Beauty's Pavilion

WORKING WITH ELLE CANADA

So excited to have gotten the chance to work with the Elle Canada beauty team to recreate some of the hottest Winter 2016 runway trends.

See full spread HERE

LOOK 1

Inspiration: Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2016

LOOK 2

Inspiration: Dior Fall/Winter 2016

http://www.ellecanada.com/beauty/makeup-and-nails/article/the-new-year-s-hair-and-makeup-you-ve-been-looking-for

LOOK 3

Inspiration: Giambattista Valli Fall/Winter 2016

http://www.ellecanada.com/beauty/makeup-and-nails/article/how-to-recreate-this-look-in-5-gifs

JACLYN HILL Favourites Palette Swatches

So I FINALLY received the Jaclyn Hill Favourites palette in the mail yesterday after ordering this baby on line on January 1. What was supposed to be a quick online purchase on the morphebrushes website turned into an agonizing experience of hours trying to purchase a palette of one of the biggest collaboration of the 2014/2015 year end. Jaclyn Hill is a mega popular beauty guru on Youtube who, at just the mention of a product, sends it into a frenzy which usually ends in that product being sold out everywhere. This woman has the golden touch! What was particularly unique about this release is that this palette with 28 eyeshadows, retails for about $27USD. In addition to that, the shadows, though inexpensive, is very good quality. Combined with Jaclyn Hill choosing her favourite shadows and putting them in a palette form was sure to heighten the interest of her over 1.6 million followers (you read that right).

When the palette was released at midnight on January 1, (3AM) central time, I like most of her over 1 million followers were online waiting to purchase this palette before the dreaded sold out end ensue. Well, I guess Morphe Brushes bit off more than it could chew because so much people were trying to purchase the palette that the site crashed several times with some people taking 2 to 3 days to purchase a palette online, a transaction that would have usually taken minutes. And oh, we did not give up! Excitement turned to frustration to anger as the Morphe Brushes Instagram was bombarded with comments of customers expressing their emotions that soared as the hours went on. It seem so ridiculous looking back but if you want to see persistence, watch a beauty lover on the hunt for a limited edition anything. I digress.

So here it is ladies and gentlemen, the Jaclyn Hill Favourites Palette:

Back of the package.

Front of the palette

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

Last Row

I have not had a chance to play too much with this palette so I will do a review and looks shortly. Stay tuned for those ))

COLOUR POP COSMETICS: Super Shock Eyeshadows Swatches

Colour Pop Cosmetics is a brand that has exploded over the past few months. This is due in part to their affordable line of products ($5 per eyeshadow) paired with the quality you would expect from higher end brands. A makeup lovers dream, right. The eyeshadows are very pigmented with some packed with glitter that doesn't fall all over the face. What is more unique about these eyeshadows is that they have a texture that feels almost moose like but applies dry to the lid. It is recommended to use your fingers for best application to get the true pigmentation.