April Favorites

It's already May 4 and you know what that means! It's time to post my official favorites for the month of April!! Yay!! I decided to really slim down my favorites into a smaller number because I want to emphasize that these really were the products that gave the WOW factor plus I used it on a daily basis. 

SO let's get started!

1) Soap and Glory Hand Food - This is really a major wow for me. I've tried and tested a lot of hand creams from a lot of brands ranging from Bath and Body Works, The Body Shop, Victoria's Secret and some other generic drugstore brands and this one really does the trick. It makes your hands smooth. I love this product so much that I also used it on my feet. They also have a foot cream but I was browsing Sephora in KL and it wasn't available.

2) Cinema Secrets Professional Makeup Brush Cleaner - Remember my quest for finding the best spot on makeup brush cleaner...well...this is my holy grail spot cleaner. My basis for giving the title "best" is that a) it's supposed to clean my brushes with minimal spray pumps 2) it removes the dirt instantly 3) it should smell good....and it satisfied all my basis that's why I call it my holy grail cleaner

3) Colour Collection Lipstick in Angelic - This lipstick has been my go-to lipstick when I was travelling. I always used this one because I like nude lipsticks. The color is a healthy pink-ish nude and I like it. It's moisturizes my lips plus I like the stain that it gives.

4) The Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer - My holy grail bronzer for the month of April. I used this product for contouring and bronzing. It's a matte powder and it doesn't give that shine that's why it can also be used as a shadow. I like that it is dual purpose and it is handy.

5) The Balm Frat Boy Blush - I like the peachy pink tone. I think Peach Nude Pink is the color for my Summer 2014. I've used this every time I went out on  a date with my husband during my vacation.

6) Ben Nye Media Pro Corrector Wheel - My Holy Grail product for the month of April (and maybe forever). I love love love love this product. I never have to use another concealer again. I'll give a separate review of this in the coming days but I thank the Pro Makeup Artists that I have been talking with the past few days and they advised that it is best to use a color corrector than a concealer if I was opting for a natural look and they are all correct. Love this to bits and pieces.

Those were my top picks for April! What's yours? :)

Colour Collection's Ultimate Wear Lipstick

It took me awhile to post this entry mainly because I want to do justice with the product and thoroughly test them and not just give my first impression.

I received the Colour Collection Ultimate Wear Lipstick from Sample Room last month. Basically, the collection consists of 5 shades which are Headturner, Temptress, Queen Bee, Belissima and Angelic.

I will review the three (Headturner, Queen Bee and Angelic) shades in this post. The other two in another.

From top to bottom: Headturner, Angelic and Queen Bee.

From the description from Sample Room PH, the shades are described as: Headtuner - a show stopping pink color that packs a punch ; Angelic - a soft rosy nude color for everyday wear ; and Queen bee - a bright red shade that spells power

This is Angelic on my lips. The color is pinkish nude. 

Sorry for the messy application on my lips. I was a bit annoyed with removing Angelic on my lips that I just didn't care if I placed Queen Bee correctly or not. Hahaha :) So this is Queen Bee. It's a red shade with a blue undertone. It reminds me of MAC Ruby Woo.

Lastly, this is Headturner, it's an electic pink color. Bright electric pink to be exact. Reminds me of the Urban Decay Electric Palette.

Of the three, the shade that I wore the most was Angelic because I love nude lipsticks. The lipstick is very pigmented and when I say pigmented, it is a b**** to remove it. Literally, even if I applied oil on the tissue, it cannot be removed. The feel of the lipstick is very moisturizing. Although, when you drink water or when you kiss someone, the pigment transfers easily. It lasts for 3 to 4 hours and then you need to go to the bathroom for retouching.

I would say it is quite expensive for a lipstick because you only get 2.4 g of product. The usually amount you get for a lipstick is 3 to 4 g. The price is PHP 350. A little pricey for me. 

Would I purchase it again? Maybe. I like the colors and the pigments but the downside is that it is not readily available in the market. You need to go and contact Tupperwarebrands.ph to get this product.

I am honored that I was given the chance to try the lipsticks. I love the colors and the pigments. I love how it moisturizes my lips. 

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Sample Room X Colour Collection Loot : Colour Collection Age Defying BB Cream CoQ10 Green Tea Extract SPF 45

I recently became a member of Sample Room. It is an organization in the Philippines that gives you sample of products and then you have to rate and give a review for the product. As their tag line goes "try before you buy"

So I had my samples came in today and yesterday. I am so happy with my goody bag today. They sent me a full size sample of the Colour Collection BB Cream. Colour Collection is a Tupperware Brand and I think it recently just launched its line of cosmetics with Bianca Valerio as their head make up artist and Bea Alonzo as their brand ambassador.

The box has a description of the product at the back that goes:

Delivers various age defying benfits to aid in collagen production. Reduces the appearance of wrinkles and age spots.

From my knowledge, BB Creams, CC creams, DD creams and all other creams, the main goal is to stop aging. It does not really regenerate but it makes your skin intact so that it will not "age" anymore.

In the long run I think it will help our skin defy age. As to what they say...but of course, it would take years to actually see the difference.

I am pretty impressed with this product. To be honest, I thought this product was just similar to other local brands in the market but to my surprise, for me, the level of this product is comparable to Etude House and The Face Shop in terms of quality. Pretty impressive for a local brand.

This is how the cream looks like on the back of my hand. It has a nice creamy consistency. You can easily blend it on your face.

It has a nice coverage. As you can see, my black spot is not visible anymore. Overall, I like this product. I like it better than my Loreal BB Cream. According to the website the price for a 40 ml tube is PHP699. Not bad because the Loreal BB Cream is also PHP699.

Will I buy it?  Yes! Definitely. If I get to finish the sample sent to me, I will buy one again. I actually use BB creams as primers. Nonetheless, I think this product is worth it.

Downside: It is already summer and it is horrifying to use BB Creams. Sad to say the Philippines is a tropical country and the heat will just melt it away.