Showing posts with label Eyeshadow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eyeshadow. Show all posts
essence metal glam collection swatches and review
Today I have the latest essence trend edition collection for you - the metal glam collection! From the name it obviously contains metallic hues. I have a love hate relationship with essence LE products because they always sell out so darn quickly before I can get my hands on the products. I have seen the collection in stores recently so you should still be able to get your hands on the collection ;) The metal glam collection consists of metallic polishes, eyeshadows, lipgloss, a highlighter, cream blush, stick on nail stickers and stick on eyeliner. I was sent a selection of the products to try out so keep reading to see my swatches and review after the jump!
What they say:
"Metallic glam slam! the fall season is going to be dramatic, sparkly and metallic with essence. The trend edition “metal glam” creates awesome beauty looks with a true glamour factor! During the run up to the festive season, it’s ok to go a little over the top – and you’re sure to sparkle with this world of colors consisting of gold, silver, bronze, purple, apricot and green – all with a metallic effect.
In addition to a touch of shimmer for your eyes, lips, face and nails, this trend edition offers highlights like the stick on eyeliner in dramatic rosé-gold and silver, a blush with a surprising powdery-metallic finish and the stick on jewels for an amazingly glamorous look on your body!"
What they say:
In addition to a touch of shimmer for your eyes, lips, face and nails, this trend edition offers highlights like the stick on eyeliner in dramatic rosé-gold and silver, a blush with a surprising powdery-metallic finish and the stick on jewels for an amazingly glamorous look on your body!"
Illamasqua Human Fundamentalism collection
Hi ladies! I am embarrassingly behind on posts at the moment oops so I'm trying madly to catch up. I was lucky enough to attend the launch of the Illamasqua Human Fundametalism launch a few weeks back and as always Illamasqua never failed to impress with their latest product additions! Illamasqua very kindly gifted us with some products from the collection to take home and I have a quick overview of them for you today.
What they say:
"Get ready for a startling celebration of humanity's connection with colour. Introducing the Human Fundamentalism collection, where blinding flashes of pigment provide a sharp contrast to neutral tones, creating a saturated palette that catapults your alter ego to new levels of self-expression. Mix contrasting textures to express your true self, spiralling from rich metallic to pale matt shades. This nonconformity at its most fundamental - at its unpredictable best."
What they say:
Jill Stuart Jewel Crystal Eyes 105 Blooming Roselite palette swatches and review
Jill Stuart beauty needs no introduction. Just the thought of her beautiful products makes me sigh with happiness! The products are absolutely amazing - from the pretty girlie colours to the beautiful packaging to the high quality of the makeup. HOW I WANT EVERY PIECE! Not to mention the makeup counters are just amazing and make you want to buy every piece xp Today I have the Jewel Crystal Eyes 105 Blooming Roselite palette from the Bare Petal Spring 2012 collection that I hauled in HK.
What they say:
"A fresh and vivid color collection, like a dress of dancing flower petals. Limited edition colors that give you cute, gorgeous eyes. A set of 4 eye colors to create radiant eyes with layers of pure color and shine, like a sprinkle of dazzling stones.. now contains "Enriched Milk Base". Thanks to its rich texture, the milky base blends seamlessly with the pearlescent pigments for rich, clear and glossy color with dazzling shine. Contains Pure Crystal Powder."
The Jewel Crystal Eyes 105 Blooming Roselite palette is packaged in the signature clear case but as it's a limited edition palette it has purple flowers on the front. The palette includes a mirror and a double ended sponge applicator. It is just so so pretty!
The palette consists of 4 beautiful shimmering Spring shades. From L-R: Jewel Crush which is a gorgeous pale mint gold highlight; Jewel Shine which is a peachy shimmer lid colour; Jewel Cream which is a pretty rose pink and Jewel Shade is a dark brown to line the eyes. The colours just scream Spring to me!
Jewel Crush and Jewel Shine:
Jewel Cream and Jewel Shade:
Swatch:
Overall: I am head over heels in love with this palette. What can I say - I am an absolute sucker for Jill Stuart and I just had to own at least one of her Jewel Crystal Eyes palettes! And I love limited edition products so even better ;) The shades are perfect for Spring I think and the shadows are quite pigmented and blend very easily. When worn altogether it creates a gorgeous feminine look. The colours aren't super unique but I think they look great together. For someone who struggles for colour combinations I love palettes as you know the colours included will always work!
My only issue with the palette is just how sparkly the shadows are. They contain quite a lot of shimmer so less is more really or else you end up looking a little glittery!
Details: The Jill Stuart Jewel Crystal Eyes 105 Blooming Roselite palette can be purchased in Hong Kong for $410HK; Japan for ¥5,000 (¥5,250 including tax) and in Taiwan for NT$1450 or online from Yesstyle.com.au for $74. It may be a little hard to track down now as it was released in January 2012 as a limited edition release unfortunately.
Do you own any Jill Stuart makeup items? What's your favourite? Thanks for looking as always! =) Don't forget to enter my 2nd birthday giveaway here!
What they say:
The Jewel Crystal Eyes 105 Blooming Roselite palette is packaged in the signature clear case but as it's a limited edition palette it has purple flowers on the front. The palette includes a mirror and a double ended sponge applicator. It is just so so pretty!
The palette consists of 4 beautiful shimmering Spring shades. From L-R: Jewel Crush which is a gorgeous pale mint gold highlight; Jewel Shine which is a peachy shimmer lid colour; Jewel Cream which is a pretty rose pink and Jewel Shade is a dark brown to line the eyes. The colours just scream Spring to me!
Jewel Crush and Jewel Shine:
Jewel Cream and Jewel Shade:
Swatch:
Overall: I am head over heels in love with this palette. What can I say - I am an absolute sucker for Jill Stuart and I just had to own at least one of her Jewel Crystal Eyes palettes! And I love limited edition products so even better ;) The shades are perfect for Spring I think and the shadows are quite pigmented and blend very easily. When worn altogether it creates a gorgeous feminine look. The colours aren't super unique but I think they look great together. For someone who struggles for colour combinations I love palettes as you know the colours included will always work!
My only issue with the palette is just how sparkly the shadows are. They contain quite a lot of shimmer so less is more really or else you end up looking a little glittery!
Details: The Jill Stuart Jewel Crystal Eyes 105 Blooming Roselite palette can be purchased in Hong Kong for $410HK; Japan for ¥5,000 (¥5,250 including tax) and in Taiwan for NT$1450 or online from Yesstyle.com.au for $74. It may be a little hard to track down now as it was released in January 2012 as a limited edition release unfortunately.
Do you own any Jill Stuart makeup items? What's your favourite? Thanks for looking as always! =) Don't forget to enter my 2nd birthday giveaway here!
Nonpareil haul and lipstick swatches
I ordered some stuff from Nonpareil a few weeks ago to take advantage of their 20% discount for Memorial Day. I know that I'm on a shopping ban an all but I couldn't resist - I saved myself money! =p I finally received my package today and it was worth the wait.
My haul consisted of mainly NYX products because I think the products are awesome but of course us Aussies don't get it here. It took a while to reach me - nearly 3 weeks which is what they tell you to expect - but other packages I've ordered from the States have only taken about 5days to get here. Nonetheless they reached me in the end and I was very please to find that the items were really really well packaged as you can see in the pic below. It was layer upon layer of bubble wrap!!
Here's what I hauled!
NYX Individual false lashes #137 and NYX Liquid eyeliner in black:
NYX 5 Colour shadow in I Dream of Jamaica. I plan on depotting these into my MAC palette some time hopefully.
NYX blushes in Mosaic Powder blush in Dare; Rouge Cream blush in Rose Petal and Powder blush in Peach:
NYX lipsticks in Summer Love; Snow White; Thalia and Wet n Wild lipstick in Retro Pink:
I decided to swatch these and I can't wait to wear them out! They applied quite smoothly and the texture is quite creamy. The scent is not too bad and at less than $2 you can't go wrong!
Summer Love - a pretty nude, great for everyday wear I think.
Thalia - a nice plummy colour with hints of brown.
Snow White - my 1st red lippie! I'm not sure if I can pull off such red lips though, maybe for a party with lashings of black eyeliner. It definitely needs to be applied with a lip brush for a perfect Snow White pout! Sorry for the very messy swatch =p
Retro Pink - a great hot pink lippie. I saw this shade on Krissy's blog and I just had to have it!
What have you hauled lately? Don't forget to enter my 50 followers giveaway HERE!
My haul consisted of mainly NYX products because I think the products are awesome but of course us Aussies don't get it here. It took a while to reach me - nearly 3 weeks which is what they tell you to expect - but other packages I've ordered from the States have only taken about 5days to get here. Nonetheless they reached me in the end and I was very please to find that the items were really really well packaged as you can see in the pic below. It was layer upon layer of bubble wrap!!
Here's what I hauled!
NYX Individual false lashes #137 and NYX Liquid eyeliner in black:
NYX 5 Colour shadow in I Dream of Jamaica. I plan on depotting these into my MAC palette some time hopefully.
NYX blushes in Mosaic Powder blush in Dare; Rouge Cream blush in Rose Petal and Powder blush in Peach:
NYX lipsticks in Summer Love; Snow White; Thalia and Wet n Wild lipstick in Retro Pink:
I decided to swatch these and I can't wait to wear them out! They applied quite smoothly and the texture is quite creamy. The scent is not too bad and at less than $2 you can't go wrong!
Summer Love - a pretty nude, great for everyday wear I think.
Thalia - a nice plummy colour with hints of brown.
Snow White - my 1st red lippie! I'm not sure if I can pull off such red lips though, maybe for a party with lashings of black eyeliner. It definitely needs to be applied with a lip brush for a perfect Snow White pout! Sorry for the very messy swatch =p
Retro Pink - a great hot pink lippie. I saw this shade on Krissy's blog and I just had to have it!
What have you hauled lately? Don't forget to enter my 50 followers giveaway HERE!
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