Chronically Badass Beauty

Hey beauties! I posted a few days ago about me becoming a brand ambassador for an incredible brand, Kiss Me in The Garden. I got a package from them in the mail today & am so excited to share everything with you! I received so many amazing products from a few different collections of theirs and am so grateful to be a part of their team. 

If you didn't see my last post, Kiss Me in The Garden is a cruelty free company that creates natural, luxurious body products at an affordable price. Each product is made in small batches & made with love and care. If you love natural products and/or are sensitive to ordinary fragrances and chemicals, you are going to love this brand and their high quality products! Can we just talk about the packaging for a second? It's so elegant and feminine, and has exquisite detailing.

Also, I have a special code to share with all of my followers that will get you 15% off your entire order! Code 1235. 

***I did receive these products complementary from Kiss Me in the Garden, but this does not affect or influence my thoughts on these products. All thoughts are my own.*** 

Let's start off with the products I received from the Demoiselle collection, which is described as a Floral Citrus Blend. I have the Whipped Creme Hydrating Body butter and it is so incredibly light while being so insansely moisturizing! Their whipped creme is made from cocoa butter, shea butter, sunflower seed oil, and it absorbs quickly into the skin. Whenever it absorbed completely, my skin literally felt like velvet. So soft! This is quite a thick creme, so a little goes a long way! The citrus notes are more prominent upon applying, but once it's absorbed into the skin you definitely begin getting those floral notes. 

Next up from the Demoiselle collection is the Supreme Creme Pure Shea Butter, and when they say supreme they mean it. This balm is more of an ointment texture than creme, and it is unbelievable! It's not oily and just like their whipped creme, a little goes a long way. This multi-purpose balm can be used for burns, bug bites, scars, cuticles, under eye treatment, basically this is the ultimate balm for anything and everything you could possibly need. So far I've used it around my cuticles(they stay inflamed and red, so I'm really excited for this) and I also have a lot of scars I will be using this on.

The next couple of items are from separate collections, including Spa Retreat and their brand new collection, Petite Fleur. 

Petite Fleur has such a unique scent profile, consisting of Citrus Blossom & Vanilla. It smells very sweet while still having notes of citrus, and is one of my favorites. I received their Shea Butter Balm and it is absolutely mind blowing. This unique product is made from 15% shea butter as well as calcium, which we all know is great for your bones but it is also great for your skin! This one does take a little longer to soak into the skin compared to the Whipped Creme Body Butter but once it does, your hands stay silky smooth for hours! Again, your skin will feel like pure velvet! It's incredible.

Next up is a Bath Bar(soap) from the Spa Retreat Collection and it is definitely one of the best bar soaps I've ever smelled in my life. The scent profile for Spa Retreat is Cucumber, Coconut, & Mint!  The cucumber and mint are definitely the prominent notes in this scent, with Coconut being pretty subtle. I usually don't use bar soaps because I have super dry skin and bar soaps tend to dry me out big time, but this one hasn't! Their bar soaps are made from natural vegetable glycerin which helps draw in moisture into your skin, as well as shea butter and jojoba oil, which have amazing moisturizing effects for the skin. 

I was also sent six different 1 oz samples of their hand creams! I received Demoiselle, Spa Retreat, Petite Fleur, Grateful Nature, The Sea Garden, and Heavenly Garden scents. Let me be completely honest here, I cannot even begin to tell you how absolutely amazing every single one of these smells! Grateful Nature consists of Jasmine & Mandarin and is another one of my favorites because it also has a very sweet smell to it. The Sea Garden consists of Waterlily & Lotus Flower and it has a lush, exotic fresh scent(this is my mom's favorite). Last but not least Heavenly Garden consists of Riceflower, Coconut, & Jasmine, and is another one of my favorites. Coconut is the dominant scent in this one, which I love!

If you know me personally or have been following me for a while, you know I have extremely dry skin as well as psoriasis and other skin issues due to my health. After I tried out these hand creams, I could not believe how soft and smooth my skin felt! Each of their hand creams contain a large amount of shea butter and really does leave your skin feeling moisturized all day. The scents are long lasting without being overbearing, and I just can't believe I didn't discover this brand sooner.

With Mother's Day coming up, this company has so many products your mom would love and honestly you will have a hard time choosing because there are so many phenomenal collections and scents to choose from! My mom is obsessed with the products I've received and is already wanting to place an order. 

****Don't forget to use my special code to receive 15% off your entire order! Code: 1235

Here is the link to their website!

If you'd like to see my review on their Rose Body Oil Spray, click here 

Hello my badass beauties!

Today I have a very exciting (and pretty long) first impressions review for you. I have this stunning steampunk themed eyeshadow palette, lipstick, lip gloss, & a loose highlighter all from the Etsy shop EmbyBoutique. She makes custom eyeshadow palettes that contain glitter, duochrome, shimmer, blacklight, and matte shades. You can also find highlighters, lipsticks, & lip glosses in her shop. However you want it, she can do it for you! The best part is, all of her products are vegan & cruelty free. Plus she has some of the fastest *FREE* shipping I've ever received. 

15 pan palettes like this one run for $40 but she also makes huge palettes with 28 pans that range from $70 to $100 depending on if it's a magnetic palette or not.

This particular Steampunk Palette has 6 glitters & 9 Shimmer/Duochrome shades.

Now that you've seen the inside & outside of the palette, let's get to swatching!

While you're drooling over these beautiful shades, let's talk about the formula. I have to say these are some of the best glitters I have ever tried. The texture is smooth and velvet like(not gritty at all), and are very easy to apply. I purchased NYX's Glitter Primer specifically for these glitters, so that is the primer I used for the swatches.

The pigments themselves have a formula like no other, and are also sort of velvety in a sense, but a hard velvet if that makes any sense. It's hard to explain, but it's a really nice formula. You get such amazing pigmentation with one swipe, and if you foil them they become even more intense. I had a few slight problems with the black shade(nothing too major, I've had the same problem with dark shades from other brands) but once I wet my brush, it really came to life and it's honestly one of my favorite shades out of the palette. I have had so many people complement me from these eyeshadows and continue asking me where I got them, and that always makes me so proud.

Now onto the rest of the products, starting with this gorgeous deep red shimmer lipstick.

I love the creamy formula of this lipstick, plus it smells like peppermint! Peppermint anything is my absolute favorite so that was a nice touch, and it's not overbearing either. You get full opacity in one swipe but I did two coats for the photo below to make sure I didn't have any skin peeking through. This lipstick is long-wearing, moisturizing, comfortable on the lips, and I couldn't even feel I was wearing anything(which is a major bonus).

The next two items I have are sample size, but she also makes them in full size.

First we have this gorgeous loose blue highlighter that has a violet shift. This jar is a sample size, but she has full sized highlighter palettes available in her shop.

Blue & violet are two of my absolute favorite shades for highlighters so this is easily going to become one of my favorites. I have never used a loose highlighter like this before but I will definitely be buying more in the future. The pigmentation is on point and I love the iridescent shift in color depending on the angle you look at it and the lighting you're in.

Here's a finger swatch of this beauty:

Last but not least is a gorgeous pink-purple iridescent lip gloss. This is also a sample size, regular sized tubes are available.

I really like this lip gloss. It's not too sticky like some glosses can be, and the pigmentation is insane. Usually I don't like lip glosses in containers like this because they can be pretty messy sometimes but I barely had to use any product at all to get the result above, so the ease of application was great.

My final thoughts:
I really love everything. I highly recommend you check out Emby Boutique & give her a like, maybe purchase something from her shop! Her products are seriously such high quality and I can't get over how beautiful these are. Don't take it from me, you need to try them for yourselves!

All of her palettes are custom made(including the palette I'm reviewing), but if you'd like a palette made just like this one or similar to this one, message her on her Etsy shop or Instagram! She's super sweet and can make just about anything you'd like.
I love supporting and spreading awareness for Indie makeup brands! You can find so many beautiful, affordable, high quality products like these.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them down below! As always, thanks so much for reading.

Hello my badass beauties! I was finally able to find Hard Candy's Galactic Eyes palette at Wal-Mart so obviously I snatched it up. If you know me personally, you know I love anything and everything space(and beauty, obviously) so this palette is right up my alley.

The shades in the pans look stunning, & the packaging of the palette had me hooked due to it's holographic/iridescent lettering and design. This palette retails for $8 & you get 10 galaxy inspired shades that can be worn alone or layered on top of other shadows for a transforming effect.

One of the things I was pleasantly surprised about this palette is it actually comes with a real double ended brush instead of one of the spongy type applicators that most drugstore palettes have. For these swatches I didn't actually have to dig into the palette, I only lightly used my fingers to get the product out of the pans so I know if you are more aggressive with swatching they will be even more pigmented. One thing I noticed is it seems certain shades seem to have different formulas, because Supernova(purple) & Meteor(red) are very dry compared to the other shades that seem silkier and more pigmented, and easier to apply. Another thing is they are very hard to apply with brushes so I do not recommend doing so, it's much easier to apply them with your finger and then blend them out with the brush. So let's get to the swatches! 

The whole palette has a foiled type formula & I did one to two swipes of the pigment for each swatch. Out of all 10 shades, I was most disappointed with the purple and red due to the formula difference & they were the hardest to build up. Hopefully these two will be much more pigmented the more you build them up. I love how sparkly all of the colors are because there's really no duds in this palette, it just takes some patience for a few of them. 

I've been using Hard Candy for quite some time now & I remember back when the Meteor Eyes Baked Glitter Eyeshadow Collection came out, which had some of my absolute favorite shades at the time. Hard Candy has really stepped their game up in product range, selection, & quality over the years and I love how affordable their products are.

What do you think of this palette? Have you tried it? Let me know in the comments down below!

As always, thank you so much for reading.