RAVE REVIEW Update: L'oreal La Creme True Match BB Cream

Hello lovelies,

Oh. My. God.

What can I say - this BB cream ROCKS! 

I shall let the pics speak for themselves....

Me with a BARE face

Me with the BB cream on in the morning - can you see the difference? My skintone is evened out completely and amazingly, eventhough the cream is light-textured - it provides amazing coverage! I didn't even need any concealer!

 Me with full makeup on 6 hours later in office - still looking FRESH - *BB cream lightly powdered over by Sephora's 8 hour Mattifying powder. 

My 2 cents?

Please do yourselves a favour and...

 GET.

THIS.

PRODUCT!

It's all you'll ever need for daily use, and the SPF35 is definitely a bonus point!

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

TMF LookBook: Essence's Latest Trend Collection - Floral Grunge

Hello lovelies,

Essence Singapore recently launched their latest trend collection - Floral Grunge - a mix of sweet and nasty.

Local beauty blogger - Glamify SG - did a review on these palettes recently - check it out here!

So I got my hands on both their quattro palettes!

Eye Like Flowers

Eye Like Grunge

And I created both these looks :)

Eye Like Flowers

I used ALL the colours of the palette - pretty nifty colours!

Eye Like Grunge

I used 3 colours here - the mid tone shimmery grey, the dark grey and the purple - just coz I couldn't figure out where to put the matte light grey ;P

Just me having fun on a Saturday nite, playing with colours!

Products used:

Essence Floral Grunge Quattro Palettes

NYX Jumbo Liner in Milk as e/s base

KPalette 24 Hr Liquid Liner in black

Revlon Longlasting Eyeliner in Mulberry

Maybelline The Rocket Mascara

Benefit's Gimme Brows in dark brown

*Incidentally, all items (except Benefit) are available for purchase at Watson's! How cool is that?!

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

Upcoming & Current Beauty SALES

Hello lovelies,

I have some updates here on sales that are happening now or soon to be launched :)

*Click on the images to start shopping!

Sleek True Colour Lipsticks going for SGD11.00 each when you buy 3 or more.

Catrice Private Sale, Nov 1st to 3rd - if you missed past trend collections, this is the time to get them!

Ida Offenhauser Seasonal Sale - select items going for SGD10 ONLY!

Sugarpill Die Pretty Sale - with select palettes going for 15% off!  Sale ENDS tomorrow (22 Oct, 11.59am SG time / 11.59pm US time)

Luxola sale ongoing till end of this month!  Code: LX54

This JUST in: Sephora promotion on their Sephora Private Label - going for 20% off till 30th October 2013!!! No online shopping so please make your way to an outlet ;)

Happy shopping ladies!

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

Makeup Forever Aqua Liner

Hello lovelies,

The other day, my fellow beauty blogger - Glamify SG and I - decided to take up Sephora's 15% discount offer for members.

We got ourselves Makeup Forever's Aqua Liners coz they looked SO PRETTY!

Check out what I got!

No. 11 Aqua Liner - a delicious burgundy wine

No.5 Aqua Liner - a bright, eye-catching blue!

Each liner is going for SGD33 at Sephora stores islandwide.

I tried out No.11, and here is the pic :D

LOVE the simplicity of it!

A nifty, idiotproof product to use when you're in a rush and have no time for an elaborate session of makeup in the mornings ;)

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

L'oreal La Crème True Match BB Cream: Pics & Initial Thoughts

Hello lovelies,

I was at Watson's (again) and came across this little beauty :) 

I knew L'oreal had launched a BB cream but never really looked into it at the time coz I was more concerned with Mac's Face & Body (another ah-mazeballs product, courtesy of Mac!)

Anyhoo, Watson's currently is having an offer on certain L'oreal products where you get 1 free if you buy 2!  Products on offer will be on a special display.

So by the time I came by today, most of the good stuff was already sold out, and I ended up purchasing just this BB cream coz it was offered at the nifty price of just SGD13.90! 

The product comes in one tone - G2 Gold BB - and it claims to retexturize and brighten the skintone and cancelling out yellow undertones, in addition to containing anti-ageing properties.  The cream also boasts an SPF of 35 PA+++.

Here is my swatch of it, done on my inner arm.

Top is bare, whilst the lower part is the BB cream, already blended into the skin.

Product comes out as a light-textured liquid, not runny at all.  

When I started to blend in using my fingers, I could tell it is very moisturising - probably due to it's hyaluronic content.

It blended well into my skintone, and did not feel sticky to the touch, nor did it feel 'heavy' as some BB or CC creams feel.

Overall, I could say it helps to even out my skintone somewhat, with a light to medium coverage.

Not bad for one of L'oreal's initial foray into the BB cream industry - seems they have come up with a product that might be more suitable for normal-to-dry and lightly-blemished skin. This might be something for you to get your mum or grandmums, as the high moisturising qualities might be very suitable for matured skin.

Note: If you are having acne-prone or very troubled skin, this might not work for you.  It might even leave you with even more 'oily' looking skin instead, due to it's high content of moisture.

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

The Joker Inspired Makeover

Major project completed successfully was The Joker inspired makeover for 13 people!

These are some of the looks I came up with initially, but eventually everyone agreed to stick to the classic, messed up Joker look that Heath Ledger made famous....

 I had another event to go to that night and I did an inspired look on myself :)

I did a variation for Harley Quinn and Catwoman, just coz I thot it would add a bit more oomph...

The overall look for everyone.

Maybe a look for Halloween too?

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

My Works: Dinner & Dance Makeovers 2013

Thus has begun the season of D&Ds and I was recently asked to do makeovers for some gorgeous ladies.

Here they are :)

Some of the lighting was not great (sorry was in a big rush!).  

Thanks to these ladies who trusted in me to do their makeovers.

Yes I am still a WIP (work-in-progress) and I hope to improve!

No theme

 

Sweet & Natural look

Superheroes theme

Green Lantern Inspired

Wonder Woman Inspired

Ironman Inspired

Next post will feature my major theme-related D&D project!

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

Longevity Test: Illamasqua Liquid Metal in Electrum

I promised feedback on Illamasqua's Liquid Metal.

The results are in:

You can only get the product to last maximum 3 hours, 4 hours at most.

I used Mac's Paintpot in Painterly as base, applied Electrum and set it with LA Splash's gold sparkles.

This is what it looked like in the morning at 6am.

By 11am, it degenerated.

There was heavy creasing, the product basically had started to 'dissipate', and it was just looking like a hot mess after 3 to 4 hours.

I personally do not have oily lids, and lean more towards dry skin, but this product (possibly the emollient ingredients that it's made of?) made me look like I had really oily lids!  

So please give this item a big MISS.  

It would only be useful for like, brief usage - say, a photoshoot - and highly unsuitable for daily wear for regular folks like you and I.

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik

Magnifibres Brush-On False Lashes review

I recently purchased Magnifibres Brush-On False Lashes from Luxola, just coz I was curious and I am a teensy weensy bit obsessed with putting volume onto my lashes ;)

Currently there is a discount for this product and it is going for only SGD29.75 (RRP SGD35.00). 

Details are provided on the box on how to apply Magnifibres.  

Basically, Magnifibres just provides those sticky fibres that cling to your lashes. So what you need to do is apply your mascara first, then apply Magnifibres, wait 30 seconds, then lastly, apply another coat of mascara.

So I tried it, as per instruction and here are the results.

Top image:  My bare lashes - no product

Bottom image:  Using a regular mascara

Comparison!

Top image: Using a regular mascara

Bottom image:  After applying Magnifibres and recoating with the regular mascara

There is a marked difference in the volume definitely and I guess the volume is buildable if we keep recoating.

I'd say this product works nicely and gives the effect of naturally fuller lashes.

Plus with such idiotproof instructions, anyone can definitely give it a try!

Cheers

The Makeup Fanatik