My cosmetic purchases in the last two days.

Wednesday:

• Anna Sui Dolly Girl Eau de Toilette
  
• Anna Sui Dolly Girl Lil' Starlet Eau de Toilette
  
• NP (Napoleon Perdis) Set lip gloss and nail polish (admittingly it came as a Cleo freebie, however I only bought it to sample the freebies I swear)

The nail polish is pretty good but it is better used as a topcoat as there isn't enough pigment for it to work as a solid colour. Lip gloss is pretty so-so, not actually sure if its a real colour from the actual NP Set range (Acapulco Pink, what kind of shade is that?)

Today:

Lancome sample set including

• Colour Design Quad Eyeshadow
• Colour Design Lipstick in Vantage Rose
  
• Cils Booster XL mascara base
  
• Definicils mascara
  
• High Resolution Anti Wrinkle Cream (which I won't be using)
• Primordiale Cell Defense serum.

To my dismay the set did not come with Juicy Tubes lipgloss. Looking at the ingredients, I was quite disappointed to see talc in almost every single Lancome product in the pack, including the skincare cream/serum.

Last week I also purchased some Natio products, including

• Natural Cover Concealer
• Ultra Shiny Fruit Gloss - Melon
• Natio Sparkle Dust (loose eyeshadow quad)
• Make up brush set in a roll, including brushes for powder, foundation, concealer, two eyeshadow brushes and one slanted eyeliner/eyeshadow brush

I was quite disappointed with the way Natio had advertised their "mineral" makeup range. Some of the advertised 'mineral' products in fact contain Talc (which we all know is toxic and bad for us, although it happens to exist in almost every cosmetic out there)

Reviews to come when I have time to spare, cheers!

Don't read this unless you're ready for your estrogen levels to significantly rise (this is particularly applicable to males).



MY COSMETICS RANT


Does anyone know where I can get the famous Urban Decay Primer Potion? It isn't stocked by Strawberry net :( My eyeliner always melts and smudges thus making me look like some crazed banshee. Or a stoner.

Now, which is better, Chanel Glossimer or the Yves Saint Laurent Golden Gloss Shimmering Lip Gloss? Both are purdy, and I still don't even have Juicy Tubes :'(



Yet, we must remember that brands do not guarantee a good product. When Randolf and I were ambushed at the Yves Saint Laurent makeup counter by two overzealous SAs, one lady proceeded to violate my face with YSL's liquid eyeliner (Eyeliner Moire). (Actually it wasn't that bad, they were very nice, and another occasion one of the ladies gave Helenka and I two YSL sample faux cils each!)

However 30 minutes later the eyeliner had yet again made me look like a banshee (or even worse, Heather Locklear) . Those ladies should've had some Urban Decay on hand.




Other things that make me look like a banshee:

Hypnose Mascara - Lancome
Shame, it really is very good, but my eyes get very watery, just like Randolf watching Oprah. Therefore watery eyes equate to watery makeup, equating to major smudging. Result? Banshee-ness.

Kohl Eyeliner - Dior
Application, from what I remember ages ago, was very smooth and highly pigmented.
Then 30 minutes later I look like a stoner

Cosmetics that DON'T make me look like a banshee

Exceptionnel de Chanel Mascara
Slightly clumpy at first but when you use a business card behind your eyelashes while applying it, it's pretty good. Hypnose is wayyyy better but Exceptionnel doesn't smudge! Yay! But now I threw it out. No yay.



The point of this is ... I NEED THAT PRIMER POTION. It will stop me looking like a banshee, as even 'good' makeup can make you do so. I tried Smashbox photo primer a couple of times and that was very, very, very, very, very good. But it's expensive, boo.
The Benefit mattifying balm, I forgot what it was called, dried up and didn't really do much for me.


This is what four days of staying at home does to you. It also makes you look like a banshee.