So its after Christmas and right now almost all of my favorite retailers are having huge sales right now. For me personally, after Christmas is the perfect time to splurge on that designer piece that you've had your eye on for months. 

My favorite online luxury shopping destination NET-A-PORTER is having a HUGE up to 70% off sale and I was able to put together a list of my favorite items that are on sale right now. From must have bags to stunning dresses and everything in between, keep scrolling for some amazing deals that you cannot miss out on!

Must Have Bags

Statement Shoes

Jackets and Coats to Covet

Dresses  

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So holiday shopping has just gotten started, but after Black Friday and Cyber Monday your Christmas budget may have already shrunk all the way down. Check out some of my favorite Christmas gift ideas that wont break the bank. All of these finds are under 30 dollars and feature some of my favorite brands and websites!

Happy Shopping!!

For the Beauty Obsessed

Huda Beauty Contour and Srobe Lip Set $25

Sephora, Shop here

Bite Beauty Agave Kisses Set, $20

JCPenney, Shop Here

Peter Thomas Roth Meet Your Mask Set, $25

Ulta, Shop here

Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick Set, $25

Sephora, Shop here

Pink Makeup and Jewelry Storage, $30

Amazon, Shop Here

MAC Cosmetics Look in a Box Mini Lip Kit, $19.88

Nordstrom, Shop here

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Stunna Lip Paint, $24

Sephora, Shop here

Home decor lovers

Ceramic Teapot, $30

Amazon, Shop here

LumiSource Woopsy Lamp, $25

Amazon, Shop Here

Copper Moscow Mule Set

Amazon, Shop Here

Himalayan Salt Tequila Glasses, $ 28

Uncommon Goods, Shop Here

Whiskey Ice Balls, $19.95

Uncommon Goods, Shop here

Portable Charging Station $25

Nordstrom Rack, Get it here

For the Fierce Fashionista

Betsy Johnson Iridescent Lady Bug Earrings $20

Amazon, Shop here

Crushed Velvet Backpack, $17.90

Forever 21, Shop here

Quay Private Eyes Sunglasses, on sale for $30

Relvolve, Shop here

Rampage Red Puffer Coat, On Sale for $36.90

Macy's, Shop here

H&M Floral Blouse, $24.99

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TBH, lately I've been feeling totally overwhelmed by my makeup collection. So much so, to the point where I haven't had any inclination to really add anything to my collection over the past month or so.

This little break from buying has given me a chance to really enjoy what I have and also clear out some space for new makeup because I was able to declutter my collection without immediately replacing the things I've gotten rid of recently.

I did however break my makeup fast on a recent trip to New York City, where I picked up a few Sugarpill Cosmetics products from Ricky's NYC.

Now if you've never heard of this brand, it's Cruelty free, mostly vegan pro brand based in California. Although, I never personally tried any of the products before this, a lot of the products get sooo much hype in the beauty community and on Youtube that it had been on my beauty wishlist for ages. From what I can tell, the brand is known for its super bright neon eye shadows and super pigmented loose pigments. Let's see if these actually live up to the hype though!

I ended up picking up 5 items: 2 single eyeshadows and 3 pigments.

Chromalust Loose Eyeshadows ($14)

Click Bait is a neutral green with a silver metallic duochrome finish. This shade is super unique in my opinion and would work well for any green look and if you're daring this shade could work as a lip topper if mixed with clear gloss. The shimmer in this shade is so pretty.
Royal Sugar is a blue based pigment with purple glitter. It's so vibrant and the glitters really enhance the color of this shadow.
Strangeling a royal iridescent purple. I probably have a few pressed eye shadows in this colors, but I personally think you can never have enough purples so I'm not mad at this pigment. It reminds me of my old school Mac Pigment in Cornflower.

I personally love the versatility of loose pigments. They have much more flexibility than pressed shadows because they can be mixed with other colors for a custom shade and used for other purposes like to create a custom lip gloss or something. I love to use these pigments with my Inglot Duraline mixing medium for an extra punch of pigment. You can also use a little water or setting spray to get the same foiled finish that Duraline gives.

The only con for this formula is probably the fact that you can't escape fall out because of the loose nature of the pigments. Even with that, this formula is preferred for me because I love the color payoff and the fact that there's a little more versatility than a traditional eyeshadow.

Pressed Eyeshadows ($13)

The Sugarpill pressed eye shadows come in 32 ultra vibrant shades in every color of the rainbow. At about 4 grams, this shadow is more than double the size of a traditional MAC eye shadow.

The first shade I picked up was Elemental Chaos is a shimmery medium deep purple. It has fine micro shimmers and applied smoothly to my eyes with a flat brush. This is an amazing lid shade and stays true to color when blended out on the edges.

I also picked up Velocity which is a matte true royal blue. To be completely honest, it doesn't swatch the best, but it is amazing on the eye. The color build up nicely and has good color saturation. This one also stays true to color and is the perfect blue for the crease in for like a blue monochrome eye shadow look. I was able to play around with this shade on my eye a little bit, but I haven't yet worn it out of the house yet.

Overall, these shadows come with an insane 3.9 g product and lasts all day with the same vividness as when first applied. They applied so smoothly on the eye. I had been looking for some darker shades to add to my collection and both of these were perfect addition. The blend ability of this formula is also really good and I was thoroughly impressed with how good Velocity in particular is. These also go on smooth and have minimal fall out which is perfect for me since I usually do my eye shadow after my foundation.

Elemental Chaos on the lid

Elemental Chaos on the lid.

Final Thoughts

In both performance and pigmentation, these shadows definitely live up to the hype. My favorite formula is definitely the loose eye shadows, but the matte shadow formula is pretty poppin' too. This line is for anyone who loves bright and bold makeup looks and for those of us that love to play with color!


Shop all of these products at Beautylish here or directly from Sugarpill here.

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Fall is upon us once again and if you're anything like me you struggle with putting together new outfits. Now that I live in Baltimore, which has a much different climate than my home town, I have had to slowly change the way I approach dressing in the Fall. This has led to me basically replace the light long sleeve tops that I typically wear this time of the year with slightly heavier and warmer sweaters.

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