All Things Beautylish

[GreenEyedAllie]

My Lucky XL Bag and Natasha Denona Spring Collection order came in today.

It seems I was waiting so long due to a nail polish. Ugh! Anyhow I got:

Charlotte Tilbury Smokey eye palette - the last one that came out
By Terry Sun Designer palette
Oribe face oil
Sulwashoo mask
Smith and Cult nail polish
Bioderma
Becca Box with
Backlight primer
Opal liquid highlighter
Snapdragon blush
champagne pop stick
Beach tint
Wayne Goss #13 brush

Very nice lucky bag. I have 3 items though. So it goes. I wasn't going to participate because I pretty much get the stuff I like so I figured there would be repeats which is why I didn't get it last year. However, Beautylish got so many luxury brands since then so I figured I'd take a chance. It seems like they didn't include any of those. I don't really know. I haven't watched any reveals yet maybe they did.

Now my Natasha Denona order:
I got everything! Both blush palettes and all the top coats. I love the duo chrome look of the top coats. I especially liked the lavender one. I loved Alba Duo Glow highlighter so much this summer that I had to have the blush palettes when I saw them especially since they have the duo glow formula like Alba. I am curious about how they are going to work since I think every pan is a different formula. Well everything looks beautiful! I haven't tried anything yet. Just looked at them. The pink one looked more warm than I thought. I thought it was the citrus one until I remember the citrus one had that yellow color. I can't wait to try these. Although the pink case is nice, I wish it was pink metallic like the contour palette.

The top coats look pretty but two of them arrived crumbled. So disappointed. I don't know if they can be pressed or not but I want it to look pristine so I requested an exchange. I'll have to see what the reply will be. It is a pity because I really want to dig into that lavender one.

Sounds like a solid bag, but I agree that I would have expected different brands to be featured.

I bought the original peach top coat, and there’s definitely a quality control issue. If you look at the reviews on Sephora, you’ll see similar complaints. My first one arrived dried out and crumbled, very hard to use but I could ‘make’ it work if I tried. I wasn’t happy with that, so I requested a replacement. The new one Sephora sent was night and day different! So much easier to use and not crumbly. That said, these are not creamy like a TF or CT cream color. When you get a good one, they’re SO nice. It does make me worry about it’s longevi though.

 

[Shars]

I tend to use it most often as a primer. It feels kind of velvety and I think it definitely helps prolong the look of my makeup even if a little shine starts to peak through (I can't seem to stop getting super oily in the t-zone by the end of the day). I use less blotting paper now!
On the odd occasion I wear it alone when I just want my skin to look more even but not add foundation or powder on top. It works quite nicely that way as well.
I have yet to try mixing it with my liquid foundation but supposedly it performs very well in that scenario too.

Thank you! I think I'll be trying it under foundation as well.

My Lucky XL Bag and Natasha Denona Spring Collection order came in today.

It seems I was waiting so long due to a nail polish. Ugh! Anyhow I got:

Charlotte Tilbury Smokey eye palette - the last one that came out
By Terry Sun Designer palette
Oribe face oil
Sulwashoo mask
Smith and Cult nail polish
Bioderma
Becca Box with
Backlight primer
Opal liquid highlighter
Snapdragon blush
champagne pop stick
Beach tint
Wayne Goss #13 brush

Very nice lucky bag. I have 3 items though. So it goes. I wasn't going to participate because I pretty much get the stuff I like so I figured there would be repeats which is why I didn't get it last year. However, Beautylish got so many luxury brands since then so I figured I'd take a chance. It seems like they didn't include any of those. I don't really know. I haven't watched any reveals yet maybe they did.

Now my Natasha Denona order:
I got everything! Both blush palettes and all the top coats. I love the duo chrome look of the top coats. I especially liked the lavender one. I loved Alba Duo Glow highlighter so much this summer that I had to have the blush palettes when I saw them especially since they have the duo glow formula like Alba. I am curious about how they are going to work since I think every pan is a different formula. Well everything looks beautiful! I haven't tried anything yet. Just looked at them. The pink one looked more warm than I thought. I thought it was the citrus one until I remember the citrus one had that yellow color. I can't wait to try these. Although the pink case is nice, I wish it was pink metallic like the contour palette.

The top coats look pretty but two of them arrived crumbled. So disappointed. I don't know if they can be pressed or not but I want it to look pristine so I requested an exchange. I'll have to see what the reply will be. It is a pity because I really want to dig into that lavender one.

Damn did you have quick fingers are were you on that super early list that got a chance at the XL bags? Did they offer the choice between Light/Medium and Dark/Deep for the XL bags?

Sorry about your crumbled ND items. Hopefully they don't give you any stress about replacing them.

 

[JerseyGirl]

My Lucky XL Bag and Natasha Denona Spring Collection order came in today.

It seems I was waiting so long due to a nail polish. Ugh! Anyhow I got:

Charlotte Tilbury Smokey eye palette - the last one that came out
By Terry Sun Designer palette
Oribe face oil
Sulwashoo mask
Smith and Cult nail polish
Bioderma
Becca Box with
Backlight primer
Opal liquid highlighter
Snapdragon blush
champagne pop stick
Beach tint
Wayne Goss #13 brush

Very nice lucky bag. I have 3 items though. So it goes. I wasn't going to participate because I pretty much get the stuff I like so I figured there would be repeats which is why I didn't get it last year. However, Beautylish got so many luxury brands since then so I figured I'd take a chance. It seems like they didn't include any of those. I don't really know. I haven't watched any reveals yet maybe they did.

Now my Natasha Denona order:
I got everything! Both blush palettes and all the top coats. I love the duo chrome look of the top coats. I especially liked the lavender one. I loved Alba Duo Glow highlighter so much this summer that I had to have the blush palettes when I saw them especially since they have the duo glow formula like Alba. I am curious about how they are going to work since I think every pan is a different formula. Well everything looks beautiful! I haven't tried anything yet. Just looked at them. The pink one looked more warm than I thought. I thought it was the citrus one until I remember the citrus one had that yellow color. I can't wait to try these. Although the pink case is nice, I wish it was pink metallic like the contour palette.

The top coats look pretty but two of them arrived crumbled. So disappointed. I don't know if they can be pressed or not but I want it to look pristine so I requested an exchange. I'll have to see what the reply will be. It is a pity because I really want to dig into that lavender one.

Sounds like a very nice lucky bag. I wasn’t super thrilled with my bag last year, I gave most of it away. I skipped this year, maybe next year..,

 

[MissTania]

Butting in to ask why you can't order from Sephora USA? Is it because of the mail forwarder issue they've been causing recently i.e. not shipping to parcel forwarders etc.?

I have tried to order to my US forwarding service over several years now and it either doesn't go through or is cancelled. It seems they can see my PayPal account is linked to an Australian Bank. It's very frustrating.

 

[MissTania]

I just saw these up on Sephora and they are $115 Canadian. Ouch!

Wow! I should brace myself for the Aussie price if it launches here. The Lila and Sunset palettes are $185. I have some Beautylish vouchers so will use them if I get Darya.

 

[MaryJane]

My Lucky XL Bag and Natasha Denona Spring Collection order came in today.
Very nice lucky bag. I have 3 items though. So it goes. I wasn't going to participate because I pretty much get the stuff I like so I figured there would be repeats which is why I didn't get it last year. However, Beautylish got so many luxury brands since then so I figured I'd take a chance. It seems like they didn't include any of those. I don't really know. I haven't watched any reveals yet maybe they did.

Now my Natasha Denona order:
I got everything! Both blush palettes and all the top coats. I love the duo chrome look of the top coats. I especially liked the lavender one. I loved Alba Duo Glow highlighter so much this summer that I had to have the blush palettes when I saw them especially since they have the duo glow formula like Alba. I am curious about how they are going to work since I think every pan is a different formula. Well everything looks beautiful! I haven't tried anything yet. Just looked at them. The pink one looked more warm than I thought. I thought it was the citrus one until I remember the citrus one had that yellow color. I can't wait to try these. Although the pink case is nice, I wish it was pink metallic like the contour palette.

The top coats look pretty but two of them arrived crumbled. So disappointed. I don't know if they can be pressed or not but I want it to look pristine so I requested an exchange. I'll have to see what the reply will be. It is a pity because I really want to dig into that lavender one.

I'm interested in the ND Spring palettes. I think the pink pallette (Darya) is supposed to be for fair/light tones and the Citrus palette is for medium/dark. I'm definitely pale (NC20) so i probably should get Darya but I'm hesitant b/c the blushes look like a very blue based pink. How do they look in person? I like the colors in Citrus better but I wonder if they'd be too dark for me.

 

[VAL4M]

My Lucky XL Bag and Natasha Denona Spring Collection order came in today.

It seems I was waiting so long due to a nail polish. Ugh! Anyhow I got:

Charlotte Tilbury Smokey eye palette - the last one that came out
By Terry Sun Designer palette
Oribe face oil
Sulwashoo mask
Smith and Cult nail polish
Bioderma
Becca Box with
Backlight primer
Opal liquid highlighter
Snapdragon blush
champagne pop stick
Beach tint
Wayne Goss #13 brush

Very nice lucky bag. I have 3 items though. So it goes. I wasn't going to participate because I pretty much get the stuff I like so I figured there would be repeats which is why I didn't get it last year. However, Beautylish got so many luxury brands since then so I figured I'd take a chance. It seems like they didn't include any of those. I don't really know. I haven't watched any reveals yet maybe they did.

Now my Natasha Denona order:
I got everything! Both blush palettes and all the top coats. I love the duo chrome look of the top coats. I especially liked the lavender one. I loved Alba Duo Glow highlighter so much this summer that I had to have the blush palettes when I saw them especially since they have the duo glow formula like Alba. I am curious about how they are going to work since I think every pan is a different formula. Well everything looks beautiful! I haven't tried anything yet. Just looked at them. The pink one looked more warm than I thought. I thought it was the citrus one until I remember the citrus one had that yellow color. I can't wait to try these. Although the pink case is nice, I wish it was pink metallic like the contour palette.

The top coats look pretty but two of them arrived crumbled. So disappointed. I don't know if they can be pressed or not but I want it to look pristine so I requested an exchange. I'll have to see what the reply will be. It is a pity because I really want to dig into that lavender one.

Wow Nice bag i think I will go for it next year, almost did but I buy so much thing in 2017 that I told myself I didn't need it. I watch a couple of unboxing on YT and they pretty much received the same thing, no new skincare product and that is lame because they missed a big opportunity to promote their new line.

ND
I have the ND Top coats duo chrome silver-brown an love it and was so tempted to buy the new shade .... the lavender is not too blueish? I'm not sure I want all three but I was more leaning for the green- red and the pinky one and now with you saying the lavender is so nice, but i'm surprise because it don't really show up lavender in the official pictures on IG.

 

[Shars]

I have tried to order to my US forwarding service over several years now and it either doesn't go through or is cancelled. It seems they can see my PayPal account is linked to an Australian Bank. It's very frustrating.

Oh ok. I have a non-US card as well but I added a US billing address to it and haven't had any problems. So was just wondering.

 

[Icecaramellatte]

Thank you! I think I'll be trying it under foundation as well.



Damn did you have quick fingers are were you on that super early list that got a chance at the XL bags? Did they offer the choice between Light/Medium and Dark/Deep for the XL bags?

Sorry about your crumbled ND items. Hopefully they don't give you any stress about replacing them.

The XL bag didn't have a skin shade choice. I haven't heard back from them surprisingly enough. I need to check my email again. I may have to call them but I'm just too pooped right now.

I'm interested in the ND Spring palettes. I think the pink pallette (Darya) is supposed to be for fair/light tones and the Citrus palette is for medium/dark. I'm definitely pale (NC20) so i probably should get Darya but I'm hesitant b/c the blushes look like a very blue based pink. How do they look in person? I like the colors in Citrus better but I wonder if they'd be too dark for me.

I wore Darya today. I was a bit scared. I love shimmer but I didn't know how these wore. I didn't have time for fixing up mistakes this morning. I rubbed a bit of the cream blush on my cheeks with a finger. It looked darker and warmer in the pan but went on lighter and cooler but still wearable for me (warm tones are more natural on me). I wore the duo glow using the natasha denona highlighter brush. I put a bit more on one cheek than I meant to but it was fine. It showed a lot more gold than I would have thought for the cooler palette but that is good for me. I liked the look. Oh and I wore the powder blush on top of the cream. So I wore 3 of the products together. Made for a pretty look.

Wow Nice bag i think I will go for it next year, almost did but I buy so much thing in 2017 that I told myself I didn't need it. I watch a couple of unboxing on YT and they pretty much received the same thing, no new skincare product and that is lame because they missed a big opportunity to promote their new line.

ND
I have the ND Top coats duo chrome silver-brown an love it and was so tempted to buy the new shade .... the lavender is not too blueish? I'm not sure I want all three but I was more leaning for the green- red and the pinky one and now with you saying the lavender is so nice, but i'm surprise because it don't really show up lavender in the official pictures on IG.

I don't know that it is so nice I was too afraid to try it if I had to return it. I just liked the color combo of lavender with silver and gold.

 

[Icecaramellatte]

Update: Beautylish gave me a refund. What to do now? I hate crumbled eyeshadow. I've been giving my newly arrived shattered shadows to family members lately and they've been perfectly happy with them. Why can't I be? I think I may have to search in store in Sephora for a replacement. Oh well, I guess I can try out the color at least now.

 

[Icecaramellatte]

Update on Lavender/Silver and Gold. I was able to press that one pretty flat so it doesn't look too bag. I don't know about brown mauve that looks more smushed up. We'll see. I wore Lavender/Silver and Gold today. It looked liked it might be too sparkly for work when applied it on its own. I decided to layer Per Se creamy matte eye shadow from Lila Palette. I added a bit more of Lavender/Silver and Gold over it. I liked it a lot. I can't wait to wear the other colors.

 

[MissTania]

Oh ok. I have a non-US card as well but I added a US billing address to it and haven't had any problems. So was just wondering.

That's fantastic! I enquired with my bank long ago but they said I can have only one billing address at a time and there might have been another issue. I'm going to look into it again. I generally get by okay with PayPal/credit card.

 

[Shars]

That's fantastic! I enquired with my bank long ago but they said I can have only one billing address at a time and there might have been another issue. I'm going to look into it again. I generally get by okay with PayPal/credit card.

I hope it does work for you! Fingers crossed.

 

[JerseyGirl]

In case anyone is curious about the new SoniaG brush set, I decided to do some *ahem* research for the group and bought the set.

Well, I received them today, they are truly beautiful. I haven't used them yet. The handles are gorgeous, their shape is not typical, they are thick, even for the smaller brushes. It will be interesting to see how it will feel to use them. The brush hair is soft, and many of the shapes are very different from most of what I have.

They are made in Japan and appear to be really high quality. Maybe it would have been better to wait for them to be released individually and to just get a few, but I have issues and I'm the first to admit I have a brush problem.

 

[VAL4M]

In case anyone is curious about the new SoniaG brush set, I decided to do some *ahem* research for the group and bought the set.

Well, I received them today, they are truly beautiful. I haven't used them yet. The handles are gorgeous, their shape is not typical, they are thick, even for the smaller brushes. It will be interesting to see how it will feel to use them. The brush hair is soft, and many of the shapes are very different from most of what I have.

They are made in Japan and appear to be really high quality. Maybe it would have been better to wait for them to be released individually and to just get a few, but I have issues and I'm the first to admit I have a brush problem.

I love people with issues! More when they purchase expensive brush! Can you do some comparisons with some mac brushes or wayne goss? Because i’m looking for a good detail brush bigger then Mac 219 but with less long hair then the WG #19 brush. I’m so particular with my eyeshadow brushes

 

[JerseyGirl]

I love people with issues! More when they purchase expensive brush! Can you do some comparisons with some mac brushes or wayne goss? Because i’m looking for a good detail brush bigger then Mac 219 but with less long hair then the WG #19 brush. I’m so particular with my eyeshadow brushes

Ok! I can definitely try to do a comparison. I will let you know what I find!

 

[DILLIGAF]

Hey Ladies... Just popping in to let you know what I got in my Lucky Bag this year. It was just the regular $75 Lucky Bag for Dark/Deep as the XL ones sold out super fast.

1. Wayne Goss #20 eyeshadow smudging brush (retails $22)
2. Jouer Long Wear Lip Topper in Skinny Dip (seems to retail for $16)
3. Natasha Denona Face Glow Body Shimmer in 03 Dark (retails for $42)
4. Clean Apotehcary Brush Shampoo in Rose (retails: $15)
5. Hylamide Finishing HA Blur ($19... never heard of this brand before but the product sounds really interesting. You can apply it on top of or mixed with foundation and it's supposed to give a blurring effect to the skin.
6. Viseart Dark Mattes Eyeshadow Palette ($80... I already own this, along with 2 others so I'll probably sell this to someone)
7. OCC Lip Tar in Artifact (Retails: $17... I also already own this and love it; may gift this one, though)

So in total my bag is valued at $211 retail. I'm actually happier with it this year than last years even though I received 2 products I already own. I wished they had sent me one of the Natasha Denona 5 pans instead lol. But I'm glad I didn't get any of the Jeffree Star products or that ABH palette everyone seemed to get in the regular bags.

See now I wish I had gotten one. The only item that would have been a repeat for me would have been the Viseart Dark Mattes Palette but I would have given that to my sister. Next year I'm all in. I had no idea they were options for skin tones.

 

[Shars]

See now I wish I had gotten one. The only item that would have been a repeat for me would have been the Viseart Dark Mattes Palette but I would have given that to my sister. Next year I'm all in. I had no idea they were options for skin tones.

This year was the first time they did the skin tone option. They said they were trying it out based on feedback from last year. I hope they do it again next year and also add that option for the XL bag.

 

[VAL4M]

GURLS!!! The SoniaG brushes are now sold in singles!!! I’m buy in at least 2 lol

 

[JerseyGirl]

GURLS!!! The SoniaG brushes are now sold in singles!!! I’m buy in at least 2 lol

Of course as soon as I bought the whole lot. But they are awesome.

I don’t have the MAC 219! But I will take a picture comparing to the Tom Ford Pencil brush. I worked today but I will try to take a good picture tomorrow. Her pencil brush is made of squirrel so it is very soft.