar and Spice, but it's going to give you a little more punch
than Embers. I think this is such a beautiful palette, and I think it makes the blue even
more approachable. I'm not a big blue eyeshadow wearer, but when I play with this palette,
I want to. So I think this is really fun. I really love this palette, and I just found that
when I look at this palette, I know exactly what I want to do. When I first got this in,
I looked at it and I barely had to think about what three looks I wanted to create. I already
had them worked out in my head, so that just tells me how easy and cohesive this palette is.
Sometimes when I get palettes in that have a pop of color or a slight twist to them, I have to
really think about it when I'm creating multiple looks in order to make sure that I create three
different looks. But this, I just knew from the jump what I wanted, and I got exactly what I
wanted and more. So I've been loving this palette. I'm having so much fun playing with it. But that
is my very full month of January. We tried some really great products. We tried some that were
not so much, but we tried some really amazing products. Let me know all of your thoughts down
below. Did you try anything new in January? Are you starting the year on a no-buy? If so,
did you discover any old favorites in your collection that you've been loving again?
Let me know that too. I love hearing from you guys so, so much. If you're new here,
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