Notoriously Morbid Halloween Advent 2022 Scream Queens Swatches

Hello, everyone!  I have swatches of Notoriously Morbid's Halloween 2022 Advent Calendar!  The release was inspired by famous horror movies with scream queens.  Unfortunately, these products are no longer available for purchase on their website.  Notoriously Morbid's current TAT is 20 - 25 business days.  

Disclaimer:  I'm an affiliate for Notoriously Morbid Cosmetics; feel free to use my discount code 'INFAMOUSJOE15' on your order (exclusions may apply).  This post may contain affiliate links.

Pictures taken under LED bulb and swatched over Notoriously Morbid Shadow Bind (top/left half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom/right half)

There's no Boogeyman

There's no Boogeyman (Night Kiss balm):  chocolate toffee coffee scent

Bare lips

Hello Sidney

Hello Sidney on face

Hello Sidney (Mystic Metallic):  blue with blue, pink, and purple multichrome shimmers

Pretty Good Sparkling Berry Soap Review!

Hey everyone, I actually have something non cosmetics to review today!  Recently, I was contacted by indie bath and body company, Pretty Good, asking if I wanted to review their product.  Now I'm not too into bath and body since I don't have a bathtub, plus I basically stock up on drugstore soaps and lotions.  However, I've heard of Pretty Good around the internet and knew of their monthly subscription soap boxes.  I actually really like bar soap as opposed to body wash as I feel they lather better.

My package arrived pretty quickly after I agreed to trying their product and it contained a full sized bar of soap!  It's their Sparkling Berry Soap and the ingredients are listed in the picture label below:

Even before using the soap, the smell was delightful!  It has a delicious berry candy scent.  The soap has a hot pink translucent bottom and milky pink top with blue sparkles.  After using it for a few weeks, I find that it lathers easily, blue sparkles rub off onto the skin but wash off while rinsing, and my skin retained a slight berry scent after the shower.  

The soap currently retails for $5 on the site here.  The scent is so delicious and amazing that I can see myself purchasing this and perhaps trying out the other soaps from the shop.  I wish they made a corresponding lotion because I would buy that as well.  Now I have several other bar soaps I have to go through first, but Pretty Good is on my to-buy list once those are finished!

I also wanted to give a huge thanks to the Pretty Good team again for sending me this soap to try out.  I look forward to seeing new releases!

- Jolie ♥

Innocent + Twisted Alchemy - May 2014 Subscription

Hi everyone!  I have innocent + twisted alchemy's May subscription box for you today.  This month is special because it's i+t's anniversary and also the owner, Linda's, birthday month :)  To commemorate this special month, she included pressed blushes and samples of her absolutely favorite products.  I was pretty excited because most of her favorite products have been on my to-try list, so this is a great way to dip my toes in.  As usual, I have pictures and swatches of i+t's products first, which include three eyeshadows and two pressed blushes.

Coastal Scents Mystery Box #2

Hello all!  As you can see from the title, this is the second mystery box I've gotten from Coastal Scents.  I've already done a post on my first box, which you can read here.  To save you the trouble, here's a little run-down of what the mystery box is.

Supposedly, Coastal Scents only runs these promos about twice a year; you pay $20 (not including shipping), for a box of completely random things that are supposed to be worth over $50.  Once you get it, there are no returns or exchanges, obviously because you buy it knowing that there is a risk of getting things you don't like.

The point is to try things that you normally wouldn't, whether it be colors or products, and what's not to love about getting more than twice your money's worth of products?  In my first mystery box, I calculated about $65 worth of things; what an amazing deal.

However, I was only okay with the things I got in the first box, so my boyfriend (the enabler), got me a second ♥  After a week of anticipation again, I finally received the box and was super happy with what I got!

Contents in their packages

Contents unboxed

I was SO excited this time because I got the thing I wanted the most --> a Divine Line cream eyeliner!  I had wanted to get that in my last box, but got the liquid eyeliner instead.  Also, I only got one repeated item, which was one of the Hot Pots, but it's okay because I really liked that color.

Values of my contents:

Black Soap ($4)

Sunless Body Art in 'Dark' ($8)

Duo Shadow Pencil in 'Copper Penny' ($3)

Lip Pencil in 'Pinky' ($3)

Duo Defining Wand in 'Chocolate/Pistachio' ($10/discontinued)

Divine Line in 'Lolite' ($10)

4 Hot Pots in 'Peachy Pink', 'Coral Rose', 'Berry Grey', 'Tarnished Nickel' ($2 ea/ = $8)

2 Mineral Shadows in 'Rose Sparks' and 'Key Lime' ($5 ea/ = $10)

Eyelash Curler ($5)

Lip Smacks in 'Bohemian Orange' ($3.75)

Small Angle Brush (Price not listed)

Total: $64.75

I really liked what I got in this box mainly because I didn't get any repeats.  There were a lot of new things I had not explored on the website and would not have known about if it weren't for this promotion.  I did some swatches of certain items but I plan on doing an in-depth post on them.

I mostly really liked the lip gloss color I got, because in the first box, I got a light baby pink color which I was not fond of, but Bohemian Orange is a gorgeous rusty orange color that looks great on me!

If the promotion is still on, I strongly urge you to try it out because it's definitely worth it!  Once again I had gotten more than three times what I paid for :) 

Stay tuned for in-depth reviews on these products, and as always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment!

- Jolie ♥