When my friends gifted me the Jaclyn Hill Palette for my birthday, I couldn't help but be immediately drawn towards the shade "Twerk". It was bright, vibrant, daring, different. Totally not up my alley in terms of my usual makeup look, but I was having so much trouble just settling on a soft brown in the crease and a metallic inner corner highlight; I eventually ended up doing the look you see above.
Lots of orangey tones in the crease with that bright pop of blue carried across the lid. All the shadows I used were from the JH palette; the oranges in my crease consisted of Butter, Pukey, Hunts, Roxanne, Jacz, and a little Creamsicle near the very top of my crease to blend everything together; I thought it added a fun little sunset-y vibe. Then the fun part came, packing that cobalt blue shade all across my lid. I sprayed my brush with a little Fix Plus by MAC to really get that pigment before I went in. After I applied Twerk, I went in with Chip, a chocolate brown, and applied the shadow where the orange and the blue met to create a smoother transition. I finished off with Obsessed as my inner corner highlight and voilà, my look was complete! 
Now to share some of the pros and cons of this palette. Although I love the shades and the formula, this palette has a TON of fallout - like, so much fallout. However, that didn't hinder he blendability and the pigment packed in each shadow. Despite the fallout, I do recommend testing out this palette for yourself because not only will it have your usual color scheme but it'll also you give you the opportunity to play around with shades you haven't experimented with yet. Overall, I'd give two thumbs up to Jaclyn Hill and Morphe!

     I have super sensitive skin, so once I find a product that works for me I really stick with it. I also have pretty dry skin, but in the summer, I try to keep things lighter. The following products are what I’ve really been loving for the summer:

Bliss Makeup Melt is my all-over makeup remover. It doesn’t sting my skin and does a solid job of taking my makeup (minus waterproof mascara) off. It’s cruelty-free and relatively cheap, so I definitely plan on keeping it in rotation.

Pacifica Sea Foam Cleanser is the only facial cleanser I’ve used that doesn’t irritate my skin. It’s a little pricier for drugstore skincare, but because it’s cruelty-free I don’t mind spending a little bit more. The face wash doesn’t do much more than cleanse, but it’s enough for me.

Pixi’s Glow Tonic is hands-down my favorite new skincare discovery. To me, it has a mildly rosy scent, but the real kicker is the absolute magic it does for my skin. I’m not even sure what exactly it’s intended purpose is, but within a few days of using it, my skin was significantly more radiant and even-toned.

CeraVe’s Moisturizing Cream is the only product whose cruelty-free status I’m unsure of, but after a long winter it did wonders for my skin. Alternatively, though, if I want something light I opt for an avocado or almond oil in place of a traditional moisturizer.

     I recently realized that almost every eyeshadow color I owned looked awful on me. Because I have dark brown eyes, rather than making my eyes pop, coral-y and orange-y colors made me look like I had just finished crying. So, for a while, I just stopped wearing eyeshadow entirely.



However, this changed when one day I purchased some purple eyeshadows, “Daddy” and “Issa,” on a whim. I’ve bought several Colourpop eyeshadows in the past and I absolutely love their formula, but these two shades are like nothing I’ve ever used. “Daddy” is slightly paler, more Easter-y purple, which is something I would usually shy away from, but when I put it on my eyes I was absolutely stunned. “Issa” is a deep, warm-toned plum color with a blueish glitter reflex, and it looks absolutely gorgeous in combination with Colourpop’s “Hammered.”


 I actually did a look with "Issa" for a banquet party about a week ago. I applied it over the lid with some deeper purples from an old L'Oréal palette. My outfit consisted of a purple-y color scheme with hints of emerald green throughout the details. Since "Issa" already has somewhat of a blue-greeny reflex, as I mentioned earlier, I decided to take "Donna" (also by Colorupop) and lightly tap it over my lid in order to intensify that green hue, and I absolutely loved it! Both of these eyeshadows are my new favorites and have paved the way for a long love affair with purple on my eyes.