2012 has been one heck of a beauty-packed year. It’s a year of new discoveries for me, learning that expensive beauty products doesn’t mean they are better, cheap doesn’t mean it’s worse and learning not to write something off without actually trying it first (with plenty of eaten humble pie along the way). It’s a [...]
Revlon ColorStay Whipped Créme Makeup: This Close To Holy Grail-ness
Sometimes you stumble upon something so good but then hit a wall, and you wonder if it’s worth continuing with it. Sounds oddly contemplative but this is exactly how I feel about a certain foundation I came across quite recently. It’s the Revlon ColorStay Whipped Creme Makeup. I haven’t used any foundation that comes in [...]
Beauty Tag: This or That
Man, I haven’t done a tag in ages! When I saw Emma’s beauty tag, I knew I just had to jump on it. It’s Friday, so let’s do something fun, eh? ;) Blush or bronzer? Blush, most definitely. It’s my favourite item of makeup. I love blush even more than lipstick (altogether now … *gasp!*). [...]
Dior’s New Nude: The Diorskin Nude Natural Glow Hydrating Makeup
The new Diorskin Nude foundation is a reformulation of the original Nude foundie. A month ago, I had a good chat with the makeup artist at MYER Chadstone’s Dior counter about the new formula when I was getting colour-matched. He mentioned that the new Nude foundations will be lighter and will include light-reflecting pigments for [...]
Matte Matters with Clinique’s Stay-Matte Oil-Free Makeup
I’ve been reviewing a lot of foundations and BB creams the past weeks, haven’t I? It’s this thing I have; sometimes I get this insane attraction to blush and I keep talking about it until I’ve run out of words (well, I still love blush, so I don’t think that will ever happen. But you [...]