tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51061646876374491542024-03-05T18:58:45.770-08:00Makeup Withdrawalmakeup, skincare, fragrance & travelMimi (MakeupWithdrawal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00812269014808419212noreply@blogger.comBlogger1371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106164687637449154.post-2659201168810952222020-07-27T14:43:00.004-07:002020-07-27T14:43:45.117-07:00Pat McGrath Labs Lip Fetish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey, I'm not certain what direction this blog is going to go from here on out. I like beauty, but I don't want to forget BIPOC owned brands and small businesses, so moving forward I think I want to try to focus on these companies.<br />
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One of my favorite high end brands is Pat McGrath Labs. I was very interested in trying Mother's Lip Fetish Lip Balm and had the chance a few months ago when Sephora had a Gimme Some Balm Favorites kit and I had a code to use. It contained a full sized Lip Fetish, and the whole set was the same price as one (less in my case, discounted). Then there was some more sales on the PML website and I was able to pick up Lip Fetish in Noir and the mini trio for 40 and 50 percent off. The sale is <a href="https://rstyle.me/+AudMW61A9zN3ROQr4CbDWA"><span style="color: #a64d79;">still ongoing</span></a>.<br />
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These balms are pretty straight forward: moisturizing but not too slick. Slightly waxier than some of the balms I've used recently that leaned oily/slick feeling (<span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://rstyle.me/+i7uYVMkKGsGwtuoGpb7GMA"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Dr Jart+ Ceramidin Lipair</span></a>, </span>$10) or sticky like<span style="color: #a64d79;"> <a href="https://www.melodycosme.com/products/manyo-factory-lip-serum?_pos=1&_sid=1d58cc64f&_ss=r"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Manyo Factory Lip Serum</span></a></span>, $14. The packaging is trademark Pat McGrath - pretty hefty and luxe with the trademark large pair of lips. The minis are in lighter weight fully plastic tubes. <br />
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There's a very very very light vanilla scent, and it fades pretty quickly for me. I like that it leaves my lips feeling soft and when blotted, it works well under matte lipsticks - not a super high sheen.<br />
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Left to right; Blow Up, Flesh 3, Original Clear, Noir<br />
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The Noir version isn't as dark as one might think, it's a barely there slight darkening sheen. The colored ones are nice, Pat McGrath makes some of the nicest lip colors in my book and these are no exception. There's not too much more to say, just that I really like balms and the $19 sale price is acceptable to me. Can't say I'd go for them full priced although I also didn't think I'd get a Tom Ford tinted balm, so I guess I'm wildly unpredictable when it comes to pricier balms.<br />
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Full priced, the Lip Fetish shades are $38, but <a href="https://rstyle.me/+_ijot2anlcPb8KoAMrRQew"><span style="color: #a64d79;">they are currently $19</span></a>, though Noir is sold out. <a href="https://rstyle.me/+9dnR6nX9zyd9tzSRFMgcQA"><span style="color: #a64d79;">The mini trio is on sale $13</span></a> if you want to try out the original clear and two tinted shades.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Products featured were purchased by myself, post contains affiliate links. For additional information, please refer to my Disclosure Policy. </span>Mimi (MakeupWithdrawal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00812269014808419212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106164687637449154.post-20601327847433452502020-06-10T10:52:00.003-07:002020-06-10T10:52:45.556-07:00Black Lives Matter: Discussion and ResourcesGood morning to you all!<br />
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I wanted to deviate a bit from the normal style of posts to talk about racism and share some resources with you that might be a bit different than the petitions and donation websites that have gained traction over the last few weeks. Those bail out funds and collectives are important, but I wanted to highlight some other avenues of allyship that may have not caught your attention. </div>
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First, it has to be addressed that this is not just an American issue. If you live outside of the US, you might be thinking that it's just "our" (US-centric) problem and that racism isn't something that's prevalent in your part of the world. American media has found its way into the far reaches of the globe and such, has exported racism into every nook and cranny of the world. There's pretty much no escaping it. I can't put it any better than <a href="https://www.instagram.com/areyoualexis/?hl=en"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Alexis</span></a> did:<br />
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It also needs mentioning that some of the communities I belong to, the queer and Asian-American community have shied away from addressing racism and allowed it to run unchecked. Both groups have benefited immensely from the work of Black people yet stayed silent, or worse, agreed with the sentiments of racism when it suited us.<br />
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In the Asian-American community, the <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/what-is-the-model-minority-myth"><span style="color: #a64d79;">model minority myth</span></a> runs rampant. We ignored and avoided discussing the treatment of Black people because we were content to not rock the boat. We didn't want to be the ones receiving this treatment so we looked the other way, relieved that it wasn't us.<br />
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The queer community has also had its share of racism. Would the Pride marches of today exist without the work of Black trans women, such as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-marsha-p-johnson.html"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Marsha P. Johnson</span></a>? I'm ashamed that I didn't know of her involvement until exactly two years ago, Pride month, 2018. Intersectionality does not get the spotlight that it needs.<br />
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There's no way to sugarcoat it, the self examination and reflection needed to examine one's own biases flat out doesn't feel good. Shame, guilt, anger, defensiveness - these are not feelings that we usually run towards. It feels downright painful for me, but it's critical and necessary because I don't want to be the person I was a decade ago, a year ago, or even a month ago. If I commit to change, I have to do the work. I don't want the Black Lives Matter movement to be a temporary change I see in myself, only to find that I'm slinking into Old Me months from now.<br />
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One resource that has really been helping me examine my own biases has been <a href="http://leesareneehall.com/expressivewriting-prompts-to-use-if-youve-been-accused-of-whitefragility-spiritualbypass-or-whiteprivilege/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Lisa Renee Hall's writing prompts</span></a>.<br />
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By now, I'm fairly certain that you've seen lots of books recommended that discuss racism but one subcategory that I wanted to draw attention to was children's books. I don't have kids myself, but should I have any in the future, it's vital that we talk about race early. Sending them off to school without any understanding of racism is not a path we want to walk down as a family, so I'm glad I found <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/Semicolonchi"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Semicolon Chicago's recommendation lists for children and very young children</span></a> (5-8 and 3-7 age ranges, I would guesstimate).<br />
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Speaking of Semicolon Bookstore, this is the vendor where I picked up my copy of Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin online. It was recommended to me by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/girlwiththeloudearrings/?hl=en"><span style="color: #a64d79;">@girlwiththeloudearrings</span></a> and I'm really glad I got it. Usually I thumb through recipe books for about ten minutes, put them down and go back to it when I am actually cooking but this is one book I've already spent hours reading. It's more than a cookbook, it's an extensively researched ode to Black chefs and cookery authors that gives much needed context alongside recipes. Flavors have a way of cementing memories and ideas for me, so it's a slightly different way of beginning to understand American Black history compared to pure historical reading. When it comes back in stock, it would be a really excellent book for cooking enthusiasts to have. I'm now also very interested in getting The Jemima Code, another one of Tipton-Martin's works.<br />
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I'm going to stop here today, but there's a lot more I'd like to touch on - hell, I didn't even get to the issues with racism we have in the beauty industry.<br />
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So these are unusual times, I think it would be an egregious move to pretend that things are fine and dandy when they're not. COVID-19 is claiming the lives of people all around the world, small businesses are taking huge hits, and plenty of folks are dealing with furlough or being laid off altogether. </div>
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Part of me feels like talking about beauty is the most frivolous, totally out of touch. Another part of me wants to push forward, because letting go of interests and passions feels like conceding. I don't quite know how to reconcile those two sides, so I'm gonna to continue to post but also acknowledge what's going on right now and the difficulties people are facing. For the time being, that feels somewhat acceptable. </div>
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Today's post is a collection of items I've been using, some of these things for as long as eight months. I'll keep it brief. </div>
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Bought this before Tanseido's price hike last October. This brush is no longer made with pine squirrel hairs (shown), now it's ash squirrel. It's called an eye shadow brush but I use it exclusively for pigmented highlighters since I like a light wash of highlight. Super soft hairs with a lot of give.</div>
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+Y1TvI0HYngwa5xWtizv41w"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Physician's Formula Rose All Day Petal Glow in Soft Petal, $15.99</span></a><br />
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I wanted this for months after <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anafterglow/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">@anafterglow</span></a> posted about it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Ordered it from Ulta during a sale. Floral rose scent, I deal with it because the color is just stunning. The particles are medium, sometimes they appear pink and sometimes they appear copper.<br />
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Soft Petal highlight on the left, SkinCeuticals Sheer Physical UV Defense Sunscreen on the right.<br />
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Same products, with the sunscreen blended into the skin.<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+otHDfjKj1KrPddgvSnrWiQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">SkinCeuticals Sheer Physical UV Defense Sunscreen SPF 50, $34</span></a><br />
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First try, it felt greasy and it dehydrated my skin. Definitely a skincare shortcoming on my part. Once I loaded up on a hydrating gel and something with ceramides underneath the sunscreen, I loved it! Works well under makeup, satiny appearance.<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+lx9uxmrcnZUsiE_4cEzgRw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Stila Magnum XXX Mascara, $23</span></a><br />
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Sephora stopped carrying this, I bought a mini of it around Christmas. Super wet formula, not great for when I have allergies. Looks gives me nice length once it dried out a bit. Ulta and other stores still have it.<br />
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All the products, together. ABH Clear Brow Gel on the brows, one coat of Stila XXX Magnum mascara and Lancome Cils Booster XL each, SkinCeuticals Sheer Physical UV Defense under foundation (Westman Atelier Vital Skin Foundation Stick in Atelier III), a <b>very sheer</b> swipe of Physician's Formula Rose All Day Petal Glow in Soft Petal applied with the Tanseido YSQ 14 brush. </div>
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Have you been wearing makeup during this time? I've seen people either really take this time to play with colorful makeup as a soothing activity, or skip it altogether. Sometimes I put it on, but I also go through streaks of 4-10 days where I wear nothing but sunscreen on my face. </div>
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In December of last year, I managed to get my hands on a palette that I had been coveting for months and months. About once a week I would take a peep at the <a href="https://rstyle.me/+gLNkW4pI0mBzq_06Fbfotg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Pat McGrath website, hoping to see the Decadence MOTHERSHIP in stock</span></a>, courting disappointment every time. When Mother announced a collaboration with Star Wars that included a re-promote of Decadence in shiny Star Wars gold packaging, I set my alarm and was pleased as punch that I managed to check out successfully.<br />
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I wince a bit every time I see Decadence's exterior, every single smudgy fingerprint stands out. My interest in the Star Wars franchise also died a few years back so every time I pull out this palette, it's a reminder of how terrible that last movie was. Had I known that eventually Decadence would come back in the normal black case, I would have probably waited to buy it. </div>
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Swatches over primer. There's a faint sweet scent to the pans that reminds me of white chocolate. None of the shadows are domed like they are in Subversive, these feel more silicone-y. </div>
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I love that all the shades in this palette are shimmery/glittery. I feel like I have a substantial amount of matte shadows, and good ones at that, but there's still certain colors that I don't really have in shimmery finishes. </div>
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Top row, left to right: Gold Standard, Inferno, Blue Blood, Sinful, Underworld<br />
Second row: Sterling, Lapis Luxury, Divine Mink, Hedonistic, Enigma<br />
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My favorite shades in this palette are Blue Blood (middle of top row, shimmery plum), Underworld (blackened blue), Divine Mink (dark grey taupe, middle of bottom row), Inferno (coppery shimmer with a slight smokey tint).<br />
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Usually shades like Underworld are deafened by the black base, and that's somewhat true if you blend excessively, but for the most part I was satisfied by how much blue remains. I've met much worse blackened shades, that's for sure. Divine Mink is as close as I've seen to an old discontinued taupe (Sigma Brown Eyed Girl) that I have loved for years and years. Inferno stand apart from my other coppers due to how it almost has a hazy quality to it, it doesn't pop as much as my other metallic coppers, but in a good way that makes it easy to wear.<br />
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Here I've used Gold Standard, Blue Blood, Hedonistic, tiniest touch of Underworld and Lapis Luxury.<br />
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Here I've used Lapis Luxury, Underworld, and Inferno.<br />
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One of my favorite looks of all time! Featuring Underworld and Inferno (coupled with Viseart Milieu).<br />
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This look features Gold Standard. The matte hunter green is Cozzette Gardot and the navy is Jack, also from Cozzette.<br />
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Ultimately, I like this palette but I'm not as in love with it as I was in Subversive. The reason being that while I find myself reaching for Decadence quite a bit, I just don't feel as though the shades are as unique as some of Subversive's colors. Whenever I tried to dupe a shade from Subversive, I was left disappointed but I would have been satisfied with alternatives for the colors in Decadence, even if it wasn't in one convenient palette. This set of colors happens to fulfill some color gaps in my own collection, but that may not be true for everyone. For instance, I didn't have shimmery light red, and somehow I didn't have a shimmery plum anymore. I did have a shiny pewter and bold sparkly gold (actually two colors I had in other products from Pat McGrath).<br />
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I'm somewhat satisfied that I finally satisfied this long time desire of mine, but I don't know if I'd recommend this to everyone. Each MOTHERSHIP has a hefty price tag of $125, that's a good chunk of cash if you're not absolutely convinced that you'd really REALLY enjoy this palette. I have been using it a lot (well, out of the few times I've done my makeup in the last two months) so I don't regret it, I'm just not leaking pure adoration like I was with my first MOTHERSHIP. Times are tough right now for a lot of folks, it doesn't sit right with me to advocate for the purchase of such a big item (but if you're gifting yourself some things to ease the awfulness of quarantine, I totally support you in this) when many people are furloughed and are without income.<br />
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Pat McGrath Labs Decadence MOTHERSHIP is $125, <a href="https://rstyle.me/+gLNkW4pI0mBzq_06Fbfotg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">limited edition on the PatMcGrathLabs website</span></a>. From now until May 6th, you can use GOLD10 to get 10% off this particular palette.<br />
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Hello! Like many of you out there, I'm going to be spending more time than usual at home in the weeks to come so I decided it was time to dust off the blog and get back into the groove of posting, hopefully with greater regularity. Today I want to talk about the Armani Power Fabric Concealer that I bought in early February.<br />
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Let me just start out with the one thing that I absolutely hate about this concealer, I've got to get this off my chest. The packaging is just the worst, one of the most appalling shortcomings I've seen in a high end makeup product. The stopper at the neck of the lets out way too much product when pulling the wand out and as a result, a lot of it will seep out through the path of least resistance, onto the threaded "neck" of the tube, when you're putting the wand back into the concealer. From the moment I received this Armani Power Fabric Concealer, I've stored it vertically in a cup but that hasn't helped one bit. Every time I use this concealer I'm peeved at how much goop there is on the threads, what a mess it is on the interior of the capped wand.<br />
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I bought shade 4.5 and it's a tad bit more yellow than I am, but it seems to look fine when blended in.<br />
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What I like about this concealer is how it blends easily for a flawless finish and can layer if you need more coverage. I liked how it applied using synthetic concealer brushes with dense, fine bristles (Artis-type brushes), dense soft goat brushes, and also my finger. I'm happy with how it looks with just one layer for most places on my face, but for my broken veins around my mouth I dab on a bit more. If you're trying to cover discoloration for acne scaring, melasma, dark undereyes, it might take more than just one layer.<br />
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There's a couple other things aside from the really awful packaging that I don't like about this concealer, and one of them isn't entirely it's fault, my sunscreen gets most of the blame. I've been using EltaMD UV Physical Broad Spectrum SPF 41 for quite some time and it's not always base makeup friendly. In the case of Armani Power Fabric Concealer, it just does not want to stay on my face when my sunscreen is on underneath it. If I use my finger to blend, you'll see the pilled concealer transfer back onto my finger. Lately I haven't been wanting to using face primer all the time, just to speed things up with makeup application but unfortunately, this concealer and this sunscreen do not play nicely together and primer becomes absolutely necessary.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top: after it's been on my arm for an hour. Bottom swatch is fresh from the tube.</td></tr>
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Another funny thing about this primer is how badly it oxidizes on my arm but not my face. Super counter intuitive, but when swiped on my dry-skinned arm it turns a much darker shade of tan within an hour. However, on my face, with layers of sunscreen and primer, plus some sebum on my t-zone and the top of my cheeks, the concealer stays much truer to color.<div><br /></div><div>Edit: after wearing this through the summer oilier months, I find that this does oxidize on my face as well, though not as badly as on my arm<br />
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Over all, this concealer works pretty well for me. I can wear it all day without any break down of the concealer anywhere on my face and it doesn't crease beneath my lower eyelids. It stays on the oiliest parts of my face, my nose, without transferring off (some of that may be attributed to my primer though, which is the Tatcha Silk Canvas). The temperatures in my area are quite mild, so I haven't gotten truly greasy yet so I'd say for normal and dry skin, this concealer works well. For really oily skin, that might be a different case altogether.<br />
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I like the product itself, it provides really flattering coverage over my spots and broken vessels. However the concealer's packaging is a pain the ass that I just can't look past, and it's more fussy than I would like when used with my sunscreen. Unless I find a better sunscreen that it can play nicely with, I think I'll be finishing this tube of Armani Power Fabric Concealer and then moving on to something else.<br />
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Remember: stay safe and prepared but <b>don't hoard toilet paper</b>. Now there's something I didn't think I'd ever type out. Take care!<br />
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Energy is another brand of Chinese brushes that I really enjoy. I've had the pleasure of accumulating quite a few over the last four years and it is high time that I did a brand overview. Like the brand ShouShouLang, not too many English reviews are out there. This is both understandable and lamentable, I think the word needs to get out about how some of these brushes are the absolute bees' knees.<br />
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Apologies ahead of time for not having the name/number of most of these brushes. I've purchased them over a long period of time and sometimes family members ordered them on my behalf so I can't scroll through purchase history and find them again.<br />
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Some of Energy's brushes are straight up imitations of Hakuhodo's Vermilion brushes. The flat top one is similar to S5557 in style, but without the slant of the cut of the brush (also the price; $117 vs $13, respectively). The bristles are pretty soft and very dense, there was a slight bit of shedding to this one but it stopped after three washes. The rounded blender is made out of a fantastic weasel, I bought two of them, two years apart and the heads are very well matched. The hairs are resilient, smooth and the curvature is perfect for the density - no poor cousin to Kolinsky! In usage, I find Energy's weasel and my Kolinksy to be near equals. They were about $9 each, which is frankly absurdly low. The only difference between the two brushes is that one has the model number, S141 printed about 1cm lower than the other on the handle. The Energy logo is on the flat end of the brush. I don't relish this knock-off attitude, but I cannot deny that the blender is absolutely fantastic. I loved it enough to buy a backup, not something I do all that often.<br />
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The big ebony powder brush with white goat is a brush I have wanted for six years! Originally it had a silver logo, but when I emailed the company to inquire about it, they replied back that it was no longer available. Last year I happened upon what looked like the very same brush head but with laser etching instead of a silver logo on the ebony handle. I think it's even more handsome this way. The quality of the white goat hair on this brush is on par with rephr's goat. While the hair diameter is a tiny bit thicker on the Energy, it's much glossier in the light and the coloring is whiter. The two are neck in neck, softness wise.<br />
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Like the big ebony powder brush, there's a matching set of six ebony handled eye brushes. While I enjoy the variety of shapes, I find that the perimeters of the brush heads are not very refined, and are just a tad bit poofier than I like. Even when I shape them with my fingers while wet, they fluff out a bit too much during the drying period. Usually I let them dry like 50-90% then put small eye brush sized brush guards over them.<br />
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These are my five brushes from the Claret series. One I have two of, the very nice weasel, not quite on the same level Kolinsky but a close cousin. Wonderfully slick and uniform hairs with exceptional resilience. On the far right is a small little detail brush made of the same weasel. The black goat brush is an under utilized shape, I wish there were more rounded domes around this size on the brush market. It's great for buffing in concealer, contouring the nose, sheering out a base of cream eye shadow all over your eyelid. It reminds me a lot of Hakuhodo J214 though the black goat is a bit coarser.<br />
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Lastly, there's an over sized highlight /powder brush that's made from Energy's XGF (Xi Guang Feng), one of the top tiers of goat. It's definitely softer than my rephr and Koyudo white goat brushes, but not quite as pleasant as my Tom Ford or Hakuhodo. It's a bit loose in the bundling though, a denser packing of the hairs would make it even greater. One thing to note, while I love these brushes, they did smell pretty damn awful when they first arrived. Like strong adhesive and even stronger perfume, no doubt a mistaken attempt to cover up the chemical odor. It went away after three good washes.<br />
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Camellia series set. These were slightly mothball-y when they arrived, but it washed away after two cleanings like my Tanseido brushes. I don't hold that against brush manufacturers, gotta do what you gotta do to keep moths from devastating your stock of natural hairs. This is not the softest of the Energy brushes that I have, but they're still far superior to the likes of Morphe or Zoeva and are far denser than MAC brushes. Though the hairs are bit coarser than the rest, they are actually whiter and glossier in appearance than my other Energy brushes. There's a brow brush in this set too, but I misplaced it so it didn't make this group photo. It's bristles are firm but smooth, it is densely packed but doesn't draw the sharpest lines.<br />
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These four curved handled brushes with carved out sections are my newest additions, the other brushes I have had for years but these I picked up on my last trip to China. The big weasel round brush is a delight - so often brushes like this are flattened but the curved thick edge of this brush is really unusual. The dyed goat brush next to it isn't as thick, but it is amazingly soft - I triple checked the listing after I bought it with my mom's Taobao account when I was in Shanghai that it wasn't squirrel, it just blew me away with how fluffy and silken it was. The brow and lash combo comb isn't bad, there were a few hairs on the stiff boar bristle side that were a couple millimeters longer than the rest - the precision isn't quite there. The spoolie is so-so (but nicer quality than my Chikuhodo R series one which had a loose spinning ferrule), it's main attraction was the price. I want to say that the spoolie and lash comb were only about $3 each or so, if memory serves. </div>
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On the left is one of the best offerings from Energy, a goat contour brush that is super dense and has a slightly curved profile. I like using this brush to undercut my cheekbones for some really sharply defined cheekbones. I find that fluffier ones can really move the product further around than I want contour to go, but this one creates a knife sharp shadow. I use this with contour powders that are lightly pigmented, you wouldn't want to have to blend too much with this brush. It just isn't very well suited for that. The three remaining brushes are also goat, but white goat.<br />
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The one second from the left brush is close to Hakuhodo 5515BKsL but not as soft (but priced really well, I think it amounted to $5), the second from the right has softer hairs and has a shape that you don't see too much in western brushes - pointed blender. It's compact enough to place color in shallow creases but can also smudge out shadow placed on the lash line or blend in the outer corners of hooded eyes. Great brush! The small pencil I like but I frequently misplace because of how short it is, it just gets lost in my brush jars.<br />
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One thing to note, I've heard from other people that some of the silver logo can wear away (nothing new to us Hakuhodo lovers, eh?), <a href="https://www.instagram.com/projectswatch/"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Emi @projectswatch</span></a> showed me how the logo on her squirrel brush had faded away pretty much completely. I think this may vary from series to series within the brand, my selections tend to be etched and inlaid with silver rather than silver stamped on top of lacquer. Or they are laser etched without any inlay at all. I have four silver inlaid brushes and so far none of them have had the logo rub away even though I've had them for about 2-3 years each. Fingers crossed they stay that way.<br />
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My top picks from this brand are the large ebony face brush, the weasel brushes from the Claret series, the contour brush with the straight black handle, and all of the long handled brushes with the facets (second to last photo). However, if you were getting brushes for a beginner, the Camellia series ain't half bad either for the price. They were $35ish when I bought them for the set and much less scratchy compared to the Zoeva, Morphe that I've tried.<br />
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I do think that the brushes Energy does best are the ones that are original to the brand. Yeah, they make good imitations of Hakuhodo Vermilion brushes at a much more agreeable price, but it doesn't leave a great taste in my mouth. I like original, unique work!<br />
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The best place to buy Energy Brushes is Taobao, in terms of price. The downside to Taobao is that not every product is available on the international versions of the website, and navigating the mainland China version is quite the hassle, not to mention the fees + shipping if you utilize a buying agent. The easier option is AliExpress, Energy has <a href="https://energy.aliexpress.com/store/2489006?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000002.2.14e13b2065qdZp"><span style="color: #a64d79;">an official store there</span></a>, but there can be quite a bit of markup for each brush and the prices fluctuates wildly. I usually add things to my cart and wait for a sale, brushes can go down over 50% from their starting list price.<br />
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Overall, Energy is a lesser known brand that I think many people would enjoy if they were the sample the right brushes from their various lines.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Insane amount of brushes were all purchased by me, with the exception of the one pink handled brush which was a freebie. For additional information, please refer to my Disclosure Policy. </span>Mimi (MakeupWithdrawal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00812269014808419212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106164687637449154.post-16454081457412266242020-02-11T15:09:00.002-08:002020-02-11T15:09:46.269-08:00Review: Amika Reset Products<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last summer I tried out a mini set of Amika products, I want to say it was a GWP Sephora code that offered a deluxe duo of Amika Reset Pink Charcoal Scalp Cleansing Oil and Exfoliating Jelly Shampoo. I liked them so much that I ended up buying the full sized products.<br />
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Let's talk about the two products in the order that they're meant to be used. Amika Reset Pink Charcoal Scalp Cleansing Oil is a slightly pink tinted syrup that works as a pre-cleanse for your scalp. It's too thick to really be considered a true oil, it's flow is halfway between honey and canola oil. The first few times I found it a little tricky to apply to my scalp, my fine hair made it feel like the product was sticking everywhere and not spreading very well.<br />
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I found that sectioning my hair with a wide tooth comb in 2.5cm sections and squeezing the bottle along the part made application the easiest. After covering my scalp, I then followed the directions to massage my head and hair roots. The Reset Cleansing Oil lightly foams up when it comes into contact with water and with further massaging inside the shower.<br />
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The Amika Reset Exfoliating Jelly Shampoo is a lot easier to work with, once your hair is wet it's a breeze to apply to your scalp. Actually, "jelly" isn't super accurate here either, when I think of something with a jelly texture, I think of a product with a bit of a jiggle. This is pretty close to regular shampoo but with more of a stringy quality you'd see in snail skincare products and it is pink and grainy.<br />
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The sandy bits inside Reset Jelly Shampoo are pink clay and sea salt. If you're familiar with <a href="https://rstyle.me/+rYr3S7pb_68z4CrRCiMzrw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Christophe Robin Purifying Scalp Scrub with Sea Salt</span></a>, well the grains are a much smaller grade in the Reset Jelly Shampoo. It's much easier to massage into your head and it doesn't feel as rough as some of those big CR salt particles. I much prefer Amika's scrub in every single aspect possible: I'm not left with a squeaky clean residual feeling, the scrub is gentler on the root of my hair, the price is lower, just all around better.<br />
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Once both products have been rinse clean, I apply conditioner like normal (either <a href="https://rstyle.me/+jQR0QpmUVbtWwqrhG45reQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Design Essentials Express Instant Moisture Conditioner</span></a> or <a href="https://rstyle.me/+fQd0u9ecYek9Bdcz8wWtrA"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amika Soulfood Mask</span></a>, if my hair is super distressed I'll go for <a href="https://rstyle.me/+RopdrRdGH8OfphYLAvBtpA"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Amika the Kure Repair Mask</span></a>). Both Reset products contain the signature Amika scent; a vanillic, ambery sort of smell but it's very faint compared to other Amika offerings. The Reset Cleansing Oil also has a faint whiff of something that smells like pool water on top of that Amika scent, I actually like it a lot because vanilla isn't my cup of tea (not that chlorinated pool water is my thing, but the combo is oddly alluring).<br />
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Individually, I find the Amika Reset Cleansing Oil and Jelly Shampoo to be pretty good, not bad at all. But used together, they're fantastic! They leave my scalp clean but not dry or flaky, my hair has so much more body and is thoroughly degreased - usually I gotta wash my head every day or have the most limp hair you've ever seen, but with the Reset duo I can skip a day. I like to use this dynamic duo about once every 10 days or so. Any more frequent and I'd worry about how the mildly abrasive Jelly Shampoo is treating my locks - I also go really light handed when I'm massaging it in for the same reason.<br />
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Happy 2020!<br />
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My first post this year is a shorter one. Just some items I like.<br />
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Thick, gives hair a lot of moisture without feeling oily. My fine hair takes on a surprising amount of volume with this. Vanilla/amber signature Amika scent.</div>
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<b><a href="https://rstyle.me/+y8NCBuBRJK6j5A5bPzLNRw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Energy M102</span></a>, ~$10</b><br />
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This large weasel hair brush has a lovely curvature, it's far from the flat mops you typically see with large eye shadow brushes. It hugs the eye, I get nearly as much enjoyment as I do out of Energy's weasel as I do Kolinksy.<br />
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<b><a href="https://rstyle.me/+XUr0uk7NIs2xm9HF8HZFCA"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Koyudo Yoshiki L brush</span></a>, $23</b></div>
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One of the best brushes you can get for under $25. Chubby pencil that comes to a proper taper. Dense. I use both the sides and the tip. </div>
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<b><a href="https://rstyle.me/+zxr-9Q3XnazdXl4TJgvNag"><span style="color: #a64d79;">The Ordinary 30% AHA + 2% BHA Peeling Solution</span></a>, $7.20</b><br />
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Technically not something I like (I've sworn off The Ordinary) but something my spouse likes. He doesn't exfoliate much but on weekends he's been using this treatment. Effective and a pretty blood red color.<br />
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<b><a href="https://rstyle.me/+xxsTnKiu6W8cyDWEdjM36A"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Urban Decay Fireball Eye Shadow</span></a>, $20</b><br />
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I fell back into love with this shadow in 2019. Great as a blush topper and a very pretty eye shadow. It's peach with a pearly pink flash.<br />
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<b><a href="https://rstyle.me/+9GHL2ujtG-9a4aMtZWmwUw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Bioderma Atoderm Moisturizing and Cleansing Oil</span></a>, $~20</b><br />
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Nice mild oil body cleanser that doesn't strip skin. Has a strong floral-green scent though. Doesn't emulsify very much. The value size will last you a long time.<br />
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<b><a href="https://rstyle.me/+tTUyI0oIe4bpqWxlGfSmNg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Nooni Marshmallow Whip Maker</span></a>, $6 and <a href="https://rstyle.me/+87xy4gMdxVm-gzGbXzsO0A"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Purito Defense Barrier pH Cleanser</span></a>, ~$10</b><br />
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Eczema on my hand is acting up with the frequent washing I've been doing and it's nice to have something to make my suds in one place and spare my hands. A tiny bit of water will suffice, plunge up and down for a thick cushiony foam.<br />
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Purito's cleanser is inexpensive and functional. Less drying for me than Cosrx's gel cleanser. Barrier friendly with a pH of 5.5. Has a citrus + tea tree (natural) scent. Liquidy clear gel. This is my 4th tube.<br />
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That's it for this round up! What are some things you've liked lately? Have you tried any of the things mentioned?<br />
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I've had Nabla Soul Blooming for six months and it's about time I reviewed it! During this time, I really put this palette through its paces.<br />
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Soul Blooming is housed in a cardboard palette, with slight embossing on the exterior. The palette contains a mirror, not that I ever use it.<br />
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I was really eager to get this palette, though I'm all set on warm matte shades, I thought the shimmers were unusual and I would have a fun time coming up with ways to use them. There was one shade that stood out to me above all others, Honey Drop. I couldn't get over how this large flecked golden-copper shade looked in the swatches that I saw online.<br />
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Swatched over primer.<br />
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Here's another shot in a darker setting, I think this shows Honey Drip to a greater advantage. It doesn't just reflect gold, the sparkle is gleaming orange despite how it looks in photos.<br />
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The mattes in this palette are super smooth and fine. They're a joy to apply! The shade Flowery, the cool periwinkle does look darker on the skin and over primer than it does in pan, and I found that the more I blended with it, the dingier it became. The other mattes blend really well, as do the shimmers, aside from Honey Drip. Honey Drip is chunky and a bit compressed in the pan, I find this is pretty typical for large particle eye shadows in a clear base. It's more fussy and definitely requires a sticky base like Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy to adhere well and to show off its gleam.<br />
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The duochrome shade Garden Gate (top row, the swatch on the furthest right) is not as nearly as duochrome as it looks in the pan. The flash of teal is very muted, I think if bold duochromes are your cup of tea, you're better off buying a full pan of the Nabla shade Alchemy.<br />
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As much as I enjoyed the application of these eye shadows, there was a big drawback for me. These shadows don't last very long on me. Most of the time I don't mention wear time in my reviews because I have no issues hitting the 8-10+ hour mark with primer, but I found that these shadows just faded away into oblivion by hour 4.<br />
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Here's quite a few looks I came up with using this palette.<br />
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Here on the upper lid I used Flowery and Anemone, Garcon and Caravaggio on the lower lid.<br />
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This look was based on one that <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lavieencosmetiques/?hl=en"><span style="color: #a64d79;">@lavieencosmetiques</span></a> did.<br />
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This look used a lot of Flowery, plus Middle Karma and Gea in the transition. Topped with Honey Drop.<br />
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This look used a lot of Garden Gate on the top lid. It's just more subtle than I would like, but I guess it makes it a better choice for work/school settings.<br />
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Here I've done a pastel look by lightly blending Flowery with Bolero, with a little bit of Gea and Chamomile.<br />
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Intensely warm glitter look with Caravaggio, Garcon, and Honey Drop on the top lid. The bottom lid features Anemone mixed with Inglot Duraline. Duraline does help the colors stay, but the wetness of it did change the colors a bit. In this case, indigo became a darker purple.<br />
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I love the color scheme so much, it's a shame that the shadows just don't last on me. I used this palette over and over again to the same results. I tried different primers to no avail. I'm not ready to destash this palette yet, I love Honey Drip so much that this whole palette is worth having just for that one shade. Luckily it needs glitter adhesive, thanks to a sticky base I'm able to get a much longer wear time out of it compared to the other shadows in this palette. I use it all the time! If I could find a dupe for it though, Soul Blooming would be goners.<br />
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It's a shame the shadows in this palette don't last for me. It would have been perfect otherwise.<br />
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Nabla Soul Blooming Palette is <a href="https://rstyle.me/+Vr5JWpWDpMR8P-Ak2z5pVA"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$45 from BeautyBay</span></a>, I bought it on sale when it was 36ish.<br />
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<br />Mimi (MakeupWithdrawal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00812269014808419212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106164687637449154.post-53153855519499428502019-11-26T16:50:00.001-08:002019-11-26T16:50:22.496-08:00Review: Anastasia Beverly Hills Eye Primer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I want to review the Anastasia Beverly Hills Eye Primer which I've been using intermittently over the last few months.<br />
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ABH Eye Primer comes in a silver tube with a pointed dispensing tip. When I read the reviews on Sephora, quite a few of them mentioned that the tube can dispense way more than you anticipate it will. With that in mind, I store mine upside down in a brush storage cup with the tip facing upwards and have had no issues with the product gushing out.<br />
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Unlike the sheer eye primers I typically use (think Urban Decay Primer Potion, Milani Eyeshadow Primer, Too Faced Shadow Insurance), ABH Eye Primer is quite opaque, and it's much more cool and white compared to my NC20-25 skin. It reminds me of Rouge Bunny Rouge's primer (PR sample), only that one is particularly unflattering and really emphasizes flakes and fine lines on your eyelid that don't really exist. ABH Eye Primer is a bit more forgiving. Due to the opacity, it makes a phenomenal product for cutting creases.<br />
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Left column is bare skin, middle column is VDL Expert Primer for Eyes, right is ABH Eye Primer. Top to bottom I used: Deep Shade from Pat McGrath Labs Subversive, Natasha Denona Cool Bronze, Cozzette Prince.<br />
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Colors darken the most over the siliconey VDL, it just fills in the gaps better on the skin. While mattes, satins, pearls, foils etc look better on a silicone primer, I think the Anastasia Beverly Hills Eye Primer is a great choice for matte neons or vivids:<br />
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The pale beigey whiteness of the primer really makes these shades from the Viseart Editorial Brights Palette pop. But note how you can easily spot the primer on the bottom half of my hand. It looks dry and a little cakey.<br />
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Here I used it just on my mobile lid, it stops right before I get to the pear green color. I didn't want to go all the way up the eyebrow and couldn't think of where else I could hide the demarcation.<br />
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I wish this primer came in more shades, given that it has such high coverage. When I see it used by those with darker skin tones (and on me too), it jumps out at me that wearer is using it, escalating the look to 'IG makeup' levels. Don't get me wrong, I personally love lots of eye shadow, no shame there. Many people don't apply quite so much day to day (nothing wrong with liking less makeup either) offline, a jarring contrast between very visible eye primer from lash to brow and skin tone takes the look to another plane that doesn't appeal to everyone. If I only use it on part of the look, you can easily tell because part of the eye shadow will appear much cooler and white based than the rest. Having medium and dark versions of this primer would really help keep looks on the more subtle side, if one were to desire that, particularly if melanin rich folks want to use it for negative space looks or nude cut creases.<br />
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I like that this opaque primer keeps colors very vibrant and true to pan, but I do find that it makes my eye lids look dry. I use it to cut creases or patted on the mobile lid over my regular sheer eye primer (<a href="https://rstyle.me/+hd2grgUQJSKddkOZBKPuwQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">VDL Expert Color Primer for Eyes</span></a>) if I really want an ultra bright, highly chromatic look but I find that a tad excessive and I don't do cut creases all that often. I don't like to use it by itself but on its own, ABH Eye Primer gives me about 8-12 hours of crease free eye makeup, depending on the formula of the eye shadow.<br />
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Anastasia Beverly Hills Eye Primer is <a href="https://rstyle.me/+nyyTSSCbzhH8uwvVIyprjw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$23 for the full sized tube</span></a> (15ml) at Beautylish. Sephora seems to be out of it at the moment, but they do have <a href="https://rstyle.me/+qqPDKYPKPb1xs1w6bwLEVw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">a mini size for $13</span></a> (7ml) which is more than a sufficient amount for me, I think this will last years with my rate of usage. I'm not sure I will rebuy.<br />
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Last month I made a couple trips to Ulta in search of a newly released palette from Makeup Revolution, <a href="https://rstyle.me/+DStUUpIKYrPoe2frD-YJTg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">the Alexis Stone Transformation Palette</span></a>. I adore transformative toppers, since I already have quite a few matte eye shadows, it opens up the possibilities for endless combinations of color just waiting to be discovered.<br />
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Packaging wise, this comes in a matte cardboard that collects dents easily. It's thicker than most palettes I have, and comes in a formation you don't see very often; one row of seven shadows.<br />
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Here are swatches applied over eye shadow primer. In no way is this sufficient hold for these migrating particles. Photo was taken under indirect light, it's a bit cooler than the other two photos here.<br />
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Here's swatches over a sticky primer and the bottom row is over black eyeliner so that you can really see the shiftiness. These were taken in direct sunlight, mid afternoon.<br />
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Numbered from left to right, corresponding to the pans in the palette: 1 has a translucent base and pink to white gold flecks. 2 has carnelian red sheer base with blue shifting to lavender. 3 has a light magenta base with blue to pink shifting flecks. 4 has a translucent base with blue to turquoise to pink flecks. 5 is the most opaque shadow of the bunch, it has a blue base that is pearly looking, combined with with blue to purple shimmer and larger flecks. 6 looks like your typical green/brown duochrome but the base is more rusty red you would guess from looking at the pan, and instead of shimmer, the micro glitter particles are on the larger side. 7 is another translucent base, with gold flecks.<br />
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2, 3, and 6 have more of a tinted base than a opaque one which lets the sparkle really shine. Although full opacity is definitely possible, over a thin coat of sticky base (using Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy here), I'm able to get it opaque with no issues.<br />
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I like that these shadow toppers don't smell the way some of the other Makeup Revolution palettes do (a couple of my previous ones had a baby powder scent that I couldn't stand). They contain some gorgeous color shifting flecks, not unlike Pat McGrath pigments. And like Pat McGrath flecks, it would be an absolute folly to not use a glitter adhesive like <a href="http://fyrinnae.com/powders-primers/pixie-epoxy/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy</span></a>, <a href="https://rstyle.me/+b1HMdB4RO-p8T2a0G9z4Dw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Too Faced Glitter Glue</span></a>, or <a href="https://rstyle.me/+cBk18mCvBBPg-2FTdsvE3A"><span style="color: #a64d79;">NYX Glitter Primer</span></a>.<br />
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Here I've used Viseart Milieu as the supporting mattes with the topper shade 4.<br />
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I took this one on my cell phone and had to crop it down, it looks very textured with the whole 72 dpi thing going on. But color accurate! I've used Natasha Denona Mini Lila, Pat McGrath Ultra Violet, KVD Alchemist shade Amethyst, Alexis Stone Transformation Palette shades 3 & 5.<br />
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This is using a shade from Viseart Dark Mattes paired with topper 6 from the Alexis Stone Palette.<br />
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Viseart Warm Mattes for the orange and brows, plus shade 5 from MRx AS.<br />
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There's a flaw to this palette, the shadows slick over and hard pan very easily. If you swatch this in person at an Ulta, there's a high chance that due to the fingerprint oils of those who touched it before you and the synthetic oil laden formula of the shadows, the pans will already be very solid. I could see how it would lead one to think that these aren't very pigmented. The blue shade number 5 is particularly susceptible to hard panning, the shades comprised of just flecks (1, 4, and 7) are a bit drier in feel and less likely to do this. An earlier palette I had, the MR x Soph X palette was the same way, almost all of the shimmer shades started to hard pan after just a few uses. I tend to use a coarser goat haired brush or (gasp) a sponge tipped applicator rather than slick Kolinksy or smooth synthetic fibers, both of which pack down the eye shadow pan even more. I would also recommend a zigzag motion when picking up the eye shadow from the pan rather than a straight swipe. I wouldn't accept this from a palette at a higher price point, but at $15 I'm ok with it.<br />
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At any other price, you would hear grumbling coming out of me but at $15 for seven shades (and don't forget your Ulta coupon if you're in the US, to bring it down to $11.50), I'm happy with it. You don't often see color shifting flecks at that price point. I can forgive the hard panning. I can look past the need to use a wet adhesive since I'm already on board the glitter glue train anyways.<br />
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The Makeup Revolution x Alexis Stone Transformation Palette is $15 <a href="https://rstyle.me/+DStUUpIKYrPoe2frD-YJTg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">at Ulta</span> </a>and also available on <a href="https://rstyle.me/+enBDmPUY3i897-ZWwWSTaQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">BeautyBay</span></a> (priced at $13 there).<br />
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I'm quite fond of Natasha Denona mini quints, with my latest purchase of Mini Gold I now have four out of six of them. I rarely pan shadows so the smaller amount of eye shadow suits me just fine and the mini palettes often feature the shades that I was the most interested in from their larger counterparts. Win-win, in my book. </div>
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Natasha Denona Mini Gold offers a selection of golden shadows, but I think the shade that stood out from this color story is the pea green shade called Bia. It's a tricky color, I found that in person it looked much less saturated compared to product launch photos. My DSLR makes it look more brown that it really is, on my eye it pulls much more sage. </div>
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This quint comes in gold casing, just like Mini Star.<br />
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I still think that ND's quints are far too delicate to travel with. I actually don't have a single quint that doesn't have a broken shade (altogether I have 13 mini and full sized quints). The middle shade is of the metallic finish, it is so creamy and airy - much more than usual. <i>Too</i> creamy and airy.<br />
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Last week I accidentally pushed a brush into the pan with a bit too much pressure and a huge chunk of the pan was dislodged. At least it can be easily repaired, alcohol isn't even needed. I only needed to press the loose shadow down and it comes together.<br />
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Indoors, indirect lighting. Left to right: Lodge, Dark Sepia, D'Or, Bia, and Antheia.<br />
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Outdoors, directly under the sun. Both these sets of swatches are over primer.<br />
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Indirect lighting again. Left to right: Bia, Devinah Courtney, Viseart Dark Mattes (olive in the lower right corner), D'Or, Pat McGrath Labs Gold Pigment 005, Antheia, Looxi Gravity, Inglot AMC 84 Pigment. All shades swatched over primer, the shimmery shades are over NYX Glitter Primer.<br />
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I thought I might have shades close to Bia but when I pulled out my pea green mattes, they were absolutely nothing alike. Bia is much more sage green and is more saturated on the skin than it is in the pan. I don't have anything close to D'Or, in the pan it looks like Pat's Gold 005 but it has a bronze base that lends it warmth. The only one that was close was Looxi Gravity and the ND Mini Gold shade Antheia, though Antheia has larger particles of sparkle and is cooler. The Inglot pigment is much flashier and has more duochrome shift.<br />
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The mattes are excellent, like Mini Nude they have a silk smooth texture and are pigmented. It's a definite step up from Mini Lila, the matte shades in that purple quint skipped a bit more. The only shade that is a bit of a let down is Dark Sepia. It looks like it has fine shimmer in the pan, but if you try to blend it by itself over primer, it loses all shine and looks quite dull. Early swatches from Trendmood had me thinking that it had a definite silvery sheen, but in person I did not find that to be the case. The only way I found to boost its shimmer a tiny bit was to use it on top of a dark shadow, like below.<br />
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Here I've used a dark brown from Viseart Milieu as the base, and applied Dark Sepia on top. If you try to blend it around at all, it disintegrates into a murky mess. Highly recommend using it on top of a matte shadow and to only pat Dark Sepia on top. On the lower lash line is Antheia, used the rusty-tan shades in Viseart Milieu (top right) to blend it outwards.<br />
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Here I used a light sweeping of Lodge as the transition, Bia darkens the outer V and the shiny center of the eyelid is D'Or.<br />
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Again, pulled out Viseart Milieu to back up ND Mini Gold. D'Or on the center of the lid.<br />
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Here I've used Bia all over the lid, a touch of D'Or in the inner corner and used Dark Sepia as the liner for both upper and lower lids.<br />
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And for this look, I used all five shades. The camel shade Lodge for transition, a touch of Bia on the mobile lid. Over it, I used Antheia and as a focal shade, D'Or in the center. Dark Sepia darkens inner and outer corners.<br />
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Overall I love this little quint, the colors (other than Dark Sepia) are my jam. The shade D'Or is really quite captivating and though Antheia is more subtle for a duochrome, it's also beautiful. The only thing that is starting to irk me is how frail Natasha Denona eye shadows are. I don't think I'll be grabbing one of the bigger palettes, it's just too great of of a risk - all my eggs in one basket kind of thing. I can easily imagine myself dropping the Sunrise Palette (what a thing of beauty) and the shimmer shadows completely falling out of the pan.<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+uLiaWchMVuN1PEWPZYszzw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Natasha Denona Mini Gold Palette is $25</span></a>.<br />
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While I'm generally attracted to very vivid cheek products, there were some colors that I didn't have among my blushes, and I didn't want to go buy shades that may not have been worn very much. Outliers. So I tried to make do with some shadows I already had. </div>
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Left to right: Mehron Red Earth, Mehron Inferno, Cozzette Infrared, Cozzette Prince, Colourpop Paradiso, Urban Decay Firebird, Colourpop The Scorpion Pigment, Colourpop Animal Supershock, Colourpop Exotic Supershock<br />
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I selected shades in every finish; matte, pearly, shimmer, and coarser glitter.<br />
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I also pulled out some colors that were more in the vein of bronzer and highlight. Starting with the OCC pigment, going clockwise: OCC Color Concentrate Powder in Smote, Stila Wheat, MUFE (old, old version) 165, and Stila Golightly<br />
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Here I'm wearing all four of the neutral shades. MUFE 165 as the contour, Stila Wheat as the highlight. Used Smote and Golightly to carve out some cheekbone definition. </div>
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Here I topped off actual blushes (Surrat Cantaloup, NARS Taj Mahal, and an Essence red blush) with the pink sheen of Urban Decay Firebird. Glorious combination, I loved this!<br />
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On my right cheek (left side of the pic) I'm wearing Colourpop The Scorpion pigment. This makes for a terrible blush! There's no binders/emollients in the powder and it does not apply well to the cheeks at all. Actually it doesn't apply well to the eyelid either, I've pretty much written it off as a rubbish product all around.<br />
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On my left cheek I have a gradient of Mehron Inferno, Cozzette Infrared, and Colourpop Paradiso. Paradiso took some extra buffing to smooth into the cheek, but the two matte shades were effortless with a squirrel brush (as effortless as something with high pigment can be, when applied to the cheeks).<br />
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The general trend was that the less shimmer a product had, the easier it crossed over for cheek use. All the mattes were easy to work with, but shimmers took more buffing and some of the base color was often lost. Finer shimmer/pearl flattered me more than the chunkier particles, which would often highlight my pores. I had no luck with the two Colourpop Supershocks, even though the base product itself is creamy and blends well (er, well fresh Supershocks do. Mine are kind of old and it was a chore), the chunky glitter is a nightmare.<br />
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I enjoyed pulling out some shadows that hadn't gotten enough love over the last few years and repurposing them for the cheeks even though not every shade was a success. I think I'll use MUFE 165 up as contour and Urban Decay is now being reached for much more often, now that I know how nice it looks as a topper.<br />
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Earlier this month, I wrote a post about my favorite discontinued and hard to find eye shadows. I lied to you. I knew even as I hit the "Publish" button on the post that I was lying to you. That post wasn't the complete list. I had such a hard time narrowing down my favorites that I saved the last five, the best five, for a separate post.<br />
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Kat Von D Devotion, Rock & Republic Lawsuit, Fyrinnae Dressed To Kill, Pat McGrath Labs UltraViolet Blue Pigment, Pat McGrath Labs Astral White Pigment<br />
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Fyrinnae Dressed to Kill<br />
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This was from my first indie eye shadow order ever! This little pot is around 9 years old. One of my favorite colors, it has a matte deep green base topped with bright gold and multicolored sparkle. This was before Fyrinnae started using more binders in their eyeshadows, it's not as elegant to apply as Fyr shades are today. You have to pat this one on. I have half a mini pot left but I won't be as heartbroken when (if?) I ever complete this shadow, new Fyr is so much easier to work with.<br />
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Rock & Republic Lawsuit<br />
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The whole brand cosmetics brand doesn't even exist anymore, which is too bad because in addition to making some interesting eye shadow shades (for its time, in terms of what was commonly available and the price bracket), R&R made the best blushes. Lawsuit was one of my first duochrome shades and I still love it more than most of the green/brown flipping shades available today. I like how the brown isn't a reddish color but a deep, cooler bark brown. Also, the green shimmer is very fine and not super prominent, this made it suitable for more occasions in my life compared to the high sparkle duochromes that I'm also rather fond of.<br />
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Kat Von D Devotion<br />
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Another discontinued duochrome favorite, from the brand whose figurehead has a troubling stance on vaccinations. These days orange duochrome eyeshadows are a lot easier to find, but at the time I couldn't find anything quite like it. I wish I also had picked up Stockholm, a teal with pink reflects (similar to the Fyrinnae Javan Rhino that I talked about in my last post on discontinued favorites). The formula on this is really quite nice - soft, smooth, and very creamy. This duochrome looks better applied with a silicone tipped brush or a finger, the green looks mote noticeable and the overall look is more satin. When patted it on, it looks more orange/gold, less contrast but more like shimmer.<br />
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Pat McGrath UltraViolet Blue Pigment<br />
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It is the cruelest thing in the makeup loving world that this eyeshadow only ever came in a kit that was priced at $130. Oh, and it was limited edition. Sadly, it seems this shade was never intended to be accessible from the get-go. It's a beautifully vivid indigo with purple pearl, as well blue to purple shifting sparkle. It stains sometimes if I really pack it on and use a medium liquid like Inglot Duraline but I forgive it. The color is so spectacular that I'm willing to overlook a lot. The closest thing I have seen like it is probably the shade Hazmat from <a href="https://rstyle.me/+8B9GQUOWr1pJOYb"><span style="color: #a64d79;">the new Melt Radioactive Palette</span></a>.<br />
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Pat McGrath Astral White Pigment<br />
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Another pigment that came in that LE UltraViolet Blue set. I didn't give two hoots about this shade until I had it in my hands. That's because 0% of the photos that exist on the internet can do this shade justice, I had written it off when I was browsing. It's entirely translucent, comprised of large particle sparkle that flashes aqua to blue, when applied over glitter adhesive (you must, you simply must. Mother's chunky pigments will not suffer those who don't buy into sticky bases) it appears to have a pink/lavender sheer base.<br />
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I think out of the five, the two Pat McGrath shades are really the ones that stand out. For KVD Devotion, I have Colourpop Moonwalk which is like a burnt orange version. Pat McGrath Labs Gigabyte (from the Subversive MOTHERSHIP) has the same kind of shimmer, though without the sooty base, it's a pretty different beast. Can you think of any possible dupes for these five shades?<br />
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Good afternoon! Today I have a spread of six products that I don't love but I wouldn't say I hated either. They're somewhere in the middle, but unsatisfactory enough that I wouldn't repurchase any of them.<br />
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Usually these products make a great post for the 50 Words or Less series, but I went way over the word count for a few of these products. Cutting down the descriptions left me feeling like there was simply more to say for each item.<br />
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Rouge Bunny Rouge Concealer 004 Brush<br />
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This is just a weird brush. It's a fluffy concealer brush and don't get me wrong, I'm currently loving soft fluffy brushes for concealing, particularly under the eyes. But this one just doesn't do it for me, I think I'd like it more if the hairs used had been a fine white goat. The rounded shape and the flatness are not the issue, just the choice of weasel which isn't that forgiving of a blend with liquid or cream concealers.<br />
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Bisyodo Alba Eyeshadow-B Brush,<a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOUED-42"> <span style="color: #a64d79;">$15 at CDJapan</span></a><br />
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This is my first and last Alba brush. I knew as soon as I picked it up that I wasn't going to like it very much, the handle is super lightweight to the point where it feels really flimsy in my hand. The white goat is ok, the white matte paint job is not. It's gotten a bit stained and scratches easily, I had this brush for a little over a year and I've gotten some serious gouges in it. I don't think any of my other brushes have ever gotten scraped like that before, not down to bare wood.<br />
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Christophe Robin Cleansing Mask With Lemon, <a href="https://rstyle.me/+TArU3t8nB8eIlmW1MwbX_g"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$49-69 at Sephora</span></a></div>
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I bought this at the start of the year, and it sat around for a while. I finally opened it over the summer when I started swimming and wanted something on the gentler side for rinsing out chlorinated water. This isn't it, as this product works much better on dry hair. On wet hair, I find that almost no sebum is removed from the scalp. </div>
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In a way, this reminds me of the mid 90's drugstore hair care - everyone was trying to squeeze shampoo and conditioner into one product, the result was something that was barely any good at either cleansing or conditioning. The texture isn't homogeneous, it straight up looks like dollops of pearly shampoo mixed with a watery cream conditioner. It doesn't really lather, it's also hard to tell when you've rinsed it out completely. </div>
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I bought this sampler from Sephora but it no longer seems to be available. First time trying the brand Berdoues. The little paper boxes that come with each perfume match the design on the full sized bottle. Something about the patterns reminds me of sheets of scrapbooking paper. </div>
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These perfumes are not complicated but they are not super interesting either. The majority of them are like a half step up from being linear, just doesn't morph around much. Pretty office friendly scents, their sillage is not great and the wear time is not long. I liked <a href="https://rstyle.me/+_iHrdPd2sgFoJSyZQbpBmQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Arz El-Rab</span></a> the best, a woody cedar scent with zesty ginger overtones tempered with powdery iris. </div>
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What the heck is astaxanthin? An antioxidant you've seen before but haven't put a name to; it's what gives flamingos and shrimp their color. I'm not sure how effective it is applied topically, I used this for six months (though admittedly not every day, with week long gaps on occasion) and my results were not visible to me through the naked eye. When digging around for info I found <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946307/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">this</span></a>, which talks about ingesting it, and with fats for greatest bioavailability.<br />
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Natasha Denona Mini Blush & Glow, <a href="https://rstyle.me/+zkRXBKw_KoWIiJZ5a5FNuQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$19 at Sephora</span></a>. </div>
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I bought this mini duo last year to give ND blushes a try. The powder formula is really soft and has a creamy feel to it. The pigmentation is very mild, I can't pick up enough product at all with a squirrel brush, definitely have to use a rougher goat to grab enough color for it to show up on my cheeks. </div>
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Anytime I glance at a mirror, I find that the grade of shimmer accentuates skin texture to look much worse than it actually is, this quality reminds me of the highlighters in NARS in the Unfiltered I palette. It's nice when my makeup looks well applied to other people, but more than anything I want it to look good to me!<br />
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These six products are ones that I wouldn't really recommend, but I'm not saying are the absolute worst either. There's just better things out there that deserve your money and attention.<br />
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Natasha Denona released a mini quint last December and I'm only now getting around to writing a review. I had saved the<a href="https://rstyle.me/+56IvOcwXIg2_Id40XvWzjg"> <span style="color: #a64d79;">Mini Nude palette</span> </a>for traveling during April & May and since it was the only eye shadow I brought, by the time we returned home I was a little tired of seeing the same five shades.<br />
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Mini Nude is decidedly warm, all five shades. If that is in your camp then palette is really quite nice! The mini Natasha Denona quints really seem to fall into two camps; excellent and barely ok. Mini Lila belongs in the former, Mini Star belongs to the latter. Happily this is as good as Mini Lila.<br />
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Bronzage is a gleaming foiled copper. Quoin is a peachy dark beige. Lumino is a very shiny, champagne sparkle in a sheer light peach base. Sienna has a warm brown base with particles that reflect light green/gold. Soil is a deep maroon. </div>
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Better shot of the sparkle shades, over a sticky base. Bronzage is so shiny, like a freshly minted penny. The colors are quite pigmented. You can build Lumino up to opacity but at the expense of uniformity and since the base blends into my skin tone, it looks more like a shadow. You mostly only see the shimmer. Sienna's particles are a little bigger than they are in Mini Lila's equivalent shade, Blue Dahlia. </div>
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The simplest look, here I used a light wash of Quoin all over the lid (very, very light), then applied my eyeliner and smudged it out. On the top lid I applied Sienna, on the bottom lid and outer corner I used a brush with a very tiny amount of Soil and blended it into Sienna.<br />
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I started out by buffing in the transitional color Quoin. I lined the eyes with brown eyeliner (using <span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://rstyle.me/+4EM6n9g7NLa0SpzezlyvEg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Shiseido MicroLiner Ink in Brown</span></a> </span>again) then smudged it out with a pencil brush that had some Soil on the tips. I darkened the inner and outer corners with Soil and blended outwards, used a finger to put Sienna on the center of the eyelid. </div>
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Natasha Denona sparkle shadows are fluffy and soft in the pan, and this makes them frightfully delicate. I have seven of the full sized quints and the experience is the same across the board. The shimmery shadows just seem to have a death wish, over time they just want to crack and fall out. This quint probably wasn't the best pick for traveling, the copper shade Bronzage broke when we reached Athens. In the future, I'll definitely be leaving my Natasha Denona shadows right at home.<br />
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I like this palette a tiny bit more than I liked Mini Lila, formula wise. The mattes in Mini Nude blend a little better. It's miles ahead of Mini Star, which so far is the most disappointing offering from the brand that I've tried so far. If you love warm shadows or have a contrasting eye color like green/blue/hazel that really pops with very warm shades, I think you'll enjoy this palette.<br />
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Natasha Denona Mini Nude Palette is <a href="https://rstyle.me/+56IvOcwXIg2_Id40XvWzjg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$25 at Sephora</span></a>.<br />
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A few months ago I wrote a post about my favorite eye shadows that were still available to purchase, today I have ten shadows that I adore but are discontinued or pretty much unobtainable at this point. </div>
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Some of these are old, some of these were limited edition, some are from overseas, and some of them are all of the above. </div>
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On top there's Laura Mercier Fire Glow. This was a limited edition shade from the Summer 2013 collection, called Folklore. It's a glittery copper that leans red orange. </div>
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In the middle I have the remnants of one of my first indie eye shadows, Fyrinnae Javan Rhino. It's a satiny aqua with light fuchsia sparkle. Essentially the eye shadow version of the (also discontinued) Rescue Beauty Lounge Aqua Lily nail polish. I only have a tiny bit left. </div>
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At the bottom we have Sigma Brown Eyed Girl. This single was from the first time around that Sigma made makeup, about 10 years ago. Back in my Makeup Alley days, this was a RAOK from a really kind user! The pan has broken numerous times and I've repressed it with alcohol, luckily it's stayed very buttery in texture. It's one of the most beautiful dark shimmery taupes ever. I love that it doesn't get overwhelmed by the base color, a lot of dark shimmers blend out to nothing but a disappointing streak of soot. </div>
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YSL Pure Chromatics No. 8. This has not one, but two of my favorite shadows that have gone the way of the dodo bird. I miss the YSL PC formula so much, I discovered them much too late, right as they were on their way out. It's dry and almost sandy, but it really shows the microglitter off to its greatest advantage. The peachy golden and oxidized copper are just gorgeous. </div>
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On the right I have two pigment pots, the top is L'Oreal Infallible in the shade Gleaming Bronze. An LE color. Compared to other golds & bronze shades in my collection, it leans more brassy, near olive/khaki. </div>
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Below that is the pot of WYCON Blooming Metal in Oro. WYCON is an Italian brand that hasn't really made it over the pond yet, in Italy you'll find stand alone WYCON stores. Unlike my other pressed pigment pots, I like how this one has a lot of binder ingredients and has a lot of slip.</div>
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The quint on the bottom features one of my favorite shadows from Natasha Denona. The Joya quint was limited edition during the 2017 holiday season, the shade is simply called Gold and I don't think it does it justice. It is a blindingly shiny yellow foil in a slightly darker goldenrod base that is barely discernible from the color of the sparkle. </div>
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These two shadows are also a throwback, they were from Fall 2016. On the left we have BK805 and on the right is BK806. They both came from the Etude House Budapest Collection, one of my absolute favorites from that brand.<br />
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BK805 is a shimmery grey lavender with subtle light gold duochrome, and BK806 is a light warm grey putty color with pearl pink duochrome. Both are really, really subtle and don't photograph well at all. In person, they don't give a sparkle look as much as they both just look like they glow. I use both of them when I'm in a hurry and only have time to swipe on a bit of shadow, they have a lot of dimension for a single shadow.<br />
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Left to right: Etude House BK805, Etude House BK806, Natasha Denona Gold, YSL Pure Chormatic 08, YSL Pure Chromatic 08, L'Oreal Infallible Gleaming Bronze, WYCON Metal Bloom Oro, Sigma Brown Eyed Girl, Laura Mercier Fire Glow, Fyrinnae Javan Rhino<br />
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Unfortunately, there's not a clear way to obtain any of these if they happen to catch your eye. Your best bet would be to watch eBay or a site like Poshmark, Glambot.<br />
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Edited: there's now a <a href="http://www.makeupwithdrawal.com/2019/09/5-more-favorite-discontinued-eye-shadows.html#.XYflqyhKiUk"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Part II to this post</span></a>, with my <i>most</i> favorite discontinued eyeshadows. In other words, I lied to you by omission.<br />
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What's your favorite discontinued/hard to find eye shadows? Can you think of any dupes for any of the shadows in this post?<br />
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<br />Mimi (MakeupWithdrawal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00812269014808419212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106164687637449154.post-59376756680566976472019-08-29T17:59:00.000-07:002019-08-29T17:59:04.247-07:00Brand Overview: Mizuho Brush<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I first started adding Mizuho brushes to my CDJapan cart two, maybe three years back. I liked them enough to buy a brush at a time but there were hits and misses in the range which kept me from wanting to make a big haul. Over the years I've ended up a handful of brushes, enough to do a bit of an overview.<br />
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Mizuho Brush artisans have been practicing their craft since the 70s in Kumano, the glorious motherland for fude lovers. Unlike other brush makers that have a focus on tradition (think <span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://rstyle.me/+5lS2bikWal7K1IeAaz0Nug"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Koyudo</span></a><span id="goog_1663952718"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1663952719"></span></span> and <a href="https://rstyle.me/+XK-OMmYFYP-jx1UwjiKJZQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Chikuhodo</span></a>, their lacquered seasonal handles), Mizuho feels really artist orientated to me. Each detail of the brushes seems to exist for not the casual user, but with makeup artists in mind. </div>
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I have one brush from the CMP range and the rest are from the MB line. </div>
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The MB lineup features very lightweight handles in a matte finish. The handles are medium in length, long enough for folks that grip closer to the end of the brush than they do the ferrule to hold this brush without it feeling off balance. I love hefty brushes, but for someone who is standing and working on other people's bodies and faces, this is a better weight to avoid hand and arm fatigue. The ferrule is sleek without any crimp lines. </div>
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Highlighting Brush MB114 (<a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOMZH-40"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$40 at CDJapan</span></a>)</div>
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This brush is really unique. I truly haven't come across anything remotely like it. There are two things interesting about this brush; the shape and the materials. This asymmetrical brush head is angled, but with a convex slope. It has some serious curves. This mix of hairs is unlike anything else I have, a blend of pine squirrel and pony- it's a bit rougher than I would like but it's particularly good with baked highlighters. This brush lays down highlighter perfectly at the apex of your cheekbone. The way the hairs move as you move back and forth is downright mesmerizing, it's like it's sashaying back and forth.</div>
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Liner Brush MB133 (<a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOMZH-46"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$14 at CDJapan</span></a>)</div>
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Argh, this brush. I adore its shape, the density and the fineness of the synthetic fibers mixed with weasel. It draws beautifully precise lines and the curve of the edge discourages skipping. Truly great design. But it's the only fude from Kumano that has ever had the ferrule pop off the handle (ok now I see how vital those ferrule crimps are). On the second wash too, so early in its life! I superglued it back on.<br />
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Lash Brush MB151 (<a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOMZH-48"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$10 at CDJapan</span></a>)<br />
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Concealer Brush MB161 (<a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOMZH-50"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$19 at CDJapan</span></a>)</div>
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I like this concealer brush a lot. Mizuho picks great synthetic fibers that are really well suited to the purpose of each brush type. The fibers in this brush come to a very fine flattened edge, with a slight curve that makes it a good choice for cutting creases, delicately skimming under the eye, and for tapping on top of blemishes. It's actually replaced the Japonesque concealer brush (of which I have two!) as my absolute favorite. </div>
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This brush surprised me when it arrived, I was picturing something with a flatter top. Like the Highlighting Brush, it has a very curved top. Similar shape to a <a href="https://rstyle.me/+I9vhqTde7jFO-xnaizXy2g"><span style="color: #a64d79;">MAC168</span></a> brush which most people use for cheek applications, only smaller and much more dense. I like that the small size means that it fits around my nostrils and easily between my eyebrows, but it does take a while to apply a full face of liquid or cream foundation with this brush. I think there's better tools for that, so I tend to use this for buffing out concealer on days I'm only trying to conceal discoloration. It's softer than Koyudo FuPa white goat but not as soft as Hakuhodo's white goat. </div>
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Blending Brush MB125 (<a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOMZH-52"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$26 at CDJapan</span></a>)<br />
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Essentially this is like a smaller, slimmer Chikuhodo GSN-09. It's a squirrel brush without very much resistance, suitable for dabbing/buffing eyeshadow in, because a patting motion will make the hairs splay and flex. I like this when I want to use a super pigmented shadow in the crease, but I want to soften the color and sheer it out so it's not so harsh.<br />
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My only brush from the CMP line, this blender is a bit different from all my other tapered blenders. The tapered tip is not rounded or bulbous, instead the outline of the shape is angular and the sides come to a straight edge. I really like how this brush can deposit color in the crease and blend without the eye shadow traveling too far upwards or outwards. It is however, a tad bit rougher than I would like. It's a mixture of grey squirrel and pony, and I just find pony hair to be really abrasive on the eyelid. </div>
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Have you heard of Mizuho Brush? As I understand it, the parent company also produces Shaquda Brushes - they have such lovely looking brushes that have a solid, single wooden handle that flows right into the ferrule.<br />
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A few weeks ago, I ordered the new <a href="https://musebeauty.pro/viseart-eyeshadow-slimpro-palette-14-neutral-mattes-2-milieu/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Viseart Neutral Mattes 2 Milieu Palette</span></a> when it launched at Muse Beauty Pro. Muse Beauty Pro had a 15% sale going on that really appealed to me, since I don't spend much at Sephora so it's unlikely I'll reach Rouge 20% anytime soon. 15% is as good as I'm going to get. I didn't spend much time debating it (I never do with Viseart!) and it arrived just a few days later. </div>
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This is my first Viseart palette in the new SlimPro packaging. While the thinner profile is nice and I like how the lid sits flush against the shadows, which I think offers better protection than the old packaging, I don't like how this new case doesn't click shut securely. The pans in this palette are removable from the magnetic slots but I don't dare pop out the pans, I can't maneuver the pans out without nicking them. I prefer the old cases, and not just because my palettes don't match now. Though the slight crookedness of the removable pans does make my soul itch. </div>
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I've written about Viseart many times before. It's one of my favorite matte eye shadow formulas, definitely my most worn matte shadows. When I'm doing my eye makeup, I tend to work in the "wet", as in I like to directly blend onto slightly damp primer and Viseart mattes are perfect for that. I do think that Rouge Bunny Rouge makes a slightly better matte shadow but the color range is not as extensive, particularly with warm colors. The only criticism I have of Viseart is that <i>technically</i> they also do make the worst matte shadow I've ever used - the matte pink in Cool Mattes Vol.1; it's chalky, powdery, faded, sticks to wrinkles/lines but not my eyelid (no matter how much priming!). But the one bad apple doesn't ruin the bunch for me. Overall Viseart still gets an A and Milieu falls in line with that. </div>
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This time around, I was looking to the pink for some sort of redemption. The pink, red, and the navy blue in the bottom row are a touch drier than the other shades (the way Dark Mattes is with that dark teal), while they're not as easy to blend as the other shades in this palette, I would say it only requires 10% more brush strokes to diffuse them to the same degree of evenness. Not that big of a deal to me, not nearly as bad as that dreadful pink from Cool Mattes 1. Overall the consistency in this palette is good, the Viseart that I know and love.</div>
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Here I used the burnt sienna in the second row (the second shade from the left) as well as the light cognac (top row, first shade from the right) for this cut crease. I also used the cool bark brown from the bottom row to smudge out the lower lash line. </div>
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This look used the light brown on the right side of the middle row, as well as the light cognac in the top row, plus the bark brown in the bottom row. Topped with Tom Ford Opale Cream Shadow For Eyes and Natasha Denona Nude shadow. </div>
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I really liked using Milieu as supporting shades to Melt's Smoke Sessions palette. The warm browns play nicely with those greens. Here I used the mustard color in the top row of Milieu, as well as both of the browns in the second row. From Smoke Sessions I used Black Widow and Sour Diesel (review of that palette <a href="http://www.makeupwithdrawal.com/2019/06/melt-cosmetics-smoke-sessions.html#.XWKmWOhKiUk"><span style="color: #a64d79;">here</span></a>).<br />
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Here I used the pale peach in the top row with the dark pink in the bottom row. The sparkle is Pat McGrath Night Creature from the Subliminal MOTHERSHIP (review <a href="http://www.makeupwithdrawal.com/2019/04/pat-mcgrath-labs-subversive-mothership.html#.XWKml-hKiUk"><span style="color: #a64d79;">here</span></a>).<br />
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Here I used the red and blue shades for an intense outer wing.<br />
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The color scheme of this palette reminds of a warm take on Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance but with a blue shade added in. I struggled with this palette for a while. Due to the similarities to Warm Mattes, I felt like any look I wanted to execute I had already done. Another flaw with this palette is the lack of a lighter shade, you can't really highlight the brow bone area if your skin tone is fairer than NC/NW35. I found myself pulling out my powder foundation and other palettes like Neutral Mattes 1 every time I used Milieu in order to satisfy that need. A couple of the tan shades in Milieu look similar, I wish one of them would have been a pale buttercream or cooler light beige instead so that I could complete a look without pulling other products out.<br />
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In summary, if you don't have any other Viseart matte palettes and generally prefer warm colors, this palette is great. However, If you already have Warm Mattes (and even more so if you have Dark Mattes and Neutral Mattes 1 too, do we really need more burnt orange?), I think there's enough similarities where you just won't feel the need for Milieu. This isn't so much as something new to the Viseart lineup than it is a remix of existing shades and palettes.<br />
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Currently, Viseart Neutral Mattes 2 Milieu is available from <a href="https://musebeauty.pro/viseart-eyeshadow-slimpro-palette-14-neutral-mattes-2-milieu/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Muse Beauty Pro</span></a> but I'm certain it will be at other stockists soon. Viseart 12 pan palettes are $80 each.<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+zkUnPVAfuyNyg4fRdbPFVw"> <span style="color: #a64d79;">Milk Makeup Hydro Primer</span></a>, $15/30 for mini/full size.<br />
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I love this kind of sticky primer in theory - fantastic for skin that is easily dehydrated, for oily skinned folks it tackles grease and transforms it into glow. Unfortunately there's alcohol denat. in this and it burned like mad.<br />
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Not new to the oudh game but new to Montale's take on it, it's their house focus. Yikes! I found myself thinking (a bit cruelly, I admit) that if these insipid perfumes are the best they can do, perhaps it's time for a new focus. </div>
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The color range is fun, the price is great and these swatch decently on my hand. They're not really gel though. On my eye they flake a lot, it can be fixed with a bit of Inglot Duraline, but why should I do that extra work?</div>
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Invisible in one coat, it required 3ish coats to build up to what you see here. Flaked terribly during application, each subsequent coat would chunk up the previous one. Not sure how people on IG get their lashes looking so evenly vivid with this mascara!</div>
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Mimi (MakeupWithdrawal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00812269014808419212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106164687637449154.post-79787357869256951342019-07-22T11:56:00.001-07:002019-07-22T14:59:21.815-07:00A Few More Sun Products<br />
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Much as I hate to come to grips with it, summer is halfway over. I've tried six more sun protection products (seven if you count my longsleeve shirt with UPF50!) since my last sunscreen roundup at the start of the season. All mineral sunscreens and half of them made in the US.<br />
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I like the finish on this one a lot but you should know that it will need to rub quite vigorously and that it has quite the white cast. Once the sunscreen sets (couple of minutes) it won't rub in any further and on top of that, becomes quite difficult to remove with anything other than a cleansing oil. The drawback about the rubbing requirements is that it can make products pill that normally don't ball up, all that friction from the hand will push products that usually sit together nicely. There's been a few incidences where I noticed hours too late that I had a white patch on my ear or side of my neck that I missed, so for that reason I think I prefer the tinted version even though the finish of the Kids Botanical SPF 50 feels a little nicer to me.<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+nE_h5VmZggPA4Lq8k4facQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Australian Gold Tinted Mineral SPF 30, $14.99</span></a><br />
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Overall nice sunscreen. Good price point, great for oily skin. It's a little peachy compared to my skin color and has a tendency to make my face look a little white-pink, but for a mineral sunscreen it's really rather minimal. It's only noticeable when I wear it by itself so I pair this sunscreen with something that has at least a little bit of coverage like pressed powder foundation. The only true draw back for this sunscreen is that I need to wear a lot of moisturizer under it around my cheeks and mouth or else it'll dry those areas out spectacularly.<br />
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Left: Australian Gold Botanical Kids, center: Australian Gold Tinted, right: Paula's Choice On-the-Go Shielding Powder<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+GNVg73996q3sJxDV5CjwPw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Paula's Choice On-the-Go Shielding Powder Broad Spectrum SPF 30, $29</span></a><br />
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This is my first sunscreen in loose powder form. It comes in plastic tube (2.51g of product) with a clear end housing the powder, and a really soft synthetic brush. That was a big concern of mine, scratchy brushes are a non starter and several other powder sunscreens on the Dermstore website mentioned rough brush heads. I also really like how with this brush head I can take the bristles off to wash - just extend out the brush side and tug on the bristles, it's attached via a magnet.<br />
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It's hard to dispense a lot of this product, I only get the faintest dusting. I don't count on this as my main sunscreen but I think it's suitable for touch ups when my skin gets a little oily on low sun exposure days. The powder is translucent and disappears on my NC20-25 skin, with a satin finish.<br />
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I like the feel of this sunscreen, but I don't care for the scent. It has a soft, velvety matte feel to it once it's rubbed all over the skin. The scent is a brown sugar and vanilla type of perfume. My spouse really likes how it smells on me but I'm just not crazy about vanilla. It has a white cast but it rubs into the skin pretty easily.<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+eR9vJfEbkFjLtDeHYwTgtw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">COOLA Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30, $42</span></a><br />
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Another spray SPF. This one has matte finish once it's rubbed in and it has set. I think it's hilarious that Sephora's website calls it sheer because I've seen white spray paint that was more sheer than this stark white spray! The feel of this is slightly waxy, the matte feel is borderline drying. I think this one would be suitable for people with oilier skin on their bodies - while my face is combo, my body is on the very dry side so it wasn't a superb match for me. Of all the sunscreens I've tried, this is one of the most water resistant. The white cast is pretty strong and needs a lot of rubbing to blend in.<br />
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<a href="https://rstyle.me/+k-v4jancOZskTI3qmrvX6g"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sun Bum Mineral SPF 30 Lip Balm, $3.99</span></a><br />
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Most lip balms with SPF have chemical sunscreen in the US, but the most common chemical sunscreens give me really big cysts. I've been looking for a mineral one for a while, and found Sun Bum's version. Unfortunately it has a strong scent. It's not quite the same as the smell of the spray sunscreen, it's more coconut. I also dislike how it feels on my lips - chalky, waxy and it bunches up in the lines of the lip. Gross.<br />
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This spread of SPF taught me a few things. I tried out canister spray sunscreens and I can't say I like them very much. If I have to spread it around and rub it in with my hands anyways, it might as well come out of a smaller container. I do like how thin spray sunscreens are in texture, but I lose a lot to overspray and the bulky canisters aren't airplane-trip friendly. My spouse found out he loves sprays though, and I'm down for anything that encourages him to use suncreen all the time.<br />
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I also reaffirmed that I'm as scent-picky as ever, that hasn't faded over the years!<br />
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Earlier this year during the Sephora VIB sale (yikes, I guess it's been three months!) I picked up a pigment from the brand INC.REDIBLE. Glittery copper goodness in the form of the shade Just Do You. </div>
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Appearance wise, the product looks like Armani Eyes to Kill, L'oreal Infallibles, and WYCON eye pigments. Those pressed pigments came with a plastic tamping piece. Just Do You doesn't have this, which worries me a little - will it dry out? Already, this pot of Just Do You feels like a halfway dried out Colourpop Super Show Shadow. </div>
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The base is invisible and has some slip. It evades smooth bristles like synthetic and Kolinsky. The particles are medium sized, a bright shiny red copper with gold reflects. The best tool to apply this is your fingertip, for full opacity. </div>
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Left, over primer. Right, Just Do You over NYX Glitter Adhesive Primer.<br />
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Left to right (top): INC.REDIBLE Just Do You, Mehron Copper Metallic Pigment, Laura Mercier Fire Glow, Pat McGrath Copper 005 Pigmet.<br />
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I liked how that between my sticky primer and the binding agents in the pigment, I didn't have any issues with glitter fallout when I used my finger to pat it on the center of the eyelid. It wore very well for 8+ hours for me.<br />
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Other products in this look: Viseart Dark Mattes, Colourpop Nut Creme Color Gel, Urban Decay Rockstar.<br />
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It's a pretty copper to have if you're missing that in your makeup collection. I think I could have made do with combining Laura Mercier Fire Glow + Pat McGrath Copper Pigment from my stash. The Laura Mercier shade was limited edition though, so not an easy find.<br />
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INC.REDIBLE Just Do You Lid Slick Eye Pigment is <a href="https://rstyle.me/+7Fy0s2RRC7OvWnxeCAFVyQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">$10 at Sephora</span></a>.<br />
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It's heating up for me here in the northern hemisphere. In the very hottest part of the summer, day time temperatures are often over 100<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">°</span>F/ 38<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">°</span>C for a week or more at a time. It's a dry heat that can really exacerbate my t-zone oiliness. At the same time my cheeks and now eye areas dry out from the AC, so it's a balancing act to address combination skin when preparing it for makeup. Today I want to talk about two products that I've really liked the last couple of years.<br />
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I really like thick, stickier gel type makeup primers for my skin. They keep my makeup looking fresh and and the skin underneath from flaking. Oily skin also looks remarkably better when the skin is well hydrated, instead of sitting on top like an oil slick it looks more like dewiness. Unfortunately these honey-like primers don't always like me back; <a href="https://rstyle.me/+Ph37xUld0RJtxaVcY3-4eg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">J.ONE Jelly Pack </span></a>broke me out (but SO GOOD!) and <a href="https://rstyle.me/+zkUnPVAfuyNyg4fRdbPFVw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Milk Makeup's Hydro Grip</span> </a>stung (but gets a lot of rave reviews from folks who fare fine with alcohol denat).<br />
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Pure Heal's Propolis 90 Ampoule treats me right! I've blogged about this skincare item before, but it's absolutely crucial in the summer for me. This ampoule keeps my face from dehydrating, so my skin stays plump and smooth. When my skin dries out, foundation settles in the pores which appear larger. It's stickier in feel than Cosrx Ultimate Moisturizing Honey Overnight Mask, but I prefer the Propolis 90 Ampoule. It helps my skin hold onto moisture better.<br />
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I apply this as the very last step before sunscreen, after which I put foundation/concealer.<br />
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Propolis Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water, Niacinamide, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium Polyacrylate, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Butylene Glycol, Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Honey Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Caramel, Adenosine, Rose Flower Oil, Tagetes Minuta Flower Oil, Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil, Elettaria Cardamomum Seed Oil, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Oil, Eugenia Caryophyllus (Clove) Leaf Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil.<br />
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Ulta has stocks Pure Heal's but no products from the Propolis line, unfortunately. Your best bet is a stockist like Sweet Corea (the large 50ml bottle is about $20 there, but shipping is steep) or <a href="https://rstyle.me/+U_5PWe-yQpSlwKxhgNwTEw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">eBay</span></a> ( roughly $18 for the 30ml bottle).<br />
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I've purchased three bottles of this Manyo Factory Galactomy T-Serum. The first bottle I purchased on a whim and I've been hooked for almost three years now. It's a slightly grey tinted gel with slight cooling feel (mint, not crazy about it). This serum is for the oiliest parts of your face. For me that's the nose and very top of the cheeks (middle part is where it used to get flakey). This dries to a semi-matte, matte finish that doesn't pill my makeup like some silica and water gel primers can. Actually sometimes I end up applying it over foundation if I don't remember until too late in my morning routine. I don't see any grey tint when it's dry. I think it makes my pores look particularly nice, sometimes some primers/t zone mattifiers lead to a lot of sebaceous filaments on my nose but that's not the case with the Galactomy T-Serum.<br />
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Usually I don't buy second bottles of mattifying products, but that's not the case with this one!<br />
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Carbonated Water, Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate, Potassium Olivoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Oleate, Glyceryl Stearate, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Water, Silica, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Bentonite, Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract, Pulsatilla Koreana Extract, Usnea Barbata (Lichen) Extract, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Oil, Isoamyl Laurate, Glycerin, Propanediol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Tannic Acid, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Extract, Aureobasidium Pullulans Ferment, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Phaseolus Radiatus Seed Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Water, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Glycine Max (Soybean) Seed Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Xanthan Gum, Silk Powder, Pearl Powder, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Powder, Menthol, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil.</blockquote>
<br /><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="http://rwrd.io/ecni3ek"><span style="color: #a64d79;">MelodyCosme</span></a> </span>has this on steep sale, priced at $11 because close to expiration date.<br />
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Top: Pure Heal's Propolis 90 Ampoule and bottom is Manyo Factory Galactomy T-Serum.<br />
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Here I'm wearing both the Propolis 90 Ampoule and Galactomy T-Serum. If you want to further soften out the appearance of texture I'd still advise a thin application of base primer (I'm currently a big fan of <a href="https://rstyle.me/+E8pWCJlBSidpwgoFA01Zyg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tatcha The Silk Canvas Protective Primer</span></a> $22-56 or <span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="https://rstyle.me/+OhQfibc4MGxpSy_dLtChaw"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Innisfree No -Sebum Blur Primer</span></a> </span>$8). Over that I have applied Rouge Bunny Rouge Glide On Concealer and <a href="https://rstyle.me/+gHztSiPpdD_C4jJmbfNj1A"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sephora 8HR Mattifying Compact Foundation</span> </a>$20.<br />
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While I might use these products independently year round, in the summer it's pretty important to me to have both to control oil, keep dryness at bay, and keep makeup intact. With this combo, makeup lasts 8 hours easily, 10+ regularly while still looking good, if a little glowy.<br />
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Do you change it up between seasons, makeup prep wise? Do you incorporate mattifying products, makeup finishing sprays, different skincare?<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Products featured were purchased by me. Post contains affiliate links. For additional information, please refer to my Disclosure Policy. </span>Mimi (MakeupWithdrawal)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00812269014808419212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106164687637449154.post-11546534084448777942019-06-04T12:03:00.001-07:002019-06-04T12:06:34.097-07:00Travel the World: Edinburgh, Scotland <br />
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I can't believe it's been a year already! Time goes by so quickly when things are good. Our trip to the UK late last spring started with a few days in the city of Edinburgh. I didn't stay here very long, so correspondingly I don't have much to say about this beautiful Scottish city. Just some photos to show you. </div>
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What a beautiful city! As a west coast inhabiting American, it's a huge change of surroundings to see buildings that are hundreds of years old. Where I live, many buildings are younger than 50 years, the most common being under 25 years old. There's not too much to look at with suburban new construction. </div>
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I liked the Indian food in Edinburgh so much more than some of the restaurants near home. I'd recommend Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food (above) and Dishoom.<br />
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Edinburgh feels entirely walkable as a tourist. I think other than one Uber ride from the hotel and back, we pretty much walked the entire time to every point of interest. There's some cities that are spread out to the point where that's just not possible - like Shanghai.<br />
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We stayed in <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/7363522?eal_exp=1524613886&eal_sig=b2812e020652a890fa04ccdc1a84a058a7d591f81b6269878327f94741ad8b3b&eal_uid=93934303&eluid=1&euid=4ef956a8-7bea-82ca-25b4-abade7b60696&%243p=e_eml&%24deeplink_path=airbnb%3A%2F%2Fd%2Flisting%3Fid%3D7363522&%24original_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airbnb.com%2Frooms%2F7363522%3Feal_exp%3D1524613886%26eal_sig%3Db2812e020652a890fa04ccdc1a84a058a7d591f81b6269878327f94741ad8b3b%26eal_uid%3D93934303%26eluid%3D1%26euid%3D4ef956a8-7bea-82ca-25b4-abade7b60696&campaign=rookery&_branch_match_id=664512801674593116&guests=1&adults=1&sl_alternate_dates_exclusion=true&source_impression_id=p3_1559670426_Z0S2aslvMQJLI2T4"><span style="color: #a64d79;">this beautiful</span></a> Airbnb overflowing with light. There were so many beautiful homes in city center, here's <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/plus/860170?location=Edinburgh%2C%20United%20Kingdom&guests=1&adults=1&sl_alternate_dates_exclusion=true&source_impression_id=p3_1559670196_n3ThMmEhIF%2Fg5sQd&s=2ZKHxQRZ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">another historic stunner</span></a>, styled beautifully.<br />
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Bright yellow gorse flowers cover Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park.<br />
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This was a great walk to do on a sunny day. It was very windy (my earring stud was pushed through my pierced earhole!) on top of Arthur's Seat, but a fantastic temperature and beautiful clear skies. Not a challenging walk, but it winds around and takes longer than it looks from a distance.<br />
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This is what over fried black pudding looks like. I found out later in our trip that I actually love it when it's not dried out, but my first run in with black pudding wasn't spectacular. </div>
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A tavern sits near the site commemorating Greyfriars Bobby, a skye terrior who guarded his owner's grave for many years after the owner passed away.<br />
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My dog doesn't even really seem to care when I come back after a trip. Such loyalty.<br />
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Royal Mile, closer to the castle.<br />
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From on top of the city, castle cannon.<br />
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Edinburgh Castle can take up half a day by itself. The complex has many smaller museums tucked within it.<br />
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Beautiful city, I felt like 3 days here just wasn't enough. Not enough time to connect on a cultural level. I'd love to come back in colder weather (words I seldom say!).<br />
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Hey! I'm back. I planned on some posts so things on the blog would continue uninterrupted while I was gone, but that didn't really end up panning out. It happens. Well today I'd like to talk about the palette I bought when I was gone, that I couldn't wait to dig into the day I came home. The extremely sold out Melt Cosmetics Smoke Sessions.<br />
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It wasn't easy getting my hands on this beauty. It was sold out last fall during its initial debut, and I had a huge hiccup getting it from Camera Ready Cosmetics, they canceled my order that I placed right after getting an alert email that it was in stock. </div>
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I wasted no time trying to check out with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anafterglow/"><span style="color: #a64d79;">@anafterglow</span></a> tagged me on Instagram on a post that alerted to a Smoke Sessions restock. It wasn't easy! The website was frozen and Paypal was on the fritz. </div>
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Along with two cats who were very happy to see me, this beauty was waiting for me at home.<br />
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Swatched over primer, with a dry brush.<br />
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Gravity OG is a bright orange tinged gold metallic foil. Grand Daddy is a bronze metallic foil. Black Widow is a tarnished bronze with a hint of olive colored glitter. Sour Diesel is a green tinged brown matte that sadly looks just like a cool dark brown on me. Space Queen is a dark blue green matte. Mean Green is a metallic foil green. Sweet Tooth is a kelly green metallic foil. Blue Dream is a slightly translucent chunky light sea foam green glitter. <br />
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These shadows seem to have a formula that doesn't buff well onto a primed surface, like if you were to use a fluffy brush to swirl in the shades . The mattes do not look very pigmented if used that way and the two shades with larger glitter particles Blue Dream and Black Widow scatter all over the skin. Because of this limitation, I didn't use the mattes without using shadows from anther brand to blend the edges and I felt the need to use a sticky base with the glitter shades. The metallic foil shades (Gravity OG, Grand Daddy, Mean Green, and Sweet Tooth) should be used with a damp brush for maximum shine.<br />
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Neither Sour Diesel and Space Queen look on my skin the way I want them to look. Sour Diesel looks like a dingy dark khaki brown while Space Queen looks more blue when blended out, only looks true to shade when I pack on a massive amount of it.<br />
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The six sparkle shades watched over a sticky damp base, NYX Glitter Primer.<br />
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For this look I used Viseart Neutral Mattes with the shades Black Widow and Gravity OG. Even with glitter primer, the particles in Black Widow kinda ended up all over.<br />
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Here I've used MAC Goldenrod as the transition shade and from Smoke Sessions, Sour Diesel on the lid. In the inner corner I buffed in Gravity OG.<br />
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Here I've used Sour Diesel, Mean Green, and Blue Dream. Also used NARS Loaded palette. </div>
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Here I've used Space Queen and Grand Daddy, with Gravity OG on the lower lash. </div>
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I used Natasha Denona Poison Berry for the purple, and Space Queen plus Mean Green from Smoke Sessions.<br />
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Here I've used Viseart Warm Mattes, Blue Dream and Sweet Tooth from the palette.<br />
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Ultimately I think I like this palette a lot but I don't adore it. The matte shades don't look true to pan on me, particularly when blended out. I love the color of Black Widow but am not a fan of how it picks up with the brush - you kind of have to dig in and it's chunky in feel. Compare that to Natasha Denona glitters that just glide across the lid and has a nicer consistency.<br />
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On the other hand, I love the shades Blue Dream, Sweet Tooth and Gravity OG! Cozzette Niobium is similar to Gravity OG, but a smoother metallic finish. I don't have anything in my stash quite like Blue Dream and Sweet Tooth though. Mean Green and Grand Daddy are nice too, while I have colors like them in my stash, these Melt versions are much more pigmented and vibrant so I consider them superior.<br />
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While I really enjoy the beautiful greens, the right half of the palette, for the unusual hues (particularly Sweet Tooth! that sort of shade isn't easy to come by), I'm not sure I would wholeheartedly recommend this palette. There are better formulas of eyeshadows out there that apply more effortlessly. If you really dig the color scheme and don't mind using a sticky base, you might still consider this to be a good purchase. Without some sort of glitter adhesive and also a wet brush for the foils, you might not get the full impact of the shadows.<br />
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The Melt Smoke Sessions Palette is $48 for eight shades. It is available directly from the<span style="color: #a64d79;"> <a href="https://www.meltcosmetics.com/products/smoke-sessions-palette?variant=13732267753524"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Melt website</span></a></span>, through <a href="https://rstyle.me/+dW85baVznU5CDH_RiDDPaQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Beauty Bay</span></a>, and now also from <a href="https://rstyle.me/+UlxFG26S0dqu3N6QfGT6UQ"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sephora</span></a>.<br />
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