February Hits & Misses

Hits :) 

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

Anastasia Beauty Express for Brows & Eyes in Brunette

Chanel Vitalumier Aqua in B30 Beige- Sable

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light Plus

NYX Cream Blush in CB08 Hot Pink

Laura Mercier Full Blown Volume Mascara in Black

Carmex Lip Ointment

1) Chanel Vitalumier Aqua is AMAZZZINGG. Its my favourite foundation of all time! It leaves such a beautiful finish on your skin. Your real skin peaks through the foundation leaving it look like you're not wearing any foundation! Its leaves a super light feeling on your face that dries almost instantly. For the best application I apply it with my fingers. I've tried using make-up brushes with it & just found that I waste more product. Its about light to medium coverage & I love the way it smells - as with all the Chanel products, they have this rose-florally scent (similar to Chanel Chance Fraiche purfume) to them thats just so yummy! (the smell isn't over powering though). & not to mention it has SPF 15! another pluss !!! <3 approximately $50.00CAD

2) MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural has been my go-to quick fix if I'm lazy to do my make-up or if I'm heading out just to do some errands. I use it with my MAC 182 buffing brush & it leaves quite a bit of coverage. I've gone back and forth with this powder for the past 3 years and its still one of my favourite powders. $29.00 on the MAC website. 

3) NYX Cream Blush in Hot Pink has been my go-to blush this month mostly because during the winter time my cheeks get really dry & using blush powders just highlight the flakes on my cheeks! This cream blush blends very well & its super pigmented! Use sparingly! I've worn less make-up this month than I usually do & I believe that wearing a bright pink blush really pulls your "no-makeup, makeup" look together & makes you look fresh!  $9.99 on the NYX website. 

4) Carmex Lip Ointment is my #1 lip balm! I had jaw surgery this month & my lips were super chapped. This product has totally saved my ugly chapped lips! When in doubt use Carmex. Carmex has a really strong medicine-y smell & taste to it. At first I hated it but loved the results it gave me so I kept testing it out. 4 years later: the smell doesn't seem to bother me anymore! I actually kind of enjoy it... $1.50-$2.00 at drugstores. 

5) Benefit Hoola is a universal bronzer colour for most skin colours! It suits me so well & doesn't give that "orange" cast like other bronzers do. & it's lasted me quite a while. It comes with 110g of product and I've had it for about a year and haven't hit pan yet! Im quite sure I paid $30.00+CAD but its going for $28.00 on the Sephora website. (maybe US pricing?)

6) The Anastasia Beauty Express for Brows & Eyes has changed my life completely! My brows are now more fuller looking & it complements my face a lot more than before. Mostly due to the stencils that the set comes with! You can purchase the stencils separately. The brow powders in this kit is the perfect shades of brown. Some brow powders tend to be more on the burgundy / reddish side but this one is more on the grey spectrum which is more flattering. The highlight shades/eyeshadows are also amazing & they're super pigmented! The shimmery champagne colour is personally my favourite because it looks gorgeous on your brow bone & your inner tear duct! I paid about $55.00 CAD but its going $39.50 on the Sephora website.  (maybe US pricing?)

7) The Laura Mercier Full Blown Mascara is AMAZING! I have pathetic short, flimsy eyelashes mostly due to being asian & religiously wearing false lashes for the past 3.5 years. I got this mascara in a sample tube that I got in my Laura Mercier 500 Point Perk from Sephora in December 2011. This mascara gives me so much length & volume that its CRAZY! My all time favourite mascara before had to be the Dior Show Original but I think this is my new holy grail mascara! I'm definitely purchasing it in the full size tube once I'm done with this one! $24.00 on the Sephora website.

Misses :(  

Lush Colour Supplement in Light Yellow 

Hard Candy Glamoflauge in Medium 313

Beauty So Clean Cosmetic Sanitizer Wipes

1) Lush Colour Supplement (foundation) was a miss for me mostly because I hated the way it felt on my face. It had a sticky texture to it & I had to use quite a bit of product just to get light-medium coverage! You have to mix the Lush Colour Supplement with your moisturizer & doing so I think this made me look super duper oily! You definitely need to powder & It didn't last very long either. It started to fade away after about 3 hours of initially applying it. It comes in 4 colours which sucks because if you're in between tones & colours you have to buy 2 pots and mix them together to make your perfect match. They come in either pink or yellow tones. Nothing in between. $15.95 on the Lush website.

2) Hard Candy Glamoflauge Concealer, from what I heard, is a dupe for the Make Up Forever Full Coverage concealer & the Kat Von D concealer. This concealer is disgusting. Yes, disgusting. I never thought I'd use the word "disgusting" to describe a make-up product but theres always a first for everything. This concealer claims that it could cover up tattoos which is a complete LIE. It has medium-heavy coverage but in no way could it cover up tattoos. Not in a million years! It leaves a super oily feeling on your face. I felt so dirty having it on my face. I wanted to wash my face immediately & I should have because this concealer broke me out !! $6.00 on the Walmart website.

3) Beauty So Clean Cosmetic Sanitizer Wipes are a complete waste of your money. I heard so much hype about Beauty So Clean from the beauty community on the internet so I went out and purchased their Sanitizing Wipes. I thought they had some special ingredients or that they were something amazing, turns out they're just alcohol wipes that are made in miniature sizes for your "smaller make-up items." If i had known this I would have saved my $12.00 and just purchased some generic alcohol wipes which have done the job for a fraction of the price.