The Ulta exclusive Urban Decay Aphrodisiac Eyeshadow Palette for Fall 2018 launched today and I’ll have a review live for you this week but how are you guys feeling about this one? Looks like purple might be a trending shades for Fall looks this year! The Norvina Eyeshadow Palette started us early on the trend and looks like other brands are heading into warmer plum tones for the season ahead.

I think quite a few people will be disappointed by the Aphrodisiac Eyeshadow Palette ($29) since like the Norvina one it contains a lot less cooler purples and more warmer ones combined with warmer nudes as well. I’m actually sort of struggling with combining some of the shades at the moment which has held up my review slightly as I brain storm a look out of the five colors.

Shades include:

• Sheets (warm nude matte)
• Beyond (matte terra-cotta)
• Night Fever (soft rose gold metallic)
• Addict (deep magenta shimmer)
• Glare (metallic brown with gold shimmer)
• Whiplash (deep reddish-brown matte)

I have to say this palette does feel like a prelude of a bigger purple palette for Fall. I’m placing bets we’ll see a Naked Purple Eyeshadow Palette or a Smoky Purple Eyeshadow Palette as we towards the end of this month. I could place bets on that one and likely win big.

What are you feelings about the Urban Decay Aphrodisiac Eyeshadow Palette?

Loving it?

Or leaving it?

Where to buy

Ulta

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The Target Beauty Boxes for August are now live! There are two available again this month and both are in stock at target.com with free shipping!

Target Beauty Box for Woman $7

• Simple Kind to Skin Cleansing Facial Wipes
• Acure Brilliantly Brightening Day Cream
• Bliss Fab Foaming Face Wash
• Eden BodyWorks Coconut Shea Body Lotion
• Not Your Mother�s Beach Babe Soft Waves Tropical Banana Sea Salt Spray
• Schick Intuition F.A.B. Razor
• Target Coupons $3 off Beauty purchase of $15 or more

Target Beauty Box Men’s Edition $5

• Old Spice Hair Pomade
• Dove Men + Care Extra Fresh Body and Face Bar
• Cremo Blue Cedar and Cypress Body Wash
• Method Men�s Cedar + Cypress Body Wash
• Nivea Créme
• Degree for Men Deodorant
• Target Coupons $3 off Personal care purchase of $15 or more

Where to buy

Target

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If you’re a Philosophy lover you’ll be happy to know that today their buy 1, get 1 free sale begins. Head over to philosophy.com and place any two items in your cart and use promo code BOGO18 to get one item completely free (equal or less value) and if you spend $75

Enjoy!

Offer not valid on amazing grace ballet rose collection and pure grace nude rose collection, ultimate miracle worker fix collection and purity made simple moisturizer collection, purity made simple powder, purity made simple powder brush, hands of hope scented collection, renewed hope in a jar dew serum, freshcream cashmere collection, purity made simple eye cream and products in the outlet.

Where to buy

Philosophy

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I want to try out the new Benefit Brow Contour Pro 4-In-1 Defining & Highlighting Pencil ($34) because suddenly I’m into brow stuff because of Benefit. I’ve always been really adverse to brow powders, pencils, etc…because I have really full, bushy eyebrows. Does anyone remember that time I had my brows done at the Benefit counter and they used a brow pencil? It was horrifying!

Over the Holidays I ended up trying out Benefit Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Eyebrow Gel and I swear it totally changed my mind about tinted brown products. I love this stuff. It not only keeps my brows in place but it actually fills in my brows very naturally. I never realized before I started using it how I had a bit of patchiness where I over plucked. The is a my brows but better formula. It doesn’t come across harsh or too made up. It’s very, very natural and something I’ve started using daily since being introduced to it.

Anyway, it sort of made me want to try the new Benefit Brow Contour Pro 4-In-1 Defining & Highlighting Pencil! That and the fact they went and copied the Clarins Harmony 4-Colour All-in-One Pen which totally reminded me of those old BIC pens that had four colors of inks. I mean who didn’t love those pens growing up right?

Benefit offers this one up in four shade selections with two brow shades that are light and deeper to add depth and dimension as well as an edge definer and a highlighter.

Benefit Brow Contour Pro 4-In-1 Defining & Highlighting Pencil arrives on August 7th and I think I might just grab one to experiment!

Where to buy

Ulta

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I went to Bath & Body Works yesterday and their launched a new Signature Collection that includes a new rose scent. I know I’m a gourmand freak but I do so love a good rose blend too! If I’m lucky some rose scents go candy-ish on me and they turn a bit sweeter with my body chemistry. I really love when the scent takes that delicious turn.

Bath & Body Works Rose is a modern blend of rose water with jasmine petals and musk but in all honesty after trying it out it smelled all rose to me. Which wasn’t a bad thing at all but I ended up skipping on it since it didn’t feel unique enough a scent for me to indulge in plus I have plenty of other Bath & Body Works goodies to get through.

Oddly enough after my trip to Bath & Body Works I went to Target and all the things at Target were rose. I ran across new Dove rose soap, new Suave rose shampoo, new rose shower gel, seems like everything is coming up roses.

So, can we expect rose to start trending for Fall 2018?

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