September Favorites

Assalam wa Alaykum/ Hi,

I've been in Dubai for over a month now and I've only posted once...I think. Anyway, I love it here. I've been so busy sightseeing. But, since Eid is coming up (Eid Mubarak!!) I have off from classes and pretty much all my friends left Dubai. -_- At least I'll have some free time to post more. So,I haven't done one of these in a while so I figured why not.

 1) Benefit's Fake up: I have a separate review for this concealer. So, I'm not going to review it again now but I love it. All the evidence of my late nights disappear with this!

2) Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder: I've written about this powder before. This one is in the shade Deep, the darkest shade I believe. I bought this one just before I left NY. I originally had the shade Medium/Deep. I tanned and untanned repeatedly since I've been here. So, I'm glad I picked up Deep before I left. The powder is so soft.

3) Inglot blush palette: I originally made this palette for my trip to the Caribbean. However, I decided to bring it with me to Dubai also. I wore the darkest color on the left for my birthday. I had dinner with friends at the Cheesecake Factory. Sadly, I was slacking in my posts and didn't put up the pictures from that night. Anyway, I have a post up with the blush colors if you're interested.

4) Benefit They're Real mascara: I think I'll love this mascara until I die. I'm so infatuated with it. I just wish that they made a waterproof version of it because the heat and humidity here is really testing my makeup.

5) Revlon's Lash Potion mascara: I really like this mascara it gives my lashes a nice natural pretty look but They're Real is still my favorite.

6) Victoria's Secret palette: I'm not sure if this palette has a name but it is the first palette that I have ever owned and I'm rediscovering it. I have one main fav out of this palette for the moment. It is the mint green eyeshadow in the bottom row. I actually use as a liner in my bottom waterline because I can't find an eyeliner in this color. I've been looking everywhere! The only company that sells it that I'm aware of is Nars and there is no Nars in Dubai. They were out of stock of it in Sephora before I left too. :(  If you know where to find an eyeliner in a similar color let me know!

7) Sephora palette: I don't know the exact name for this one either but it looks like a Sephora shopping bag. I think it's the medium size one. I'm loving the black and brown gel eyeliners in this palette. Gel eyeliner is becoming my thing right now. As you can see I've started to hit pan on the black gel eyeliner.

So, that's it.

P.S. I've been thinking of doing a haul post but I don't know if I should do it as I shop like a 'Dubai Mall haul' or at the when I go back to NY as a 'Dubai Haul.' Let me know what you think.

Until Next Time

Aleema :)

First Impressions: Inglot Blush + MAC lipstick

Assalamu wa Alaykum/ Hi,

On Wednesday I went to 34th street to buy a blush palette because I'll be going to the Caribbean on the 13th because my sister is moving there and wants company for the ride. So, I wanted one blush palette to take with me opposed to having 4 different blushes in my makeup bag. So, I started to search for one a week before I went to Inglot. I've heard that they're products are really good so I decided to go into the store and see if I liked their blushes. Also, the palette alone was much cheaper than MAC's so that helped me make my decision.

Above is a picture of the blush palette I customized. I wanted a range from a nice coral color to a pink. I've added the numbers of the colors to the picture. The colors 27 and 29 look much darker and brown online for some reason. But, those were the numbers on the packages the blushes came in. These blushes are very soft and pigmented. The texture is almost creamy. I've swatched the colors below.

63 was picked for me by a friend and the sales associate recommended when she saw that I selected it. So, I'm eager to see how it will look on me. The next thing I bought was a MAC lipstick. This is my first MAC lipstick. I'm still learning how to wear lipstick. It's not as easy as it looks.

This lipstick is in the color ladydanger. Orange seems to be my color for the summer. I wasn't so bold to go with orange and I had a feeling coral wouldn't show up on my lips so I got a reddish orange. In the picture to the left I put a gloss over it. It was one of Revlon's colorburst's in Sunset Peach.

So, That's it for now.

Until Next Time

Aleema :)