Thanks again to Christina and Agona for this one! The Bare Minerals Bare Naturals 14.0 Eyeshadow Palette should have appeared in my original post but I mistook the 8.0 for the new 14.0. Yeah, senior makeup moments, I have those.

As with seasons past Bare Minerals is busy launching a slew of different palettes across a variety of stores. At the moment The Bare Sensuals, which appeared earlier this Spring, seems to be an Ulta exclusive and the new Bare Metals looks like a QVC one (although I suspect Sephora will get it too!), and the Bare Naturals appears to be a Nordstrom exclusive.

Too much data, can’t commute 🙂

I actually prefer the looks of the Bare Minerals The Bare Metals Ready Eyeshadow Palette personally as that’s more my jam as the Bare Minerals Bare Naturals 14.0 Eyeshadow Palette concentrates on more twilight inspired shades.

Let’s take a look!

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Another day, another 14.0 Ready Eyeshadow Palette! The Bare Minerals The Bare Metals Ready Eyeshadow Palette ($40) is a new delicious nude palette inspired by the metallic trend sweeping the makeup world on the moment that includes 14 gorgeous nudes, bronzes, and natural shades for eyes.

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I must be getting old because I’m really amazed at the amount of time makeup brands spend on social media nowadays. One of my reader’s, Sarah, pointed out that she wished brands spent more time on formulas versus promoting them on social media and I found myself nodding in agreement.

I’m just amazed at how much time and energy goes into promoting an eyeshadow palette or a mascara release nowadays. There’s Snapchat where hundreds of daily clips are uploaded from a variety of different people that work at the brand showing sneak peeks, swatches, and tutorials featuring whatever the release might be. Not to mention on Instagram where we get beautiful high resolution shots of the release on a variety of adventures like at some tropical secluded beach with pink sands and the ocean in the background, a perfect aqua hue or under the Eiffel Tower tucked into a basket of croissants. Hell, that palette goes on more trips than the average person does haha…! Apparently, when you do some major release that means it’s time to travel all around the world with it.

I’ve become a bit jaded as a blogger so, I see all these promotions and I tend to roll my eyes slightly at it because I feel it’s a tad overkill. But I understand they are essentially using a free medium to promote sales and who wouldn’t utilize that kind of business model to do so? It’s a no brainer making money across social media right?

But are your favorite makeup brands spending way too much time on social media to a point it gets annoying?

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Pretty Vulgar Cosmetics launched on Sephora.com and damn, it’s all sorts of pretty. With a range of lipstick, eyeshadow palettes, concealer, and more this princess-y collection will definitely give you a Korean Beauty vibe. For old school Korean beauty fan girls and guys you might just remember a brand called Jadilla J which had a similiar princess-y packaging as Pretty Vulgar does!

Let’s take a peek at this line and see what we might need.

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