Brunette Beauty

First Impressions: Wow this product is wonderful. My face feels firmer, fresher and as if there is no cleanser/makeup left behind. Defiantly impressed. The massaging/cleaning motion is gentle and not harsh at all. A little unexpected but nothing that is so bizarre you can't get used to. Quite exciting to use too. Packaging: White hard plastic device. It comes with it's own storage and charging port that it sits in. The charger end is wide and white, mirroring a similar shape to the Clarisonic system. There is an interchangeable brush head that sits at one end with a removable plastic protection cover. It is advised that the system be charged for 30mins weekly. The front/underside with the brush head has a grey felt plastic area with the soft touch on/off button. The backside of the system has two lights. When turned on, the top lights green. When the battery is low and needs a full charge the top and bottom light flash red. When charging the top light flashes ...

Thrrrob "turned on" face powder. P ackaging: Like with all Benefit's products the packaging matches the product name and function. Here is no different. Seeing as though this powder blush is supposed to stimulate the same kind of natural blush you get when your heart races whether this is due to seeing a crush or running a marathon or becoming embarrassed, Benefit has decided to take the most appealing option (love). To emphasise this sexy aspect the lid of the blush has the back of a red corset with pink ribbon. The print on the bottom half of the product is fishnet stockings being worn so that you can see someones leg (see photos).  This is a 12.0g net wt 0.42 powder. Smell: It has a unique smell to it, however I can't quite put my finger on what it smells like. It reminds me of a rosey fragrance. Texture: Looking at the texture in the box after a few uses, the powder on the surface looks grainy. As of random small parts of...

My previous concealer also from Maybelline, the pure.makeup™ concealer was all gone and I had started breaking out and wanted something to cover them up. I'm really disappointed that the pure.makeup range from Maybelline is no longer available but that's another entire blog post on its own, so I got the next best thing which was from Maybellines’ Mineral Power line. This line is supposed to have the benefits of micro minerals and won’t clog the pores. Packaging: Little round plastic tube with a doe foot applicator. This does mean it’s durable and hardwearing and easy to keep clean. Smell: There’s no real distinct smell. If I hold it close enough to my nose I can smell a faint plastic, factory smell. It’s not at all off-putting. Colour: #960 Ivory Light 2-3. Medium coverage with a natural finish. If built up too much can look cakey. Also available in 3 shades. Texture/Formula: It's a thin, smooth liquid. It's easily ...

I have heard wonderful and positive raves about this Powderflage Powder concealer from Benefit. It’s about ~$35 so I have been hesitating purchasing it but when I heard rumours that it was being discontinued I found it online for $30 and decided to give it a go.       Packaging: First of all Benefit is known for their cute packaging (and is probably included in the price tag). The Powderflage Set comes with the Flager brush, the powderflage, ‘beauty lesson booklet’ (instructions) all in this metal tin shorter than the length of my hand. I like how they have adapted the army/camouflage feel onto the tin, ‘cause that’s exactly what the product is designed to do. Inside the tin is crimped cardboard which runs along with the army theme and makes me know that the marketing team at Benefit have thought the whole theme out extending to even the inside of the tin. And I like the light pink writing, adds a feminine touch. As for the Powderflage con...

Packaging: It comes in a sleek shiny black plastic tube with gold writing. The wand is fat wire bristles that are in an hourglass shape and tapered at the tip. Smell: It has a faint plastic type smell but it’s not overpowering or disgusting to me.  Colour: True Black. Opaque pigmentation. A vailable in a waterproof formula. Texture/Formula: This formula leans more on the dry side. Theres no flaking or stiff lashes. I have found that if you don’t let the lashes dry in between coats than the lashes will clump together and not be every separate and not give volume. 2 coats delivers the 12x more impact and 3 coast clumps the lashes together. The formula has Hydra-Collagen which is the key in the formula for volume. The fat wand is  also 2x bigger than a classic mascara brush which helps to build volume fast. I really like this mascara and the volume it gave to my lashes if they aren't wet. My only problem with it is the price. Just too expensive in ...

My first blush. I've always wanted one and after years of "borrowing" Mum's I decided to bite the bullet and get my own. I was already at the L'Oreal counter so I saw the pinkest colour and grabbed it. Packaging: This is the area of the product that let me see this product unfavourably. The lid broke away from the bottom. The plastic thats was covering the hinge at the back of the blush crumbled away as if it had been smashed on the floor continually (See photos above). This meant that the little brush stored underneath and the blush pan falls out when I open the blush lid. The crumbling slowly happened within the first couple of months of using it. I haven't dropped it on the floor, which would explain the breakage.  As shown in the pictures the True Match Blush comes in a mini-compact equipped with 'convenient' mirror and wide brush for easy application, however I wouldn't recommend using the brush as a heavy hand can cause stark stroke...

I’ve been wanting a nude lipstick for a while. I’ve listen to and heard lots of high raves for MAC’s Creme de Nude but at $35 a stick I can’t quite commit just yet. So I started researching the colour ranges at the drugstores for something more affordable for my first lipstick. When Revlon first came out with their colorburst lipline I didn’t really take any notice until I looked at their colour range and had my eyes set on Soft Nude (070). It looked like a nice pink undertoned nude that would look awesome on my lips. As of today they've seemed to have renamed the colour to Soft Suede. Packaging: It's a hard plastic black  square  tube  with the quilt/ crisscross pattern and  engraved  Revlon  on the lipstick bullet. The shade name and number is on the bottom of the tube.  The packing is very elegant and  Channel-esque which isn't the  typical cheap looking product which is awesome.  It's pretty durable...