Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint in "Uncuffed" Review & Swatches

I've been a huge fan of the Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip paint since the OG red came out. The formula that Rihanna has created for this product is absolutely amazing. 

As soon as I saw she was coming out with a dusty mauve shade, I knew I had to get my hands on it. I live for mauve shades, and they're certainly a staple for my makeup collection. 

The product itself is very wet, but dries relatively fast. It stains a little bit but other than that, it stays on all day. You really got to make sure your lips are moisturized though, because I tried wearing it once while my lips were crusty, and it just didn't feel as good wearing it throughout the day. 

It definitely looks darker on this swatch, but it appears more pink in person. 

Did you pick up any of the new Stunna Lip Paints? 

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Beauty Blender Bounce Liquid Whip Longwear Foundation Review (Shade 2.3)

Another foundation review? Yes please! You guys already know it’s one of my favourite makeup products to review. When I heard that Beauty Blender was coming out with a foundation, I knew I had to get my hands on it. The Beauty Blender itself was and still is, one of the most innovative and life changing products in the makeup industry. Many reasons why I wanted to try this foundation, was the fact it claimed to last up to 24 hours. 

I am currently on the market to find a foundation that lasts all day and night, as I am going to a wedding this weekend! This foundation claims to last up to 24 hours, and is suppose to have a velvet matte finish. 

Not only are you getting a foundation though, the packaging itself also is a little dish for your foundation!! I originally was using a metal plate I purchased at IMATS many years ago, but this just makes it easier since it’s all in one. I’m also loving the pearlized finish on the backside. 

If you’re worried about the foundation not properly landing onto the dish portion, they already have that all figured out. The nozzle that dispenses the foundation is angled so when you press down the pump, the product is dispensed onto the back. 

It’s super cute! I’ve never had a foundation this shape. It’s kind of big and oblong, but it’s different! There’s also a locking mechanism so you don’t accidentally dispense product when you don’t want to. I got the shade 2.3 based on my Sephora shade match. (To be honest, I last did colour match over 6 years ago, so I don’t even think it was accurate but I went with it!) 

As you can see, the product drips onto the backside so you have a spot for your Beauty Blender to dab on. So genius! 

Here is the shade on my arm. The colour 2.3 is suppose to be a medium shade with yellow undertones. The colour definitely looked darker on my arm than on my face when I applied it, but we will see if I have to change it or not, after a few more uses. 

Here is my bare ass face. I actually look pretty pale this summer, so I figured the colour could work on me. 

Okay, so with the foundation only, I felt that the colour was wayyyyyyyy too light on me. It could also be the flash, so now I’m definitely reconsidering wearing this to a wedding, since many photos will be taken. I’ll for sure have to test it more after this. 

It’s definitely whiter than most foundations I’ve tried, so I could for sure probably go for a darker shade. It’s not too bad I must say. The foundation applies on very nicely, but you do have to use a lot to get to full coverage. I used 5 pumps to achieve this look. It’s super lightweight that I didn’t feel like I was wearing make-up at all! You definitely do get a very velvety-matte finish, and I didn’t feel like it was heavy or cakey at all. 

I’m not gonna lie, I look pretty darn oily. For 10 hours though? It’s not too bad! I always have blotting sheets with me, so I could easily fix the problem. At the 6 hour mark is when I start getting oily, and this foundation lasted past that, before I had to blot my face. With some foundations, I get some weird separation around my nose, and everything gets all patchy and weird. This foundation was able to withstand all that, so I was super happy. 

UPDATE AFTER 3 DAYS OF USE: 

From my initial test, I used the foundation along with my favourite concealer, which is the Tarte Shape Tape concealer. I figured maybe if I change up my routine a bit, I could get a better idea of the actual foundation itself. I skipped using concealer, and to my surprise, it lasted WAY longer without it! 

Jump to the next day, I skipped the concealer again and then I mixed the foundation with one of my Colourpop No Filter Foundations, just so the shade would be slightly darker. I was happy to find that the formula still worked amazing and the foundation lasted all day. What I love most about this foundation is how lightweight it is. Even though my face may look like an oily mess at the end of the day, it didn't feel gross at all. Sometimes, the oil from my face mixes with the foundation, causing my face to feel really gross and heavy. I don't get this feeling at all with this foundation. I even wore it to the gym, got super sweaty, and my face still felt good. 

So does it last 24 hours? If my face was normal and didn't get as oily as it did, yeah I could totally see it lasting 24 hours. I love how lightweight it is, it's almost like you're not wearing any make-up! I love to cake on that foundation, and this one sure doesn't feel cakey at all.

Most likely this shade will end up being my winter colour, and I'll probably have to buy another shade to use for summer, but mixed with another foundation, or maybe even a lot of bronzer, I could make it work! 

Are you thinking of trying this foundation? 

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Colourpop No Filter Collection Review (Light 70, Medium 90, Medium Pressed Powder, Banana Powder, Translucent Powder)

Besides lip products, my favourite products to review are face products. I love doing foundation reviews, because foundation is literally the "foundation" to the whole look! Hahahaha, that was pretty lame. I have a very problematic face, so I'm always on the hunt for a better foundation. 100% of the time, my face is oily AF, sometimes I have dry patches, and sometimes my pores are so large, you can mistaken my face for the moon.

I've only ever tried Colourpop liquid lipsticks and eyeshadows, and as much as I love the product, I never saw myself reaching for them as often as the "higher end' stuff I own. Higher end as in; more pricey and luxurious I guess. The foundation looked promising, and I'm always up for trying a new foundation. My current favourites over the last few months have been the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Foundation and the Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation. Fenty is my #1 go to, but I didn't feel like spending over $40 on foundation, so I went back to my holy grail, never fail foundation; the Maybelline Fit Me. I've been using it for years, and have repurchased it time and time again, and it never lets me down. It's my all time favourite drug store foundation.

When I saw that Colourpop was coming out with more face products (besides the concealer) I knew I had to try it. I purchased two shades of foundation, because the guide they offered put me under both the shade Light 70, and Medium 90. You can find the shade guide on their Instagram page! 

I also purchased the Sheer Pressed Powder in the shade "medium" and both the translucent powder and the banana powder. The pressed powder was surprisingly "white" for a medium shade, and it did make me look a tad whiter when I used it. The banana powder was very yellow, but a very nice fine powder, that didn't dry out my face when I used it. The translucent powder didn't add a white cast on my face, but I also felt it didn't make a huge difference in controlling my oil or setting my face.

The colour looks super yellow here, but it wasn't as yellow on my skin, and it blended very nicely. 

Translucent Powder

Medium Sheer Pressed Powder

Personally, I felt I could do without the Translucent Setting Powder, as I felt it didn't do too much for me, and same with the Matte Pressed Powder, which seemed quite light for a medium shade. 

For the foundation shades, I noticed that Light 70 was too light, and Medium 90 was too dark. They had an 80 shade that I totally wish I got instead. Mixing the shades definitely makes the perfect shade for me though, so that's what I've been doing for the past few weeks. The foundation is very watery, but man is it pigmented. A little really goes a long way with this foundation. The one thing I disliked about the packaging though was the fact their wasn't a lid! I love that there's a pump, but the pump doesn't have a lid, so it kind of looks incomplete.

Some better lighting to see the true shades of colour. On the left is Light 70, and on the right we have Medium 90. You can see that the Light 70 is more neutral, and Medium 90 is more yellow.  Combined together, the shade is perfect for me! 

Using it for the first week, I absolutely loved the finished look with all three products. It was wearable for more than 6 hours, but past that mark, it looked horrendous! My pores were showing and I looked super oily. I stopped using the pressed powder and the loose powder, to determine if it was the foundation, and I still had the same result.

I really wanted to give this foundation another shot, because for the price, you can't go wrong. The following week I decided to switch out my primer. Originally I was using the Smashbox primer, and then I switched to the Dr Brandt Pores No More primer. What a difference it made! I guess the combination with the Smashbox primer and the foundation, made my face extra oily, but with the Pores No More, it held up for more than 6 hours, and I didn't have to blot my face til about the 7 hour mark. Even at that point, the blotting sheet had barely any oil on it. My favourite thing to do is use the loose banana powder under my eyes, brush it all off, and then use the sheer pressed powder to set it all. I wasn't a huge fan of the translucent loose powder, as I felt it didn't make a difference in controlling my oil. I continued using my current favourite loose setting powder which is the Too Faced Peach Perfect Powder.

Final thoughts? This is probably one of my all time favourite foundations now. I love the huge selection of shades, and the fact the shade is absolutely perfect for me. This is the closest shade I've matched myself with, for any foundation I've owned! Most times foundation shades are slightly too dark for me, but I use a lot of powder to kind of balance it out. It is definitely medium to full coverage, or you can sheer it out if you have a very damp Beauty Blender. You barely need any foundation to get good coverage, so it will definitely last you a while. The sheer pressed powder is probably a pass on repurchasing, because I feel it didn't make a huge difference whether I used it or not. I'm more of a loose powder person anyways. It'll probably sit in my purse as a powder I can use for touch ups, but besides that, I won't buy it again. I love the banana loose powder though, as it looked amazing and did a great job brightening my under eyes. I like the translucent loose powder, but it wasn't any better than an other loose setting powder. I'll probably stick to my favourites I already have.

Have you tried any Colourpop products? Let me know your favourites!

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Vichy Aqualia Thermal Rehydrating Gel Cream Review

Well, well, well, look who's back from the dead. I mean, from a long, unexpected hiatus. It's been about half a year since my last blog post, the longest hiatus I've had from the blog. Let's just say, it's been a very uneventful 6 months. I just made a few changes in my life, and had a lot of other things going on, and blogging was just in the background for me at the time. I'm happy to say though, that I am back, and hopefully I won't be gone for such a long time again! 

I'm always happy when I get the opportunity to review products through Influenster Voxboxes, especially skin care stuff! As I get older, I understand the importance of properly taking care of your skin, because you know, I plan to look like I'm 18 forever :) 

If you're new here, or maybe just haven't read any of my other Influenster posts, let me fill you in. Influenster is an amazing community where you can read reviews from people just like you, about products you like. Not only that, they send out free products to members to try and test out. Free products in exchange for your honest opinions? Sign me up! Or, sign you up maybe? Check out my previous Influenster posts, where I got things like Bite Beauty Lip Pencils, L'oreal Skincare, and even a Keurig!! Yeah you heard that right, a FREE Keurig. I also go into more detail of what Influenster is in that post, so be sure to check it out! 

Now, more about the product. The Vichy Aqualia Thermal Rehydrating Water Gel Cream is suppose to provide 48 hours of hydration to combination/oily skin. Straight from the website; it recharges dry and dehydrated skin using natural derived ingredients such as Hyaluronic Acid, fortifying Vichy mineralizing water, and plant sugar mannose. These ingredients work together to provide you with fresh, dewy looking skin. It's also paraben-free, silicone free and oil free! 

The cream itself was like a gel consistency, and absorbed very quickly into the skin. It does have a scent, but it wasn't overpowering and didn't linger once it dried. 

I've been using this as my daily moisturizer for many a little over 2 weeks now? I've got to say, it's a good cream, but not the best. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, but it's not so amazing that I would repurchase it. It did its job and it did keep my skin hydrated, but I mean, that was about it. I have very oily skin, with occasional dry patches. Using this product daily has vastly decreased the dry patches, and my skin was hydrated, but the oil produced on my face wasn't minimized. Of course the product itself doesn't say it minimizes an oily complexion, but I would've hoped it would help with the overproduction of oil. 

It definitely provides dewy looking skin when worn on its own, but as a person with super oily skin, I don't really need/want that dewy look at all! I'll still continue to use the product because it does keep my face well moisturized, but I probably won't be repurchasing it, as it doesn't meet my personal skincare needs!

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Colourpop Take Me Home Eyeshadow Palette Review + Swatches

Hey friends. It's been a while since I've reviewed an eyeshadow palette, so I'm excited about this one. I purchased the Colourpop Take Me Home eyeshadow palette over the Christmas holidays, and being the person that I am, I couldn't try it until I was ready to take some photos haha. Unfortunately, it's no longer available on the Sephora Canada website, but it is on sale on the Colourpop website for $10. 

Let me start off with by saying, for $10, these eyeshadows are outstanding. 

In this palette, you're getting 6 beautiful shades. They're not new shades to their line, but a few of the top warm toned shades.

It's a small palette, so it's perfect for on the go or for travelling. 

On my last post, I mentioned that I started using my iPhone camera to take blog photos because I found convenience in using a smaller device, and just uploading to Dropbox and editing my photos on my computer. I complained a bit about the quality, but these swatch photos are outstanding. I LOVE THIS PHOTO SO MUCH. It's a wee bit blurry due to the size of the photo, but it turned out really well. I have the iPhone 8 plus by the way, and I must say, it did a damn good job. 

The shades in this palette are to die for. The pigmentation is unreal! 

My favourite of the bunch would have to be Bitter Better and Popular Demand. I had quite a bit of fall out when using a few of the shades, as they came off very powdery when my brush touched the pan. The application of the product on my eyes was fine though.

Here is the look I created. I'm a bit rusty when it comes to applying eyeshadow, but hey, I never claimed to be good at make-up, just love collecting it! I believe I used "Issues" all over as the base, "Side Tracked" as the crease colour, a little bit of "Popular Demand" on the outer corner, and "Salt Water" in the middle for a nice pop of shimmer.

I also drenched myself in some highlighter, but quite a bit that I do look a bit oily LOL. Trust me, it's all highlighter! (Review coming soon!!)

At another angle. Wearing Huda Beauty lashes called "Samantha". Super thick, super lush, super heavy! I'm not used to wearing such dramatic lashes, so this was way uncomfortable for me. The palette was a lot warmer than I imagined before seeing it in person, but it's absolutely gorgeous. I thought it would be similar in shades as the mini Huda Beauty eyeshadow palettes with the 9 shades, but it's way different. 

What's your favourite to go eyeshadow palette?

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Sephora Favorites Give Me Some New Lip Review + Swatches

I decided to try something new this year, and it was to use my Iphone to take my blog photos. Normally I would whip out my DSLR or my point and shoot, but I felt like, the best way I can quickly shoot out a few blog posts, is to try and quickly take photos with my phone instead. As easy as it made out to be, I'm not loving the quality of the photos. It looked really good on my phone, but now as I see them posted on my blog, I feel like it could've been better. I did edit them a bit, but clearly, it'll never be as good as a DSLR. 

Today's post will be on the new Sephora Favorites: Give Me Some New Lip Kit which is new for the Spring 2018 season. As soon as I saw it available, I knew I had to get my hands on it. You can see my true love for these sets; here,  here, here, and here. I am obsessed with these sets because I totally think they're worth the money! If you're a make-up collector, new to make-up or know someone who loves male-up, these sets/kits are awesome to give. You get a great variety of lip products, and you get to try new brands and formulas! 

There was a great variety of shades, formulas and brands in this years kit, and I am in love! I got to try out two brands/lip products I wasn't familiar with, and for the price I paid, it was worth trying! 

Smashbox Always On Metallic Matte in "XO, Vlada (Full Size)

I love the Smashbox Always On Liquid Lipsticks, so I already knew this was a great product to start with. The shade itself is absolutely beautiful. For myself though? I'm on the fence about it. It's definitely a shade that is out there, and very metallic. It's gorgeous nonetheless, but I personally wouldn't wear this on it's own. Maybe I would add a bit of it on the center of my lips, to enhance my look, or even use it as an eyeshadow shade! 

It's a beautiful rose gold/copper shade on my lips. 

Huda Beauty Lip Strobe in "Snobby" (Deluxe Size) 

At the end of last year, I found a new love for the Huda Beauty brand. I've tried another lip strobe in one of the lip kits and really enjoyed the dimension it brought to your lips. 

This shade is a stunningly beautiful iridescent pink, with a mixture of greenish, purple hues to it. It looks way better in person! 

Just topped over my naked lips. The formula isn't too tacky, and it wears nice on its own or over another lip shade. 

Marc Jacobs Beauty Le Marc Liquid Lip Crayon in "Night Mauves" (Full size)

I've mentioned it before on my blog, and I'll mention it again. I despise lip crayons. I don't know why, but I just do! This one claims to have the look, wear and feel of a liquid lipstick, but in crayon form. Why not just stick with the liquid lipstick form?! Marc Jacobs came out with a liquid lipstick and it's actually one of my favourites that I own. 

Okay, but I'm not going to lie to you guys. The formula itself is actually very nice compared to other lip crayons I've tried in the past. Most of them really dragged on my lips and provided minimal coverage. This lip crayon was very soft, buttery and comfortable. The colour payoff was great and the product glided on effortlessly. It felt like I was applying a very lightweight lipstick. You barely felt it sitting on your lips. 

At first, I was thinking I would love the shade, but after putting it on, I'm not so sure. I read a little more about the product, and they have some sort of "ghost pearl" to the fomula, to provide a bit more dimension in the lip product. I would of preferred it to have a flat matte finish, so maybe that's why I don't like the shade as much as I would've wanted. If it were a line of matte crayons, then yes, I would've definitely repurchased something in this line of lip crayons, considering how much I hate them! 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick in "Candy Venom" (Deluxe Size) 

Not going to lie, one of the main reasons I wanted to get this lip kit was because of the Mattemoiselle lipstick. I wanted to try the formula before buying the full size product, and I am so glad I did. 

This shit is A-MA-ZING. It's extremely lightweight, the colour is vibrant and absolutely GORGGGGG. I have about two other lipsticks in my collection that I love dearly, and are pretty close to this shade, but nothing compares to the formula for the Mattemoiselle lipstick. It glides on with ease and it doesn't feel dry at all considering it's a matte lipstick. I have dry as hell lips because I don't wear lip balm often, and it still looked great. 

LOOK AT THAT STUNNING COLOUR. I am literally in love with this formula. Another Fenty Beauty product that I absolutely love. I'm still iffy about purchasing the full size product because their isn't a shade that stands out to me that much that I would buy one, but maybe when she releases more colours that I feel I would love, I will get my hands on them. 

treStiQue Mini Plumping Lip Balm in Barbados Berry

I personally never heard of the brand, but it's nice to see something different in these lip kits. It claims to be a plumping balm, but I didn't really feel any tingly sensations or a difference in my lip size. 

It's quite pigmented for a lip balm. The one thing I don't like is the size of the balm. For something that has a lot of colour, it's gigantic in size, so I don't see any precision when using this product at all. 

It adds a nice bright reddish pink shade to my lips, definitely livens it up. A nice lip balm but a very unpractical size. 

Overall, a great kit to start of the 2018 year. You can get your hands on it at Sephora, and don't forget to click below  on Ebates to get cash back when you shop at Sephora online!!

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