Drugstore Green Beauty Eyeshadow palettes

Hey all! In the green beauty world there are so many products, yet so many of them are hard to find in big box stores like Walmart and Target. That being said, I was able to round up four brands that were easily accessible and under $20! Some of these are going to be more "green" than others but they all contain better for you ingredients than their typical drugstore counterparts.

It is incredibly exciting to see more and more big name brands embrace going cruelty free and some even vegan. Which is all just one more step closer to clean ingredients that are not going to disrupt hormones or other nasty junk.

Walmart

1. Burt's Bees 100% Natural Eyeshadow Palette in Shimmering Nudes - $9.43

I've only tried the Shimmering Nudes trio and I think it is perfect for everyday use if you don't like to go overboard with your eyeshadow and want a super natural look. These powders are a bit stiff and have minimal color payoff, which I don't always mind because then I can build it up and I don't have to worry about it being too much right away. The best shade, in terms of pigmentation, is the middle taupe-y purple shade. The taupe shade is a perfect one shadow look shade. It stands out beautifully on its own. Unfortunately, the bottom brown shade gets hard pan so quickly, like if you even look at it wrong BOOM hard pan. Which annoys me to no end, it makes the shadows so hard to work with and I know it is an easy enough fix, but is it worth it? The answer depends on the day haha! The top shimmery cream shade is beautiful, its not so overly pigmented that it looks stark on the eyes but it highlights the brow bone nicely. I do think the Blooming Desert palette looks gorgeous though!

2. Found Eyeshadow Palette in Nude - $14.88

This palette reminds me a lot of the Sonia Kashuk palettes, remember when she had makeup? A lot of it was really good (but not very clean - haha.) I personally enjoy that these shades all have names! These powders are a lot softer and have more pigmentation across the board than the Burt's Bees powders. I will say the shimmers are a lot easier to use than the matte shades. The matte shades are a bit patchy and uneven in application, but will blend out okay. The shimmers I think look best when applied with your finger, a sponge tip applicator, or wet; it gives them a lot more shimmering intensity than if applied with a regular brush. This would be a good neutral palette for someone who is just starting with makeup or just transitioning to green beauty. I wish I would have gotten the Blush palette, as it would have been a little more unique in my collection. Though, this palette has some gems, if you mix together Sandstone and Seashell you get a color really similar to Kitten by stila, which is an iconic shade. For an everyday look I like to take Wheat in the crease and Sable or Carat all over the lid with Alabaster on my brow bone and inner corner.

Target

1. Pacifica Mineral Eyeshadows in Pink Nudes - $17.99

The Target palettes do climb up in price a little more than the ones available at Walmart but I think overall for good reason. This is, in my humble opinion, the palette everyone needs because it can be used in addition to so many other shadows but it also looks nice on its own. Pink Nudes has five brown shades that vary in tone ranging from a light beige to a deep cocoa and all but the light beige (which has a slight sheen) are matte! it is perfect for transition shades and shades to deepen the crease. For the last five shades they range from a light pink to a mid toned salmon-y pink (all but the deepest shade on this side are matte). The powders in this palette are very soft and buttery but also sheerly pigmented. Which works very well for the type of palette this is, because I personally prefer my transition shades to be on the sheer side and easy to blend out. None of the powders are patchy and so far none of mine have hard pan ;). This palette is available at Ulta as well and frankly, I would get it there when they run a sale on Pacifica (which they do a lot) or when they have the 20% off coupon or even when they have the $3.50 off of $10/15. I think this is a great staple palette, overall.  Also the Beachy Punk palette is really nice if you like more colorful looks, the Crystal Matrix one isn't worth it in my opinion - not good color payoff and it's supposed to be this shimmery metallic palette, it just falls flat.

2. Honest Beauty Get it Together Eyeshadow Palette - $19.99

I bought this palette at Target, however, while I am writing this it is not showing up on the full version of their website....but I can find it on the app.... I don't know! I linked it to the Honest Beauty website, which is the same price as Target. The Get it Together palette really reminds me of a regular old eyeshadow palette, it is very on trend, without being too in your face. This palette has a mauve-y gold color story which I think works very well for the holiday season (I love a red lip with a gorgeous gold eyeshadow). The gold shade - Strobed Champagne - does take a little work, as it is a rather chunky shadow with some fallout, but sprayed with some water (or setting spray) it applies like a dream! I think this palette really stands above the rest in terms of pigmentation and how buttery the powders feel. So far I have had no issues with any of the matte shades being patchy or clumpy, which I really appreciate. I do think these colors are a little dark for my personal everyday makeup liking but on the everyday I basically want to look like I'm wearing no makeup so.... yeah haha. I am hoping Honest Beauty releases more palettes like this. It has all of the shades you need: a matte cream, a matte black, a matte dark brown, and a matte mid toned brown that works well in the crease! I will say, unlike the others these are not sheer so you do need to be a bit more careful and not just pack it all on right away or it can be a little hard to blend them seamlessly. 

I'm really hoping to get back into blogging in the new year, I've been trying a lot of green beauty products and I have found some that I love and some that I really don't love and I can't wait to share it all with you guys! If you have tried any other green beauty eyeshadows that fall into the "drugstore" category please, please, PLEASE let me know as I would love to try them! Also be on the look out for the high end version of this post as I hope to get it up before the new year!

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Pacifica Concealers

I have a love/hate relationship with Pacifica, some of their products I absolutely LOVE but others..... not so much. So far out of their 4 concealer products I have tried all of them and they are all meh, some of that is my own fault though. I have a hard time using correctly color correcting concealers, like how much blending is too much? Do I cover them with skin toned concealer (I'm pretty sure you do)?

Dreamlit Under Eye Brightener

This is probably my favorite of the concealers, but I don't use it as an under eye concealer or brightener, I use it as a cream highlighter. I think this under my eyes makes me look older and emphasizes all the little lines I have on my under eyes. One this both of the tube concealers have in common is that they are both rather thin, watery formulas. This one has no real pigment to it, other than the shimmers. It doesn't appear glittery though (like the coconut shimmer trio). While it is nice as a cream highlighter it still isn't leaps and bounds better than any other cream highlighter. Like, I wouldn't buy this again just to use as a cream highlighter.

L: Transcendent Concealer R: Dreamlit Concealer

Transcendent Concentrated Concealer

The Transcendent concealer is strange, it is really light and liquidy, but it looks super cakey on the skin. This concealer line only have two shade options: light and natural..... like who do these even work for? The light shade, which is the one I have, is very orange and too dark for my fair/light skin tone. I've tried mixing it with a moisturizer to make a tinted moisturizer but it still looks cakey, which is really odd because I use way less product doing that than if I were using it as a concealer. I think this would probably work better on someone with a darker skin tone than me and someone who is more oily than dry. This again is another product I wouldn't buy again!

Blemish Banish Concentrated Mineral Correcting Creams

Like I said above I don't fully understand how to use color correctors? Do I blend them out all the way or just a little bit? I don't know, I don't know why I bought these! However, I can tell when a cream is good or not and these are a little gritty if you don't warm them up enough with your fingers. They definitely work better with fingers and a beauty blender than a brush. I do think these can get a bit cakey especially because you have to put another concealer over them. I don't know if I would repurchase these....

Dark Circle Rehab Concentrated Correcting Creams

Again, these are products I don't get, but I really want to especially because I have the worst dark circles under my eyes all of the time. These are also a bit gritty if you don't warm them up enough and they can look a little cakey under they eyes, especially. I am interested in trying the purple shade mixed with a primer to brighten my complexion. I'll update how this goes in the big Pacifica post I'm planning.


Have you tried any of these concealers, and if you have what do you think of them?

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Summer Capsule Collection

I meant to post this months and months ago, you know at the beginning of summer. But somehow here it is, the beginning of September and I still haven't posted it. Isn't it funny how fast summer flies?

Way back in May or the beginning of June I did a massive overhaul of my collection, like I went from 13 highend eyeshadow palettes to four! So my initial Summer Capsule Collection was a whole lot different from what it was supposed to be! I got rid of all of my single bronzers except for one, but I kept my Too Faced Little Black Book of Bronzers, which I depotted and got rid of the ones that were too red toned or too shimmery or too dark for my preference. As I wrote about in I think January, I am in the process of converting all of my makeup to nontoxic makeup, or at least all vegan and cruelty free. Anyway enough rambling here is what I have been using this summer!

Blush/Bronzers/Highlighters
- Canmake Cream Cheek blush in Coral
- Pacifica Blushious Blush in Wild Rose
- Japonesque Blush in 03
- Pacifica Sunkissed bronzer
- Becca Moonstone

Eyeshadow Singles
- Colourpop Cornelious
- ELF Aqua Glow Shadow in Rosegold

Lip Products 
- Colourpop Blotted lip in Exotic
- Colourpop Blotted lip in Ice Cube
- Tarte Birthday Suit
- ELF Touch of Pink
- Pacifica Enlightened Gloss in Nudist
- Colourpop Button Lip liner

Eyeshadow Palettes
- Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette
- Tartelette In Bloom
- Pacifica Enchanted quad

Monthly Face Palette
June - Colourpop Topaz (I decluttered this, it was just too warm for my skin tone and the highlighter was too dark, even right now in the middle of August when I am as tan as I am going to get)
July - Too Faced Little Black Book of Bronzers (As mentioned I depotted and decluttered some shades from this palette)
August - Becca Afterglow

Total at the start: 19 Products

 Total at the end: 17 Products

I think this season probably has the most lip products, although................I "accidentally" made a mostly lip product purchase from ELF.........but they are cruelty free, vegan, and gluten free!!!! So the fall capsule might end up with a lot of lip products as well. I really need to go through all of my lip products again, it's getting a little overwhelming with the amount I have.

I will be keeping everything in this capsule unless otherwise marked, which is a little unfortunate but also good because that means I love everything (or I've hardly used it, which I guess I should get rid of it then but.........I'll update if I get rid of anything else from this capsule!)

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Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Oil Review

Hi all! Now this isn't the first time I've said it, and it won't be the last time, but I hate wearing lip gloss. I actually got rid of all of my lip glosses because I came to the realization that I would never wear them. Didn't matter how much I loved the color if the formula was just even a little bit sticky I wouldn't wear it. So when the Burt's Bees tinted lip oil's came out I was intrigued but also I didn't think I was going to pick any up because I hate lip gloss, however, the other day I was on Ulta's website (I wanted to try the Becca backlight priming filter or whatever it is called and it was 50% that day) and I noticed that Burt's Bees products were on sale. Now I am trying to stop impulse buying so I went and I researched and looked at like 10 million swatches of the lip oils and read a bunch of reviews. No one mentioned them being sticky or heavy or uncomfortable so I was like yes okay I will try one. Then I went and looked at even more swatch pictures because I wanted to get a color that I would actually wear and not like Barbie pink (which looks awful on me by the way). In the end I chose the color Rustling Rose, because I wanted a color that would actually show up and that would still be neutral.

This has a super short wear time, like maybe an hour if you aren't eating or drinking. But the applicator makes it super easy to reapply and because of how sheer it is you don't need a mirror. So while the wear time is annoying Burt's Bees made up for that by making it easy to use. I really like this product, which means a lot because I hate glosses. It has no real scent or at least one that lingers. I hate when lip products have a scent that lingers because then I get a headache. I am very sensitive to constant smells. Like just smelling it out of the tube is fine but I'll never wear it again if the scent lingers.

Overall I really like this, it is easy to throw in my purse and reapply as needed. Plus it isn't sticky (unless you put like 12 layers on) or uncomfortable and my hair doesn't get stuck in it. Which those are my main gripes with lip glosses. So if you hate lip glosses try this out, you might be pleasantly surprised.

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Spring Capsule Collection pt. 4 + Summer Capsule Printable!

Hi all! I am so excited for the Summer Capsule to be starting! Tomorrow I will be swapping out the products (or maybe today, I don't know I'm really excited!) in exchange for the fresh bold colors of summer! However, I am going to keep this post short, so you can get back to swapping your own capsules! Hopefully by next week I will have everything sorted and be able to show you everything that is going to be in my summer capsule

I am really enjoying doing this capsule collection, spending three months uninterrupted with a selection of products has been both wonderful and calming. I no longer feel like all of my products are just sitting there; unused and unloved. They are each getting a chance to shine and I get to figure out whether they deserve a spot in my collection, and as you read in my last post, some did not make the cut. On the bright side, I've learned how much I loved products I'd only thought were meh like the Tarte Tartelette palette. That palette was always so blah and kinda boring that I never wanted to pull it out, but after spending a little less than three months with it, I couldn't see my collection (at this time) without it.

For the Summer Capsule printable, as you can see, I kept the look very similar and kept with the marble theme, just this time without the pink. I really hope you enjoy these!

 Here are the links for the Summer Capsule Collection Printable:








Smaller size:
https://drive.google./open?id=0BxqW10kh66aIMXcxTUtMSlhGT00

Larger size:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqW10kh66aIOXFqbUo1NVRaa0k

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Spring Capsule Collection pt. 3 - Things I have decluttered

Hi all! The first quarter of my capsule collection has been so eye opening! I have learned so much about the products I had chosen to use for the season. Which means, I've come to realize I don't like some of them, while I love some of them.

This has helped me learn some things about myself as well, like I'm kind of over liquid lipsticks. The super liquid-y ones that dry super matte and are super drying on the lips, those ones, I'm over. As you know I had three in my spring capsule and I wore the two that did not dry completely down, because they are way more comfortable (Tarte Birthday Suit and NYX Stockholm). While I never touched the Jordana liquid lipstick in Creme Brulee. I don't think I am going to declutter it, but I think I might move it into either the fall or winter capsule, because that is when I gravitate more towards. I will do more on what I am changing in one of my next few posts. You know what, I tried it on and I realized I just don't love this one, it is very similar to Kat Von D's Lovesick but less mauve. Truthfully Creme Brulee is just not a color I will probably ever reach for.

I have separated the products I am getting rid of into two categories: ones that I simply don't like as much and ones that are duped in my collection.

For the first category I am getting rid of the Wet 'n' Wild 6 pan palette in the shade Greed for two reasons - I only loved one color and that color was not that unique in my collection. I am also getting rid of the Wet 'n' Wild Ombre blush in The Princess Daiquiries because it didn't show up on me, which is super weird because my skin is basically translucent. The Pixi apricot duo I am getting rid of because the lightest shade looked super weird on my eyes and the dark shade didn't build up how I wanted it to in the crease and outer corner. Urban Decay Scratch I am getting rid of because, for the most part I am over pink eyeshadows, I still like the mauve-y dusty pinks in the Naked 3 palette though. Finally for this category I am getting rid of the Pacifica bronzer in Sunkissed, it was way to shimmery for me. It just made me look kinda dirty and kinda sweaty.  

For the second category I am only getting rid of two things: Jordana Sweet Cream Matte Liquid lip color in Creme Brulee and the NYX Butter lipstick in Pops (Rootbeer Float). The Jordana one, as I mentioned is way too similar to Kat Von D's Lovesick and I prefer that one of the Jordana one. The NYX lipstick is way too similar to the Colourpop Blotted lip in Deja Vu.

This makes my Spring capsule even smaller, which is my end goal to get all of them down enough that I can merge them into one year round capsule. This declutter takes my spring numbers down Eyeshadow palettes from 6 to 4
Single eyeshadows from 2 to 1
Blushes from 3 to 2
Bronzers 2 to 1
Lip products from 6 to 4

*Edit*
I have since decided to declutter my Tarte Poppy Picnic Palette and maybe my Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. They just were not wowing me and I found the Naked 3 palette to be kind of hard to work with, especially to find a lip color that works well with it. 

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Spring Capsule Collection pt. 2 - What I have Included

Hi all! I realized I never actually specified what was going to be in my spring capsule! I'm pretty sure I said I would in the first post, because that is when I went over what my floaters were. As I was typing up next week's post I was trying to figure out what I would do for this post! Then like a brick I was hit with the idea to post what I have included in my spring capsule! I had to of course look at my two previous installments in this series and make sure I hadn't done it yet, because I literally forget everything.

This has been a super fun experience and I feel like because I only have limited access to my products I am forced to be more creative when I get bored of them and honestly my impulse buying has gone way down since I started this (although I did buy three lippies from colourpop but 1. they were on sale and 2. I had the colors on my wish list since they were released, so only a semi impulse buy). If you've read my other blog (surprise! I have two blogs! www.jennyslifestyle.com) you'll know I have been working towards being more minimalistic with my material possessions and well my whole life in general. I'll stop rambling and we can get to the good stuff!

Eyeshadow Palettes
1. Colourpop Powder Eyeshadow custom palette
2. Tarte Tartelette palette
3. Urban Decay Naked 3 palette
4. Tarte Poppy Picnic palette
5. Wet 'n' Wild Greed palette
6. Pixi Beauty Apricot duo

Single Eyeshadows
1. Urban Decay Scratch
2. Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in Strength

Face Palettes 
1. Too Faced Love Flush Blush palette
2. Colourpop Topaz Palette

Blush
1. Wet 'n' Wild The Princess Daiquiri's
2. Clinique Melon Pop
3. Bella Pierre Desert Rose
4. Becca  Beach Tint in Guava

Highlight
1. Essence Pure Nude Highlighter
2. Laura Geller Golden Rose Baked Highlight 

Bronzer
1. Pacifica Sunkissed Bronzer
2. Colourpop Super Shock Bronzer in Bon Voyage

Lipstick
1. Colourpop Blotted Lip in Deja Vu
2. Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche in Fig
3. NYX Butter Lipstick in Pops (or rootbeer float)

Liquid Lipstick
1. Tarte Liquid Lipstick in Birthday Suit
2. Jordana Liquid Lipstick in Creme Brulee
3. NYX Soft Matte Lip Creme in Stockholm

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