BH Cosmetics Carli Bybel Deluxe Edition Palette Review & Swatches

The hype for the new BH Cosmetics Carli Bybel Deluxe Edition Palette was even more intense than her original palette.  The morning of the deluxe edition's launch turned into a rather hairy situation on the BH Cosmetics website; the site couldn't handle the number of visitors that flooded in to purchase the palette, and everyone (including myself) was left stuck being unable to purchase.

Thankfully, Carli came in to save the day and relaunched the palette on her own personal website within hours.

In terms of the size and range of shades within the palette it is a steal for the $22.50.  High end brands sell palettes with half the product in it as the Carli Bybel palette, and sell them for over twice the price.  The highlighters in this palette alone, two of which are brand new shades, are creamy and highly pigmented high end quality.

The Carli Bybel Deluxe Edition is one of the best drugstore and affordable brand products I have ever tried.  Check out my full review of the palette in the video below, including swatches!

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September Favorites

Looking back I cannot believe we are already into the month of October.  September flew by for me; it was my first full month of blogging, my sister was married the first weekend, the second weekend my boyfriend and I moved, and the rest of the month was spent setting up our new place.

Luckily, my favorites for the month of September were not hard to figure out.  I used these items all month long and the beauty products I've chosen have helped me transition from summer to fall.

 Carli Bybel Palette by BH Cosmetics

This has most definitely been my most favorite eye palette as of late, perhaps due in part to how impossible it was to obtain.  I was one of the lucky ones that continually refreshed the BH Cosmetics site for hours on end until finally reaching checkout with the palette on it's way to me.  It sold out so fast that a few hours and two wait lists later, they sold out of it a total of three times in less than 24 hours.  

Was it worth the wait?  Absolutely.  I have already done a complete review and makeup look featuring the palette, which you can check out here.  The colors are beautiful for creating those oh-so-desired fall makeup looks.

Stone High Voltage Lip Stick by NYX

Any shade of taupe, brown or burgundy lip shades are my favorite for Fall.  However, this lipstick by NYX is one of my absolute favorites because of it's versatility as a wearable every day color.  Let's be honest, a perfectly lined cranberry lip looks gorgeous, but it won't be the first thing you reach for when you're rushing out the door in the morning.  Stone is one of those colors that can lend some easy intensity and uniqueness to your go-to makeup look.

It is a perfectly beautiful fall color that will compliment both neutral and dark makeup looks.  I love it so much that I even featured it my Autumn Makeup Look post.

Morphe Brushes The Blushed Blush Palette

As we move further into fall weather we trade in the peachy pink blushes of summer for the dark mauves of fall.  This palette provides the perfect colors to transition between summer, fall and every other season.  With a total of nine blush pans, there are four warm weather shades and five cool weather shades.  Of course, you can wear any shade at any time of year, and these silky, highly pigmented shades provide a palette that you will keep going back to throughout the year.

Eylure Definition No. 126 Lashes

My initial draw to this specific pair of lashes was that it had the spikey look that I was searching for.  It provides a certain amount of edginess to any given makeup look.  I wouldn't wear these if I wanted to go for a natural, every day look, but regardless these are simply a gorgeous pair of lashes.  The lash band is thick so they are harder to apply than thinner lash bands and take some more maneuvering to fit them snugly, but the little bit of extra effort will absolutely pay off.  I've used this in a couple of my September blog posts, including my Smokey Emerald Green Makeup Look.

Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee

Every month I would like to include a couple favorites that are not makeup or beauty related.  Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee was released in mid-July but my hectic schedule only allowed me to read and finish it in September.  

The novel was originally written by Harper Lee before she wrote To Kill A Mockingbird and is set when Scout (Jean Louise) is a young woman in her twenties and visiting home from New York City.  The novel is set during the 1960's Civil Rights Movement when there is heightened racial tension in the South.  There have been many, albeit justified, criticisms about this book, but it is nonetheless a book that everyone should read.  The disillusionment of Scout's father, Atticus, and his portrayal in Watchman as a racist and segregationist, is what has most people unable to reconcile with the reality of  what is written in this novel.  Whatever one feels about how Atticus is portrayed, the novel is still more than a worthwhile read and I highly recommend it.

Let Me Know!

What were some of your favorites last month?  List them in the comments so I can check them out! 

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Carli Bybel Palette Review and Autumn Glow Makeup Tutorial

Last week I spent an entire morning and afternoon constantly refreshing the BH Cosmetics website.  Their site had slowed down to a snail's pace and I wasn't able to get anywhere past the checkout page.  What could have possibly been so important to have caused thousands of people to converge onto one cosmetics website at the same time?  The answer is Carli Bybel.

If you are unaware of who Carli Bybel is then you are sadly missing out on one of the most knowledgeable and skilled experts in the makeup and beauty world.  She is one of the best known YouTube beauty vlogger who last week released an eye shadow and highlighter palette that brought the BH Cosmetics website to a standstill.

The Carli Bybel Palette by BH Cosmetics

The Carli Bybel palette consists of ten eye shadows and four highlighters, all in the earthy neutrals that define Carli's signature style.  The eye shadows are creamy and well pigmented, and run a shade gradient from pale pink to deep brown.  Five of the eye shadows are matte and the other five are shimmer, and allow for great versatility in the types of looks that can be created, from a pale neutral to a deep smokey.  

The range of highlighter shades are meant to compliment many skin tones and provide a beautiful glow to the skin atop cheekbones.  Just a tap of product on your fan brush is enough to create a goddess-like appearance.  Even if some of the darker or lighter shades do not compliment your skin tone they are highly pigmented and will work great as eye shadows.

This was my first time purchasing from BH Cosmetics.  At an affordable $12.50 for the palette I half expected to be disappointed at its quality, even with Carli's name on it, but I was overwhelmingly surprised at the beautiful quality and consistency.  The palette is comparable to many of its high end duplicates.  If all of BH Cosmetics's products are of this high quality, then forever count me in.

How I Created This Look 

Using the Carli Bybel Palette by BH Cosmestics I use the top third color, which is a matte light brown, with a blending brush in the crease of my eye and blending upward.  This is going to be our transition shade.

 I then apply the top fourth color, which is a matte burgundy mauve, directly into my crease using windshield wiper motions.  I reapply this color a couple times to build the color, making sure it blends into my transition shade but stays directly within the crease.

I take the darkest color in the palette, a smokey black-grey, to define my outer corner.  I apply this directly to the outer third of my eye lid in the shape of a sideways "<" to smoke out the look. While I make sure to concentrate the color only to this area, I take it up into my crease and down into my lower lash line ever so slightly so as to enhance the smoky effect.  

Using a flat shadow brush I take the third highlighter from the palette, a yellow gold, and press these onto the center of my eye lid.  Once the color is as vibrant as I want it to be, I then go back in with a blending brush and just make sure the crease and the outer V are evenly blended into the gold and there are no harsh lines.  I then go back in to the gold highlighter and add just a touch more color to the center of my lid.

In need of a very dark black to line my eyes I use the Lorac Pro palette, taking a small angled brush to draw on my eye liner using the shade Black.  I get as close to the lash line as possible and press down on the lid to create a black line.  I wing this out just a little when I reach the outer corner of my eye.

I then use the top first color from the Carli Bybel palette to highlight the inner tear duct with a fluffy blending brush, and a small flat shadow brush to highlight my browbone just below my eyebrow.

Finally, I take the matte burgundy mauve color again from the Carli Bybel palette and glide it below my bottom lash line, making sure to blend into the outer corner of my eye to give the entire look a rounded out smokey eye.  To give this look some added effect, I add a touch of the gold highlight to the center of my bottom lash line.

To compliment this bold autumn eye look I decide on a mauve lip.  I outline the lip with NYX Slim Lip Liner in Mauve and also use this to fill in the rest of my lip.

Products Mentioned
Carli Bybel Palette by BH Cosmetics

Lorac Pro Palette

NYX Slim Lip Pencil Mauve

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