Customized Elf Palette

Hello Wonderlandians,

I have for you today a customize-able palette I have made using the Elf palettes I own currently. I mentioned I would do this in the post introducing the latest elf palettes I purchased.

Elf Palettes I own:

• Contour Palette
• Illuminating Palette 
• Blush Palette (Dark)
• Blush Palette (Light)

As I mentioned before, these palettes are great. What I really like about them though, is that each individual color pops out from their frame fairly easily. With this knowledge I set out to make my own individual palette, perfect for traveling. The mirror that comes with all these palettes is a good size and is perfect for getting ready on the go.

Top L: Contour, Top R: Illuminating; Bottom L: Dark, Bottom R: Light

The hardest part was deciding what to go in the palette. I couldn't decide whether I wanted 2 blushes or 2 highlights. In the end I went for 2 highlights.

My own travel palette: 1 blush, 1 contour shade, 2 highlight colors

I ended up with a palette I can travel with and have most of my basics on me. This makes it easy and hassle free to travel with. The colors may be a little chalky, but I can work with that.

That's all I have for now and until next time! Don't forget to hit the join this site button to become a Wonderlandian and receive my latest posts.

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice

xoxoxo

Nyx Liquid Suede Swatches

Hello Wonderlandians,

Today I have swatches of the Nyx Liquid Suede lipsticks for you. I only got 3 shades, but I can tell you now I plan on getting more.

L-R: Vintage, Stone Fox, and Tea & Cookies

I picked these up in my latest haul, I ended up going with 2 colors I would wear normally and a somewhat out there color (have fun deciding which is which haha)

Alice Points:

-they are nicely pigmented

-have a nice mousse like texture

-the doe foot applicator on these is seriously AMAZING!!!

-good color selection

-seriously though, that doe foot applicator...

Red Queen Points:

-don't mattify all the way

-come off with eating and drinking

I give them 7 out of 10 tarts

Hope you enjoyed this post and until next time! Don't forget to join this site in order to receive my latest post :)

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice
xoxoxo

Elf Contour & Illuminating Palettes Review

Hello Wonderlandians,

Today I have the Elf Contour and Illuminating palettes to show you. I am very excited about these palettes. Contouring and highlighting were a big thing in 2015 and I am very excited that there are now growing in drugstore options.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that Elf was one of the first drugstore makeup line to provide these (I apologize if I am wrong). I saw them first on Jessica Braun's YouTube channel or jambeauty89. I grew very excited about these products and hoped they would be in my local drugstores soon.

You can now find these palettes in Target. Exciting for all of us physical buying type of people.

L-R: Contour Palette and the Illuminating Palette

Here are both palettes in all their glory. Aren't they beautiful ^_^ 

I really love these palettes, they're nicely pigmented and are very affordable. They also come with a very nice mirror and make a great traveling item to have. Also each of the individual colors pop out and I'm probably going to make a customized palette from these.

L-R: Contour Palette- bottom right, bottom left, top left, top right

L-R: Illuminating Palette- bottom right, bottom left, top left, top right

Alice Points:
-good pigmentation
-affordable
-nice selection and color range

Red Queen Points:
-chalky and can leave fallout

8 out of 10 tarts

Hope you enjoyed this mini review and swatches and until next time! Don't forget to hit the join this site button to get all the latest posts!

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice
xoxoxo

Drugstore Haul No.5

Hello Wonderlandians,

I have a haul for you today. I went into my local Target and realized that they had a bunch of new products in from all kinds of makeup brands! So naturally I bought a few things...

Here is what I got:

• Elf Contour Palette
• Elf Illuminating Palette
• Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Cushion Foundation
• Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream (Copenhagen)
• Nyx Liquid Suede:
• Tea & Cookies
• Vintage
• Stone Fox

I will have swatches up of these products as soon as I can :) I am very excited about all the new products that are in my local drugstores. That's all I have for now and until next time!

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice
xoxoxo

I bought some Kigurumis!

Hello Wonderlandians,

Today I have an interesting product review. I bought some Kigurumis for my friend and I. We bought these at www.kigurumi.com and they are probably one of my better impulse buys. I picked up Midnight Cat and Ghost Wolf from their classic onesies selection.

As you will see in the pictures to follow, we are very happy with them.

They are very comfortable to wear and actually provide you with some warmth, which is nice these Winter months. In fact sometimes I over heat in this thing, so I wouldn't wear this in the Summer.

As you can see from these pictures we are quite happy with our purchase! 

I bought these on a whim, as mentioned above, but I did have intentions on purchasing some regardless. Best.Decision.Ever!!!

Things to keep in mind:
-My friend is 5'11'' and he said that he can wear this comfortably without pants, but with pants its a little short
-I myself am 5'5'' and it fits rather well

Overall 10 our of 10 tarts :)

That's all for now and until next time!

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice
xoxoxo

Hairspiration No.8 ~Wicked Plum

Hello Wonderlandians,

I have done it once again and dyed my hair. This time I decided to give a little color mixing a go. This is what I got as a result:

I am honestly obsessed with my hair color right now and as you can see from the title of this post I have even given the color its own name ;)

I almost own all the Arctic Fox hair dyes with the exception of Neon Moon, Cosmic Sunshine, Transylvania, Iris Green, and Sunset Orange. I do all own other colors and a couple back ups of my favorites.

To achieve this shade I mixed Purple Rain and Wrath.

I can't give you specific measurements, since all I did was mix together what I had left over from each bottle. I can say it was about a equal parts, maybe just a bit more Purple Rain since the bottle had a little more.

This was a fun adventure for me and the results were fantastic, I highly recommend trying it. Please be weary of color combinations and keep to like colors. If you are familiar with color theory at all it will come in handy.

That's all for now and until next time!

Yours Truly, 

Abstract Alice

xoxoxo

Hairspiration No.7~ Vitamin C Fading Method

Hello Wonderlandians,

Recently or somewhat recently I had decided to try out the grey fad color going around. Due to the sheer number of colors  y hair has gone through, this proved to be a rather interesting turn of events.

The Walk Through:

Prior to the going grey, I had purple in my hair which had faded out to this:

I then took some One 'n Only Color Fix and removed the remnant purple, but it didn't lift all of it as it has in the past. I think this was mostly due to visibility on my end, most of the product that stayed was towards the back of my head. 

Not noticing this sooner, I went ahead and began to tone my hair grey with the Wella Color Charm Liquid Permanent Hair Color Additive in Cool Violet (#050), which did turn most of the parts that had the color lifted grey. Where the remnant purple was however, went even more purple with a hint of grey...so I added some Overtone Silver dye on top. I tried rocking this funky grey/purple/blue/green color for a bit, but I couldn't do it.

So the next step I took was to wash my hair everyday for about a week and then use the Vitamin C method to fade out my grey mistake.

What You Need:

• Vitamin C Pills/Tablets
• Head and Shoulders (or any clarifying shampoo)
• Dawn Dish Soap (or any dish soap)

The Mixture:

1. Crush some Vitamin C pills into a powder. Try and make it as finely milled as you can, this will make it easier to apply.
2. Add in about a teaspoon of dish soap
3. Add in clarifying shampoo. I added in enough to have enough product for my hair. Which ended up being quite a bit for my long hair.
4. Mix these 3 things together until you have sort of a foamy product.
5. Apply to areas you would like to fade the color.

This picture that follows is the before and after of using this mixture on my hair.

It actually lifted quite a bit and I was very happy that my hair didn't feel any more damaged. This was my hair prior to applying a second dose of the Vitamin C mixture to my hair, I mostly concentrated the product on the purple bits with a bit of help from my mother.

I unfortunately did not take a picture after this, but the purple did lift quite a bit more and left it looking closer to a very very faded pink/purple color. Which worked just fine for the color I would be doing next on my hair.

That's all for now and until next time!

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice
xoxoxo