Hourglass immaculate foundation

I've always looked for a good matte or oil control foundation because at times my skin can really get oily. I saw a video on you tube on this foundation and I thought maybe I would try it out.  The price is a bit high so I figured I would wait a little. Maybe About a week after I went to a sephora store and as I was looking around I ran into hourglass. I pumped a bit of foundation out on my Palm of my hand and the foundation seemed like it was a bit oily and I remember saying how will this work if it applies this way. I then overheard a guy working there tell a customer that was the best of the best. So as a religious makeup shopper I said I'm gonna buy this.
The foundation comes with a pump so that makes it easier to waste less product. The guy working there did tell me that I would be better applying the foundation with my fingers or a brush but not a beauty blender. He said the foundation has clay and it would ruin it. The next day I tried the foundation and I did not regret the $55. It does dry a bit fast but it's easy to work with. The coverage wasn't full it was a bit more of a medium coverage.
The foundation goes from liquid to powder finish and it does stay matte all day. I was very impressed and it's my new love . I try to only use this for special occasion because it was expensive.

Beauty Blender

Now that I have two kids I look into different products and if higher end brands have dupes. I can't afford to spend like I did before my children so if I want to invest in something a bit more expensive I find ways to cut in other things that I buy. So at the beginning I never really understood what all the hype was about. One day while I was at ulta I saw a sort of dupe to the beauty blender I decided to research on it and purchase it at another time. For some reason I didn't research but I had that thought of I need that item in my head. So when I bought it I was super excited. Yet when I used it I just didn't understand how people loved it. It was hard to work with. And I didn't see all the hype.
A couple of weeks ago I went to sephora and ran into the beauty blender. So I decided to give it a try.as soon as I got home I wanted to play with the things I got. Wow was I wrong. The beauty blender feels like memory foam. A really soft material. When I used it I didn't even have to try hard to blend. It  worked great. Now that's all I want to use. I guess some things are worth investing in.

Too faced-a La mode palette

I gotta say I did get sucked into the hype of this bad boy and didn't end up loving the palette. I was dying to go to ulta to pick it up and after I used it the first time I realized I could have just used colors I already had. The eyeshadows are soft and they stay on all day. Its just that once you have a lot of colors you seem to stop finding palettes worth investing in.
I decided to give you guys dupes to all the colors that way you can decide if it's a good palette for you. Lets begin;
1. St. Tropez- mac vanilla
2. Cannes- mac Aztec brick
3. Soleil - mac folie
4.Riviera-  mac rice paper
5. Jardin- mac paradisco
6. Cote d'azur- mac satin taupe
7. La croisette-  mac nylon
8. Monaco-mac romping
9. De La mer-  mac deep truth
I decided to do all Mac products because it's something that a lot of people can easily access.