iKateHouse Haul

If you've been reading this blog, you probably know how much I love City Color's Be Matte Blushes. I'm obsessed! It's the best drugstore matte blush formula, hands down and you can totally compare them to higher-end blushes! They're so pigmented, soft and blendable with a natural-looking matte finish that doesn't accentuate pores.
I previously purchased 7 of the 12 shades and posted a full review a while ago (click here if you want to check that out), but City Color has been out of stock on the other 5 shades for quite some time. I kept checking their website periodically but had pretty much given up, thinking that maybe they're discontinuing those shades or something.
Then last week, I was catching up on some of my vlog subscriptions and saw one of my favorite YouTubers, EmilyNoel83 post a review of some palettes she got from a website called iKateHouse (see her video here). She mentioned that they carried City Color and seemed to have a good experience with them, so I went to their website and saw that they had the Be Matte shades I wanted in stock...and they're a dollar less than they are on the City Color website at only $3.99 each. Score!

I'm happy to say that I also had a great experience with iKateHouse. My order arrived in only 2-3 days (they ship from NY and I'm in CT so it didn't have to go far) and everything was really well packaged in thick bubble wrap and that was wrapped in pretty tissue paper. By the way, this isn't a sponsored post and I'm not getting anything for referring you guys to this site...they have no idea I'm even doing this post. I just had a good experience and wanted to share...they have so many affordable niche brands on the site, and I had a lot of fun browsing. I'll definitely be back to check out some more products.

Anyway, back to the blushes! Here's a close-up of each shade I got in my iKateHouse order...

These shades are all more muted colors than the original seven I got, which included a few brighter shades. I'm in love with the first shade I swatched below, Sweet Pea. It's the perfect pinky nude for my fair skin! The second shade, Fresh Melon is a really pale peachy pink and for some reason, it applied a little bit patchy and needed to be built up. This is the only one out of all 12 shades that behaved that way...not sure if I got a dud or if this particular color does that. The other three are a bit on the darker side for me (it was hard to tell from the website) but I can still use them if I sheer them out a bit.

Left to Right: Sweet Pea, Fresh Melon, Sunset Safari, Zinnia, and Hibiscus

Here's a look at all twelve shades...I think my favorites are Sweet Pea, Guava, Pink Grapefruit, Blackberry, and Papaya because those are the shades that work really well with my pale complexion. I can still wear the other shades if I use a light hand, but they are definitely more work to apply, so I tend to reach for my favorites most often.

Overall, I'm really happy to have found iKateHouse so I could complete my Be Matte blush collection! You just can't beat them for $3.99...I've had my original seven shades since last Spring and I've barely made a dent in them. They're so generously sized and pigmented so they'll last forever! 

You can check out the entire collection at iKateHouse.com.