Favorites: January 2013

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So I decided to do something new, I hardly ever make a favorite monthly post as I hardly rotate with my makeup mainly because I usually stick with the same old things that I used the past months. I still should post what I'm loving this month as now that my main mission for the past few weeks is to finish up my less favorite BB Creams which I'll be putting it on a new post.

This is what I've been reaching for during the month of January, although I was being snobby on my review for MUA's Undressed Palette, but I've now warmed up to it. I've been using Shade 5, a matte shadow which is slightly darker than my skintone, I sometimes use this to contour my nose and also use this as a lid wash. Also with Shade 8 and 10, they are my go-to defining shadows to create neutral smokey effect, but I'd pack on it if I were to go out at night and for shade 9, I like to use it for my crease to create a gradient effect.

For the Essence Multi Action False Lashes, I'd definitely repurchase this as it does give me voluminous and defined lashes, though not sure about lengthening, but I'm not picky with my mascaras, as long as it creates nice lashes for me then it should be fine.

I never thought that I could actually use Essence Gel Eyeliner in London, Baby on my waterline and it doesn't even budge, it was still pigmented at 8pm and I applied it around 6am? So, it became the eyeliner that I've reached for.

For Hare Magic Lipstick (review coming soon), it's been my go-to lipstick ever since I received this. This really rocks, an old-time favorite with the older generations. Also, I'm a big fan of BB Creams but I hate the fact that they're too light for me, so I bought Essence's Soft & Natural Make-up Long-lasting Foundation in Light Caramel which is a little too dark for me and I used this to mix with my BB Creams to match with my skintone.

Tell me what's your current favorite?

Beautyset : Makeup Brushes from MUA

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MUA PROFESSIONAL BRUSH
with MUA

Make-up Routine : What I use everyday

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What I use everyday
with Skin79, MISSHA, Essence

Make-up Review : MUA Professional Palette in Undressed

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I'm one of those girls who doesn't like to really go on to any makeup cult bandwagon as sometimes they don't live up to their hype *Revlon Lip Butter, yes, I'm talking about you..* I don't even get sucked in from the most talked product, the Urban Decay Primer Potion as I think my MUA Primer and Essence Eyeshadow Base suffice in terms of giving vibrant colors to my eyeshadows and prolongs eyeshadow wear.

So, I was actually interested in buying the Naked/Naked2 palette but as I am on a college budget, I don't think I'd be able to afford any high-end brands, so I decided that a dupe from a drugstore/online brand isn't such a bad thing as it just sets me back for $8 only.

To Bruneian readers, this is drugstore brand from UK, it has very cheap cosmetics with a good quality despite the price tag. It's something that really takes beauty blogger by the horn, I think this is a cult product that's worth investing in as their eyeshadow palettes are the ones that really does well.

Undressed palette is said to be a close dupe to the Naked Palette, please correct me if I'm wrong. So many had blogged about this. I was a bit apprehensive and contemplated on buying it as I don't really like cult products so much. 

I'm not going to move on and describe the shades as I find it hard to actually describe colors but as for now, my favorite would be Shade 2 and Shade 8. I even like to match those two shades together. I have no problem with their pigmentation except for the matte shades (Shade 3 and Shade 5), although I can get a little pigmentation with Shade 5, no matter how much I try to layer the Shade 3, it is still invisible and doesn't even transfer a lot of pigments. Other than that, I like the creaminess of the shimmery shadows as I find them to apply nicely and also have never experience any fallouts in their shimmery shadows.

As you can see below, I actually found a dupe from Shade 12 of the Undressed palette with Shade 3 from the Starry Night palette, although it seems a little darker in tone, it really look similar to each other in real life.

About this palette, I still prefer my Heaven and Earth palette as it has more neutral shadows than Undressed. To me, Undressed has little neutral shadows and it might be suitable for darker looks and transition from day to night looks. So overall, it's still a nice palette to have. And I don't have to spend a lot of bucks on the Naked palette too! :D

Random Picture : Woot woot.

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Look what I got from the mail all the way from UK!

My Make-up Collection : Make-up Bases (Face Primers and Eyeshadow Primers)

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This just a collection of my face primers and eye primers. Not a lot, but enough to last me for more than 6 months? LOL.

Essence

A lovely make-up base from Essence, but not fond on it caking up my foundation around my nose area. But the eyeshadow base is purely awesome, a great base for my eyeshadows, gives more colors and also gives longevity to my MUA pen eyeliner.

Holika Holika

My holy grail primer, the Silky Veil Primer, I don't know when I'd be reviewing this up, because this is my second purchase and I'm running out of it! The HD Skinny Primer Base is pretty much a very great base for my makeup, but I still prefer my Silky Veil Primer :p

MUA Professional

The famous budget brand from UK, I love the face primer, but I don't think it can stand the equatorial climate, so I rather use this basically at night, when I might be lazy to mix up my foundation with my BB Cream. Though I love their eye primers.

Revlon

A new addition to my collection, primer from Revlon Photoready, I think this has the potential to replace my Silky Veil Primer, but I'll be watching out for other primers :D

Make-up Review : MUA Professional Eye Primer

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I am pretty content with my Essence Eyeshadow Base, but I did order this earlier before I found Essence. It costs me around B$5? So I am definitely not missing out in anything as it is almost the same price as Essence's Eyeshadow Base, only cheaper by 90 cents, but who's counting really? lol.

A creamy consistency, a nude color doesn't really transfer any color to your lids, giving you an invisible canvas to your eyelids.

I somehow dislike the stickiness it gives, this primer, but I think it was fairly useful to bind the shimmers together,

A poor color choice in my part, I should've used other palettes to highlight the effectiveness of this primer even if it is sticky. But it does really make your eyeshadows more pigmented, even when I use my Revlon five-eyeshadow pallete with the primer, it does enhance the pigmentation.

A repurchase? Maybe, but I love my Essence Eyeshadow base more, so I'd definitely use this once in a while to finish off the product.

Make-up Review : MUA Professional Primer

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I'm on a roll here, giving out reviews in one day (of course I would put it on scheduled mode) I think I've made enough for one month, yeay me for not procrastinating LOL! 

I'm always looking for a great primer to replace my expensive but holy grail primer, Holika Holika Silky Veil Primer, unfortunately I'm unable to post up a review of it due to no stock availability, I'm planning to buy it next month and it'll be my 3rd tube, yes, I love it by that much!

I don't really have high hopes for this one as it only cost me B$8 and it is not available in my country, so it's not something I'd love to have as a HG item due to the difficulty of grabbing it.

A nice squeeze tube, the size of this primer is so small, I was hoping that it was bigger in real life, oh well.

It has this lovely milky gel texture, it blends into your skin without leaving any tint at all, it just leaves a nice smooth finish on your skin, though it takes a lot of products to create the velvety smooth finish, but I like to squeeze out as little as I can.

This, I don't think make your makeup last longer, by noon, I have caked foundations on the side of my nose, not an attractive sight at all. So I would definitely use this mostly during Syawal Celebraton at home, as I can touch up as much as I want to.

Make-up Review : MUA Professional Eyeshadow Palette in Starry Night

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A few days ago, you've seen my haul on these eyeshadow palettes that I've lusted and bought with the help of my friend that I kept calling "Pinky Love", she's a fan of beauty and make-up but she is not a beauty blogger yet :P

I'm actually surprised with the size of these eyeshadow palettes, it's so small and compact, I thought it would've been bigger looking at the pictures from the reviews, LOL! 

It consists of 12 eyeshadows with dual-ended sponge applicators, which is useful for any emergency situation.

The hard thing about these eyeshadows are that, the colors are really hard to capture, I have to change sides and position of my hands to really try and capture the true colors. 

I'm not a big fan of describing colors because of my lack of knowledge in colors but I'll try to describe as simple as I can to give you an idea of what this palette is.

First Row

Shade 1 - Electric Lilac

Shade 2 - Bright Pink

Shade 3 - Dark Grey with Green Highlights

Shade 4 - Silver with Blue Tone

Shade 5 - Gunmetal Blue

Shade 6 - Metallic Black

Second Row

Shade 7 - Gunmetal

Shade 8 - White with Silver shimmers

Shade 9 - Grey

Shade 10 - Navy Blue

Shade 11 - Dark Purple

Shade 12 - Electric Purple

What I can say is that these eyeshadows are very nice and pigmented enough to create great make-up looks, a great palette for dramatic smokey eyes and also soft smokey eyes. For B$8 a pop, I find it interesting that these glides on smoothly and creamy, this goes to you *cough*Revlon5EyeshadowQuad*cough*

These eyeshadow gives a shimmery-satin finish, it doesn't look so shimmery as I've thought it would be, it's almost wearable to school or work, if you are the kind who loves to wear these kind of eyeshadows. Also it lasts fairly well, I don't have oily lids, this goes as far as 8 hours.

Make-up Review : MUA Professional Eyeshadow Palette in Pretty Pastel

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A few days ago, you've seen my haul on these eyeshadow palettes that I've lusted and bought with the help of my friend that I kept calling "Pinky Love", she's a fan of beauty and make-up but she is not a beauty blogger yet :P

I'm actually surprised with the size of these eyeshadow palettes, it's so small and compact, I thought it would've been bigger looking at the pictures from the reviews, LOL! 

It consists of 12 eyeshadows with dual-ended sponge applicators, which is useful for any emergency situation. 

I'm not a big fan of describing colors because of my lack of knowledge in colors but I'll try to describe as simple as I can to give you an idea of what this palette is.

First Row

Shade 1 - Pale Pink 

Shade 2 - Pale Peachy Coral Pink

Shade 3 - Pale Brown with Pink Tone

Shade 4 - Pale Green

Shade 5 - Electric Blue

Shade 6 - Pale Purple with Blue Tone

Second Row

Shade 7 - Yellow

Shade 8 - Light Orange

Shade 9 - White with Lilac shimmers

Shade 10 - Lilac

Shade 11 - Bright Pink

Shade 12 - Palest Purple

What I can say is that these eyeshadows are very nice and pigmented enough to create great make-up looks, there's no dark shadows here, only bright and pastel colors. For B$8 a pop, I find it interesting that these glides on smoothly and creamy, this goes to you *cough*Revlon5EyeshadowQuad*cough*

These eyeshadow gives a shimmery-satin finish, it doesn't look so shimmery as I've thought it would be, it's almost wearable to school or work, if you are the kind who loves to wear these kind of eyeshadows. Also it lasts fairly well, I don't have oily lids, this goes as far as 8 hours.

Random Pictures : Haul from MUA and Amazon.Co.Uk

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Le Haul from UK has arrived :D I've asked a friend of mine to help with the stuff that I dreamed of having ever since I laid eyes on the reviews and swatches. I've ordered it around March but then I wanted to save money on shipping so I've decided that my friend will bring it back to Brunei after her semester break, thanks to my Pinky Love <3

And there's bits and bobs from Sleek I've bought which didn't get in time by the time my friend needs to depart from UK, so I'd have to wait for another 2-3 weeks.

• MUA Extreme Professional Pen Eyeliner
• MUA Professional Eye Primer
• MUA Professional Face Primer
• MUA Clear Mascara Gel

• MUA Professional Heaven and Earth Palette
• MUA Professional Pretty Pastel Palette
• MUA Professional Starry Night  Palette

• Bundle Monster 15pcs Make-up Brush Set
• Fraulien38 19pcs Makeup Brush Set

Random Ranting : MUA HAUL!

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Oh, it's a big haul, alright! But unfortunately this is still in UK! And this is a collective order by my friends and I. So not all is mine, sorry! :D

Thanks to my pinky love for ordering this for me! :D

Random Ranting : Make Up Academy

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So today I'm telling you guys all about this brand I've been fantasizing to grab. If this were to exist in Brunei, I believer there would be a higher marked-up prices for at least 300%! Believe me, they've already done that to ELF Cosmetic. If you translate a USD1.50 ELF product into BND, it is roughly around B$2.10, but however, some ELF product of that price can actually cost us B$7-8? It's disappointing that ELF cosmetics are expensive for it's cheap-looking packaging. So only choice is that you'd have to order it online.

Now, in UK, there's a cheap but quality-raved brand that's been storming up. What I like about this brand is that, it ships WORLDWIDE. What I like about them is that, they are VERY CHEAP! I'm featuring all the eyeshadow trios, quads and palettes here, but then, these prices are unbeatable!

 

These are the MUA Professional Trio Eyeshadows, altogether there are 7 of them, price is GBP2.50 each, which is about B$4.75, for three colors, they are very affordable, even Silkygirl can't beat the price for MUA! I've seen their reviews and from what I can tell, these are very much worth the price. Very pigmented and satin-y in texture. I got my eyes on Pink Sorbet, Smoke Screen and Chocolate Box. But I'd love to buy ALL of them, if only I have the budget to ship them to Brunei.

Then, here's the eyeshadow quads, aren't they awesome? I definitely am lemming for the Go Getter and Smokin Quad, but it would definitely be nice to have them ALL! And all of these are for GBP3 each, converting it to around B$5.97 each. Silkygirl still is unable to catch up to their price!

At last, the 12-Shadow palettes! Except for Immaculate's GBP8 24-shadow pallete, each of these MUA's Professional Palette costs up to GBP4! Come on! Isn't that very cheap? And of course, I have this attraction to neutral colors, Heaven and Earth palette, though with helps of a friend, I might buy all of these palettes. Well, I may not buy the Immaculate palette though.