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For Spring 2016,
Mary Kay has partnered up with renowned fashion designer Patricia Bonaldi to create a beautiful garden-inspired collection. Today I have some swatches of the
Into the Garden Lip & Eye Color Compact ($45 CAD) and the
Into the Garden Nail Lacquers ($10 CAD each). To read on, click.......
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| Mary Kay Into the Garden Lip & Eye Color Compact |
Into the Garden Lip & Eye Color Compact ($45 CAD):
I've honestly never seen a fun palette like this from Mary Kay so I was very excited to try this out! Housed in a cardboard compact covered in beautiful flowers, this palette holds four eyeshadows, three glosses, and a dual-ended sponge/brush applicator.
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| Mary Kay Into the Garden Lip & Eye Color Compact |
The shadows here have the classic Mary Kay formulation that's super soft, silky, and pigmented. The texture is bit fall-out prone; however, the shadows have an amazing color payoff and the formulation feels almost cream-like to the touch.
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| Mary Kay Into the Garden Lip & Eye Color Compact |
The three lip glosses included are all very sheer. You get a clear gloss with shimmers, a pretty pink with subtle golden shimmers, and a fresh coral with some barely noticeable shimmers. I am not a fan of gloss and shadow combinations so even though the glosses are light and non-sticky, I wish the palette had more shadows instead.
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| Mary Kay Into the Garden Lip & Eye Color Compact |
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| Mary Kay Into the Garden Nail Lacquer & Nail Applique |
Into the Garden Nail Lacquers & Nail Appliques ($10 CAD each):
In addition to a pretty palette, this spring collection includes three beautiful polishes and a set of soft plastic nail stickers.
Coral Blossom: Beautiful fresh coral pink; great pigmentation, rich and easy to apply.
Pink Magnolia: Pale nude with a hint of pink; the pigmentation is decent, I used two coats on some nails and three on the others.
Sheet Lilac: Light lilac gray; this one is also decently pigmented, two to three coats for an even coverage.
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| Coral Blossom, two coats with no top coat. |
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| Pink Magnolia, two to three coats with no top coat. |
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| Sheet Lilac, two coats with no top coat. |
Into the Garden Soap Set ($20 CAD) & Beauty Blotters Oil-Absorbing Tissues ($8.50 CAD):
Also included in this collection is a three-piece soap set and a 75-sheet blotting paper pack. Both are packaged in beautiful floral patterns; the soap has a lovely and fresh floral scent and the blotting sheets are generously sized.
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| Into the Garden Soap Set & Beauty Blotters Oil-Absorbing Tissue |
Availability:
The Mary Kay Spring 2016 is available starting February 16th through your local Mary Kay Consultant.
