RECENT PRODUCT EMPTIES! (summer 2016)

Hello there beauty! I haven’t done this kind of post before and I think it’s a great idea to show you guys the products that either I love till its last drop or the product that I didn’t love that much but I used it up (maybe because I spend my own money on it) 

Let's start!

    L’oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in W4

Okay so this product is an ultimate favourite of mine, I have actually 6 diff shades (mainly for my kit and for myself) it’s funny because w4 is not my shade so I bought w2 to mix them up to get my desired shade, which you may think it is maybe w3 but its not. I have w3 and w3 alone is not warm enough for me that it tends to look ashy on my skin tone so I mix w4 and w2 which has a good amount of yellow tone to get my shade. 

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara 

I don’t know if I included this mascara to my blogs before but this is actually my 4^th or maybe my  5^th tube of this particular product. That’s how much I love it. I love the formula and brush wand and being affordable is another factor to consider of loving it and keep on repurchasing it. I’m so happy that is it now available locally here in the Philippines coz’ I remember before I always order this mascara online. It’s everyone’s favourite!

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

This is second to my most favourite finishing spray which is Skindinavia, what more can I say about this product? Well, it does its job holding my makeup into place and makes it really looooong-lasting. Will definitely repurchase this amazing product!

MAC Prep + Prime Fix plus 

I’m in a spray chaos now, 1^st I run out of my finishing spray now it’s my setting spray. This fix plus is incomparable, I don’t really know any dupes for this particular product because it works amazingin setting my foundation.  I need to buy one now!

Revlon Photoready Perfecting Primer 

I have a 50-50 relationship with this product because it breaks me out so badly but it does the job on holding my makeup and make my base applied smoothly. You can see I have more than 30% left of the product but I will not risk my face again using it because my skin is now acne free. Thanks to God and to all my skincare products! Haha!  I would not repurchase this one because I have so many primers that don’t break me out but I would recommend this if your skin will not have any reaction using it cause it more affordable compare to others.

Catrice Camouflage concealer in 01

It’s thick enough to cover your whole face (if you want lol) and I like the pigmentation. However, my main purpose why I bought this is to use it as a highlighting concealer but as I’ve said it’s too thick that it tends to crease so badly under my eye area that I really have to put so much effort in prepping my face to make this concealer work. Nope, not going to repurchase. 

Revlon Brow Fantasy in the shade Brunette

Out of all the brow products that I have used in my entire makeup life this is by far, my most favourite of all. It’s a gel and pencil product in 1 for only 500pesos which is a great steal. Although this product would only last for 6 months to me (if you’re using it everyday) because the amount of product you’ll get is pretty small but I still love it and would always always always repurchase it. 

MJ Brush Cleaner in Lavender Scent

My favorite brush cleaner so farrrrrrr! Love the scent and my client always says my brushes smell so good whenever I use my fresh cleaned brushes to their faces. The only downside to this product is it’s always out of stock or I think it is already discontinued. Sad. 

Maybeline White Super Fresh Cake Powder in 04 Honey

I love that it is yellow tone and that it has SPF for skin protection. Only downside is you don’t wanna use this at night to set your foundation because it has high SPF which is 37 and may cause you white cast on photographs. But that is not really an issue to me cause I have other powder to use. I love this powder during summer because of the SPF and it really does set my foundation beautifully plus not to mention the great coverage it has because it’s a cake powder.

That was a lot of empties and made me realize that I need to repurchase some of them real soon. I hope you liked this post and tell me what products have you used up at the comment section below. Thanks for dropping by!! 

With Love,

Anne

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HOW TO: Highlight 101 (on FLEEEEEEEK!)

Hey there beauties! Okay, get yourselves together because we’re going to talk about those highlights on fleeeeeeeeeek. Highlighting is one of my favourite steps whenever I am doing my makeup because it can instantly lift your face and get rid of those tired looking eyes, it can make your face glow and dewy and youthful. Tell me, who doesn’t like glowing and youthful skin?

Highlighting is great when it is done correctly and when it is placed where it should be. It can be a little tricky but when you find the right shade that compliments your skin tone it could be your best friend for your everyday routine. I’m just going to talk more about highlighting and then I’m going to show you some of the products that I do recommend for highlighting purposes. 

During my makeup workshops, everyone gets crazy whenever we reached the highlighting topic. Because come on’ we all know that 2015 is the year of contour and highlight and there is a bunch of new highlighting and contouring products out in the market and it seems like everyone is raving about them. I am more into highlighting than contouring just because I like dewy skin, I love how it freshens the face and the look of the makeup. 

Let’s talk more about Highlighting.

WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTING? Highlighting brings facial features forward so they appear larger or fuller. Highlighting products are either light reflective powders or matte powders that are 2-3 shades lighter than your skin. The shades range from bright pearly whites to matte beige shades into champagnes, gold’s and rose gold shades for deeper skin tone. 

Two forms of highlighting: Creams/liquids/matte powders that is lighter than our skin tone and light reflective powders.

Parts where we usually highlight: T-zone  - Forehead, Chin, Cupids bow, Nose bridge and under eye area (For this areas, use a concealer or cream that is 2-3 shades lighter than you skin tone or your foundation then set it with a matte finish powder to set your highlighting creams or concealers. Make sure that the powder you use corresponds to the shade of your concealer to make the highlight visible.)

Highest points of your face - Chin, top of the cheeks, brow bone, tip of the nose, top of the brow arch  (Use a light reflective powder for this part to accentuate your face and give you a dewy finish and not looking too flat. Avoid applying this kind of highlighting powder to your forehead as it can make you look oily instead of dewy. ) 

So here are the products that I do recommend for highlighting:

Light Reflective Highlighters:  (powder or liquid)

BECCA SHIMMERING SKIN-PERFECTOR IN OPAL

LAURA MERCIER MATTE RADIANCE BAKED POWDER IN 01

MAC MSF IN SOFT & GENTLE  AND IN GLOBAL GLOW

HARD CANDY BAKED BRONZER IN TIKI

HOURGLASS AMBIENT LIGHTING POWDERS

Highlighting Concealers: (My top 5 picks)

MAYBELINE INSTANT AGE REWIND DARK CIRCLE ERASER IN LIGHT 120

MAC PRO-LONGWEAR CONCEALER IN NC2O

ALMAY WAKE UP CONCEALER IN 020 LIGHT/MEDIUM

MAYBELINE FIT ME CONCEALER IN 010 LIGHT AND 020 SAND

RIMMEL LONDON WAKE ME UP CONCEALER IN IVORY

As you noticed, I have more drugstore recommendations when it comes to highlighting concealers because I find that drugstore brands, well some of them, did a really great job when it comes to their concealers and foundations. Rarely do I find a very good light reflecting highlighters on a drugstores brand, some of them are flaky and frosty and you girls should avoid that because it can be just chunks of glitters on your face. What we wanted for a highlight is a subtle sheen that will make us dewy. 

I like to use my fingers or a damp beauty blender in blending my highlighting concealers and what I like to use for setting my highlighting concealer is the BEN-NYE BANANA POWDER mixed with BEN-NYE NEUTRAL SET to make the yellow tone of the banana powder not super intense. I also like using the RIMMEL STAY MATTE POWDER or the MAC MINERALIE SKIN-FINISH NATURAL IN THE SHADE LIGHT.

Tell me if you want me to do an in-depth review on each product of highlighters that I do own. Shades that are being mention above are my own shade, you may want to check or do a research first to find your shade before purchasing the product.  I heard that Anastasia Beverly hills and Gerard Cosmetics will come up with a highlighter this coming holiday season! Who’s excited????? Mama is excitedddd of course! *snap *snap

Thank you for reading my blog and tell me what is your favourite highlighter on the comment box below! Don’t forget to subscribe to my blog and follow me on instagram at @annebismonte_mua. SEE YOU ALL SOON!

BTW, Here are some example photos for Highlighting. These photos are from my HEADWAY VERA SALON Ad-shoot. See the caption for the credits.  

MODEL: MJ MARFORI of TV5 Entertainment news Showbiz Konek
PHOTO BY: STEPHEN CAPPUCINO of Zoomburst Studio
MAKEUP BY: ANNE BISMONTE
HAIR BY: HEADWAY VERA SALON

MODEL: DESIREE DEL VALLE | TV ACTRESS of ABS-CBN
PHOTO BY: STEPHEN CAPPUCINO of Zoomburst Studio
MAKEUP BY: ANNE BISMONTE
HAIR BY: HEADWAY VERA SALON

Much Love,

Anne

GRWM: My Go To Everyday Makeup (tutorial)

Hi there beauty! When you’re a mom like me, probably you don’t have so much time to prep yourself but you want to look pretty formal before you leave the house and run some errands. I’m going to share to you all my very quick and simple everyday makeup. Everything is natural and it seems you’re not wearing any makeup at all, but we all know, it takes makeup to look natural. Did I make any sense? 

Let’s begin. 

First, you want to start off clean and moisturized. I do have a combination skin but sometimes I do get dry during “ber” months here in Manila because of the weather change. Here I’m just using my KIEHL’S ULTRA FACIAL MOISTURIZER suitable for all skin types.  I use my fingers to rub in the product and wait for the product to dry before I proceed with the next step. 

 It is completely up to you if you want to use a primer prior your everyday foundation or any bb creams, but for me I’ll go ahead and jump into my foundation. I only use primer for special occasions or events or whenever I need my makeup to stay longer. For everyday use or for normal days I just use my favourite foundation or a tintend moisturizer or a BB cream. But in this tutorial, I’m going to use my new fave the HARD CANDY CC CRÈME in the shade light. I’m using my flat-top kabuki brush to blend out the product. 

Because the CC crème doesn’t really cover my spots, I am now ready to do some spot concealing using my BEN-NYE SKI1 CONCEALER WHEEL. As you can see on the last photo, I avoid applying the cc crème under my eyes that is because I don’t like too much product in there. I do have dark under eye circles so a peach corrector is a beauty bag staple for me. Here I’m still using the ben nye sk-11 concealer wheel and I’m using the light peach color in the palette. Be careful not to apply too much because too much product under our eye will eventually crease or set into our fine lines after a few hours.  I’m using my fingers to blend the product well.

Right after the concealing and correcting it is now time to do some highlight. Here I use my MAC PRO-LONGWEAR CONCEALER in NC20 as a highlight and I’m applying it to my T-zone and under my eye area and using my pinky again to blend out the product. Make sure you blend your highlight really really well.

After all the creams and liquids time to set them with a powder. I’m just using MAYBELINE WHITE SUPERFRESH UV CAKE POWDER in the shade Honey with a big fluffy brush.

Because mama’s skin is now too flat applying bronzer is a must! I don’t normally contour on a daily basis but I want some warmth to my skin so I do bronzing. Here I’m using my NYC SMOOTH SKIN SUNNY BRONZER with An angled blush brush that I got from beauty cosmetics. Place the bronzer where you normally contour.

Here I’m using my CITY COLOR BE MATTE BLUSH in the shade Dragonfruit and my MAC MINERALIZE SKINFINISH in Soft and Gentle. Applying the blush on my cheeks blending it upwards towards my temples to give that blushing effect and at the same time it contours your cheeks a little. Then I apply my light reflecting powder to the highest points of my face (top of the cheekbones, cupids bow, and tip of the nose) 

Next, I do my brows and apply a thin coat of mascara. I will do a separate blog on how I do my brows to give you a much detailed tutorial about it. Here, I’m using my REVLON BROW FANTASY for my brows and my MAYBELLINE HYPER CURL VOLUME EXPRESS WATERPROOF MASCARA for my tiny lashes.

Last but definitely not the least, I will now apply my lipstain or a very sheer lipstick. The lipstick that I like to use during normal days is shygirl by mac or crème cup but in this tutorial I’m using my LOOK BEAUTY FAT LIPS in the shade Snog. It’s a lipstain and a balm in one I got this from Makeup hub.

Then I try to blot it out to remove excess moisture with a tissue paper and we are done beauties!

Here's the final look. :) 

I hope you find this tutorial helpful! Thank you for reading and I will talk to you again on my next post. What is your daily makeup routine? Share it at the comment box below.

Much love,

Anne