On my 2nd year at IMATS, majority of what I bought are brushes and tools. I only bought makeup from one company. 2nd Love Cosmetics. And guess what I bought... lipsticks.
(My IMATS recap is coming up. I'm just not feeling it yet.)
I love finding diamonds in the rough and 2nd Love Cosmetics is definitely one of them. They're a relatively young company that mostly sells their stuff online on their website. I've also seen them at the Maneki Neko at Little Tokyo. I only have lip products from them though. That is the one makeup item that I can't get enough of. I reviewed their signature lipsticks here.
This time, I checked out their new line of lip color, the Luxe Lace Lipsticks. On the site, they go for $5.59 but at IMATS, they went for 2 for $5. Now that I've swatched them, I'm kicking myself for not getting a bunch more. But here's a 20% coupon code: IMATSLA2015. This is good until the 31st, I think. (Not sponsored; I'm just a good soul sharing the love.)
Let's dig in, shall we? :)
Here's the description from the website:
Luxurious high-impact lipstick with gorgeous rich color for voluptuous and smooth lips. Formulated with Vitamin E and jojoba to hydrate lips.
I agree on all counts. When I first swatched them on my arm, I was surprised at how soft and creamy the formula is and how pigmented it went on after it warmed up a little bit. The Signature Lipsticks were a little bit harder and grittier but no less pigmented. These glided on so smooth and built up nicely.
Happy Valentine's Day! I don't care if you celebrate or not, I hope you feel so loved today and everyday.
A few weeks ago, I received a massive (for me, anyway) shipment of makeup from three companies: BH Cosmetics, Coastal Scents, and 2nd Love Cosmetics. I've been playing with them and I especially love the blushes and lipsticks.
I have not heard of 2nd Love Cosmetics prior to IMATS 2014. I was curious about their line, especially their lipsticks. The colors looked nice and for a very reasonable price. I decided to pick up their Signature Line lipsticks for starters. They have another one but I'm not a fan of glitter on my lips. But who knows, my love of lip products knows no bounds.
I chose 5 shades from nudes to violets. Surprise, I don't have a red! Maybe next order? ;-)
The packaging is rather bulky but not inconvenient. I love that you can see the actual color/product an the bottom. I wonder if they are like similarly packaged NYX round lipsticks where you can remove the bottom for extra product. I haven't attempted to jimmy it from the tube lol. I actually like the packaging as a whole. It's sleek and cute. The fasten between the tube and the cap isn't the strongest but if you keep it in a secure place in your bag, it's not coming loose.
This is what a post-IMATS funk looks like.
Release an unsuspecting girl into a Mecca of makeup. Introduce her to different cosmetic brands that are not widely available. Arm her with discount coupons just for attending IMATS. Leave her to her own devices once she's dropped off at the respective companies' websites.
Over the weeks after IMATS, I ended up ordering so much stuff from three companies: BH Cosmetics, Coastal Scents, and 2nd Love Cosmetics. Coastal Scents wasn't at IMATS but shopping at BH Cosmetics gave me the idea to head on over there too. I found a postcard from 2nd Love Cosmetics when I was clearing out my IMATS bags. I was curious enough to check them out and I liked what I saw.
The control I had at IMATS disappeared when I got home and began shopping online. And I'm a sucker for free shipping so I had to purchase $50 worth of goodies to get that. 2nd Love only required $25 so that wasn't too hard. Anyway, I made the orders within a day of each other and they arrived over the weekend. It was a late Christmas for me!
Both the BH Cosmetics and 2nd Love Cosmetics shipments came from Los Angeles so they arrived at the same time. Coastal Scents arrived the day after.
2nd Love Cosmetics: Five colors of the 2nd Love Signature Lipsticks and Beauty Treats lip scrub.
BH Cosmetics: It'sJudyTime palette (my mom loves her), BH San Francisco palette (I have the Malibu palette from IMATS), Daisy and Tulip blush duo, 5 Creme Luxe lipsticks, 1 lip liner (for my mom).
Coastal Scents: The Sweetheart Collection - Revealed Palette, Citiscape Travel Brush set, 10 Blush palette (when I got the BH Cosmetics blush palette, I sort of got obsessed with blush palettes; I had to get this) + samples, liquid liner, pink kabuki brush. All these for $25. I paid shipping for this because Coastal Scents don't have lipsticks. I could've gotten some Forever blushes but with two 10-pan blush palettes already...? Some other time.
Expect posts about the lipsticks for sure. I've been swatching and trying them and so far, I'm really liking it. I'm so excited to use the blush palettes. Those BH blush duos are winning me over already so I do recommend them. The best deal of the bunch is that Sweetheart Collection from Coastal Scents. I checked on the site now and the brush set alone is now worth $20. The Revealed palette and the blush palette together just sealed the deal for me.
I really should do a makeup purge soon. Soon.
