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Quo is starting 2017 off on the right foot with their limited edition Spring collection. It features 2 eye shadow palettes, 2 face palettes, 3 matte lip crayon, brush set and a eye brow palette. All the palettes feature a beautiful coloured pattern on them.

Matte Lip Crayon ($12.00):
There are three shades in the Matte Lip Crayons, I was lucky enough to be sent Pretty in Pink. It is a gorgeous matte shade that is housed in a twist up tube that matches it in colour (which is great when wanting to pick a shade at a glance). There is even a sharpener hidden on the back end so that you can  keep it nice an pointed at all times. I am really liking this little gem right now. I love this type of crayon and this shade. 

Brow Palette ($12.00):
With two brow shades in a powder, a highlighter, a eyebrow cream and tool with a spooly with an angled brush, this palette has it all. As someone who cannot get enough of any brow products I am obsessed with this palette. My hair colour is always changing and so are my brow needs,  this palette helps me out because it has two shades that I can custom mix to exactly what I need.  The cream helps set it and keep my brows in place while the highlight is pretty shimmery but looks fantastic when applied lightly. It also has a big mirror which makes this great to take with you anywhere.

Eye Shadow Palette ($18.00):
There are two quads in this collection, No Pressure and Rock It! They both are more neutral palettes, No Pressure is filled with shimmery shades while Rock it! is matte only shades, making them both very different. Each pan is gigantic and contain 3.4g each and have a large mirror.

With No Pressure the shades look glittery in the pan but apply more just a beautiful glowy look when applied. Three of the four are pastel like and the last more bronze.
Rock It! with a cream, off nude peach, brown and slate-grey this palette has a good range for nude quad. I feel you could do a full look a few ways with it. The shadows are pretty soft but apply not so pigmented when I try to swatch them, but they do look fantastic on my eyes. I love to use this for an everyday look right now. It has just been right for me, all matte and with light colour. The darkest shade makes for a great liner too.

Face Palette ($20.00):
There are two limited edition face palettes realized in this collection, Heat It Up  and Down To Earth. Each have two highlighters, two blushes and two bronzers housed with a gigantic mirror. Each pan is 3.6g in size (just .0.2g more then each shadow).

Heat It Up's top row has a matte champagne-pink highlighter or light blush that is matte, a matte pink blush and a super  champagne with slightly less pink in it then the first highlighter, but with way more shimmer in it. The second row has a shimmery bronzer , a bright matte pink blush and a matte bronzer that is similar to the first bronzer.  All the products go on extremely nice and are fairly pigmented. I love that both blushes are matte and that there is a matte option for highlighting and bronzing. I mean 4 out of the 6 colours are matte, which is great because you can always mix them with the shimmery ones for more options.
Down To Earth's top row has in it yellow toned brown shade (not light enough to be a highlighter but not really a bronzer), a shimmery pink with a bit of peach tones to it and a shimmery light brown bronzer. The second row has a matte darker brown bronzer, a matte pink with peach tones that is a bit more vibrant then the one in the row above and a matte brown bronzer with orange undertones. Once again all the shades blend well and are really soft. They are quite buttery actually, even the matte ones. This palette runs a bit orange for me and features more bronzers then anything so it really isn't my cup of tea. That being said it is still really nice and if I wasn't so darn pale it might be the right thing for me. Once again I do like that there are four mattes in a palette of only six.
There is also a Metamorphic Brush Set ($60.00) that is a gorgeous set with 8 brushes with rose gold ferrules and baby blue tapered handles with a case that is holographic. I love quo brushes and own quite a few, so this one is a pretty that I think is worth looking at.

All in all this is a great collection. It has large blush/bronzer/highlight palettes, large matte and shimmer eyeshadow palettes, beautiful lip crayons, a brow palette and some fantastic brushes, not much to say that is negative about this collection especially since it is pretty darn affordable.  Another great thing is the display has testers for everything, which is great to try them all out.  I would take a look at what colours work for you with the palettes.

Are you getting excited for the Spring? Do you think any of these products will help you get in a Spring state of mind?

*Products sent for review purposes. As always all views and opinions are my own.
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Last fall I picked up the Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette. I pretty much picked it up as a poor attempt to not buy the full sized version. I liked that it was half matte and have shimmer.
This baby is tiny, I mean tiny. Much smaller and flatter than the Urban Decay Basic palettes, which is great for tossing in any bag for travel. It also has a nice sized mirror on the lid. The shadows themselves are not tiny though, they are pretty darn big. The palette net weight is 6g, which is pretty darn big for such a tiny palette (btw a Mac eyeshadow is 1.5g)

Below are some swatches, the higher up swatches are the top row and the lower swatches are the bottom row (matte shades).
As you can see they go on pretty rich, but the shimmer shades have crazy amount of fall out and some need a bit of fixer to make them go on less sheer.
For the $23 Canadian it sells for at Sephora I think it is definitely a nice mini set to get for any time you want some neutrals without shelling out a ton.
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I was going through some of my lesser used items and decided to pull out ye olde shimmer/glow enhancers. I have acquired quite a few in my years. Since I've never been in love with the idea of shimmer and glow I have bought several items in a vain attempt to warm up to the idea. These multi purpose items can be used all over the face, mixed with foundation, over foundation, under foundation, on the eyes and lips. Since they are liquid or cream based I find them less threatening because there is less chance of fallout.


What I have:
Mac Strobe Liquid - This stuff comes in a pump and micro fine iridescent pigments that diffuse flaws.
-What I love
  • great under foundation
  • not too visible but great for a little perk up on the skin
  • great everywhere
  • great packaging
-What I dislike
  • Not too visible
  • Only comes in one colour
-What I do with it
  • put it all over my face before foundation for a light glow
Mark Glow Xpet Face Shimmer in Candle Glow and Rose Glow - these come with a sponge tip applicator.
-What I love
  • The rose Glow is a great rose colour that brightens up the face instantly. 
  • Great on the cheeks
  • Candle glow makes a great light bronze look
  • Can be used all over or just in spots
  • 5 colours to choose from
-What I dislike
  • The packaging, the sponge sucks
  • Still very faint when blended
ELF All Over Cover Stick in Toasted, Pink Lemonade, Lilac Petal and Persimmon - these mini sticks can be used all over and have quite the pigmentation and shimmer to them.
-What I love 
  • So many colours
  • great pigmentation
  • blendable to a modest degree 
  • I like it best for cheeks and face (over the liquid)
  • $1
-What I dislike
  • Can go on thick
  • Super shimmery
  • Smells like orange (not nice in a cosmetic problem)
ELF Shimmering Facial Whip in Toasted, Pink Lemonade, Lilac Petal, Spotlight, Citrus and Persimmon - a liquid that provides a similar colour and look as the All Over Stick
-What I love
  • So many colours
  • I like it best for the lips and eyes (over the stick)
  • blends out nicer than the Stick versions (thinner)
  • $1
-What I dislike
  • separates and no matter how much you shake it will not mix back together
  • sometimes just liquid will blob out
  • sometimes wont blend out well (if it blobs out unevenly with product separation)
  • the toasted version looks totally different than the stick version (silvery and not bronze at all)
Round up:
What is best?? Well that depends on what you are using it for.
  • If you want an all over face glow - Mac Strobe Liquid
  • If you want a shimmery cheek colour that is subtle - Mark Glow Xpert Face Shimmer
  • If you want a subtle shimmery bronze look - Mark Glow Xpert Face Shimmer in Candle Glow layered with ELF all over Color Stick in Toasted on cheek apple of cheeks
  • If you want a bold cheek colour with shimmer - ELF All Over Color Stick
  • If you want to ad shimmer and highlight under your brow bone - ELF Shimmering Facial Whip in Spotlight
  • If you want a shimmering eye or lip colour - ELF Shimmering Facial Whip (they make great eyeshadow colour bases, apply with a brush)
  • If you want a cheek highlighter -ELF Shimmering Facial Whip in Spotlight

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