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SUGARPILL COSMETICS
5/5 STARS
WOW!
This stuff is amazing. Seriously.
I heard through word of mouth about how amazing this product is, and I can tell you right now, it truly lives up to the hype! Sugarpill Cosmetics is a company that sells their products online only, but don't let that sway your opinion. I'll take you through my experience with them from start to finish:
1. Online ordering: Sugarpill's website is very user friendly, simple, but most importantly, eye-catching and colourful. I ordered their new "Heart Breaker Palette", as well as their "Burning Heart Palette", "Tako" pressed eyeshadow single. Their products were extremely reasonably priced, on par or even slightly cheaper than comparable products at Sephora, etc. On orders larger than 75$, you also get free shipping!
2. My order arrived approximately 5-6 business days later. Inside the box was an explosion of pink tissue paper, my order form, hand-signed in pink, "Thanks, Christine!" (seriously - what a brilliant touch that added so much humanity to my purchase!) and the packaging.....OH THE PACKAGING!!! (see above left photo for details) the boxes that the eyeshadows came in were works of art. You also receive a FREE wicked sparkly logo sticker, a business card (also a work of art) and a black loose shadow sample. Free stuff always gains points with me!
3. In my above right picture, the colours in these boxes may remind you of a clown, which can ward people off. I assure you: these are the brightest, most highly pigmented and flattering colours I've yet to find out there. Even the orange, "Flamepoint" looks great on my pale skin! If I had anything that I could change, any criticise to give, it would be that I wish the yellow, "Buttercupcake" was slightly more yellow and a little less orange (I can beef up the intensity if I mix it with a bit of MAC's "Chrome Yellow" shadow) but now I'm just splitting hairs.
Check out my first experiements using the Sugarpill shadows, and see for yourself!
Shadows used: "Tako" (white), "Mochi" (light teal) and "Velocity" (bright blue)
Shadow Used: "Love +" (red)
(Sorry for the poor quality lighting/photography, it's the only shot of this look I have!)
Shadows used: "Poison Plum" (dark purple) "2am" (medium purple/pink) "Flamepoint" (orange) "Love +" (red) "Buttercupcake" (yellow) "Acidberry" (lime) "Velocity" (bright blue)
Would I recommend this brand? Abso-freaking-lutely. Even if you are more of a subtle makeup person, you can blend the colours in with neutrals for the slightest wash of colour.They are so amazing, I already placed and received my second order, for their outrageous false lashes (pictured above, style is called "Supreme") In my opinion, they are a MUST HAVE!
Tomorrow will mark the 1 week anniversary of a huge change to my hair.
After being a medium-platinum beach blonde all my life, pictured here:
At first, it was a major shock. I wasn't sure if I'd done the right thing, although I've been wanting to dye my hair red for quite a while now, almost 2 years. It was just so different! A million things worried me about it:
"But Christine - will this affect your market-ability with photographers?" (I've dabbled in amateur/professional modeling, and would like to continue doing it, as it's something that I love!)
"What if you just blend in now? What if you look just...boring? Has this sucked the life out of me?!?"
Which then spiraled into:
"I look like a f**king librarian. Oh s***. WHAT HAVE I DONE?!"
The truth is, the more you get to know me, the more you will see how much I can amplify things by thinking too much about them.
After this mini freak out, I actually TALKED to the people I consider important in my life about it. Turns out, 99% of them think I'm crazy. In fact, many preferred the red over the blonde!
I guess I just have to get used to changes. It's a problem I have, that I can be far too "safe" in my life choices. I took this chance, and now I love it! I love my new red hair!
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