I finally decided it was time to have a play with the YSL palette I recently hauled - which you can see in my vid here - Here is the look I came up with...
Ok, so products used;
Face;
RMK Creamy foundation, applied and blended with Illamasqua foundation brush.
Illamasqua loose powder LP115, applied with Illamasqua powder brush
Illamasqua Bronzing duo applied with MAC109 brush
Illamasqua powder blush in Lover, applied with MAC109 brush.
I adore the RMK foundation - I find the whole concept of holy grail products debatable, as there are always new things to try etc, but its safe to say, this is a staple for me.
I'm also definitely finding that Illamasaqua's powder blush in Lover is definitely getting more than its fair share of use - so versatile. It can be dusted on lightly as done here for a natural look, or built up for drama, and it seems to go well with a lot of different looks too.
Eyes;
MAC paintpot in painterly applied with ring fingers as base.
YSL 5 Colour harmony eye palette number 7 applied with various brushes...
NARS Himalayas single shadow as highlighter.
Clarins brow palette for brows
The Body Shop metallic eye definer pencil in Bronze applied to waterline.
Urban decay 24/7 eye definer in black to tightline.
L'Oreal Telescopic mascara in Carbon black
I'm pretty impressed with the palette too - the colours are well put together and the liner shadow is easy to use. They stayed the distance too, lasting through a full days shopping and coffee meet up with my darling mummy.
I broke out the L'Oreal telescopic mascara as a bit of a change from Rimmel Sexy Curves - first impressions are good - its a ery lengthening rather than volumising mascara, and very impressed with the lack of clumping.
The Body Shop eye liner is a lovely shade and definitely looks metallic - wore reasonably well, about 3-4 hours before a touch up was required.
The Clarins brow palette is very good, and I think worthy of its own review!
Lips;
Rouge Bunny Rouge sheer lipstick in Fluttering Sighs.
I LOVE this lipstick - the whole RBR range is expensive yet, but do you know what? I really think it's worth every penny. I'm really pleased that Zuneta are increasing the numbers of shades they are carrying from this range.
Hope you liked my FOTD, and mini-reviews along the way!
MizzWorthy xxx
Thursday, 24 September 2009
FOTD... Featuring YSL, RMK, Rouge Bunny Rouge and Illamasqua...
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Hopping Mad for ROUGE BUNNY ROUGE!
Since reading about this brand on BritishBeautyBlogger, and seeing LondonMakeupGirl's and CosmeticCandy's reviews of this range, I've been hankering after trying it, and I was squealing with excitement when I got the chance to try them out - I was sent five products to have a play with and review... so without further ado!
The first thing that hits you about the range is the packaging - the packaging is sooo pretty, and the good news is, that the pretty isn't just on the boxes - it's on the actual products themselves too... The bad news about the products is that they are (a lot) more expensive than a lot of high end ranges, so lets see if they are worth it!
The range is available now at www.zuneta.com
First up, we have RBR "Seas of Illumination; Highlighting Liquid" - I recieved this in the shade "Sea of Shadows" - I can't actually find this on the Zuneta website at the moment (possibly out of stock?), so I'm unable to give you a price for this unfortunately. It comes in a 30ml glass bottle with a pump dispenser...
This is a gorgeous golden sheer liquid - a little of this goes a LONG way - I literally used a drop of the blob I pumped out and swatched it to produce the swatch above - half a pump is more than enough to do both cheekbones and browbones. I dread to think how much this cost, but it's one of the best illuminators I have ever used - It also lasts well - I've worn this for a shopping trip and various other daily activities today, and it's still going strong. This would also work well if a drop was added to foundation to give a lovely subtle glow to the whole face...
Next up we have "Devotion Ink Quartz Eyeliner" in the shade "Tiger Eye Essence". This is a true brown liquid liner with a coppery gold shimmer... It costs an eye watering £27!
Having tried and failed in many attempts with liquid liners in the past (applicator too hard/soft/ thick/thin... consistency of liner too thin/thick/dry/wet etc), I found this really easy to use - you have to shake the bottle to mix the product, and you get a great intense colour, which dries not too quick and not too slow. Once dry it stays put, and manages not to crack and deposit shimmer all down the face. The applicator is great too - the end of the tip is very fine and also flexible, making it easy to get precise wings etc. The lustre paricle come from ground artificial quartz apparently... Available in three shades.
I also recieved a "When Birds are Singing" eye shadow mono in the shade Unforgettable Oriole (they are all named after birds!) - they are again beautifully packaged and the lids contain a good mirror - this is a very pretty metallic white gold shade, again these are pricy at £22.00 for 2.4g of shadow. Can be applied dry, wet or over primer.
The shadow is beautifully pigmented, and it lasted a full day on me without any sign of a crease - no fall out either I'm pleased to report - its available in 13 shades - I'm particularly lusting after Myserious Tinamou and Mountain Bluebird... the shadow I tried was a lovely texture, not so soft it crumbled, but not too hard to get any product on the brush, and its shimmery without being glittery, lovely!
A multi-purpose product now - again this is not currently on zuneta.com, so I am unable to give a price - perhaps it hasn't been launched yet/is sold out? This is a "Joys and Desires - Deacadent Duo" in the shade Samba - Enredo. It contains a lipgloss at one end and a blush creme-liquid at the other...
In the picture above, the gloss is swatched at the top and the blush is the bottom swatch. The lip gloss was a pretty shade, which lasted well and was just the right level of sticky. The blush was a lovely pink rosey shade, and was incredibly easy to blend out with fingers to give a lovely natural
flush of colour...
Finally, a "Forever Yours, Long-Last Lipliner" in the shade "Esteban", a beautiful nude bronzed pink shade - these are £20 each and available in 6 shades...
The lip-liner is shown in the top swatch above...
This is a lovely nude shade, which I think would work as a great "all purpose" liner with lots of different shades - lasted reasonably well on too, and would also work as a stand alone colour with a clear gloss over it
So, how do the products look on? Here is a little FOTD for you...
Above - that great eyeliner in action...
