During an impromptu Play Date at the Bare Escentuals Boutique last week, I checked out the Wanderlust Desert Collection gift set , on sale for $35 from $49 and fell in love with this perfect ensemble.
The kit includes;
- Prime TimeTM Primer Shadow in Gold Nugget (radiant gold)
- Heatwave Eyecolor (glimmered blackberry brown) (size: small)
- Round the Clock Waterproof Eyeliner in Midnight (blackout)
- Canyon Blush/Citrine Radiance All-Over Face Color (velvet terracotta/warm golden beige)
- 100% Natural Lipgloss in Angel Food Cake (sheer peach shimmer)
- Flawless Definition Curl & Lengthen Mascara in Black
- Travel Bag
The Prime Time Primer is a gold primer and is VERY gold. But it feels really nice and stays put really well. This isn't anything I'll be using daily but it will be perfect for my upcoming Halloween costume makeup! (yes, Halloween references in July, you'll get used to it)
The Heatwave Eyecolor is a shimmery dark coffee brown. I normally don't go for earth tones in my makeup but this is a truly great color. It's even making me consider trying out more 'natural looking' eye makeup and going out in public in earth tones. gasp! It's the perfect tone to accentuate the crease in an eye or to make a daytime smokey eye look. You can even pair it with the colors in the All-Over Face Color pot to create a gorgeous summery eye.
The Round The Clock eyeliner I was originally going to buy this alone, until the nice woman told me this liner is in a discounted kit that they are running right out. Kit? Discounted?? You got me lady. You got me.
The full line of these eye liners are named after hours of the day. 11am, Noon. 5pm etc etc. Brilliant! Midnight, that comes in this kit, is a true deep black color. It goes on amazingly. Smooth and effortless with the feel of a liquid but in a sturdy, easy pencil. It only smudges when I want it to and doesn't end up on my eyelid or around my eye throughout the day. I felt in love with this as soon as I tried it.
I tried it on my lower waterline yesterday for the first time and it stuck pretty well, for a while. But I've found that nothing stays on my lower waterline without fading and needing touch ups, even the smashbox, mac, and all the other brands. But that's a personal problem and considering how long it did last, it would probably work really well for most women's waterlines.
All-Over Face Color. One side is a lovely light terracotta color, the other a shimmery golden beige. In the little pot these colors look rather daunting and scary for a girl with tan skin. I was sure the colors were going to make me look washed out and sickly. Boy was I wrong. The Canyon Blush was THE perfect bronzey blush summer shade for me. It went on with a corally glow and the Citrine shimmery beige was the exact perfect color to give my skin a wonderful highlight without that frosty 80's disco thing happening on my face.
When we layered the Canyon Blush over my regular summertime bright pink blush by B.E. called Fruit Cocktail, I believe I gasped. I have been searching for a great summertime coral blush for about 2 years now and I've come up empty every time. But this, this small little pot of magic from Bare Escentuals, just ended my long journey. It was a Mall Day Miracle!
The Curl and Definition Mascara is actually quite great too. I felt like it curled my lashes some without the need of a lash curler. It's a great black color and I would recommend this mascara to many, but I won't lie, I'm partial to my CoverGirl Lash Blast Mascara and won't be giving that up anytime soon.
Natural Lip Gloss. I haven't really used outright glosses in a while now. I'm just not in a Glossy Phase right now. But this color really complimented this whole kit so wonderfully. It had just the right amount of peach to it without being too overt or cartoony. I could see this being a really great compliment to layer on lipsticks or other glosses. It does have some flecks of 'shimmer' in it...which seemed more like full glitter to me. Great from afar, but a tad too 'Da Club' for me. But I'll definitely keep this one around and use it from time to time.
The Travel Bag is a really great addition to. It's a great size and I love the colors. Bright yellow on beige, completely up my alley! It's also totally laminated , inside and out, so you can wipe it down easy and never have to worry about spills or messes.
I admit that my Impromptu Play Date was caused by a total summer brain melt down when I accidentally left the house without putting on any makeup. I was driving my visiting family,and new niece to the mall and somehow in the confusion of the morning left the house bare faced. After a small moment of panic when I realized what I had done I remembered there was B.E. Boutique in the mall and high tailed it there soon as I parked the car. The result was me taking home this kit but it has been the best thing I've purchased since I found their foundation. I know this is a limited run kit and I'm highly considering picking up another kit just to make sure I have a back up of the All-Over Face Color. Not to mention another eyeliner would be a great bonus since I know I will be purchasing that again. You've done it again Bare Esceuntals. And this time without any infomercial!
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