Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess for Summer 2011 Overview with Swatches

Hello Estee Lauder! This is the featured product for this week! Ahhh! I am so excited! This post will serve as the overview with swatches of the Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Collection for Summer 2011. I absolutely love this collection!!! I think so many of the colors are gorgeous for summer and they would look good on people of all different skin tones and types. I especially love the eyeshadow palette which I think is a really good deal at $42 for six highly pigmented eyeshadows!

This collection is really big, so if you want details on other items in the collection or pricing, please visit the Preview page on this collection. I wanted to keep this post all about the product swatches and comparisons. I will be featuring this collection as the product of the week this week and holding off on the Mac Six Warm Smokey Eye Palette for the moment. I am worried the Estee Lauder Bronze Collection is going to sell out, so I decided to move this collection up ahead of the Mac Packed To Go collections.

I hope you all enjoy!

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzer with Coral Star Fish Packaging

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzer with Coral Star Fish Packaging

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzer with Coral Star Fish - No Flash

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzer with Coral Star Fish - No Flash

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzer with Coral Star Fish - With Flash

Swatches Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzer: Left to Right - Mix, Bronze, Coral

Swatches on inside of arm Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Bronzer: Left to Right - Mix, Bronze, Coral

Swatch Comparison: Left to Right: Estee Lauder Mix, Chanel Bronze Corail Mix, Estee Lauder Coral, Chanel Bronze Corail Coral, Estee Lauder Bronze, Chanel Bronze Corail Bronze Mix

Estee Lauder Shadow Pencil Pink Teal

Estee Lauder Eyeshadow Pencil Teal

Estee Lauder Eyeshadow Pencil Pink

Left to Right: Pink, Teal

Swatch Comparison: Left to Right: Eyeshadow Pencil Pink, Eyeshadow Palette Pink, Eyeshadow Pencil Teal, Eyeshadow Palette Teal

Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick Packaging

Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick Coral Sun

Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick Coral Sun - No Flash

Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick Coral Sun - No Flash

Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick Coral Sun - With Flash

Swatch Comparison: Left to Right: Mac Made to Order (Pret a Papier Collection), Mac Vegas Volt (Permanent), Estee Lauder Coral Sun, Mac Exxxhibitionist (Peacocky Collection), Mac Toxic Tale (Venomous Villains Collection), Mac Fresh Salmon (Color Forecast Collection)

Estee Lauder Coral Sun Lipstick

Estee Lauder Six Eyeshadow Palette Packaging

Estee Lauder Six Eyeshadow Palette Packaging

Estee Lauder Six Eyeshadow Palette: Green with Gold Shimmer, Gold with Gold Shimmer, Blue with Gold Shimmer, Pink with Gold Undertones and Gold Shimmer, Copper Red with Gold Shimmer, Silver

Estee Lauder Six Eyeshadow Palette Swatches - No Flash

Estee Lauder Six Eyeshadow Palette- With Flash

Swatch Comparison: Mac Odalisque Mega Metal Eyeshadow (Peacocky Collection), Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Teal Eyeshadow, Estee Lauder Copper Eyeshadow, Mac Spectacle of Yourself (Peacocky Collection

Up and Coming Featured Product of the Week...Mac Packed to Go Palettes

 

The Mac Packed To Go Collection is available today and I will feature the 6 Warm Smokey Eye Palette and 6 Cool Smokey Eye Palette for my products of the week for the next two weeks. I wanted to give you all a heads up in case you wanted to get your hands on these palettes early and play along with me. Each palette is $38.00 and includes six shades. Use coupon code: ToGo for Free Shipping!

The 6 Warm Smokey Eye Palette includes the following shades:

• Shroom (Light Beige Shimmer)
• Naked Lunch (Light Peachy-Beige Shimmer)
• Tempting (Golden Bronze-Brown Shimmer)
• Green Smoke (Light Gray-Green Shimmer)
• Stormy Love (Deep Hunter Green Shimmer) Limited Edition
• Show Stopper (Deep Brown with Slight Shimmer) Limited Edition (aka - My favorite deep brown ever!!!!!) 

The 6 Cool Smokey Eye Palette includes the following shades:

• Seedy Pearl (Soft light pink-champagne shimmer)
• Tender Smoke (Light gray-lilac shimmer) Limited Edition
• Satin Taupe (Brown-Taupe shimmer)
• A Brown Suit (red-brown shimmer) Limited Edition
• Beauty Marked (deep blackened purple shimmer with purple sparkles)
• Carbon (matte black)

I am really excited to play with these palettes. I have a few of the colors in each palette already, but it's going to be fun to try out the new shades and combine them all together. I think each palette is a great value for your money and includes some of my all time favorite shades and staples in my collection: Mac Show Stopper, Mac Carbon, Mac Naked Lunch, and Mac Shroom). No matter who you are, these colors should in your collection and if you don't own them, now's the time to bring these babies home! :)

If you're also looking to expand your collection, Mac is also offering three different Look's in a Boxes, one lip + face collection, an eyeliner collection, two brush collections and three lip collections. This is a great way to expand your collection and buy outside your comfort zone! Some of my favorite products ever I purchased from Mac Look's in a Boxes. Enjoy!

Product of the Week: The Balm Shady Lady Volume 3 Overview with Swatches

The featured product for this week is The Balm's Shady Lady Volume 3. This palette includes a wide variety of shadows that are creamy, easy to apply and absolutely gorgeous on the skin. I said it in the video and I'll say it again, if you're going to buy any palette this seasons, I'd suggest this one. The Balm Shady Lady Volume 3 is $39.50 and available at Sephora and Sephora.com. All the colors are shimmer shades, but that doesn't limit the versatility of this palette. The Balm really got it right with this palette. It includes bright fun shades like Open to Offers Olwen (a bright teal-green) and more neutral shades like Come-Hither Heather (smokey taupe). Thus, this palette appeals to both those who love color and those looking for a palette with some maturity and wear-ability. When I sat down to do the first tutorial from this palette I was so overwhelmed with the color choices. I like the feeling of having an unlimited amount of color and creativity at my finger tips. This palette really offers a lot of bang for it's buck and is one of the best made palettes I have seen in a long time. It has impressed me from the moment I swatched it.

From Left to Right: Guilty Gwen, All the Way Annie, Open to Offers Olwen, Come-Hither Heather, Runaround Rebecca, Safe Bet Annette, Racy Kacy, Envious Erin, Lusty Lee

From Left to Right: Guilty Gwen, All the Way Annie, Open to Offers Olwen, Come-Hither Heather, Runaround Rebecca, Safe Bet Annette, Racy Kacy, Envious Erin, Lusty Lee