Metal Mania

Lately I've been really into golds, coppers, and bronzes and have been favoring metallic looks, as you can tell by some of my recent EOTDs here and here. Plus my reccent NYX buys, a coppery brown Jumbo Pencil in French Fries (swatched here) and the bright Yellow Marigold single eyeshadow I got (swatched here). Anyways I must just be ahead of the trend as Coastal Scents has just recently released their newest 88 palette, Metal Mania.

Metal Mania by Coastal Scents for $24.95

Metal Mania has arrived to Coastal Scents! Embellish, Captivate, Inspire your inner spirit with this new palette collection.
88 vibrant colors that become even more gilded in appearance when using an eye primer. A little goes a long way, the impact is extraordinary, the color combinations are endless.

I'm tempted, but not sure. The colors look beautiful, rich and creamy, but frankly there looks like a lot of repeats from the regular and shimmer palettes and even within the metal palette itself.

Also I'm not sure if everything is really metal, or just frost shades. The video posted on the site has some swatches (around 59 seconds) and they look more pastel to me! Here's a screen capture of it. See what I mean?


I'd love to hear what you think if anyone has tried this palette, but I'm guessing I'll pass and hold out for a few more NYX shades! PurseBuzz has some more swatches if you want to check those out!

Look of the Day: Got Back?

Play time. Recently I've been rediscovering my Coastal Scents Smacks, expect for Got Back?, a dark coppery chocolate color. It's definately not a spring shade but I wanted to try using it for a look so I ended up with this dark copper/gold metallic look. I like the eyes but I think the eyes plus the lips is a bit much unless its for a costume party or something. The gold plus dark lips makes me think of some evil powerful Roman queen or something. Or Angelina Jolie in her earlier days (god what a beautiful woman!)

Products Used:
FACE
-The Face Shop Liquid Foundation (Light Beige) - An old shade that I don't think quiet matches anymore...
-E.L.F. Tone Correcting Concealer (Ivory)
-E.L.F. Studio Bronzer (Cool) - Love the matte color!

EYES
-Benefit Lemon Aid Color Correcting Eye Primer
-Coastal Scents Gel Liner ( 24K Gold) - Used on lid
-L.A. Colors 12 Eyeshadow Palette (Traditional) - Found it in the dollar, most are worthless but I like a couple of the darker colors so I keep it around, used the bottom row, right in the crease
-E.L.F. Liquid Eyeliner (Plum)
-Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara (Black Brown)

LIPS
-E.L.F Studio Definer and Shaper - Define side only
-Coastal Scents Smacks (Got Black?)

BRUSHES
-Paris Presents Highlighter Brush
-E.L.F. Studio Angled Foundation Brush
-E.L.F. Studio Contour Brush
-Bare Escentual Precision Eyeliner Brush