On my eyes: I cannot get enough

Guess what, I used the Naked Palette again. It seems like I cannot get enough of this palette. It is so easy to use and the shadows are very easy to work with.



I think that the eyeshadow Toasted, which I am wearing on my lid is starting to become a favorite of mine. This is a rosy bronze color and it looks so beautiful on the eye. I decided to darken it up in the crease with Creep, shimmery black.

I tried using the eyeshadow Buck to fill in my eyebrows but this didn't work at all. The color is so wrong for my eyebrows and it gave them a very strange tint. I am not doing that again.

For this makeup I used the following products:

Eyes:
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, the original color.
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils in Milk and Slate
Urban Decay Naked Palette and I used the following eyeshadows, Virgin, Sin, Half Baked, Dark Horse, Toasted and Creep.
Stila Liquid Eye Liner
Cover Girl LashBlast Volume Mascara

Face:
Clinique Superbalanced Makeup Foundation in 27 Alabaster (N)
Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch
Everyday Minerals Concealer in Sunlight
Lily Lolo Mineral Bronzer in Waikiki as a cheek bone highlight.
MAC Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in Lush- Light Bronze
NYX Mosaic Powder in Dare

On my eyes: Some Smoke

I have a fondness for taupe eyeshadows. There is something about this color that draws me in and I simply can't resist buying this color over and over again.
I received my latest taupe when my mother started to subscribe to a magazine and received a gift with two Elizabeth Arden products. One of the items in the gift was the Color Intrigue Eyeshadow in Smoke 23.

This is what I am wearing on my eyes in this picture. The makeup looks a little bit darker in the picture that it does in real life.



For this makeup I used:

Eyes:
Makeup Store Eyeprimer, Tinted as a base.
Elizabeth Arden Color Intrigue Eyeshadow in Smoke 23.
Urban Decay Naked Palette, two shadows in Virgin and Sin.
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero.
Cover Girl Lash Blast Volume Mascara in Very Black.
Isadora Eye Brow Lift & Define.

Face:
Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics Foundation in In The Buff as a foundation.
Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics Finishing Powder in Flawless Silk.
MAC Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in Lush-Light Bronze, I love this powder/bronzer.
Everyday Minerals Concealer in Sunlight under my eyes
Make Up Store Cover All Mix pens.
Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Radian Touch in no 2.

I have been looking at my pictures of my eye makeup on the blog and I think I need to make a visit to a makeup counter and ask them if they can teach me how to cover under eye shadows. Because I pile on products but still the shadows shows through. This annoys me when I try to take pictures because I feel that the shadows interfere with the eye makeup.


All of the product was paid for with my own money if not stated otherwise in the post. All of the opinions are my own.

Review: Lily Lolo Mineral blushes

I am continuing my reviews on the products that I have tried from Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics and I am now taking a look at the blushes.

I have two blushes, one matte called Clementine (on the left side of the picture) and one shimmery called Candy Girl (on the right side of the picture).


Clementine belongs to the matte category of blushes and is a beautiful peachy pink blush. It isn't completely matte and it has a small amount of sheen to it. This blush is beautiful on the cheeks and it gives you a nice healthy glow. This is definitely my favorite of the two blushes and I am thinking of buying a full size jar of this.

Candy Girl is a pale pink blush with shimmer. The color is beautiful, a pale pink color but there is too much shimmer in the blush. I am not a huge fan of shimmer in blushes and this amount of shimmer isn't a look that suites me because it might look a little unnatural and also emphasize pores on the cheeks.
I have used a small amount of this on a large fluffy powder brush as a highlight on the cheekbones and it looks beautiful that way.

When you buy samples of the blushers on the Lily Lolo website you receive the samples in small zip lock bags. This makes it a little tricky to use the blush and I wish they would provide the blush samples in small jars like they do with the foundations and bronzers.

Review: Lily Lolo Mineral Bronzers

I am continuing my reviews on the products from Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics and this time I will write about the Bronzers that I purchased a while ago.

I have two samples of the bronzer, South Beach a matte bronzer for Light skin tones and Waikiki a shimmery bronzer for light skin tones.

On the left is the South Beach Bronzer and on the right is
the Waikiki Bronzer.

My favorite of the two is the South Beach Bronzer. I didn't like this when I first swatched it on my hand. I thought it had a orange tint to it and I had my doubts on how it would look on my face. But when I tried it on my face I changed my opinion.
This is a light bronzer and it warms up the skin in a natural looking way. It isn't as orange as I first thought but more peach toned and this prevents the bronzer from looking muddy on your skin.

The Waikiki Bronzer is more golden toned and it has shimmer in it. Personally I prefer a matte bronzer and therefore I am not a big fan of this. This is lighter in color that the South Beach Bronzer and I think it will suit more pale complexions.
I don't reach for this very often but sometimes I like this as a warm highlight on my cheekbones.

The South Beach Bronzer has become my favorite bronzer at the moment and I think I will order a full size jar of this.


I purchased these products with my own money and it is my own opinion.

Review: Lily Lolo Mineral Foundation

I have been using the Lily Lolo Mineral Foundation for quite some time now and I think it is time that I told you what I think about it.

Well, I love it.

The foundation is free from talc, parabens, bismuth oxychloride, synthetic dyes and fragrances. This is always a good thing since these ingredients can irritate the skin and we don't want that.

I am a NC20 in MAC foundations and this means that I have yellow undertones and that I am quite fair. I ordered three samples, two light shades, Warm Peach (for warm skin tones) and Blondie (for neutral skin tones) and one light-medium shade, In the Buff( for neutral skin tones). I started using the two lighter shades at first but after my vacation I started to use In the Buff and I like how this warms up the skin

As I mentioned I love this mineral foundation and the reason for this is that it gives my skin a nice glow and it doesn't irritate it or dry it out. I have very dry skin with lots of texture to it and I am surprised how well this works on me. Normally powder foundations tend to look very powdery and dry on me but this blends nicely with my skin.

I think that the coverage for this foundation is light to medium. You can build up the coverage by applying more but there is a limit on how much you can apply before it looks powdery and cakey.

I have taken photos of my skin to show you before and after pictures. I haven't used anything but the foundation to show you how the foundation looks on the skin. Normally I would use concealer and sometimes also primer before I apply the foundation. I also use Fix+ from MAC as a finishing spray to make it blend into the skin better.

The picture on the left is with no foundation and the picture to the right is after I have applied the foundation.

The foundation has a limited staying power and it does start to disappear after a while and your imperfections start to show through. For me this isn't a problem since I wear concealer underneath but it can be a problem if you have oily skin.

There is one thing you should think about before you buy the mineral foundation from Lily Lolo and that is the glow factor. The foundation contains mica and this gives the skin a nice glow without any glitter. Because my skin is very dry it is also very matte and dull looking so for me this is a plus. But if you are oily this might make you look very shiny and this might not be the look you are looking for.

Overall grade: I love it and I will definitely buy this in full size. But if you have oily skin you should invest in a sample and see if it will make you look shiny because of the glow.

Source: Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics


I bought this with my own money and it is my own opinion.

Swatches: Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics Blushes & Bronzers

I did some swatches of the blushers and bronzers that I ordered samples of from Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics. I did the swatches on my hand because I wanted a more textured surface to be able to really show you the shimmer in some of the products.

From left to right: Clementine Blush, Candy Girl Blush,
South Beach Bronzer and Waikiki Bronzer.

Both Candy Girl and Waikiki have shimmer in them, in fact they are so shimmery that I think that they are almost metallic looking. Because of this I do not use them on the cheeks since shimmery products tend to emphasize an uneven surface and therefore make the pores that I have on my cheeks look even more noticeable.
They are great as highlighters though if you use them with a big fluffy brush.

Both the Clementine Blush and the South Beach Bronzer are matte, but they aren't chalky looking at all but very soft in texture and also very pigmented. I do think that the South Beach bronzer has an orange tint to it, but I haven't used it enough to be able to tell you how it behaves on the skin.

My favorite so far out of the four is the Clementine Blush. I love the texture and the color of this. It is a very beautiful pink peach color and it looks very nice on the cheeks.


Update: I have used these products for some time now and I have written a review on the Bronzers.
superficialityblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/review-lily-lolo-mineral-bronzers.html

Trying some new mineral makeup, a small haul from Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics

I have decided that it is time for me to try mineral makeup again. My experience with mineral makeup is minimal. I did try some samples from Everday Minerals but I wasn't super impressed. I think that I picked out the wrong colors and the wrong finish and the result wasn't very impressing.

I recently discovered a UK based brand called Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics. This company offers mineral makeup without chemicals and synthetic dyes. Their makeup is also Bismuth Oxychloride free which is always a plus since Bismuth Oxychloride can irritate the skin. I was also glad to see that the ingredient list for the foundation is talc free.

I ordered some samples and three of the samples where foundation shades. I have to say that the most negative thing with ordering makeup online is that it is very hard to find the right color for your foundation. I like that companies like Lily Lolo understands this and offers samples on their site.



These are the things that I picked up (all are samples)

Foundation
Warm Peach (light and warm undertones) this was a good match to my NC20 skin tone
Blondie (light and balanced undertones) this was also a good match
In The Buff (light-medium and balanced undertones) this was too dark for me.

Flawless Silk Finishing Powder
Stardust Shimmer Powder
Waikiki, a light shimmery bronzer for light complexions
South Beach, a matte bronzer

Blush
Candy Girl, a shimmery pale pink color
Clementine, a matte peachy pink color.

All of the samples except for the blushes came in small jars, the blushes came in small Zip Lock bags. I thought that the sample jars were quite messy to use since they don't have a sifter. When you open the lid you get powder everywhere.
The shimmery products are very finely milled so there is no chunky glitter in any of them. Both the Candy Girl Blush and the Waikiki Bronzer are very shimmery but there is no glitter in them.

I liked the online store, it was easy to order from and all of the products have good descriptions accompanying them and you get a good idea about the colors just by reading the descriptions.
It took a week from the day I ordered it until I received the package and the company shipped my order the day after I had ordered.


I paid for these products with my own money and it is my own opinion. I am not affiliated with Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics.