Stila Eyeshadow Trio - Bronze Glow

I tell you internet is evil sometimes. haha

Guess how much I got this eyeshadow for?

$14!

Strawberrynet.com sales can be awesome.
Alright, I'm a little nervous purchasing from there first time (finger crossed.)
Go grab their summer sales stuff now. Lots of goodie.

I was devastated when Stila was on sales in KL and I am no where near sigh. Much money save though. haha

The Body Shop Cream Shadow and Eyeliner

When Mayrcks was down in Melbourne to visit me, we went to The Body Shop in Bridge Road. The Body Shop there seems to be like a sort of factory/sales outlet and many products are often on discounts. Definitely a bath, body and make up galore!


I was hesitant to spend that day (bad financial economy day) but Mayrcks treated me with an eyeshadow and eyeliner! whee! She definitely make me day :)


The cream eyeshadow was selling for AUD$2! We even tried swatching there and it's pretty and not faulty.


The colour is called Arctic Ivy and it's a pretty, light silvery colour with shimmer. Since it's a cream eyeshadow, I reckon it will be a good eyeshadow base. However, it's not waterproof at all when I rinses off the swatches.



It even come with a doe applicator stick which can be convenient and avoid over squeezing the cream out.


Metallic eyeliner! I had a friend using The Body Shop liquid eyeliner and she say it's pretty awesome. Easy to applied and easy to remove.



It's called Bronze brown and have a pretty metallic finish. And the price! It's only AUD$5! Even if I convert to RM, it is still much cheaper as in Malaysia the eyeliner are sold about RM40++ right?

When I'm having a better financial time, I will re-visit that Body Shop.

Eye of the Day

My eye of the day done by Mayrcks. Generally she is better at putting make up than me especially in the eyeshadow department (which I sucks). However she is too lazy to update this blog! haha.



Eyeshadows that has been used
MAC Fluidline - Blacktrack (which is freaking awesome!)
Kate Line Spicy - Hot pink colour on the top
Revlon ColourStay Quad - all of it.

I shall save for Fluidline!

Urban Decay Eyeshadow

Woohoo, finally I have my little finger on Urban Decay stuff, thanks to Fifi!

Both of it are matte eyeshadow. Chronic and Narcotic


Pretty cute packaging they have and its so nice that now I have more colour eyeshadow! I always buy those boring tones one like taupe, cream colour type.


As for Chronic, its a rather bright matte green eyeshadow, however when I look closely, I felt they were a slight glitter. like very fine ones. I like this colour a lot :)


As for Narcotic, its a bright matte blue. A colour that I sorta fear... never really know how to use bright eyeshadow! I always envied those beauty blogger who can use them so well. Don't worry, now I have my chance haha.


The swatches, its quite pigmented and also very smooth. All hail smooth eyeshadow! easier for blending I believe. :)


I haven't write any product review for so long, I feel that I'm a little rusty and uncertain what to write. haha

Gifts.

I was given a set of MAC brushes last November and I have a habit that I don't open them up and put them to best use. I think I rather not dirty them. One day, when I am ready; I might use them.

You can say, I am probably the most not up to date with make up collection. I am the type of person - I see, I like, I can pull off ka ching I buy. I hardly buy expensive make up. But I always ended with a few of them. ;) (thank you warehouse sale!)

Tonight, I want to share this. It will probably take me some time to start using this but I will try.



This is a gift from a colleague that I sort of helped her out for 2 months. She gave me this and this got me excited.




Hello Kitty, My name is Too Dolly.






Hello colours, welcome to new home. ;)

Like I say, I am not ready to use them yet. Hence, no swatches. :(

NYX and LA Colors

Good news! I finally found NYX in Melbourne! wooohoo.. but the selection was rather small. I was at Smith St. today trying to look for a pair of running shoes. Smith St. is quite famous for sports factory outlet store. Towards the end of the street, I saw a store with sign 70% off on brand cosmetics. (edit: found my receipt! the store is called Cos Cut Cosmetics)

I went in, and... damn it was pretty good. A lot of different brand at quite cheap price. Brands like Maybelline, L'oreal, Covergirl, LA Colors, Max Factor, NYX and some brands I have never heard off. A lot of beauty tools too. I walked around and end up with this two.

I have limited time and budget in there. :(

The range for NYX was rather limited, mostly NYX ranges are lipliners (a lot of colours!), a few eyeliners, some lip gloss and only one trio eyeshadow. Didn't get it, the colours was too pastel for me. :(

I think I was too excited and came home and swatches them. I love eyeliners, so I got this and try. The pencil is pretty smooth and colour came out rather easy. I just hope it doesn't smudge easily. I shall test it out tomorrow. (tested: and not bad the colour remains after 10 hours, no smudges unless I rub it hard.)



I love the dark blue-ness. Remind me of my this Shu eyeliner. Best of all this eyeliner is only $4.00! whee.


I read about LA Colors from Connie. The palattes cost $5.95 and I check Cherryculture, the price wasn't marked up!



This palattes is called Fabulous, not bad in my opinion.


The last 3 swatches seems to be more pigmented while the first two are better for highlighting. The middle colour look plum-ish but turned out more brown. weird. I haven't try wearing it though. Will try it out soon. I hope its not too hard to blend them.

I think I have to visit that store again.

Update: Round 2 NYX eyeliner testing, smudge like hell when I line my bottom lid. sigh. :(

Dior Duo Eyeshadow

I have gotten this long time ago but never got around writing bout it. One of my favourite eyeshadow and guess what I didn't pay for it :) Got it from an event.




without flash
It has two colours, one shiny silvery white and one matte brownish. Excellent for smoky eyeshadow. This eyeshadow duo actually get me started on smoky eyeshadow. It is honestly quite fool proof with these two colours. The eyeshadow are pretty pigmented too.


I usually love to apply the silvery colour all over the crease and used the matte colour for the corner of the eye. Easy for a beginner like me. haha.


I think the price for this duo was about RM180-RM190. Not too sure about it. If I have the money, I won't mind spending on it. The texture was so buttery soft and my nail actually chip it slightly. Easy to blend too and long lasting. Wore it for 10 hours and still have it there especially if I use Benefit tattle tale as a base.

I love it and one day when I am rich and everything I would get more of Dior eyeshadow.

Lumiere Black Cherry

I think this is my new favourite eye shadow.

I got this from my Lovingminerals.com haul and its totally awesome. My first time with mineral eyeshadow.


The colour is dark purple which almost black with shimmer.

Here a swatch of the loose eyeshadow


The colour is wonderful for eyeliner and eyeshadow. However when applied as eyeliner, it does not seems to be long lasting. Perhaps because of its loose pigment.

Here a picture of it as eyeliner, please do not mind my greasy hair.. I think its because my hair is still wet and its microshot :P


I have also used it as an eyeshadow and its nice :) I assured you it look wonderful for smoky eyes if you don't want just the usual black. :)

Here a poor attempt picture of it, I used Benefit Stilettos as base, make it more lasting and stand out more. The picture sucks though. The colour is nicer real life.


I think I must try more of this. hehe.

Ellefar Make Eyeshadows.

I did some testing but my photography skill failed me tremendously and I picked the best out of it.

It's my first time reviewing with urm...my eyes.

I am reviewing an eyeshadow I got from Daiso @ RM5 named Ellefar Make. The sidelines today is kate eyeshadow & mac eyeliner.


(L-R: Kate line spicy, mac eyeliner & ellefar make eyeshadow from Daiso)


(L-R: Invisible white, orangy red, grayis purple and maroon)
Tgese are the swatches from Daiso eyeshadow. It looks a bit like the L'Oreal eyeshadow; probably imitation or similiarity to it. They are very matte. No shinny glittering. and the lightest color which is white is probably the most camoufludge to my skin. You can't barely see it here. Then it has the orangy red, grayish purple and maroon.


(The colors are actually darker in real life.Sorry for lousy pictures. Sorry for the lousy skin as well, didn't put on foundation as I was bored on CNY eve and thought of playing it spontaneously.)
I used all four color of Ellefar make and only gold from Kate line spicy to high light the eye lid and the bottom light to create a fresher eye.Maroon was placed at the inner eye lid, followed by orangy red with some touch of gold and the upper bone was grayish purple. And the Mac gel eyeliner to highlight the eye and half of the bottom lid.

The Ellefar make has its pros and cons. The color came out nice, easy application, no small little powder falls on the cheek when application and it's very matte. I wore it to work the other day and it lasts almost the whole day without retouching. Plus, I have oily face. For an oily face, this eyeshadow is good for the price you pay. The colors are strong except for the almost invisible white which you can use for a little highlight. It's pretty good for a RM5 product.

*The eyeliner and Kate eyeshadow, I will review later. hehe

So this is the first review from me. Hope you ...enjoy it. :)

Daiso Haul 2

Its hard to resist going into Daiso everytime I'm in Curve now. Its so tempting to oogle at the rows of five bucks make up and discover some wonders :)

These the stuff that I bought home with me, a make up corrector pen/stick and a eyeshadow/liner pencil.

This make up corrector is also recommended by May and it is totally awesome! If you have smear any mascara or eyeliner out of place, simply draw it over with this stick annnnnddd voila, wipe with tissue and gone :) no smear nothing!

The tip feels like a marker but a little bit more waxy. Awesome my sizzle. Get it!

I took another 10 min to choose this, wondering between this eyeshadow stick or some random eyeliner or mascara. I guess the colour attracted me, the pretty deep forest green.

Look, nice green ain't it?



The colour on the pencil looks deep, however the swatch seems brighter and not so deep toned and also look much blue-er. This swatch does not show its exact colour. :( I hate my camera.
The texture is pretty smooth and easy application, however it is 0% smudge proof. I can rub it off with my finger... sigh. wasted.

All in all, interesting buy. I'm using it as a thick eyeliner line with little smudges and lined with another green eyeliner on top.

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner

I finally has something from Benefit! After years of oogling their cute and quirky website, collecting their mini catalog (super cute one), I finally bought something from them. Thanks a lot to May as she went to their first warehouse sales and help me to buy it. May Rocks (see I so nice haha.)

If you notice, eyeshadow is not my main obsession, usually I spend my money on eyeliner and eyeliner and eyeliner. Occasionally on blushers. haha. So this is one of the first time I spend quite a bit on eyeshadow and its cream none the less. woohoo.

May helped me to get Tattle tale and Stiletto.

For Tattle tale, its a pale cream goldish colour. My favourite type of colours, barely there one. haha easy and foolproof thats why I like this type of colour.

Meanwhile for Stiletto, its a little more exciting colour. According to the website it is known as aubergine which is known in BM as terung. haha! The colour is much more prettier than a terung ok? It sort of purplish brown with hint of shimmer.

As for the texture, its like cream in a sort of thick and hard way. Using your finger helps to get the colour easier, I guess its because of the heat. Very pigmented too, with two swipe the colour shows.

I haven't really try them out, always rushing to work no time to try blending eyeshadow and all thats why. I will try it this weekend when I go rock the town.

Woohoo to Benefit and May faster post your reviews on Benefit toooooooo.