Product Empties: July 2016

It's that time of the year! Collecting my empty bottles; empty containers of my most used products. Without further a do, let's get started :) 

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this entry are not sponsored in any way. Everything was bought with my own money. 

1. Innisfree Green Tea Mint Shampoo - I bought this back in April when we had our vacation in Seoul, South Korea. A friend of mine messaged me and asked me to buy her the complete set and out of curiousity, I bought a set for myself. I finished the shampoo immediately. The conditioner and the other hair treatment I haven't but the conditioner would be emptied soon lol. This is such a great product. It smells great. It relaxes you when you lather up your hair and the best part is, it is affordable. Thank goodness, I found an online shop where I can repurchase this one. 

Would I repurchase: Yes! Definitely! 

Would you recommend it to others: Yes! Highly recommended 

2. The Face Shop Soul Perfume - I also got this last April and I'm almost out of it. There's only 1/4 remaining and I'm crying. This is not available in any stores here in Manila and I think it is limited edition. It smells really good. It has a flowery refreshing scent that surprisingly I came to love. 

Would I repurchase: Yes if it would be available here 

Would I recommend it to others: Yes 

3. Majolica Majorca Brow Lash Colorist - After how many years of usage, it finally met the end. I really love this product for taming my brows plus it's very pigmented. If your brows already has its shape, there is no need to use a pomade. This alone would be good. 

Would I repurchase: Probably not because I am looking into other brands to try 

Would I recommend it to others: Yes 

4. Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer - it's not really empty but I'm already half way there which is an achievement for me because I hated this product initially. I rediscovered it just a few months ago and I fell in love with it. 

Would I repurchase: Probably but I have a lot of concealers at the moment 

Would I recommend it to others: Yes 

5. MAC Prolongwear concealer - RIP to my holy grail concealer. The journey has been long and fun. I've been very happy with this product and at the moment, nothing still can beat this one on my list of must haves. 

Would I repurchase: Yes, definitely 

Would I recommend it to others: Yes 

6. MAC Studio Fix Powder - it's not really empty but I already hit pan which is another achievement for me. This is one of my go-to powders when I just want my errands day makeup on. 

Would I repurchase: Yes 

Would I recommend it to others: Yes 

So, that is my list of product empties, how about yours? What's on your list? 

MAC Cinderella Collection 2015

Hello loves! How have you all been? I'm sorry I have been very busy with my personal stuff and I wasn't able to update the blog as much. I have tons of new stuff to talk about and I promise to write a new entry whenever I can :)

Last week, MAC released two new limited edition collections and I was lucky enough to get some items. They released the MAC Toledo (which I will be having a separate review) and the MAC Cinderella collection.

MAC said early last year that they will be releasing a collection in line with the new Disney film Cinderella. I am a fan of old school Disney movies and I collect limited edition MAC items. For this collection, I only bought two items:

I bought the LE lipstick in Royal Ball and the LE Cinderella packaging of the Beauty powder in Coupe D' Chic. I know the beauty powder is not limited edition as you can buy it on regular MAC powder case. 

The lipstick comes in a pretty grayish blue packaging with a hint of gold. I really like the packaging. The lipstick itself if sort of like a muted pink. It's not as opaque as my other MAC lipsticks when swatched on the back of my hand but when applied on the lips, it does translate the color.

The beauty powder is a regular in MAC counters but is sold in limited edition packaging.

The shade is in Coup D' Chic. I am so far pretty impressed with this beauty powder. It makes my face luminous and glowy. I really like it. I might include it in my March favorites :)

 I asked the consultant at MAC as to what's the difference between a beauty powder and a setting powder. He said that the beauty powder is used after setting your makeup. It makes your pores disappear and make your face look more refined. 

I choose the pink one as he said it is more dramatic than the pearl shade beauty powder. 

There are other products in this collection as seen on the picture above but I only got the lipstick and the beauty powder. 

I would love to hear your thoughts on the new MAC Cinderella collection. Share your thoughts on the comment section below :) 

Where to buy: MAC retail store or MAC Online store (for a limited time only)

Price : MAC Coup D' Chic - RM150

           MAC Royal Ball - RM 77

My MAC lipstick collection

Hello lovies! I'm so happy that I'm able to update my blog for almost every other day this week. I'm trying my best to at least do an entry maybe once or thrice a week. ^_^ I'm starting the new year in a very positive note so without further a do, I shall share with you my MAC lipstick collection. 

I am a huge lipstick and blush collector. I don't use my lipsticks often but I just love collecting lipsticks in general (whether it's drugstore or high end). The same goes with blush powders, highlighters and bronzers - I have a ton of them. Makeup for me is a hobby, the same way it is for a stamp collector, they collect stamps. I collect makeup...touché? 

Okay, so let's get started with the swatches! 

Please Me

MAC LE Happy-Go-Lucky

(Playland Collection)

MAC Mehr

MAC Heroine

MAC Enchanted One

(Alluring Aquatic Collection)

MAC LE True Love's Kiss

(Maleficent Collection)

Year End Round Up: Top 5 Favorite Blush for 2014

Two more days until we welcome the New Year! What better way to celebrate than to round up my favorite blushes for 2014.

Disclaimer: The products in this review are not in any way sponsored. I bought the products myself and some were received as gifts. The opinions below are purely my opinions. Products work for me but it may not work for everyone. 

1. Guerlain Meteorites Holiday 2014 Edition

I got this as a gift from Crystal, my swap partner who I met in a Beauty Group in Facebook. I love love love this product because it works as a blush and at the same time as a highlighter. Packaging is very very luxurious. It comes with a puff inside but I find the puff a little useless. I use my Zoeva face definer brush with this one. 

2. MAC Limited Edition Sea Me, Hear Me (Alluring Aquatics Collection)

One of my favorite MAC products. It's a little bit hard to put on this blush. It's not the same quality as the blushes that MAC produces before. It takes time to build up but it works for me. I also love the packaging. This came with the Alluring Aquatics collection so you can't buy it in MAC counters. 

3. NARS Super Orgasm 

Probably one of the best blushes that I've tried. One of my favorites for this year. It's very creamy and also very easy to apply. Highly pigmented. It doesn't have any scent to it. A must have blush for every makeup junkie :) 

4. Physicians Formula Glow and Mood Boosting Blush in Rose

Drugstore brand blush but it is super pigmented. I love how my brush easily picks up the product. I also love the heart design on the blush. It comes with a small mirror and a small blush brush. 

5. The Balm Frat Boy Blush 

My favorite blush of all time :) Highly pigmented. Cute packaging. Contains a lot of products (8.5g). Cheaper than other blushes mentioned above. 

Those are my favorites for 2014. I would love to hear yours! :) 

Monthly Favorites: August

Sorry for being on hiatus for such a long time. My personal life has been a whirlwind. I've been sick for a long time and I've been moving in and out of the country that's why I wasn't able to update my blog for so long. I know it's a bit late to post my August Favorites but better late than never ^_^

Here are the products that I've been using for the month of August.

1. CLIO Gelpresso Pencil Gel Liner Mini - I bought this at Watsons in Malaysia for RM79. It contains 5 mini gel liners that can be used both as an eye liner or if you smudge it, it can be an eye shadow. What I like about it is that it is waterproof. You need a very good makeup remover for this one.

2. MAC LE Extra Dimension Blush Sea Me, Hear Me - I received this blush a long time ago and it was only last month that I got to appreciate the beauty of it. It takes awhile for you to get the right amount of color onto your cheeks but the effect is really gorgeous. Specially on my skintone. 

3. Beau.box Wonder Powder in Nearly Nude - I got this from a beauty subscription box in Malaysia. I forgot the price but this is the first mineral powder I own. The effect is flawless on my skin. I will do a separate review on this. 

4. CLIO Lipnicure in 03 Creme Pink - I love nude lip colors and this one is the perfect pinkish nude on me. It's a little bit tricky to apply this one but it works wonders. I bought this together with the Gelpresso liner at Watsons Suria. 

5. Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub - this lip scrub is divine. I can't believe this is the only time that I knew about this lip scrub. I got this from a beauty swap parcel from the US. The smell is amaaaaaazing! 

6. Too Faced A La Mode Eyes - one of my prized eye palette. Colors are goregeous. You can make 3 looks out of the palette. I will do a separate review on this one in the coming post. 

National Lipstick Day

Hello ladies and gents!

I was browsing Facebook earlier today and I saw that it is National Lipstick Day!

Just wanted to greet everyone with my new baby... The limited edition MAC Kelly Osbourne Kelly Yum Yum which is a Satin Finish. 

I saw this yesterday at the MAC store and it was just recently launched. I wanted to buy the other lipsticks but I saw that they were Matte finishes. I just bought this one instead. 

It has a pretty lilac packaging and it has Kelly Osbourne's signature on the box.

The bullet casing also is in lilac. Very lovely color indeed. Retails for RM 74 at MAC Cosmetics. 

MAC Satin Lipstick in Sushi Kiss

Another lipstick review! Anyways, I've been addicted to MAC lipsticks lately and  remember in my last post, before going to Malaysia, I bought 3 MAC lipsticks. This was one of the shades. 

MAC Sushi Kiss is a Satin finish. Not drying as a Matte formulation but just right. It gives that rich moisturizing effect. I'm leaning towards corals this year for some reason that's why I decided to buy this one. It's a wearable muted orange/coral. 

If I remember correctly, I think NYX also has this shade in their Round Lipstick line . I think the shade is Watermelon but I never wore that shade because it was so creamy. It also gave that luster effect on the lips. It also smells like soap. If you know what I mean. This however is the perfect shade. It's not shiny when worn on the lips plus it's a muted orange. Orange is like the new red nowadays. 

Product Rundown:

Product: MAC Sushi Kiss

Where to Buy: MAC Online Store / Nordstrom /  Trusted Online Sellers 

Price: $16 / PHP 850 (OL Seller)

What I like about the Product:

- I like the color

- Moisturizes the lips

- I love the scent

- wearable color

What I don't like about the Product:

- None I can think of

Overall

I think this lipstick is worth buying. It compliments me in general. The price is a bit steep but it's MAC. There are other dupes for this shade which are budget friendly but then again, quality-wise, you cannot go wrong with MAC. 

Disclaimer:

I bought this item. I am not in any way  sponsored by MAC nor am I affiliated with them. I was not paid to write this entry. All the things written above are my honest opinion about the product. 

Monthly Favorites: June 2014

It's the second day of July and you know that it's time for my monthly favorites!

Let's get started

1. Sephora CC Cream + Colour - I found a new way to use this product and so far I've been liking the technique that I've been using. I blend the CC Cream with my primer and what I've noticed is that it makes my foundation a little bit dewy. I like dewy foundations because it gives you that glow. You can use the CC cream as a stand alone product but I like using it as a base.

2. Beauty Blender Solid Cleaner - This is actually the soap that I use to deep clean my brushes and my beauty blender. I love the scent of the soap. It gives my brushes a fresh smell when I clean them.

3. MAC LE Enchanted One - The lipstick is a part of the Alluring Aquatic Edition and I am so happy that I have this shade. I consider it as my MLBB. 

4. Sleek I-divine Palette - I'm not sure what this palette is because I left the cardboard box back in Manila. In my previous post, I purchased this palette from Luxola together with my other brushes. I love this palette. It has a lot of neutral shades and it is very slim and compact. I travel a lot and I need light weight packaging to carry with me. I find the palette very ideal for traveling. 

5. Soap and Glory Hand Food - I super super love this hand cream. It's actually almost empty and I need to buy a new one. This is the only hand cream that I find moisturizing. Most hand creams that I tried were either oily or dry but this one works well. 

6. Embryolisse Lait Creme Concentre - This is the holy grail of moisturizers. No wonder PRO MUAs keep on raving about this because it works well. It eliminates puffiness and it makes your skin hydrated. Words are not enough to describe how good this product is...that's why I suggest you try it yourself.

7. Maybelline Falsies Mascara - I love this Mascara. This is actually a drugstore dupe to the Benefit They're Real Mascara. It volumizes the eye lash by giving fibers when you coat your lash. 

8. Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate - I know this is included in my May favorites but what can I do? I super love this product and it deserves another spot in my favorites list. The hype about the product is true. I know MAC released a similar pomade line for the brows but that I have to try. 

Disclaimer:

All products mentioned above were purchased by me. I am not sponsored nor paid to write this entry. 

MAC Heroine...is it worth the hype?

I am currently obsessing on lip products for the past few weeks. Before leaving Manila, I bought a lot of MAC lipsticks. Panic buying? Well...not really. Okay, let me re-phrase my first line...I am currently obsessed with MAC lippies. HA HA HA :)) 

Anyways, I bought the MAC Heroine before leaving Manila. Pearl from the Sassyfabshop had it on-hand. She is one of my trusted online sellers in the Philippines. All of her items are authentic and most are cheaper than the ones malls. 

Ever since Heroine became a permanent shade, everyone got all crazy about it. It was a limited edition shade before. Everybody in the US were going crazy about this lipstick shade. I had to get one to see if it was something I'd wear. 

To explain why I bought this shade, I have been a fan of Shaaanxo from YouTube and I love how she wears her lipsticks. Shaaanxo is not American by the way. She lives in New Zealand. She doesn't mind wearing bold shades of lipsticks and I find the colors wearable for her. If you put it this way, like if you wear a pale lilac lipstick and you make it work with your makeup, it becomes wearable. That made me buy the heroine shade.

So the formulation of the lipstick is a matte. Mattes aren't easily glide-on formulations. I have to wear a lip balm to hydrate my lips first so that my lips won't look chappy. 

That is how the lipstick looks on me. Up close, it looks really purple and I think the shade works for my skin tone.

That is how it looks like with full make up ensemble. To be honest, this look reminds me so much of Lorde, the singer. The one who sang Royals. Anyway, you know that Lorde had a tie-up with MAC Cosmetics and they released a limited edition lipstick called Pure Heroine and a black eyeliner. I think pure heroine is a darker version of heroine. 

I find the lipstick shade wearable when you incorporate it with the right makeup. I would wear it but not on a daily basis. It's definitely not a MLBB shade. HA HA HA 

I like how rich the pigment is. The only downside I can think of is the application of the color. 

PROS

- I like the pigmentation

- It's a wearable kind of shade

CONS

- hard to apply 

- price is steep 

- you can buy a drugstore dupe for this shade at 1/4 the price

Product Rundown

Product name: MAC Heroine

Type: Matte Lipstick

Price: 

MAC Counter Price

$16 USA

PHP 1,000 Philippines

RM 72 Malaysia

Online Seller Price

PHP 850 to PHP 950

Where to buy: MAC Counters/MAC Website/Legitimate Online Sellers

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 

Disclaimer:

Products mentioned above were purchased by me. I am not sponsored by MAC Cosmetics nor am I paid to do this review. 

MAC Alluring Aquatic Collection

Hello Ladies! Sorry for being MIA. I had to juggle my schedule for errands and after a few weeks, I am finally back here in Malaysia. 

Anyways, I was surprised last night because my husband bought me the Limited Edition MAC Alluring Aquatic Lipstick and Blush. In my knowledge, I know this was not released in Manila. I love the packaging of the items.

It has the pop-up water like design. It's so lovely. Prior to my husband buying this...I was actually hesitant because a lot of youtubers/vloggers were saying they were quite disappointed with the collection because the products were not  as good. They recommended to buy the lipstick which is the Enchanted One. I told my husband to look for it at MAC and he bought it for me. The blush was just a bonus.

I love the packaging. It's so gorgeous. 

This is the Echanted One. It's actually a nude type of lipstick. I tried it on and I consider this a MLBB (My Lips But Better) shade. 

My lips without lipstick

My lips with the MAC Enchanted One.

The formula of the lipstick is Matte. A bit dry for my liking but since the shade is nice, I would wear it. 

This is the blush in See Me, Hear Me. The packaging is gorgeous. It only has the water like embellishment on top but at the bottom, there's none. 

The color is a rosey-mauve color. I actually don't like the formula of this one. It took me 3 swipes on my finger before I can see the pigment. I'll let you know my thoughts in the coming days when I play with it but overall, I like the lipstick. 

Disclaimer:

Products mentioned above were purchased by me. I am not sponsored by MAC Cosmetics nor am I paid to do this review. 

Angelina Jolie inspired makeup

I just want to share with you this FOTD. Since Angelina Jolie is all over the news now because of Maleficent, I saw this picture of her and tried to make an inspirational look

This was a recent picture of her during the premier of Maleficent. She's wearing a mauve-y taupe-y kind of look. She has brown hair and I have black. I wanted to re-create the smokey eye effect but I used purple, pink and black shades instead of brown, grey and black. Her lip color is also nude which compliments her over all look, I wanted to make my lips bright and used a bright pink lipstick with a blue undertone.

Eyes: Sephora Desert Sun Palette

Eyebrow: Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate

Contour: Sephora Desert Sun Palette

Blush: Sephora Desert Sun Palette

Highlight: The Balm Mary Lou-Manizer

Foundation: RCMA foundation Palette

Face Primer: The Balm Time Balm mixed with Sephora CC 

Lips: MAC Playland Happy-Go-Lucky

Monthly Favorites: May Edition

Hello lovely ladies! Yeeeeeep! It's the first day of June...where did the time go? It went by so fast I hardly noticed it. Anyways, it is yet again time for my Monthly favorites (leaning more to beauty products) and I haven't used much cosmetic items that I really really loved except for the things that I will post here.

I only have five beauty products that I've been using mostly for this month. Other products are staples in my stash and I think I don't need to re-post the products that I've previously posted.

1. RCMA Foundation Palette from Digital Traincase - I've been on the search for a very very good foundation. I love my Sephora foundation but I'm running out of it already because I've been using it constantly. I came across Digital Traincase - one of the most trusted online shops in the Philippines; and I saw that they were carrying the RCMA Foundation Palette. I will do a separate review of this palette in the coming entries because it deserves a spot in my blog. These babies are highly pigmented and when you wear it, it feels like skin. So it's a thumbs up for me. I was supposed to use this on a make-up gig this May for a wedding and do the makeup of one of my friends but the ETA date didn't reach the target day. Anyways, I'm overly in-love with this palette. At first, i didn't know how to use it. I thought that the foundation was to creamy and I was using the wrong shade for my skin tone but I found the perfect shade for me and I've been using it ever since.It is a good palette for make-up artists because of the quality and the reasonable price. Get yours at Digital Traincase :)

2. Sephora Desert Sunset Palette - This palette was actually a gift from my sister last Christmas and it was only now that I played with the palette. It is not as pigmented as the Urban Decay eyeshadows and it often creases but it is workable with a primer. I actually used this on one of my FOTD which is still in the draft section of my blog.

3. Anastasia Beverlyhills Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate - I have a separate entry which you can click here. I love this product. It replaced all the products that I use for my eyebrow. I heard that it is already sold-out in the US and that they are releasing new shades because some are complaining that the shade range is not as wide.

4. The Balm Time Balm Face Primer - This is a silicone based face primer and I like mixing it with my Sephora CC Cream. I've been using this for the whole month of May and surprisingly, it worked for me. Not much creasing but I needed to re-touch on my T-Zone area.

5. MAC Playland Collection lipstick in Happy-Go-Lucky - super love this lipstick. I don't know with you guys but I like using bright lipsticks specially this Summer. It is the epitome color (I don't know how to describe it well haha) for my Summer 2014. It is vibrant and it makes me happy. Love the color. It is limited edition and I am happy that I was able to purchase it.

What were your Favorites for the month of May? 

Maleficent: Showing in theaters tomorrow!!

I am so excited for the movie Maleficent. I've been raving about it ever since I saw the teaser trailer way back.

Also, MAC will be releasing the Maleficent Collection here in Manila. I'm obviously still thinking if I will get True Love's Kiss and the eye shadow quad from the collection. There's really something about Limited Edition items that makes me want to buy them. 

For now, let me share with you a video of Kandee Johnson who recreated the look of Angelina Jolie for Maleficent.

Another one from Promise Phan who also recreated the look of Maleficent using makeup from the MAC Maleficent Collection.