Saturday 29 March 2014

Four concealers

Wheeeeeeey. Here are my four current favourite concealers. Saying that, I think three of these will continue to be favourites for a while. From top to bottom we have Collection lasting perfection, Seventeen 18 hour stay time, L'oreal true match and L'oreal lumi magique.








These are in the lightest shades I could find and you can see how they vary from each other from the swatches. Starting with Collection, this has had a lot of hype and for good reason. It has a nice coverage, texture and lasting power. I also really like that it's a dough foot applicator. The only criticism with this is that the words on the packaging completely disappears over time.

Seventeen is slightly lighter in texture and looks and feels as though it is water based, which isn't a bad thing. It's not quite the coverage I like in a concealer but I love it anyway. And it looks a little beige in the swatch but I like that it's creamy and dewy.

L'oreal true match is fairly new purchase for me which took a little getting used to as I thought it was a little oily at first. I do find with this one that it takes a bit of drying time but it has good coverage and is very yellow based.

L'oreal lumi magique is a concealer/highlighter. I use concealer and then put this over the top and
I can really see a difference. I refer to this as my secret weapon! I will be re-purchasing all but the L'oreal true match. The Collection concealer sells so well it's hard to grab one because they go out of stock so quickly!

Those that claim to last a while actually do! Allthough not as long as they claim.

L'oreal collection privee lipstick




I love these lipsticks! L'oreal always create great make up and these celeb inspired nudes are another great collection! I have (from left to right) Eva Longoria, Julianne Moore and Cheryl Cole. Eva's my favourite as it is the one that suits me most being warm toned and the most opaque of the three that i have. I have even brought a back up for when i finish the first one (which is likely to be soon). Julianne and Cheryl are a little thinner in coverage but still look amazing. At first I was a little disappointed with Julianne because in the advert it looked much nuder on her and she is also very pale so I thought this would be the best colour for me but it's actually quite pink. Cheryl is the closest match to my natural lip colour, however slightly cool toned. I'm really pleased with these shades and formula's though and I hope they continue to be made for a while! <3

L'oreal colour riche extraordinaire




I've never been much of a gloss person, mainly because they don't last very long and i prefer the longevity and coverage of a lipstick. I first saw these babies on fleurdeforce's youtube channel and she referred to them as a liquid lipstick, and as i do....... i bought some.

I have the shades 600 nude vibrato (left) and 601 nude ballet (right). My camera doesn't do the swatches justice but they are correct in being nude shades. My favourite being 601 nude ballet. They are very smooth on the lips with a dough foot applicator and are very opaque for a gloss. I have found that it lasts much longer than your average gloss and they just look lovely on. I like to apply them over a lipstick but there's no point really as you'll get the same colour as wearing the gloss alone. I've been looking a dupe for my favourite nude gloss and I have now found it! Let's just hope these stay out for a while (or I'll have to get as many as i can now as back ups).

I'll agree that you could refer to them as a liquid lipstick but keep in mind that it still has a glossy look to it :) These are my favourite lip products of the moment <3