Hello to all of you beautiful nerds and welcome back from traveling the vast nerd universe! It’s time for another Anti Haul!
Yeah, Meh, Nah: Summer 2023
Makeup has been releasing like crazy as usual and there have been new trends for this year and I have some thoughts on some of these releases and not sure if I will purchase them. I’ve been using what I have so far without buying any new shadows, lip products, but mostly got face products. I did return a foundation yesterday which is a first! This is what happens when you have sensitive skin. Let’s get into the makeup!
Urban Decay Hydro Maniac Dewy Blush
I feel as though Urban Decay has not been releasing as many products. I think the last thing I heard was a mini Naked palette based on some of their iconic shadow names and that was it. I noticed that some people have talked about their new Hydro Maniac addition which are the Dewy Blushes. Liquid blushes are in nowadays and seeing these are a bit of a meh at the moment since I have so many blushes and prefer the Milani Super Charged sticks, the Purlisse CC Blush which are pretty good for a cream and of course trying to pan two Mac blushes I had for years. These have six colors and they are $22. They claim to be blendable and buildable and are made with Kombucha. I am not sure, Wrecked and Unhinged seem to appeal to me since rose and berry tones are flattering on my skin and may get these but may wait for reviews since I seem to go impulse buy with some items. Let’s see what happens! I still like their tinted moisturizer which is on my favorites list.
ColourPop Smokin’ Hot Palette
Apparently, Colour Pop created their own dupe to the Naked Heat and Tarte’s dupe for it. It’s called the Smokin’ Hot Pressed Powder which features an array of burnt reds, rich browns, terra cotta shades, and golds. This definitely sounds like what Tarte had made since they featured twelve shades like with the Naked Heat. Color Pop is featuring thirty shades in their pallet and you can get it now. To me this is a nah because I already have the Tartlet Toasted and the Naked Heat pallets and I also have the Inferno pallet by Eleman which features nine shades and I used that for my Todoroki look, which was the fireside and trust me it was tempting to use either Naked Heat or Toasted for it. Yes, you pay more for both the Urban Decay and Tarte ones but I think Colour Pop is way behind on the fire shadows with this one since Toasted and Naked Heat came out at the same time in the mid-2010s. Sorry Colour Pop, you lost the game on this one!
Ulta Beauty Collection with the Little Mermaid
I loved the Little Mermaid when I was little and was surprised that they did a live-action version of the movie this year. I think Disney should not continue with the live-action versions because it takes away the magic of the animated versions in my opinion and they changed the story too much. Look at what happened with Mulan as an example. Anyways, Ulta collaborated with The Little Mermaid to release some products. You can get the items separate or the entire thing for $20 which includes an eye and face pallet, eyebrow stuff, some lip glosses, and a highlighter stick. This is a meh in my book since I haven’t bought any Ulta Collection stuff for a while since I have a ton of eyeliners since I love their gel liners, I am mad they haven’t re-stocked their lip primer, but I do love their shadow primer since that is the only one I like in the tube. I don’t think I will get any items from this collection since I haven’t gotten any collection items due to how they hardly post their shade names and color descriptions like with some of the sets. I do have some Ulta items on my radar but it’s not from this collection.
NYX Ultimate Eyeshadow Pallets
I love NYX but I have not bought an eye shadow pallet in forever and that is because they don’t put up pallet descriptions and that makes me sad. I still enjoy their Blur Tint Foundation, Slim Eye Pencils, and other products by them. They have recently come out with some new Ultimate Shadow pallets and they are the Warm Neutrals, Paradise Shock, and Blue Jean Baby. These contain sixteen shades with each pallet. I won’t get these since I don’t know what shadow colors are in these to justify it as a yeah purchase. Companies should have shade descriptions to help with purchase choices since the market is so saturated with shadow pallets, especially when some brands are copying off of each other with concepts even from years ago. Sorry NYX, this is a nah unless you post the shade names and their descriptions.
Nomad Cosmetics Okavango Safari Pallet
I love Nomad Cosmetics and have been buying them for a little while after getting their stuff in Ipsy. I know they just made another Europe inspired pallet but they have released one that kind of caught my eye and said yeah to! That is their Okavango Safari pallet which is a sixteen shade pallet inspired by the Okavango Delta. This is $42 and proceeds will also go towards charity as well since they do pair up with environmental related charities. I am definitely going to pick this up when I get some more funds under my belt since I do enjoy their products and want to continue supporting them.
MakeUp Revolution and Fort Night
The final item I want to talk about that got me to go “What!?” And Jen Love’s Reviews songoing, “Why!” That is MakeUp Revolution having a collaboration with FortNight. I think I am having Mac’s Sims vibes looking at this since Mac’s collaboration with the Sims did not go so well since it felt like a palette they already had. I guess they learned from their mistakes since their collaboration with Stranger Things was better due to using shades that fit with more of the franchise! I heard MakeUp Revolution had success with this because their shadow pallets, head band, and sponge trio did sell out. I love video games but this is a nah since I don’t play Fort Night but if they do a Pokemon inspired one then I would consider it.
I think I will stop there with my post since there were some things I wanted to talk about. What’s next? Maybe it’s time for a favorites update since I haven’t done that for over a year! Let’s see what I have loved for the past couple of months!