Coastal Scents Creative Me #1 Palette

Today I have another awesome find I came across. I had really wanted the Urban Decay Electric palette but I couldn't afford the price of it. Well, since I had such an amazing experience with the Revealed and Revealed 2 palettes from Coastal Scents I decided I was going to browse their site to see what I could find. Well, I found their Creative Me #1 palette which I found some colors that were very similar to the Electric palette. Sadly, it was out of stock. The nice thing about Coastal Scents is that you can sign up for email alerts that will alert you when something that you wanted comes back in stock. I quickly signed up for that alert.

A few weeks passed and finally I got the email saying the Creative Me #1 palette was back in stock. What was even more awesome is that this happened to fall within the time period that they were running a 35% off sale on most of their palettes and this one was on sale!! SCORE!! I quickly placed that bad boy in my "cart" and then thought about the nice silvery shade in the Electric palette that wasn't in the Creative Me #1 palette. So I browsed their Hot Pots and found one that was similar. I placed that in my "cart" and a "Go Pod" for the pot.

Now when the palette arrived at my home I quickly opened it and found that the pots in the Creative Me #1 palette were interchangable so you can replace just that particular color when it runs out or you can change around the shades in the palette if you want to purchase additional pots and change your palette around. I took one of the shades out of my Creative Me #1 palette (the lightest yellow one because I figured I wouldn't use that one as much and placed my silvery white one in it's place and put the yellow one in the Go Pod. The Go Pod is just basically a little compact for that single eyeshadow pot. They are all held in with magnets that are in the palettes and pods and the shadow pots are in a metal base. This is really nice and convenient. I love this idea, it's so nice that if I run out of a shade I can just purchase that shade and replace it, I don't have to replace my whole palette.

The Creative Me #1 Palette sells for $14.95 and it has 12 shades in it. The shades are Light Yellow, Bright Yellow, Light Tangerine, Bright Tangerine, Neon Red, Neon Bright Pink, Deep Grape, Magenta, Indigo, Electric Blue, Teal Green, and Shamrock Green. The silvery white that I picked up additionally was called White Silver. The single hot pots sell for $1.95 and the Go Pod for it sells for $1.95. I had a coupon code for the Hot Pot and Go Pod and then the palette was on sale for $9.72, I also used my Rewards Points that I earned from my last purchase and got $1.08 off. That brought my total with shipping to $19.85! That is a lot more affordable for me than splurging on an Urban Decay palette.

Now let me tell you about the palette and all the shades I have. The palette is a nice matte black plastic and each shade or hot pot is held in with magnets so you can replace or mix and match. It snaps shut so that is really nice that it stays secure when you take it with you traveling. It also has a very large mirror on the inside of the lid. I like the really big mirror because if I'm traveling I might need a good mirror to use. All the shades that come in the palette are matte shades and do not have any glitter or shimmer to them. The Hot Pot White Silver I bought is a shimmery shade, I like to have a bit of shimmer sometimes. The colors are really pigmented in my opinion and they are so buttery. I haven't experienced any fallout from any of the shades that come in the palette but White Silver is a shimmer shade so there was a little bit of fallout with that one. I found that if you just don't put too much on the brush you don't have much fallout.

Here are some swatches of each of the colors for you to see...

Here is Light Yellow, Bright Yellow, Light Tangerine, and Bright Tangerine.

Here is Neon Red, Neon Bright Pink, Deep Grape, and Magenta.

Here is Indigo, Electric Blue, Teal Green, and Shamrock Green. You can see here that the Teal Green and Shamrock Green appear to be very similar. In the palette/pot they look slightly different but once swatched they seem similar.

                                                           Lastly here is White Silver.

For me I don't think I will use the Light Yellow much so that is why I put it in the Go Pod right away and put the White Silver in it's place in the palette. I also found when swatching these that the Teal Green and Shamrock Green are very similar on the back of my hand. I also noticed that when I went to take my pictures of my palette I wanted to put the Light Yellow back in the palette and leave the Go Pod empty but I couldn't figure out how to get the Hot Pot out of the Go Pod, I'll have to do a little research and figure that out. If I can't figure out how to get the pot out when it's not empty I will just have to wait until it is empty so I can pull it out. Not a big deal for me though.

Here are just a couple eye looks that I did when I was playing around with the palette one day. I have yet to create any more looks but I look forward to all the looks I can create with this palette. These bright colors are something new for me, I've never really worn bright colors before but I am really starting to push myself to wear some bolder looks. I love that at my day job I am able to really express myself and they don't have any sort of dress code or anything that says what kind of make up I can and can't wear. They really give you freedom which for me is refreshing and just another reason why I love my job!

You can purchase Coastal Scents products here on their site.

Coastal Scents Revealed 2 Eye Palette

Today I have for you another amazing eye palette that I discovered thanks to a friend. I had been wanting to buy the Naked palettes from Urban Decay; more specifically the Naked 3 palette was at the top of my wish list; but really could not afford to buy all of them, I had been saving all the extra money I could and finally had enough to buy one Naked palette. I was so undecided on whether or not the Naked palettes were really worth the money that I enlisted the help of some friends and asked opinions. One friend suggested I check out a post she came across done by Beauty Broadcast and you can check out that post here. She does a very good comparison between the Coastal Scents Revealed Palette and the Urban Decay Naked and Naked 2 palettes. This post and my friend's own experience with the Revealed palette is what swayed me to check them out.

I found that this Revealed 2 palette was indeed very similar to the Naked 3 palette, just like what I had heard online from other users and at just the fraction of the cost. Coastal Scents Revealed 2 palette is $19.95 regular price, they occasionally go on sale and you can sign up for "price alerts" on their site to alert you to the sales via email.

I am hooked!! I am so glad that with the money I was going to spend on one Naked palette I decided I was going to spend on BOTH Revealed palettes!! Even with shipping (which was $8.95 for both palettes I believe) I still came in with a total price under the $54 price tag of one Naked palette. I was excited when they arrived.

Shipping was a lot faster than I expected, even though I had read reviews and heard from others that their shipping is fast. I got my shipping notice email the next day, it was in the morning and I was not expecting it that quick but I was so excited that I think I squeeled when I read the email. Once it shipped I think it only took about 2 days to get to me and I just chose their standard shipping, I did not upgrade or pay extra for quicker shipping.

Once it arrived it was all packaged in a nice flat rate box I believe. Inside they were wrapped so nicely in bubble wrap so that they didn't bang around in the shipping box. Each palette was in it's own individual palette box and inside Coastal Scents included a 4 color sample of some of their other shadows, a business card with their info on it, and a cute "I Love (it was actually a heart) makeup" sticker. I have yet to find the perfect place for this sticker so I am going to just hold on to it until I find it's perfect place, lol!

I opened up the palette and it was perfect, no damage at all! I was so impressed with their shipping and packaging! I have the Revealed palette (I ordered it the same time I ordered this one so they arrived together) so I was hoping that the shadows would be pigmented and as smooth as the ones in the Revealed palette. Boy I was not disappointed with these, these babies are so smooth and pigmented that you barely have to use any to get nice color. I couldn't wait to try them out and see how they are when you apply them with a brush.

I have tested these out for about a month now and I realized that applying my makeup was so easy. You really don't have to use a lot to get great color because they are so pigmented. There is a mix of matte shades, shimmers, and a few that are a little glittery. I didn't experience much fallout with application unless I put too much on my brush (which happened the first couple times until I got used to not having to put a lot on the brush). The more glittery/shimmery shades do have a bit of fallout but it's nothing that is going to deter me from using these shades because they are so gorgeous. My advice is maybe apply your eye makeup before you do the rest, that way you can cover up any fallout with your foundation and powder.

I have noticed that I have been reaching for the Revealed 2 palette and the Revealed palette everyday. I have not touched any other eyeshadow in my collection since getting these. These are my two favorite palettes and by far the best purchase I have ever made!

Below is just a quick swatch of each shade to show you how pigmented they are and just how beautiful these colors are. Each swatch is just one swipe of my finger on the color pot in the palette and then one swipe on the underside of my arm. I have numbered each shade on the palette for you and coordinated it with it's corresponding swatch on my arm.

Here is a close up of shades 19 and 20. I wanted to show you that shade 19 is a nice dark plummy brown with red glitter in it, almost just like Blackheart in the Naked 3 palette.

If you are wanting to purchase the Naked 3 palette but haven't because of the price (like I was), try this one out, it is a fraction of the cost and in my opinion just as good of quality (I will note that I don't own any Naked palettes for comparison but have tested a few shades out at Ulta on my hand to just see how they were).

When you sign up for an account at Coastal Scents you get points, you also earn points with each purchase, and you can use these points you collect for credits or an amount off of your next purchase. I will definitely be purchasing from Coastal Scents again. They sell all kinds of makeup, not just shadows and they sell brushes as well. I've gotten a couple Coastal Scents brushes in my Ipsy bags and I love them! You can purchase this palette on Coastal Scents' website here.

I hope you enjoyed this post!!

Coastal Scents Revealed Eye Palette

Today I have for you an amazing eye palette that I discovered thanks to a friend. I had been wanting to buy the Naked palettes from Urban Decay but really could not afford to buy all of them, I had been saving all the extra money I could and finally had enough to buy one Naked palette but couldn't decide which one I wanted more. So I enlisted the help of some friends and asked opinions. One friend suggested I check out a post she came across done by Beauty Broadcast and you can check out that post here. She does a very good comparison between the Coastal Scents Revealed Palette and the Urban Decay Naked and Naked 2 palettes. This post and my friend's own experience with the Revealed palette is what swayed me to check them out.

I found that this Revealed palette was indeed very similar to the Naked and Naked 2 palettes and at just the fraction of the cost. What got me leaning even more to purchasing from Coastal Scents was that when I checked out their site I learned they had just come out with a Revealed 2 palette which is very similar to the Naked 3 palette (don't worry, you'll get to read my post on this one real soon!).

Coastal Scents Revealed palette is $19.95 regular price, they occasionally go on sale and you can sign up for "price alerts" on their site to alert you to the sales via email.

I was hooked!! So with the money I was going to spend on one Naked palette I decided I was going to spend on BOTH Revealed palettes!! Even with shipping (which was $8.95 for both palettes I believe) they still came in with a total price under the $54 price tag of one Naked palette. I was excited and couldn't wait until they arrived.

Shipping was a lot faster than I expected, even though I had read reviews and heard from others that their shipping is fast. I got my shipping notice email the next day, it was in the morning and I was not expecting it that quick but I was so excited that I think I squeeled when I read the email. Once it shipped I think it only took about 2 days to get to me and I just chose their standard shipping, I did not upgrade or pay extra for quicker shipping.

Once it arrived it was all packaged in a nice flat rate box. Inside they were wrapped so nicely in bubble wrap so that they didn't bang around in the shipping box. Each palette was in it's own individual palette box and inside Coastal Scents included a 4 color sample of some of their other shadows, a business card with their info on it, and a cute "I Love (it was actually a heart) makeup" sticker. I have yet to find the perfect place for this sticker so I am going to just hold on to it until I find it's perfect place, lol!

I opened up the palette and it was perfect, no damage at all! I was so impressed with their shipping and packaging! I ran my finger along a couple of the shades and tried them out on the back of my hand to get an idea of how pigmented they are. OMG!!! These babies are so smooth and pigmented that you barely have to use any to get nice color. I couldn't wait to try them out and see how they are when you apply them with a brush.

Testing these out right away the next day when I was applying my makeup was so easy. You really don't have to use a lot to get great color because they are so pigmented. There is a mix of matte shades, shimmers, and a few that are a little glittery. I didn't experience much fallout with application unless I put too much on my brush (which happened the first couple times until I got used to not having to put a lot on the brush). The more glittery/shimmery shades do have a tiny bit of fallout but it's nothing that is going to deter me from using these shades because they are so gorgeous. My advice is maybe apply your eye makeup before you do the rest, that way you can cover up any fallout with your foundation and powder.

Below is just a quick swatch of each shade to show you how pigmented they are and just how beautiful these colors are. Each swatch is just one swipe of a eyeshadow applicator on the color pot in the palette and then one swipe on the underside of my arm. I have numbered each shade on the palette for you and coordinated it with it's corresponding swatch on my arm.

If you are wanting to purchase the Naked palettes but haven't because of the price (like I was), try these out, they are a fraction of the cost and in my opinion just as good of quality (I will note that I don't own any Naked palettes for comparison but have tested a few shades out at Ulta on my hand to just see how they were).

When you sign up for an account at Coastal Scents you get points, you also earn points with each purchase, and you can use these points you collect for credits or an amount off of your next purchase. I will definitely be purchasing from Coastal Scents again. They sell all kinds of makeup, not just shadows and they sell brushes as well. I've gotten a couple Coastal Scents brushes in my Ipsy bags and I love them! Check out Coastal Scents' site here to purchase.

I hope you enjoyed this post and stay tuned for my post on the Coastal Scents Revealed 2 palette!!