makeup by anne bismonte

makeup by anne bismonte
Showing posts with label Eyeshadow Pallete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eyeshadow Pallete. Show all posts

Friday, September 18, 2015

Sneak Peek: 2015 HOLIDAY MAKEUP SETS!

Hey there beauties! Christmas is really fast approaching, like could you imagine it's already September? That only means holiday sets are now getting ready to blow our pockets off.You may not be in your "holiday shopping" mode yet, but today I’m going to show you guys a little sneak peak of HOLIDAY SETS 2015 that will be available for holiday season.  Well some are now available at Sephora, Ulta beauty and Hautelook.com so better check your trusted online shops before the stocks run out.

There are about 300 new sets from different brands for this coming holiday 2015 but I will just show you my top 6 product/value sets that I think is worth buying for holiday season.  

1. HOURGLASS AMBIENT THE EDIT PALETTE



I know there’s a lot of controversy about this palette because of the size. I didn’t know that it will be so tiny for the prize but I already made an order at sephora when it came available for VIB. I will definitely do a review about this “most-hyped” holiday palette once I got my package. It is still included to my top 6 because if you're new to the brand and you don't  have all their ambient shades this a great palette to start exploring the brand and the product. 

2. MARC JACOBS BEAUTY - THE SOFIA


This is the other set that I really wanted to pick up for holiday because it is sooooo pretty! I think it is well prized because a single Marc Jacobs Le Marc Lip Crème is $30. In this set you will get 5 deluxe size lippies from Marc Jacobs plus a patent leather pouch which I think is so pretty and you can use it as a makeup bag. The shades included are very pretty and very fall appropriate. Even though we don’t have fall season here in the Philippines, most of the people here rocks deep shades of lipsticks when colder months start to approach. 

3. TARTE BLING IT ON BLUSH PALETTE 2015



Hooraaayyy for another beautiful blush palette from Tarte! I haven’t tried any blush from tarte tho, so I think this is a great palette to start my relationship with their blushes. If I only knew that they will come up with another blush palette this holiday season I would probably pick this over Hourglass ambient the Edit because I think this is much worthy for its prize. 


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4. SMASHBOX - TRY IT KIT PRIMER AUTHORITY



I have nothing much to say about this kit besides the fact that Smashbox Primer is one of the best available in the market. I really wanted to try the Primer water spray! 

5. TARTE LIGHT OF THE PARTY COLLECTORS MAKEUP CASE


There will be a ton of Holiday makeup palettes from different brands.  Kat Von D has the Mi Vida Loca palette for the same amount of $59.  Urban Decay will launch VICE 4 and Urban Spectrum eyeshadow palette for $55 each, never really a fan of UD’s eyeshadow palettes tho. Lorac upcome with the MEGA PRO 2 for holiday and is much cheaper for $45 (the last time I checked) I find it very unappealing because of the selection of the shades I like MEGA PRO 1 better in my opinion.  Smashbox has ART, LOVE, and COLOR MASTER CLASS eyeshadow palette for $65. I think TARTE is a great buy out of all of them because it has eye shadows, blush, bronzer, highlighter, brush and mascara. You will definitely get a lot of product out of your money. Who doesn't like that?

6. SEPHORA FAVORITES - BROW RAISING BROW WARDROBE



In this kit you will get 5 full- sizes of brow products. Yes full size and one of them is ABH brow wiz which is $21 itself. What else can I say? Girl, this kit is a steal. 


And that’s it! Hope this post will help you find the perfect Christmas gift for your beauty junkie soul. Thank you for reading and have a great day! 



With love,
Anne 

Friday, May 16, 2014

LORAC PRO PALETTE REVIEW



Hey everyone! Today I wanted to share a review of one of my most-used and abused eyeshadow palette lately, the LORAC Pro Palette. It took me quite a while before getting this product. But as the hype goes on and on about this palette and I have been reading a lot of good reviews about it, I know that it will be a great investment for my professional kit so I had to pick it up. I got this from Beautyholic Manila for Php2, 600.00 aprox $57.77


After playing around with it for almost a month, I wanted to share my own thoughts about this palette. I use this for my clients and even for myself and I have to say that it is one of my favorite palettes that I have in my collection. Let's take a good look of this palette!

Let's start first with the packaging.






This palette has a rubberized slim black packaging the same with NARS cosmetics blushers. It has a large mirror in it that is enough to be usable. The palette is quite thin and travel-friendly; it has a magnetic closure, and comes with mini 0.17 oz Lorac Behind the Scene eyeshadow primer. Eyeshadows are named properly and very useful if you're going to make a tutorial using this palette.

Now, let's take a good look of each eyeshadow shades.


This Lorac Pro palette has 16 shadows mixed of matte and frosted shades which I like in a palette. Top row has matte finish bottom row has semi-frosted finish. These shadows are very pigmented and easy to work with. It feels buttery when you swatch it and colors are very easy to blend.




This palette is one of the most versatile palettes I've ever worked with. Besides the amazing quality, the color selection/finishes are pretty awesome. Other people find that Lorac Pro somehow similar with Naked palette but If you love matte eye shadows and neutral palettes like I do then this Lorac Pro is for you!

Let me show you swatches of each eyeshadow color.




My fave shades in this palette are: Sable, Garnet, Taupe, Mauve, Deep Purple and Pewter and Nude.

So, over all I love this palette more than my Naked 1 & 2. I can create a lot of different looks with this palette. If you want variety of colors and finishes you may want to check this palette out.

Here is an example of "smokey eye look" that I created for my client using Lorac Pro palette. Colors used: Black - Espresso - Sable - Taupe- Cream


Let me also show you some of my creations using this palette.



I hope you find this review helpful the fact that I know there are tons of reviews out there. Hope you had a great day and till my next post!