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Hello, beauties! How are you?

At the beginning of August I went a little crazy with shopping… Between makeup and clothing, I spent way too much…. But sometimes you just need those splurges, right?! At least that’s what I tell myself LOL

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While shopping I stopped at Sephora and picked up a few things I’ve been dying to try.

I picked up the Hourglass Ambient Lighting palette (now sold in stores!), Kat Von D’s Everlasting Love Liquid Lipstick in Bauhau5 and Bite Beauty’s Cashmere Lip Cream in Port.

Hourglass Ambient Lighting powders are face powders designed to give your face a natural looking glow. Each shade is made to give you a glow like you are in different types of lighting. Most are very subtle but gorgeous. This palette was limited edition but it was so popular that it’s now permanent!

 The shades from left to right are: Dim Light, Incandescent Light, and Radiant Light. Incandescent light is exclusive to this palette.

This palette is $58, each single shade is $45 — it’s an amazing deal!

I’ve been loving this lately, if you’d like a more in depth review let me know.

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Kat Von D’s Everlasting Love Liquid Lipsticks are creamy lip stains that dry totally matte. They last for hours and the pigmentation is incredible.

I cannot explain how perfect this shade is. I absolutely adore berry lippies and this is just stunning.

It can be slightly drying so I recommend applying a lip balm underneath.

Here it is on my lips. How GORGEOUS is this?!

 Kat Von D’s Everlasting Love Liquid lipsticks are $19.

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Bite Beauty’s Cashmere Lip Cream in the shade Port. These are described as a “cream-to-powder matte lip color”… I was intrigued by the description and as my regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of Bite Beauty products so I just had to try this!

Port is a gorgeous deep red wine shade. Perfect for fall!

I haven’t tried this one yet, as with everything – let me know if you want a review!

Bite Beauty’s Cashmere lip creams are $28.

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Next up… MAC!

I have to admit, I am becoming a total MAC whore. I just can’t help myself!

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First up…. Cyber. Can you tell I’m excited for the Fall?!

Cyber is a satin finish described as “an intense blackish-purple”… It’s super vampy and dark, not for the faint of heart. I cannot wait to wear this!

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I also picked up a shade of Pro Longwear Concealer…. I’m loving this so far.

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I picked up 5 blushes:

Rosy Outlook.

Rosy Outlook is a semi-matte described as a light yellow pink. The shade and pigmentation is wonderful.

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Melba.

Melba is a matte described as a soft coral-peach. It’s showing up more orange in the swatch above than in person. This shade is perfection, the texture and pigmentation is amazing; it’s perfect for just about any makeup look.

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Peaches.

Peaches is a sheertone finish described as a pure peach.. This one applies lightly at first but as you can see above, is easily buildable for a ton of color.

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Cantaloupe.

Cantaloupe is a satin finish, described as a rich warm cantaloupe. I’ve been wearing this shade almost daily, either on its own or mixed with other blushes!

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Margin.

Margin is a frost finish described as a peach with a golden shimmer… This shade is EVERYTHING! Absolutely amazing for that flawless glowy look.

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Lastly, I got two pigments..

Tan. A frost finish described as a muted pinky brown bronze.

This shade is probably one of the prettiest pigments ever. But…….. The second I saw it in person, I knew I had a dupe….

Loreal’s Infallible eyeshadow in Amber Rush… EXACT same, except it’s a pressed pigment rather than loose. I have not noticed any difference in wear-time so if you want Tan, head to the drugstore and save some money!

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Naked. A matte finish described as a fleshy beige with pearl.

I could not get a good enough picture of this swatched but it’s beautiful. I love this all over the lid when doing a brown smokey eye. I’m not sure why it’s considered a matte because it has a sheen and sparkle to it but it’s definitely not metallic or anything. It just adds a gorgeous, simple and classy glow to the lids.

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So there is my haul! If you would like a review on any of these products, let me know in the comments below or via my social media – links below!

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