July Ipsy Bag!

Time for this month's Ipsy bag!  The theme for this month was "Beach Beauty."  Now, I live in the middle of nowhere, and there aren't really any beaches around.  However, I do tend to go for more natural looks and summery warm colors are nice.  I also checked out the Glam Bag hints on the ipsy website and based on the comments knew what to expect, and was pretty excited for my bag to get here!

What came in my bag:

• Pouty Pop Crayon by POP Beauty in Fuchsia Flirt--I was super excited for this!! I am all on the bandwagon with the chubby lip trend (my fav at this point is still the Revlon version), and the color looked so pretty in the stick...then I put it on my lips.  It seemed way lighter on my lips than in the stick...almost Nikki Minaj-pink to me! Not my cup of tea.  However, when I layered it over a brighter lip stain (Revlon Just Bitten in Passion), it looked a lot better and helped tone down the brightness of the stain, making it more wearable for the daytime.

• California Collection Eye Shadow Sample by BH Cosmetics--I was super excited for this item, having never tried BH Cosmetics.  The California Collection is a trilogy of palettes based on three cities in California--San Francisco, Hollywood, and Malibu.  The palettes contain eyeshadows, blush, bronzer, and highlighter, but this mini sample palette came with an eyeshadow from each palette! Hollywood is a cool matte purple, San Francisco a shimmery light brown, and Malibu a shimmery gold! I did my eyeshadow using all three of them today, and they were nice.  The purple doesn't go on as dark as it looks in the pan (which is good, considering purple usually makes me look sick), but it is buildable so you could make it darker if you wanted.  The other two are pretty neutral, which I love...plus, I don't have any really true gold colors in my collection, so this was perfect!

• Mineral Face SPF 20 Unscented Moisturizer by COOLA--I'm looking forward to this one.  I don't have a go-to facial sunscreen, so this will be good to try out! I've heard good things about this brand, as well as rumors that this stuff mattifies, which is always good for my oily skin.

• Weather Proof Humidity Resistant Spray by Sexy Hair--This seems to have come at the perfect time! It's been SUPER humid out the last few weeks and I've noticed that my hair has been extra frizzy.  Maybe this will come in handy?

• Salt Air Perfume Oil Roll On by Demeter--All I can say about this is, OMG.  One sniff of this brings me back to summers at the shore.  Salt, sand, and sunscreen.  I adore this. It reminds me of a wearable version of the Poolside Bath & Bodyworks candle, so awesome. 

 BH Cosmetics Eyeshadow sample!

(Can I also mention this adorbs bag everything came in this month? So cute!)

Shadow swatches

Poolside + Salt Air = #Summerlove

Awkward close-up of the POP Beauty lip crayon.  

This pic makes the color look less pastel than it does in real life.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with this bag, and glad to add these products to my collection! :)

Haight and Ashbury, I'm outskies!