Hey Bloggers,
Today I wanted to share with you this look I did a little while ago. I think it would be really nice for prom or a night out. As you can see, it’s super dramatic and super vibrant. I created this look using the Ofra Pro window palette that was limited edition this summer but you can use any products you have in similar colors. I hope you liked this look. Have a nice day.
Mel xoxo
Hey Bloggers,
Today’s post is going to be a review on two lipsticks that I have from Mac. I got those a little while ago at CCO so they might be discontinued or might have been limited edition. I’m still going to talk about these in case you can still get them at CCO and I’m also going to review the formula to help you decide if you want to get some other colors or not. So, let’s get started:
Packaging:I like that those come in a sleek black packaging as with almost every Mac products. For those familiar with regular Mac lipsticks, those are not in the same packaging. Overall, I would say that I prefer the regular lipsticks packaging because for some reason, maybe it’s just mine but the cap often opens quite easily (even with the lipstick just laying on a table flat) so I find it may not be the best to carry around in your purse because when I do, I’m always scared it will open and run everywhere.
Colors:
- Dress it up is a nice blue based pink that looks a little bit like a Barbie pink but is still quite wearable depending with your skin tone. I really like this color as it is unique (at least in my collection).
- To the future! is a nice nude color. It is similar to Hue but is more on the peachy side where Hue is more on the pinkie side. I like that this color is not too light so it doesn’t wash out my face. Also, this color is a lot more pigmented than Hue since Hue is a glaze and both of the prolongwear lipsticks have a cream finish (almost matte).
Both colors, doesn’t have shimmers and have a cream to matte finish on the lips.
Texture: These lipsticks have a nice texture. They are really creamy and quite soft on your lips. I like how they apply. They are really opaque and have great color payoff. They don’t overly sink into the fine lines of your lips but I wouldn’t recommend putting those over dry lips as with really flakey lips, it can bring attention to that issue. But, that happens with many other lipsticks, especially those with that really opaque almost matte texture. Another thing is that for someone being used to wear lip butters, lip balm/stains pencils and tinted lip balms kind of products, it can feel a little bit on the heavier side on the lips but usually it doesn’t bother me that much.
Staying power: This stay a good time on my lips but I don’t think it’s anything that surpass other regular lipsticks I’ve tried or other Mac lipsticks by much. It stays well but it’s advertised as a longwearing lipstick so I think it should surpass it’s competitors in that field while it doesn’t for me.
Ratings:
- Packaging: 6/10
- Quality: 8/10
- Price: 5/10
- Staying power: 6/10
- Total: 6.25/10 (B)
Overall I like this product and will use it up but I would pick up the regular Mac lipsticks before these ones because they are less expensive and the ones I have perform as well in my opinion. I think if you find a unique color that you like in that line, it’s a good choice but if you can find a similar color for less expensive, I wouldn’t pay extra for the formulation.
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this review. Feel free to subscribe and comment.
Bye everyone, have a nice day :)
Mel xoxo
Hey Bloggers,
Sorry if I have not posted in a little while but I was on vacations in Cuba. Today’s post is going to be about a look I did a couple of days before leaving. This is a very nice look that can be worn everyday if you want to look nice but not overdone. So there are the products used for this look:
- Urban Decay primer potion
- Urban Decay “YDK” eyeshadow (All over lid color)
- Urban Decay “Tease” eyeshadow (In the crease)
- Urban Decay “Busted” eyeshadow (In the outer corner)
- Urban Decay “Foxy” eyeshadow (Highlight)
- Urban Decay “Blackout” eyeshadow (As an eyeliner on upper lashline)
- Sephora collection black eyeliner (waterline)
- Yves St-Laurent Faux-cils mascara in black
So, that’s everything I used for that look. I you liked it you can comment or subscribe. Everybody have a nice day.
Bye,
Mel xoxo
Hey Bloggers,
Today’s post is going to be about Dior Amber diamond highlighting powder. I’ve had this since a while. I received this as a gift for my birthday. I’ve always wanted this highlight before that but I was never able to take the move to splurge because it is so expensive, especially in Canada. Is it worth the money? Here’s what I think.
Packaging: This comes in a gorgeous expensive looking compact with the Dior logo on it and it comes in a small velvet sleeve to protect the packaging. I like that the lid is securely closed so I’m not scared that it will open.
Product: I really like the product itself it gives a really nice sheen to the skin without having noticeable glitter. I don’t find that it accentuates pores but as with any highlighter, I would not put this over blemishes as you don’t want to highlight those. This powder is really soft and you don’t need to apply a lot. The only thing is that being soft, I’m scared it might break during travelling so it’s not a product that I’m going to bring during vacations. At that price, I really don’t want to break it.
Grades:
Packaging: 9/10
Quality: 8/10
Price: 5/10
Total: 7.3/10 (B+)
To conclude, this product is really nice. I really like the finish and the colors it gives to the skin. The only bad thing about it really is the price but that’s you pay for Dior. If you have the money to buy it, go for it but I think there are more affordable options with similar results out there. Not looking at the color, a nice mid-range option would be Mac mineralize skinfinish in porcelain pink and a nice super affordable option would be Hard Candy bronzer in Tiki (It’s really an highlighter even on my light skin). So, I hope this review was helpful and I hope you liked it.
Thanks for reading, have a nice day,
Mel xoxo
Hey Bloggers,
How are you today? I’m at university and I am during my exams week so I need a quick look that doesn’t need a lot of blending. I know people are going to think: Why is she even wearing makeup during exams? Even if I don’t do something as elaborated or artistic as what I like to do when I have a lot of time, doing my makeup is something that calms me. I just can’t leave the house without makeup. It’s not because I’m not confident in myself, it’s because it’s just a really important step that brightens my morning. Anyway enough rambling, here’s the look I am wearing today using mostly Too Faced natural eye.
- Urban Decay primer potion
- Mac “Painterly” paint pot
- Too Faced “Silk teddy” eye shadow (All over lid color)
- Too Faced “Velvet revolver” eye shadow (Transition color)
- Too Faced “Push-up” eye shadow (In the outer part of the crease)
- Too Faced “Heaven” eye shadow (Browbone matte highlight)
- Lise Watier “Peacock” eye pencil (Upper lash line)
- Urban Decay “Zero” eyeliner (In the waterline)
- Yves Saint-Laurent Faux-cils (Black mascara)
- Clinique Bottom lashes mascara
So there’s the finish look. I hope you liked it.
Bye, xoxo
Hey Bloggers,
Today I’m going to share with you the look I was wearing today. It’s a really nice golden natural slightly smoky eye. So here are the products I used:
- Urban Decay primer potion
- Mac paint pot in “painterly”
- Mac “All that glitters” eye shadow (Inner corner)
- Mac “Amber lights” eye shadow (Outer half)
- Mac “Soft brown” eye shadow (Transition)
- Art Deco “361” eye shadow (crease medium pink color)
- Mac “Private viewing” eye shadow (Outer corner to darken it a little bit. It’s a neutral purple color)
- Smashbox cream colored matte brow bone highlight shade (I don’t have the name)
- Urban Decay 24/7 “Rockstar” liner (upper lash line)
- Sephora black liner (The one in the lipstick tube applied in my waterline)
- Yves Saint-Laurent faux-cils mascara
- Clinique bottom lashes mascara
So that’s it for today’s look. Hope you liked it and thanks for reading.
Bye xoxo
From left to right: Essence bronzer in blonde, Sephora bronzer in bora bora, Guerlain terracotta bronzer in 00, Rimmel bronzer in sun light and Nars bronzer in casino
Hello Bloggers,
It has been a crazy long time since my last post. I got to University and that occupied the majority of my time. I'm going on vacations in a week and I've hit pan on almost all my bronzers and powders so I decided to go buy some cheap alternatives to bring with me during the trip because I find that when you've hit pan, a product is more prone to breaking. I wanted something really cheap so when I passed in front of the Essence display and saw their bronzer for about 4$ (don't quote me on that) I knew that I wanted to give it a try especially that it's hard to find a good matte bronzer from the drugstore. When I swatched it and first applied it, I was so impress that I really wanted to put a review out there because I feel that this product doesn't get nearly enough recognition in the beauty community on YouTube. So here's my review:
Pigmentation: This bronzer is super pigmented. It is the most pigmented bronzer I have ever seen. I honestly think the pigmentation beats Nars casino, Guerlain terracotta, Rimmel, Sephora brand and Art Deco.
Finish: This bronzer has a lovely matte finish and has absolutely no shimmer. It is perfect for contouring.
Texture: It's a really soft powder. You only need to slightly touch the tip of your brush in it to get product on the brush.
Application: it applies smoothly and evenly and is quite blendable.
Color: The color is a really nice tan color more on the dark side even if it's for blondes but works great on my light skin. It doesn't look orange at all on me.
Pros:
- price
- pigmentation
- application
- product amount
Cons
- product amount (the pan is quite big so it might not be the best for somebody who wants to put it in it's makeup bag)
- compact slightly hard to close (that's being picky)
Packaging: 7/10
Price: 10/10
Pigmentation/color: 9/10
Application: 9/10
Average: 8.75/10 (A)
Overall, I thing this is a really great product. It is really affordable and is quite easy to find (i got mine at Shopper's drug Mart). It has a great value for the money and I would recommend it to anyone. The fair color would look nice on anyone from light to medium skin (maybe would be too dark for extremely fair skins) and they even have a shade called brunette that would be nice for deeper skin tones or somebody who likes heavy contouring. So that's it for today, I hope to be able to post some other posts in the near future.
Thanks for reading,
Bye xoxo
Hey bloggers,
This is a look I created using Urban Decay’s Naked2 palette. This is more of an evening dramatic look because of the super long winged liner and the thick dark lashline.
Theses are the steps to recreate the look:
1. I applied Urban Decay Primer potion to the lid.
2. I used a dark brown pencil liner to draw the shape of the crease and wing it out.
3. I used Busted to blend the crease color up.
4. After, I used Tease to blend it up even more.
5. I applied foxy as a matte highlight shade under my brow.
6. I then used YDK all over the lid making sure not to go over the crease colors.
7. I applied Blackout to my lower lashline.
8. I lined my top lashline with l’Oréal carbon black liquid eyeliner and my lower waterline with Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Zero.
9. Last step was to apply some mascara. I used Mac Zoom Fast Black lash mascara.
I hope you liked it… Thanks for reading… Have a nice day, or night depending on where you are.
Bye,
Mel xox
Hey bloggers,
This post is about a look I did today. It is super bright and fun and I really like it because I find that look really shows that makeup is an art. So, for this look, I’ll just write the products I used because it’s a really long list.
Products used:
- BH cosmetics 88 tropical shimmer palette (yellow shade, blue shade and cream highlight color)
- L’Oréal HIP duo in adventurous (bright pink)
- Nyx e/s trio in Orange/Golden Orange/Peach (Orange)
- Mac e/s in Purple shower (Purple color in outer corner)
- Nyx e/s trio in olive grove (Middle lime green shade)
- Mac e/s in vibrant grape (Crease purple)
- Artdeco e/s in color 361 (darker pink color)
- Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Mildew (green)
- Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Electric (blue)
- Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero (black)
- L’Oréal télescopic felt tip liner in Black
- Mac Zoom fast black mascara
So, this is the look. I hope you liked it. Everybody have a nice day and feel free to comment.
Mel xox
Hey Bloggers,
Today’s review is on a product that a lot of you heard of and it is Urban Decay Naked 2. I was planning to wait before getting this palette because I already have Naked but I received some money for Christmas and saw one day that it was in stock online at Sephora and I just decided to get it before it solds out.
Ok so the main thing is not about the quality of the eyeshadows. I did a review on Naked 1 already and everyone knows that Urban Decay’s eyeshadow are really soft, pigmented and blend really well. The main thing a lot of peoples want to know is “Should I get Naked 2 even if I already have Naked?”. So, that’s what I’m going to try to answer for you.
First, Naked 2 has a lot of more cooler toned colors. For some that will be a plus and for some it won’t. But, one thing that a lot of people will like about Naked 2 is that it has a matte highlight color, something that Naked doesn’t have. Also, Naked 2 has a matte black color included so it’s perfect to use as an eyeliner but, that’s if you don’t already have a couple of matte blacks like I do.
Naked 1 or Naked 2 ? : I think it really depends on your preferences but both palettes are really worth it. Also, something to check out is that Naked comes with a shader brush and a mini eyeshadow Primer Potion and Naked 2 comes with a shader and crease brush and a mini lip junkie lipgloss.
If I already have Naked do I need Naked 2 ? Honestly, not really, because the colors are really similar but if you have money to splurge on a special item why not?
So, that was my review comparison. Down below will be the swatch comparison of both palettes. I hope I answered to you questions. If you have any more questions feel free to comment.
Bye,
Melanie XOX
Top row: Naked 2 , Bottom row : Naked
Shades: Creamsicle, Strawberry shortcake, Sweet tart, Peach parfait, Pink truffle, Berry smoothie
Hey Bloggers,
I know you’ve all seen many reviews on this product but I received a couple of these Revlon Lip butter for Christmas and I wanted to tell what I think about these after having the chance to test them for a couple of weeks. Ok, so to start, I got 6 different shades and I think I have a nice variety of color to test the lighter and the darker shades.
All of them are really creamy and very moisturizing. I really like how they feel on you lips. It’s really like a mix between a lipbalm and a lipstick.
Creamsicle: This is a really light nude shade. At first I thought maybe it was going to wash me out but it doesn’t because my natural lips are really pigmented so my natural lip color shows up and it’s just the nicest nude color.
Strawberry shortcake: It’s a really nice pale bubble-gum pink. I really like this color and it is probably my favorite one.
Sweet tart: This really shows up as a bright pink at least on my lips. It’s darker than Strawberry shortcake.
Peach parfait: That color is a little bit more sheer compared to the other colors. It’s really close to my natural lip color so it’s pretty much a “my lips but better” lip color. It also has some nice shimmers.
Pink truffle: That’s a nice darker pink color that’s more on the brownish side.
Berry smoothie: It’s a darker berry color. Even if it’s darker I still find it wearable for the daytime if I wear lighter eye makeup. This color also has a little bit of shimmers.
So, overall I really like these Lip butters and I really recommend them to anyone because I really like the finish and I like that you don’t have to use a lipgloss on top of them. I really like to carry them in my purse and I like that it’s a good drugstore product.
Bye,
Mel XOX
Hey Bloggers,
Sorry if I wasn’t able to post for a long time. I was so busy at my school, work and much more… So, this weekend was my staff party and I had the chance to dress up a little bit. So, what I decided to do was a nice purple eye with subtle glitters paired with peachy-pink blush and nude lips. So, this is the look I created for the party and I think it’s bright, fun to wear but is still really flattering.
1. I applied Urban Decay Primer potion to my lid to prime my eyes.
2. Using a short dense shader brush (Sigma E55), I applied the shade Babe from Kat Von D’s True love palette on the inner two thirds of my lids.
3. Using the other side of the same brush, I applied Shiba from the same palette which is just a little bit darker on the outer third part of my lid.
4. Then, to blend out the colors, I used a flat blending brush similar to Mac 217 (Sephora #29) to apply Mac’s Vibrant Grape eyeshadow in my crease to soften the look and blend out any harsh lines.
5. I then, used a small pencil brush (Sigma E30) to apply Mac Fig 1 eyeshadow to the outer corner of my eyes creating a slightly triangular outer corner almost following the natural shape if my eyes.
6. Switching to a small angled liner brush (Sigma E65) I lined my bottom lash line with the same eyeshadow.
7. After that this step is optional, but I went back to brighten the two first lid colors I used to really make the look pop. Also, to make my inner tear duct pop, I applied Missy from the Kat Von D palette which is a white color with Blue/Purple shimmers.
8. Then, I really like glitters and shimmers so I added a liquid glitter liner from Lise Watier in the Purple color. (You may have to layer this product to get a really intense shimmer)
9. Next, I lined my eyes using two different products. I dipped my Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero in my Maybelline gel liner in black to get a super intense black line.
10. Last step, add mascara and if you want even false lashes to finish the look. (I don’t really wear false lashes so I didn’t)
So, that was the look. I hope you liked it and it was really fun to wear and I really liked to use these colors because I think I don’t use them often enough.
Bye,
Mel XOX
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