About beauty on the outside

17th Jun 2013 | 3 notes

Essence all about matt fixing powder review

Hello you guys, today I’m reviewing one of my newest powders. I’m talking about my Essence matt fixing powder. I was doubting a little bit when I first saw it on a beauty blog but I got it and tested it anyway.

The packaging is quite simple. See through plastic with hot pink letters on it. To be honest, I don’t care at all how the packaging of a powder looks. It is important with products like lipstick, eyeshadow or blush (sometimes), but it’s not like I judge the look of my powder that much. Same here with this powder. Less is more!

I’m just going to say it: I love this powder. Just like me, a lot of people could be doubting about getting this powder because they’re afraid it’s going to make them look white(r). For me that’s not a problem but the colour of the powder won’t be a problem for anyone - it doesn’t show up.

The fact that this powder is white is actually really good. A lot of people may think “I don’t want to look like a ghost” but you don’t see the white colour on your face.
It just abs orbs the oil from your face and my T-zone tends to get oily so this will help me to solve the oil problem - it’s also handy if you just went for a run or if it’s really hot outside and you’re sweating a little bit.

Also, most of the other powders I have are skintoned, but when looking closely, you can always find stains or spots where there is more powder than somewhere else and I just don’t like it if you can see the powder. At all. I don’t want it to be seen at all, which is again why this powder is so nice.

So yes, I do really like this powder, I think it does a great job. It doesn’t show up, yet it does absorb the oil, which is exactly what I want.
I just started using this one but if I ever run out of it, I’m already pretty sure I will repurchase!

Thanks for reading!

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7th Jun 2013 | 1 note

Calvin Klein sheer cream eyeshadow review

Hello you guys, recently I got two sheer cream eyeshadows by Calvin Klein. I’ve never had a Calvin Klein beauty product before so I was really excited to test these.

I got two light colours. A champagne one, called “Snakeskin Silver” and a pink one called “Cashmere Plum”. How cute are those names?

Both these cream eyeshadows are shimmery.

The jars are cute and handy. It has the Calvin Klein logo on the front and the name on the back. The bottom of the little jar is see through so you can see if you like the colour. Oh, the caps are thesame colour as the actual eyeshadow colour as well! Lovely!

Champagne kind of colour: “Snakeskin Silver”! (Love the names too!)

Pink colour: Cashmere plum

Swatches!
These swatches are both one wipe. As you can see the colours are shimmery and well pigmented. Obviously, you could build up the colour.

Here I have applied the pink colour very lightly on my eyes. I use this pink cream eyeshadow before I apply light eyeshadow colours, that way they show up more!
As I said before you can build up the colour a lot more but I didn’t apply much because I was going to use it as a base for my makeup look!

Oh, and I thought it would be super expensive but it actually turned out to be a very affordable product! I paid €2.99/jar, which is about $3.88.

I hope you enjoyed this review! Makeup looks will be up soon!

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2nd Jun 2013 | 1 note

H&M lipgloss review

Hi everyone! Today I’m reviewing a lipgloss by H&M. I do own one other lipgloss and I like to wear it from time to time.
Now, I got my second one and I’m going to tell you what I think of it!

The packaging of the lipgoss is very cute, it’s an orange kind of colour. It’s called “Coral”. The cap has little pink and white stripes on it, which I like very much. It reminds me of summer, candy and happiness.

Just like my other lipgloss from H&M, very little colour comes off. It’s not that nothing comes off, it’s just not very pigmented. It does make my lips look kind of sparkly, which I love.

I wouldn’t buy it if I was looking for a lipgloss with good pigmentation, but I think this one is nice enough for everyday, casual use.

Thanks for reading!

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28th May 2013 | 1 note

Catrice absolute nude palette review

Hello you guys! How are you doing?

Today I’m reviewing my newest and favourite nude palette.

I got this nude palette from Catrice. I have been searching this palette for a long time - it was very popular and it was always sold out. You can already guess how happy I am that I finally have it. I have been experimenting with it quite a lot lately and I have even found a new “everyday look”. Would you like to see a tutorial?

So this is how my palette looks, I think it looks fabulous! It reminds me of the Urban Decay naked palette. It holds six nude colours.

Here are the swatches! The first picture is how the colours look with natural light and the second picture is how they look with flash.

The pigmentation could have been a little bit better. I don’t have problems with getting the colours on my eyelid though. Easy to apply and blend, no fall out.

Aside from the remark that the pigmentation could have been a little bit better, I have no other remarks. I do really like this palette. It holds colours for any occasion and any kind of look, love it! I already want to get a second one, just in case I hit pan on one of the colours soon.

I would recommend this palette to everyone who is just starting out with makeup or to girls who just really like the neutral look on their face. This palette is really nice ànd affordable.

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22nd May 2013

Catrice BB cream review!

Happy Wendnesday!

Last week, while I was shopping a bit, I decided to take this BB cream by Catrice with me. Catrice is a very known drugstore, budgetproof brand that has really good quality for the money you pay. I have a hard time finding a good BB cream because I’m quite pale and not all brands have very light shades but I need one for the summer so I thought I’d give this one a try. I got the shade “Rosy Beige”, which is the second lightest colour. The reason I did this is because I will probably be using this BB cream a lot during summer, and I might get a bit more tan by then.

This is how the tube looks. I like the packaging and I also like how you can dose precisely.

The BB cream promises to be balancing, correcting, protecting, illuminating, covering and moisturizing. I’m not really the type to believe in all the marketing tricks but okay. Covering, correcting and balancing also all means thesame thing. Kind of.

We’ll see how it works!

So this is what the BB cream looks like when it comes out of the tube.

Whenever I put on BB cream, I don’t put on moisturizer or anything. Well, Catrice promises that the BB cream is moisturizing so I shouldn’t even bother to worry.

And this is what it looks like when I’ve rubbed it open on my hand. The colour isn’t as dark as I expected it to be. The coverage is okay. I do feel like it’s hard to apply sometimes. Some BB creams go on very smooth and others don’t. This one takes a bit more time and a bit more work. Maybe I should try it with a beauty blender next time?

Over all I’m pretty happy with the result. Of course I do still need concealer and the “6 in 1” thing wasn’t intirely true, but it’s not a bad product either. I think this’ll be nice to wear in summer.

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18th May 2013

Essence get big lashes volume curl mascara review

Hello! Happy Saturday you guys! I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend and getting ready for Monday.

If there’s one thing I never skip in my makeup routine, it’s my mascara. I like trying out new brands and mascaras so today I’m going to test a mascara that I got by Essence. I do have a lot of eyeshadow palettes by Essence but I never tried their mascara before….

The mascara I’m testing today is the Essence “get big lashes volume curl” mascara.

I do like the packaging, it’s cute and girly and it got my attention rightaway.

The shape of the wand is a little bit different than what I’m used to. As you can see it’s bend. This makes it a little easier to apply the mascara - and I guess it curls the lashes a little bit better too. I curl my lashes before applying mascara anyway so for me it doesn’t make a big difference.

And here are the results of the mascara test…

The mascara is quite nice even though you have to be very careful with it. Two layers is the absolute maximum and even then you have to be careful not to get spider lashes. The mascara does make my lashes longer and darker. Volume? Hmm a little, but not so much.

Conclusion? I do like the mascara. It gives me the result I want and it’s super budgetproof.

15th May 2013

Essence 3D “Irresistible Chocolates” eyeshadow review

Hello everyone! How are you all doing?

Today I’m reviewing the second 3D eyeshadow that I got from Essence, it’s the darkest one of my two eyeshadow duo’s. This one is called “Irresistible Chocolates”.

At first I thought these colours would be a little bit dark, but I was thinking wrong because they are still pretty wearable!

So I tried to make a neutral, not too dark look, for this I used the taupe colour on my lid and the dark brown in my crease. I liked the result! (Oh and this picture is taken after work so it started creasing a little bit already… I had it on for about 10 hours.)

Oh and I did my eyebrows with the Essence eyebrow kit that I talked about earlier! The liquid eyeliner I used is from Essence as well!

In case you’re wondering, the mascara I’m using is Lash Elastic mascara by Nivea.

I love these 3D eyeshadow duo’s! What do you think of this look?

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14th May 2013 | 1 note

Essence “It’s popul-art” blush review!

Hi everyone! A while ago I got a new blush by Essence called “It’s popul-art”. It’s from the Vintage District collection and it’s stunning!
I have waited as long as I could to test this blush because I know the gold glitter in this blush is an overspray and it’ll disappear when I touch it.

So this is what the blush looks like. Gorgeous. Real eye candy! I have never had a blush as beautiful as this. And it was really cheap which is good too!

Time to see what it looks like on my face….

This is what my face looks like without any makeup on. No foundation, no BB cream, no concealer, no moisturizer, absolutely nothing. You can see how pale I am.

And this is how my face looks after applying the blush! I think it’s really beautiful actually. I look less pale and less dead. The gold overspray also gives me a glow, which I love. The blush is orange toned and for some reason orange toned looks better than pink on me.

I just wish it wasn’t an overspray so that I could always have this glow. Aside from that, I’m very happy I got the blush, I think it’ll still be really pretty, even if the gold is gone.
It’s cute and I’ll be wearing it a lot this spring. Great job Essence!

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10th May 2013 | 3 notes

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6th May 2013

Eye of the day: Sister’s makeup!

Products used:

* MAX smokey eye palette “Dark Rose”
* Essence gel eyeliner “Midnight in Paris”
* Nivea Lash Elastic mascara

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