Review and Swatches- myface.cosmetics

myface.cosmetics has been getting some amazing press of late with celebrity followings from Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek and Kate Moss so, when I was offered the opportunity to review some of their products I jumped at the chance.

The great thing about this brand is they put their cosmetics into three categories Fair, Medium and Dark which means you can just shop your complexion. Now of course some of the Lip and Blush shades will suit an array of tones but they tell you which skin tone it was designed for. Arranging their cosmetics in this way means that once you have matched up your foundation you pretty much cant go wrong with anything else you choose, obviously providing you take your hair and eye colouring into account.

mymix Foundation £15.99

I received the mymix foundation in shade Fair 03 this shade was a tad too dark for me but with enough buffing I could just pull it off, I think I am more of a Fair 02. This foundation has a very light liquid texture, a lot like MAC's Face and Body, with a medium coverage. This foundation has a lovely dewy finish and without a primer didn't seem to sit in my pores at all which is a major plus.

R&B Rouge/Blusher £14.99

I received Lady Monaco which is part of the Medium complexion range however it looks lovely on my complexion. This blush is very pigmented so a little goes a very long way, the packaging is pretty nifty featuring a great sized mirror and a blush brush so, its perfect for popping straight in your handbag.

Blingtone Eyeshadows £12.99

I received Black Ice and Silver Screen. These shadows are stupidly glittery (stupidly in a good way) with hardly any glitter fall out when applied to the lid. You know what its like you buy a shadow like Blacktied from MAC which is lovely black with loads of glitter but, when you apply it to your lid its just a black shadow and the glitter is gone. These shadows keep the glitter as you will see from the pictures and that is without using a base at all. The silver shadow upon swatching doesn't appear to be as pigmented as the black, it just seems to be silver glitter. The Black shadow I am completely in love with this out of all of the products is my fav, I have not come across a black shadow with so much pigmentation and so much glitter together in one tiny package.


Overall I really, really like this brand and would certainly like to try the rest of the Blingtone shadows and some of their lip products.

The great thing for you guys is at the moment myface.cosmetics are running a promotion which will entitle you to a full size mymix foundation with any order using code free-foundation (whilst stocks last) This is a great offer and certainly gives you the chance to try more than one item on your first order.

If you do end up ordering I would love to hear your thoughts.

Ems xo

Review & Swatches: Living Nature Lipsticks

A few weeks ago, the lovely people at Living Nature offered to send me some of their Lipsticks including their current best seller, Summer Rain Lipstick. After reviewing their make up remover a little while ago and being impressed, I jumped at the chance.

I immediately loved the packaging. I always think anything stored in a matte black container gives off more class and elegance. I have no idea why, its just something I like!

Ingredients

The box that the lipsticks come in contain all the standard information you would expect to see, plus a sell by date, as these products are all natural.

Onto the colours. I received Summer Rain, Warm Rocks and Warm Wood. I am not really a fan of brown lip colours although I would wear Warm Wood, as its a fairly light nude brown. My favourite, like everyone else, is Summer Rain, which is a light mauve-pink and suits my skin tone really nicely. (Probably doesn't suit the Red hair, but what the hell).

The Lipsticks have great pigmentation especially the darker shade, Warm Rocks, which has an almost matte finish, where as the other two have more of a sheen to them. What I love about these lipsticks is the fact they don't dry out my lips. I normally suffer with dry, chapped lips, but not with these, they glide on and leave my lips feeling soft and subtle when removed.

I really like the texture of these and I will definitely be wearing a lot more of Summer Rain, its a beautiful colour.

You can purchase these products from Living Nature's website for £15.00 each.

What do you think of the shades? Have you tried this brand before? Let me know what you think of them.

Ems xo

*PR sample sent for review. All views are my own

Sugarpill Review and Swatches

 A little while ago when I actually had money I treated myself to some Sugerpill goodies. I had been wanting to try this brand for a long time but, never actually got round to it as its so hard to get hold of here in the UK.

I picked up the following shades in a mixture of pressed and loose powders:

Bulletproof (Pressed) - Matte Black

Tako (Pressed) - Matte White

Love+ (Pressed) - Matte Red

Buttercupcake (Pressed) - Matte Yellow

Poison Plum (Pressed) - Matte Purple

Flamepoint (Pressed) - Matte Orange

Stella (Loose) - Black with Rainbow Sparkle

Goldilux (Loose) - Metallic Gold

Starling (Loose) - Metallic Turquoise

Hysteric (Loose) - Metallic Purple with Turquoise Sparkle

Asylum (Loose) - Deep Red with Sparkle

Lumi (Loose) - White with Turquoise Sparkle

Loose Shadows without Primer

With ELF Primer

Buttercupcake performed well with and without the primer only needing one swipe of my finger in the product.

Love + Unprimed is not as pigmented as I would have liked it took several swipes of the product to get the colour achieved in the image. Primed with one swipe it works better

Bulletproof is the same as Love+ primed it works much better.

Tako  and Flamepoint performed very well using one swipe of product in both images.

Poison Plum needed a couple of swipes of product without primer but no way near as much as Bulletproof and Love+ and Primed would still need a little more product added to get that really intense purple.

Overall I was very impressed with the shadows I would have hoped that Love+ and Bulletproof were more pigmented than they were! Great value for the size of the product and lovely packaging. My overall favourite is Flamepoint I am completely in love with the colour its stunning.

Loose shadows no primer

All of the loose shadows were swiped once without using primer or water! I was impressed with all of the Loose shadows and don't have a bad word to say about any of them.

The colour payoff is completely outstanding and the image really doesn't do them justice. I am really looking forward to using these in future looks.

You can get your hands on these amazing products at Sugarpill's website Loose Eyeshadows and Pressed Eyeshadows are both priced at $12.00 with is around £7.70 and for the amount of product you get that is outstanding value.

Shipping is very reasonable as well starting at $6.00 and then free anywhere in the world for orders over $75.00.  As for the packaging it comes in a sugarpill branded box carefully wrapped in pink tissue paper. I did get a free Sugarpill sticker which now sits on my brush pot and a sample which is so small I didn't want to open it to swatch I am saving that one for a special occasion.

You can now purchase Sugarpill here in the UK from the amazing Love Make Up  Loose and Pressed Eyeshadows are £8.50 and Palettes are £24.99. UK postage is £2.99 or £6.99 for Next Day Delivery.

Over the coming weeks I will be doing FOTD's using these stunning colours so you can see exactly how great they are.

Have you used Sugarpill? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Ems xo