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Shop Hush Aura Palette Review

Shop Hush has been pretty active in social media marketing. I'm pretty sure you would have come across their brand name on Instagram and YouTube by now. Not gonna lie, the videos and swatches that I have seen got me curious about the brand because they are known to dupe a lot of high end palettes. Thankfully, they were willing to work with me and send over a care package with lots of their palettes. You can see my full haul video here with swatches of all the palettes that I received. In general, the quality is good for the price you are paying. However, I wouldn't say they are the best eyeshadows to work with. Personally, I would rather invest in a better product.  BUT they do have a few gems and this palette is one of them. The Aura palette by Bad Habit Beauty is a dupe of the Anastasia Beverly Hills Prism palette. The colors are 90% similar with a slight difference in tones or metallic-ness. It retails for $12 and you get 14 x 0.99g of product. The palette is n

Loreal Colorista Paint in Violet on Dark Hair Review

I apologize for neglecting my blog for awhile. Continuing off from my previous post, I decided to do a review for the L'oreal Colorista Paint hair dye. I have been wanting to try the hair dyes from the Colorista range but after reading reviews on the wash-out line, it didn't seem to be suitable for dark hair. However, the Paint line seems great for dark hair and the box also indicates that results will show up on darker hair than on lighter hair!  This retails for about $15 at the drugstore and it includes a 60ml tube of hair color, 60ml bottle of developer, 40ml bottle of conditioner, a brush applicator and a pair of gloves - pretty much all the items you need to dye your hair. The instructions are to mix the hair color and developer in a 1:1 ratio. For my shoulder length hair, I used less than a quarter of each bottle (I don't have a lot of hair). The development time is 30 mins, so be prepared. You could use a towel or plastic bag around your shoulders, or a