Modern Renaissance | A Product Review

HI FRIENDS! I have passed all my preliminary exams (whee! so grateful for my friends that pushed me to study every night), had quite an eventful summer doing research, as well as catching up with friends, and doing some traveling (SF to NYC hollaaa) since the last time I updated here.

Today I will be talking about Anastasia's summer palette that was released in early June...
MODERN RENAISSANCE

 This palette is still pretty hard to attain since it's sold out at most Ultas and Sephora near me, both at home, school, and online surprisingly. I was lucky enough to score this at one of the newly opened Ulta's by school... I'm guessing people just gave up looking?



I actually got this as a birthday gift from a really good friend of mine (THANK YOU♥) so I appreciate this very very much. This is not a palette I would normally approach because of the diverse range of colors- I am a creature of comfort as I usually tend to gravitate towards the brown-neutral tones.


This palette explores the range between red and brown, ending up with variations of earthy, vibrant, and bruised reds, as well as orange, and a brown (CYPRUS UMBER) to create depth. The other tones such as TEMPERA, GOLDEN ORCHE, BUON FRESCO, and WARM TAUPE are used for base or blending. Leaving VERMEER and PRIMAVERA for highlighting or patting onto the center of the lids to create dimension.



I've done a swatch (or two) below. Forgive me in advance for such a bad swatch job, I'm usually not a makeup artist (ha-ha), nor am I really good at makeup in general. But I suppose these lighter and less saturated swatches give you a more realistic feel- compared to the swatches that are about a gazillion layers and super saturated and only realistic if you're putting the shadows on stage-makeup style (no offense, just...in my opinion I suppose)



I think my top 3 favorite shades are BUON FRESCO, VENETIAN RED, and ANTIQUE BRONZE.



I really really like this palette. I feel that Claudia and Anastasia did a really good job with picking the shades and the texture of the shadows. I definitely won't say that the shadows are wet and sticky, but they are so soft and dense that they do remind me almost of... a powdery clay texture. It's on the moist side and not as powdery dry as most common shadows. The shadows are quite pigmented on their own, the swatches I did were about 3 layers/strokes and without primer (wow!). In particular, I think the shades VENETIAN RED, LOVE LETTER, and REALGAR are really unique and I have not seen many dupes like these, but perhaps I'm just not very familiar with the shades of shadows out there.

Anyways, if you have the budge and interest in this palette, I recommend you snatch one when you can! These velvety shadows are not to disappoint :)

As always,
xox Ingrid

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Tender Romance | A Product Review

Good morning! Today I will be reviewing Ralph Lauren's Tender Romance Parfume that Influenster has generously provided for me. I believe this parfume was released in February of 2016.

The parfume arrived in the post contained in this rather square-ish box filled with tissue paper.


The bottle is rectangular and glass. It's name branded onto the front of the bottle with a simple silver-trimmed sticker, as well as around the lid of the fragrance. Pretty self explanatory.



On opening the fragrance for wear, the parfume has a very bold sweet scent. A little bit "musky magnolia-meets-cotton candy" mixed with a sensual ginger vanilla. The sweetness to the parfume kind of has me thinking very feminine but youthful.

I learned from a sales associate in a Sephora in Paris that if you crush the perfume between your wrist, it does change the chemistry of the fragrance and alters the scent a little (personal experience proven through trials with Chanel's Chance!!). So I did do a little testing with this parfume, and it didn't seem to change too much on my skin. (Parfumes also vary from person to person).



I actually enjoy this parfume a lot, it reminds me of NOIR Tease from Victoria's Secret (which I previously used) but less mature. NOIR Tease was more sultry whereas Tender Romance is more pink cashmere cuddle. I have been wearing it almost everyday since I got it, so thank you Influenster!! The only con I would say about this fragrance is that the lasting power is not very long. Look into this parfume if you are interested in fragrances that have sweet, warm cashmere vanilla, jasmine, musky notes.

Again, I want to thank Influenster for providing this fragrance so that I could review it on Style Prosciutto! ♥

As always,
xox Ingrid
PS. As promised, King K is back with a restock today (4/11/16) at 1pm PST ;)

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Posie K | A Product Review

Hope March treated everyone well. Today I will be talking about the popular lip-kits that Kylie Jenner has been selling online recently (or for a few months already).



So Kylie created a line of liquid matte lipsticks that are heavily influenced by her style and taste. Kylie loves wearing matte lippies- particularly in nude, pink-nude, and brown shades. Therefore, this line was created by her for her fans.

The kit is sold online on her website and tend to sell out within 5-10 minutes, depending on the shade. They are extremely popular, and the last restock actually crashed Google Analytics because so many people were trying to buy them.

The line (so far) comes in a few shades:
Dolce K - brownish nude
Posie K - pink w/ purple hint
Kourt K - vampy purple
Koko K - light pink nude
Candy K - pinkish nude (like Koko K but not so 'pale')
True Brown K - brown
Mary Jo K - red (cool tint)
22 - orangey/red

Because I was hesitant at first, I bought only one lip kit on my first purchase with KylieCosmetics. However, I totally regret that now because I spent $8 on shipping for one lip kit when I could've bought more kit's for that shipping worth. But now I know!


So when you order a or many lip kits, the factory will try to put as many kits as they can into one of these KylieCosmetics box. If you ordered just one like me, they'll fill the space up with a plushy-foam piece to protect your box. Otherwise, I see other customers who bought multiple packages get all their orders in one box.

Kylie includes a surprise note, that changes every few months, in your order as well.



I picked Posie K as my first color to try out. It was a safer go-to because I have slightly tanned skin with a warm base. The lighter shades (dolce k, koko k, candy k) seemed to be too light for my complexion. And I felt like the brown shade (true brown k) would either blend in or be too dark for me. Kourt K (the vampy purple shade) was not released yet when I bought this lip kit. I already have many lip products in red-shades, so 22 or Mary Jo K did not grab my attention too much.

So the lip kit comes with two things- a lip liner and a liquid matte lipstick. This kit costs $29 a pack, but with shipping and tax it came out to be around $40 which was an average of $20 an item. Kind of pricey but at the same time fair compared to all the other products out there in the market.



For those of you that aren't familiar, a liquid matte lipstick looks like a lipgloss. However the consistency of this product (specifically KylieCosmetic's) is very runny (as opposed to viscous like lipgloss) and applies fairly easily. Then after a few minutes the product dries up and stays on your lips like a thin-layer of matte lipstick.
Normally, you would line your lips with the lip liner, then fill the rest of your lips in with lipstick. However, the product dries your lips out (hence matte) so I would advise everyone to apply some vaseline or lip balm before application of the lip kit.
Another thing I've noticed is that other users were filling in their entire lips (as oppose to lining the edge of your lips) with the lipliner before applying the liquid lipstick on their lips. This actually helps make the color look fuller and bolder.


I know the swatch and this picture might not be "accurate" enough because it is a still image under good lighting. (I'm also wearing the color here in this Instagram selfie) I'll be releasing a vlog soon, where I'm actually wearing the lippie, maybe that will be of good help.

Overall, I love this product a LOT and I want to get another shade. I would also not mind restocking on Posie K ;) The only bad thing about the lip kits are the slightly expensive shipping rates (though they do ship within 1-3 days after processed orders) and that the matte-characteristic of the lip product dries your lips out like crazy and creates creasing and such if you don't use vaseline/lip-balm beforehand.

KylieCosmetics also released a gloss line last week, so I'm looking to purchasing one of those lip glosses. However, the bummer part is that she never restocks glosses and mattes together so I can't save on the shipping.

As always,
xox Ingrid
PS. Word is she's restocking the mattes today (4/5/16) at 4pm PST ;)
PPS. Keep checking back because I'll do a fragrance review soon!!

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L'OcciBox by L'OCCITANE | A Product Review

L'OCCITANE came out with a new sample box called L'OcciBox for this holiday season.
The set is a collboration between ELLE Magazine and french illustrator Soledad Bravi.
It is sooo adorable!! And only carried in certain stores (you'll have to check with your L'OCCITANE to know, the locations aren't listed online), and each location that carries these only having a limited amount. (1 per customer)



The beautiful box contains (All travel sized):
1 Precious Cleansing Foam
1 Shea Butter Body Milk
1 Arlésienne Hand Cream
1 Almond Supple Skin Oil
2 samples of Immortelle Divine Cream
1 Shea ELLE Hand Cream
1 Cherry Blossom ELLE Hand Cream
1 Verbena ELLE Hand Cream
1 Almond ELLE Hand Cream
1 ELLE nail filer
1 ELLE Pouch



Besides gushing over the adorable illustrations on these lotions and the pouch, my favorite is the Arlésienne-scented hand cream. I actually fell in love with the scent when the sales associates had sprayed the Arlésienne fragrance onto the tissue papers in my bag!!!



This set is perfect for a holiday gift, or for yourself. Lotions are sample sized so you don't have to use them forever, or go into guilt of not being able to finish a scent and wanting to move on to the next. They're perfect on the go, tossed in your purse, or for traveling. And the best part is...all of this together is only $15!! But to get the box at this price, make sure you enter the code " DISCOVER " at checkout.

*Disclaimer: I was not sponsored or paid to make this post. All opinions are my own.
/see adjacent post on A Lady Who Brunches
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L'Oreal Silky Sheer BB Face Lotion | A Product Review

Summer is just around the corner (in 8 days to be exact),
so I thought I would do a post on a product I discovered recently.



This is (as you can see) the L'Oreal Silky Sheer BB Face Lotion with SPF 50+ and water resistance.
I was not looking for a tinted facial sunscreen, but I thought I would give this a try because it looked interesting. They do have a non-tinted option, so feel free to pick that one if you are hesitant about getting the residue on white tops. Another thing that drew me towards it, was the description claiming it to be a"...virtually weightless lotion...".

The only tinted sunscreen I've tried before was Clinique's City Block Sheer in SPF 40. Unfortunately, I hated the formula. It greasy and made me break out after my "8 hour" time frame outside. The formula also looked was heavily tinted that it would look too dark/light if you were not the same shade. Ever since then I've strayed from tinted facial sunscreens.



I picked this sunscreen to try because I was looking for something that was light, and goes on "weightless"(....and it was!)

The bottle is very small, so you can easily bring it with you in your bag or purse.

The box writes and claims 80 minutes of water resistance, but I have not yet gone swimming with this yet.
The box instructs you to "shake to activate" before using, but I find that whenever I shake the bottle up and down, air pressure builds up (or the air goes under the product) thus making the product gush out when I unscrew the lid. I think it helps to gently sway the product side to side instead of up and down.

warning: sorry for having very dry (and scary looking) skin


This is what it looks like on my skin untouched.



After rubbing half of the formula out...



Voila! It's as if you were not wearing anything.
The formula blends into my skin tone very well, and I would assume it blends into most others' suitably as well because if I were to (maybe it is not very apparent in the picture but..) pour the formula on my skin, the shade does not match me 100%.
The sunscreen is weightless, matte, and does absorb quickly. It is not greasy like most other facial sunscreen, and if I could tell you about this sunscreen in one sentence, it would be- rubbing liquid that turns into "powder". I put powder in quotes because it isn't powdery but it ends up feeling like if you dusted a light layer of powder foundation onto your skin.

It cooperates even if you are sweaty. I think that no matter what, a sweaty face will always be a little "non-matte", but this sunscreen won't leave you looking shiny after a long day outside.



What the shade of the tint looks like on a white piece of paper towel.

And the top of the applicator.



I really do recommend this product to anyone that is looking for a face sunscreen. The only con for the product that I can think of is either the gushing after shaking it, or the fact that it isn't anything sweet/fancy smelling...just normal sunscreen scent. But I don't think any of those cons are that big of a deal.
I got this at my local Target for ~$11. I'm sure you can find it in any convenience store that sells extensive beauty products (as in probably not a super market), or Ulta, or Walmart...etc etc.

Tell me what you think if you've tried it before, or if you get it and try it!
I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I did.


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NYE day in Las Vegas | A Personal Take on Holiday Styling

A trip to Utah wasn't complete without a stop in Las Vegas
It happened to be New Year's Eve,

LUSH Bath Bombs

Hello everybody! I want to tell you about my recent LUSH purchases.
LUSH comes out with a line of special edition collection every holiday season, with the winter holiday collection being their biggest (compared to Valentine's day, Halloween, etc.). This year, LUSH launched about 30 or so holiday products, some repeated from the previous year(s) and others new. I have never bought from their holiday collection, so this year I decided to try it out, and surprisingly I loved it!

Beautiful Window Displays

Deep in my heart, I have always wanted to visit Bergdorf Goodman when I am in NYC.  Every single time though, by the time I shop my way from the bottom of 5th to up to towards Central Park, I'm already exhausted, and the day has basically come to an end (aka DINNER TIME! need food!!), so it's always been a sad "next time" to Bergdorf.
If you ask me what my favorite department store is, I can safely assure you that I frequent Bloomingdales. I also sadly have never been inside of the Bloomingdales flagship on Lexington (3rd) & 59th , just passed it on my way to Dylan's Candy Bar (heheh) across the street. Bloomingdales and their checkered black white glossy floors, so chic.
ANYWAYS...cutting to my point, three/?four? days ago, I saw via Twitter that Bergdorf Goodman and Bloomingdales were live tweeting their 2013 holiday windows unveiling!


(img source: bergdorf's blog) Bergdorf's theme this year is "Holidays On Ice" where they had acrobats "catapulted from the store’s fourth floor..." (source) and perform off the building walls.

(img source: bergdorf's blog)
Meanwhile, up two streets at 59th, Bloomingdales kicked off their event with a live performance from Josh Groban, followed by the unveiling of their holiday windows "...featuring seven different vignettes inspired by lyrics from classic holiday tunes included on Harry for the Holidays..." (source).



(all 3 img sources:Racked NY)
Ahh! So beautiful. I have to say Bloomingdale's is my favorite because it's cuter, but Bergdorf's definitely win for being more beautiful and elegant. It definitely is beginning to feel like the holidays! Wish I was in NYC.... Which department store is your favorite?

Winter 2013 beauty trends

1) bold brows
Yes, Camilla Belle sport it best originally, before Cara Delevingne was all the hype.

(img source: web)
Suggestions on which products? I haven't personally tried any of these, but from ratings I've read, I'd fill it in with Anastasia Brow Wiz pencil and spooly duo, or if you prefer powder, ELF makes a good brow kit.
2) wine red lips

(img source: tumblr)
For the berry stained, petal kissed lips, berry-purple-red might just be in this season. For that just kissed look, natural, slightly dark, and on the matte side- I've been looking into MAC's matte lipstick in diva and MAC's frosted sheen lipstick in rebel. Rebel seems more purple based where as diva is more red. (If you want a not-as expensive dupe, Wet&Wild's cherry bomb is an excellent dupe for diva!) If lipsticks aren't "your thang" and you prefer lipstains, then I recommend Clinique's Chubby Stick Intense Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm in Grandest Grape.

3. kohl liner

(img source: tumblr, deviantart (below))
Bust out those kohl liners again, navy blue, camo green, or even charcoal black, because 90's grunge is back again. I've been waiting F O R E V E R! for this trend to come back because personally it's a my favorite. It's Margot Tenenbaum meets teenage school girl in G.B. I was so excited when I started seeing Topshop and Zara starting bringing tartan, dark sweaters, and heavy boots back into the picture. When Office started their overly abundant supply of cut out chunky black boots, I knew this end of street-style fashion hit jackpot again! Every ad shot around a British themed location ugh! So perf! Clap your hands together for punk rock, grey gloomy weather, and cobble stone streets. Hurrah for black/red clothes, tight leather pants, and over abundance of zippers! Someone spin some Arctic Monkeys for me cause I'm going out dancing with my doc martens on tonight!I will be posting later on when I have time on holiday makeup and winter style. Thanks for reading!