Wet n Wild Color Icon Bronzer SPF 15 in Reserve Your Cabana Review

After looking around online for recommendations on drugstore highlighters, I decided to get the Wet n Wild Color Icon Bronzer in Reserve Your Cabana. For only $3.99, I figured I'd give it a go considering Wet n Wild rarely ever disappoints me. It also comes in two more colors, Ticket to Brazil, more of a medium brown shade, and Bikini Contest, a slightly more reddish brown. This bronzer, for most skin tones, will work much more like a highlight than as a bronzer unless you have very, very pale skin.

It has a very slight shimmer to it and has an SPF of 15. The formula is super smooth and buttery and is easy to blend out. It is also very pigmented, and since it comes in such a big compact, will last you a really long time. If you're looking for a nice cheap drugstore highlight and bronzers, definitely check these out.

Too Faced Little Black Book of Bronzers Review and Swatches

I ordered the Little Black Book of Bronzers from the Too Faced website along with a Soul Mates Blushing Bronzer I'll be making a post about later. The bronzer book is $49.

The book itself is 7x7 inches and contains 8 bronzers. Each bronzer is 2.5g (0.08 oz), with 17.5g (0.56 oz) of bronzer in total, so don't buy this expecting full size bronzers. They're small, but there's still more than enough for most people to take a while to go through. With the book being $49, that makes each bronzer a little over $6.

Swatched on arm, no flash.

With flash.

The formulas are all good, the same silky smooth feeling you get from the regular Too Faced bronzers. I noticed the ones with shimmer were especially smooth and glided on when swatched.

In the Chocolate Soleil bronzers, Milk Chocolate and Chocolate are cooler toned than Dark Chocolate, which is much warmer. The Chocolate Soleil and Endless Summer bronzers are matte, while the Bunny bronzers and Pink Leopard are shimmery. It's a nice variety of different high quality bronzers for $49.

Wet n Wild MegaSlicks Balm Stain Review and Swatches

The MegaSlicks Balm Stains are crayon lip balm stains enriched with acai and palm oil, as stated on their website. According to the site, they're supposed to glide on smoothly while conditioning your lips and form a protective shield to prevent feathering. I picked up four shades, Nudist Colony, Caffeine Fix, Rio Mauve, and Truffle in Paradise.

Looking at these, they seem very similar to many other balm stains, mainly the Revlon Color Stay Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains. These are $2.99, much cheaper than most other balm stains, and come in more brown nude shades than the Revlon ones. If you're looking for a much less expensive option, these are around $6 cheaper, depending on where you buy them.

Swatched, no flash.

With flash.

These glide on very smoothly and hydrate your lips as well as any regular lip balms. They start off a tiny bit glossy and after around an hour, dry to a matte finish. The lighter shades left a nice slight tint and the darker shades left a more noticeable stain. There is no need to use a lip balm beforehand and they didn't feel drying at all.

Nudist Colony seems similar to the Revlon one in Charm and Truffle in Paradise could be a dupe for Adore. Unfortunately, I don't have the two Revlon shades, but comparing pictures of them side by side, they look very close.

Charm, Nudist Colony, Adore, and Truffle in Paradise.

I was very impressed by these, especially considering how cheap they are and being available in 12 shades. I'll probably be picking up a few others later since I like these so much.

e.l.f. Studio Shimmer Palette Review and Swatches

The e.l.f. Studio Shimmer Palette is a highlighting palette currently only available on the elf website. On the site, it's described as weightless and creamy, and is supposed to give your skin a healthy and natural glow. It's $3 and comes with four shades- white, peach. bronze, and pink.

Swatched, no flash.

With flash.

Here, I swatched them on pretty thickly to better show the different colors, but I noticed that when I was applying them lightly to my face that they all ended up looking fairly similar in color. As for the formula, the first thing I noticed when applying them with my fingers was that it feels like they literally melt when touched. They don't feel heavy at all on and a thin layer gives plenty of shimmer. They apply very smoothly and were easy to blend out.

Something I'd also like to mention is that when I was looking at reviews on the website, a lot of people thought this was an eyeshadow palette or that it was powder. I wouldn't recommend using this as anything other than what it seems to be meant for, which is a cream highlighting palette.

For $3, this is a pretty nice cream highlighter palette. The only con is really that the colors end up looking so similar if applied thinly. If you like shimmery highlights, I'd say give this a go.

e.l.f. Smudge Pots Review and Swatches

I picked up a bunch of the elf smudge pots during a 50% off sale they were having earlier this month. These are, according to their website, a smooth gel formula, can be used as an eyeshadow or eyeliner, and are enriched with vitamin E. They are similar to the Maybelline Color Tattoos, which themselves are dupes for the MAC Paint Pots. For $3 each, it's definitely a much cheaper option.

Swatched onto arm, no flash.

With flash.

As you can probably tell, the darker colors seem more pigmented when swatched, but when applied to the eyes, the lighter colors still have pretty good color payoff. They set fairly quickly and lasted throughout the day and removal is easy. I like using them as a base and then applying powder shadows around or over it.

Overall, these are great, especially for the price. They're pigmented and long-lasting, great if you want to quickly swipe something on your eyelids and come in eleven different shades. I would definitely recommend giving these a go.