Wednesday 26 March 2014

Cruelty free makeup companies.

My bunny princess when she was 4 months old!

Hello my friends, I'm not going to do a review but I want you to know the official companies that DON'T taste on animals and that are totally cruelty free, I'll leave you the official peta link where you can learn more and be well informed.
I'm trying to change all of my makeup to cruelty free, as you see in my last reviews, I've bought almay and revlon's products and that brands (which is the same company) are supposed to taste on animals. They used to be cruelty free but I haven't found the reason why they came back at tasting on animals :/ so, it's a bit harder for me due to these brands have amazing products (in my personal opinion) and they're at a very accessible price and they haven't caused me any allergic reaction.
But something that I've learn, is that if you want to reach a goal, nothing will stop you, so I'll keep on using physicians formula products and I'll try nyx for the firts time, also wet and wild. I really hope the revlon brand gets cruelty free son, this will be a long process but I may reach it :)
My big motivation will be my lovely bunny who's always running everywhere <3.
Here is the peta link!
http://www.peta.org/living/beauty/15-great-cruelty-free-companies/

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Saturday 15 March 2014

Almay softies eyeshadows review



Hello my pretty ladies, I'll review this day the softies almay eyeshadows!!
What I did like: 
1. First of all, the pigmentation es very subtle and delicate, and when you apply it (either with your finger or a brush) you won't have that annoying problem of the eyeshadow's dust fall over your lower eyelid; these shadows stays put where you apply them, they don't fall out during the application.
2. They are very cheap, $5 up to $6 each one, and the individuals pots contains 2g which is enought product for me; eyeshadows tend to last me up to 18 months or even more, now that's a big buy at a low price!
3. They are easy to apply with your finger, you can build up the colour as you please. I don't recommend to use a brush with these kind of eyeshadows due to the powder gets stuck in the bristles and gets harder to build up the colour in your eyelid.
4. They stay put all day. I wore them like 10h and the colour didn't seem to fade away.
What I didn't like:
I didn't hate these eyeshadows at all, but there are some girls that like highly highly pigmented eyeshadows (like nyx and mac) and these ones are not like that. So, if you're one of those girls, you will hate the almay softies, because although they have a good colour, they're not 100% intense and you have to swatch the shadow over 10 times or more so you can get the colour that you see in the pot.
Sincerely I loved them, specially créme brulee because it was the perfect amount of shimmer that I was looking for my eyes.

Créme brulee

Créme brulee is my favourite eyeshadow! I usually hate shimmer but in my eyes,I love to wear it in the inner corners of my eyelids and I just love how it stays put without falling and messing up my undereye concealer. The colour seems to be like a nude beige but it doesn't leave you any colour, just shimmer and some people might be disappointed about that but I like it in that way. Another thing is that that, with this shade, the texture isn't soft at all, seems more like a compact powder. I'll repurchase this shade!


Hot fudge
This colour brown is totally matte.

Swatched less than 5 times and the shoot  was taken at natural day light.

So what you thinks about these eyeshadows? leave your comment please :) It makes me happy!

Monday 3 March 2014

Almay wake up concealer: My thoughts after 1 year using it.

Shade light 010

Hello my beauties :) I want to share with you my experience with the almay concealer "wake up" in shade light. This concealer is now discontinued, I don't find it in the official almay page, instead, they launch a new one called "smart shade CC concealer" http://www.almay.com/products/face/concealer.aspx

Anyway, when I first saw the almay wake up concealer I saw in the packaging that it had cucumber extract, so that was supposed to work as a anti-puffy concealer with healing properties, and in that time I was making night shifts on the hospital, so I definitely needed a wonderful concealer!! But...
The things that I loved:
1. The formula is very fluid almost liquid but creamy, easy to blend and does not dry out skin.
2. The concealer has a yellow undertone, so it can camouflage moderate purple under eye circles.
3. It's good for light to moderate under eye circles.
4. Last all day and doesn't smudge.
5. It does cover fine lines and it doesn't accentuate them at all.
6. It doesn't irritate. Works nice as a primer for eyeshadows.
7. It has the right amount of product that I need, which is 6.5mL.
For a concealer, I consider that the perfect amount of product must be between 3.5g to maximum 6gr; that's because concealers in that range tend to last me up to 10-12 months, considering that I only use it 5 to 6 days a week.

The things that I HATED:
1. The container is AWFUL, the product gets stuck everywhere, so practically you're wasting concealer every time you press the tube.
2. The brush I think is useless because it's better to blend the concealer with your fingers or with other brush, but this one does not do anything to blend it right.
3. The coverage is moderate to light, so if you have severe under eye dark circles (like raccoon or panda eyes), then this concealer is not for you.
4. Bad for covering pimples and freckles.
5. The packaging said that the cucumber extract and other ingredients would help to minimise and heal your dark circles but...I didn't see anything to happen to my poor raccoon eyes :( so I kept using chamomile tea bags under my eyes.



No concealer on. that's how my dark circles look.
Concealer blended only with finger. There's not much difference between my under eye
area without/ with concealer.

Final thoughts: I don't know if I'll be buying it again, first of all because I don't think it's still available on the drugstores, but if I come to see it again, I won't grab it; the container sucks and it gest very hard to pull out some product once you're finishing it; another thing is that you waste too much product everytime you push the tube and the concealer coverage is weak for some people.
 I rather chose again the revlon photo ready :) Pleaseee leave a comment and tell me about everything you hated or loved about this concealer!