[REVIEW] Sephora Creamy Lip Stain in #4 Endless Purple

Hello, ladies!

I once had obsession for dark vampy red lipstick, and you might have read my review on Wet n Wild Megalast Lipstick in Cherry Bomb.

Yet, I still feel incomplete if I am not having purple lipstick in my purse. After I finished my NARS Tonkin (I know, it broke my bank like crazy but only lasted for 3 months...what!?? Now you see that I loved it too much).

When I attended the opening Sephora Indonesia event at Plaza Indonesia last month, I decided to give a shot to another vampy lipstick, named Sephora Creamy Lip Stain in Endless Purple.

The color is so intense and opaque. The stain power is awesome, even after rubbing my hand really hard, the stain stays

In terms of packaging and texture, it reminds me a lot to NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream. The idea is almost the same. A lip cream that glides so easily on lips and dries to matte finish. But I would say that this Sephora Creamy Lip Stain will give a super opaque and super matte in one swipe application. Be careful in applying as it easily goes out from your lipline. Perhaps a lip liner could help to create a 'frame' before you painting your lips with this baby.

PROS (+)
> Glides on very easily. The texture is creamier than NYX SMLC
> Long lasting? It is! I don't have to touch up for whole day. The stain left after lunch is still considerably pretty.
> Opaque color that nothing beats!
> It's not as drying as NYX SLMC. As with NYX, I found my lips a bit streaky after more than 4 hours. This one is not.
> The color is so intense and suits any skin tone. I would say, my lips will just stand out even if I am not wearing anything else on face.
> Easy to get (you now can grab this by run to Sephora store, not necessarily fly to Singapore :p)

CONS (-)
> Compare to NYX SLMC, you may feel this one's quite pricey (IDR 230ish)
> May not suitable for daily and natural make up. You got to have guts ;)

Pigmenation and easy application. This lip stain steals my heart like never before

Other than that, I think this one is currently my most favorite. I just need to be careful wearing this to office by not putting a heavy eye make up. Should you interested in other colour, try no. 1 (classic red, for retro 60s look) and no. 2 (nude beige, for any-occassion mood).

See you in my next review!

~XOXO~
 

NYX Love in Rio [En Fuego] Swatches + FOTD

Dear beauties,

First review of the month. How are you guys doing? Still in summer holiday, I guess. In Indonesia, we started our Ramadhan (fasting month) on 29th June 2014. So, instead of doing nothing at this lunch time, let me review my current-fave eyeshadows trio from NYX.

NYX Eye Shadows

NYX has launched many kind of palettes / eye shadows in recent years. I am not a big fan of NYX, actually. In my opinion, the Soft Matte Lip Cream from NYX is the winner. I have tried its concealer but it smudged pretty easily. I once bought the two way cake in Stay Matte but Not Flat range, but the 'Nude' shade turned out greyish on my face. Despite its disability to control oil to be consistent with its name. Crap. Even though the price is moderate, but so far I've never tempted to buy its blushers or foundations. However, my friend was asking me to buy her a powder pact from Korean products based on my recommendation. So I bumped to Chic Princessa one day and accidentally saw the Nyx Love in Rio palettes. And my first thought was: ooh my Gosh, these are so pretty!

Besides Love in Rio, I noticed that NYX also has Love in Paris and Love in Florence. Love in Paris consists of 9 eyeshadows which I think has really good combination in one palette. The one that I like most in Paris range is the Ces't La Vie because it looks glamorous for a night look, and for the Florence I don't have any preference. In my liking, Love in Florence colors are not so lively, but you probably would love this Ciao Bella, the nude beige-y colors.

Love in Paris 'Ces't La Vie'

Love in Florence 'Ciao Bella'

NYX Love in Rio - En Fuego

For me, all concepts are very good and attractive. But for Love in Rio, I was really speechless to see this shade. It's LIR08 - En Fuego. Even though in Spanish, En Fuego means Fire, but the colors are pretty cool mauve-y tones and looks great for smokey-eyes.

You can see the pictures above, as for me this shade is just perfect for my daily signature look. If you are following this blog and read my previous posts, you would see how much I love mauve and purple shades. Moreover, with three contrasting colors in one palette, this item is more than enough.












No.1 is the greyish black that leaning to charcoal. It's super pigmented but sadly a bit difficult to blend. It has no shimmer but it's not super matte as well.
No. 2 is the deep mauve-y burgundy that really attracted me from the very first sight. The color is so nice, yet you need primer before applying this, as the color wouldn't show up that much without primer.
No. 3 is the frosty silver that aims to be used as highlight. This also needs primer otherwise the color would be difficult to spread. 



My take on this product:

Pros +
Great pigmentation and long lasting
Good color combination
The price is relatively cheap (if you shop online)
Packaging is sturdy and compact
I don't experience any fallout
Easy to get

Cons -
Needs primer to make the color pop (i wasn't using primer on photos below)
A bit chalky and not too easy to blend
The brush is too thin and small, and it has no mirror, unfortunately

Simple tutorial on NYX Love in Rio - En Fuego

Overall I give this score 3.8/5.0

Kudos to the pigmentation, but I don't like the texture. Overall, if you are looking for eyeshadow for daily smokey eyes, this one is still a good deal. See you on my upcoming review ~xoxo~

Voila! I am ready to go to office. TGIF!

TGIF and I'm Going Retro

Thanks God It's Friday!

This morning, I accidentally found a nice chiffon blue shirt with polka-dot pattern on my sister's closet.

Without telling her, I immediately wear it (hey, it's kind of revenge actually, because she wore one of my shirts last time without permission, haha :D) FYI, my sister lives in Bandung. She's on her 3rd grade studying at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), majoring Industrial Engineering. We have a huge age gap -- 9 years -- but fortunately she is my only sister (and sibling!) so no matter how annoying she could be, I still love her and so does she :* and I hope she wouldn't love me less just because I 'stole' her shirt.

I love the shirt because it has kind of retro style. So, I suddenly thought that I should wear a retro make up, too. Moreover, I just had my hair curled from the digital perm last month.  

Polka-dot and wavy hair? Oh I feel so 80's!

Here's my today's look

Going retro with silvery eye shadow and nude matte lipstick

Apparently, still not gone too far from my signature l

And for my FOTD, I am wearing:

• Caring Colors Stay True Foundation in #3 Natural Glow (I'll review later, it's one of good local products)
• VOV Cover Foundation in Light Brown (wear it as concealer to cover heavy acne marks)
• MAC Select Sheer Pressed Powder NC30
• Urban Decay Dangerous Eye Palette in Mushroom (see the review of this palette here)
• Silkygirl Double Intense Gel Eyeliner in Dark Brown (another underrated drugstore product. love it!)
• Revlon Eye Brow Pencil in Brown
• NARS Bronzing Powder in Laguna (another list to review, soon! ^.~)
• Make Up Forever Rouge Artist Intense in #1 Mat Flesh (trust me, this nude matte lipstick is the winner!)

See you again in the next review!
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

~xoxo~

Urban Decay The Dangerous Palette; Are You Brave Enough?

Who doesn’t know the legendary Urban Decay with its Naked eyeshadow collections? Yet for me, Naked collections, though consist of dozen colors, are still inefficient, since my signature eyeshadows are bold. Bold, and as dark as possible. Not naked. Because my eyes are too small and they need to ‘dress’ more than just being ‘naked’.

But my curiousity towards UD eyeshadows was unbearable. As a beauty addict, at least I need to have one. Instead of spending more than half million Rupiah, I decided to buy this palette when it was on sale in Sephora online store. Luckily, a friend of mine who is living in US was about to come home. Believe it or not, I just needed to spend not more than USD 18 to buy this pretty palette. And now I know that it’s totally worth every penny.

UD Dangerous Palette, just like its Feminine Palette and Fun Palette, has a quite bulky packaging. It comes in six shades and a lip junkie as a bonus (which until now I haven’t opened because I am just not a lipgloss person). Gravity is a metallic purple, Loaded is a beautiful deep teal color, Evidence is a medium blue with soft silver hue, think about the color of blue jeans, which surprisingly becomes my least favorite.
On the second row there are Deeper, a gold shade with no glitters that looks very subtle on eyes, Mushroom is greyish taupe color which looks deeper on application, and Ace is dark navy which is more appealing than how it looks on the pan.

Left to right: Gravity, Loaded, Evidence, Deeper, Mushroom and Ace

My most favorites are Loaded and Ace, it could brighten my black eyes and make them bigger. Above all, these colors are amazingly pigmented so the palette is something a little goes along the way. Though Loaded and Ace are pretty dark, but I still can use it daily with light application because its matte finish. So there will be no glitter on my lids like when I am performing at an event with my choir.

I am rating this palette with 4.0/5.0

The bulky packaging indeed a downside because it’s to big to carry on my bag. The other miss is that Deeper and Mushroom are slightly fallen out. But overall, this stuff will never be neglected and will definitely preferable for those who love to make smoky eyes effect. Purple, green, blue, grey and gold in one palette? Come on, even for its original price tag (US$ 36), this wouldn’t be overpriced. ~xoxo~

Me with Ace on my lid. Not too much for office look, is it?