Wet n Wild Color Icon: Swatches & Review

First of all, let me say that I have a new found respect for all of those beauty bloggers out there! It took a good hour and a half to swatch all of these bad boys, phew!

I've been hearing a lot of hype about these Wet n Wild Color Icon shadows so I had to do some investigating myself. Do they live up to the hype? I have to say: YES! Wet n Wild has come a LONG way from the company I remember in high school. I remember trying to get ANY color pay-off out of their eye shadows and I remember even their lip glosses being pretty crap. I don't know what they did, but they have completely redeemed themselves for me and turned their business around. If you don't have the extra money to spend on high end makeup, or simply don't want to, I think these palettes are an amazing alternative! I'll even be using some of these colors in place of some of my MAC & Urban Decay colors. Yes, they're THAT good!

The formulation on most of these is spot on-- the matte shades generally aren't powdery and as you can see from the pictures, when placed on top of an eye shadow base, show up extremely well. The metallic colors are definitely my favorite, they have a really creamy texture and go on much like MAC Veluxe Pearl shadows. My least favorite of the formulas would have to be the glitter-- although the glitter itself doesn't seem to create too much fall-out the shadow definitely does. I find this formulation to be the most powdery and "hit and miss" throughout the palettes.

Now, it's not all good. As you'll see by the swatches below, you definitely need to use an eye shadow base to get the full color pay-off with these guys. I used MAC's Painterly Paint Pot and it worked wonders! There were also a few "dud" colors in each of the palettes that you will be able to see from the pictures.

All in all, is it worth the money? Heck yeah! Is it worth more than what they're charging? Probably so! I say, go out and pick one of these bad boys up for the make up lover in your life, they'll be thanking you later!

Now, on to the good stuff...

Spoiled Brat Trio

No Primer 

With Primer

Blue Had Me At Hello 8-Pan 

No Primer 

Primer

 Petal Pusher 8-Pan

No Primer

Primer

Drinking A Glass Of Shine

No Primer

Primer 

Comfort Zone 

No Primer

Primer

THE WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY IS LYDIA ROBINSON!!!

FTC: All opinions are my own I am not affiliated with Wet n Wild.

Job Interviews

Oh. My. Gosh.

I am SO tired of job interviews! Can we just fast forward to when I'm making money acting? That would be super fabulous! Anyway, as I'm paying my dues with background work and small speaking roles and not making much money doing it, the job hunt continues! It seemed like these two interviews were going to be promising...not so much. Nothing really turns out the way you think it will, does it?

Let's start with interview #1-- tanning salon. My interview was at 7:15pm and I showed up at 7:00pm. I didn't think it was a big deal, if anything I thought that showing up early to an interview would be a GOOD thing. Apparently not for this lady! She looked at her watch and said, "Go wait in your car...you can come back in at your interview time". Umm...EXCUSE ME?! I had to take a few deep breaths so I didn't punch her in her face. I walked out to my car...and drove off. End of interview #1.

Interview #2 seemed like it would be promising; I had already been offered a job at this store in its Herald Square location, now I was just meeting with the other store to see if I could get hired on there. Seeing as Herald Square is their #1 store in the world, I figured since I got hired on by them, I could get hired anywhere! Anyway, I get to my interview and the first thing they tell me is, "We have already hired all of our Holiday sales people and we're not sure if we are going to be able to train you". THEN WHY DID YOU HAVE ME COME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW IF YOU CAN'T TRAIN ME?!?!?! This is what I felt like yelling at them, but no worries-- I kept my cool. I went through the hour interview and they said they would call me in a few days to let me know if they'd be able to squeeze in my training or not. End of interview #2 and my faith in humanity.

I'm just so done with interviews. I just need to get a job so I can make money, live in NYC happily, and audition, audition, audition! It's turning out to be just a bit harder than anticipated. I'm trying to keep the faith that it will come together but I seriously hate wasting my time.

VENT OVER! :-)

The Big Apple

Wow! In the four months since I have written, I have learned and grown so much. I was in a fantastic production of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" and learned so much about my strengths and weaknesses as a performer. I was so blessed to be a part of such an incredibly talented cast and crew and I am so thrilled that I was able to show both my voice and acting chops. It was an amazing experience, and it helped me grow as a performer so much. For that, I will be forever grateful.

The cast of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"!

I also moved to New York City. I never thought that I had the courage to get up and move across the country with only a suitcase. I didn't know a single person when I moved, I found a roommate online, and soon enough I settled into New York life. I feel so at home in New York. I know that I was meant to come here, and meant to learn so many lessons. I learned that I can not only make it living on my own, but I can thrive. I learned that my relationships with my friends and family will not die because I am away from them. I learned that I can make it as an actor, and I will. I also learned that I have SO MUCH to learn-- and I'm trying to be a sponge and soak it all up. I'll post with more details about exactly what I have been doing in NYC soon!

Times Square!

I will be back in Kansas City on November 17th until January 14th. Although I wish I could have stayed in New York, I know it's for the best. I know that I want to be with my mom during the Holidays and I know that I need to come home, work seasonally, and save up more money to head back to New York. I have so much more knowledge I know that when I return to NYC in January I am going to be incredibly successful. I know this with all my heart and I can't wait to show the world what Sarah Montoya can do!

A great mural I passed each day as I walked to my acting & voice lessons.