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14/03/2011
Review and Swatches: Illamasqua Toxic Nature
Hello Darlings :)
I really hope you've enjoyed my previous post on Beauty, but now it's time to get back on schedule with reviews of some latest collections. I promise I'll do some more inspirational posts as soon as I can.
Before Illamasqua's latest Spring/Summer 2011 Toxic Nature collection was available for the public to purchase, I got a sleek black box into my mail box. Guess what it was? Some products from Toxic Nature collection!
I got:
- Nail Polish in Gamma
- Cream Pigment in Emerge
- Cream Pigment in Dab
- Lipstick in Flare
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Cream Pigments
Dab
It's a lilac cream pigment with a matt finish.
Of course I had to try it right away on my eyes and I loved it! It makes my eyes pop and it's such a great colour for Spring as it reminds me of flowers in Spring and the fresh feeling I get in Spring :)
It looks great on the lips as well :)
Emerge
It's a peach cream pigment with matt finish.
I absolutely love this one! I wore it at work and felt so fresh and young with it on the eyes :) It gives you a "no-makeup" look instantaneously.
Emerge is very wearable as a lipstick as it gives you a nude look, but with a bit of colour. I think this may be the next "it" look for this spring.
And the swatches
At first I tried the pigments without any eye primer. They didn't crease for whole 15 minutes on my extra oily lids. Than I applied an eyeshadow on top and they didn't crease for approximately 1 hour and with an primer under the cream pigments they didn't crease for 5 hours, what really is something, if you ask me.
Pros:
+ Fresh Spring colours
+ The texture
+ The formula
+ Great staying power
+ The package
Cons
- Not really suitable for extra oily lids
Price: £17.00
Where to get? HERE
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Lipstick in Flare
It's a bright orange lipstick.
I couldn't really capture the gorgeous colour of it, but usually it's more orange and less red than in this pictures. When I applied at first I was so happy! I finally got a lipstick that is so bright orange that it's almost neon. I was wow'd away :)
The formula is a bit dry (but not drying), so I really recommend you a good lip balm underneath, especially if you have dry lips.
Pros:
+ The colour!
+ Doesn't dry out your lips
+ The package
Cons:
- Dry formula (a bit chalky to apply)
Price: £15.50
Where to get? HERE
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Nail Polish in Gamma
It's a gorgeous neon orange nail polish.
Ahh.. lately I've been obsessing over the orange colour, so this is perfect for me! It's bright, it's neon and it's ORANGE! What more do you want?
The first picture is the most colour accurate from the bunch.
The formula was good, as with all other Illamasqua's nail polishes. I needed 2 coats, but some nail lines were still a bit visible. The saying power is on the average side (I got one chip in the same day, but the rest of manicure resisted for another 2 days). And as all neon polishes, this one as well dries to a satin finish, so I applied a top coat.
I love this colour so much that I already wore it twice in the past week (and that's a rarity for me, with so many nail polishes that I own).
Pros:
+ The COLOUR
+ The formula
+ The packaging
Cons:
- The price
Price: £13.50
Where to get? HERE
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Overall: This collection feels fresh with a mixture of pastel colours typical for Spring and neon colours typical for Summer. So weather you pick a neon or a pastel colour, you'll be ready for the next season :D
I especially loved the nail polish (because I'm a nail polish freak) and the lipstick as I don't own anything like it.
Do I recommend it? Yes :)
XOXO Parisky
08/02/2011
Review and Swatches: Sleek Makeup Storm and Acid I-Divine Palette
Hello Darlings,
Today I'm going to talk about two Sleek Makeup Palettes - Storm Palette and Acid Palette. The Storm Palette is a very neutral palette, while Acid Palettes is the one with neon colors.
I've seen lots of swatches and reviews about Sleek Makeup Palettes and in all the pictures they look so big! I always thought that they were as big (OK, almost as big) as the Coastal Scents 88 palettes. Nope. Far from it.
See how small are they?
One eye shadow is big as a 2 cents (Euro) coin.
Storm Palette
I got this one, because I lost all hopes I will ever get a Naked Palette (from Urban Decay). The shadows are as with the Naked Palette neutral what is great for everyday wear. Luckily I got the Naked Palette, so that I can compare it with this palette.
Both palettes come with 12 eye shadows that are greatly pigmented. The main difference is (beside the price) the texture/formula. While the Storm Palette eye shadows are great, I feel you need more product to get the same opacity as with the Naked palette and so they bulk up a bit on your eyes. That really isn't a big problem with me, but it means they won't last the whole day on your eyes, but rather 6 hours (I have oily lids and I always use a primer).
Swatches as in the palette (no names :( )
It comes with 12 eye shadows - 3 matte and 9 shimmery
Some looks I did using this palette
Acid Palette
I got this one, because I've heard great things about it and loved the idea of neon shades! Yay for playing with your makeup.
Swatches as in the palette
This palettes comes in 12 eye shadows - 4 shimmery and 8 matte
As you can see this Palette isn't as pigmented as the Storm one :/ Except for the black, silver and the green. But don't be fooled, they are buildable and you can get a really nice effect.
Some looks I did using the Acid Palette
Using both
Pros
+ 12 shadows in each palette (12x 0.03 oz or 1.1g)
+ Both are buildable
+ The Storm Palette is very pigmented
+ Both are very versatile
+ Mineral based
+ The packaging
+ The price
Cons
- The Acid Palette is less pigmented
- No names of the eye shadows
- Their Customer Service (terrible)
Overall
I definitely suggest you this palettes! The Storm Palette is great for neutral looks, while the Acid Palette is the one you can truly play with it (but you can also do a soft makeup). I will buy some more palettes, but NEVER again from their site!
Price: 8.50€ on their site, 10€ in Sephora
Customer Service: 1/5 ★
Rating: 5/5 ★★★★★
Repurchase: Yes
XOXO Parisky
04/02/2011
Review and Swatches: Urban Decay Naked Palette
Yay I finally have it!
As suspected this truly is an amazing palette!
How it comes packaged
It comes with Urban Decay Primer Potion, a double eye pencil (in Zero and Whiskey) and 12 amazing shades!
From left to right as they are in the palette:
Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck
Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle
Creep, Gunmetal and the two eye pencils: 24/7 Glide-On Eyepencil in Whiskey and Zero
I really love the texture of those shadows! They really are some of the best eye shadows I've EVER tried! The texture is just amazing, fine grounded and stays put a really long time.
I also love the pencils. I never had pencils with such perfect formula! They just glide on and stay put for the whole day. Amazing. I really don't have anything bad to say about this palette besides that the packaging collects dust/animal hair.
Pros
+ Great collection of neutral shades (12 x 0.05 oz or 1.4g)
+ Suitable for day and night looks
+ Amazing formula of BOTH shadows and pencils
+ Great pigmentation
+ Stay put for a really long time (whole day without a problem)
+ Comes with a great primer (0.13 oz or 3.7g) and two eye pencils (2x 0.02 oz or 0.5g)
Cons
- The packaging collects dust/animal hair because of its texture
- The price - but it isn't that bad if you see how much product you really get
Overall: I love it! It's absolutely the best palette I own. If you have a chance and you love neutral shades, go get it!
Price: 44$
Rating: 5/5 ★★★★★
Repurchase: Yes (If I'll ever run out of it)
XOXO Parisky
10/01/2011
Review and Swatch: BB Couture For Nails Sea of Cortez and Midnight Desire
Hello Lovelies!
This time I got an opportunity to review two gorgeous nail polishes from BB Couture - Sea of Cortez and Midnigh Desire.
I'll start with Sea of Cortez from The Lets Cruise to Mexico Collection.
The first picture is how it looks in the bottle - interesting, but it only comes to life on nails.
I would describe it as a light blue jelly nail polish with lots of blue and silver glitter, but in artificial light and cloudy or rainy weather it looks medium blue.
This nail polish seems to be on the watery side, so I thought it would need at least three coats, but no, two are more than enough. You know what come a as a big surprise to me? How easy it was to remove it! I didn't have any struggle as with all other glitter nail polishes. Amazing!
Ahh ... just look at it
Here you can see the glitter
Than we have also Midnight Desire from The Wedding Blues Collection.
It's a pretty dark purple nail polish with pink and silver/holographic shimmer in it.
It's one of those colors that looks like one thing in the bottle, but like something completely different on nails (prettier) and is also one of those colors extremely hard to capture on camera.
I love how it looks almost black inside, while outdoors, on sun, you can see it's true beauty.
I needed only one coat of this beauty for full opacity! Isn't that amazing?
Too bad we didn't have any sun, so that I could show you the shimmer :( It's gorgeous and this picture do it no justice.
Pros:
+ The brush! It's long and thin and you can get right up to your cuticles with it
+ Perfect formula
+ Lots of colors to chose from
+ Long staying power
+ 4 in 1 formula
+ No toluene, Formaldehyde and DBP
+ Easy to remove (even the glittery one)
+ I love how they also have a line for men
Cons
- Not available locally
Price: 9.95 $
Where to get? HERE
XOXO Parisky
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