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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First Impression: KAT VON D SHADE + LIGHT CONTOUR PALETTE

I  got this palette and ordered it online a while back and I know this post is longggggggg - over due. If you didn’t know, I am a huge fan of contouring & highlighting because it really does a dramatic difference once you’ve done it the right way. So my makeup soul is always on “YASSSSSSS” whenever I see that there’s a new contour palette out in the market. I’ve had a few contouring kits, powders and highlighting powders as well but this KVD Shade and Light Palette is an exceptional palette that really stands out in the market these days (in my own stash too). 

Aside from being the largest contour palette in my kit, it is also the most buttery in texture, which means its easy to blend and not patchy on skin, cause sometimes we had those muddy looking contour and we don’t like that. The palette has 3 highlighting shade (0.08 oz each) and 3 contour shades (0.16 oz each) this palette has a ton of product in it. I just wish that the contour shades lean more towards on the cooler side or taupe-y shade rather than being all warm, but don’t get me wrong they’re all beautiful. It comes with a manual on how to use each shade and how to contour your whole face.  

The shade names are all unique; I believe some are in Latin words. Not sure  but let me just run through them one by one and give you guys a little description about each shades.

TOP (HIGHLIGHTING POWDER) LUCID – A slightly pink powder with beige undertone used to brighten up the under eye area. Perfect for setting under-eye concealers for fair skin with cool undertone. 

BOTTOM (CONTOURING POWDER) SOMBRE – is the only cool toned contour powder in this kit. I use this shade on my skin tone and it works perfectly. (NC15 on MAC) 

TOP (HIGHLIGHTING POWDER) LYRIC  – A slightly yellow toned powder with warm undertone. This shade can instantly lift your eyes and brighten up the under eye area. Perfect for light to medium - dark skin complexion with warm undertone.  

BOTTOM (CONTOURING POWDER) SHADOWPLAY – deeper and slightly warmer than sombre. Almost a bronzer shade but matte finish. Could work with medium to dark skin tones.

TOP (HIGHLIGHTING POWDER) LEVITATION  – A peachy shade used to cancel out dark under eye circles and this powder is great as a setting/highlighting powder for deep skin tones. 

  

BOTTOM (CONTOURING POWDER) SUBCONSCIOUS – The darkest shade in the palette. Not too warm compare to shadowplay but not too cool as sombre it is more in neutral undertone. A wonderful contour shade for all deep skin tones.  

L-R // LUCID , LYRIC, LEVITATION | SOMBRE , SHADOWPLAY, SUBCONSCIOUS

I’ve been using it for months now and this post is long-over due. I know there’s a ton of reviews about this beautiful palette from Kat Von D so I just hope that this post helped you deciding whether to buy it or not, I say give it a try. It’s beautiful, packaging is awesome, the amount of products your getting is enormous and the shades are all blendable and pigmented which is the most important thing to consider.

By far, it’s one of my most favourite as of today. Should I do a contour and highlight kit battle post? Let me know what you think! Thanks for dropping by beautiful!

with love,

Anne

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REVIEW: Colourpop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipsticks

Hey everyone! It feels good to be back writing again for you guys. Last quarter of the year 2015 was a though time for my family when my dear grandma joined our creator up in heaven.  I was really lost and busy with all the errands and clients that I wasn’t able to write anything for my blog. I actually plan to write “Christmas gift ideas, what I got for Christmas, etc.” but I didn’t manage to do it. It took me quite a while to just sit, sip a cup of coffee and do in depth product review like what I’m doing today.

Moving on, today I have a review for you which is highly requested and I think it’s one of the most popular products in the market, it is the COLOURPOP ULTRA MATTE LIQUID LIPSTICKS. Colourpop is really UNSTOPABBLE. Like REALLY. They’re making a huge bang on social media with all their gorgeous products and one of the most popular is their liquid lipsticks. Lately, it seems that every brand is coming up with their own version of liquid lipsticks and generally I am a huge fan of it because it’s long wearing and its matte.  Everyone loves matte. Who doesn’t? 

I only have 7 shades from the range to try out I believe there's more than 30 shades available and the product retails for about Php400-500 a piece (which is originally $6 a piece) depends on the re-seller here in the Philippines. I got mine from @everydaydaze at instagram if you want to check out. The tube has 0.11 oz of product which is a decent amount in my opinion. Packaging is pretty much simple and very straight forward to its use; it came in a plastic tube with a silver cap and a doe foot applicator.  The doe foot applicator is a bit stiff and gives me a sloppy application so sometimes I use a different lip brush. 

Like all liquid lipsticks available in the market, they are in liquid form that dries down into ultra mate finish. Formula is thin that makes it light weight on the lips but don’t be fooled -- this product has an intense pigmentation.  At first swipe it has watery consistency that glides on smoothly and after a couple of seconds it dries down into an ultra matte finish. Ultra matte in the sense that there is no moisture in this product, it feels powdery when it dries but it is weightless on the lips. It has a weird feeling at first but you’ll get used to it. 

I love the fact that they’re so pigmented and very long wearing that can last through eating and drinking. You can even kiss someone without leaving a mark (how about that? LOL!) And another thing, it’s better to get a one smooth and even application with one swipe rather than layering the product because these babies’ dries so fast that may look crumbly when you start to layer them. 

These liquid lipsticks hold up to 8 hours or so on my lips. It stained my lips specially if you’re using dark deep or bright shades from the range. It’s pretty hard to remove; you’ll need coconut oil and lip balm to remove it. I did a lip swatch for this blog and boy after rubbing my lips so hard (because they’re freaking hard to remove) I got sore stained lips after. 

Something to note about these liquid lipsticks; because it is completely matte and absolutely no moisture or hydrating ingredients in it you’ll need to prep your lip before applying them. I like to use first my carmex ointment which is a thick lip moisturizer (wait till it dries to your lips) before I apply my liquid lipstick. Also, lip pencil is a must! These gorgeous lippies flake so bad (specially in the inner part of the lip) so I suggest use a lip-liner to keep them in place. 

Let me show swatches of the shades I got. (some lip swatches are a little sloppy, I apologize. :D) 

MARS

BAD HABIT 

SOLOW

BUMBLE

BEEPER

TEENY TINY

TRAP

Are they worth it? Overall, I like them and I do think they’re worth it. They are smudge proof (has little flaking and fading in the middle part but can probably be fixed with a lip liner and a minimal touch up) long wearing (lasted up to 8 hours) and for its price (range for about 400-500 a piece) it is already a good buy. Not to mention it has pretty much the same result from high end brand (Anastasia and Lime crime) so $6 compare to $20? I'll probably go with the $6. Hehehe!  My favourite shades are Solow and beeper, they’re the most easy to apply and wearable in my collection.  Have you tried any Colourpop products? 

With Love,

Anne

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