RoseRoseShop Haul (BB Creams)

Hey all!! Long time since my last update. I unfortunately am having extreme difficulty wearing any kinds of contacts including circle lenses, so this is not a lens review. I decided I do not like my Missha BB creams and wanted to try some new ones.  My face is has redness I want to address, but the reviews of Smashbox's green primer were less than stellar so I took a risk on trying something I haven't read much of.

My haul: 

It's Skin Babyface One-step base: Green.

Holika Holika Moisture Petit BB 

Skin79 Snail Nutrition BB Cream

Skin79 VIP Gold Collection Super+ BB

As well as my various samples:

Here is the redness I usually have sans makeup (I guess I'm wearing eyeliner but no face makeup), it is mostly just on my cheeks and nose:

The It's Skin base is a nice mint-green cream base, its not very thick.  It has a strong, perfumed scent which I personally love.

And all blended in:

A comparison picture:

         

It did take some of the redness away but was not a perfect cover in and of itself.  I think it works well underneath BB cream.  I tested the BB creams over top of the green-ified cheek as well as the one without a base.  In order from my ear to my nose I put the Holika Holka, Snail, and VIP:

The Holika Holika one seems the darkest and most yellow tied with the Snail cream. The VIP one tends more towards grey and is lighter.  The Holika Holika one has a strong perfumed scent which reminds me of the Ralph Lauren perfume in the blue bottle (not with the polo guys on it). The snail one smells kinda icky, not really perfumed.  The VIP one has an old ladyish scent but it isn't strong like the base or Holika Holika one.

Blended In:

Now for the other side of my face, you know, the one without the fancy green stuff underneath:

Both sides:

I apologize that my lighting refused to stay consistent while taking pictures, apparently white balance is a tough concept for a camera, haha. Personally out of all of these, the Holika Holika and Snail one had the best texture.  The VIP one wasn't my super favorite, but it was for sure better than my Missha Perfect Cover one. 

For some reference though, I was matched once upon a time to MAC's NC20, which runs too yellow and a bit too dark for me now.  I wear a nice match with Kat Von D's Tattoo Lock-it foundation in Light 44.  I'm super fair. I tried an Hourglass foundation on and I fit into their lightest shade. 

Korean Cosmetic Haul

Long time no update! Its getting close to time for me to get new lenses (the decision making process is so hard for me @_@), but in the meantime I have been collecting makeup and figuring out how to do my own makeup well.  I recently ordered some Lioele and Etude House brand goodies and I figured this would be a good place to share my thoughts on them!

This is the initial unboxing of it all

This seller included samples galore, the Milk Talk body wash smells so so lovely, I think I might buy a bottle. 

These are the Etude House Etoinette comb (which is way smaller than I expected but its nice), the Etoinette mirror, which is really well constructed and the Lioele hand mirror, which is going to look so nice on my new vanity!

Etude House Entoinette Crystal Powder. I think this is a lovely shimmer powder. It is translucent and full of shimmer, so it would not be suited for an all over face-powder, but it looks nice on the cheekbones.

The Lioele Secret Pore HD Powder is a silica powder with dimethicone added. It is a finishing powder and helps with oil. It makes my pores look smaller when I used it with my BB cream.  I have heard silica based powders show up horribly with flash photography so I will have to test it out.

These are the Etude House Fresh Cherry lip tints. They smell lovely, like pez almost.

 

This is from Etude's Sweet Recipe line, it is an all over color in Strawberry Chiffon Cake. It is packaged super cute and can be used as a blush or a lip color.  It dries out nicely and does not stay creamy or sticky on skin.  It is a nice lovely colored blush, I need the peach-y toned one now though! 

The seller I purchased from was A-Poly on amazon and I think they are fantastic!

MAKEUP

Just bought this.  It goes on super creamy and seems to provide decent coverage.  Its not super heavy and  blends really well.  

Needed a new natural brown eyeshadow.  This quad from L'oreal is OK.  I need eyelid primer otherwise the colors just disappear.  Not that it was bold anyways

Nice basic powder.  Be very careful not to get it in your eyes! It mattifies and smooths out everything but you need to brush the excess off because its super easy to get too much on

BONUS HELLO KITTY PICTURE

i collect EVERYTHING hellokitty.  This plush was a lovely gift from a friend for my birthday :3

L'Oreal HIP Kohl Eyeliner

Ok, I had to do a review of this stuff because it is so flat out amazing.

Freshly applied

and,

After a shower, sleeping and an 8 hour day at work with no reapplying:

Holy this stuff stays on your waterline like mad.

1000/10 for waterline.  Not for the regular eyeliner.

Beauty Product Reviews

Hey all,
I have new lenses on their way to me still so hold tight on that.  But in the meantime I have been trying all sorts of new cosmetics.  I will post some reviews on ones that I use a lot.
So watch this space and hopefully some new stuff will post

And because everyone likes pictures, here is inside of my makeup box
well some of it!

Things you see:

Mac Select SPF 15 Foundation in NC 20

Mac X Mascara in Dark Brown  (AC8)

Mac Select Coverup in NC20

Smashbox Photofinish Primer

Victoria's Secret Bare Bronze Radient Shimmer Eye Palette in Desert Night

Hard Candy Eyeshadow Primer

Revlon Age Defying Translucent Finishing Powder with Botafirm

Revlon Powder Blush in Everything's Rosy (15)

Mary Kay Signature Brushes in Eye Crease, Eye Definer, Eyeliner/Eyebrow, Cheek

Loreal HIP Color Truth Cream Eyeliner in Black (905)

Loreal HIP Concentrated Shadow Duo in Foxy (808)

Loreal HIP Kohl Eyeliner in Black (903)

Hard Candy In the Shadows Eyeshadows in Temptation (024)

Hard Candy Welcome Matte (unopened)

Rimmel London Soft Kohl Kajal Eyeliner Pencil in Pure White (071)

Revlon Colorstay Liquid Liner in Blackest Black

Hard Candy Ginormous Lash Volumizing Mascara in Carbon Black

Hottopic Duo Powder Silver/Pink

Epistick

~~Note I normally keep my brushes and eyeliners in a mug so they don't get smashed~~