Hey guys!

I hope all is well with everyone!  I'm back with another quick (not so quick) update of the new items and a few updates for the makeup and beauty world!   If you remember in my previous post I stated that I am on a low buy, and I'm happy to report that so far I have only broken that to buy a new fragrance and some Sunday Riley skin care.  My wallet isn't incredibly happy that I bought those two things, but technically my makeup collection hasn't grown (see my logic here?).   Anyway, let's get into these releases, shall we?

Her Mannerisms Lucid Dreams Eyeshadow Palette $35 on the Her Mannerisms website

First I want to mention the Her Mannerisms Lucid Dreams Eyeshadow Palette.  This is a fifteen pan eyeshadow palette that is retailing for $35 on the Her Mannerisms website.  I personally own the Lucid Dreams Loose Pigment Palette, and absolutely love it.  The loose pigment palette is exactly what it sounds like, and the packaging definitely made me feel like I was getting sent a big PR release.  The packaging on it is definitely bulky but it helps me keep the powders all contained in my collection.  I'll have a review of the Loose Pigment Palette soon, and if you are interested in it Her Mannerisms is taking pre sale orders for it currently.  Now back to the Lucid Dreams Eyeshadow Palette.  As you can see from the photo on the right, the palette is a fifteen pan pressed eyeshadow palette.  In my opinion, there isn't really a theme with the shades included, but the palette does contain several shades that can be used to create an everyday look or you can go wild with color.  I personally almost broke my low buy to buy this one myself for the shade "Circadian Rhythm" alone, but held off for the moment.   According to Her Mannerisms, the shade "White Noise" is an iridescent glitter color with reflections of white, blue, and purple.  The brand also states that the palette is cruelty free and vegan.


Next on my list is a limited edition item that have already been released by Fenty Beauty, the Fairy Bomb.  The Fairy Bomb is a glitter pom pom that was released in April by the brand and it can be found at Sephora and on the Fenty Beauty website.  Personally this is a hard pass for me, because I'm not into the body glitter.  However, if you are then this one retails for $42 and comes in the shade "Rosé on Ice" which the brand describes as a "glimmering rose gold".  Overall I love the color of the glitter highlight that is in the packaging.  I also saw that Fenty Beauty was releasing liquid highlighters called Body Lavas in what appeared to be two shades; however, I can't seem to find any information on these now.

Fenty Beauty has also shown a summer collection called "Beach Please" featuring three Killawatt foil highlighter duos ($36 each), two lip gloss trios ($32 each), and two "2-in-1 liquid eye shimmers" ($26 each).  The collection also appears to include the Fairy Bomb, and the angled kabuki brush.  The collection is currently available on the Fenty Beauty website.

The next item on my list is the limited edition Petal Metal collection by Smashbox and Vlada.  First I want to say that I love the packaging and marketing images for this collection.  If you are unfamiliar, Vlada is a makeup artist based in LA that has the signature dripping lip art.  Seriously if you haven't heard go check

Photo from Vlada's Instagram

out her Instagram page!  As you can see in the marketing images, the collection includes three pressed highlighters that have a beautiful rose with Vlada's signature drip.  In my opinion these three highlighters are the standout products from the collection; however, I know the three shades won't work on me but I almost bought them in Sephora when the collection released.  We happened to be in the store as they were unboxing the collection and my friend wound up purchasing the eyeshadow palette.

The collection also includes a Photo Finish Primer that is a "metallic primer" ($39), a Petal Metal Shimmer Spray ($39), the Petal Metal Covershot Eyeshadow Palette ($29), two shades of the Petal Metal Shimmer Drops ($32), three shades of the Always On Liquid Lipsticks in metallic shades ($24 each), three shades of the Be Legendary Liquid Lipsticks in metallic shades ($24 each), and a metallic liquid liner in 24K Gold ($24).  The collection is available at Sephora, Ulta, and the Smashbox website.  Keep in mind this is a limited edition collection.

L'Oreal Cherry My Cheri Eyeshadow Palette Photo: L'Oreal website

Next I want to talk about a couple L'Oreal collections that have been released.  First is the Paradise Enchanted collection.  This collection includes four blushes that are various warm tones, and a warm toned palette all scented like peach.  Personally I will be passing on this collection for a few reasons.  I have struggled with L'Oreal eyeshadow palettes in the past, but that is because I prefer an eyeshadow that has a lot of pigment in it that I don't need to dig my brush into.  The second reason I'm passing on this particular collection is that the artificial scent of peach makes me feel a bit nauseous.  If you are interested in this collection it appears to be available on Amazon.

The second L'Oreal item I am going to mention is the Cherry my Cheri eyeshadow palette.  The layout of this palette, and the Paradise Enchanted palette remind me of some of the palettes NYX has been releasing in the last few years.  The Paradise Enchanted palette contains warm shades including some peach toned shadows, the Cherry my Cheri palette is leans a bit more neutral with pops of cherry reds.  The Cherry my Cheri palette doesn't appear to have a scent according to the reviews on the L'Oreal website though the brand claims that the shadows are cherry scented, and the palette contains 16 shades whereas the Paradise Enchanted palette contains 12 shades.

Morphe Babe In Paradise ($29) Photo: Morphe Website

Next let's breeze through a few highlighting palettes that are releasing.  As we all know glowing skin is in for the summer, and highlighting is still a huge market at the moment; however, I have plenty in my collection so these next few mentions don't particularly excite me.  The first one I want to address is the Cover FX Gold Bar Highlighting Palette ($39) which is a standard trio of highlighters in a set.  The three highlighters in the palette are 24k Gold (gold), White Gold (natural pearl), and Rose Gold (soft metallic pink).  Next is the Morphe Babe In Paradise palette, a collaboration between Morphe and Bretman Rock.  This six pan palette contains the new "High Impact Highlighters" according to Morphe and retails for $29.  The six shades in the palette are Behbeh Gurl (pearlescent pink), Vaygation (iced champagne sheen), Mahu (gilded gold), Get Lei'd (peachy pink sheen), Cheehoo (soft rose sheen), and Shady Bitch (golden coper luster).  Honestly the six shades of this palette interest me a bit, but they are still fairly common colors that I have in my collection other than Cheehoo and Shady Bitch (bottom row, last two shades).  Cheehoo is a stunning shade, but it definitely wouldn't work for me as a highlight.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dream Glow Kit Photo: Anastasia Beverly Hills Instagram

The last highlighting palette is by far the most exciting of the three, though I personally won't be grabbing it.  I already have several of the Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kits, so I can honestly say that they are amazing.  The brand released the Dream Glow Kit on May 22 for $45, and the palette appears to be right up my alley.  The Glow Kit contains six shades that range from pinks and peaches to purple, yellow, and even a really interesting shade that changes depending upon the light it is in.  Magic has appeared to be a taupey silver in the swatch above, but it also looks like a mint green in the palette.  Wish (the taupey silver) is by far the most interesting shade in the palette, and I almost want to drop the cash on the palette for this shade alone!

Kylie Cosmetics x Kris Jenner Collection Photo: Kylie Cosmetics website

The next order of business on my massive checklist is a few updates from Kylie Cosmetics.  First I want to mention the collaboration with her mom, Kris.  The collection was a release for Mother's day 2018 that included a 12 pan eyeshadow palette, a lipstick, an 8 piece mini lip set, a face palette, and a lip liner.  Currently most of the collection is sold out, but I wanted to quickly mention it since the eyeshadow palette, and the lipstick are both still available, not to mention I am in love with the packaging.  Overall the eyeshadow palette looks pretty similar to a Sigma palette I have in both layout and some of the shades; however, if you are interested the palette it is on the Kylie Cosmetics website for $42, and the lipstick is $17.

The next thing from Kylie Cosmetics I want to mention is the Bronze Extended palette, a 12 pan eyeshadow palette full of lovely warm brown eyeshadows for $45.  The palette is in the same packaging as the Royal Peach palette, so hopefully the issues they had with the scent of the glue from that palette have been solved.   Kylie Cosmetics has also released three shades of pencil eyeliners (black, brown, and deep bronze) for $10 each.  All of these shades are standard, but it is just the brand providing more staples in their line, and I would look for the brand to expand on the Kyliner line in the future.

BH Cosmetics Eyelights (Festival Collection) Photo: Trendmood1 via Allure

BH Cosmetics has released a collection of festival inspired makeup that includes six shades of cream eyeshadows ($7 each), a colorful 20 pan eyeshadow palette ($18), and a ten piece brush set ($24).   The Festival collection was released at the perfect time, right around the time of Coachella, festival season in general, and of course in time for summer in the northern hemisphere.  The twenty shades in the Weekend Festival Shadow Palette include ten various colorful shades to perfect a colorful festival look along with the six fun Eyelights in the collection.  Out of the entire collection I personally am considering snagging a couple of these Eyelights, especially PSYCH (third swatch from the left).

Now I'm going to mention a few eyeshadow palettes that have recently released.  First up is the KKW x Mario palette.  Mario Dedivanovic is a celebrity makeup artist that is most well known for Kim Kardashian West's look.  Mario also collaborated with Anastasia Beverly Hills several years for an incredibly successful palette and now he has collaborated with Kim's brand for a ten pan eyeshadow palette that includes an array of nude eyeshadows with a stunning blue shade.  The palette retails for $45 on the KKW Beauty website. 

The next palette I want to mention is the Lorac Pro 4 palette.  I have no information about when the palette is gong to be released, nor do I have photos of the actual palette but I can say that I have seen a few grainy images and it looks like it's going to be along the lines of the Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam palette.  Obviously the palette is in the standard Lorac Pro format of 16 shades, and I would say it is just like the rest of them where the palette will have a row of matte shades and a row of shimmers.  The next palette I want to breeze by is the Urban Decay Bleached palette, an 8 pan eyeshadow palette that is retailing for $34.  The palette is actually really stunning with two blue eyeshadows, and two red toned shades paired with four other shades of brown and creams.  Honestly if I didn't have a massive collection of shadows I would go for this one as well; however, I own several Urban Decay palettes and I think I can find all of these in those palettes.  Not to mention the palette looks quite a bit like a smaller version of the Naked Heat palette with the addition of a couple blue shades to take it into the next trend.

Devinah Cosmetics Harmony Collection Photo: Devinah Cosmetics website

Remember the Trendmood x Ciate palette collaboration, you know the one that has been in the works for a few years?  Well Trendmood finally posted a statement on her social media sites explaining that the palette has now been scrapped and they will not be continuing the project.  Honestly I don't believe that the palette would have been a very big success if it had gone all the way to market because the swatches and shades that were last showed in the process were not the ones that the fans had voted on. 

Next I want to mention Devinah Cosmetics Harmony Collection which is a set of 12 eyeshadows and 2 highlighters that were put together after Tarte's big April Fool's joke (that went against them in many ways).  After everyone started stating that they wished Tarte, or any large brand really, would release a palette like the one that Tarte made as an April Fool's joke, there have been a few indie makeup brands that have put together a set similar to this Devinah set.  If you are looking for a set of blues and greens, then this is the set for you.  This set is still available on the Devinah website for $64 and is a set of shades that already exist in the brand's line.  Devinah has also announced that they are releasing another Harmony set called Pink Icing which is in their shop as of May 25th.

Makeup Geek Power Pigments Photo: Makeup Geek Website

Makeup Geek has released ten Power Pigments which the brand claims to be a highly pigmented eyeshadow that will maintain its vibrancy on any skin tone.  The collection contains ten shades which you can buy individually for $9 a piece or a set of all ten for $70.   As you can see from the photo to the side, the shades are all vibrant colors.  If you are looking for some vibrant shadows for your collection, these would definitely be a wonderful addition.

Kat Von D Super Brow Pomades Photo: Kat Von D Beauty Instagram

Moving right along, Kat Von D Beauty has released a bunch of brow pomades.  The brand released 16 various shades including 8 various "normal" shades like blonde and brunette; however, the launch also includes 8 colorful shades which you can see to the side.   I love the idea of this release because there aren't that many brow products on the market for people with wild colored hair.  Also if you can't find the perfect shade in the collection, you could always mix your own color to get the shade you want.  Personally I'm passing on these for now but that's because my brows are crazy thick (I'm also incredibly lazy when it comes to brow products); however, you could always use these as an eyeliner.  There are also seven new brow powders (all in normal hair colors), and seven new precision brow pencils. These products are all available on Sephora, or the Kat Von D website.

Lime Crime Venus 3 Palette Photo: Lime Crime website

There has been quite a few releases from Lime Crime recently, so I want to mention those.  I know that people are still put off by Lime Crime after the big controversy years ago; however, I have purchased a few times from them in the last year and haven't had any problems.  The first release from Lime Crime that I want to mention is the Venus XL palette which is an 18 pan palette full of romantic pinks that are really stunning.  If I wore more of the pinks, or I didn't already have the Modern Renaissance palette in my collection I would definitely drop the $56 on this palette.  Lime Crime has also released the Venus 3 palette which is a six pan palette that is essentially a smaller version of the Venus XL palette with two stunning purple shades.  I own the Venus 1 and Venus 2 palettes, so I am definitely interested in picking up this palette for my collection eventually.  The last release from Lime Crime that I want to mention is the Wet Cherry Gloss collection.  The collection contains 14 cherry scented lip glosses that are in two finishes, juicy sheer and sparkly sheer for $18 each.

The last updates I want to mention are coming from Melt Cosmetics.  First up is the less exciting release from the brand; however, that's because I'm not a big blush person.  Melt has recently released three blushes and seven blushlights.  Essentially the blushes are matte, and the blushlights are shimmery blushes, or blush toppers.  As I just mentioned I'm not a huge blush fan, and I'm really not a fan of overly shimmery blushes because I have large pores on my cheeks.  Out of the two formulas I am definitely more interested in the matte blushes, but I have tons of the colors they have released already in my collection that I don't use so I'm passing on the line at the moment.  However, I expect that Melt will expand this range over time.  If you are interested, the blushes and blushlights are all $22 on the Melt Cosmetics website.  Now on to the most exciting release from Melt.  The Gemini palette is a ten pan eyeshadow palette, and the first actual palette format from Melt Cosmetics.  The brand did an early launch on the palette yesterday, May 25, and the palette sold out of the early stock rather quickly.  I managed to grab one for myself and I am rather excited to play with it along with the Dark Matter Stack that I went ahead and added to my order.  The palette is full of interesting swampy greens, and mustard yellow shadows which is completely different than the other palettes releasing at the moment, and it is definitely different than the palettes in my stash.  The palette will be officially released on June 2 at 12 PM PST for $58, and I would expect it to sell out quickly again.  From what I understand, the palette is a limited edition item but I have a feeling this is just the first of many from the brand. 

Melt Cosmetics Gemini Palette Photo: Melt Cosmetics Website

• Luna - Honey Beige
• Gemini - Vermillion duo chrome with a gold shift
• Lorelei - Classic Mustard 
• Polkadot - Warm Tawny Brown
• Cupcake - True Brown
• Mochi - Olive Mustard 
• Fire OG - Olive Green
• Goalz - Golden Lime Metallic
• Leo - Army Green
• Bonnie - Black

I feel like I need a nap after all of that!  What are the releases you are keeping on your radar?  As I just mentioned, I have the Gemini Palette on the way, so I will get some swatches up as soon as I can on it along with my thoughts on the palette!