Glimpse: NYX 10 Color Eye Palette - The Runway Collection

After I attended Beauty Makeup course at Basement Academy, NYX kinda grew in me. I love everything NYX specially the eye shadows, lipsticks and lip glosses. Good thing angelic Sol of  Digital Traincase is around to cater to my NYX whims and caprices for the right price... thanks Sol! :) Palette is at 480PhP. 

Here is a glimpse of the Runway Collection in Romance.  It is a convenient 10-color eye shadow palette in hues of bronzes and browns. Some shades (top part of the palette) have slightly chunky glitters  (which I can  take) while the rest are just shimmery.

(oooops... accidentally poked my finger on it)

swatch of the upper 5 shades

swatch of the bottom 5 shades

Clearer shot of all shades ( click to enlarge)

This palette has warm bronze and browns that I really, really love! ^_^

 How about you.... any favorite eye shadows or palettes? .... share :)

Review: Revlon Brow Fantasy, Max Factor Masterpiece Colour Precision Eyeshadow

I recently visited Mega Mall and made a side trip to the cosmetics department of SM (which is really part of my agenda whenever I got to the mall).. tee-hee ^_^

Here's what I got that day....

Revlon Brow Fantasy in Dark Brown (bottom) and

Max Factor Masterpiece Colour Precision Eyeshadow in Pearl Beige (top)

The Brow Fantasy is double ended. One end with a pencil to outline your brows while the other end has a wand (much like a mascara but smaller/thinner) to set your brows in place after filling it out with color. It's really helpful when your brows are bushy or grows in different directions, it acts as a brow tamer. It costs around P595.00 (not more than P600). This brow color comes in 3 shades ( I think.. haha!), light brown, dark brown ( which is what I got) and black.

The Pearl eyeshadow is creamy in consistency and it has that pearl sheen (which I love) when applied. It comes in a tube... much like a lipgloss, with a doe-foot applicator.. (did I get that right? ^_^) This eyeshadow is best used as color base to help your eyeshadow last. But of course it depends on what color your eye makeup will be. That's why I bought beige because it's the most versatile base color for eyeshadows. Price is 450Php - 495Php (sorry can't remember exact price). It is available in different shimmery shades... blue, green, purplish... but not that much variety of colors.

Revlon Brow Fantasy

the pencil end

the wand end

Swatch of Max Factor Masterpiece Precision Eyeshadow

when rubbed to blend...

I must say this pearlies are worth every centavo... it's smudge/rub proof. The swatch I did above lasted until the next morning. It didn't budge at all! It only came off when I took a shower!... for real!

Overall, I'm happy with this purchase... glad i bought them, no regrets ^_^

XOXO

New Blog Title

I thought of changing my blog title to Beyond Tightlining from Kikaymomster... I don't know... the former has a somewhat international tone than the latter. Besides, after my Beauty and Make-up Course at Basement Academy I somehow found a new awakening on make-up. Aside from learning how to apply it professionally I found sheer joy in putting on make-up just for the heck of it... yes! from base all the way to putting on falsies! : )

If you live and breath make-up then you know what tightlining is. If not, let me define it for you. Tightlining is applying eyeliner in the innermost part of the (upper) eyelids where your eye lashes sprout from. It is also known as the "invisible eye liner". Tightlining emphasizes your lash line, making it look like you have very thick lash base. Your eyes gain emphasis without an obvious trace of make-up. Tightlining is something everyone can do, you just need to practice. There!.....

I plan on pursuing what I learned from Basement Academy and eventually do it professionally... **crossing fingers**.

'Til then...

xoxo

Review: Etude House Baby Skin Veiling Pact

This is the compact pressed powder that matches the Baby Skin Foundation (which I will review next) that I bought along with the rest of the Etude House stuff click here. The compact powder comes in 2 shades, #1 for VERY light complexion and #2 for light complexion. I got the #2, I think it's suits me since I have the matching foundation in #1.... you know, to balance the tone so I won't look like an espasol ( a Philippine delicacy that has powdered flour topping) ",) Being a Korean brand, Etude House don't have shades suited for morena or medium to brown-skinned gals.

Here is a rundown of things to love about it:

• It comes in very cute and pink with-a-touch-of-Victorian package... a great addition to my makeup kit
• It has SPF22 PA ++ (yayy!)
• It has a nice feel and texture on the face when applied
• Reasonably priced - I forgot how much it exactly is but I know it's between P300 and P400. I think it's the cheapest face powder they have.
• It has that light scent of baby powder which I love!!

Things I don't like about it:

• You have to re apply it every so often as it goes pfffft easily. But considering it's just a pressed powder, that's understandable.
• It's a bit powdery when applied so I use a face brush instead of the velour puff that comes with it.

Will I buy again ?

Probably not...for the reason that there's a whole lot of powders to try out there to last me a lifetime! '',)

Hope this review helps! 'Til then...

xoxo

Etude House Beauty Finds

I got to check out Etude House in Mega Mall after the holidays. The ambiance of the shop made the shopaholic in me all jittery :) It's a small space actually but with VERY bright lights and pink and girly all over. What really got me excited about it are the affordable price tags!! It's waaaay cheaper than other Korean stores like The Face Shop and Skin Food.... and after a week or two of trying out their products, I can say it's not bad. Most of the stuff I got were really nice :)

Above is actually Haulage #2 (just got mixed up with the uploading)

From the top:

Proof 10 Eye Primer (this is good!)

Lip Brush

Sleeping Pack (night cream of some sort)

Baby Skin Veil (compact pressed powder)

So Lovely Allover Spray (scent)

Haulage #1

Blush highlighter (shimmery)

Tint Chou Lip Tint (red)

Mascara Guide

Baby Skin Foundation (really nice)

The Baby Skin Veil compact (haulage #2) is the matching pressed powder of the Baby Skin Foundation (top)

I've noticed that Etude House foundations and powders are for fair-skinned gals only. Most, if not all of them come in 2 tones only, for very fair skin and medium skin (which I still find too light for morena skin). Come to think of it.... are there medium-tone skinned Koreans?

I will do a separate review of these goodies soon. Any suggestions what you like reviewed first? Lemme' know!! :)

'Til then...

XOXO