NEW BLOG + A Coastal Scents Haul!!!!

Soooo guys LONG time no post. I've re-vamped the whole website and changed the name to "The Little E". I'm in college now and mdbeauty98 was just too childish for me. Now I'm going to try and post content regularly both here and on YouTube, but posting here is easier when filming time is impossible to find in college. 

Over winter break from school I ordered a few eyeshadows (Hot Pots) from Coastal Scents because they were having a sale for the holidays. I own the Creative Me #1 palette (Blog Post Here) and it contains 12 Hot Pots and I was very pleased with them, so this time I created my own 12 pan palette. 

The Empty 12-Pan Palette

There are 2 options for their empty palettes; clear lid or the classic with a mirror.  I chose the one with a mirror because I travel a lot and a large mirror in a palette is always nice on-the-go.

The 6 pans I bought didn't follow a specific color scheme. I just wanted to fill some holes in my collection with shades I didn't already own.

Hot Pot-Sand Dune

Sand Dune was the first one I picked out. I was trying to find a dupe for my beloved but discontinued NYX shade from one of their old style palettes. This one is close in shade but not in texture unfortunately. This makes a great brow highlight or a face highlight.

Sand Dune Swatch

Hot Pot- Caramel Ice

Caramel Ice is a lot darker in person than I imagined. This is a metallic warm caramel gold color and its perfect for a lid shade on me but would work as a great highlight or inner corner shade on darker skin tones.

Caramel Ice Swatch

Hot Pot- Oatmeal Tan

Oatmeal Tan is a perfect warm orangy matte crease/transition color (Kylie Royal Peach vibes). I accidentally added this color to my cart twice I liked it so much.

Oatmeal Tan Swatch

Hot Pot - Kokomo Cafe

Kokomo Cafe is one of my most used shades in the palette. It is a neutral mid- tone matte taupe. I use this shadow as a crease/transition color as well as a contour color for the face. The shadow isn't intensely pigmented; allowing for gradual color build up. I do appreciate some shadows having less pigmentation than others in certain cases just to allow variation in how bold they are when applied to the face or eyes.

Kokomo Cafe Swatch

Hot Pot - Paprika

Paprika is a beautiful bright brick red matte shade. This reminds me of the shades in the Anastasia Modern Romance Palette a lot but for a fraction of the cost. This works great in the crease or even on the lower lash line for a pop of red. Paired with Oatmeal Tan this creates an amazing warm crease.

Paprika Swatch

Hot Pot- Dark Goldenrod

Dark Goldenrod is such an appropriate name for this shadow. The photos didn't pick up the color right so I had to Photoshop them a little hence the green hint. This metallic green-gold is so multi-dimensional with almost a duo-chrome effect. On my green eyes this is such a great lower lash accent or lid color and really brings out the gold tones in my eyes.

Dark Goldenrod Swatch