Hey!
I wanted to show you some recent makeup buys. It's not massive haul or anything but things I recently use, test, discovered.
1. It's Skin Babyface BB cream, 35ml SPF 36 PA ++
Details:
cute small squeezy bottle, reminds me of a paint tubes
light texture
slightly floral scented
porcelain color
swatches:
straight from tube
slightly blended
fully blended (can you see this glow!?)
I talked about this product before HERE, so if you want to know my opinion you're welcome to read :)
2. I Heart Makeup, Blushing Hearts, Triple Baked Blusher - Iced Hearts
Details:
10g
color: Iced Hearts
ingredients: mica, talc, dimethicone, nylon12, magnesium aluminum silicate, methylparaben, propylparaben
price: £4.99
available: Superdrug
swatches:
Swatch on it's own
With classic Mary Lou Manizer (left)
This product apart from its ingredients list is a very good value for the price.
Color: I chose Iced Hearts because I already own Mary Lou highlighter which has champagne/gold tone, and this one is more cool tone with silver and pinkish tones to it.
Pigmentation: I think it's great, but not too strong. Comparing to Mary Lou it's more intensive, but you can't see any glitter or tacky finish. It's very nice highlighter and you only need a little touch to give your skin glow and healthy look.
Staying power: It stays on your face whole day, I even touch the tip of my nose quite often (habit) and highlight is still present on it during the day. I didn't have to touch up at all.
Ingredients: Not very impressed with that point, but again it's a cheap product so I don't expect organic and natural ingredients in such products. I hate talc in cosmetics and avoid it as much as I can, it gives me dry patches and breaks me out slightly. But since it's a product that you apply on cheekbones mostly (I don't tend to breakout there) I'm not going to be fussy. Parabens are not my favorite things, but I avoid them in all my skincare so a little won't kill me!
Packaging: I think you all see now that I like cute packaging, but if it contains a good product too then I can call it a great buy :)
Overall rating: 4/5
I gave it a 4 not 5 because of the ingredients. Overall I like it and I'm happy to have two different highlighters now - I'm rather minimalist and I only buy what I need usually, I don't like to store million of products of the same purpose. Two highlighters are enough, 2 colors and 2 levels of pigmentation ;)
3. Make Up Revolution Ultra Brow Arch & Shape - Medium
double sided: right side brow pencil - left side tip liner
very thin tip liner for filling gaps where you don't have hair
swatches:
top: tip liner lets you to draw thin lines and adjust intensity of it, good for light blondes like me
bottom: pencil, unfortunately it's way too dark for blondes, I don't use it, and I don't need to
Details:
brow tip liner 0.15g
brow kohl pencil 0.9g
color: Medium
dupe for: Soap&Glory Archery
price: £3.50
This product is a great dupe for Archery from Soap&Glory which costs £8 for similar amount of product! So far I like it, it's a great value for money even if one side is not useful for me. I love how quick and hassle free it made my brow routine, I'll repurchase.
Color: There is only 2 colors, dark and medium. Medium is good for me (light blonde), but only on the tip side where I can control the color intensity. The kohl is too dark.
Pigmentation: It's very good on both sides, you only need a little pressure to get nice and intensive color to fill up your brow.
Staying power: On the tip side it's amazing! It stays in your brow without smudging or fading at all! I'm impressed, because it stays here even when you touch or rub your brows and looks very natural too. It requires some more attention during cleansing, micellar water and some face gel to remove it, but it doesn't bother me at all. I wish I had full brows even without makeup on ;)
On the pencil side I didn't try on my eyebrow but when you swatch on your hand you can easily remove it with a dry tissue, so I guess it's not very good.
Packaging: I like it, it looks very similar to S&G products, nice black and gold sleek pencil, with good tops too, which hold well.
Overall rating: 4/5
I didn't give it 5 because I wish they did Light color for blondes, the pencil side is not useful due to its color, and also it's a bit too soft and doesn't stay in place for long. Considering the price it's worth to buy instead of S&G Archery if the color suits you, but you must know that you get only tiny amount of product (comparing to brow sets, pencils or powders).
4. Nivea Lip Butter - Raspberry Rose
I purchased this product lacking my all time favorite cherry lip butter from Carmex. I was in Superdrug looking for it, but cherry scent was already sold so I decided to reach for this Nivea Raspberry Rose butter for change. I couldn't open it to smell it, so I took it anyway, since it was rather cheap.
I absolutely love it!
Details:
16.7g
price: £2.09
scent: Raspberry rose (smells divine, for Polish readers it's exactly like the Raspberry Mamba fruit chews, which was very popular in Poland when I was little - memories ;)
ingredients: Cera Microcristallina, Paraffinum Liquidum, Polyglyceryl- 3 Diisostearate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Aqua, Glycerin, Glyceryl Glucoside, Bht, Aroma, CI 77891, CI 15850
Texture & Smell: You already know I love smell of it, I also love its texture - it's like a raspberry soft butter, glides on lips and sinks very well.
Effects: It rescued my lips from being chapped and constantly dry! It only took it 3 night to transform my lips into a soft and comfortable cushions ;) I only wear it overnight as a lip mask due to the packaging type, it's on my bedside table and it will stay there for longer, for sure.
Packaging: It's very nice and cute little metal jar and I only don't like that it opens a bit difficult so that's the reason why I only left it for night treatment. It's also not very hygienic to put your dirty fingers into the lip butter during the day, I prefer lip balm sticks for a daytime use.
Ingredients: Shea Butter, Castor Oil, Jojoba Oil and Glycerine - what else would you ask for for your lips? ;) No nasties.
Overall rating: 5/5
I love it for what it did to my always dry lips. I finally can wear matte lipsticks and not feeling like I'm going to loose my lips forever. Brrr!
Gorgeous stuff!
Thank you for reading!
What's your recent buys?
Anything special for winter you usually buy about this time of the year?
BYE!
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