Anastasia Hyper Color Brow & Hair Powder - Ultra Violet Review

I love the look of hair chalk but I have super dark black hair. I am been super envious of those w/ blonde & light brown hair. Anastasia Beverly Hills claims that their hyper color hair powder works on all hair colors. 

It comes in 4 colors - ultra violet, mega watt green, teal tornado, electric blue. I got ultra violet @ Ulta for $12.50

As you can see, it actually showed up! 

It's so easy to use. You first "prep" your hair w/ styling cream, styling wax or leave in conditioner. I used styling cream.

You then "sandwich" your hair in between your fingers or a cosmetic sponge & the hyper color - glide the color on. Set w/ hairspray. It works better if you use your fingers - wear gloves.

It's super messy. Wear a dark shirt when applying because the color gets everywhere. 

The verdict - While I'm happy that it showed up, the color lasted less than 2 hours. You use up a lot, I hit the pan using it one time. It gets all over your hands & shirt. 

I wouldn't buy this again. If the color lasted longer, I would buy one in every color. 

February Star Looks Special Lauren Clark Edition

Star Looks is the only all makeup sub that I know of. For $15 (plus $1.98 shipping), you receive 3-4 full size products. Sign up here  I will be so grateful if you mention Souly Stones as the blog who referred you.

This month, they teamed up with makeup artist Lauren Clark. I LOVE what she picked. I don't even like pink but I am in love w/ this box!

Squeel! I LOVE this frickin' box!

The loot

Princess Diaries Eye Liner Retails $15

Barbie Fluid Blush Retails $15

Pink Oasis Lip Gloss Retails $11

Tipsy Lip Liner Retails $8

Left to Right

Pink Oasis Lip Gloss

Princess Diaries Eye Liner

Tipsy Lip Pencil

Barbie Fluid Blush

Princess Diaries Eye Liner

When I realized they included pink eyeliner - I thought to myself "What the hell am I going to do with that?". I used it as a eyeshadow base. It turned a pretty coral color when I dusted Sauce Box Cosmetics Wild Flower (matte orange red) eyeshadow over it.

Tipsy Lip Liner w/ Pink Oasis Lip Gloss layered over. 

The blush is super duper pigmented. I haven't played w/ it yet.

Have you tried Star Looks yet? What are you waiting for?

UPDATE - January Glossybox Swatches

 3 of the possible 6 lipstick/stain/gloss for January's box.

Top - Tarte Glamazon Lipstick in Fierce

Middle - Vincent Longo Lipstain in Americana

Bottom - Vincent Longo Lipstain in Belle Etoile

Fierce is a super pigmented bright red color.

Americana is a brick red color - more pigmented than a typical stain.

Belle Etoile is a burgundy red stain. 

I love all 3!

Empties

A small accomplishment.

Goodies - February

Meh. Not impressed w/ this box. I kept the chips ahoy cookies & gave the rest of the box to the boys. I'm giving Goodies another month before I cancel. This box isn't even worth $7

Box Contents
Peanut Butter & Co - Dark Chocolate Dreams & Smooth Operator
Nutty Bean ChickPz - Sweet & Spicy Chipotle
Nabisco - Chips Ahoy with Reese's
Enjoy Life - Plentils in Sea Salt
SnackWells - Yogurt Pretzels
J&D's - Bacon Popcorn

For $7 a month, you can get a similar box (hopefully better). Sign up here. There is a one to two month waiting list.

How To Press Mineral Eyeshadow

I promised to write a how to on pressing minerals so here it is :)  Curious about pressing loose eyeshadows & pigments? See my post here

To press minerals, you need to add a binder. There are a variety of binders you can use. You can use MAC's mixing medium, pure glycerin, beauty from the earth pressing medium or Biosilk silk therapy. I decided to go w/ - BioSilk silk Therapy. I went to Sally's to get the generic version for $8.79 - Ion Silk Drops.

I got my pans from beauty.com - these are smaller @ 18.5mm x 4mm instead of the traditional 26mm pan. You can find the 26mm pans @ Coastal Scents. I used Sweetpea & Fay's mineral eyeshadow in fresh oil.

You need the following Materials

Rubbing Alcohol

Mixing Tool (I used one for clay)

Dime (for 18.5 x 4mm pan) or quarter (for 26mm pan)

*2 - Dropper Bottles (for rubbing alcohol & binder)

Small Bowl Or Jar (I heard a shot glass works really well)

Pan
Minerals
Binder of your choice - see above

Clean, lint free cloth (I used a scrap of jeans)

Small Spoon

Empty Palette (I used a Z palette)

Organza Bag (optional)

1. Pour minerals in bowl

2. Add 7-15 drops of your choice of binder - just enough until it starts clinging together.

3. Mix in a few drops of alcohol in the bowl, mixing as you go. You want this to look smooth. Keep adding alcohol it until it resembles a wet dough consistency.

4.  Spoon mixture into eyeshadow pan. Spread it as evenly as you can. Try not to overfill. Let it set for 30 mins.

5. Lay your cloth down gently on top of the pan and let it soak up the alcohol. Once the cloth is saturated, move the pan under another dry patch. Repeat until your cloth stops soaking up alcohol.

6. Lay your coin on top of the cloth and line it up with the pan's edges - it should fit just right. Press down until you see alcohol bleeding around the edges. Move to another dry spot & repeat. Keep pressing until the cloth isn't soaking up anymore alcohol. 

7. Optional - Lay down the organza bag and coin over the pan and press down until the pattern is transferred. 

And there you have it - pressed mineral eyeshadow!

Sephora X Psycho, Chaotic, Air Head and Shifty

I spent the entire weekend watching The Walking Dead's marathon. Perfect time to play w/ polish! Sephora has a new line of polish simply titled X. They have around 12 different types ranging from glitters to neon to neutrals w/ over 60 colors. I fell in love w/ their illusionist collection - 4 different top coats. I used Color Club's Insta This as a base.

Chaotic, Psycho, Air Head and Shifty

Chaotic

This reminds me of splatter art

Chaotic

Shifty 

Pics don't do this justice - it turned into a sparkly blue violet duo-chrome.

Shifty

Psycho

Really hard to photograph

Air Head 

Also hard to photograph. It's a glittery halo.

Available @ Sephora $11.50


What do you think of Sephora's new polish line? Worth $11.50?