An Amazing Line of Cosmetics I'm Currently Obsessed with: Paula Dorf

Like most beauty lovers, makeup is my very favorite, especially when it comes to eyeshadow. I love the spark of creativity it brings to my morning routine by playing with color to change up my look.

I like to play up my eyes the most when it comes to my makeup routine, and you can bet that being a beauty blogger I’m always looking for new fabulous eye cosmetics products to try out.

I actually vary up my eye makeup routine quite a bit. I get really bored with the same old colors. I will often use a baby pink eyeshadow because it makes my blue-ish green eyes look a super gorgeous shade of teal. But every now and then, I just want to change up my look, especially for a big night out, so of course I’m going to be looking for great eye shadow palettes and fun mascaras to do the trick!

I recently came across Paula Dorf cosmetics. I had heard of the brand before but never tried it, so when I was given the opportunity to review a pretty eye shadow palette and teal mascara, I was totally on bored right away!

The Aztec city palette is every color you would expect when hearing the word aztec. I opened the palette and oohed and ahhed over each color. It had my traditional pink which I absolutely loved, and white, which is super on-trend right now, especially for winter. Then of course, you will find classic brown and beige, which is probably the go-to shades for most women, and last but not least, a beautiful shade of pale blue, yet another fabulous color, especially for winter!

The lovely palette also comes with a built-in mirror for application on the go, as well as actually, a really great brush with an eyeliner brush on one end and eyeshadow brush on the other end. When I picked up the brush, I was immediately surprised to see such a high quality brush in a makeup palette. You almost never see that! In fact, the Paula Dorf line of brushes are so great, they are actually award winning! Paula Dorf started with crafting her impressive line of brushes from art supplies, and once the brushes really took off, she then created a super easy to wear, high quality line of makeup that is not only gorgeous but long wearing too!

The Paula Dorf brand is actually famous for the unique “tricks” you find with her fabulous cosmetics. For instance you can use any of these eyeshadows as an eyeliner too (which I did everyday while trying out this lovely eye palette!) Many of the products you will find in the Paula Dorf line can be used for more than one use, so you can really get lots of use out of these products and save yourself money at the same time by not having to buy lots of different products!

Paula Dorf’s line of cosmetics and brushes have really taken off and set the bar, as you can imagine, and can be seen in magazines such as Allure, Elle, and more. A lot of celebrities are also loving and wearing Paula Dorf cosmetics, including Jessica Simpson, Sandra Bullock, Debra Messing, and Renee Zellweger. Her cosmetics have also since become award winning as well, including receiving the Allure Best of Beauty Award and Self Magazines Healthy Beauty Award.

I was thrilled when my Paula Dorf Aztec Eye Palette and Teal Mascara showed up! I couldn’t wait to try out this fabulous trending, award winning makeup for myself!

Eyeshadow Swatches:

I created a different look each day using the luxurious eye colors from this fun palette. I also went nuts with the gorgeous teal mascara!

Upon first use, I loved how well this makeup brush worked. I always throw out the brushes that come in eye palettes. I was thrilled to see I could do both of my eyeliner and eyeshadow with this great makeup brush.

The brush is super high quality, soft, and does a great job of delivering lots of pigment to your lids. I started with the eyeliner brush end and used the dark brown as an eyeliner in most of my looks. I also tried it with other colors as an eyeliner including the beige and white, and loved how great it delivered color around my lash lines. The brush is super easy to use and you get a great application with just one stroke.

I then switched ends and dipped into the eyeshadow. For my first look, I used the trendy, winter white eyeshadow. The white, pink, and beige are a bit light, so for more dramatic color, I would wet the eyeshadow brush to deliver more pigment to my eyelids.

The shadows look great and are easy to apply, I just found I would use quite a few more strokes for the lighter colors to really make my eyes pop. The dark brown and blue were quick to apply as the color is highly pigmented and I could get a great look within a matter or seconds with my fabulous Paula Dorf brush!

The mascara is the prettiest shade of teal and I absolutely loved using it to create different looks. I haven’t used a whole lot of colored mascara in the past and I can see I’ve been missing out! You can really get a dramatic, fun, playful look in seconds by using this gorgeous teal mascara! You can also switch up the look by doing an ombre effect and coating the ends or the base of the lashes with black mascara, for a more exciting, even more dramatic look!

Here are some of the looks I created using this eye palette.

White eyeshadow around eyes, beige eyeshadow up to brows, brown as eyeliner, and teal mascara:

Blue Eyeshadow on lids, beige eyes shadow up to brows, brown eyeshadow as eyeliner, and Teal Mascara:

White and Pink eyeshadow:

Dark Brown and Taupe Eyeshadow:

I absolutely had a blast playing with this eye palette and teal mascara from Paula Dorf. The colors are absolutely stunning and super easy to apply, thanks to the amazing high quality brush that comes with the eye palette. I was also extremely impressed with how long my eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara stayed put! I often rub my eyes a lot and it seems I rarely find eye shadows that really last all day, but day after day, this eye palette completely surprised me! I would go to do makeup touch ups to go out to dinner that night and would happily notice right away that my eyes never needed any touching up! The eye shadows and mascara have amazing staying power!

Overall, I absolutely loved using these wonderful Paula Dorf cosmetics and I can’t wait to try out more from this innovative, award-winning line of cosmetics! Paula Dorf cosmetics are also fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, and NOT TESTED on animals! Yay!

If you would like to learn more about the Paula Dorf brand, or pick up the Aztec eye palette and teal mascara for yourself, shop them today at PaulaDorf.com!

*Right now, get the teal mascara FREE with your purchase of the Aztec eye palette (a $37 Value!) Just use the CODE: TEAL at checkout!

Happy Beautifying!

* I was given these products from Paula Dorf Cosmetics and BrandBacker.com for the purpose of review. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are solely my own. I only share reviews with my readers, I feel will be beneficial or informative in some way.