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theantibridezilla · 6 years

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Test Drives: Rose Gold with Smashbox, Deck of Scarlet, Kevyn Aucoin & Rimmel London

So I’m rolling out a new post theme, “Test Drives”, which will focus on a #motd (makeup of the day) beauty look centered around new items (either gifted by brands or that I’ve purchased). In addition to showing you a wearable makeup look, I’ll also provide a review on any new product(s) used to create the look. To kick it off, I’m reviewing a few items that I’ve received in the last few months that I lightly featured via swatches or a roundup on here or on Instagram, but never really used. For today’s look I wanted to offer a neutral and a bold effect focused around rose gold - a metallic shade that’s been hot for a while and shows no signs of slowing down especially in the bridal beauty space. To create this look, I decided to use some new items: Smashbox’s Full Exposure eye shadow palette, Deck of Scarlet Edition No 7 x Roxette Arissa March/April palette, Kevyn Aucoin’s PrisMagic Highlighting Trio palette, Rimmel London Lasting Finish Breathable Concealer in Dark and Rimmel’s Insta Duo Contouring Stick in Dark. All of these were gifted by the brand or through an event I attended. All other items I used to create these looks will be listed at the end of the post. So, let’s get to it!

For starters, I love the idea of a nice rose gold makeup look that’s wearable. To be honest, I’m not a fan of over-the-top Instagram style makeup because it’s based on theatrical, cabaret style makeup tricks. It’s great for editorial or performance, but unless you’re working behind a MAC makeup counter or on stage, it’s not realistic for every day wear. Likewise, flip through any bridal magazine and it’s rare to see models or brides rocking Instagram style makeup. So, my preference is something more subtle and “wearable”. By that I mean, something that has a bit more of a timeless look that will still look good years from now and a makeup look that you can actually wear on a regular day without looking like a reject from RuPaul’s Drag Race (no shade to those queens because they do awesome makeup tricks - but it’s theatrical effect makeup!).

Deck of Scarlet Edition No 7 x Roxette Arissa March/April Palette

I featured this palette set on my IG earlier. This is actually a full face palette with shadow, highlight and blush as well as lip and eye liner (not reviewed today). So I intended for this to be the central anchor of the look I wanted to create today because I loved how it offered some great neutral shades across shadows and lips. My goal had been to use the Bronzed metallic shade (top right pan) on my outer corner. But since I used my Pixi Beauty ItsEyeTime palette (right in lower pic) for the rose gold (Getaway) on my lower lid and the matte rosy shade (Brick) on my upper lid/brow bone, they somewhat cancelled out the DoS Bronzed. To re-emphasize my outer corner, I ended up adding Solas from my Kat Von D Shade & Light Eye Contour palette. However, even having said that, I do love the creaminess of Deck of Scarlet’s palette. And I love that the eye shadow pans are great neutrals in a matte and metallic option with an accent turquoise shade which can be used as an under eye liner to offer a pop of color. I’ll do swatches on Instagram shortly of this palette!

Smashbox Full Exposure Eyeshadow Palette

Smashbox has a cult following and for good reason. Now I attended a Birchbox event right before Christmas and this was in my gift bag. I’ve used Smashbox in the past and I love the pigmentation of their shadows as well as their longevity. I used the lower matte taupe shade (left in pic above) as a base. Looking back, I realized after the fact that it was a near perfect dupe to the neutral taupe shade from the DoS x Roxette Arissa palette. So, looking back, I could have skipped adding Smashbox to today’s Test Drive article. However, I do like that this is a palette full of neutrals which for me is ideal as I normally don’t wear super colorful shadows.

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Breathable Concealer in Dark

Of everything I tested today this was the most exciting one. Now, I swatched this concealer along with another shade that the brand sent me in a previous post. Originally, in my first impressions post I wasn’t enthusiastic about this concealer. I was concerned that the texture was too runny and would settle in my fine lines under my eyes or that the dark shade would be too dark for me to use to conceal anything. However, my fears were unnecessary. The texture is runnier than my usual LA Girl HD Pro Conceal or Kevyn Aucoin. However, my fears were totally unnecessary! The Rimmel concealer covered my under eye perfectly and even after applying my Laura Mercier setting powder, it didn’t settle in fine lines. My only gripe about this product (which I mentioned in the previous swatch post) is that the shade I used is the darkest shade available and the next lightest shade is a good 5 shades lighter which means a lot of skin tones are ignored. I don’t know that I would use this every day because the runnier texture isn’t ideal. But it’s a good backup to my usual favorite concealers.

Rimmel’s Insta Duo Contouring Stick in Dark

This came in over the weekend and I was actually pretty hyped to test this one. It’s a fairly straight forward product where you can contour and highlight via a dual ended cream stick applicator. The reason I was hyped is because anything that minimizes the number of brushes/applicators I need to use is always welcome. I hadn’t planned to use the highlight side as I wanted to highlight with rosy shades to compliment the rose gold #motd. Now, I can contour with powder or creams so I don’t personally have a preference. With my initial swatch I did on the back of my hand, I was hyped because the contour side looked like it would be dark enough without being too dark (as I don’t like a heavy contour). But, when I applied it to my face (after having done foundation, concealer & setting powder), the dark shade practically blended in with my face - making the contour nonexistent. Womp Womp. I ended up using my Elf Cosmetics Aqua Beauty Blush & Bronzer duo. Sadly, the shade I was given was the darkest shade Rimmel offers. So once again, darker skin tones from slightly lighter than me to much darker have been ignored. *sigh*

Kevyn Aucoin’s PrisMagic Highlighting Trio palette

I swatched this palette late last month and was definitely a fan as it offered high wattage glitter and some pretty complimentary shades in an iridescent purple, orange and green. I opted to use the purple shade Aura in place of my usual purple highlight Ibiza from Kevyn Aucoin. PrisMagic offers a much stronger color concentration than their Neolights/NeoHighlights category. Aura is much stronger than Ibiza as a highlight - offering a clearly visible purple cast that isn’t as “in your face” with Ibiza. I love it, but it’s strong so use sparingly unless you really want to go for a strong purple effect.

Final Thoughts:

In general, I was happy with the palettes and the concealer. Creamy stay put shadows are always fan favorites for me.

But I can’t ignore the lack of shade representation from brands for deeper skin tones - especially when drugstore brands want to compete with e-com, higher end or pro-MUA focused makeup brands. I’m not against buying makeup from drugstore brands but I don’t make it my first stop because of the frustrations I often have with them. It’s a known fact that women of color (and specifically black women if we just focus on the US market) are the biggest spenders of discretionary income in the global beauty economy. So, the fact that those of us who are #teambrownskin can find ourselves playing Russian Roulette when it comes to buying cosmetics in our local drug stores is infuriating. I am clearly a woman of color, but by no means one of the darkest shades a brand should accommodate when it comes to foundations or concealers. But if you’re ending your color range around my tone, as a brand you’re LITERALLY leaving money on the table. In 2018, I shouldn’t feel like a brand is not an option for me if that brand is selling in the United States. When I go to Japan and can’t find my shade in foundations or concealers, I get it. But if I’m Stateside, I’m just annoyed.

Full Makeup Product Details

Primer: It Cosmetics Bye Bye Lines Serum Color Corrector: LA Girl Pro Conceal in Orange Foundation: NYX Total Control Drop Foundation in Deep Sable Brows: NYX Love Contours All Deep Brown Brow Shade Brow Concealer: ELF Cosmetics Complete Coverage Concealer in Dark Eye Shadow: Deck of Scarlet Edition No 7, Smashbox Full Exposure Eyeshadow Palette, Pixi Beauty ItsEyeTime and Fairy Dust in Warm Metal, Kat Von D Shade & Light Eye Contour Eye Liner: Wet n Wild Liquid Megaliner in Black Lashes: Kawaii Girl Cosmetics in Odaiba Setting Powder: Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder in Deep Contour: Elf Cosmetics Aqua Beauty Bronzer Duo in Bronzed Violet Highlight/Bronzer: L’Oreal True Match Lumi Liquid Glow Illuminator in N201 Rose Lips: Kevyn Aucoin The Molten Lip Color Molten Metals Liquid Lipstick in Carbon (dark shade) and NYX Cosmetics

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asgarden · 6 years

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I have skincare and makeups in my pouch. I used to have moisturizer, night cream, and make up remover as skincares. Then the makeups were only loose powder, lip balm, lipstick, powder blush, eyeshadow and eyebrow pencil from the same brand, my favorite makeup brand, Maybelline. I really love Maybelline mineral makeups. But I can’t get them anymore because the series isn’t available at the stores nowadays.

My skin type is oily and acne prone with tanned skin color and warm undertone. All of my first makeup was mineral makeup series by Maybelline and it was just suitable to my skin type right away. Now I don’t use them anymore, because Maybelline discontinued producing the mineral makeup series. Currently I have more variative cosmetic brands and beauty kits in my pouch.

Let’s open the pouch!

1. Moisturizer to moist my face. I actually have an oily skin but I still use moisturizer daily. I use Pond’s White Beauty moisturizer cream with SPF 15 to protect my face from the sunlight.

2. Bio Oil mostly as my night oil. I don’t use any night cream, just Bio Oil instead. I need to get rid of my dark spots and acne scars.

3. B.B cream. I bought a lighter shade (Cream) because that shade was the only one that available at the store at that time. For my skin tone it doesn’t look great so I use it very slightly. Next time I will buy the darker shade: Ochre. This B.B Cream from Pixy has SPF 30 & PA+++ to protect from UVA and UVB. It is said that noncomedogenic and cointains natural whitening extract and vitamin C.

4. Loose Powder

I have two jars of different loose powder because one of my loose powder is almost running out so I bought the other one, also to compare them.

What I bought first was The One Loose Powder by Oriflame. It is quite translucent. So despite the fact that it is still in lighter shade than my face, it doesn’t really matter. I use Medium shade, this is the darkest shade they have.

The second one I have is Bare with Me Mineral Loose Powder by Emina. The shade is darker (04 Ebony) than my The One Loose Powder in Medium. It has high coverage, so it looks very cakey and bright if I put too much.

5. Powder Brushes

One powder brush for each loose powder. Giordani Gold Professional Powder Brush for Emina and The One Powder Brush for The One Loose Powder. Emina provides powder puff inside its jar but I prefer to use powder brush. And I don’t want to mix the loose powder shades by using only one brush for all.

The One

Giordani Gold

6. Blush. I use Color Show Blush by Maybelline in Creamy Cinnamon color. It is a compact blush without any puff, so I just tap my finger to use it. Handy and practical unlike the former powder blush that I used to apply before. I still love my old blush, the Mineral Loose Powder by Maybelline. They provide a mini brush to apply the powder blush. Unfortunately Maybelline doesn’t produce it anymore.

7. Eye Shadow. Trivia eye shadow by Make Over provides three different colors and a mirror. I was confused to pick the natural color combinations between “Emperor Brown” or “Enchanting Nude Spell” because they are quite similar. I picked the “Enchanting Nude Spell” because it has a darker brown color. It provides shimmery white, shimmery beige/peach and matte dark brown colors.

8. Eyebrow Pencil. Still in love with Maybelline so I picked Fashion Brow Cream Pencil in brown color. They used to provide eyebrow brush on the pencil lid, but now… not again!

9. Lip Balm

I love lip balm rather than lipstick. So I used to have more lip balm variants than lipsticks. My favorite one is the Baby Lips Cherry Kiss from Maybelline because it has a very light pink color and it has SPF 16! Sorry I have no picture because I’m running out of it.

And then I have Love Nature Cherry Lip Balm with sheer red color. I have to make sure my finger is clean to put the lip balm on my lips so I am a little bit lazy to use this kind of lip balm in a jar.

Baby Lips Candy Wow. It has more bold tint than the original Baby Lips. The packaging is bigger and just like a crayon so it is pretty cool. But I don’t like the red tint in Cherry because I want more natural look not to be eye-catching. However the tint stays very long enough. Unfortunately it doesn’t have SPF to protect the lips from UV. Maybe I should try the pink color. Or not. Because it is more expensive than the original one.

10 Lipstick

Giordani Gold Iconic Lipstick by Oriflame in Copper Shine. I like this lipstick because it has SPF 15, but the color doesn’t suit my dark lips. The color is shiny and shimmery orange to brown.

Kiss Proof by Menow. This lipstick is soft and powdery so I don’t feel like wearing lipstick. It doesn’t stain when you drink or kiss. If you put a little lip balm before using this lipstick, it becomes more moist but it would stain.

The color Number 001 is really shiny with shimmers. My lips look cracking with this color because my lips are darker than this shade and the texture of the lipstick pigment is almost dry. I need to put lip balm first so the color could be completely blended on my lips.

Number 011 is dark red or maroon. This color is truly matte. I have to apply really thin unless I would look like Gothic. Actually this shade is quite similar with the color of my upper lip.

11. Milk Cleanser and Toner by Pond’s White Beauty to remove my make up. I use them to clean my face in the morning sometimes or before sleeping if I don’t take a bath and wash my face with facial foam.

12. Pencil Sharpener that can be used for eyebrow pencil and my Menow Kiss Proof soft lipstick. There is a part like a stick that can be taken off to clean up the clogged hole.

13. Mirror by Giordani Gold. It has a flat mirror and a concave mirror to magnify the reflection.

14. Folding Scissors just in case I need to cut or trim something. I will trim my split end hair if there is any.

That’s all inside my beauty pouch. I don’t use makeups every day, just for events and special occasions. Even when I go out somewhere I don’t usually use makeup. If you have a makeups or cosmetic products to be reviewed. Just let me know, I can write a honest review for you.

Now, you tell me what’s in your beauty pocket in your blog and give me the link to your blog post. I’ll be right there soon to check it out. Thank you for reading mine. Now, let me zip my pouch back!

X.O.X.O

Intan Rastini.

What’s in My Beauty Pouch I have skincare and makeups in my pouch. I used to have moisturizer, night cream, and make up remover as skincares.

#beauty #cosmetics #makeup #skincare

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