Make up

Make Up Dupes…?!

Have you ever been using a drugstore product and thought to yourself, “Hmmm this reminds me of…(insert high end product name)” or vice versa with a high end product?

Did you know that many of the high end companies we love are actually owned by one of the well known drugstore cosmetic companies?

YSL, Lancome, Georgio Armani, and Urdan Decay all have the same parent company L’Oreal.

Even Essie and EM by Michelle Phan and many more are owned by L’Oreal.  I love L’Oreal, it is one of my favorite drugstore make up brands.  You may remember that I also love Maybelline, it is also owned by L’Oreal.

 

 

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Here is a list of the companies that are owned by L’Oreal:

  • L’Oréal Technique
  • L’Oréal Professionnel, (including ARTec and Innate)
  • Kérastase (created by L’Oreal in 1964)
  • Kéraskin Esthetics, (created by L’Oreal in 2007 and specializing in skin care professionals.)
  • Matrix Essentials, (founded by Arnie Miller in 1980 and acquired by L’Oreal in 2000.)
  • Mizani, (founded in 1991 and bought by L’Oreal in 2001.)
  • PureOlogy Research, (founded in 2001 and acquired by L’Oreal in 2007.)
  • Redken 5th Avenue NYC, (founded by Paula Kent and Jheri Redding in 1960 and acquired by L’Oreal in 1993.)
  • Shu Uemura Art of Hair
  • Carol’s Daughter
  • Carita
  • Decléor

L'Oreal Dupes? | lookingjoligood.wordpress.comL’Oreal Luxe

  • Lancôme
  • YSL
  • Giorgio Armani
  • Biotherm
  • Cacharel
  • Diesel
  • Viktor & Rolf
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Kiehl’s
  • The Body Shop
  • Shu Uemura
  • Stella McCartney
  • Clarisonic
  • Guy Laroche
  • Paloma Picasso
  • Urban Decay
  • Maison Martin Margiela
  • Yue Sai
  • Helena Rubinstein

Consumer products

  • L’Oréal Paris
  • Ombrelle
  • Garnier
  • Maybelline
  • Nyx Cosmetics
  • SoftSheen-Carson
  • Carol’s Daughter
  • Créateurs de Beauté
  • Essie
  • Magic
  • EM Michelle Phan
  • Niely Cosméticos
  • Colorama

Active cosmetics

  • Vichy
  • La Roche Posay
  • Inneov
  • Skinceuticals
  • Roger&Gallet
  • Sanoflore
  • Dermablend

One good thing about L’Oreal is its standards on animal testing:

“L’Oréal no longer tests on animals any of its products or any of its ingredients, anywhere in the world. Nor does L’Oréal delegate this task to others. The rare exception allowed is if regulatory authorities demand it for safety or regulatory purposes.”

Did you know that L’Oreal owned all of these other companies?  Are any of your favorite brands owned by L’Oreal?

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Make up · Review

Naked 2 Review and Swatches

Naked Palette Swatched | lookingjoligood.wordpress.comI have been dreaming of this Naked 2 palette for what seems like forever!  I finally got it this year for Christmas!  I am not going to lie, for several days I didn’t even use it, I just stared at its beauty!  I didn’t want to mess it up by using it.  Since then I have gotten over that and have been loving using this beautiful palette.  I know that since this palette was released in 2011 there are probably a million or more reviews and swatches already, but I just really want to add my own anyway. 😉

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette ($54.00 each shade is 0.05 oz each) contains twelve eyeshadows and a dual ended brush. (The brush is good; it is just like Urban Decay’s full-sized brushes: same size, feel, density, and softness.)

  • Naked Palette Swatched | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com
    My skin is so pale that Foxy doesn’t even show up it just blends in. Haha!

    Foxy is a pale yellow cream with a matte finish. It’s on the sheer side and a bit powdery. I use it as an underneath base all over the lid or for highlighting the brow.

  • Half Baked is a copper with a golden shimmer. It’s part of the permanent range and is also in the Naked 1 palette.
  • Booty Call is a creamy white/beige champagne  with a satin finish (very similar to Virgin from the original Naked palette) . It’s also similar to MAC Brule as well as Wet N Wild’s Creme Brulee.
  • Chopper is a medium metallic rose gold with silver micro glitters. This shade is permanent. Unfortunately, I notice a bit of sparkly fall out with this shade.
    Tease is a matte mushroom taupe with purple undertones. The pigmentation is perfect for a transition crease shade.  Compared to the other shadows it is a bit drier, but it is still great and can easily be built up.  I absolutely love this shadow. I can already tell that I am going to be getting a lot of use out of this shadow.
  • Naked Palette Swatched | lookingjoligood.wordpress.comSnakebite is satin deep bronze with golden shimmer. It has a really buttery texture with excellent pigmentation. Pretty much gorgeous!
  • Suspect is a soft satin light taupe with golden flecks. It has great pigmentation.
  • Pistol is a satin warm steel grey. This is a pretty shade, but probably my least favorite, I tend to like more cool and neutral shades and this one is definitely warmer. The texture is wonderful, soft and smooth.  I have been branching out more recently to do warmer eye looks, so I do plan to play around with this one a bit more.
  • Verve is a pale beige-gray with a pink tinge. This shade was in the Rollergirl palette. Um, Gorgeous!!!  This is one of my favorite and most used shades in this palette.
  • Naked Palette Swatched | lookingjoligood.wordpress.comYDK is a warm, coppery reddish toasty taupe with coppery micro glitters. The pigmentation is awesome, and it has a buttery smooth texture. I can’t decide if I like Verve or YDK the best.  Both are absolutely beautiful!  When applied to the lids, both give a beautiful sparkle to the eyes.
  • Busted is a plummy dark brown burgundy-tinted, deep brown with warm, golden undertones. It has a soft, frosted satin finish. The color payoff is good and the texture is smooth. I tend to get a bit of fall out with this shade, but I think darker shades always tend to have more noticeable fallout. (I actually love to use this shadow to fill in my eyebrows.  The slight sparkle is perfect for making it look just like my eyebrow hair.)
  • Blackout is a really intense, deep dark black with a matte finish. It has really great payoff and goes on very black.  Be so careful when applying, the fall out is CrAzY!.

Matte shades: Foxy, Tease, Blackout,

Satin shades: Booty Call, Snake Bite, Suspect, Pistol, Busted

Glitter/metallic shades:Half Baked, Verve, Chopper, YDK,

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Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout Naked Palette Swatches taken with the flash.

Girls!  I have a whole new respect for all of these bloggers/vloggers that take awesome photos of their swatches.  Good job ladies, it is a lot harder than it looks!

Do you have the Naked 2 Palette?  What do you think?  Which is your favorite shade?  Do you own any of the other Naked Palettes?  Which do you have?  Which is your favorite? Do you recommend any others over the Naked 2?

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What I Got For Christmas!!!

Hello everyone!  I hope that you all had an absolutely wonderful Christmas day!  Praying you all spent your day with those you hold dearest, making memories that you will cherish for a lifetime! I greatly enjoyed the time I was able to spend with my family.  We had a wonderful day together.  My most favorite gifts of all were not found under the tree.

I was so very excited to receive… not one…not two… not even three… but FOUR new eye shadow palettes.  I  got the Lorac Pro Palette!!! The Naked 2 Palette  and both the matte and the shimmer Lorac Love Lust and Lace palettes.  I cannot wait to create all kinda of different types of eye looks with these new palettes!

1, 2, 3, 4! New Eye Shadow Palettes! | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com

I used shadows from the Lorac Pro palette on Christmas day, and I am not going to lie, my eye look was fierce 😉  These shadows are amazing!  I am planning to use the Naked 2 palette today.  I feel like a little kid, I am so excited about these!

1, 2, 3, 4! New Eye Shadow Palettes! | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com
How can anyone say no to playing ball with a sweet face like that?!

I got my sweet BT Tessie a set of new tiny tennis balls.  She is obsessed with playing ball, so she was in Heaven.  She kept bringing me the ball and placing it right in front of my camera while I was trying to take pictures of the kids opening their gifts.

What did you get for Christmas?  Are you so excited too?  Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend!

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Fashion/Style

Last Weekend Of Summer Wear

Sun’s out guns out 🙂
It isn’t fall yet!  There is still a little bit of summer left so enjoy these last few days of warmth before the colder days come.
Weekend Wear

White tank
modcloth.com

Warehouse satchel
$74 – warehouse.co.uk

Valentino leather jewelry
$240 – stylebop.com

Urban Decay eyeshadow
urbandecay.com

Charlotte Tilbury lips makeup
bergdorfgoodman.com