June 2011 – Page 2 – A Cosmetic Affair

BYS, BYS eyeshadow, BYS pencil, BYS review, BYS haul, La Femme blushes, La Femme blushers

Today I want to share with you some random items I picked up recently. I went to a local shop and saw that they had some BYS items. They had these gorgeous combination of eyeshadow palettes that I decided to try them out. They are fairly inexpensive so I wanted to see how the quality of the items was. There were also some items from La Femme which I wanted to try out too.

BYS palette called 04 Green Shimmer

Two of the shadows have tiny gold shimmer dots
however this is only on the surface and
I don’t think it has shimmer all the way through.
The color payoff is actually really good except the
lightest shade which can be a little chalky.

La Femme Blusher in 01

The colors are really gorgeous pink shades,
there isn’t too much shimmer in them and
the color payoff is not exceptional but not
too powdery either.

BYS Shimmer Shine Pencil in 07 Natural
The color is a frosted pink with gold shimmers,
I haven’t tested how long this product stays on
the lid and if it creases but if you are interested I
will do a full review.

Lastly I finally got my hands on the Collection 2000 16 Hour Wear Concealer that everyone has been raving about. I got mine from eBay after many searches as it is not available here in Malta. I will do a full review once I have used it for some more time. The coverage is very good and it lasts well on the skin too.

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Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Ultimate
Wear Concealer in 03 Medium

The BYS and La Femme items were about €2 each and the Collection 2000 concealer I got it for about €4.

Have you tried any of these brands? What do you think?

The Sigma Round Top Synthetic Kabuki F82 brush is one of my favorite Sigma brushes! I have both this and the Sigma Flat Top Kabuki F80 brush and I love them both for applying my liquid foundation with. The F82 has definitely very dense bristles and a round top style which allows for perfect blending of your foundation so that it looks seamless. I never used to use any brushes to apply my foundation but since I have tried these brushes from the SigmaX line, I definitely see what the hype was all about.

There are various ways to apply your foundation or liquid products, one being with brushes. If you use brushes you must have either oily or combination skin otherwise your skin will flake as these kinds of brushes tend to ex-foliate a little when applying the product. If you have dry skin a good option is definitely making use of the good old sponge to apply the foundation. I make use of sponges too sometimes, for some foundation but the brush is faster and easier for me. I like applying the foundation at the back of my hand and then taking little of the product in the brush and blending in the skin one section at a time.

Since this brush has synthetic hair, it absorbs less product than if you use a natural hair brush or your hands. One of the problems that I got was, that I make use of the Revlon Color stay Foundation which is a very waterproof foundation and sometimes the brush remains a little stained but with two washes usually I can get the white bristles all nice and clean once more 🙂 This brush has never shedded any bristles when I was applying the foundation, however it did shed a few hairs sometimes when I wash it. To note: I wash this brush every time I use it, as I don’t like applying foundation to my skin with an already used brush since I have very acne prone skin.

I got this brush with my own money from the Sigma website for $16.00.

Do you own this brush? What do you think about it? How do you use it?

Month: June 2011

Haul: Collection 2000, La Femme and BYS

Product Review: Sigma Round Top Synthetic F82 Brush