Saturday, January 3, 2015

Ulta 2015 birthday gift! Beauty Insider gift


                               
 
Every year Ulta picks out a free birthday gift that they give away to their beauty insiders on their birthday.
This year is Ulta brand eyeshadow palette in "Indie". It has a $12 value.
If your wondering how to become a ulta beauty insider here are the steps.
  1. You can sign up for their rewards program online or in person and be sure to include your birthday.
  2. Next during your birthday month they will send you an email with a coupon for this eyeshadow palette
  3. Then take the coupon to the store to redeem it or put the code in online to recieve the palette.
 
 


                                 

                                    
 
This palette four shadows and one powder eyeliner. This is a full size palette.
Now I was super excited to try this out. The colors look so promising and beautiful nuetral shades. So when I tried it out today the shades all blended out muddy and I actually used three shadows in the look above but it looks like I used one. The shades are not very pigmented at all and the top right one doesnt even have any powder pay off. The shades are hard feeling to them and I had to re layer and layer to get any pigment.
              




                               
 
 
Here are the swatches that barely show up.
 
I wasn't fond of these shadows but maybe you will be. It just depends because if you like light sheer colors then this would be perfect.
 
 
 
 

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9 comments:

  1. wendy browneFebruary 20, 2015 at 7:37 AM

    Thanks for this review! I was wondering what the gift was this year. I'm older and like smokey palettes but the really dark colors don't work for me.

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    1. NovashineFebruary 25, 2015 at 9:07 AM

      Yay I liked that they tried to give us a neutral palette this year but like you said the colors are darker cool tone nuetrals

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  2. Angela's Anxious LifeFebruary 24, 2015 at 10:23 PM

    Ughhh.. that's too bad that this isn't that great. I just picked it up today.

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  3. NovashineFebruary 25, 2015 at 9:06 AM

    yeah Angela I just wish it was more pigmented. How did it end up working for you?

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  4. UnknownMarch 6, 2015 at 12:49 PM

    Is indie the only birthday eyeshadow they give?

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  5. NovashineMarch 11, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    I think so Angie

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  6. RachelMarch 24, 2015 at 1:51 PM

    That's disappointing compared to what last years free gift was. Do you still at least get the $10 off anything coupon?

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    1. NovashineMarch 27, 2015 at 6:34 AM

      I don't believe so.

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    2. AnonymousApril 3, 2015 at 1:25 PM

      Yes, you do get the coupon. I, actually, like this palette for a simple professional look. Some days you don't want to spend an hour blending, and this palette does the trick.

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