Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Welcome to Opal Essence Beauty

Welcome to Opal Essence Beauty!
Let me introduce myself my name is Amanda and I am a licensed  cosmetologist. I am very passionate about Nails, Nail Care, Nail Art and Custom Nail designing. Some of my favorite nail products are Morgan Taylor, Julie G,Wet N Wild Mega Last and OPI!  Along with me, there will be a co-blogger, my sister Katie. She and I attended school together she is an amazing make up artist. You can check here out at Meet Katie, she is amazing with her own hair and make-up. I hope you enjoy reading this blog and if you have any requests please just leave us a comment and we will get it done. Also I am all about building up others, making then feel good about themselves. I will do some blogs on my lap-band journey and some other blogs, but it will mainly be beauty and life. I will always close on a positive note. Usually H.O.P.E. which means Hold On Pain Ends. I hope many of you will join us in these blogs.  Thanks for reading this and we will see you in the next blog! 
Amanda 
Katie and me at Graduation! Best day of our lives! 

Meet Katie

Hi!
My name is Katie, I am the other cosmetologist and blogger here at Opal Essence Beauty. I start cosmetology school  in August of 2013 and recently walked in Graduation on October 24, 2014. I am really good at costume make up and skin care. I look forward to doing tutorials and product recommendation. Some of my favorite products right now are:
  • Urban Decay Electric Palette
  • Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
  • Mally Porefessional
  • NYX eye liners
  • Dermalogica
  • Benefit Cosmetics
  • Nick Chavez Hair care line
I look forward to helping educate others, I also look forward to getting to know as many new people as I possibly can. Thank you for taking time to read this and if you have any questions feel free to email me at opalessencebeauty@gmail.com. You can also follow me personally on instagram @opalbeauty7 Thank you! Happy Halloween! Also please don't forget to go check out my co-blogger and sister Amanda! Again thank you so much! 
Katie
Amanda on the left and Katie on  the right
Amanda on the left and Katie on the right

Quick Ulta Haul

Halloween is my birthday, and what better time to have a birthday then October 31 when many make up lines are releasing their limited edition palettes or kits.  I had the opportunity to find a few of these and purchase them so that I can tell you about them. Also there are a few permanent collection items that I finally purchased. I am just going to give you my initial opinion and facts on the products I have purchased. If there is a product or item you would like us to review please leave a comment below.
1.) Urban Decay Naked Palette
nakedNow I now that many people have had this for months, but having an Ulta for the first time in my hometown finally gave me the opportunity to purchase it and hopefully be able to do some tutorials with it. This palette has 12 eye shadows, 2 (Naked & Buck) are Matte shades. Gunmetal and Sidecar seem to have the larger glitter. Virgin is a satin finish shade, I will definitely be comparing this palette to my Naked 2 and 3. It also comes with a foil pack sample of all four of the Eyeshadow Primer Potion.  I am very excited to try those and see if I like any of them better than the original. Let me know if you would like to see a tutorial or full review of this product or any of the products in a comment below.
2.) Urban Decay Electric Palette
electric
This is an absolutely gorgeous palette and I can not wait to dig in to it. This palette features 10 neon pressed pigments. You also get a double ended Pressed Pigment Brush.  There is a disclaimer stating that Slowburn, Savage, Jilted, and Urban are not supposed to be used near the immediate eye area. However that being said... I have seen tutorials where they have been used, so I am going to do more research into that. I am going to do a full review on this product and include swatches and tell you exactly how I feel that this product performs.
3.) Stila Magnificient Foil Finish Eye Shadow
stila foil
This is the prettiest finish for an Eyeshadow it leaves your eyes shimmery. It comes with the miniature Stay All Day liquid Eye Primer. I noticed when I opened mine that this can be a little messy. It was $34.00, to me that's not bad considering you get everything you need to make the Eyeshadow stay on all day. Again I have not tried this product out yet, but  I am planning on doing a full review and possibly even a tutorial.
There will be another Ulta haul going up either tonight or tomorrow morning. Thank you again for taking time out of your busy day to read our posts. If there is anything that you would like to see let us know, you can email us at opalessencebeauty@gmail.com or you can leave us a comment and we will get back to you shortly. Please like, follow, and comment and again thank you!