Hi, lovely people.. Long time no see. How are you? I hope you are all well. I am back with another lipstick review & swatches on STIKS COSMETIKS in Mauve, Burgundy, & Nude colours.
I bought mine from PADUSEE on Instagram. If you are living in Jakarta, Padusee is your destination to shop hip cosmetics, with great pricings! She carries high-end brands, & US indie brands. Because I bought the trio, I got a case which can accommodate the three lipsticks. Cute, no? Although the packaging looks so sturdy, metal like casing, but it turns out like another cheap lipstick. The casing is made out of plastic. BLAH. With $50 for 3 lipsticks, I expect more from that. With price range that competing MAC's lipsticks, the formulation & colour payoff are far from it. Especially the Nude colour. It is patchy, and dry. I have to outline my lips using darker nude colour to make it look livelier, otherwise I will look ill.
Stiks Cosmeticks lipstick in 'Nude'
To get the opacity & evenness of the Nude colour, I applied more than 3 plies on the lips(maybe around 5-6 plies). The most patchy nude lipcolour I own so far. And I outlined the lips using MAC 'Whirl' lip pencil on the swatch photo above. I don't like this one. Maybe people with lighter skintone than me can rock this kind of pale nude on the lips. I looked ill when wearing this. BUT! The darker colours are like hidden gems! The Mauve & Burgundy colour are gorgeous. No kidding. The formula is smoother, glides on the lips easily. Opaque in 2 or 3 plies of application.
STIKS COSMETIKS Lipstick in 'Mauve'
STIKS COSMETIKS Lipstick in 'Burgundy'
Because the lipstick bullet is slanted with sharp edges, I need no lip pencils to outline the lips for these 2 colours. My swatches may not portray the real colour, my lighting washed away the colour. The Mauve colour is my personal fave. I only need to apply 2-3 plies to get the opacity. Definitely the formula is better than the Nude colour. I don't know what's wrong. Mauve & Burgundy are great for fall too! Have you try them out? If not, you might want to grab the darker colours.
After reading Temptalia's review on Toledo X MAC limited edition collection, I'm hooked! I need to get my paws on some of that pretty lippies. And I did! Teehee~ Although it is sooo late for this collection to arrive on MAC Indonesia's shelf, but it was here! It is crazy, because the lippies are selling out so fast. And MAC Indonesia only stock up so little, so who's fast can go home with some of them. I ended up bought Oxblood matte lipstick, Tenor Voice matte lipstick, and Sin lipglass(because Sin matte lipstick is sold out already! GAH. I know it's in the permanent line, BUT Toledo's limited packaging is EVERYTHING! *sad face*).
Everybody seems to hate Oxblood, because it doesn't live up to its name. Oxblood in this collection is a peachy nude in colour. NOTE: This is my first encounter with MAC matte lipstick. My first thought is, IT IS GOOD! Now I know the hype behind MAC lipsticks. It is great product considering the price is lower than any retail lipstick that is pigmented, and fancy. Hate the flimsy plastic packaging though. But maybe that's why it is cheap(?).
Tenor Voice is the bomb from Toledo X MAC collection lippies, in my opinion. It is a cool tone red which is great to decorate warm faces, like mine. Formula wise, Tenor Voice is better than Oxblood. I dunno why, but maybe because it's red. Oxblood texture is more 'cakey' on the lips, and when layered up it tends to crack on fine lines. Tenor voice is my go to lippie if I need statement lips whenever I wanna go out, for now.
And again, this is my first time using MAC lipglass. Not bad, MAC. People always complain that MAC lipglass/gloss is too sticky. HELL NAW! It's not that bad, at least for me. Sin lipglass is great on its own, or on top of dark lip liner. I didn't expect much from a lipgloss, so yeaaaah it's ok. Not super awesome, but just OK. It stains my lips at the end of the day.
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I have another Spring collection matte red lipstick from another brand. On the next post I will do a comparison between both lippies. If you follow my Instagram/Twitter, you prolly have known what brand it is. Stay tuned, pretty readers. ^^,
Lippie: MAC Whirl lip liner Toledo X MAC Oxblood matte lipstick
I am a BB cream craze since 3 years ago. It is really convenient for daily use. It contains sunscreen, moisturizer, and some of them have anti-aging/whitening agents too. Was sent the new addition to SkinAqua family skincare, Perfect Moisture BB cream, and Perfect Matte BB cream. To compare them, I applied halves of my face with each BB cream to show the differences.
Perfect Moisture BB cream is designated for Normal - Dry skin people. But I found that it's too thick as a moisturizing cream, and not hydrating so much(if not at all). It exaggerates some dry patches, and fine lines. Has medium coverage, and will be patchy/cakey if built into higher coverage. With the heavier texture, it covers redness/blemishes nicely.
Perfect Matte BB cream is more for oily skin people. To cut off oiliness, the texture is more watery, not heavy, and gives light-medium coverage. As it's so light, it gives the perfect matte finish without looking cakey. It sinks into the fine lines though.
Overall, they are great alternative for a newcomers in drugstore range of BB cream. They are affordable as well! Rp 55.000,- for 20g of products(that is less than $5 US dollar). It won't oxidize crazily like another drugstore BB cream that turned into ashy or orange hue on the skin. It's yellow based product, it will cancel out redness, and fatigue signs that show up on the skin(paleness, or unevenness). What I dislike from them is the smell, and they only have 1 shade for all. It will not look cute on you whose skintone are lighter, or darker than me. I am M.A.C. NC 30-35. SkinAqua is Rohto's babies. Like their philosophy in skincare(i.e: Hadalabo), they will not include unnecessary chems like fragrance, hence the unpleasant smell. It doesn't linger though, vanish when blended into skin. Be noted that these BB creams contain paraben. Make sure you take it off thoroughly after you're done with your day, as parabens will cause premature aging if exposed to the sun. I suggest double cleansing to make sure they are shasay away.
Another Pout Post, another new brand to try out. I was so adventurous on lippies game last April. I bought several indie brand of lip colours. And loving it! In this Pout Post, and more to come, are some of my fave lip colour products that I personally love.
JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS
YASSS! It's the Jeffree Star's very own makeup brand. I'm very excited about this since it hasn't even launched yet. But never took the bait to buy any, because online shops in Indonesia always selling 16-20 US$ cosmetics up to Rp 350.000 - Rp 400.000(27-31 US$). I don't want to buy anything personally from overseas, because I don't want to deal with Indonesia's custom charges. So if we are about to purchase any marked up-pricing cosmetics, it's for the "dealing fee" with custom, and the overseas shipping fee. *sigh*
This Redrum is sooo gorgeous. I can't say it's a warm, or cool toned red. It has a little bit of everything. I couldn't ask for more! Jeffree Star is killing it in matte liquid lipstick's formula. It sets into matte quickly, didn't leave that sticky/tacky feel when clamped the lips together.
I immediately bought this one right after Hellua, @thelipstickmafiaaa On Instagram posted her swatch of Redrum. And watched Manny MUA on youtube reviewing this lippie, I want it even more!
The applicator is perfect to put on the liquid lipstick without outlining using lip pencil. And the amount of product that picked up on the felt tip applicator is the perfect amount to do my lips. No double coat for the lip swatch on my photos. Crazily pigmented! And long lasting!
The packaging is pretty! Clear plastic, with lipstick bullet shape, and pink rim/cap. Opaque from the very first swipe, and no chemically annoying smell. Feels so light on the lips, and no 'coating' feel (if you used the Lime Crime velvetines or LASplash Lip Couture liquid lipsticks, you'll know what I mean).
Have you heard, or try any Jeffree Star Velour Liquid Lipsticks?
If you're in Indonesia, you can get yours at Padusee on Instagram(click here).
I literally bad in photography, photo editing, and let alone videography. But I tried my best to shoot, and edit an eye makeup tutorial for you. Enjoy..
Products used:
* Beauty Story Luminous Primer,
* Face Atelier Ultra Foundation in Honey,
* L'Oreal True Match Concealer in Fair/Light Neutral,
* Estee Lauder translucent powder,
* Sleek Makeup Face Form in Light,
* Eyeshadows are Estee Lauder, Shu Uemura, NYX, & Wet N Wild,
I believe make up is a form of art. It should accentuate our features, not creating another character out of it. Start as a makeup craver, now a CIBTAC certified make up artist. Still a vivid make up junkie.
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