Friday 24 January 2014

'Drugstore' VS ' High-end' on based make-up


Hi Guys, as I mentioned last week that my next review will be on 'Drugstore' and ' High-end' products, believe me I am very excited to write this review, cause like most, I was curious to find out the differences. So my whole review is based on that.

 Lets get started.
Firstly before I apply base make up, I always make sure I have washed my face with face-wash or clean using a facial-wipe. This is really important before starting any make-up do.
I use 'Boots essentials cucumber cleansing wipes', really good and very refreshing.

Then a layer of moisturiser, my favourite, ' Vaseline Cocoa Radiant'. If you have extremely dry skin like me, I would suggest you to apply a good layer of moisturiser all over and wait for a min, for you skin to absorb and then apply another layer.
However, if your skin is oily, just tap a thin layer all over your face, not much.


Drugstore products used:-
Collection Lasting Perfection Foundation, Shade- Honey
Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer, Shade- Medium
Collection Sheer Loose Powder, Shade- Barely There


High-end products used:-
Mac Face and Body Foundation, Shade- C3
Mac Select Cover Up Concealer, Shade- NC30
Mac Select Sheer/ Loose, Shade- NC30



Ok, drugstore products first. Firstly I have an extremely dry sensitive skin. I have used numerous drugstore foundation, concealer, including brands like maybelline, l'oreal, rimmel and MUA, and nothing suited me. Until I came across ' Collection 2000' new range 'Lasting perfection'. I used the concealer first, after reading couple of reviews and saw positive feedbacks, and I must saw I was not disappointed at all, it was awesome. Soon I also grab the foundation and was equally pleased with it's results. The ' Lasting Perfection' range provides medium to built-in heavy coverage. The plus points are, very good coverage, excellent longevity, the sheer loose powder helps to set the foundation well and gives a nice glow to the face.
The common disadvantage, limited choices of shades available, hard to match a shade that goes perfectly with your skin tone. Like I used the shade Honey in foundation and shade Medium in concealer, both makes my skin 2 step lighter then my natural tone, so looks a bit unnatural. If I go a shade higher, then it will make me a step or so darker then my colour, will look like I have got a fake tan or something.
After a time period ( in my case 7-8 hours)......the foundation and concealer starts to form white mark, which is visible around my noise, creases are form underneath my eyes. Also, my skin starts to become oily and glossy.
Although might not be visible in the photo above but it gave a cakey finish, feels a little bit heavy on my skin. In other words, your base make up should be as natural as possible, but in the left hand photo, its quite visible that I have applied something whitish :P on my face. So in most cases drugstore products fail to give a natural finish.

After being disappointed on drugstore products (i.e. before I came across Collection Lasting Perfection), I turned to high-end i.e. MAC ( no suprises there). Mac is no doubt one of the most loved high-end brand. One thing I really like about MAC is it gives you so many choices in terms of shades and has products for any skin type. 
I like to keep my foundation light and as natural as possible.........and thats why I went with MAC face and body foundation. Its is in light liquid form, good for dry to normal skin. It gives a light to built up medium coverage and a jewy finish. My shades is C3 and perfectly matches my skin tone. After applying, it gives a slight yellowish natural glow to my face ( as you can see in the right side photo above). 
The MAC select cover up concealer is also for dry to normal skin. Great coverage with flawless finish, the shade NC30 is perfect for me. ( In concealer, you should always choose a shade that is slightly lighter then your skin tone). Both the foundation and concealer blends well and my face ends up looking luminous =P ( thats true) and photo friendly.
The Mac sheer/ loose ( Shade- NC30) absorbs any excess oil from my face, sets  the foundation and concealer perfectly and my make-up stays intact for a longer time period. 
Sorry but I cant find any flaws.....accept it gives me a headache when finding my shade........testing n trying =P.
You can judge by the above photo that MAC suits me better then Collection 2000. 

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Monday 13 January 2014

FASHIONISTA AND ACCESSORIZE SINGLE BAKED EYESHADOWS


FASHIONISTA DOUBLE TAKE MERGED EYESHADOWS

SHADE- COSMIC

SHADE- GLOBE

The Fashionista Double Take Baked Eyeshadow cost £4 ( Superdrug UK), weight 2.5g. Made in China. I am not quite sure when they were launched so I will go straight into reviewing them.

I bought two shades Cosmic and Globe. Swatches are given below.

Cosmic is merged of 3 colours, graphite being the main, brick red and hint of silver. Same in the case of Globe, deep blue is the main, baby blue and touch of gold. Now when you swatch them a beautiful shade appears with all 3 colours  quite visible, and I must say looks really pretty, but my camera failed to capture it =(. Anyway the eyeshadows are extremely pigmented and shimmery but due to their baked form they due cause a little bit of flakes nothing extreme. In this case an eyeshadow base/ primer will do the work.

ACCESSORIZE MERGED EYESHADOW 


Accessorize merged eye shadow, shade Purple Drama. Retail price of £3.95 ( in Superdrug UK). Weight 3g. Swatch given below.


The Purple Drama is a mix of 4 shimmer colours, deep purple, light purple, pink and sprinkle of silver. The colours appears in different shades of purple, is really gorgeous, when you swatch all over ( although not clear in the picture above). Highly pigmented and lil flaky cause this is also a baked eyeshadow. So as I said earlier that an eyeshadow primer does come handy. 

Below is a look I created using Fashionista Double take Globe and Accessorize Merged Eyeshadow Purple Drama.


In conclusion I will recommend these products to a friend.
What do you thinks?

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Sunday 5 January 2014

HOW TO SHAPE YOUR EYEBROWS.


HOW TO SHAPE YOUR EYEBROWS


List of products used
1. Miss Sporty Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil- Chocolate brown
2. W7 Automatic Eyeliner Pencil- Black
3. W7 Style Eyes Brow & Lash Shaping Gel

First Step

As I have dark eyebrows I used a chocolate brown colour eye pencil, to do the base. Don't use a black eye pencil to do the base, it will make your eyebrows deep dark and unnatural ( plus you will end up having witch eyebrows =P).
Draw a border line around your eye brows, make sure the border shape of the two matches as much as possible.

Use a pointed sponge brush to smudge the line and fill the eyebrows, until no harsh line is visible. Then use the W7 automatic eyeliner pencil to fill any visible empty spaces. Fill those spaces with one light stroke with the eye pencil, dont make any deep lines. Again take the pointed sponge brush to smudge the lines well and so that no harsh line are visible. Take the W7 style eyebrow gel to shape and set the eyebrows. Gently brush over your brows.


Wait for the gel to dry and use a q-tips to remove any smudges around your eyebrows. 
In case you think, you have make the brows too dark, before using the brow gel take a small towel and gently swipe across your eyebrow, dont press it hard, be very careful while doing it, you don't want smudges around.

There you go, that is how I shape my brows. 
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NYX Smokey Eyeshadow Palette


NYX Smokey Eyeshadow Palette



The NYX Smokey Eyeshadow Palette was launched mid of last year. Its ' cruelty free' as stated at the back of the palette. This is very important to check before purchasing any kind of products. The palette cost $7.50 and made in China. Dimension:4.75"x2.1"x0.5" and weight 0.21 OZ (6 G)


The palette contains 6 amazing eyeshadows and comes with a two heads sponge brush. As the name suggest, the shades are perfect to do smokey eyes, dramatic eyes or party eyes. Swatches are given below.


The shades are soft and highly pigmented, as you can see. There are 2 shimmer, 3 metallic and 1 matte shades. Although the names are not provided in the palette, I will list the names according to the jumbo pencils they match ( from left to right)- Slate, Black bean, Purple velvet, Cobalt, Yoghurt, Cottage cheese.
Now accept for Black bean ( the matte shade) none of the eyeshadow cause any flakes.

All in all I love this palette, and you should grab one too, if you are like me,  prefers highlighting your eyes when doing a makeover.
Below is a look I created only using this palette.


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Sunday 22 December 2013

SLEEK I-DIVINE PALETTES



Sleek i-Divine Palettes


Hi Guys today I want to review 3 of my Sleek palettes of my many Sleek palettes. Snapshots, Ultra mattes Darks and Ultra mattes Brights.


I got to know about Sleek 2 years back and its been a year and so I have fallen deeply in love with their eyeshadow palettes. I mean it is one brand that provides highly pigmented, excellent quality eyeshadows at a reasonable price. Unlike Urban Decay, in Sleek almost all the shades are unique, and they rarely repeat the same shade in different palettes accept the shades 'Black' and ' White'.

SLEEK I-DIVINE SNAPSHOT PALETTE

The Snapshot palettes contains rich vibrant colours. 5 mattes and 7 shimmer eyeshadows. Its has all the colours one might need, starting from deep bright colours like 'purple haze' to ' martini' a frosty white shade which can be use for higlight on the brow bone, different shades of green and blue, shimmery red to orange.It is the perfect palette to use during spring. They are soft and I dont think I need to repeat the word pigmented. The shades in this palette are very photo friendly. Swatches are given below with names of each of the shades.


My favourite shade in this palette is ' humming bird' its kinda like a shimmery blue-ish green shade and I love the colour =D.

SLEEK ULTRA BRIGHT PALETTE

The ultra mattes bright palette contains all kind of extremely bright, neon, funky colours. This is the best palette to use for theme parties ;).... The palette contains 9 catchy bright tone shades and 3 light tone shades. I think both of the ultra matte palettes ( brights and darks) have the most pigmented and extremely soft shades compare to all the other sleek palettes. Swatches with names of each shades are given below.


My favourite shades in this palette are ' pout', ' sugarlite and 'bolt'. Although I said all the shades are soft and smooth, I really had a hard time to swatch 'bammi', it was hard and was not coming on my finger properly. I had to swatch couple of times to get the colour. Weird =/

SLEEK ULTRA MATTES DARKS PALETTE

So the palette contains 9 deep dark tone shades and 3 light tone shades. The palette is really good for smoky eyes, party and club looks. Swatch with names of shades given below.


The 3 light matte shades, 'flesh' is a nude colour , and best use as eyeshadow base, and the rest two ' dune' and ' pillow talk' can be used as highlight in the brow bone. My favourite shades in this palette are 'orbit' and 'ink'. 

All in all I love it, and will keep on collecting more palettes and suggest others to get hold of sleek palettes, instead of wasting money on high end brands. Cause they are awesomee..... =D

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Saturday 14 December 2013

NYX Round Lipstick- Pure Red and Indian Pink

                                         
                                                      NYX Round Lipstick
                             Shade- Pure Red (LS533A) & Indian Pink (LSS550)


NYX Round Lipstick is classic lipstick for all occasions. The mineral-bases emollient formula offers a beautiful velvet texture, saturated colour and it resists wear and smudging ( as stated in the NYX cosmetics website, I will compare this with my opinion below, after having a closure look at the packaging)

So packaging.........
Front
                                           
Bottom
                                           
Top

So the packaging is simple, plastic black case, the front body only have NYX written ( which is now the new packaging). The bottom bit is transparent and shows the colour of the shade. The interesting part is I read in a review if you ever get to open the bottom, you will find out its actually rubber in exact colour of the shade. The top has the name of the shade and the colour code.

Now my opinion, after use- I would say they are extremely creamy, moist and therefore gives a velvet texture I agree. Good for those who have dry lips( like me, my lips are extremely dry), prevents lip cracks from being visible. The colours are highly pigmented. I wont say they are 100% smudge proof but neither smudgy..........I dont agree the part were it said they 'resist wear', they do wear off after a while. All in all I will give 7.5 out of 10. The best part, NYX Round lipstick have around 108 shades to choose from, thats a lot of options right =D.

Swatchessss...................
PURE RED

INDIAN PINK

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Friday 13 December 2013

NYX Jumbo Pencil- Milk and Cottage Cheese

NYX JUMBO PENCILS

Hi guys welcome to my blog. This is my first blog post and I will review two products from one of my favourite brand NYX. =D. I am sure you guys are very much familiar with NYX jumbo pencils. I am writing this review completely based on my opinion.
So the packaging....

As the name suggest they are very thick long pencil eye liners. With a transparent plastic cap. The name of the shade is written in the bottom along with the shade code. Now I don't know about others but I love the packaging. Its easy to hold and enough to last a long time. Now lets have a closer look at the tips.

The NYX Jumbo pencil can be used as eyeshadow, base, primer or eyeliner and I would say they serve all the purpose very well. They are soft, creamy, highly pigmented. The best part is, because of their soft creamy formation they blend easily and there is zero flakes. I mean being a messy person I always end up having smudges here and there cause of flakes..........and its hard to fix after you have already applied your based make up...........I cant tell you how many q-tips and facial wipes I have wasted and time redoing my make up, taking of smudges especially underneath my eyes and then again re-apply concealer ='(. With this Jumbo pencils I can work smoothly with zero flakes so no smudges =D

Milk- I think Milk is the most popular among all the Jumbo pencil shades. It is pure white colour and can be best used as eyeshadow base or apply it in the waterline to highlight your eyes.  ( i.e. makes your eyes look sharp and big =P)

Cottage Cheese- The Cottage Cheese is more like a white pearl colour. It is shimmery unlike Milk which is a matte shade. It can be use as highlight on the brow bone. Also on the inner corner of the eyes and outer corner especially when you used a dark eyeshadow on the outer lid.
( I hope to do a look soon, using these jumbo pencils to show what I meant)

Swatchessss............

All in all I love them, they are awesome for the price of $4.50 each. I hope to collect more shades soon. Yayyy =D.

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