Mini Haul

Last weeek I ventured out to buy a hair dye and ended up spending over three hours at the mall because I had to touch everything. Twice. 

What came home with me, left to right (sort of):

• Remington Anywhere Curls 25mm barrel curling iron   17,99 €   (my first heat styling tool ever, extremely tiny, portable and practical)
• Dermacol Neon Hair Powder in Violet   3,79 €   (no idea if this works yet, but it better had because Dermacol is awesome)
• Catrice Waterproof Eyeliner Pen   3,49 €   (great formula, terrible applicator)
• S-he Stylezone Quick Eye Liner in 004 Violet   2,69 €   (does not work as a fancy coloured liner, looks like a realistic bruise though)
• Syoss Professional Performance hair dye in 3-3 Dark Violet   3,99 €   (my second repurchase, review coming up next!)
• Essence Eyeshadow Brush   1,39 €   (so.damn.CUTE.)
• Essence PureSkin Anti-Spot Toner & Powder   2,79 €    (fourth repurchase I think, a very cool product that actually contains dispersed mineral powder)

Wow that is one blurry picture. The heat and light intensity was absolutely insane on that day and my camera was not handling that well. 

An attempted closer shot of the brush, eyeliner pens and what the hair chalk itself looks like.


Have you tried any of these products? Have a lovely day!

Review: Makeup Revolution Amazing Lipstick in Depraved and Make It Right

So much for concise post titles.

I dug up some old pictures of the Makeup Revolution Amazing Lipsticks (left to right: Make Me Magnificent, Depraved and Make It Right) back from when I first got them. Since I reviewed Make Me Magnificent in my previous post, I thought I'd round my tiny collection (I usually just buy all they have in purple when trying a new product, can you tell :) ).

The comparison doesn't truly show the different finishes. Make Me Magnificent is a frost, Depraved is a pure creme and Make It Right has a nearly metallic quality.

Depraved is a blue-based medium purple creme. I LOVE how it was one of the first lipsticks (before every company came out with a liquid-to-matte range) that was like, hell yeah, have som lavender lipstick that also incidentally isn't totally shit.

I have to say wearing Depraved makes me slightly uncomfortable. I still wear it out because I love the idea of bam! in your face (literally) neon purple lips but I prefer it applied sheerly, mixed in with some lipbalm and paired with a silver or a neutral smokey eye.

Make It Right is a very dark metallic eggplant (extremely true to colour of eggplant the vegetable). It has a lot more blue in it than your average dark purple lipstick and glistens with an almost mirror-like, highly reflective finish, It doesn't photograph too well, but it looks even and opaque in person, from a distance at which other people normally would approach you. 

I should note that Make It Right is part of the Atomic Collection (together with Make Me Magnificent and three other vampy colours) while Depraved was released in the Scandalous Collection among other unusual brights.

I'd rate these two lipsticks 7/10. 

I am not fond of the Atomic Lipstick formula (it feels downright plastic and hard to control around the liplines) , but these are true purple lipsticks and this fact alone makes me extremely happy. The staying power is great as well, especially with Make It Right, which has survived a four hour walk in a snowstorm (long story short: the public transport system collapsed) completely untouched.

Which shade do you like better?

Review: Makeup Revolution Atomic Lipstick in Make Me Magnificent

On the rare occasion of wearing Make Me Magnificent I thought I might share my thoughts on it as well. I also have five other purple lipsticks coming in the mail (yeah) and I am hoping to trick myself into actually reviewing those as well by beginning right away. 

The Makeup Revolution Atomic Lipstick in Make Me Magnificent is a medium lilac with a frosty finish. 

The official swatches on the Makeup Revolution shop site were a bit deceiving (I honestly still have this issue even after they changed the swatch style on newer products and I always check out beauty blogs before ordering a product of theirs) and I was expecting a shimmery true purple. Well, for under two euros I wasn't particularly sorry to go wrong. 

In the photos I am wearing two or three swipes of Make Me Magnificent  over a medium berry lipliner. On its own it doesn't suit me at all, sheer lipsticks and glosses make me look feverish/post-vomit.

Overall I'd rate this lipstick 5/10.

Pros:

• good lasting power
• very affordable 
• a unique, pretty colour
• moisturising formula
• a transparent sample jar on the lid allows easy identification among multiple lipsticks
• doesn't bleed or feather out of lines
• comfortable to wear

Cons: 

• sheer pigmentation (not cute on its own)
• the bullet shape is incompatible with my lip shape (which is obviously a personal thing but the Atomic lipsticks have a very classic bullet with a single slanted surface that I cannot do my cupid's bow with no matter what)
• the taste gives me minor acid reflux
• the consistency is plain weird, like liquid plastic that floats above your skin (I only get this sensation upon initial application, you get used to it quickly)

Although the colour and finish were far from what I expected I warmed up to it, especially now in the summer, paired with a neutral grey smokey eye and dark blue clothing. It manages to be weird enough to compensate the grandma vibes.

How do you like Make Me Magnificent?