Visee Glam Hunt Eyes, Majolica Majorca LE mascaras

A small Adam Beauty haul...

...which was a rather disappointing haul. I had high hopes for these but didn't really like any of the items I got in the end.

Majolica Majorca Lash Gorgeous Wing mascara in BR777, an LE colour in golden brown

The tube is pretty but thats about it. The mascara is a fiber type mascara. I was afraid it would irritate my eyes but it was alright after all. However what disappoints me is how the colour doesn't show up on my lashes at all.

I think it does lengthen them slightly, but very naturally. No volume whatsoever and it practically took a million coats to get to this length.

Before

After about 100,000,000 coats

The glitter mascara is from Majolica Majorca's Winter 2007 collection, also LE Its basically a clear mascara with loads of silver glitter.

2-3 coats of this (no mascara underneath). Glitter is actually rather subtle.

Last item - Visee Glam Hunt Eyes quad in G5. From Visee's Fall '08 collection.

From the pics I've seen online I thought this would be a great subtle smoky eye. It probably could but these colours in particular just don't suit me :(

The colours just look all muddied together on me...even though I followed the diagram on the back of the box. They seem to look alright on the model pictures though. I guess I should stick with non-smoky looks. Oh and forgive the crappy blending. I tried to use the sponge applicator provided to do the whole thing because I was lazy to find a brush but it didn't work out so well.

Anyways I got my Sephora and Facial Shop HK order today (yay!), so there will be more positive reviews coming :)


P.S. A reader, mk wanted to know where I got the Shiseido Sheer Contrast Eyes palette from - I got mine from Adam Beauty here. Hope that helped!

Some Japanese goodies!

Recently I was fortunate enough to have Nic Nic do a CP for me :) She also sent me her Sana concealer to try! Thank you Nic :D

• Sana concealer in Light Yellow
• Lunasol Geminate liner (most expensive liner ever but I got it because it looks so good on Fuz!)
• Kate Super Sharp liner in BK-1
• Esprique Dress On Moist Rouge in RO610 (because of Row's swatches)

So far I've tried only the concealer. The texture is nice, it doesn't crease at all (almost all concealers do that to me), however the coverage tends to be sheer. It reminds me more of a highlighter/eye brightener than a full coverage concealer but I will have to use it a few more times before I can give a proper verdict on it.




I also got some Majolica Majorca goodies in the mail lately courtesy of Paris B. from My Women Stuff! She had a giveaway a couple months ago and I entered completely last minute, within the last hours of the deadline...and somehow I won :) Thank you Paris! :D

• Majolica Majorca eyeshadow in GR185
• Majolica Majorca gloss in PK384
• and a super handy cellphone pouch :)

The eyeshadow is pigmented and easily blendable, I actually find the texture better than the Majolook palette I got this spring. The lipgloss is sticky, but the staying power is good and it has really nice shimmers in it.




Finally, today's outfit:





Black knit top, H&M
Brocade olive gold skirt, Forever 21
Sheer black tights, Life Brand (lol)
Black leather boots, Browns

Layered a denim jacket (pictured) and black wool coat (not pictured) over it before going out.



The skirt is new :) I was waiting impatiently for it to get on the Canadian website since spotting it on the US F21 site. Only thing is it feels a bit tight :/...probably because of the high waisted cut as well.

I haven't worn these boots in ages...the last time I wore them was the previous winter so almost 2 years ago. Mostly because these aren't very comfortable. They feel fine initially but after a couple of hours my feet will hurt depending on how much walking is being done. Then again though I do have problematic feet...I'm getting some custom made orthopaedic inserts soon to help with my foot issues.

The metal stuff around the ankle is actually on a removeable leather piece, so I could remove it to make them look like regular plain leather boots.

Finally I hope everyone in the US had a great Thanksgiving! 3.5 weeks left to Christmas :)

Review: Majolica Majorca palette and others

A few people were interested in the Majolook palette from Majolica Majorca I acquired courtesy of my bf, so I did a FOTD using it with Silk Naturals Sassy blush and Coffret d'or lipstick/gloss combo.





Some swatches first so you get an idea how they (sorta) really look:

Majolica Majorca Majolook GR741:





Colours swatched clockwise:

My shade descriptions from L-R:

Highlighting shade - Light blue-green shade with silvery shimmer

Main colour - Teal green shade with silvery shimmer

"Trick on powder" - champagne-gold shimmer, has an iridescent look to it

Liner - Dark green-black shade with minimal shimmer


The colours were sheerer than MAC but still pretty decent. I know that Japanese makeup is known more for being sheer and shimmery so that was to be expected.

In this case, I noticed that the Majolook is less shimmery (and less fallout) than the previous palette I reviewed (T'estimo Frame Impact Eyes). Definitely a lot easier to work with despite the cheaper price tag. I didn't have to do any cleanup afterwards at all ! There is some fallout after a few hours, but it was so little I only noticed because I was closely checking for it. Its not something others will notice on your face.

Texture was nice - soft and blendable. A review I read on MUA on Majolook palettes described them as "buttery", and I would have to agree that is the perfect word to describe them.



Coffret d'or Combient Rouge 06 Peach Blossom:






Description:

Sheer peach-apricot lipstick
Sheer pink gloss with fine gold shimmer

I love the colours A LOT. Too bad the natural pigmentation of my lips kills the softness of the colour. I was lazy to use concealer, plus I knew it wouldn't work that well...usually concealer doesn't help much because it rubs off when I apply lipstick on top. But I still like how it looks on my lips, it makes them a more peachy pink red rather than just red.



Silk Naturals Sassy blush as from my previous post:





I had to pack on A LOT of product to get it to show up. Its probably because I'm too used to dealing with Everyday Minerals super pigmented blushes. I usually pick up the absolute minimum amount I can with EM, but this time I kept on picking up product and it still barely showed up!

Still a really pretty, soft colour though. I think its lack of pigmentation would still make it a suitable blush for people that tend to have a heavy hand with blush.


FOTD:

Eyes:





I did the eyes according to the instructions on the box:

Blush:

MAC Emote was also used to contour....




Lips:

Just remember my lips are really pigmented naturally so it won't look so red on most people...




Overall:

Ok, can't see too much here because I didn't bring the shadow up too much AND my right eye was having its monolid day lol....sorry I don't have a better pic :S

But you get the idea that all 3 products are very wearable, right? :)

a haul of major proportions

i finally got some time to take pics of the haul my bf very kindly bought from Japan :)

Firstly, he brought me some clip on earrings which was sweet of him :) I didn't ask for them at all so it was a nice surprice :)



I don't have my ears pierced...my mom never wanted me to get them pierced. Even so, I've been considering getting them done since I was 15 but even now I still haven't decided if I want to.

Anyway, I'm always envious of the selection of pretty earrings other friends have, and have mentioned it to my bf several times so I guess he thought I could use these ones in the meantime. What I like about them is that two of the earrings don't look like clip ons at all from both the back and front. Only one of them (the one on the right) has the telltale clamp thing on the back of them.

For most people these probably look really blah, but to me, these are finally the first pairs of earrings I can actually wear out. I bought a couple pairs of magnetic earrings before but those always hurt my earlobes after a while, plus I couldn't find dangly ones that weren't obviously clip-ons. These are my favourite out of all the stuff I got ^^

He also got me 3 bottles of DHC Cleansing oil, and 2 bottles of DHC washing powder which I'd requested:




And some makeup...He and his friend were so sweet, they went and searched for every single item on the list I gave him even though I'd emphasized he didn't have to get everything. And its not like they even know what any of this stuff looks like so it wasn't easy....





Details and closeups:

1. Kiss Me Heroine Long and Curl mascara

I wanted to try the Japanese version since I'd been using Blinc for the past 3 months and its good, just pricey at over CDN$30 vs 798 yen in Japan...thats less than 1/3 the price I paid for Blinc :S




2. Kiss Me Heroine liquid liner

Chiara's review said it was easy to remove with just warm water, similar to the Kiss Me mascara so I had to try it :)




3. Kate Gel liners in purple and gold



I didn't expect the pots to be that small actually, I thought they'd be close to Fluidlines but they are a bit smaller. Will review when I try them.




4. Lunasol Sheer Contrast Eyes in Lavender Coral



I love the packaging, its all metallic, even the bottom. Pricey though...





You'll see that almost every palette gives you two double sided applicators that are actually shaped for a specific purpose. Only the cheaper brands like Majolica Majorca and Lavshuca provide one applicator, which are still better than the crappy Maybelline / ELF ones.


5. Coffret D'or 3D Lightning eyes in Blue Green





I love the metallic cover, but too bad the base is plastic instead of metallic like the Lunasol one, but then it IS cheaper by about 1500 yen (US$15) so...

6. Sofina Aube Jewellery Shower Eyes in Purple







7. Majolica Majorca Majolook palette in GR741 (LE)





I love this one the most even if it was the cheapest because my bf had to check several different stores before finding it. Most stores were sold out of it, probably because its LE.


8. RMK Shiny Mix Eyes in Light green








9. Shiseido Maquillage Sheer Climax Rouge lipstick in PK730






10. Coffret D'or Combiant Rouge lipstick/gloss in 06 Peach blossom




11. Shiseido The Makeup Hydro powder eyeshadows in Violet Visions and Languid Lagoon

I asked him to pick these up at the airport because they're more expensive here with the 13% sales tax plus whatever markup there is for Canada.




So...reviews to come when I try them out :D