“momentary lapse of reality”
February 2012
March 2012
April 2012
June 2012
July 2012
December 2012
Ebay Beans
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 || 8:45 PM
Yay I'm back!! Instead of showering I wanted to blog about some things I got recently :) So for my birthday present which was a month ago, my absolutely beautiful friends bought me something I've been longing for since dinosaurs roamed the Earth! They bought me the Sigma Make Me Up brush kit, a retractable flat top kabuki, and a Dry 'n Shape roll ♥ Thank you to all of you that got me this, you now have my eternal love ♥
Sigma Make Me Up 12 Brush Kit in Make Me Crazy
Sigma Hollywood Glamour Flat Top Retractable Kabuki in Purple
Sigma Dry 'n Shape
So since I have only like 2 decent make up brushes, having the 12 brush kit feels so good to actually have brushes for pretty much everything. If you have no make up brushes and just want to start building up your collection, this is seriously the perfect kit to get :) It comes in different colours too so you can check it out
here. All of the brushes are very good quality, some made of natural bristles and others made of synthetic bristles. The retractable kabuki is SO soft! It's so cute hehe. Since this brush is so compact, I can take it along with me when I'm out and use it to apply powder to my face instead of using a powder puff. This brush is made of Sigma's HD fibres or something like that so that's why it's so bloody soft :D And the Dry 'n Shape is to dry your bigger brushes faster and also to shape them after you wash them!
I bought some stuff from Ebay a few weeks back and they finally arrived today! I bought some Revlon Lip Butters, and a Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush :) I saw all these rave reviews about these products so I couldn't help it but buy them!!
Revlon Lip Butters from left to right: Cherry Tart, Peach Parfait, Lollipop, $12.50
I really like these lip butters. They are like a lipstick that's moisturising and is quite pigmented! They have a little bit of a sheen to them just like after you apply a lip balm. I prefer this finish than the traditional lipsticks that are more matte. Though, the formula of these do not last very long. With one wipe of a tissue it'll be gone, so after a meal you'll definitely have to reapply this lipstick. My favourite colour out of the three would be Peach Parfait because it's the most wearable out of them all. It is a peachy pink colour with shimmer, though the shimmer isn't too apparent once applied on the lips. Also I've heard some people complain about the shimmer being gritty buy I personally don't find it gritty at all. Cherry Tart would be my second favourite. If you're too scared to go all out with a red lippie, then this lip butter is perfect for you! It's a candy apple red that goes on much sheerer than traditional lipsticks. And then there's Lollipop. Normally I would never had considered to buy this colour, it's quite a bright fuchsia pink. But I saw so many people on youtube loving this colour so much that I had to try it out! When I first put it on, I was quite disappointed because it looked sort of odd against my bare face. So hopefully it looks better when I have make up on! I bought these from Ebay because these haven't been released here in Australia yet, so yeah :( $12.50 per lip butter is pretty good, because I think once these are sold here, they would probably retail for around $20.
And then there is the hg blush for so many people:
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour Blush in Exposed, $40
This blush was quite exy BUT Jen swears by this blush and I trust her instincts! It's a matte peach colour with more warmer brown undertones to it, but when worn, it transforms to a very wearable muted peachy pink colour perfect for everyday! I'm so excited to use this blush hehe :D
So I guess this concludes my second post woot woot! Oh, and I also got a complimentary nail filer with flowers all over it from the blush! The seller is so nice! I bought the lip butter from the seller 702musthaves, and the blush from the seller luvmy3pugs. Definitely recommend them both, I received these 1.5 weeks after the payment was verified :) Happy studying everyone!
