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Youngblood Cosmetics Event Fred Segal (2) — Youngblood Cosmetics at Fred Segal

Last night I attended this Youngblood Cosmetics event (that I told you about here) at Fred Segal in Santa Monica. I had a lot of fun hanging out with fellow beauty junkies and learning more about the Youngblood line! I got a makeup touch-up done with some products I haven’t tried from them before…so now my wishlist is growing! (Their liquid foundation, rice powder, concealer, and minerals in the mist are amazing!)

Youngblood Cosmetics Event Fred Segal — Yummy treats that I forgot to try 🙁

Youngblood Cosmetics Event Fred Segal Tara Buck (6) — Tara Buck from True Blood getting her makeup done!

The special guest of the afternoon was Tara Buck from True Blood. She plays Ginger. I don’t watch the show but I have heard awesome things. She actively uses and supports Youngblood as well (She wore YB to the True Blood premiere!).

Youngblood Cosmetics Event Fred Segal Tara Buck (7) — Tara Buck from True Blood

Youngblood’s Educator Philip Luque applied the new fall color line to Tara, demonstrating each product for us. I reviewed the fall palette, Moulin Rouge, here!

Youngblood Cosmetics Event Fred Segal (9) — New Beauty Store at Fred Segal

The event was hosted at the New Beauty Store at Fred Segal, which sells Youngblood products along with tons of other beauty products! Then we headed to a yummy Italian restaurants for appetizers and drinks! It was a great event, and I’m definitely looking forward to trying out more Youngblood products…like what I received in my goody bag!

Youngblood Cosmetics Event Fred Segal (10) — Youngblood Mineral Basics Kit in Light

I received the Mineral Basics kit that’s available on their site, which I’m excited to try! I will definitely do a review of it on here in the future.

Youngblood Cosmetics Event Fred Segal (11) — Youngblood Fall 2012 Collection and Mineral Primer

Next, in this cute bag, we received a Mineral Primer (which I’ve used before as a sample, it’s awesome, so I’m glad to have it again!), along with the Fall collection. Since I already have the palette, expect it in a future giveaway! Thanks Youngblood!

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Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge

Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics is launching their Fall 2012 color line on August 1st, and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to try their new Moulin Rouge palette to review for you guys.

Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge Ingredients — Moulin Rouge Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad Ingredients

Youngblood is drawing inspiration from nude looks on the runways for their fall 2012 collection, which includes this palette, an Incredible Wear Gel Liner in Sienna, Lip Liner Pencil in Au Naturel, and Lipstick in Blushing Nude.

Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge (2) — Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge

This quad features Can-Can, a shimmery caramel, Revue, a pearl vanilla, Cabarets, a dark chocolate, and Red Light, a matte red-orange. My favorite colors are definitely Revue and Cabarets, because they are the most suitable to my skin tone.

Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge Swatches — Moulin Rouge Swatches (Can-Can, Revue, Cabarets, Red Light)

Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge Swatches (2) — Moulin Rouge Swatches (Can-Can, Revue, Cabarets, Red Light)

As you can see, Revue is the most shimmery shade. Can-Can has a little sheen, while, to me, both Cabarets and Red Light are matte. Cabarets is said to have a light red shimmer, but I couldn’t detect it. They are all very pigmented, but Red Light has the least pigmentation.

The palette is a nice black plastic with a magnetic closure, which I like. It’s a very simple package.

Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge Eye Look — Moulin Rouge Eye Look

As soon as I got this palette, I wanted to take off my current eyeshadow and redo it with the colors. So, here’s what I came up with. I put Revue on my lid, Can-Can on my outer half, Cabarets in the crease, and Red Light as a liner both on my top and bottom lash lines. I topped it off with Kat Von D lipstick in Adora lipstick with Youngblood’s Mighty Shiny Lip Gel in Displayed, which I reviewed here.

Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge Eye Look (2) — Moulin Rouge Eye Look

Youngblood Fall Pressed Mineral Eyeshadow Quad in Moulin Rouge Eye Look (3) — Moulin Rouge Eye Look

I found the shadows easy to work with overall. I’m just not too sure that it is very flattering on my eyes, since I typically prefer cooler shades- so Revue and Cabarets are my favorite shadows. But, I think the look turned out nice. If I had to make one comment on the palette, I’d probably say that I wish Revue showed up more shimmery on my eyes, it looks a lot different than it does in my swatch earlier in this post.

Youngblood’s Fall line, including this palette, will be available as of August 1st, 2012. This palette retails for $43.00.

**This post contains products that I have received for free– for more information, please read my Disclosure Policy**

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