Category: makeup

Haul: Inglot

A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I had went to Inglot for a makeup session, and of course I had to pick a few items while I was there. I got myself four shadows which were then put into a freedom palette and a Concealer Cream as I really wanted to compare a higher end concealer with my usual drug store brands and I liked how it applied when the makeup artist did my makeup.

Freedom Palette Quad
I got four shadows to add to my collection of Inglot products, all pretty neutral shades and an unusual color for me which is the olive green. I love these palettes they are so original and nice to use. The palette is €6.00 and each shadow is €5.00, as you can change shadow places or even palettes and just buy the pans if you have a freedom palette that has an empty slot.

Top, Left to Right: AMC Shine 45, AMC Shine 31
Bottom, Left to Right: Pearl 418, Pearl 409
I wanted to try something more neutral from the brand as I have some bold colors, so far. The browns look like nothing much in the pan but they apply wonderful on the lids 🙂 and the golden shade is really gorgeous! You get 2.7g/0.10oz per shadow.

Inglot Cream Concealer
Next I got the Cream Concealer in shade 38, which matches my skin tone. It comes in the ever classy black box with white writing. The concealer retails for €16.00.

The tube of product
You get a decent amount of product, 10ml/0.33oz in a squeeze tube, which I really like as it is very hygienic and you can tell how much product you have left in the clear packaging. For more information about the products you can look at the Inglot website. For some swatches of Inglot shadows you can go HERE and HERE.

Have you tried any of these products? What do you think about Inglot?

Product Review: Essence Cover Stick – True Nude

The Essence Cover Stick is a concealer stick that I got some time ago. The color I got it in is in the shade 04 True Nude which matches my skin fine. I like the concealer to be a little lighter than my skin to better cover any blemishes or spots, and if well blended it doesn’t look any different than my skin.

Essence Cover Stick for all skin types
The packaging for this really cute. You get the product which twists up in the little tube and a little cardboard cover to go with it. You get 5g/0.1oz of product and it says for all skin types. This concealer is a little thick and I don’t find that it would be good for under the eyes as it might cake up. However, for any blemishes or spots over the face, it offers really good coverage.

Swatch – 04 True Nude
I got mine from a local supplier of the Essence brand for €2.61 which is a good affordable price for the amount you get. I find it covers really well and once it is blended it helps your skin to look smoother and more even.To see more products I got from Essence, I did a haul.

Have you tried any concealers from Essence? What do you think of the brand?

Product Review: Elf Mineral Eyeshadow – Royal

This is the first mineral eyeshadow that I got from Elf, and so far the only one. However, I am sure I will get many more from this line as the texture and payoff of these is really great. This is the Elf Mineral Eyeshadow in Royal which is a gorgeous purple shade. You get a little pot with 0.03oz/0.85g of product for €3.50/£3.00 from the Elf UK website.

The product comes in a cute light nude colored box, that is recyclable
On the back it states that the product is made of:
100% Natural Minerals,
has No Parabens,
No Preservatives and
No Chemical Dyes
The company also gives some of its profits towards charity, although I am not sure about the percentage. Elf is also cruelty free, which is very important and helps the environment by making use of recyclable materials.

The color – Royal is shown on the side of the box
The little round pot, in which you get the product
The product comes into a little round pot with a twisting top. The loose powder has a sifter and it is protected by a sticker when it comes to you. I just put two holes in the sifter as with eyeshadow you never want too much product to come out. Usually with face powder I don’t mind it much and remove the plastic all together, but with this I didn’t.

Product with sifter and protective sticker
Swatch of Royal
The texture of the eyeshadow is really soft and velvety and really easy to apply and blend. The swatch I did is on my hand and has no primer underneath. You can either use it this way for a slight wash of color over the lid or you can intensify it by applying a primer or a base underneath it and the color becomes more vibrant. I love it both ways. I will surely try and get more of these shadows from Elf as they are really gorgeous. For more Mineral products from Elf I recently did a haul too.

Do you own any Mineral eyeshadow from Elf? Do you like this shade?

Product Review: Inglot Eyeshadow Duo

As you may have realized by now, I am getting obsessed with Inglot makeup. A few months ago, a dear friend of mine gave me this two shadow palette from Inglot with these gorgeous two shades 🙂 This was actually a Christmas present which came a little late. I love the Freedom palettes that Inlot offer, they are so unique and so original and modern and the size of the shadows is really amazing.

The classy box, the palette came in
Back of the box, 2.7g/0.10oz of product per shadow
Freedom System Palette
The palette comes in the classy black box with the Inglot logo on it. The palette itself is one from the Freedom System and you get 2.7g/0.10oz for each shadow. The palette makes use of magnets to hold the top lid to the bottom and the shadows are placed in their position through the use of magnets.

Top part slides to reveal the shadows

From Left to Right: 428, AMC18
As you can see the pans are quite large and you get a very decent amount of product in each pan. The shade number/name is found at the bottom of the pan for each shade. To get the pans out you can use the magnet found in the lid, put it slowly next to the pan and it will come up and out of the palette. You can then look and the number/name and put the pan gently back into the palette. This was a good tip for me, since I got this for a gift and my friend did not know the numbers/names of the shadows.

Bottom 428, Top AMC18
As yo can see from the swatches, the pigmentation of these shadows is really amazing and they are easy to blend and have a metallic sheen finish to them. They are both very vibrant and work amazingly for more dramatic looks or for a bright pop of color to a neutral eye makeup. With one swipe you get amazing pigmentation and color pay-off. I was really pleased with these shades as with all products from Inglot. For other Inglot reviews you can check HERE or you can check my Inglot haul.

Do you own any shadows from Inglot? What do you think about these shadows?


Product Review: Elf Natural Radiance Blusher – Glow

The Elf Natural Radiance Blusher is in the Regular line from Elf at only £1.50/€1.70 per product which is a real bargain as the products are really very pigmented. I only have one blusher from this collection and it is the one called Glow. It is a coral-peach-pink shadow with lots of shimmer, so if you don’t like shimmer stay away from it. I find that the shimmer is much more evident in the pan than when applied.

Elf Natural Radiance Blusher in Glow
As you can see the packaging is very much more crude than the Studio line or the Mineral Line. However, the products themselves are just as good. The compact is a little tricky to open but once you know how to do it, it’s all right. You have to slide the top part backward and the bottom part downwards. I find this works amazingly as both a blusher and highlighter in one. You get 2g/0.07oz of product in this compact.

The compact opened, you get 2g/0.07oz of product
As you may tell from the funky look of my blusher, the powder is not very well pressed and even though I take good care of my makeup and I am careful to handle them gently, this blusher broke and turned to dust. Thus, I pressed it down myself and it has retained its form perfectly now 🙂

Glow swatched on my hand, you can apply this sheer or build it up especially in the Summer
I find this color to be really gorgeous and want to try many more of their blushers. I already own some from the Studio line and I love them, but I think the Regular line blushers should not be overlooked. For more products and information about this product you can look on the Elf website.

Do you own any of these blushers? What do you think about this product?


Product Review: Essence Quattro Eyeshadow in Ciao Bella

This is my only Essence eyeshadow palette and I will definitely be looking at more products and eye-shadows from this brand as I was pleasantly impressed with the quality. The palette is called Essence Quattro eyeshadow where ‘quattro’ means four and it is in Italian. As the name implies you get 4 eye-shadows and the palette is called ‘01 Ciao Bella!‘ which is also in Italian and means ‘Hey Gorgeous’. Not sure if you are interested in all that but letting you know just in case.

01 Ciao Bella!, you get four shades and you get 5g/0.1oz of product
This palette contains very natural shades that can be used for everyday looks or for more dramatic and then you can add some darker shade for more depth and drama. You get a light cream shade, a light beige shade and two brown shades. All the colors are very shimmery and the payoff is really great on them. I got this palette from a local store for €3.61.

The four shades
The colors swatched, from Left to Right:
first two colors are the top two shadows (L-R),
last two colors are the bottom shadows (L-R)
The color swatches shown above are the eye-shadows swatched dry and as you can see the color payoff is really great and colors are really gorgeous. I have used these both dry and wet and the colors perform amazingly wet too. You obviously get a more vibrant payoff wet, although even wet you can see that colors come off strong. I like using this palette for everyday looks or if I am going out and put the light colors all over the lids then use a dark color to darken the crease and line my eyes.

Have you tried any Essence eye-shadows? What do you think of these?


First Impressions: Inglot Eyeshadow Pearl 434

This was my first purchase from Inglot and I actually got this in December last year when I was shopping and just couldn’t resist getting something from Inglot anymore. I am sure many of you have heard of the brand before and so have I for quite some years now. But never before have I been so obsessed about owning some of their products. The quality of these products is very comparable to MAC and other high end brands, although I wouldn’t know as we have no MAC stores here in Malta and so is the price supposedly.

Single shadows come in this round pan packaging
I got this shadow from the shop at Sliema here in Malta and the range available is really breath-taking! There is a wide range of eye-shadow, blush, foundation, bronzer, nail polish, concealer and very unique false eyelashes that I am really craving. This round pan eye-shadow contains 2g/0.07oz of product and I paid €13 for it. The color is Pearl 434 and it is a greyish violet as you will see from the swatch. I have used this eye-shadow several times now and as you can see there isn’t much of a dent in it yet. The quality of the eye-shadow is really good and the payoff and duration is amazing and long-lasting.
On the back of the pan, color Pearl 434, you get 2g of product
The first time I did a swatch of this shadow in the store, I was just looking around, with no real intention of buying anything. After I went shopping for clothes and realized that the swatch was still on my hand even though hours had gone by and it had no primer underneath. After that I had to go back and purchase it 🙂

A little swatch on my hand, has a metallic finish to it
I recently bought some other products from Inglot which I will feature soon. More eye-shadows of course and I am currently trying out their creamy concealer and see how it compares to drugstore versions. For more colors and closer look to more Inglot products, you can go on the Inglot website. For a review on my Inglot Eyeshadow Duo you can look HERE or you can check my Inglot haul.

Have you tried any products from Inglot? How would you compare them with other brands?