Product Review: NYX Tinted Brow Mascara

Hello everyone!
Welcome back to J's Mind Palace! I hope you all had a wonderful week, and are looking forward to the weekend. I have officially started my Postgraduate studies, and to be honest it is a bit overwhelming, but I am attempting to keep up my promise of posting every Friday for 2015.

For today's makeup product review, I will be talking about the NYX Cosmetics Tinted Brow Mascara in the shade Brunette. I picked mine up at Wonderful World here in sweet T and T (Trinidad and Tobago), for approximately $50-$60TT, however, if you live abroad you should be able to find it on NYX Cosmetics website.

NYX Tinted Brow Mascara in Brunette

 My eyebrow hair is black/brown, however, I currently have purple ombré hair, and I wear black, metal-framed glasses, so I don't like going too dark or too warm, where my eyebrow products are concerned. The shade Brunette is a beautiful ashy brown, which works well for me.

Claims: 
This specifically formulated gel adheres to skin and hair for filled, defined, and natural looking brows.

I've been using this product for approximately two weeks, I have to say I am very impressed, and that it does live up to its claim.

Before and After using the NYX Tinted Brow Mascara

Please forgive the slightly messy application, I applied the product right after I applied my Bio-Oil to my skin. P.S my skin isn't flawless, my phone camera was just being super nice today (@_@)

I don't have the greatest eyebrows naturally, I'm in the process of training them to grow, especially towards the tail because they are quite sparse, however, this Brow Mascara helps me to fake it until I get the growth I'm looking for. I've worn this product on some of the hottest days here in Trinidad, and it did not budge. It stood up through heat, humidity, and sweat, even afternoon naps without fading or smudging.

Eyebrows - NYX Tinted Brow Mascara, Lips - L.A. Girl Backstage

I really enjoy this product, and it is definitely going to become a go-to product for me especially since I'm now pursuing my Postgraduate studies, and I do have days where I need to look put together and professional, but I may not have the time engage in a full on brow routine. 

I highly recommend this product, especially for all my glasses wearing friends out there, who are scared of fulling their eyebrows because they clash with your frames, this NYX Tinted Brow Mascara will give you defined brows that stay in place all day, but without the drama and fear. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post, and thank you for stopping by today!

I hope you all have a wonderful day, and wonderful weekend. 

Have fun, stay safe!

As usual stay happy, healthy and positive, and I shall see all of you lovely people soon!

Bye (^_^)/

September Favourites - Makeup and the return of Doctor Who

Hello everyone!
Welcome back to my blog. Today's post is going to be my September Favourites, however, before I get into the makeup, I need to geek out about the Series 9 Premiere of Doctor Who.

Undoubtedly one of the best premieres in recent Who history! Within the 5 minutes my jaw had hit the floor. I am not one to post *River Song's voice* "Spoilers", and I will not be posting any for the upcoming series! Last week's episode has me pumped up for tomorrow night's new episode. Also, Jenna Coleman is said to have filmed her last scenes as Clara Oswald, which means we will be seeing a new companion with the Doctor. We all wish Jenna the best in her future endeavours!

Now onto the makeup!

September Makeup Favourites

September was the month of lips and lashes for me. Theses are the products I used the most for September, and disclaimer, I did purchase all of these with my own money! I don't have any sponsors!

• Revlon Colorstay Moisture Stain - Parisian Passion
• Revlon Colorstay Matte Balm - Shameless (Deep, vampy purple), and Standout (red)
• Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless Powder - 310 Sun Beige 
• Maybelline the Rocket Volum' Express Mascara - Black 

Lip Pics - Parisian Passion (left), Shameless (centre), Standout (right).

 I have full reviews on the Matte and Poreless Powder and the Rocket Mascara, so I shall leave links to those post below.

LINKS
Matte and Poreless:  http://jsmindpalace.blogspot.com/2015/07/maybelline-fit-me-matte-and-poreless.html
The Rocket Mascara: http://jsmindpalace.blogspot.com/2015/05/mascara-triple-threat-battle-l.html

I have a couple of products that I have been in the process of testing out, and they will be getting their own devoted post very soon. I have to keep this week's post very short, because I have 5 chapters of readings to do by Tuesday, so I really need to get back into it. However, I do hope you enjoyed, follow my Facebook page (J's Mind Palace) for some exclusive content, hauls and sneak peaks as well as my Instagram (@ladyjpsych) where I just post randomly. Also, as the new seasons of many of my favourite shows continue, I will be posting a Nerd Favourites hopefully in the coming month! Yay!

Thank you all so much for coming out and supporting my blog, I truly appreciate every view, you are all amazing! If you're having a bad week or rough month, hang in there you amazing person, things will get better! I send you warm hugs and tons of love xoxo
Until my next post stay happy, healthy and positive.
Bye (^_^)/

What's Up Series #8 - Update

Hello everyone!
Welcome back to J's Mind Palace, thank you so very much for stopping by today.

Today's post is going to be just a short and general update about life, and what changes may occur in the upcoming months.

 I was only recently accepted into my Masters' Degree programme, and with classes starting as early as Monday, this may impact my ability to post every Friday like I promised for this year. I am in the process of brainstorming ideas for blog post and keeping notes on them to help ease the burden of figuring out what to post about. I am essentially, making a blog schedule, so I hopefully would not have to go without posting while doing my first semester of postgraduate studies.
What this also means is that I won't be able to allocate as much funds for purchasing products (makeup, games, skin care) as I would usually, because I will have books and other supplies to purchase, so there may not be as many makeup reviews as there has been for the past couple of months.

I am planning on doing a series of looks with my M.A.C Warm Neutral Palette. I was going to do it this week, however, I've been having some serious sinus issues this week, so I decided to put that off until a later date, and I will try to toss in some looks done with a couple of Makeup Geek Pigments I've purchased a couple months ago.I also have a hair care routine post coming in October.

If you would like to keep updated on the blog, and whether or not I would be able to post on any particular day, you can check out my Facebook page; facebook.com/jsmindpalace where I will keep you updated.

I do believe that is all for now, thank you again for stopping by, and I hope you have a lovely weekend.
I shall see you all again very soon, until then stay happy, healthy and positive!

Bye guys!
(^_^)/

M.A.C Cosmetics Warm Neutral Palette Thoughts and Swatches

Hello everyone! Welcome back! Today, I'm doing a short post about the M.A.C Warm Neutral Palette, along with some swatches. I bought this palette last Tuesday at my local M.A.C store, and to be honest, I've been wanting this palette since it released last year, but I only just recently caved and decided to splurge. These are the first eye products I have ever bought from M.A.C because M.A.C is quite pricey here in Trinidad; this palette costs TT$840 = US$85 (on the M.A.C Cosmetic website).

Quick Look - M.A.C Warm Neutral Palette

Packaging: 
Hard plastic casing, with a see-through plastic lid. It's very sleek, and lightweight. I do wish that instead of a see-through lid, there was a mirror, that would make it perfect for travel.
There is a label on the back that contains the name of each shadow and its finish.

The Shadows
This palette contains all warm neutral tones, with various finishes from Frost to Matte.
I will break down the palette according to rows, and having the corresponding name and finish of the shadows.

Closer look at the shadows in the M.A.C Warm Neutral Palette.

First Row 

Top row of Warm Neutral Palette

 From left to right

• Hey (Veluxe Pearl)
• Warm Breeze (Satin)
• GingerSnap (Frost)
• Dark Brew (Velvet)
• Dance in the Dark (Matte)  

Swatches

Swatches of the First Row in the M.A.C Warm Neutral Palette

All of the colours in this row with the exception of Dance in the Dark, swatched and applied smoothly with good pigmentation. Dance in the Dark is extremely patchy, and powdery, it is quite a pain to work with.

Second Row
 

Second Row - M.A.C Warm Neutral Palette

From left to right

• Brulé (Satin)
• Vanilla Extract (Frost) 
• Honey Lust (Luster)
• Amber Lights (Frost)
• Saddle (Matte) 

Swatches 

Swatches from 2nd Row

 All the shadows in this row applied and swatched beautifully. Saddle unlike its fellow Matte brother Dance in the Dark, applied like butter, it did not skip, it just glided on in one swipe.

Third Row

Third Row - MAC Warm Neutral Palette

 From left to right

•  Lemon Tart (Veluxe Pearl)
• Creative Copper (Luster)
• Butterfudge (Satin)
• Divine Decadence (Velvet)
• Unwind (Veluxe Pearl)

Swatches 
 

Final Row Swatches

All the colours in this row, swatched and applied just as beautifully as the previos one. Lemon Tart and Unwind are definitely going to be shades I play around with. The swatches don't do either of those shades much justice, with Lemon Tart being a gorgeous light yellow gold pearl, and Unwind is the definition of smokey/dirty olive.

Final Thoughts
Despite the high price point, I'm quite impressed by the quality of the eye shadows in this palette. Like I mentioned earlier, this is my first time trying M.A.C eyeshadows, so for a newbie, this give quite a good first impression. With only one shade I can truly call a flop (Dance in the Dark), 14 out of 15 are good quality, very pigmented and soft, without them being crumbly. This is a permanent item in M.A.C's collection, so if you are interested, I recommend going to your local M.A.C store, and giving this guy a swatch. Although I do love this palette, because of the high price point, I can't say run and buy it, unless you want to splurge and spoil yourself like I did. 

Thank you all so much for coming by today, I hope you enjoyed today's post. Before I say goodbye, I just wanted to announce that today, I have finally launched a Facebook page for J's Mind Palace! I decided to finally get over my fear of opening a Facebook page, dedicated strictly to my blog. I will leave a link to the end of this post. Thank you all for all the support for the past year, and I can't wait to post more content here.

Remember to have a safe and fun weekend, stay happy, healthy and positive and I shall see you all next Friday!
Bye-bye (^_^)/

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