Coastal Scents REVIEW – Palettes, Gel Liners, Lip Gloss

Since I could only tape 10 minutes worth of reviews on YouTube, I thought I would elaborate more here. First, here is my video review.

So let me add here. Aside from the makeup being excellent quality, LOW PRICES, and a lot of the eyeshadows in the palettes are comparable to MAC; not to mention the gel liners are AMAZING and I must get one in each color!

Their customer service is A+ and their shipping costs is based on ACTUAL cost, you can choose from USPS to FedEx and all of the shipping options these carriers offer. I cannot stand when I need just one item and have to pay a flat fee (i.e., $5.00) just to ship that one little item. So their shipping prices scores points with me also.

So in my review I really had nothing bad to say at all. Only some recommendations to make their products even better and user friendly.

I am still on the fence with the lip glosses. I need to use them a little while longer. While they are nice, and not too sticky I am just not sure about their staying power as they seem to wear off pretty quickly. Especially the lighter colors which seem to be a thinner formula. I have to say I like the Plum Crazy color. If all of them had the same texture and consistency I feel like they would stay on the lips better. The other colors I have are Odyssey, Oasis, and Strut on Nude.

So overall based on the products I have used thus far, I am VERY pleased. I’d give them 4.5 stars [out of 5].

http://www.coastalscents.com

**Remember: If you place an order with them please mention in the order notes that you heard about them through Misty’s Makeup Reviews!!

NOTE: Everyday Minerals Links

My apologies as all of the links and pictures in previous posts for Everyday Minerals are invalid. They did an overhaul on their website. From here on out, all the links should be correct.

Coastal Scents Haul and Tutorial

There will be many more tutorials and more detailed reviews on these products coming later. I specifically will go over such things as packaging, ease of use (especially for disabled people.)

Here is my haul video and my Copper and Gold Eyeshadow Tutorial.

Baby Wipes = Best Friend

Just a quick entry here, but I wanted to bring this up as it is a good tip that I have used for YEARS.

There are a lot of face cleaning/makeup removal wipes on the market and they may work well; however, they are expensive!

For years, before they even had such things on the market I have used regular baby wipes for makeup removal/touch up and a few other things. I don’t even buy the name brand wipes, I get the generic wipes found at your local grocery store.

Some people don’t like the smell, but I suppose I have used them so long that I don’t mind and actually like the scent.  Baby wipes can be used in many ways, to remove all of your makeup. Especially your eye makeup. Now, I have had only one friend do this and she said they burned her eyes. Overall the majority of my friends that I have advised to use baby wipes or used them here at my house have not had a problem. They don’t burn my eyes in the least. They will really remove all of that caked on eyeliner and mascara and are very gentle to your eyes.

I recommend to still use a overall facial cleaner on your face after using a baby wipe, but the wipes will do a lot of the major work for you before hand.

Another thing is touch up, there have been many times where I keep a baby wipe on hand, especially if using liquid eyeliner or mascara. I am sure all of us have had that moment where your hand decides to jerk when applying, or you blink and get it underneath your eye. Wrap a baby wipe around the tip of your finger and use it for touch ups.

Finally, if you are using shadows or powders for eyeliner and you want a nice dark crisp line. Take you angled (or whatever eyeliner brush you use) brush and you can dampen your brush with a baby wipe before putting it in the shadow or powders.

So CHEAP and easy and you don’t feel guilty if you have to use more than one to remove all of your makeup!

My First Video Tutorial/Review

Wow, so I really have to learn how to trim it down more. I trimmed what I felt I could, so I will have to learn how to just work quicker as YouTube.com only lets you do 10 minute videos. So ahem… I had to break this down into three videos. Sorry! But I do think it’s pretty good for my first one!

Products I used:

FACE

• Smashbox Photo Finish
• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• Everyday Minerals - Fairly Light Foundation
• Everyday Minerals – Intensive Fair Concealer
• Everyday Minerals – Finishing Dust

EYES

• Everyday Minerals – Angel’s Trumpet
• Coastal Scents – 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette
• Urban Decay – Liquid Eyeliner (Perversion)
• Covergirl – Lash Blast (Black)
• Maybelline – Black Kohl Pencil Eyeliner
• Everyday Minerals – Medium Brown (eyebrows)

CHEEKS

• Everyday Minerals – Soft Bronze
• Napoleon – Mosaic Highlight
• Everyday Minerals – Time Share 

LIPS

• Everyday Minerals – Pink Lemonade
• Maybelline – Whipped Lip Gloss

COMING SOON: Coastal Scents Haul!

I am getting a big haul of Coastal Scents makeup in soon! I will have many different things to do tutorials and reviews on so keep watching! I already have their 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette which is AMAZING!

Here is a summary of the haul:

• 88 Warm Palette
• Gel Liners: Deep Plum, Maroon, Silk White
• Glitter Powders: Fairy Dust, Sterling Glitter Powder
• Lip Gloss: Strut on Nude, Oasis, Odyssey
• Brushes: Italian Badger Blender, Black Deluxe Shadow, Chisel Detail Mini Brush, Angled Liner Pro Art Detail Brush
• 10 Piece Professional Blush Palette
• New Color: Copper Torch Eye Shadow

Make Green Eyes POP!

I learned this on my own, long before they made kits for different colored eyes. I have dark green eyes and some colors of eyeshadow and eyeliner really hides the color of my eyes.

Bottom line is, if you use pink, mauve, maroon, purple, or any variance in between those shades it really makes green eyes stand out, especially if you use as your eyeliner also.

In the first picture, I used a white all over color all the way up to my brow. Then I used Morocco eyeshadow 
[discontinued] from EDM in my crease and also used it for my eyeliner. Morocco is a nice deep maroon shade which could be easily substituted with a shade like Wallaby from EDM or any other brand. Wallaby has a nice matte finish with no shimmer as the Morocco did.

In the following picture, it is the same concept. However, I used Mystic Night  from EDM. The picture is a bit overexposed and washes out the eyeshadow color. I just LOVE Mystic Night but you must be careful! It highly pigmented color and be very careful to not use too much or trust me, you will end up looking like a streetwalker! You must have a very light hand to apply this one. This, unlike the other color mentioned previously is a shimmer shadow. I used this for my eyeliner also. If you wanted to get REALLY dramatic, you could do black eyeliner on your top eyelid, then on your water line and lower lash line. Then top it off with a shade like Mystic Night.

I really love both of these looks, and every time I wear shades like this I get comments about my eyes.