Hard Candy Haul

A few months ago I watched some video reviews on You Tube on Hard Candy makeup.  It got me interested and what really interested me...it was exclusive to Walmart stores.  I use to live at Walmart to get everything.  Since moving, I don't go to Walmart as much only cause the closest one is about 30 minutes away.  I have always lived down the street to a Walmart so it took some adjusting...LOL  

First I got a baked bronzer but I saw that many of the beauty gurus were using this as a highlighter.  This retails for $9 and it will take me forever to use up all of this product if I am using it just for highlighting.  

 The color I got it in is Tiki.  It is available in 3 other colors which is darker than this one.  I am not a bronzer type person so I passed on the other colors.  I do like this one but it's not something that I use everyday.  But I like the packaging and the product is very nice.

I got one of the baked blushes, the color below is Pin Up.  Truthfully this was the only one that was available and I didn't want to just pass on it and regret it later.  These retail for $6, at the Walmart I went to anyways.  This has the same affect as the Tiki bronzer but for your cheeks.  I tend to use this as a topper over my matte blush if I want a shimmery glow which isn't too often now that it's getting hot.  This product plus my oily skin is not a good combo.  I did get this when we were on the last leg of winter and I loved this blush.

 I love anything that says "Matte" on it.  I have terribly oily skin and I feel like it's just an oil slick at the end of the day.  Hard Candy makes a translucent matte powder which I like.  I do use this in combination with my Maybelline Matte powder.  I do like the finish of this.  

 It totally comes with a cute pink heart sponge at the bottom of the compact.  I used it once to see how well it looked on my face.  I prefer to use my powder brush.

 My favorite lip glosses from Hard Candy are the Plumping Serum Volumizing Lip Gloss.  I got it in 4 colors but one is not pictured below because I kept it at work.  That one is a very light pink with various color shimmers and the name is Cake Walk.  The colors of the glosses below are from left to right: Nude Beach, Amp and American Girl.  My favorite by far is American Girl.  Out of all of the glosses American Girl is the one with very little shimmer.  This one I carry in my purse at all times.  The swatches aren't very pigmented in the photo.  Each of these are like $5 each.

 This concealer is seriously no joke.  It lives up to it's name on the tube.  I don't use this a whole lot because it's very thick and could end up being cakey.  But I use it mostly to cover up any unsightly blemishes from acne scaring.  It blends in well and the color I got is Medium.  I believe it comes in a Light but I am not sure if there is a darker shade than Medium.  I think this cost $6 but don't quote me.

 Another favorite from this line are the blushes.  I don't have any Benefit blushes but I hear they are very similar in packaging.  I love the packaging, it is sooooo cute.  Each blush comes with a small brush which sucks.  But the colors in the 2 that I got are awesome.  I got Spicy & Sweet and Smooth Talker.  Spicy and Sweet as you can see has more of pinky tones.  Smooth Talker is more neutral but when blended together is a light coral color on the cheeks.  Both are super nice and blendable.

I check back once in a while to see if anything new comes out but nothing as of yet.  There are other items in this line but nothing of interest to me.  A lot of it reminds me of Milani makeup which has a lot of glitters or shimmers in them.  I don't usually go for something that will shimmer on my face.  I posted a while ago on some baked eye shadows that I tried and loved.  Is there something else I should try?