Indie Company Haul & Review: Ella Rose Minerals

Hey girlies! Today I am doing a review of Ella Rose Minerals, an indie mineral makeup company I found on Etsy.  I am sure you guys are familiar with the name, because I have used and loved their foundation for over a year now! I tried sooo many different foundations, both "popular" name and indie, and I just fell in love with the formula, color match, and coverage of Ella Rose. I had also tried a few eyeshadow shades in the past, but not many. When I went to reorder my foundation, I asked if they would like a review on some eyeshadows and they sent me seven samples to try!! YAY!

The samples came in clamshell containers that are bigger than the normal flat clamshells. I was so happy about this! They each have a sticker with the color name, ingredients, amount of product, and whether or not the color is lip safe. I love that I have all the info right there! So convenient and well packaged, especially for a sample! They are also very generous amounts.. there is enough in each container for several applications!!

Also pictured above is the foundation I use (which has 2% salicylic acid and is GREAT at keeping me breakout free!!) and a new glow powder I ordered. (I will probably do a review on that later.) 

Like I said, the foundation is amazing. It provides great coverage which can be light or heavy depending on how you apply it. There is a huge range of colors including cool, neutral, and warm tones. The formula also feels great on my face, and my skin has never been healthier! They also have a foundation without salicylic acid, which I have also used and love! 

Now on to the eyeshadow swatches... (all descriptions are my own)

Twelfth Night - A deep blue with black base - luminous but not sparkly
Much Ado About Blue - Beautiful blue leaning almost towards aqua
Fresh - Bright vibrant green
Shamrock - Light Chartreuse green with yellow undertones
Dandelion - Bright spring yellow
Miranda - Fresh juicy orange - reminds me of a tangerine :)
Cherry Blossom - Pretty soft pink with light shimmer

All shadows were swatched over Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy.

My thoughts? I love Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Blue! Fresh is also gorgeous. These three had the best color payoff and overall appeal to me. The others are super pretty as well and would be great for softer looks.

Ella Rose has a GREAT range of products and I can't wait to try more shadows, blushes, and bronzers.

Disclaimer: I was sent these eyeshadow samples for review purposes. All opinions and pictures are my own, and if I don't like something, I will tell ya! 

Tribute to Fall Color

Have I mentioned how much I love fall? Oh I have? Like a million times? Sorry about that. (ha ha) So I have been making collages on flickr all day, and thought I'd make one for makeup looks with fall colors.

What is your favorite look?  I looove the first one with red lips and nails.

1. Red, 2. Orange and yellow!, 3. Cosmetic Fun, 4. 08. autumn with a hint of plum, 5. ♥Green Make Up♥, 6. Red Door, 7. Eldora - C107 false eyelashes (rewiew) #1, 8. yellow, 9. Makeup Artist Photoshoot, 10. St. Paddy's Day Green Closeup, 11. red lips, 12. Lisergic Trip, 13. Brown Makeup, 14. Post Maquillaje, 15. _MG_6307mini, 16. Untitled

FOTD with (mostly) drugstore items!

Hey lovers! I totally love the way this look came out today... I think it might my everyday face from now on! And I did it with almost entirely drugstore products, so yay for my wallet! I will be doing a haul and swatch post on all the items tomorrow when the light comes back. :)

Products

Eyes: 

Maybelline Eye Studio Marbelized Eyeshadow Duo in "Mocha Mirage"

Ella Rose Minerals highlight color

Covergirl LashFusion Mascara

Face:

Almay Smart Shade foundation in "light"

Ella Rose Minerals foundation in Breathtaking Beige lightly over the top

Physicians Formula Bamboo Wear bronzer in "Light Bronzer"

MAC blush in "Stunner"

Lips:

MAC l/l in Sublime Culture

Loreal lipstick in "Fairest Nude" (talk about the perfect nude!! I LOVE this lipstick!!!! Oh, if I had only found this before buying 10 nude MAC shades in search of the perfect one... lol) 

What do you think of this look? Will you be getting any of these drugstore products?

FOTD - Apple Picking

Yesterday we went apple picking... the perfect fall activity! I wanted to do bright and fun makeup, so I did a neutral eye with a bright lip :) It was a fun day... perfect weather, 3 bags of apples, self pressed apple cider, and good friends!

Products

Eyes: 

Rimmel Smokey Brun Quad Eyeshadow

Covergirl LashFusion Mascara

Prestige eyeliner

Face:

Ella Rose Minerals Foundation in "Breathtaking Beige"

Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush in "Peach Satin"

MAC Style blush over

MAC Soft & Gentle skinfinish

Lips:

MAC "Magenta" l/l

MAC "Spitfire" l/s (from the Wonderwoman collection)

What did you do this weekend?

FOTD - Muted Beauty

You know how when you're trying hard to look good something always goes wrong (at least for me!) but when you're not trying at all,  you look great?! Thats how it was for me today. I was just slapping stuff on and when I was done I thought... hey, not bad. lol.

Products

Eyes: 

MAC Pro Longwear e/s in Pink Frontier - inner 2/3 of lid

MAC e/s in All that Glitters - outer 1/3 of lid

Orglamix e/s in Golden Eye (discontinued company) - crease

MAC Pro Longwear e/s - to highlight

Covergirl Lash Fusion Mascara

Face:

Ella Rose Mineral Foundation in Breathtaking Beige 

MAC blush in Stunner

MAC Soft & Gentle as highlighter

Lips:

MAC Pro Longwear l/l in Staunchly Stylish

MAC l/s in Brave with..

MAC l/s in Fabby over it

MAC Pro Longwear Eyeshadow, Orange Tempure Lipglass, and Fall Mineralize Skinfinish Haul (Plus some Benefit shadows!)

Well that was a mouthful! But yeah I did a major haulage today in the rainy weather! I originally went to get some stuff from the new MAC fall collection, but found that I already have near dupes for the lipsticks I wanted... I did end up getting the pink skinfinish, but I think I am going to return it. The only other thing I got from that collection is the Orange Tempura lipglass, which I love! 

Then I went over the Pro Longwear display and found 2 shadows that I "had" to have! (ha ha)

 
The "All that glitters" is not part of that line, but I saw it and loved it! Also, it was super hard to photograph these because of the poor lighting, but they are all gorgeous! They have great color payoff (not swatched over primer!) and were silky smooth... not chalky at all!

Next I went over to Sephora to look at some Too Faced shadows, but ended up getting a few Benefit shadows.

L-R: "Nice Melons" Velvet Eyeshadow, "Flatter Me" Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow, "Birthday Suit" Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow

 Nice Melons

Flatter Me 

Birthday Suit

These are also gorgeous and I cant wait to try them out! I have never used cream eyeshadow before so I am excited to try these!

What is everyone else up to today??

FOTD feat MAC Fashion Flower

So this was yesterday's look... I wanted to use my Fashion Flower l/s and beauty powder, so this is the look I came up with! 

Cheeks: MAC Alpha Girl from Fashion Flower

Lips: MAC Ever Hip from Fashion Flower

Face: Ella Rose Minerals Foundation

Eyes: Assortment of colors from Orglamix which no longer exists.. Silk, Mandarin, Baie Rose, and Vanilla

You likey?