Make-up Review: NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in Black/Grey

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I may be on a roll here by posting up more reviews than I'd ever imagine in a month, lol. I have a few weeks to my exams, since we're basically on a holiday, my mind is also on holiday. Oh, well. I do my brows everyday, almost everyday. So finding a good brow product is quite important for me and I am still looking for the best eyebrow product and brush for the perfect or au naturel look. LOL.

The thing about me is when choosing my eyebrow products, I'd like it if the color of those eyebrow pencils, powders or crayons to be almost the same as my eyebrow hair color which is basically black, I love to make bold eyebrow looks as it fits my overall makeup. Hence the color chosen.

It does seem scary at first, the colors, but I somehow really love it. Because the colors fits what I want in my eyebrow look.

Both powders are pigmented on their own, if I want to do a full on makeup, I usually use the black powder to create the shape of my eyebrows and fill it in with the grey powder. If I want a natural day-to-day look, I just basically use the grey powder all over. Either way both colors are very versatile on their own. It is easily blended so you can brush off the sharp lines. The wax is somewhat so-so, it does keep your eyebrow in place and set it. I don't really use the wax all that much.

All in all, this is a good product to have and it lasts long too, around 6-7 hours before it starts fading. This is something that I might repurchase if there is no other that does well. Next eyebrow product that I'll review, inshaAllah will be the Ardell duo eyebrow brush and Anastasia Beverly Hill famous Dipbrow Pomade!

Make-up Review: Essence All About Nude Eyeshadow Palette

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Another Essence review! This time it is the new All About Nude palette, which is a new release from Essence. Although it is the same price as their 8-shadow palette but I am glad that they didn't include those eyeshadow applicators that are pretty much useless from my point of view. I didn't get to compare this with the old palette, but they pretty much have the same size but more compact and thinner.

This palette contains 6 shadows that are pink-toned neutral colors of shimmers, mattes and satin. These shadows are really nice compared to the old palettes as I can see the quality is higher and creamier.

The swatch shown is with and without primer, as you can see the colors are pigmented if you have a base underneath it and this is fine by me as I use eye primer every time I want to wear eyeshadows. The colors are quite versatile to give you a neutral day time look to a neutral night time. But it also can give you a little drama.

I brought this to Jakarta with my on my trip there, I seem to have this habit to wear full makeup everyday although I will still just go for a very minimal neutral look, usually with a pop of color or a jazz of dark shadow below the waterline. This is an ultimate lovely palette for me

Make-up Review: Catrice Limited Edition Matchpoint Blush Stick in C02 Rockby

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Here's a review from a brand I don't usually feature in my blog, just because I love their sister brand, Essence so much. I have my experiences with the cream blushes, first from Essence and then Bourjois but I've never encountered a blush stick before.

I am currently crazy picking out purple products except for eyeshadows as I see them as a color that exudes edgy but yet sophisticated look.

The blush stick from Catrice is housed in a simple twist tube, I love the design on the packaging but unfortunately it wores off easily. The color itself is red wine purple and I guess I am actually using Pantone's Color of the Year which is Marsala for 2015. 

As you can see from the swatch, it applies sheer but the color can be buildable, it is quite creamy in texture and it is not sticky. Although when blended it gives a plummy color. If without setting the blush with a setting powder, this will probably last me around 2-3 hours, but if I set it, it could last me around 5-6 hours.

I may not buy more of these blush sticks as I think cream blushes are hard to be on point with me. I do love to wear this sometimes. Most of the time, I actually use this blush as a lipstick instead of a blush. A repurchase? Maybe not, I'd look into other brand and see how they fare with this.

Beauty Buys: A long time ago

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I have been neglecting and I don't know how to make it up to you, I will try my best to plague you girls with more hauls and reviews as I am quite naughty these past few weeks! I went to Jakarta a week ago, during my exam period believe that! It sucks to shop while you're thinking about your exams, I could've grabbed those Nike shoes cuz it's just way cheaper there.. Dang it. But I'll post  some of my hauls soon as I get it from the camera.

Anyways, I managed to grab some hauls from Shop@Sarah, Paloma and the usual Guardian. This is the first time I actually hauled from Shop@Sarah, I was pretty desperate looking for a purple lip product so I decided to buy the butter lip glosses from NYX. The rest was basically an impulse buy although for the eyebrow brush it is pretty much a necessity.

Then I went to Paloma and bought more purple-based lip colors and a cream stick blush that is just so purple from Catrice as I know I should explore this brand more, so far, their lip products are not disappointing. Also, indulged in the new palette from Essence, I seriously am surprised with the new palette as it shows different quality from the previous palettes

And then, I bought one of their gel eyeliner which is basically my favorite product from them. This is merely a repurchase but of different color so I won't be reviewing that. But I'll try to review them as soon as I can, as I've already prepared the pictures.

Make-up Review: Makeup Revolution Eyeshadow Palette in Iconic 3

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Sorry, new timetables and new course has thrown me off from writing this post! Also, I adopted a new sport so my attention to the blog is minimal! Let's go straight to the review, shall we!

The eyeshadow palettes from Makeup Revolution does seem to somehow follow a few palettes from Urban Decay and also Sleek, which is a good thing I guess? They are pretty much affordable, I do love the fact that they are bringing more new products into their line. I am sometimes overwhelmed by their amount of products not sure of what to try next.

Anyways, I actually forgotten to mention one important thing about their palettes, it is quite important to state this for all you who wants to travel with these palette. Well, it's nothing big but you can actually fit your favorite eyeliner, eyebrow pencil/crayons or travel eye brush in the palette itself! Well, it really depends if your choice is quite slender. But I'd definitely bring this for travel and put my eyeliner here. Too bad it doesn't fit more than one of the pencil items.

I bought the Iconic 3, just because it is a dupe for Naked 3. Out of all of the Naked line, Naked 3 has pulled my interest in trying out, but with personal reasons, I just choose to buy its dupe. The pink-toned colors of this palette does seem to match my skintone, I really love all of the shadows though even if the 3rd shadow is sheer but I like to use it as a subtle highlight. All the colors are really lovely and pigmented, I mix and match these shadows to pull off a lot of different looks and I'm actually planning to use this for my graduation ceremony soon.

The colors are satisfyingly useful for everyday, I actually tried this without primer it lasts pretty well, I do find fading in the 5-hour mark. But with a primer, in this case I used Make-up Revolution Focus Eye Primer, it does hold for 12 hours. Is this worth your money? Yes, I like to think so!