Products I disliked and wouldn’t repurchase: Hanaka Vitamin A Marigold Sheet Mask (completely dripping with essence, nearly no results), Bobbi Brown Luminous Moisturizing Foundation in Porcelain (good shade match but too emollient for my combo pores and skin). As I anticipated, these had been so good! The longevity on both appears to be like (on high of my ordinary eye primer) was excellent and that i didn’t notice any fading or creasing all through the day. The texture of this product is a creamy gel with tiny little bits of one thing that appears like a cellulose sponge to me – I’m guessing those are the Konjac beads. In my expertise, it would not accentuate my pores or high quality traces on high of my cheeks, and layers simply tremendous over both powder and cream blush, although I like the finish higher when worn with creams – just appears to be like a bit extra natural. Do you choose highlighters within the cream, liquid or powder texture? I’d only tried two different cream/ liquid highlighters in the past – Benefit Watt’s Up and MAC Strobe Cream – so I used to be excited to present the MJ model a go. It’s quite an emollient components; I do not own the Watt’s Up anymore so I am unable to evaluate there, but it surely is certainly thicker/ extra viscous than the liquidy MAC Strobe Cream.
Highlighters are undoubtedly one of many extra challenging merchandise to photograph but I hope you possibly can see the tone of Spotlight quite nicely compared to some of my different highlighters. In my review of the Anastasia Beverly Hills Illuminator in Starlight, I referred to as that shade a ‘pale white gold’ too, but as you can see, compared to the Marc Jacobs Glow Stick, it’s undoubtedly more peachy pink. I’m sorry you cannot see these shades more clearly in the arm swatch, but that’s just the consequence of swatching merchandise that are extremely near my skintone. The Vitamin Code is a multivitamin that was developed to provide supplemental diet as shut as supplementation can get to exact UNCOOKED food. That’s undoubtedly one area where I consider cream highlighters have a leg up over the powders; they can be layered with other merchandise and multitasked extra simply. I’m occurring a short metropolis break tomorrow and I’m hoping to make much more of a dent then in my pattern stash. It’s unbelievable on my truthful skintone, and I think it could go well with a wide range of undertones as the shade is kind of impartial; but if you are medium to dark skintone, I imagine this shade would look fairly stark and possibly even ashy.
I really, really favored how it got here collectively, and truly obtained a lovely praise on my eye make-up while carrying it (‘Excuse me, but your eye look is completely beautiful! Are you self-taught or did you go to high school for make-up? I’d love to learn the way to do that!). Plan your finances around gross sales and alternate options so you may maximize the value of your purchases while growing your savings. You’ll be able to sell them books by assembly them in person, or you may spend gazillions of dollars on ads hoping that your identify will stick of their minds that one time a year they go guide purchasing. Within the face shot, I’m sporting the Marc Glow Stick on tops of my cheeks, tip of my nostril, Cupid’s Bow and a tiny bit below my brows. L-R: Marc Jacobs Glow Stick in Spotlight, ABH Illuminator in Starlight, Surratt Scintillante. The finish of Marc Jacobs’ Glow Stick is a nice pearl, no giant shimmer or glitter particles in sight.
Nevertheless, the Glow Stick’s formulation is very blendable, both underneath and over basis. The key chemical/enzymatic exfoliants within the formula are pumpkin puree, pineapple juice and glycolic acid, supported by nourishing antioxidants and humectants corresponding to sunflower and meadowfoam oils, aloe vera, glycerin and hyaluronic acid (Sodium Hyaluronate), manuka honey, rooibos extract and Vitamins C & E. Ingredients lists like this one are why I get so excited about Andalou products – there are no fillers, no mysterious chemicals, no questionable bullshit (properly, I do have a gripe with their stem cell claims – but I simply ignore that, I don’t think they’re harmful to the pores and skin or anything), just stunning, yummy naturals I want on my face ASAP. Another man-specific mask, this HeTime mask is formed more like a Batman cowl than a Jason mask. I’d suggest this formula to anyone in the combination-normal-dry skintype spectrum; if your cheeks are oily, it could migrate extra for you. As you possibly can see in my close-up images, the Pumpkin Honey Glycolic Mask seems, feels and smells precisely like pumpkin puree; it’s quite dense but creamy and easily spreadable on the pores and skin, with tiny brown specks here and there – I’m undecided, but these could also be from the cinnamon, nutmeg and clove powders included in the formulation.