February Favorites

Since I'm starting to get more and more into blogging I decided to do a February favorites. Most of you are probably familiar with these products, but I'll share anyways!

Make Up Forever HD Foundation, Revlon Blush Lipstick, OPI Teenage Dream, Deborah Lippmann Waking Up in Vegas, ELF Powder Brush, Diorshow Mascara, Milani Liquif'Eye Eyeliner in Black and Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Transparent

OPI Teenage Dream, Deborah Lippmann Waking Up in Vegas

I absolutely love these colors! They are absolutely gorgeous! At first I wasn't a fan of Teenage Dream only because the glitter polishes from OPI's Burlesque Collection chip so badly. Teenage Dream is just amazing! I won it for 5 days(!) without a top coat and without any chips! I was completely amazed! On my apparent love of any nail polish named after a Katy Perry song comes Waking Up in Vegas, an amazing nude that is also long-lasting. If you can't tell I love long-lasting polishes. Chipped nails are my enemy!!

Revlon's lipstick in Blush is absolutely amazing! Don't hate me when I say this, but I'm not a huge lip product fan. I love lip balms, but I'm just not a fan of having to constantly reapply a product. This lipstick doesn't last a longtime, but I love the color! Its a slightly deeper version of my lip color. It looks completely natural, so when it wears off it's not too obvious.
Diorshow mascara is my favorite mascara. I am a complete mascara junkie. I've tried dozens, yes dozens, and this is my favorite.
Another favorite of mine is eyeliner. Eyeliner and mascara are my two desert island unnecessary products, I just think they can change an entire look. That being said I'm very picky about eyeliner in two ways. First, I'm allergic to most, black tears constantly and blurry vision make me think twice. Second it has to be at least somewhat smooth. I'm not a fan of pencil liners, though I do have dozens of those too. Milani is great for me in both cases. It does cause intense eye pain (yay!) and it is smoother than smooth. Absolutely amazing.

These beauties have been helping my face out this month. The ELF powder brush is amazing! At $3 it is definitely worth the price! I constantly use it for my MUFE HD foundation. Works so well and SO FAST. I love finding a product that allows me to cut my foundation routine in half.
In one of my previous posts I mentioned that I'm searching for a good setting powder, this is the one I've been using in its place. I just use it all the time, and not just as a setting powder, I use it as a powder foundation. I love the versatility of it.
On onto my foundation.... what a story. I realized earlier this month I don't love all the face products I had. So I ended up starting a mission of finding exactly what I want for my face. This was the first product on my list and I love it! Its a great foundation. Not too heavy and not too light. Great coverage, but not too much. I will be getting more products to compare it too. It has a couple con I'd prefer it didn't, though I still love it!


On another note, I have 25 followers!!! I'm so excited! I have a giveaway mostly planned out. So it should be up in a little over a week. Sorry, I have midterms this week and go home for spring break on Friday. While I'm home I'll post the giveaway. So be on the look out for that!

Testing the waters - Tinted Moisturizer vs BB Cream vs Foundation

I've been hearing a lot about BB Cream recently. Some gurus on youtube have been raving about it. Based on their reviews I decided to order it online. I just got it in today, and I thought I'd show you my first reactions. (I already have YSL Teint Resist on)
Based on what I've been hearing BB Cream is suppose to have more coverage than a tinted moisturizer and less than a foundation. I have to disagree.

MAC Studio Moisture Tint in Light, Skin 79 Super+ BB Cream, Make Up Forever HD Foundation in 110

MAC Moisture Tint in Light

Skin 79 Super+ BB Cream

Make Up Forever HD Foundation in 110

Here are the different foundations in order of their supposed coverage.
(MAC, BB Cream, MUFE)

Here are the color swatched, but not blended (obviously)
They're in the same order as the picture above (MAC, BB Cream, Make Up Forever)

The BB Cream is thicker than the foundation. I was pretty surprised. I had expected it to be thinner. It's not that I won't use it, just not the way I was planning. Something else I should mention is, at least this brand, BB Cream has only one shade, which is the one above. I guess this isn't all that surprising because it is an Asian product and their skin is normally fair to medium. Still I would like them to have a little more diversity in their colors.
Overall, I'm undecided on this product. Whether this matches my skin is still unknown, but I'll let you know.

On a random note, I have some exciting news! (At least for me!) I ordered a UD Naked Palette yesterday! Sephora emailed me to let me know they were back in stock and I literally jumped at the chance. I've been on the lookout for one since August (sad I know).

Have a Great Day!!!
Barb

Decisions, Decisions

Which setting powder should I try next? I'm leaving this up to you guys :)



Tarte Smooth Operator Finishing Powder
OR

Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder


OR

Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil



OR

MAC Set Powder


OR

Make Up Forever HD Powder



Well I have a couple posts coming up like this one, trying to decide between several products. Please leave your opinions and vote in the comments.

Thanks!
Barb

Review time!!! MUFE HD Foundation

I go through stages of obsessing over one type of makeup. The last stage brought about my nail polish obsession, this new stage seems to be foundation. My first purchase is the MUFE HD foundation, which I love.


See the top does stay on!!
All those people who said that was the drawback of the product were wrong!


It is described as:

An oil-free medium-to-full-coverage liquid foundation that covers skin imperfections flawlessly while remaining invisible on-screen and in real life.

All in all this foundation is great! It covers well and blends easily. The cover is invisible but differently there. I would have shown you a before and after on my face but I have a different foundation on my face.

Definitely go out and try this on! Its great for combo to oily skin.