Review: Too Faced Natural at Night Eye Shadow Collection

I’ve had a love affair with the Too Faced brand ever since I discovered it last year. Last month I did a review on the Too Faced Natural Eye Shadow Collection, which you can read here. Since I showed you that one, I thought I would introduce me to another love of mine.

What Too Faced says:

Introducing a sultry, nighttime version of our best-selling Natural Eye Collection! Intensify your evening makeup with this array of seductive, warm shadows that will take your look from sundown to night-on-the-town. These nine tempting shadows in a variety of highly-blendable matte, shimmer, and glitter textures add instant after-hours glamour to any natural look. 

Like the Natural Eye Collection, this palette also comes with three ‘Glamour Guides’ which show you how to create a classic look, nighttime look and a fashion look.

The nine (2 matte, 3 glitter, 4 shimmer) shades included in the palette are:

Full Moon – a glitter light bronze

Nightcap – a medium bronze shimmer

Cocoa Star – a deep matte chocolate brown

Night light – a champagne glitter

After Hours – a medium taupe shimmer

Eclipse – a deep taupe shimmer

Spotlight – a matte bisque

Moon Stone – golden olive shimmer

Night Fever – deep olive brown with gold glitter

Like its ‘daytime’ version, the colours in the palatte are absolutely stunning. It includes great everyday colours that last all day; especially when using a primer. The shadows are so highly pigmented and super easy to blend.

I get a ton of use out of this palette for both daytime and nighttime looks, and would encourage everyone to stop and check out this palette if you ever get a chance – you won’t be disappointed.

You can pick this up at Kit Cosmetics in Australia for $53.96 or online at BeautyBay for $38.99. 

Have you entered my giveaway? It would mean so much to me if you did! You can check it out here :)

Review: Skindinavia ‘No More Shine’ Makeup Setting Spray

This is the first makeup setting spray I have ever used, so I can't compare it to others. This is simply my thoughts on this spray.

I bought the small size bottle in both the original and the ‘no more shine’ version and was pleasantly surprised!

Both work so well, however because I do have combination skin with an oily t-zone I have decided to purchase the full size bottle in the ‘no more shine’ version.

First of all, let me tell you the customer service from Skindinavia Australia is absolutely amazing! With my original order, I waited over a week and finally contacted them through their website. They emailed back within a few hours saying it had been delivered days ago and the mail man had forgot to leave a little slip telling me to go pick it up from the post office. Then, when I made my second order of a full size bottle, I accidently ordered the original instead of the ‘no more shine’ version. They were more than happy to change my order and sent me the bottle I was after. Finally, when I received the bottle I realized the spray pump on the bottle didn’t disperse the product evenly, I contacted them yet again and they sent me out a whole new bottle with a return post bag to return my faulty item!

Each time I contacted the company they replied within a few hours, and each person I dealt with were so lovely and helpful! A+++++.

Back to the product itself, it’s oil-free and paraben-free which is great, and it does disperse evenly (apart from my faulty bottle, but like I said that was replaced).

What it promises:

Controls shine and absorbs oil over face and t-zone while preventing makeup slippage. Formulated for oily skin types.

•                Extends makeup wear for oily and combination skin types.

•                Fewer required "touch-ups" throughout the day.

•                Stops makeup slippage on t-zone.

•                Can be used both under and over makeup.

•                Controls shine and oil without drying.

I can’t confirm it keeps makeup in place for 16 hours, as I haven’t left my makeup on for that long! But I do feel like I can agree that it does what it promises.

I use a couple of sprays before my primer, and then a few sprays after everything, but before I put on my mascara. It doesn’t ruin your makeup (I was a bit worried to spray it on at first). It does feel a little ‘wet’ at first, but then dries after a few seconds. It looks great on the skin, gets rid of all traces of powder and I feel like it makes your makeup turn into a ‘second skin’ when you spray it on.

I’ve said in a previous post that I never take any makeup blotting paper or powder with me when I’m out and about on a daily basis, and using this product I don’t need to anyway!

This is now one of my holy grail products. It’s like I need to use it every single day, and if I don’t I feel like my makeup is incomplete. It just brings everything together and it makes my makeup look great and last all day!

You can purchase the small 20ml ‘sample bottle’ for $14.00, or the large, 118ml bottle for $39.95 off the Skindinavia Australia website with $9.95 postage. Postage took about 3 days for me.

I’ve heard Skindinavia is the company that makes the Urban Decay setting sprays. Have you tried any of them? What are your thoughts?

Review: Too Faced Amazing Face Liquid Foundation

I have been using this foundation for about 4 months now, and it is by far my favourite foundation that I’ve ever tried! I am so surprised that I hadn’t stumbled across too many reviews of this product, so I thought I would share my thoughts with you.

What Too Faced say:

Our oil-free, skin smoothing liquid foundation provides the illusion of airbrushed skin in seconds. Complexion concerns disappear as the weightless, silky formula glides on skin delivering undetectable coverage, with luxurious skincare benefits. You will always be ready for your close up! 

I don’t have the best, most flawless skin ever. It’s quite uneven, has redness, and I suffer from the dreaded oily T-zone.

I spotted this foundation last year in Kit Cosmetics because of the cute looking glass bottle – I’m a sucker for cute packaging. I was really hesitant to try a foundation that had more of a dewy finish because I didn’t want to accentuate my oiliness. However, because the foundation itself was oil-free and paraben free, I went for it and picked up a sample in the shade ‘Perfect Nude’. As soon as I was running low on my sample I didn’t hesitate to go out and buy the full size bottle!

It also claims to:

• Erase Imperfections - Created with our advanced Light Refraction Technology that visibly reduces the appearance of pores and fine lines by diffusing and reflecting light.  
• Wrinkle Relaxing - Bio Transformed Botanicals soften and relax the appearance of facial lines and wrinkles.  
• Close-Up Coverage - Real Skin Technology allows for “close up” perfection. Weightless in finish and feeling, foundation coverage adjusts to skins’ ever changing needs.  
• Skin Balancing - Natural Bark Extract absorbs excess oil while keeping skin hydrated and fresh.  

I definitely agree that it helps to erase imperfections, makes my skin look great close-up, and has skin balancing properties – but I don't feel like I can comment on the wrinkle relaxing claims, as I haven’t really experienced it myself.

I would describe it as a medium coverage foundation, and covers my redness and events out my skintone whilst looking quite natural on my skin. I absolutely love the more dewy finish this leaves on my skin, as it doesn’t look so flat like matte foundations can.

I use this foundation with a primer & powder religiously, and sometimes with a makeup finishing spray and it stays put on my skin all day (I don’t carry around powder to touch up with). It glides onto my skin so smoothly and doesn’t streak on me at all, just make sure you shake the bottle before you use it!

Don’t be put off by the fact that it doesn’t have a pump – it actually doesn’t bother me at all, and I don’t find it hard to get the perfect amount of product out of the bottle.

I love the look this has on my skin, and will be repurchasing it before the bottle runs out! Definitely my go-to foundation!

I used this foundation in a previous FOTD, which you can find here.

You can purchase the Too Faced Amazing Face Liquid Foundation from Kit Cosmetics in Australia for $53.95.

Review: Too Faced Natural Eye Shadow Collection

Lately I've been absolutely loving the brand Too Faced after discovering it last year. This eye palette in particular has been my go-to eyeshadow palette for a quick and versatile everyday look.

I find these eyeshadows blend with ease and the colour stays perfectly all day long. It's also a great palette for packing into your makeup bag as it is quite lightweight and sturdy so it doesn't feel like it's going to break on you. The packaging itself is also really cute which is a bonus!

It also comes with three 'how-to' cards - which I've actually never used - but I'm sure could be handy for some people!

The palette includes 9 shades - 3 matte & 6 shimmer:

Heaven -  a cream matte

Velvet Revolver - a matte taupe

Sexpresso - a matte deep brown

Silk Teddy - a peach champagne shimmer

Push Up - a light bronze shimmer

Erotica - a soft charcoal shimmer

Nude Beach - a champagne shimmer with gold glitter

Honey Pot - a gold shimmer

Cocoa Puff - a warm chocolate brown shimmer

The range of colours is great! You can create toned down 'barely there' eyeshadow looks or more dramatic looks using the darker colours in the palette.

This is how Too Faced describes the palette:

The Natural Eye, Neutral Eye Shadow Collection, contains everything you need to create the pretty, soft, and slightly sexy "natural eyes" you've seen on super models and celebrities and have always wanted to perfect for yourself. The three easy-to-follow, step-by-step Glamour Guides lead you through every fun step to insure a professional looking application every time! 

(taken from here).

If you are on the lookout for a new 'neutral' eyeshadow palette I's definitely recommend you checking this one out.

You can pick it up from Kit Cosmetics in Australia for $53.95 or from BeautyBay for $36.09 with free shipping.

You can see a natural eye look I created with this palette in my last post.

I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend.

Review: Jordana Best Lash Extreme Volumizing Mascara

Hello Everyone,

I recently made an order from Cherry Culture. With all the hype around this product lately, I decided to try the Jordana Best Last Extreme Volumizing Mascara. After reading so many good reviews I needed to give it a go myself, and let me tell you; it is amazing!

Pros:

- cheap!

- lengthens

- volumizes

- extremely black

- long lasting

- holds a curl

- makes my lashes look fuller

- removes easily

- the wand is small enough to coat each individual lash

Cons:

- the formula is slightly 'wet', however that is to be expected with any new mascara

- can be quite clumpy, however if you apply it correctly this problem can be solved

If you haven't given this mascara a try and have the opportunity to buy it (as it is not sold in Australia), I'd say go for it! For the price your paying it is definitely worth it, and I won't hesitate to say it's my new favourite mascara!

Where to buy from:

- CherryCulture - $2.99

- Beauty Joint - $3.44