tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28790713837453901092024-03-05T07:43:08.065-05:00The Makeup MonologuesCosmetic Cacaphony.Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-39831036390689866012020-03-31T19:42:00.000-04:002020-03-31T19:42:13.352-04:00Quick Review: Kosas Wet Lip Oils in Jaws and Jellyfish<span id="docs-internal-guid-33a2dbd6-7fff-d202-f599-62b0598077a4"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Today I’ve decided to post a review on a recent favourite product of mine! I feel it deserves more </span></span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;"> informed decision on whether to purchase them! These are the Wet Lip Oils from the brand Kosas.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I love these glosses! I initially purchased the shade Jellyfish and recently picked up the shade Jaws </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">as well. They are comfortable, true to the name (very wet and juicy-looking on the lips) and have </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">awesome ingredients, like buzzworthy hyaluronic acid, peptides and evening primrose oil. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">The formula is thin but moisturizing- these don’t feel oily on the lips, they feel like something </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">between a conditioning lip mask and a balm. The product smells lightly of candied oranges, which I</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I love the packaging too- the thin doe-foot makes it easy to reapply and they’re fun pieces to tote </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;"> to be said for sturdy and stylish packaging. I have to want to carry it around with me, and I have to </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Wet Lip Oil in Jaws</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">As for the shades, Jellyfish looks like it might be a peachy nude, but it actually goes on clear.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Kosas Wet Lip Oil in Jaws on the lips (on top of an orange shadow)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">You don’t even need a mirror to reapply since they are gorgeously sheer. Which is a good thing… </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">because these don’t last long at all. I don’t expect them to because they are an oil, but it’s worth </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">mentioning. They last the same amount of time as the Dior lip oils, which is to say about an hour or </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">The only reason I’d give this product four out of five stars is that I wish there was a little more </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">product- I’ve noticed that I’ve begun to run through it rather quickly. I’ve been wearing gloss for a </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">long time and I’ve never run through a tube this quickly with other formulas, even with shades I’ve </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got quite a bit of use out of the Tatcha Silk Canvas, but I mainly use it around my nose and cheeks to blur my pores, and over my blemishes. The Fenty Soft Matte primer, however, I've really been digging into. I've used it up to the point where the pump doesn't dispense any product anymore so I've been scraping the sides of the bottle with a little doe-foot applicator. I'm determined to completely use this thing up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the cheek products I have in the project (Tarte blush in Paaarty, Bobbi Brown Bronzing Powder, and MILK Makeup highlighter in Turnt), I don't have any visible progress, but I have been using them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And as for lip products- I've been getting the most frequent use out of the Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution lipstick in Pillow Talk, I've worn Urban Decay Vice lipstick in Manic about three times, and then Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream in White Russian about seven times. The KISS Moisture Stain in Lost Cherry ended up being expired and really chunky to work with, so I had to toss it, and am replacing it with another mini lip product from my collection.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Colour Pencil in the shade Wherever Walnut, and it's my current favourite lipliner, so I shouldn't have any issues using it up! I use it almost every single day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also realized that I want to have a more accurate way of tracking how often I use my Project Pan items, so I wrote them all down on a piece of paper that I keep on my vanity, and I'll be tacking down a tally mark for each time I use them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">lipsticks and maybe their glosses, and then come out of left field with a foundation system to the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">general reaction of “um, I’ll stick with the lip products, thanks.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">In launching the complexion products first, they not only capitalize on their existing in-store space at </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Sephora (most BITE displays are a 1 or 2 bay display, and to make it any larger would require a </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">retrofit), but they capture the attention of a wider audience. People already love their lip products, so </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">they’ll be more open to trying the foundation system to get a taste of the BITE they’re missing- </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">without having to justify buying another $30 lipstick. Besides, the formula of this foundation hits a few</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> current market trends on the head- light-to-medium buildable coverage, “clean beauty” ingredients, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">superfood antioxidants, a skin-like finish, and a long-wear designed for real life. With many people’s </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">2020 New Year’s Resolution being to increase their sustainability and health efforts, BITE has snuck in with a product 10 days into 2020 that aligns with that consumer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">But how does it perform? I wore the three products (primer, foundation, and powder) all together for</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> two days and then tried the powder on top of other foundations in my collection for an additional few </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">days. If you want to see how they stacked up, just keep reading!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fd6daf5b-7fff-b590-d8dc-6261f5988e20"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">For full disclosure, I did not purchase either primer but did take samples of both the Normal to Oily </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">and Normal to Dry formulas of the Changemaker Skin-Optimizing primer from Sephora. I have a </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">normal to oily skin type myself, but I’ve been getting some dry patches lately, so I figured I’d give</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> both primers a shot. Bite introduces the primer as “a clean, high-performance primer with skin-</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">optimizing technology to neutralize your skin type and grip foundation for flawless, lasting wear”. The </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">key ingredient callouts are as follows: the hydrating primer includes olive oil and a “hyaluronic acid </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">complex” which contains “a specialized blend of micronized hyaluronic particles and sodium PCA”, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">and the mattifying primer contains willow bark, which “helps mattify, control shine and blur the look of</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> pores without stripping skin”. Both primers contain maqui berry, “an antioxidant-rich ingredient that </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">helps nurture your complexion”, and are vegan, cruelty-free and gluten-free. They do contain </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">dimethicone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8504f71-7fff-3682-b02e-1344bddb812b"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">On the back of the hand as well as on the face, the two primers feel subtly different. I applied the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">hydrating primer on my dry patches like the sides of my nose and the perimeter of my face, and the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">mattifying primer everywhere else. The glycerin feels apparent in the hydrating primer, but the primer</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> dries down quickly and doesn’t feel tacky or ‘grippy’ on the skin. In fact, it feels like nothing on the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">skin. It sinks in right away and there are no immediate discernible effects on the skin. My dry </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">patches felt a little less irritated but not necessarily quenched or equalized or whatever they were </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">‘supposed’ to feel like. I actually felt that my foundation wore worse on the spots I used this primer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Granted, I’m not the target consumer for this formula, but it’s worth mentioning.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVgALki4KPemQ04DHB43EtBGYO5p7JGuE9vWbiAg5mbqNxiLVOLEByZJ1aPojIJU-FfYEjAeR9i5Dk3kIq48VGUPZrqRXb8SR67RTwQ_TB8WAXnHnvTQBG5Lb2qUdUJBb8SFXI4FnUE8/s1600/PSFix_20200119_174051.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1418" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVgALki4KPemQ04DHB43EtBGYO5p7JGuE9vWbiAg5mbqNxiLVOLEByZJ1aPojIJU-FfYEjAeR9i5Dk3kIq48VGUPZrqRXb8SR67RTwQ_TB8WAXnHnvTQBG5Lb2qUdUJBb8SFXI4FnUE8/s640/PSFix_20200119_174051.jpeg" width="566" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Using only the hydrating primer and foundation, 7 hours in. Notice it starting to separate on the sides of my nose and coming off the blemish on my chin.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The mattifying primer feels nicer on the skin, even the back of the hand, in my opinion. It gives more</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> of an instant-gratification feel with its subtle blurring effect and a little bit of cooling. It dries down </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">quickly and doesn’t feel slippery or dimethicone-y, but it leaves the skin feeling just as weightless as </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">the hydrating primer. On the second day I tested out the system, I wore only this primer all over my</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> face, and the foundation wore a lot better on top of it. I still got a little shiny, but the primer gripped </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">the foundation better and I had less fading and “melting”.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">First wear test, 7 hours in with both mattifying and hydrating primers.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">I went ahead and also tested the primer and powder with my usual HG sheer coverage option (the</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> Nudestix Tinted Cover). The primer didn’t blur my pores for… well, anything.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZsLxMUO3Qcw-1MsyTeioMMcWt_4_wnhrL8bbAh63i1wfZhYau1f4onsVeEMPD812sLuYsqNB1X0M9cCFN7Ac53wtMCYVbWW5R8FUjk9MJbPB5v4VUX3TeKPgolAFySHXh9Oe7LWmXk0/s1600/PSFix_20200120_104125.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1503" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZsLxMUO3Qcw-1MsyTeioMMcWt_4_wnhrL8bbAh63i1wfZhYau1f4onsVeEMPD812sLuYsqNB1X0M9cCFN7Ac53wtMCYVbWW5R8FUjk9MJbPB5v4VUX3TeKPgolAFySHXh9Oe7LWmXk0/s640/PSFix_20200120_104125.jpeg" width="600" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Wearing BITE Changemaker Mattifying Primer, Nudestix Tinted Cover, and BITE Changemaker Pressed Powder</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Both primers have the same scent as the foundation. It’s a hard scent to describe, but I’ve pinned it </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">down to “Glade candle that’s been sitting at TJ Maxx so long that it’s not very strong anymore, and </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">it’s been sitting with all of the other candles so its own scent is kinda muddled”. Vaguely soapy, fruity, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">and florally. Not the most appealing, in my opinion, but also not the worst product I’ve smelled. The </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">main issue I have with the fragrance is that it lingers for anywhere from 30-45 minutes, which isn’t a </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">dealbreaker for me, but is certainly a turn-off. It is worth noting that the fragrance didn’t affect my </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">skin in any noticeable way in terms of redness, breakouts or sensitivity. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><span style="color: #eeeeee;">FOUNDATION</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Here’s the heavy hitter! I took samples from Sephora of the shades L10, L15, and L20, which are the</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> three lightest shades. Here they are swatched on my face and on my hand. For full disclosure, I will </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">be receiving this in gratis at work at some point, and I picked the shade L15. I’m still unsure about </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">From left to right: L10, L15, L20</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Bite claims this to be a “creamy, long-wearing foundation perfects your skin with buildable, medium </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">coverage.” The formula feels more like a gel. It feels very “slippy”, almost like a primer, and while it </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">blends right into the back of the hand, it’s a little more detectable on the face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">To do my face, I mixed all three shades together. For two wear tests, I used my Nudestix Blur & Buff </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">brush to spread the product evenly across the face. When I began to buff the foundation with the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">brush, I couldn’t get the brush strokes to go away so I finished off with a damp beautyblender. I liked </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">the appearance of the foundation applied this way and found that the beautyblender made </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">everything look very seamless. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">One thing I noticed with this foundation that I don’t typically notice with others is how much product I</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> had to use in order to cover my whole face. A nickel-sized amount was not enough, and I had to </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Second wear test- wearing BITE Changemaker system (foundation, primer, and powder) 1 hour in</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-778369fd-7fff-0ac2-4036-2b6f2a149c85"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The coverage was a little less than I anticipated, not doing much to cover redness upon first layer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> For two of my wear tests, I opted to stick with the one layer to see how it wore. In my last wear test I</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> applied two layers- I had the idea to apply a small amount with my hands to see how that applied, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">and I couldn’t get it to look right, so I continued on with my beautyblender. This was actually my </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">favourite wear test out of the three, (it’s worth noting that I skipped applying either of BITE’s primers</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> and just went with my usual Smashbox Primer Water underneath). I felt like using mostly the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">beautyblender and skipping the brush gave me a very nice finish- it had a pretty skinlike finish on </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">first layer. I built up a second layer of just L10 in the center of my face to see how the foundation </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">would layer on itself. I noticed that while the foundation began to look a little more “makeup-y” when I </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">did this, the coverage and blurring properties amped up without looking or feeling too heavy.</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-460ddf58-7fff-f906-1c44-5c50be14778d"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b><span style="color: #eeeeee;">POWDER</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">“This long-wearing, lightweight formula lets you boost coverage for a silky soft, matte finish that </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">However, I wore this for a few days on top of a medium-to-full coverage, satin finish foundation and </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">smart business move, some of the products weren’t up my alley. I’m pretty picky when it comes to </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">primer and foundation. I don’t think I’d use either primer again as they just didn’t do anything that </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">even close to a holy grail or even a go-to for me. The powder is the winner of the three products, in </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">my eyes, providing something I was missing with its longlasting properties and improving my</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> everyday routine.</span></span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-87382327077186059192020-01-13T11:45:00.001-05:002020-01-13T11:51:10.620-05:00Project Pan 2020: Mini Madness!<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Sephora. I am grateful that I got to try out some formulas that I wouldn’t have necessarily sought out </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">can’t buy every single product, so minis are crazy useful, especially for products that normally take</span><br />
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-15349392322852675062019-04-26T20:10:00.000-04:002019-04-26T20:10:46.105-04:00My Spring 2019 VIB Sale Recommendations!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey everybody! Earlier I posted my own Sephora VIB Sale wishlist, but I had also polled my instagram followers to see if there would be any potential interest in a post about my personal recommendations for products to buy during the sale. As the poll went on, I started thinking about what my recommendations would be and realized that I actually have a lot of stuff that I think other people should try!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I only have a few skincare recommendations because skincare is something that is very much based on personal need and preference. When recommending skincare, I like to really learn about my client's needs, routine, and lifestyle- but that doesn't mean I don't have a few go-to's that are stellar additions to any routine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly, everyone needs a good cleanser, but shelling out upwards of 30 bucks for one is not a pleasant experience, no matter how sensorial the product. The <b>Sephora Collection Clean Skin Gel ($14 CAD)</b> is a fucking amazing cleanser for all skin types that doesn't break the bank, and I can't get enough of it. It's 14 dollars Canadian, a decent sized squeezy tube, and it's oil-free (so it's safe for those of you with lash extensions)! The Clean by Sephora Collection line has knocked it out of the park for me recently but this cleanser takes the cake. It tones the skin, and the sensorial experience of using it is very pleasant- the gel texture is very similar to the Fresh Soy Face cleanser, and after using it, your skin feels clean but not 'squeaky' or parched. Everyone needs to try this!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second recommendation I have is not necessarily one specific product, but a category. Under-eye masks are ridiculously expensive for what they are, but they've become indispensable in my life. They do wonders to wake me up in the morning and de-puff the eyes. However, they are not all created equal, and cost-per-pair is a big factor to consider. The <b>Sephora Collection eye masks</b> are a good option because they come in four different varieties (Pearl, Pomegranate, Cucumber, Grape) each which target a different skin concern. They are made of a thin biocellulose that is soaked with essence, much like a sheet mask. They retail for <b>$6 CAD </b>and if you buy three pairs, you get one for free.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Hydro-Gel eye patches</b> are, you guessed it, hydrogel eye patches infused with cucumber. I love these because they aren't in single-use packaging, and actually come out cheaper than drugstore pricing at <b>30 pairs for $60 CAD</b>, but the initial price can be a bit hard to swallow- that's why I'd recommend picking them up during the sale.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last skincare product I have to recommend has been an absolute godsend for me. It's the<b> First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cannabis and Oat Dry Oil </b>and it retails for <b>$37 CAD</b>. This stuff is like a fire extinguisher for any inflammation on the skin. I mix this in with my moisturizer every day, with some of my masks, and sometimes I even use it as a scalp treatment. It provides instant relief from breakouts, itchiness, and sensitivity. Pure liquid gold in my book.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first product I'm going to talk about is probably the most subjective, but the<b> Jouer Essential High Coverage Liquid Concealer ($28 CAD) </b>is easily the best concealer I have ever tried, hands down. I am not normally someone who switches up my concealer- I've been using Maybelline Fit Me for about ten years. Nothing seemed to beat it out or be truly worth a higher price tag until I tried this concealer. It melts into the skin but still offers the fullest coverage in a way that doesn't look cakey or pastey- it just makes you look like there was never anything to cover at all. It sits beautifully on texture and you don't need to use a ton of it to get a good effect. I really recommend you try this one out if you haven't yet been totally satisfied with any medium-to-full coverage concealers, 'cause this one knocked my socks off.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following that is an small eyeshadow palette that swept me off my feet. <b>The Violet Voss Fun Sized Eyeshadow Palettes ($24 CAD) </b>are such a hidden gem within Sephora's eyeshadow offerings. The formula is impeccable- buildable, blendable, multi-functional, and versatile. The shimmers appear like a foiled oil slick on they eye yet don't fade throughout the day. There's four different mini palettes- my favourite is Fruit Sorbet, the rainbow palette- but they also have a pretty stellar Modern Renaissance dupe, as well as a palette with just muted jewel-toned foils.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two blush palettes that I've been adoring are the <b>Benefit Cheekleaders Mini Cheek Palette in Pink Squad ($40 CAD)</b> and the<b> Jouer Blush Bouquet Dual Blush Palettes ($38 CAD).</b> While the Benefit one will appeal to people with fair-to-medium skintones, the Jouer duos have a menagerie of different shades to choose from. Formula-wise, they're both incredible- Benefit has always been known for having amazing cheek powder products, and these are no exception. I originally thought that the highlighter would be too deep for me, but it has a translucent pinky base with a strong sunshiney shift and it actually looks gorgeous on my skintone. The duo also contains the shades Dandelion- I love me a baby pink blush- and Galifornia, a gorgeous glowy coral. What I love about the Jouer Blush Bouquets most is the satiny, buildable, foolproof formula and how they chose shades for each duo that will complement anything you put on the eyes or lips.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what's a good sale haul without some trendy lip products? I've picked three different formulas that I stand behind 100%. First are the <b>Sephora Collection Rouge Lacquers ($16 CAD).</b> You know that sheer, juicy, high-shine, comfortable lip that's so hot right now? Yeah, this is it, perfected, under 20 bucks, and available in any shade you could want. These look gorgeous and wear comfortably, feel like a balm, and wear away in a flattering manner (no butthole lip or smeary Joker-mouth here). My favourite shades are Visionary (basically Bite's French Press Gloss in Dirty Chai, but in sheer lipstick form) and Slay (a cute-as-can-be coral). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're loving the sheer, juicy lip but want more shine and staying power, look no further than the <b>Bobbi Brown Crushed Liquid Lipstick ($34 CAD). </b>I don't know how, but this is the perfect medium-pigment gloss formula. It has just enough translucency to not sink into lip lines while still being true-to-tube in colour on the lips, has a gorgeous, juicy, lacquer-like finish, and the staying power of a cream lipstick. They are comfortable- not too thick, but with enough tack to feel like they've got that longevity of wear. I've received so many compliments while wearing these that I definitely qualify them as a must-try for gloss lovers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the flip side, I have a comfortable matte formula to recommend as well- the <b>Bite Beauty Multisticks ($28 CAD)</b> actually have 75% powder pigment infused into the formula, making them suitable for the eyes, cheeks and lips. I've been loving cream cheek and eye products lately, and a monochromatic cream look is so trendy right now. Not all multi-use products are created equal- some are too creamy and greasy for the eyes, too pigmented for the cheeks, or too dry for the lips. Bite's formula performs amazingly on all three and, in my opinion, they've gone and chosen shades that anyone could rock on all features. The Multisticks are an unsung hero in their lineup!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly, if anyone's still here, I have a few miscellaneous recommendations to round this post off! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First- I know, I know, the <b>Sephora Collection Skin Perfecting Brush Set ($68 CAD)</b> feels gimmicky. If you ignore the fact that they are supposed to be collagen-infused and just regard it as a really fucking good brush set, you're fine. I've used these brushes multiple times on so many clients and they're always sold. These brushes are damn near perfect, especially for someone who prefers to apply concealer with brushes as I do. There's a small brush perfect for placing concealer and colour corrector, the most GORGEOUS concealer buffing brush of life- seriously, this is the closest a brush has gotten to being akin to an actual finger in terms of application- and three more soft brushes for cheek products that diffuse product effortlessly on the skin. I'm normally pretty cheap with my brushes because I can be pretty rough on them, but this set takes my breath away.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly, I have two fruity fragrances that I've been loving and want to recommend to you. I know fragrance is a very personal thing- once you find one that's to your taste, there's a good chance that it might not work with your body chemistry, or it might give you a headache, or your boss might hate it and demand that you never wear it again. For that reason, I only implore you to go in-store and smell these, if you can.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, that's it for me! Do any of these products pique your interest? Let me know which ones in the comments below!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-68086618997807561912019-04-26T14:29:00.000-04:002019-04-26T14:29:15.026-04:00My Spring 2019 VIB Sale Wishlist!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey guys! Been a hot minute, but I thought I'd do a quick post about my wishlist for the Spring 2019 Sephora VIB Sale! Because I'm a cast member at Sephora, I don't actually get any extra discount during the sale, so this is more of a list of things I'd like to pick up or try out currently.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made a graphic with the products and now I'll go through the list and tell you what they are and why I want to try them and/or pick them up!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First off, the <b>Moschino x Sephora Collection Liquid Markers lip set ($43 CAD)</b>. I tried the pink one on in store and to my relative surprise, the formula is different than the Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stains- it reminds me more of the NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment formula, but a little thicker. The lipstick lasted me through my lunch of risotto and ice cream, through a six hour shift, and my two-hour trip home through the rain. I'm thoroughly impressed, and since every colour in this set is right up my alley (though I understand that that's probably not the case for everyone), I am going to pick it up!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next, I have no less than three face powders that I want to try. Listen, okay, I swear I have a very justified reason for this. My favourite powder foundation of life is the old formulation of the Kat Von D Lock-It Powder foundation and I go through it like freaking water. It's been reformulated, and even if it hadn't been, I no longer purchase Kat Von D products. I almost exclusively wear powder foundation in the summer months, for a few reasons- I have rather oily skin, and I find that powder can be more sheer than my liquid foundations, so it's more forgiving and easier to blend if my face tans a bit and I don't have a perfect shade match. And even in the winter months, I set my foundation with pressed powder to give a blurred, flawless finish. I'm hoping that the <b>Marc Jacobs Accomplice Instant Blurring Beauty Powder ($59 CAD)</b>, as expensive as it is, will be perfect for setting my liquid foundation, and then either the <b>Jouer Soft Focus Hydrate + Set Powder ($38 CAD)</b> or the <b>Make Up For Ever Matte Velvet Skin Blurring Powder Foundation ($48 CAD) </b>will be a perfect powder foundation for the warmer, sweatier months.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next up there's some skincare I want! Bite Beauty very recently reformulated their lip balm to be vegan, christening it under the name <b>Bite Beauty Agave+ Daytime Vegan lip balm ($18 CAD)</b>. To make it vegan, they've removed the lanolin and replaced it with hydrating cocoa butter, which pleases me immensely because I'm actually allergic to lanolin. I tried the new formula of the lip balm on in-store and it feels, tastes and smells gorgeous. I'll probably grab it within the next week. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Farmacy Honey Grail Ultra-Hydrating Face Oil ($64 CAD)</b> is something I'm really curious to try, because I've had great success with the Farmacy Honey line of products. With more oily skin, you'd think I wouldn't be so hot on a face oil, but honey really calms my skin and I'd actually like to try using this on my cuticles as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the original First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream, so I really want to snag the set they've come out with- the <b>First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream Minis ($25 CAD)</b>. Why, you ask? Because they've come out with two new scents- Rosemary Mint and Cucumber Melon. They're completely delicious and very nostalgic, and I'd love to have some smaller sizes of the URC kicking around my apartment because I use it as a body moisturizer. It sinks into the skin instantly and is so, so moisturizing and soothing, I'd definitely recommend anyone who wants a lightly fragranced, effective body cream to pick this up as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly, I have two miscellaneous things I'd like to pick up! The <b>Kopari Coconut Toothpaste ($16 CAD)</b> is something I've wanted to try for a while. I have very sensitive teeth with no enamel so yeah, I'm mostly just curious about this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the <b>Beautyblender Pretty In Pink Sponge Set ($60 CAD)</b> is a no-brainer for me- my beautyblenders are getting kinda manky so I'm due for some new ones and I love when they come out with smaller sets.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me know what you're wanting to pick up during the VIB sale in the comments, or on my instagram page (@streichedelic)!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have 11 blue lip products. Most are liquid lipsticks because I find that they stay better without smudging or fading, because nothing looks more horrid on me than faded blue lips. I don't want to look like a fresh corpse (but all the power to you if you do, you sexy zombie!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From left to right, I have the essence Holo Wow! Dewy Lip Shine in 04 Dragonfly Shimmer, the Sephora x Pantone Universe Modern Watercolours lip gloss in Serenity, and the Wet N Wild Megalast Iridescent Lip Colour in Unicorn Soul.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The essence lip gloss is actually very sheer on the lips, and the formula reminds me of the old Maybelline Baby Lips Glosses- very juicy and kind of thin, with the teeniest bit of grit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Wet N Wild Sheer lipstick adjusts to the pH of your lips, supposedly, and turns into a purple-pink with blue sparkle. It's a good dupe for the Too Faced Unicorn Tears lipstick.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kat Von D Glimmer Veils are a thin but pigmented liquid lipstick with tons of glitter.They also stain, which can be a detractor for some, but I like it because it gives me some leeway if it fades in the center of my mouth and I don't have time to reapply right away. They do layer really well on themselves, unlike most liquid lipsticks. I actually love these products to the bottom of my soul, but it is worth noting that I no longer support Kat Von D because of her deplorable stance on vaccination.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Smashbox Be Legendary Liquid Metal is a product I used to wear all the time, but that I don't pull out often, if ever, nowadays. It's super-pigmented but rather thick, and it's a little too much maintenance for work and commuting; though it's perfect for pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sephora Collection Cream lip stain is a product that I use on my brows more often than my lips! There's just something about the texture of these stains that makes them work perfectly as a brow pomade. They are gorgeous on the lips too though, just your standard comfortable, pigmented liquid lipstick.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Maybelline Matte Ink has impressive staying power but feels a little "rubbery" and uncomfortable on my lips at times, and doesn't have the easiest application. I do adore the colour, though.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The essence lip paints require a few coats and don't have the best staying power, but they stain like a B and the finish when initially applied is gorgeous. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it for my blue lipsticks! Request some other colours in the comments!</span>Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-60229156611317311202019-02-17T13:06:00.001-05:002019-02-17T13:06:12.831-05:00My 5 Favourite Shower Products + 1 I'm Pining After!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time for something a little different! A friend of mine requested that I do a post on some of my favourite products to use in the shower, so that's what you'll be reading about today!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Body Shop Aromatherapy line has always been a big favourite of mine, and my favourite scent that they make is the Stress Relief Eucalyptus and Spearmint. I snagged this Oil to Cream cleanser in a holiday sale and I've been loving it since. It looks like I've hardly used any, because you need so little product to clean your whole body (though it should be noted that I'm not somebody who runs through shower gel particularly often because I have so many on the go).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I love about this product specifically is the scent- it is soothing and relaxing, helps relieve tension, and gives me peace, morning or night. It's also spectacular to use when you're feeling a little under the weather because it opens those sinuses right up! The formula of the cleanser itself is great, too- the oil aspect is very conditioning but doesn't feel slippery, and it lathers up just the right amount. This is one of the few body washes that I'll probably repurchase when I run out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next up is a body scrub that I tried on my friend Chelle's recommendation! Like I said, I've tried probably upwards of 25 different body scrubs at this point, and this is the best one I've ever tried. The texture of it is incredible- it feels like sugar cookie dough with chunks of sugar, if that makes any sense. It doesn't slip out of your fingers and isn't too rough on the skin but is still scrubby enough to get rid of the calluses on my feet! The honey and almond extracts in the scrub are super soft and conditioning on the skin, and the whole thing smells like sweet fluffy pancakes. What I also love about this scrub is that it doesn't contain microbeads, so it's environmentally friendly! I can't recommend this stuff enough. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third is a product that I love using in the summer especially, but it's nice all year round! I love the Coco Shea line from Bath & Body Works in all its iterations (Coconut, Cucumber, Lavender and Honey) but this coconut in-shower body lotion really takes the cake! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're probably thinking, what? An in-shower body lotion? Well, this is basically conditioner for your body. You slather on a layer, let it sit (it doesn't dissipate a ton with just running water so you can continue to wash your hair or whatever) and then rinse it off while rubbing it in just before you exit the shower. It leaves the skin SO FREAKING SOFT and the scent is strong enough to last a couple hours after you get out of the shower- which is good, because this one smells like yummy coconut cream. Love this stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And lastly I have two hair products that I can't live without! The Devacurl Melt into Moisture Matcha Butter Mask is super important because I don't use conditioner (I have very short hair and a sensitive-ass scalp). Instead, I use this mask whenever my hair is feeling dry or dull and it brings my hair back to life! It gives shine, moisture, softness, volume, and most importantly, it doesn't irritate my scalp at all. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub with Sea Salt is the single most important tool in my arsenal when it comes to fighting my scalp psoriasis. What I love about this scalp scrub that makes it better than others, is that you have to use so little of it to get a satisfactory result, which makes it worth the (frankly exorbitant) price. Seriously, a rice-sized piece is enough for me to shampoo the whole back of my head. This scrub also lathers up in a way that cleans the hair too, and rinses out nicely without chunks getting stuck in your hair or ears. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since the REN brand representative showed me their Atlantic Kelp and Magnesium Anti-Fatigue Body Wash, I've been aching (literally) to try it. I suffer from lots of body pain due to my chronic illness so something to use after my long shifts of being on my feet would be nice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">When I was younger, we're talking like age nine to twelve, I remember<i> hating</i> coral with a passion. I thought it contrasted with my colouring in a super unflattering way, making me look even more pasty and straw-like than I already did. I also just hated anything pink, but that's a whole dysphoria thing that we can get into later. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">However, then I got into makeup, and figured out that coral lipstick lit up my whole face. I started seeking it out and was frustrated that I couldn't find a lot of coral shadow, liner, blush or the like, just the occasional muted coral lipstick. So I kind of forgot about the colour until now, and the Pantone Institute has reunited my love for it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I decided I would shop my stash to see what I already had in the way of Living Coral, and then if I get enough use out of these I can go shopping to fill a 'gap' in my collection if I feel there is one. Rent permitting, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I totally forgot about my single shadows in this one, but I did grab the Too Faced Just Peachy Mattes palette, which has those two gorgeous peachy-coral shades- Just Peachy (center-left) and Peach Punch (center-right). The two blend together for a pretty effortless on-trend eye look, which looks stunning heaps of mascara and fresh, dewy skin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I only found one coral blush, interestingly! I definitely thought I had more than that, but nonetheless, the essence mosaic blush in "all you need is pink" is an orangey, pastel coral with a barely-there sheen. It's a little light, very gently pigmented in comparison to essence's other varied blush formulas, and a little chalky at times too, but it wears for hours and hours.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Here's a couple of the brighter corals! I've got NUDESTIX Magnetic Matte lip pencil in Baby K (from their Influencer Box Set), Physician's Formula Butter Lipstick in Flamingo Pink, Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Tryst, and the NYX Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in Life's a Beach.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Here they are swatched, slightly out of order. From left to right- NUDESTIX Baby K, Urban Decay Tryst, Physician's Formula Flamingo Pink, and NYX Life's a Beach.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I like how I have a range of depths, tones, and finishes here. Baby K is a softer, more tangerine-coral that I also like to wear on the cheeks as a cream blush. Tryst is my go-to coral, fully pigmented in a long-lasting cream finish. Flamingo Pink is the perfect sheer wash of glossy colour, and I love wearing it as a topper for other lipsticks or liners (such as nudes) to give them a kiss of trendy coral colour. Then, if I want to turn up the saturation and go neon, I have Life's A Beach and I know that the liquid lipstick formula won't smear bright colour all over my face.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Last up are some more muted picks- the Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche lipstick in Sweet Cream, and the Anastasia Beverly Hills lip gloss in Sunset Strip. Sweet Cream is probably my most worn lipstick of all time, and Sunset Strip is nice, pinky-coral and sheer with glitter shot throughout.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I also tried to create a Living Coral makeup look for this post!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">It came out a little wonky, but that's okay. I'm wearing Just Peachy and Peach Punch from the Too Faced Just Peachy Mattes palette in my crease and on the lower lashline, and then I tried to do a coral winged liner. I didn't include the liner in my collection because it's actually a mix of three of the SUVA Beauty Hydra Liners- Acid Trip (an orange), Scrunchie (a flaming pink) and Space Panda (a white). It turned out a lot more orange than I meant for it to.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Then I'm wearing Baby K from NUDESTIX on my cheeks with the essence blush in all you need is pink layered on top. On the lips are Urban Decay Tryst mixed with Bite Beauty Sweet Cream, with a bit of Physician's Formula Flamingo Pink layered in the center of the lips for shine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #20124d;">In these past few months I've discovered a ton of new favourite makeup products! Some are old or rediscovered favourites, some are new purchases that fit in with my routine like a dirty shirt. I've got a good variety of base and eye products, so without further ado, let's see them! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As someone who wears a lot of saturated brights, this palette is failsafe. It's basically just a bunch of muted bright tones that work perfectly as either companion shades to my normal neons, or to create a more toned-down colourful look, perfect for the colder months. The mustard and mauve shades in particular have been favourites of mine.</span></div>
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The formula on the shades in this palette is stellar. I love how soft yet buildable the mattes are, and they blend like a dream. The mattes far outnumber the shimmers in the palette, and the shimmers themselves aren't as foiled as some other formulas that are popular on the market right now, but that makes them just right for deepening the crease, outer corner, or lower lashline without transferring or making the skin look crepey.</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The IT Cosmetics Brow Power Pomade has revolutionized my brow routine. I've been using a technique I saw in one of Mariah Leonard's videos where I "back-comb" my brows with gel, wait for it to dry, and then go in with my ABH Dipbrow. It's led to me using less of my brow pomade overall, which is a lot better for my skin, and it's also cut down on the time it takes me to do my brows, being that I shape them out and have that down before the coloured gunk even needs to go in.</span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-87143530161613643972018-08-01T11:00:00.001-04:002018-08-01T11:00:37.776-04:00Project Pan 2018 - Second Quarterly Update!<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that August is nearly upon us, it's time for me to track my progress on my Project Pan 2018 items! The past few months have been interesting in terms of their use- there are some I've made a surprising amount of progress on, and some that I'm surprised aren't finished yet. Plus some that I may have forgotten to photograph. Nonetheless, here they are!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finished the two deluxe-sized moisturizers in this project! However, I moved out of my parents' house in May and somehow lost these empties in the move, which has me crushed. But I did finish them!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Origins Ginzing Energy-Boosting Gel Moisturizer is something that was perfectly nice, but never wowed me enough to consider purchasing. It's not even something I would recommend to anyone in particular. Like.... it's just the most lightly hydrating, slightly refreshing moisturizer, and I feel like I could have been impressed with it in my teens, but skincare has come so far in the past few years and I've tried out so much that this kind of light gel formula with no added benefits doesn't wow me anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The GLAMGLOW Volcasmic Matte Glow Moisturizer, however, is something I end up recommending to a lot of people! I don't know if I'd buy it for myself anymore, but I know at one point, I really wanted to. It's a really nice smoothing moisturizer that performs extremely well under makeup and didn't break me out despite the heavy sweet fragrance. That being said, I still have a ton of day creams to get through, and what I'm really on the hunt for is a good night cream. I still do think that this is an amazing product for someone who wants to get into skincare but is still largely makeup-oriented.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm very proud of the progress I'm making on the Body Shop Vitamin E Aqua Boost Sorbet! We're nearly at the bottom and I'd say I have about a month of use left (and that's sporadic use). I still love the product, but it's yet another moisturizer that I only like to use in the daytime and I have a stockpile of those!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I was just about done The Body Shop Drops Of Light Pure Healthy Brightening Serum because it's been difficult to get any product to flow into the dropper- but I tipped the bottle over this morning and accidentally poured out way too much into my hand, so there's still some product yet! Nonetheless I'm really close to finishing this and excited at the prospect!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Body Shop Aloe Calming Toner has maybe three uses left in it! I really did enjoy using this product and if all my other toners ran out, I would reconsider purchasing it. I will be checking out the rest of the Aloe line from The Body Shop, though, because of how much I loved this product and am currently loving the Aloe Protecting Day Cream.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm scraping the bottom edges of my deluxe sample of the Farmacy Green Clean Cleansing Balm! I tend to only use this on days where I've done heavy liner, glitter, or face paint. In that sense, I'm trying to pan it while still saving it because I don't yet have another cleansing balm to replace it with. When I've finished it, though, I may reward myself by purchasing the Sephora Collection Oil Balm Makeup Remover, because I tried a sample of it and really enjoyed it. We shall see</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, onto the makeup! I hit pan on the Wet N Wild ColorIcon Shadow single in Brulee! It's a baby pan, but it's still there! My only goal for this product was to hit pan, so the rest of the progress I make on the shadow this year will just be a bonus!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think the product I'm most excited for on my progress this quarter is my Wet N Wild Photofocus Pressed Powder. At the beginning of this project, I didn't really like this product- but in forcing myself to use it, I've actually come to love it and will probably repurchase it (albeit in a different shade!) This powder even made an appearance in my most recent favourites post, and I can tell that I'm so close to hitting pan!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There doesn't appear to be much progress on the L'Oreal MagicSmooth Souffle Blush in Cherubic, but I swear I've actually been using it quite a bit lately! It's just so dang pigmented that I can't pack it on thick, which is honestly nice. I'm loving more and more how this looks on the skin especially with the hotter weather. It's not a dewy cream blush, but it somehow adds a lot of life to the cheeks without being shiny or shimmery. I'm nowhere close to getting tired of it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another product I still adore is my Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer! I'm making great progress on it and I believe that I'll have it done by the end of the year!</span><br />
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-83376059084387882742018-06-23T21:51:00.001-04:002018-06-23T22:01:30.228-04:00Spring 2018 Makeup Favourites!<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm back with a roundup of some products I've been loving this season! Lately my makeup has been one of two things- ethereal, shimmery, and over-the-top, or grungy, boyish, and minimal. Read on for a rundown of what I haven't been able to put down lately, plus a look using all of the products!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Let’s start off with a palette I’ve been loving for a few months! While upon first glance, the Too Faced </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Life’s A Festival palette looks like it would appeal to a rather small subset of makeup-wearers, I </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">would beg to differ. A lot of critics of this palette cite the fact that there are very few matte shades to </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“complete” a look with, rendering the palette useless in their eyes. I would think quite the opposite. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The one matte transition shade, Desert Vibes, works beautifully as a transition for any of the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">shimmers and duochromes in this palette, thus eliminating the need for multiple matte shades. I </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">think that Too Faced did something unexpectedly brilliant with this palette- they made just about </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">nearly every shimmer/duochrome in the palette unique enough to be a standout look on its own. It’s </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">difficult to describe, but I’m truly blown away by the fact that I can throw Desert Vibes in the crease, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">pack literally any other shade from the palette on the lid, and have a striking, gorgeous, unique and </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">anyone who wants a large range of unique shimmers to play with, without having to hunt down </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">single shadows from indie brands. I’d also recommend it to my 15-year-old self, which may be part </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">of why I love this palette so much- it’s foolproof, beginner-friendly yet not boring. A genius and fun </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Another colourful palette I’ve been getting tons of use from is this Ocean Jewels Highlighter palette </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">by BECCA! This is the first palette by BECCA I’d ever been interested in picking up, because their </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">highlighter formula isn’t usually my favourite. I swatched it in-store and bought it almost immediately- </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I love, love, love funky-coloured highlighters, and these are actually stunning. They don’t appear like </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">much in a swatch- the powders are actually kind of dry and stiff. But this actually works to their </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">advantage when it comes to application, in such that they don’t appear to be a stripe of eyeshadow </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">on the skin, like many of their duochrome compatriots from other brands. I would say these aren’t </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">quite as transparent as the Kat Von D Alchemist palette, but they’re close- these do appear as a </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">visible highlight on the skin, but the real magic happens when you turn your head to the light. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">They’re super flattering, don’t tend to emphasize texture, and being that the formula is sheer and a </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">lot of the colours are more “wearable”- bronze, yellow, pink, peach, with a baby blue thrown in the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">middle- this may be a good pick for someone with more mature skin (or tastes) who wants to dip into </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">the duochrome highlight trend. I’ve personally been loving the yellow, blue, and pink shades, and </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I have another duochrome highlighter love to talk about as well! Fenty Beauty released these Fenty </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Flash Highlighter Duos in their summer collection and so far, Mint’d Mojito is my favourite! I haven’t </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">tried the other side of my duo yet, but this mint-aqua sheen is to die for. It’s not exactly subtle, but </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">like the BECCA highlights, it’s not “stripey” either. The name “Fenty Flash” is actually pretty accurate </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">to the effect this highlighter gives- it’s a pale blue highlight, but when turned to the light, gives off the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The next cheek product I have in this iteration of my favourites is this older-than-old Mineralize Blush </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Duo from MAC in Hang Loose. I bought this off a blog sale ages ago and recently pulled it out to use </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">in a specific look, and haven’t been able to put it down since! It’s so freaking perfect for springtime- </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">one side is a baby pink satin and the other side is a blue-toned lavender shimmer. It is so shimmery </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">and sheeny on the cheeks, imparting a very ethereal touch to any look that just gets better and </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-cf47c15e-2f53-fd5d-a5fe-a66ccea2446d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">When I first got the IT Cosmetics CC+ cream in Fair, I wasn’t in love with it. The texture is thicker </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that I </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">love</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> mixing this in with my primer and making it into a more sheer base product. I've been </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">mixing it in with the next product I'll mention and I love, love, love the results. I do really like that this </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">has such a high SPF in it. I usually wear an SPF underneath anyway, but when I forget to, it's not the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">end of the world. This will (with setting spray) last my commute and 9 hour work day. It can tend to </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">be a little sticky on its own, but when sheered out with primer/moisturizer it loses that tackiness. It </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">smells like lemon cake, which I like, but others might not. I will note that this product does not play </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">nicely with any LOOSE setting powder that I have tried.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The First Aid Beauty Coconut Skin Smoothie Priming Moisturizer is a favourite that snuck up on me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I just kept using it and acquiring it in kits, point perks, and gratis until I decided that I wouldn't want to </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">do my makeup without this. It's just so good! It's the perfect moisturizer/primer to prep the skin or mix </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">moisturizers do, but not to the same intensity. I do find that this makes my makeup last longer </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">through the day, which is something I can't say of most moisturizing primers. A definite sleeper hit!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">As for the Wet N Wild Photofocus Pressed Powder, it took me a long time to totally fall in love with </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">this one as well! I’m kind of still on the fence about how it performs on its own- I’m convinced it </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">mattifying it, it makes the skin look healthy and natural while still setting it down and prepping the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Next up are these lip products that I don’t actually tend to wear that often- on my lips. These </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">NUDESTIX Magnetic Matte Lip Pencils have been gracing my eyelids on just about every lazy </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">makeup day I’ve had in the past few months. I have the boxed set from when they did an influencer </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">collab a while ago, and while I’ve been using all the shades in that box, my two favourites have been </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Sonoran and Freckle. Sonoran is a beautiful yellowy tan shade, and Freckle is a terracotta burnt red. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I usually draw these onto my crease/lid area messily, right from the stick, and then buff them out </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">quickly using a Real Techniques eyeshadow brush- though anything dense, synthetic, and a little on </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">eye in seconds! They set down to a lovely, non-powdery matte finish, and I’d say that without primer, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mojito from Fenty and the MILK Makeup Star Stamp.</span></span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-38440874805466675872018-04-01T13:58:00.001-04:002018-06-23T22:01:53.536-04:00My VIB Sale Wishlist!<span style="color: #20124d;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d0a81c3e-81aa-48b7-a73f-caf4bcf40b5c"></span><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>IGK Car Service Blowout Balm, $35:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I sampled this and I freaking love the body it gives my hair. It </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I’m going to sample a few more things just in case I find something I might like better, but if I don’t, I </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Kat Von D Lock-It Edge Concealer Brush, $30: </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve been intrigued by the shape of this brush </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Kat Von D Everlasting Glimmer Veil in Televator, $30: </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve been wearing this at work since the </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">cough up eighty bucks for a cologne that I’ve loved for years (looking at you, Terre D’Hermès) then </span></span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-59449788644796963232018-03-31T19:22:00.002-04:002018-06-23T22:02:16.731-04:00Project Pan 2018: First Quarterly Update!<span style="color: #20124d;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce6aef08-7e35-fe1a-878a-ec21fb98a8e4"></span><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since I finished the Boscia Sake Treatment Water in early February, I have been working on </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Body Shop Aloe Calming Toner.</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I marked a line to see where I had started on the product when I </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">put it into the project, and the little doodled line is where I am now. I really enjoy this toner, but I had </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I replaced the Boscia Charcoal Makeup Melter with a deluxe-sized sample of the</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> Farmacy Green </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Body Shop Vitamin E Aqua Boost Sorbet:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> No significant use on this one. I remembered to </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">get out </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the shower.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">left. I still really love it, but I’m glad I panned it instead of purchasing the full size right away, because </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tom Ford lipstick in Indian Rose:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I’ve used this quite a few times! Certainly not every day, but I did </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">run the bullet down a bit. I want to have this one half-done by the end of next quarter. I’ve decided </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I’m never going to purchase or recommend a Tom Ford lipstick (though they certainly weren’t on my </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">wishlist anyway). There’s nothing *wrong* with it, per se- but it’s so incredibly similar to a mix </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">between a Revlon lipstick and a Chapstick that to me, it warrants nowhere near the price point it </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua XL Colour Paint in 1-50:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> There’s not a ton left in this itty bitty guy, I </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">think I could say I used it about twelve or so times. Maybe another month of biweekly use and it’ll </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">probably be done with. I did, however, sample the rest of the MUFE Colour Paints and they’re really </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Hard Candy Glow All The Way Face & Body Luminizer in Glamazon:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I still enjoy using this, but I </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>MAKE UP FOR EVER Step 1 Skin Equalizer in Smoothing:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I use this occasionally, but I’ve </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>MAKE UP FOR EVER Mist & Fix:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I really don’t like this setting spray and only use it to bring down </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>L’Oreal Paris MagicSmooth Souffle Blush in Cherubic:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I still don’t remember to use this a lot, but </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-ce6aef08-7e46-f465-0292-4940bad0affb"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Physician’s Formula Butter Bronzer:</b> I’m super proud of the progress I’ve been making on this </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I've been sampling a lot of makeup, skincare and haircare this past month, so I figured I would jot</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">down some of the opinions I've formed on the products that I tried out! Since these are samples from</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Sephora in-store, and not foil samples, I don't have any pictures to show you- it'd just be little ziploc</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">bags and empty clear jars- I'll be showing you just the product stock/promo image.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">We'll start with makeup!</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Becca First Light Priming Filter</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">: This primer made pretty much no difference on my skin. I tried it</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> maybe six times and nope, not a single discernible effect on the wear of my foundation or the</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> brightness/evenness of my skin. Womp womp. Won’t be purchasing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Bobbi Brown Skin Longwear Weightless SPF 15 Foundation</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">: I love this product! I tried quite a few </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">samples of this and then I finally broke down and purchased it. It’s my new holy grail foundation. It</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> truly is weightless, with a natural finish and medium coverage. It blends on so easily, you barely </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">need to use any product and it stays looking gorgeous for up to 12 hours in my experience. I</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> freaking love this stuff and would recommend that you take a look at it if you’re in the market for a</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-51ac72ee-270d-9644-2254-d3ccb2f518f4"><span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Cover FX Glitter Drops in Lunar, Mirage, Aurora</i>: These are all gorgeous upon first swatch, but Lunar</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the only one I’d consider purchasing. I actually sampled these multiple times in different ways, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gorgeous as highlights, making the cheeks appear wet. Out of the three shades, Mirage, the gold </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">shade, worked fine enough but seemed to disperse too much on the skin, creating a lot of sparkle on </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the cheek area. Aurora, the pink shade, went on beautifully at first but tended to flake off pretty badly </span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-26430558055425504602018-01-31T15:16:00.000-05:002018-06-23T22:03:24.496-04:00January 2018 Empties!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> and have already repurchased them in the Yuzu and Coconut scents. These are good ‘standard’</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">They take makeup off fairly well, but I do sometimes find myself needing to go in with a single</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>L’Oreal Brow Stylist Plumper in Med/Dark Brown</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: This product served me well over the time</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> I used it- the writing is all rubbed off the tube! There’s still some product in there, but I can’t</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> remember when I bought this and it started smelling a little off last time I opened it so it’s time for</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> it to go. It’s a tinted brow gel with some fibers in it and a tiny spoolie, but for me, I found it wasn’t</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> enough to create a put-together brow on its own. It was, however, very effective when used to</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> set my brow pencil or pomade. Alas, I won’t be repurchasing, but only because I’ve</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>NARS Audacious Mascara in Black Moon</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: No. Just no. I kept this in my work locker at the</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> retirement home for when I didn’t have time to put on makeup at 6 in the morning before my</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> shift, and that was the only reason I used it. The wand on this mascara is so insanely spikey and </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">the bristles are so far apart that it actually makes this mascara painful to use. On top of that, it</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> basically does nothing for your lashes except for group them into weird, distinct groups. Like</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> it separates them halfway and coats them with a half-hearted black liquid. No.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>MAKE UP FOR EVER Excessive Lash Mascara</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Is this a joke? I got a MUFE 500 pt perk mainly</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> because this mascara was in it- it’s one of my favourite mascaras ever. But this tube was the size</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> of my pinky finger, there was maybe 2 uses’ worth of product in that tube, and instead of the</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> normal wand that the Excessive Lash mascara has, there was a weird, round, eyebrow-spoolie-ish</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Essence THE FALSE LASHES Dramatic Volume Unlimited Mascara:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I can’t remember how I felt</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> about this mascara other than that it definitely didn’t wow me. I don’t think I necessarily gave it a fair</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> shot, but I lost my tube of my favourite essence mascara and grabbed this one because my fave</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was out of stock. I think I used it a few times and it either smudged or flaked on me, I can’t</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Givenchy Phenomen’eyes Mascara:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This was an old favourite of mine, so I jumped at the chance</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> to pick up a deluxe sized sample. Unfortunately, whenever I used this tube, it made me look like I</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> had three jacked eyelashes. Not cute, wouldn’t repurchase or seek out another sample of this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>First Aid Beauty Hello FAB Coconut Skin Smoothie Priming Moisturizer:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I picked this up as</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> an 100 point perk and I really loved it! I grabbed another perk of it before it went out of stock and</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> I’m currently working through that tube. Out of the hydrating primers I have, this is one of my</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> favourites because of the way it sinks into the skin instead of just drying down on top of it. I </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">don’t find it makes my makeup last longer but it definitely makes fuller-coverage foundations go</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> on smoother. It also looks great with no foundation at all, or under powder, to add a subtle glow </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">and healthy look to the skin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow in Medium Brown:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I loved the crap out of this, so much that</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> I revived it several times with maracuja oil until it finally bit the dust after two years of</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> near-everyday use. It was getting so clumpy and smelled like play-doh, so I knew I had to chuck it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> I’ve already bought a new one. Seriously, if you’re willing to tackle the learning curve that comes</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> with a very pigmented brow pomade, I cannot recommend this enough. It’s the most cost-effective</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> brow product on the market. I got two years of solid use out of this, so think 12 dollars a year as</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> opposed to replacing a brow pencil every 3-4 months. You can’t beat it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Wet N Wild Coverall Cream Foundation in 815 Fair:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I think this is the fourth tube I’ve gone</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> through. This used to be my HG foundation, and while I still love it, I’ve moved to other foundations </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">moisturizer. Nothing will ever beat it for that. I guess it still remains my failsafe foundation in that I </span></span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-87547644336105115552018-01-24T12:40:00.000-05:002018-06-23T22:03:48.159-04:00December '17- January '18 Favourites!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> posts t</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">he most. I love looking back and reflecting on what products I was impressed by,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The first products I just have to mention are a recent launch by Sephora Collection! I’m talking </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">about their Lipstories lipsticks!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I have the shades (L-R) Desert Trip, Twolips, Ice Breaker, Labyrinth City, and Trippin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">From the second I saw the teaser pics for this launch, I knew I needed to own at least one of</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> these lipsticks, if only for the packaging. I picked up the shade Twolips and ended up falling</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> head over heels for the formula. The #matte finish glides across the lips with full pigmentation</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> isn’t drying but isn’t extremely creamy either- it doesn’t even need a lip liner, in my opinion! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The staying power is commendable, too- the #matte shades leave more of a stain, while the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">#cream shades just stay on the lips for a remarkably long time. I haven’t yet worn the #metal </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">intimidating price! They even have a white, which would be great for mixing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">My most-worn shade out of the ones I have is definitely Labyrinth City, a gorgeous browny</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> rosewood shade in the #matte finish.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Next I want to talk about the Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil Bronzer. I got this mini as a</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> 100-pt perk at Sephora, thinking it was the original Chocolate Soleil. I had always avoided the</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> Milk Chocolate shade because it looks so orange in swatches and product pictures online. I</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> decided a while back that I didn’t want it and never even gave it a second glance. When I got</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> this perk, however…</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">It’s amazing. On my skin, it leans ever-so-slightly yellow-based, but in a way that is</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> perks and have been using the black pro puck recently. Pictured is the “swirl chill” limited </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">edition version. I’d never used this before picking up the perks, but I figured it had been too </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">long since I’d given my brushes an actual soap-and-water wash. This soap is really effective!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> I’ve used Dr. Bronner’s soap for my brushes before, as well as the dish-soap-and-olive-oil</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I honestly wasn’t expecting much when I tried the Maybelline Superstay Foundation. Ever since </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">the spring, I had been moving away from fuller-coverage foundations because I find them more</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> finicky to work with. I’m not bothered by leaving the house with no makeup at all, so I don’t mind </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">when my skin’s redness or a blemish peeks through while I’m wearing makeup (as long as my</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">It’s not perfect by any means, but it still is pretty damn impressive. For one, the bottle has a pump,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The foundation spreads very nicely and blends in well with a sponge. The result is a beautiful </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #20124d;">blank canvas to apply your makeup on. The foundation is indeed full-coverage, and the finish is </span></span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-39687166561118034252018-01-20T19:01:00.002-05:002018-06-23T22:04:15.213-04:00BLOG REVIVAL! Project Pan 2018: Starting Small<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> I’m back to say that I’m reviving this blog,</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> mostly for my own purposes, but because I also have a few</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> projects in mind! </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Namely I’ll be doing a rotating Project Pan this year, so this is my first official post</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> and it’s the oldest of my light moisturizers, so I want to finish it. I’d say I have about 70% left of the jar</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">.</span></span></div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-4241864054215052582016-09-03T07:30:00.000-04:002016-09-03T12:33:46.544-04:00July & August Beauty Favourites!I never ended up posting a July Favourites, even though there were some standout products in that month. I figured I'd just combine the two months of July and August into a Summer Favourites type of post!<br />
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We're going to start off with eyeshadow palettes. I've got one for each month!<br />
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July's standout palette was the e.l.f. 'mad for matte' palette, and August's was easily the Anastasia Modern Renaissance palette.<br />
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The Modern Renaissance palette was one I wanted from the moment I saw it. It's got a ton of unique shades that are still very wearable. The pigmentation of these shadows is insane- I actually tend to spend a lot of time building my crease up because I prefer to use a lighter hand with pigmented shadows. They have a lot of kickup, very similar to the LORAC formula, but that's something I don't mind at all. All of the shadows work very well with one another, and I love that the mattes are all pigmented and soft enough to be used as a true lid colour. What really sells me on this palette, though- it matches both of my work uniforms in a way I thought nothing ever would. I have a muted magenta scrub shirt at the moment, and come fall we'll switch to a burgundy and black uniform top. This palette is amazing for being able to wear colour in my workplace without clashing with my uniforms (let's be real, so many colours clash with pink!)<br />
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My only gripe with the palette is that I wish it had two more shades- a more midtoned warm brown, because I find the jump from Raw Sienna (bottom left) to Cyprus Umber (top right) to be a little too dramatic. I also wish there were a shimmery copper shade, something like MAC Amber Lights or MUG Untamed.<br />
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The e.l.f. 'mad for matte' palette is a standout for anyone who needs a staple neutral matte palette to flesh out their collection but doesn't want to break the bank. I find these shadows to be on par with the quality of my Stila ones. This palette has two browbone higlights, two gorgeous transition shades, a warm brown crease shade, some deepening shades and a matte grey and black. The pan sizes are generous, the palette is slim as can be and only ten dollars. You simply can't go wrong with this one. I picked mine up at the Real Canadian Superstore but I've also seen it in the new e.l.f. display at my local Wal-Mart.<br />
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Keeping on the theme of eyes, I've got a single shadow and a liner to talk about.<br />
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MAC Saddle eyeshadow- where have you been all my life? I'm laughing because this thing is probably just as old as I am yet it still works great. My mom passed this to me, and I actually find myself lacking a midtone brown in a lot of situations. This shadow is creamy, pigmented, and a gorgeous chocolate colour. I'm relucatant to depot it because it's so convenient to pull out when I just need a midtone brown, but the packaging is actually starting to fall apart.<br />
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I picked up an 100 point perk size of the Kat Von D Tattoo liner in Trooper very reluctantly, on the recommendation of pretty much everyone in the CBB. I was completely and utterly devoted to my Benefit They're Real Push-Up Liner, but I actually haven't touched it since this came in the mail. It dries. So. Quickly. The only things I ask for in a black liner are that it is easy to apply and dries quickly, because I have hooded eyes and suck royally at eyeliner. This dries on my eye almost instantaneously, doesn't get clogged with shadow, and is practically bulletproof. It's often the last part of my makeup to disintegrate after a sweaty 8-hour shift. I've worn this sucker for 15 hours- walking to work in 30 degree heat, cleaning toilets, changing beds- it didn't even budge in the slightest. Colour me damn impressed.<br />
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Two face favourites I had were the MAC blush (?) in... Golden Kitty Primpin'? This had to be part of some limited release eons ago, and my aunt who used to work for MAC generously gifted it to me when we saw each other at a wedding this summer. Though it's a duo product, I've been swirling my brush in both sides to get the most gorgeous, dramatic, fall-appropriate flush of colour and sheen.<br />
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The e.l.f. Perfect Finish HD Powder is a really, really good setting powder. I've been trying new ones as I find that I go through my Joe Fresh translucent powder too quickly, and I picked this up when I saw it in the new display at Wal-Mart. It's a translucent powder that mattifies and sets my face without drying out the look of my foundation, especially around my undereyes. I expect to use this up!<br />
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Here's a picture of me wearing the Anastasia Modern Renaissance palette (with the help of Untamed Foiled Shadow by Makeup Geek on the lid) and Golden Kitty Primpin' by MAC.<br />
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I also have a brush favourite- this e.l.f. (I'm sorry, I just really loved e.l.f. this summer) Flawless Face brush (I think that's what it's called) is perfect for really getting my face powder to set my foundation, or to just apply a layer of powder foundation! I haven't yet used it for liquid foundation but I might soon.<br />
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The Body Shop Vitamin E Moisture Cream is a product I've had for, well, a while. I always thought it was too thick for me but it turns out I was just using way too much! When I just use a dab of this, it's perfect and leaves my skin feeling supple. I've officially welcomed it back to my skincare routine.<br />
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What was a brand that wowed you more than once this summer?<br />
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<br />Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-85916300239996815892016-09-02T07:00:00.000-04:002016-09-02T07:00:08.871-04:00Haul: A Trip to Toronto!It seems that whenever I go on vacation, it's to spend a couple of days in Toronto. Truth be told, that's all I can afford at the moment- but you can bet that I'm gonna shop while I'm there! Sometime at the end of July, a good friend of mine from uni asked if I wanted to spend two days in The Big Smoke and check out some stuff he had free passes for (museums and the like- he works for Tourism Ontario in the Niagara region). We ended up doing a bunch of things I'd never been to before- mainly the ROM, the Bata Shoe Museum, the St. Lawrence Market, and a couple of bars in the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood.<br />
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And of course, I dragged him into every makeup store we passed.<br />
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Once my mom, sister and I drove down, we decided to park at Yorkdale and take the subway downtown from there (I was carrying everything for the trip in my backpack and large purse. I did my best not to look suspicious, believe me!) We split up so my mom could go to the archives (she's a genealogist) and my sister and I commenced our shopping. We started at, where else? Sephora.<br />
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I went in with the intention of buying a full-size of the Too Faced HangoveRX primer and a couple of Anastasia eyeshadows and walked out with totally different stuff.<br />
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They didn't have the shadows I wanted available for swatching (Macaroon, mainly) and I saw that I could get a sample of the primer as an 100 point perk, so that I did. I also knew I wanted a few foundation samples, and the cast member recommended the Josie Maran Argan Vibrancy and Too Faced Born This Way foundations. I got samples of those, as well as the Origins Original Skin Retexturizing face mask.<br />
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While I was looking around the checkout line, I noticed they had a mini of the new MUFE Excessive Lash mascara that my favourite youtuber (Kayla Hagey) had been raving about. I needed a new mascara and while I'd been planning on picking up another mini of my favourite MUFE Smokey Extravagant, I went out on a limb and picked this one up (spoiler alert: I love it even more!)<br />
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An Anastasia lip gloss also caught my eye- the shade Sunset Strip, which is described as a sparkly coral. It reminded me so much of an Elizabeth Arden lip gloss that was LE for this summer. I wanted it desperately, but the price tag meant it wasn't happening. This gloss was an impulse purchase, but I don't feel as bad as I should for buying it.<br />
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We made our way downtown to shop for some clothes for my sister at the Eaton Centre. I picked her up a couple of cute shirts at H&M, but I also knew I wanted to check out the makeup. Sadly, they didn't have my favourite double-ended brushes or makeup sponge (I was heartbroken, tbh).<br />
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I ended up picking up three of their High Impact Eye Colour single eyeshadows (my jaw was dropping at the pigmentation of some of them in the store) as well as a Perfectionist Finishing Powder in the shade Alabaster, because I rarely find powders as light in shade as this one.<br />
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Going clockwise, I picked up three colours of shadow I'd been lemming for when I do my looks, and that I'd been planning to buy dupes of anyway- a cool-toned medium purple called Violaceous (similar to Morphe Grape Day), a brightened mustard yellow called Turmeric (similar to Luxie Wheatness), and a metallic lavender called Award Season (similar to the aforementioned Macaroon by Anastasia).<br />
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Here are some swatches of the three shades- Violaceous is rather weak, but as I'll likely just be building this up in the crease, I don't really mind. Turmeric is gorgeous, and Award Season is gorgeous, with just the right amount of sparkle.<br />
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Next, I met up with my friend, and I informed him that I needed to make a pilgrimage to the NYX store, preferably the one on Queen West, as the Eaton Centre one was ridiculously crowded. He agreed, and off we went.<br />
<br />The store was incredible. They didn't have the two items I wanted the most- the glitter primer and the Angel Veil Primer- but I did manage to find a few things to try out that I either couldn't get in Sudbury, or that were far cheaper than at home.<br />
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I knew I wanted the Tame & Frame brow pomade, and it's honestly done a world of difference for my brows since I started using it! I also grabbed a Face & Body glitter in the shade Violet to play around with, as I don't own any glitter and I wanted to pick up something cheap to decide if I liked incorporating glitter into my looks. I expect that the Pro Foundation mixer in White will be somewhat of a lifesaver- and yes, a review will be forthcoming. In fact, both of the foundation samples I got from Sephora were too dark so I'll be using this soon! The pro foundation sponge intrigued me as it was cheap and my H&M one is starting to get a little janky. I grabbed it, and the only thing I don't like about it so far is that there is no pointed end, so it's hard to apply powder with it.<br />
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Here's a close-up of the glitter.<br />
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Now for the colour cosmetics!<br />
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I picked up one of the Lip Lingerie liquid lipsticks in the shade Exotic, because I thought I needed more neutral liquid lipsticks (the keyword there being "thought"). I grabbed one of the matte lipsticks in the shade Crazed, a beautiful reddy rust colour. And I don't know what possessed me to buy two of the primal colours, other than the fact that they were on sale and *gasp* red eyeshadow!<br />
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Here are some clockwise swatches of those products:<br />
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The Primal Colours swatch a little poorly but over a white base, shouldn't be too bad.<br />
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Lastly, I dragged Joe into another Sephora on the way back from the ROM. This one was much less crowded and I really had time to look around. Despite that, I ended up just purchasing some skincare-esque stuff!<br />
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I bought a Makeup Eraser, which for those of you who don't know, is supposed to be a facecloth that removes all of your makeup with just water. I've been running down my stockpile of Target Up&Up makeup remover wipes, and I am not about to spend ten dollars on a pack of Neutrogena wipes, so I grabbed this. I figure it'll be good for when my makeup starts to look gross near the end of my evening shifts.<br />
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And this face mask set from Peter Thomas Roth had been in my online cart for a long while- my sister and I love to have weekly mask nights. There are a fair amount of hydrating masks in this set (for me), and a fair amount of purifying masks (for her), so I figured what the heck and threw it into my basket.<br />
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Well, that's all I picked up in Toronto! Sorry for the wordy post, but I figure as I've been posting less frequently, I'm really going to try and go into detail when I do manage to put something out. Have you tried anything I picked up?Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-74459210566838318332016-08-22T10:33:00.000-04:002016-08-22T10:33:13.169-04:00My Top 5 Fruity Teas From DAVIDsTEA... Plus Makeup Looks for Each?I've been working on this post for a long time- as long as I've been harboring my love for DAVIDsTEA. I hope to integrate beauty and tea on my blog a little bit, and I figured this would be as good a start as any- connecting the two! Here are some makeup looks inspired by my top 5 fruity-flavoured teas from the brand DAVIDsTEA, in ascending order.<br />
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<i><b>#5- Strawberry Rhubarb Parfait</b></i><br />
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Strawberry Rhubarb Parfait was one of the first teas I loved from DAVIDsTEA. Its yogurty, fruity smell pulled me right in and I had to try it. Sadly, it's heavy in hibiscus, which I'm not overly crazy about. I tend to make my first cup of this tea as an iced tea, and then use the second steep for a latte as the hibiscus has been steeped out, so as to not cause the milk to curdle (which has been the source of much debate, trust me).<br />
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Big chunks of strawberries and yogurt pieces make this herbal infusion positively scrumptious. For the makeup look, I wanted to evoke a latte made with this tea.<br />
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This look was a fairly simple one. I used Swoon from the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette in the crease and outer corner, with Girl Talk Prismatic Shadow by NYX on the lid. On the inner corner is the OFRAxdupethat highligher in You Glow, Girl! The wing was made with the Benefit They're Real Push-Up Liner. I tried to go for a dewy look, so I mixed some of the BECCA Opal Shimmering Skin Perfector in with my foundation, and highlighted my cheekbones with the same pinky-toned highlighter I used in my inner corner. For blush I'm wearing the Body Shop All-in-One Cheek Colour in Bubblegum, and on the lips I have the LORAC Alter Ego lipstick in Girl Next Door topped with a milky pink lipgloss by Bite Beauty.<br />
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<b><i>#4- Sunny Citrus</i></b><br />
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I feel bad for mentioning this tea since it's been discontinued for a while- I received it in a swap. However, Orange Creamsicle from T By Daniel is a good dupe for the flavours.<br />
Sunny Citrus is a gorgeous mix of orange, lime, and ... vanilla? A lot of people like it iced, but I prefer it hot so the hibiscus isn't as apparent and you get a lot more of the vanilla flavour.<br />
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For this look I used primarily my Urban Decay Electric palette. Thrash is the lime green I applied heavily to the lower lashline- I also lined my waterline with a green MAC eyeliner (can't remember the name, but it was LE anyway). I used Slowburn all into my crease and lid, using Makeup Geek Chickadee as a transition colour. I also put Makeup Geek Fortune Teller (foiled) on the inner half of my lid. I think I highlighted my inner corner with BECCA Moonstone. On the cheeks is Joe Fresh cream blush in Melon, I believe, and the lips are MAC Morange lipstick.<br />
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<b><i>#3- Serenity Now</i></b><br />
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I fell in love with Serenity Now, an herbal infusion, as soon as I tried it. I originally bought it because of my love of Seinfeld, but this tea is such a good staple while remaining one-of-a-kind. I find it to be more satisfying than "relaxing", with its mellowed-out blend of mint, strawberry, and a hint of lavender.<br />
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Plus it's very, very pretty.<br />
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For the look, I wanted to play up the lavender and mint. I used my Swoon from the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca palette in the crease, and the Shiseido cream shadow in on the lid. On the lower lashline are both shadows from an unnamed Maybelline duo, and on the inner corner is Muse from the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette. On the cheeks is the Clinique Cheek Pop in Pansy Pop, and the OFRAxdupethat highlighter in You Glow, Girl!<br />
For the lips, I used the Kat Von D Everlasting Love Liquid lipstick in Ayesha and then patted the Shiseido cream shadow over it for a bit of iridescence.<br />
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<b><i>#2- Electric Lemonade</i></b><br />
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There's a reason Electric Lemonade is second on my list of favourite fruity teas- I love everything about it. It's a maté, which means it's energizing as all hell, and its flavour is complex while still being delicious and not overwhelming. The same leaves will steep multiple times as well, making this tea very cost-effective.<br />
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The flavour of this tea is definitely lemonade inspired, but it's so much more than that. Now, I'm not usually a berry fan, but there's something almost blackberry-wine inspired to this lemonade iced tea. It's unique and certainly addicting.<br />
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For this look, I needed to make the "lemonade" part clear, but I also wanted to convey how much of this tea tastes like delicious bright berries.<br />
For the eyes, in the crease and outer V are Swoon from the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette and Savage from the Urban Decay Electric palette. On the lid and inner corner is Telepathy Super Shock Shadow by Colourpop (part of the Where the Night Is quad in collaboration with KathleenLights). For the lower lashline, I lined my waterline with Colourpop Creme Gel Liner in Piggy Bank and then smudged some of Anthem from the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette onto the lashline. Cheeks are a mix of Pansy Pop from Clinique and Hussy by Illamasqua. Lips are the Milani<br />
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<i><b>#1- Caribbean Crush</b></i><br />
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Caribbean Crush was undoubtedly the fan favourite out of the 2016 Summer Collection, and I'll fight anyone who says that I'm not its biggest fan. This fruit infusion packed with cranberries, pineapple and papaya smells like pure heaven. I wish DAVIDsTEA had made a candle or body cream that smelled like this tea- I even keep the tin by my bedside so I can smell it when I'm going to sleep. I'm totally in love with it. It's just.... yummy? Fruity, yet different, and incredible when oversweetened just a tad. I can't put my finger on what makes this tea so unique and amazing, but I've been replenishing my stash high and low from anyone who will give me some, as this tea has been discontinued (as it was LE).<br />
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For this look, I wanted to capture the happiness that this tea makes me feel- the deliciousness of the Carribean, an explosion of fun colour and flavour.<br />
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This look was pretty complicated, on the eyes, anyway. Tutorial-worthy, I'd say, if I were patient/skilled enough for that sort of thing.<br />
I used mainly the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette, so when I reference a shade without telling you what brand, that's where it's from.<br />
I started out with Illamasqua Single Shadow in Creep, a periwinkle blue, using it heavily as a transition shade through my crease and blowing it out. I then deepened up the crease with Synth, and in the spur of the moment, decided that Misfit (a true matte green) would look great on the outer corner and pulled into the crease. For the lid, I used two single shadows by essence: the 3D shadow in Irresistible Mermaid Kiss all over the lid, and the Metal Glam shadow in Jewel Up The Ocean for the glitter.<br />
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The lower lashline was a bit more tricky to make it not look muddy. I used a white sticky base (NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk), and then, starting at the inner corner going to the outer corner of the lower lashline, placed and blended in order: Fran (yellow), Analogue (orange), and Destroyer (red). I lined my lower waterline with Piggy Bank Creme Gel Liner by Colourpop and put Makeup Geek's Foiled Eyeshadow in Fortune Teller on the inner corner.<br />
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On the cheeks is essence Heat Wave, BECCA Champagne Pop and the Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer. I decided to do a few different lip options- in the photos above is MAC's Morange, and on the bottom is the Milani<br />
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Which look was your favourite? How do you feel about the fruity iced tea craze? Do you like makeup looks inspired by other things? Let me know in the comments below!Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-2563720157535408942016-08-16T20:38:00.000-04:002016-08-16T20:45:52.050-04:00Disappointing Products (That The Internet Made Me Buy): Face Edition<div>
Today (night?) I'm melding two posts I've been meaning to do into one: a disappointing products post, and a post about products that the internet 'made me buy' or otherwise influenced me to purchase (whether it be general hype or a specific recommendation from an idol or friend). And to get even more specific, this post will feature all face products, because I've got a lip and eye post coming later on! So let's just jump into this, shall we?</div>
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I excitedly anticipated the release of the L'Oreal Pro Glow foundation after I saw the preview on instagram. I was sure it would become my new Holy Grail foundation. It claimed everything I wanted in a foundation, it was drugstore, for dry skin, had some very pale, cool shades, and it came in a squeeze tube. What more could I have asked for? My excitement doubled when I heard youtubers reviewing this foundation- actually going somewhat in-depth- and raving about it. They said it lasted all day and made their skin look gorgeous.<br />
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I finally got my hands on it after three weeks of stalking the local Wal-Mart. I was so sure that I would love it, that I applied it before work that day without testing the wear first. That was a mistake. This foundation seemed to eat up any powder I set it with. It looked decent for an hour and then gummed up in all of my lines- and worse, it started to wipe off my face in huge clumps. It was like my skin was repelling the product. I looked like hell for a good half of my work shift.</div>
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And then..... it broke me out. I'm not particularly acne-prone, but suddenly I had red and white pimples all over my cheeks, chin, and in between my eyes. It took a week for the breakout to be appeased with masks and spot treatments. The whole texture of my skin was thrown off and irritated. In short, I'm never going to wear this foundation again. I wanted to do a full review and wear test, but I just can't bear to put this stuff on my face again.</div>
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Another product that I was excited to buy (okay, let's face it, for someone like me, every new makeup purchase is exciting) was the NYX HD Photogenic concealer. My Youtube idol, Kayla Hagey, used it all the time to highlight her face and conceal blemishes and it looked awesome. Sadly, it doesn't agree with my dry skin- I found it clung to patches that I didn't even know were dry, even with a smoothing primer underneath. This made the coverage look cakey no matter what I did. I'm still willing to give this one another chance, but after hearing it be hyped up for so long, this concealer was a huge letdown.</div>
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I don't actually have my own product picture since I already gave the product away, but the Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso has been a cult favourite of Youtubers and bloggers alike for years. It's supposed to complement and give life to any skin tone- but it seems I have one of the skin tones it just isn't flattering on. Now, I love orange blush, but this is a shade of peachy-orange that on me, makes it look as if I applied patches of a too-dark foundation to my cheeks. I can't make this look good on me no matter what I do. At least in this case it's not a dud product, just a shade that's unflattering on me personally.</div>
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Kathleenlights is one of my favourite Youtubers, and she loves the NYC Smooth Skin Powder. I'd seen her using it in a few tutorials recently, and had been running out of my favourite loose powder. I figured I couldn't go wrong with a huge tub of loose powder for around five dollars... well, apparently I could. I found my makeup looking just... bad, somehow, whenever I used this powder, and then I figured out that it was making my concealer and foundation oxidize really badly. It also exacerbated wrinkles I didn't even know that I had! It made me feel ugly, and that's the opposite of what makeup is supposed to do, so I'm not going to use this product anymore and consider it disappointing.</div>
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My last disappointing product is one that I still use regularly, but one that I could definitely live without as it didn't live up to my expectations. Hold the rotten tomatoes- that product is none other than BECCA's Champagne Pop. It was recommended to me by several of my blogging friends in the CBB, but I don't fault them for that. ;D<br />
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I just don't know how to feel about this product. It looks gorgeous and reflective on everyone else- just watching Chelle of Makeup Your Mind apply it in her videos is a religious experience. But on me, it's just okay. The powder has glitter in it, which I don't like, and I find myself reaching for this highlighter only out of obligation. I much prefer BECCA Moonstone to Champagne Pop, and that might just be because of my skin tone, but I find the product itself to be dry and a little powdery. I don't know if I regret making this purchase, necessarily, but I do know that I was disappointed with this product.</div>
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What's the last product you bought because of the online world of beauty influencing? Did you love or hate it? Tell me in the comments!</div>
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Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-38117775758768633132016-07-02T07:00:00.000-04:002016-07-02T07:00:28.848-04:00June 2016 Favourites!June went by in a flash. It honestly wasn't a very good month for me, and most of the time, I was either too busy or too depressed to wear makeup. I tended to go back to the same products again and again, and those products are going to be included in my monthly favourites! I have two makeup items, a skincare item and a tea.<br />
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The first product is something I've had for a long time and never loved as much as I thought I would- it's finally getting the love it deserves! Behold, the Clinique Cheek Pop blush in Pansy Pop. It's a vibrant lilac-lavender blush with a dense, buildable formula. I found it paired extremely well with every eye look I was putting together this month, and since this doesn't require a skilled hand to apply, it was the blush I wore for most of the month.<br />
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My second favourite is something I purchased more recently, but still didn't fall in love with for a while. The Too Faced Peanut Butter and Jelly palette has been my go-to for the past month- I've scarcely worn makeup without using this palette. It's such an easy, thoughtless palette for a neutral look. The shade Extra Creamy is the most perfect browbone highlight I've ever come across. A full review of this palette will be written eventually!<br />
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I picked up The Body Shop Vitamin E Aqua Boost Essence Lotion after seeing fellow CBB member Zoe's review on it. I have very dry skin and The Body Shop is my go-to brand for skincare. I like the Vitamin E line, but I find the regular moisturizer to be a little heavy, especially when I just want to restore my skin's moisture after washing my face. This lotion was $20 CAD, which was a splurge for me, but it's totally worth it. It's thin, watery and sinks in quickly, refreshing the skin with ease. I use it a few times a day and I haven't had issues with dry patches this month!<br />
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My last favourite is a tea from- you guessed it- DAVIDsTEA. I'd been wanting to try their Electric Lemonade tea for a while, so I ordered a small amount off of a swap group and promptly fell in love. It's a gorgeous, strong tea that tastes like a perfect berry lemonade. It's a Mate tea, so it's very energizing, meaning I make a lot of this tea on my night shifts. It's great iced, but good hot, too, and I can re-steep it up to two or three times before it gets weak. I've already ordered a tin of it, and I figure this will be my staple tea throughout the summer!<br />
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That's it for my June favourites! How was your June?Ludo Streichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200772657562774782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879071383745390109.post-83168910947847440212016-06-30T15:56:00.001-04:002016-06-30T15:56:29.707-04:00My Favourite Gold Highlighters + Ones I Want To Try<br />
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Who doesn't love a good gold highlighter? Some may have tons, but I've found two that I love and have stuck to them. Those two highlighters are the Wet N Wild Fergie Collection Shimmer Palette in Hollywood Boulevard, and The Balm's Mary Lou Manizer. Though one is drugstore and one is high-end, I love them the same!<br />
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I picked up the Wet N Wild Fergie Collection Shimmer Palette in Hollywood Boulevard over in the USA, for about five US dollars (I believe the Fergie line is actually being discontinued, so get it while you can!). It's gorgeous with a buttery texture, all sheen and no glitter. It feels like a luxury powder! Don't let the pink and brown stripes fool you- this product swatches a beautiful gold. It was my first (and only) foray into true gold highlighter. I wanted to know if it would look good on me- I was afraid gold would be too dark on my fair skin tone. However, I think it looks great! I especially love to layer it with the next highlighter I'll mention.<br />
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The Mary Lou Manizer from The Balm was about 28 dollars Canadian, and is widely known as a cult favourite. It was the very first highlighter I ever purchased, and I still use it regularly (as you can see by the fact that I've hit pan!). It's a light, pale, neutral gold and it is very intense, with a lot of shimmer. It looks gorgeous on the skin and pairs with any makeup look.<br />
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Some swatches for you- on the top is Hollywood Boulevard, and on the bottom is the Mary Lou Manizer.<br />
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And here they are catching the light! Look how gorgeous!<br />
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Though I've stuck with these old faithfuls for a long time, I'm looking to expand my gold highlighter horizons! Here are a few I've been lemming after for the past little while.<br />
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<b>Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment Illuminizer, $31 CAD</b><br />
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I've wanted this highlighter *desperately* for about a year but the price tag always stops me. I feel like I don't use liquid highlighter enough to justify it, but every time I swatch this in store it's so incredibly intense and gorgeous that my jaw drops. I'm just gonna have to hope to receive this as a gift someday.<br />
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<b>Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator in Gilded Honey, $28 USD</b><br />
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Another cult favourite, this highlighter is so enticing. Not only is it beautiful, but I've heard nothing but raves about it- that it melts into the skin, is almost reflective, the whole nine yards. Whenever I make it to ULTA I'm definitely picking this up.<br />
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How do you feel about gold highlighter? Any faves I should know about?<br />
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