New In ~ A Haul Post

Hey everyone! How are you doing? It is a beautiful day here in Ljubljana and I had a great family gathering for most of it, it was fun! And I am totally going jogging after I finish this post. :) 

These are the things I got in August. I am really happy with them, I finally got a few things from licila.si I really wanted to buy for a while ago, and a few surprises I bought on a whim.

Let's start with my licila.si orders, yes?

I made two orders there last month. First one because of the nice offers, I got Makeup Revolution Vivid Blush Lacquer in Desire, becuase I adore the Rush shade they send me for a review. From Makeup Revolution I also got nail polish in Are You Still Available?, because the swatch Nihrida made really stole my heart and I wanted to see if the brush is the same in every bottle. Alas it is. 

I Heart Make Up Wow Gloss No Need To Panic I bought on a whim, because I Heart Make Up lipstick really convinced me to buy more make up made by them. And it is a great lip gloss, more like a liquid lipstick (I generally dislike sheer glosses), I just wish it would be a tad bit less pink and more purple. Still, it is a great, really nice wearable colour. 

Barry M Liquid Eyeliner (shade is simply called 03) was my substitute purchase for Beauty UK Blue Lagoon that was out of stock ATM of choosing my items. It is a matte eyeliner, so I said I need it anyways. And it is utterly gorgeous. It does smudge easier, comparing to Beauty UK, but nevertheless. It is a matte cobalt blue eyeliner, that looks gorgeous on the eyes, I got tons of compliments wearing it. 

Konad Matte Topcoat was on sale and as my Essence matte TC is turning into a toothpaste, I decided to get it. Hopefully I will be able to stamp with it too.

Aaand then I got an email that Beauty UK Blue Lagoon was back in stock (the page has this option, that they notify you when the item you desire comes back in stock, quite neat). And I couldn't resist, even with Barry M eyeliner romance I was having at that moment. And I do no regret buying them both, not one bit. Blue Lagoon is more vibrant and it stays on the eyes just as permanently as its sisters. 

I decided on a whim to get the Beauty UK Posh Pout Sugar Plum Fairy tinted lip balm, because I am trying to get something for the lips that I could wear to work without too much correcting over the day. Still, I kind of felt like I just bought an overpriced lip balm. So it is quite ridiculous how much I love this product. It gives a bit of colour, actually more than I expected, it is moisturising, and insanely easy to apply and re-apply. The colour actually stays on for quite a while. Total love. I am discovering the usefulness and beauty of the subtle lip shade. 

And some swatches. Barry M and Beauty UK eyeliners are insanely inaccurate. All the gals that have H&M Blue My Mind nail polish shade, you know, the vibrant blue creme? Both are in that vein of blue, with Blue Lagoon being a bit more deeper blue, less pastel comparing to Barry M. The rest of swatches are accurate, that's why I am posting them.

I did a quick comparison for you of Makeup Revolution Liquid Blush in Rush and Desire, from top to bottom: Rush, Desire, Barry M Liquid Eyeliner (totally inaccurate!) and I heart Makeup Wow lipgloss in No Need to Panic.

Natural daylight:

Beauty UK Posh Pout in Sugar Plum Fairy and Beauty UK Blue Lagoon (again inaccurate, it is by far more deep and vibrant blue).

A shot of both Vivid Blush Lacquer. See how it looks like Desire (on the right) is more used than Rush? I already thought my bottle is a dud, because I pumped it for two days, every days for a couple of minutes, and nothing happened. Then all of the sudden it jumped to one quarter of the bottle and the product came out without a problem. As I do not use a lot of it (even with regular use, as you need just the tiniest blob of blush), I do not mind, but it did surprise me, like the bottle had air inside or something. Anyway. I adore Desire, it is less pink blush and a lot more wearable. I am buying a lot of blushers for someone who thinks two to three are more than enough for one person. :) But I love how good these are, they stay on the cheeks the entire day. Ever since I got my stippling brush to apply them they are pure magic.

I also got three sets of water decals and stickers from Born Pretty Store, I am already making some manis with them, swatches will follow.

I couldn't resist, I needed to buy the Balea Mango Mambo Bodylotion, even though I have waaaay too many body lotions at home. I adore mango and this lotion is actually really good, it smells divine. 

Radenska Naturelle is a water spray refreshener for the face, when I saw it in store I was so curious I needed to buy it, plus, I thought I will need it regularly, as I worked outside whole day and I expected a very hot August (ha ha. hahahaha. ha). It is actually a lovely thing, very refreshing. 

And that is it. If you want any special reviews, let me know in  the comments!

What is the favourite thing you got in August?

Thank you for reading and commenting, have a lovely start of the new week!

Makeup Revolution Lock & Load palette review and looks

Hello darlings! How are you doing? Today I have a long overdue review for you. In the latest package I received from licila.si, I got also a pocket-sized palette called Lock&Load. Colours looked absolutely gorgeous and I couldn't wait to try them ASAP. This post is going to be a bit picture heavy, since I made three looks for the review only and I tried to make decent swatches and all in all - it's good to have pictures of the eyeshadows in reviews, right? It is quite a lenghty post as well, I tried to break it into subchapters with titles, hope that helps.

The post will be in English, however, there is going to be a short summary in Slovene in the end. I would love to do the complete translation as I did the first time, but I seriously lack time, so I am shamelessly stealing the elegant idea of a summary from a lovely Slovene blogger Petra from Adjusting Beauty, I do hope she wouldn't mind. :)

The package, as shown previously.

 

About the packaging

The palette is quite small - if you don't count the sharp edges of it, it's the same size as my cell phone, comparing to Sleek and MUA palettes it is cca. 1 centimetre shorter and about 0,5 cm narrower and thinner. The pans are a bit small, with a wider brush you need to be a bit careful when grabbing the eyeshadow. It opens on a button and it opens and closes well, I first thought I'll need tweezers to open it, as I do with most of my palettes, but I do not, and my nails are safe! Extra points for that!

The eyeshadows do not have any names, alas, I like it when they do. There is a rich choice of 14 shades and two eyebrow colours in it. I like the choice of colours they put in, there isn't too many neutral ones, but enough that you can use it for everyday look as well, but there are some really awesome bolder, colourful ones in there. Honestly, when I saw the set, my head almost exploded from all the possibilities and combinations.

The looks

I did three looks for this review only, otherwise I use the eyeshadows quite regularly. First look I did with the copper eyeshadow, which is IMO a total winner of this palette, it is a total stunner. Naturally I need to try the blue one as well (love the copper&blue combination) and then I used the blue-purple one for a pop of colour.

I loved this look, the colours are stunning. I also used the dark eyebrow colour on my eyebrows and I liked the effect.

The second look I did with the greens and the darker browns.

Excuse the bluish  tinge on the middle photo, I do not know what happened. Ah, but I do love green eyeshadow. :) I used the Essence black eyeliner here as well. Both greens were used and both shimmery browns above the dark green. 

The last is a neutral one, with all brown eyeshadows. It is also a look that photographed the hardest, I just cannot take a decent photo of a neutral look, it always looks too faded. It looked better IRL.

WTH did I do with my eyebrows for this look? Or didn't do. Sheesh. Sorry! Anyway, for this I used the first four eyeshadows on the left side of the palette.

All the eyeshadows perform really well throughout the day, they do not fade away, and they started to crease only after entire day of wearing, after 7+ hours. My eyelids are oily, I always use primer (ATM ArtDeco one), usually also a cream eyeshadow, to make the colours pop.

Swatches on my hand
And my try and the swatches of the set. All the swatches are made over primer and with two brush swipes.

Pigmentation

The left side of the palette is really well pigmented, with only chalkier black eyeshadow. The right side loses the battle thanks to the matte brown and purple eyeshadows and again chalky black with tiny sparkles. The mattes really give poor pigmentation, especially the purple one. The shimmers are gorgeously pigmented and easy to use.

The eyebrow set

If you are curious of how the eyebrow set compares to Essence set, I did a quick photo of it. You can also see how disastrous my Essence set looks like and why I hate their packaging.

The set crumbles if you only look at it wrong. Horrible. The dark eyeshadow in Lock & Load is a bit lighter, comparing to the darker one in Essence, which is perfect for me, as the Essence one was a tad bit too dark (but still manageable), so I will gladly use the one in the palette instead. The light one in the L&L however, looks a bit too yellowish to my taste, but maybe it works for fair ladies? 

Dupes of HE eyeshadows?

I also read on a blog somewhere Lock & Load is supposed to be a decent almost-dupe to Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette. Looking at the swatches at Phyrra's, I can't say I agree with that. Perhaps you get a good twin to the shades Betrayal (that one is kind of spot on, actually), Rewind, Habit, Dope and Ambush; but I wouldn't really call them dupes and the rest are not even close. So if you are looking for a good dupe for Vice 2, Lock and Load might not be the right address, unless you are looking for Betrayal dupe, those two are pretty close.

To sum up ...

All in all I think this is really a lovely palette. The pans could be bigger, to be more comfortable for applying, but as this is supposed to be your "travel" palette, it is smaller and more compact, so you can't really argue with that. The real gem of the palette is definitively the copper shade, it is absolutely stunning and extremely well pigmented and easy to use. The second and third favourite certainly are the dark blue and the purple-blue ones, but the greens and the browns are lovely as well. I am not too fond of the both black eyeshadows in here, as they are a bit chalky and I really want my black eyeshadows to be pitch black. Plus the mattes are not well pigmented and they dust like hell, luckily there's only three of them (light brown, black and purple). :) The highlighter colour and the eyebrow shades are good too, so all in all there are definitively more pros than cons to the palette.

Where to buy

Slovene ladies can get the palette at licila.si for 5.95€, at the Makeup Revolution site it costs £4.00. I would recommend it to you for shimmery shades, especially the already mentioned copper, blue and blurplish one. Do not grab it for the matte ones. It is a sturdy palette, smaller, great for taking it around with you (as I did and do, since I move from one city to another quite frequently lately), with a nice combo of colours, for neutral or bolder look. Although it is supposed to be a travel size palette it doesn't have a mirror, but it does take care of your eyebrows in one go, so there's a plus. :)

Kratka obnova v slovenščini

Makeup Revolution paleta Lock & Load sestoji iz 14 senčil in 2 "senčil" za obrvi. Šimraste so izredno lepo pigmentirane, mat senčila pa so precej slabše pigmentirana, tudi prašijo se bolj. Črni senčili sta malce kredasti, sem pa tudi jaz bolj zahtevna, ko pride do črnih senčk. :) Dragulj palete je čudovita bogata bakrena barva, gotovo moja najljubša v setu, sledita ji temno modra in vijolično-modra, vse tri so fantastično pigmentirane, enako velja za zelene in rjave odtenke. Prav tako je uporaben highlight odtenek v zgornjem levem kotu, saj je lepo pigmentiran, to se fajn razloči v tretjem izgledu, ki sem ga ustvarila za to oceno. 

Embalaža sama je v redu, ne rabi se odpirati s pinceto, nohti ne trpijo ob odpiranju. Nima ogledala, kar bi morda pričakovala v "potovalni" paletki, je pa zato manjša in tanjša kot palete ki jih imam doma (Sleek, MUA), je v velikosti mobitela. Od 14 barv se mi zdijo samo 4 slabše (3 so tudi vse tri mat, ki so v paleti), vse ostale pa so res dobro pigmentirane in obstojne. Hkrati je temnejši odtenek za obrvi idealen zame, tako da lahko paleto nasploh zgolj priporočim. Za 5,95€, kolikor zanjo odštejte v licila.si spletni trgovini, dobite zelo soliden izdelek. 

What do you think about Lock & Load? Do you have it, have any other Makeup Revolution palette you can recommend? :)

Thank you for reading and commenting!

 *I got the products as a gift, unconditionally, from licila.si (even the post itself was not demanded).

New In ~ A Haul Post

Hello everyone! This post just got bigger and bigger, in only the last three days. I swear, in the end of June I was positive I will have only 4 products to show you, and then I went to the hairdresser and my iHerb package arrived. And there we have it, new stuff!

 

Group photo does not have my licila.si package on it, because I simply forgot to take a photo of it today, as I already took them right after I got the package, so I could start using the make up right away. No matter, here it is:

Licila.si surprised me with a gorgeous package in June. Makeup Revolution mini palette Lock & Load has some really stunning shades! I already used about half of them and I am in love! Plus the eyebrow set in the end is great, the darker shade suits me perfectly.

Makeup Revolution Baked Eyeshadow palette Bang Bang is another set of dark eyeshadows. including bluish and gunmetal shades. I haven't used it yet, but checked if it similar to MeMeMe blue set, and it is not.

Makeup Revolution nail polish Change My Life I already showed, so you already had the chance to read my review on it. 

 Look at the colours in Lock & Load!! Looove it!

Another new things in my make up department were these two beauties.

Real Techniques Blush Brush and Stippling Brush. Boy oh boy, am I late to the Real Techniques party! These two are amazing brushes, really. I got them on iHerb, I had enough rewards points to get them practically for free. And they are awesome, I am definitively buying more RT brushes!!

And now something for my face, as we are already talking about iHerb:

Derma E Evenly Radiant Brightening Toner with Vitamin C. It was on sale or something on iHerb and I read only the best things about this toner, so I gave it a go. It smells amazing!

Alaffia Authentic African Black Soap with Peppermint. Ok. Ok. I know it is a rookie mistake to buy anything for the skin with peppermint in it, but I needed a cleanser and I hoped the peppermint isn't too strong. It kinda is, but here's another thing: I really like the feeling the peppermint leaves on my face. Silly, as I know it is an irritant for the skin, yes. The peppermint is, however, quite noticeable, so I will definitively go with the regular black soap next time (and I hope it's going to be in stock then!). I love African Black Soap, previously I used the Akamuti one and I love how clean my face feels after using it.

Daiso Japan Charcoal Mask for removing blackheads. I decided to try this thing after reading the review on mejkap.si of it. It is a fun mask, as it is completely black and dries up to a totally solid mask on your face. ORC TIME! :D Anyway, the removal is easy and the first impression good. As Krvava Meri nicely puts it in the review - the old blackheads will need to go out by pressing them out, but for regular cleaning of your pores this mask is a good thing, after using it, most of my pores are clean and consequently look smaller. 

Lately I am not particularly happy with my skin condition, each of my pores feels like it is the size of our Postojna cave, and I felt like my Korres cleanser did not clean my skin well in the end, that is why I went for the African Black Soap, as I know it is a good cleanser. And as for buying on iherb, I can only recommend it. The packages arrive fast, and even though I paid customs taxes for this package, I still paid less then half of what I would need to pay, would I buy these items (or substitutes of them) in Slovenia.

And something for my hair! I went to the hairdresser on Monday, after a year and a half. About 15 cm of my hair lenght went bye-bye, but I am so happy to have healthy hair again! I went to a new hair salon and I am in love with my new hair stylist! She is amazing, first time I actually saw someone really paying attention to cutting my ends, not just grabbing and cutting them off (like I could do by myself at home) and for the first time almost the entire conversation went about my hair care and what I am doing wrong or could do better. Without any pressure to actually buy anything from the salon as well, which is always a great plus. But I went there in want to try and buy some products and so I decided to try Paul Mitchell Instant Moisture Daily Shampoo, as my shampoos are probably my weakest link in the hair care (next to the anti-dandruff one, that I always pick with great care, I usually just pick one that looks nice in the bottle). And Paul Mitchell Moisture Protective Oil, since I am working on the sun a lot. I have already decided to buy Orofluido Sahara for that cause, but then got caught up in Paul Mitchell and decided on a whim. Still, Orofluido Sahara is next, I have a feeling I will be using these things rather quickly. 

I already have two looks with Makeup Revolution Lock & Load prepared for you, so that's a review coming up rather soon, and if you want a separate review of any of the other products, just let me know!

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Lace mani with Make Up Revolution ~ Change My Life

Hello everyone! It's been a while! Thing is, just as I was preparing my laptop to later on pack it up to move with me, we discovered the battery died. The irony was great with this one. I guess I shouldn't complain too much, as that also means it did live right to the point when my BF actually fixed our PC at home, so yeah, the timing was all in all good. Still, no blogging for me, unless I'm home. It doesn't mean I do not polish my nails or wear make up, of course. :) For today I have a mani I did with a nail polish I received from Slovene online shop called licila.si. I got a wonderful package from them, I will show it in my next New In post.:)

Makeup Revolution Change My Life seemed like a perfect nude colour when I first picked it up. Nudes I lack in my stash, and a perfect nude is always a challenge to find, plus, I immediately got an idea for a mani with Born Pretty Store water decals, as my nails are currently a bit longer. This is what the final result was.

I'm really happy about the result, as you know, I loooove the water decals (review of them with different manis here, here and here). Especially since the application of Change My Life turned out to be quite disastrous. The brush looks like a nice, normal round brush, nothing special. The moment you start applying nail polish, you notice that it is also very stiff. When you get to the second layer, it becomes clear that the stiffness of the brush causes ridges in the application. I tired thin coats and then thick coats, nothing helped. Consequently I applied three coats, on some nails four, wanting to get rid of the ridges, but failed to do so. Luckily the ridges disappeared when applying top coat, but I do not know if that happens every time and with every shade they offer. 

This is how it looked like sans top coat:

Not a fan. I always wear top coat with my manis and the water decal covers the ridges very nicely, but it does put me off of buying more shades, even if they are gorgeous, because I do not know how the brush is going to act. Might as well wait for more reviews, I suppose. Other than that, I like the colour, it is a great nude, and it works wonderfully with the water decals. But yeah, consider yourself warned about the brush!

Makeup Revolution nail polish comes in over 40 shades and in 10 ml bottle. You can buy them in licila.si for only 1,95€.

Do you have any experiences with Makeup Revolution nail polish? Is my brush just a dud or their standard stiff brush?

Thank you for reading and commenting, have a great week!

 *I got the products as a gift, unconditionally, from licila.si (even the post itself was not demanded).

Makeup Revolution Base! eyeshadow and Amazing Curl mascara review

Hey everyone! Again a review of Makeup Revolution products I received kindly from Slovenian online store licila.si. Today I have for you a make up look I did with mono eyeshadow called Base! and their mascara Amazing Curl in Ultra Black shade. 

Živjo vsem! Vračam se z oceno dveh Makeup Revolution izdelkov, ki sem jih prejela od licila.si spletne trgovine. Tokrat ocenjujem enojno senčilo, odtenek Base! in maskaro Amazing Curl, ki naj bi zavihala trepalnice, kot že ime izdaja. :) 

First of all, when I opened the package and saw the eyeshadow, I was rather sure it is poorly pigmented and therefore good for highlighting and perhaps even blending only. Imagine my surprise when I tried it and realised it is so well pigmented I can wear it as a main eyeshadow on my eyes. 

As far as mascara is concerned, my eyelashes are not my best feature, so I need a little extra in my mascaras for them to work. Amazing Curl is extremely dry mascara, therefore it requires a lot of work with it in order to look presentable. 

Ko sem odprla paket in videla senčilo, sem bila prepričana, da ne bo preveč dobro pigmentirano in da bo torej primernejše za osvetljevanje in morda celo blendanje ostalih senčil. Tako da sem bila kar presenečena, ko sem ga preizkusila in videla, da je dovolj pigmentirano in da ga lahko zlahka nosim kot samostojno senčilo. 

Kar se maskare tiče, imam malce zahtevnejše trepalnice, niso preveč dolge, niso naravno zavihane in tako potrebujem maskaro, ki ima malce več "sposobnosti" upravljati z mojimi ščetinami. :) Amazing Curl je izredno suha maskara, in zato potrebuje precej več dela kot ostale maskare, da je opazen kakršen koli efekt na očeh. 

This is the look I did with the Base! as my main eyeshadow. I put Amazing Curl mascara on my left eye and my Bourjois Twist Up the Volume on my right eye. They might look similar, but I want to point out I did only two swipes with Bourjois mascara - one with the straight bristles and one with the twisted ones; and needed to do about four or five of them with Amazing Curl mascara, as it is SO DRY!! The reason why I compare them in this manner is also because I opened them at about the same time, and usually with new mascaras the trouble is that they are too wet in the beginning but gradually they become drier and you can use them normally. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl is so dry right now that it feels like any other mascara right before you toss it in the bin. 

Na slikah je look, ki ga ustvarjam z Base! kot glavnim senčilom. Amazing Curl maskara je na mojem levem očesu in Bourjois Twist Up the Volume (moja običajna maskara) na desnem. Morda je videti približno enako, vendar naj poudarim, da sem Bourjois maskaro nanesla le dvakrat - enkrat z ravno ščetko in drugič z zvito (ima opcijo zavijanja ščetke), medtem ko sem Amazing Curl maskaro rabila nanesti štirikrat ali petkrat, predno je bil viden kakršen koli efekt, ker je pač tako zelo suha maskara. Obe maskari sta bili odprti v približno enakem času in navadno imam na začetku pri maskarah ta problem, da so preveč mokre in potrebujejo nekaj časa, da se potem normalno nanašajo. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl je ob odprtju tako suha, da navadno maskaro na taki stopnji suhosti že počasi pomikam proti košu za smeti, saj se mi zdi, da je v zadnjih vzdihljajih. 

Base! is this wonderful light champagne colour that works for me so well, it opens my eyes, it is subtle and yet bright enough to make your eyes pop a bit. Fantastic for everyday look, or to highlight your evening look. Versatile and well pigmented, you can use it for just about any look. I use it for this look most often and I wear it a couple of times a week, because it is fast, it is subtle and perfect for work and it opens up my eyes, I feel like I look really fresh and rested, even if I am not. :) 

Base! je čudovita barva, spominja me na svetlo šampanjec barvo, in mi izredno odgovarja, saj mi optično poveča in odpre oči. Odlična je za vsakdanji izgled, lahko pa se jo uporabi tudi za osvetljevanje kotičkov pri večernem izgledu. Objavljen look je tak, ki ga najraje ustvarim s senčko in nosila sem ga že precejkrat, ker je mejkap, ki ga zelo hitro ustvarim in ker je perfekten za vse priložnosti, tudi za službo. Občutek imam tudi, da mi daje nekako "spočit" videz, tudi takrat, ko res nisem naspana. :)

 This is just one swipe with a brush, over a primer.

Na sliki je samo en poteg s čopičem, preko primerja.

I love the packaging, it works well but does not require my nails to break in order to open it, plus it looks nice. The logo will come off rather soon, I think, but I do not really care about that. 

Embalaža mi je všeč, služi svojemu namenu, hkrati pa ne zahteva lomljenja nohtov ko jo želim odpreti (ja, vas gledam, MUA paletke!). Logo se bo verjetno hitro izbrisal, ampak mi je za to dokaj vseeno.

And now Amazing Curl Mascara:

I actually like the slightly curved head of the mascara, it hugs my inner corner rather nicely. It is similar to MUA Extreme Curl mascara I once bought. But it is basically the only thing I liked on both of them. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl is too dry and it consequently requires way to much work for mascara to look proper on my eyelashes. Applying it 4 or 5 times can also mean you ruin the make up look, because your eyelashes can get glued together, or you smudge your eyelids, which I basically always do with Amazing Curl. 

I think the package is ok, nothing special, but it does its job. It is a plastic black tube, nothing too revolutionary, but I couldn't care less, if the mascara would be good. But I would not recommend it, even if it is really cheap, unless you have naturally perfect eyelashes, I do not think this mascara will work for you. 

Pravzaprav mi je rahlo upognjena ščetka maskare všeč, ker z njo lažje dosežem notranji kotiček očesa. Podobno je imela MUA Extreme Curl maskara, ki sem jo enkrat (na žalost) kupila. Ampak to je tudi edina stvar, ki mi je bila všeč pri obeh maskarah. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl je enostavno presuha maskara in posledično zahteva precej dela, da je sploh vidna na trepalnicah, kaj šele, da ustvari nek spodoben efekt. Štirikratni ali celo petkratni nanos maskare, zato da nekako izgleda, lahko zelo hitro uniči celoten izgled, če se potem trepalnice odločijo, da se bodo zlepile, ali pa se slej ko prej popacaš po veki, kar se mi je pri tej maskari še čisto zmeraj zgodilo. 

Embalaža je sicer v redu, nič posebnega, ampak služi svojemu namenu. Zanjo bi mi bilo zelo vseeno, če bi le maskara opravljala svoje delo tako kot je treba. Tako pa po lastni izkušnji maskare ne morem priporočiti.

You can buy Makeup Revolution Mono Eyeshadow Base! on licila.si for only 1,95€, and on Makeup Revolution site for £1. Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl mascara is available on licila.si for 2,95€ (it is currently sold out), or on the official site for £2. 

Makeup Revolution enojno senčilo Base! lahko kupite na licila.si za samo 1,95€, Amazing Curl maskaro pa za 2,95€ (je pa trenutno razprodana). Na Makeup Revolution strani je senčilo en funt, maskara pa dva.

 

In short, I would really recommend the Base! eyeshadow and I will definitively try some other eyeshadows from Makeup Revolution, as the pigmentation of Base! really pleasantly surprised me. However, Makeup Revolution Amazing Curl I would not buy nor recommend. 

Na kratko povedano, bi toplo priporočila Base! senčilo, zagotovo bom preizkusila še kakšne druge Makeup Revolution senčke, saj me je pigmentiranost Base! zelo prijetno presenetila. Amazing Curl maskare pa ne bi kupila niti je ne bi priporočila, ugodni ceni navkljub. 

Did you try any of their eyeshadows, any recommendations? Did you have a better experience with the Amazing Curl mascara or any other they offer?

Ste poskusili katero od njihovih senčil, mi kakšno posebej priporočate? Ste imele boljše izkušnje z Amazing Curl maskaro ali katero od drugih, ki jih ponujajo?

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Hvala za branje in komentiranje!

 *I got the products as a gift, unconditionally, from licila.si (even the post itself was not demanded). *Izdelek sem dobila kot darilo od licila.si, brezpogojno (niti sam prispevek ni bil zahtevan v zameno).

Makeup Revolution ~ Love a Hug Amazing Care Lipstick

Hello everybody! How are you doing on this beautiful day? Do not forget about my giveaway, you still have 11 days to throw in your tickets. :) Today I will do a review of a new brand and a lipstick, both in Slovene and English, since slovene online make up store licila.si sent me the product, it seems only fair to do it in Slovene too. :)

Makeup Revolution is a new cosmetic brand for me. It is very affordable and so far I can conclude you get a very nice quality products for the price. From the licila.si letter I can see this is also the very point they are trying to make - low price, high quality. 

Živjo punce! Tokrat tudi v slovenščini, ker je seveda licila.si naša spletna trgovina. :) Makeup Revolution je nova znamka, ki jo ponujajo in glavni moto znamke je: nizka cena, visoka kakovst. Cene so vsekakor nizke, če pokukate na licila.si, vidite, da so pravzaprav izdelki cenejši kot najcenejša znamka v kakšni naši drogeriji. In po mojih izkušnjah z izdelki, ki sem jih dobila v paketku, kvaliteta na račun cene ne trpi.

First impressions on the webpages: 

The official Makeup Revolution site is too busy and on my laptop it takes a while too long to load no matter what i click on. That is always a turn off, especially if you want to check more than one product. While I was typing this post it even crashed, so yeah ... not impressed.

Licila.si page is more clear, well organised, easier to browse and loads in a matter of seconds. 

When it comes to Love a Hug in particular I would like to warn neither of the pages have a correct swatch of it, at least in my experience, you can never get a shade as strong as they are publishing.

Prvi vtis uradne spletne strani in licila.si:

Uradna Makeup Revolution stran je precej nametana in natlačena, prav tako traja čisto predolgo, da se naloži. Kar zelo odvrne od brskanja med izdelki, če traja vsakič pol minute, da se produkt naloži. Medtem ko sem pisala prispevek, se jim je še sesula, tako da ja ... nisem navdušena.

Licila.si imajo zelo jasno razdelano spletno stran, Makeup Revolution ima celo svoj zavihek na skrajni levi strani glavne vrstice in stran se zmeraj naloži v nekaj sekundah. 

Bi pa opozorila specifično pri Love a Hug šminki, da nobena od spletnih strani po mojem mnenju ne kaže pravega odtenka šminke, vsaj meni ni nikoli uspelo dobiti takšno intenzivnost odtenka ven iz nje, kot jo prikazujejo. 

Amazing Care Lipstick is one of the numerous lines Makeup Revolution has for lips. They have a pigmented core, surrounded by an Argan Oil balm, together creating a sort of tinted lip product that is also shiny and very mosturising. It feels like a hybrid between a sheer lipstick and a lip balm.

Amazing Care linija je ena od precej linij Makeup Revolution znamke izdelkov za ustnice, gotovo ena od najbolj nosljivih. Ima pigmentirano sredico, ki jo obdaja balzam iz arganovega olja. Skupaj tvorita nežno obarvan izdelek za ustnice, ki pusti na ustnicah sled barve in zelo lep naraven lesk, hkrati pa šminka ustnice tudi vlaži. Sama sem ga označila kar za hibrid med sheer/nežno obarvano šminko in balzamom za ustnice.

The shade I got in my package is called Love A Hug. The name is written on the top of the box, plus on the bottom of the lipstick bullet, so you can easily store it without the box. In the tube it looks like a toned down pink, almost natural rose, but on the pink side. Nothing too vivid, which is great for me. On the lips, it turns out to be a very nice flush of natural pink. It gives your lips a little bit of colour, and a very nice shine. The major plus I see is that it is not the glossy wet shine, but a nice glow to the lips. 

Odtenek, ki sem ga prejela se imenuje Love A Hug. Ime je nalepljeno tako na škatlo kot na dno šminke, tako da se šminko brez problema pospravi tudi brez škatle. Odtenek je lepe rožnate barve, ne preveč žive, kar mi zelo ustreza. Na ustnicah pusti lepo, naravno sled barve in zelo lep lesk. Dodaten plus po mojem mnenju je, da ni tisti moker, intenziven lesk glossa, temveč lep, naraven lesk balzama za ustnice.

Two swatches, one to show the sheen and other for the colour. Alas my swatches on the lips did not turn out well, so I shan't post them, but you can get a good idea of how it would look like on the lips. Very sheer, very comfortable, extremely wearable. 

Dve fotografiji, ker se mi zdi da na eni bolj pride do izraza sredica, na drugi pa lesk. Poskusila sem slikati še na ustnicah, v akciji, pa slike niso bile preveč dobre. Je pa že is swatchev razvidno, da gre za zelo prosojno šminko, ki se zelo lepo in udobno nosi čisto vsak dan.

The package itself: / Sama embalaža:

The bullet is a black plastic, with a sheer cap on top, so you can see the shade of the lipstick without opening it. I suspect the name on the bullet will come off rather easily (similar to MUA packages), as it is starting to wear off after a couple of weeks of regular usage and carrying around the lipstick in my purse. 

Tulec je iz črne plastike, na vrhu imate prozorno okence, tako da ni potrebe po odpiranju šminke, če želite videti odtenek. Mislim, da bo napis na tulcu hitro zbledel, ker se je v teh dveh tednih stalne uporabe in prenašanja v torbici že poškodoval. Tiste, ki imate MUA izdelke doma, veste o čem govorim. 

And the ingredients: / In sestavine:

Now, for my final opinion on the lipstick. I have it now for about two weeks. In these two weeks I used it almost every day. It is how I work. If you showed me the lipstick in the store, I would never have bought it. I tend to drool over dark red, matte, strong lipsticks. Which then of course I do not wear as often as I would like, especially since I love to have a very strong eye look on me, and then with a strong lipstick it would just be too much for everyday, most of the time. I have but a few "wearable" lipsticks, I got most of them as a gift and they are by far my most used lipsticks ever and I love them. Makeup Revolution Love a Hug is no exception. I love the light flush it gives to my lips and how it really does take care of the lips! It is perfect for most of my looks, so I wear it all the time. 

Končna ocena šminke je pozitivna. Nosim jo praktično vsak dan zadnja dva tedna. Precej tipično zame. Sem namreč ljubiteljica močnih mat šmink, po možnosti temno rdečih, do vijoličnih in tako naprej. Samo da je intenzivna barva. In tega imam doma kar precej in seveda ne nosim tako pogosto, kot bi želela, ker pogosto nosim tudi intenzivna senčila na očeh in bi bila že zelo močna šminka enostavno preveč za vsakdan. Imam zgolj nekaj nosljivih šmink, večino sem dobila kot darilo in seveda so najbolj uporabljane šminke v moji zbirki in jih obožujem. Makeup Revolution Love a Hug ni nikakršna izjema. Izredno mi je všeč naravna rahla obarvanost, ki jo ustvari in da dejansko neguje ustnice. Ker je tako subtilna, krasno paše k čisto vsakemu izgledu, ki ga ustvarim in posledično jo nosim praktično kadarkoli grem ven. 

It lasts long on the lips, I can't say much about the colour, I never paid attention to it when testing it, but the balm remains on the lips a while, so you walk around with a nice sheen on your lips. It is extremely easy to apply and comfortable to wear, of course. I would suggest to give two or three  swipes over the lips, so the colour spreads evenly and that you get a bit stronger tint. 

Na ustnicah zdrži kar nekaj časa, vsaj balzam. Za barvo ne morem veliko reči, ker navadno nanjo zunaj nisem pozorna, ampak balzam se lepo obdrži in ohranja lesk na ustnicah. Zelo lahko se jo nanaša in je izredno udobna za nosit. Moj nasvet je tudi, da naredite dva ali tri nanose, da se barva lepo porazdeli po ustnicah in da se ustvari malce močnejša obarvanost.

On official site the Amazing Care Lipstick Love a Hug costs £3.00, on licila.si 4,95€. I think it is well worth the money, as I find it to be a great products and it quickly became my to-go lipstick. If you are not too fond of very strong lipsticks, or love just a flush of colour on your lips, Amazing Care lipstick should be right up your alley. 

Na uradni strani Amazing Care šminka Love a Hug stane 3 funte, na licila.si strani pa 4,95€. Mislim, da je res vredna svojega denarja, saj se mi zdi super izdelek, ki je postala moja prva izbira, t.i. "go-to" med šminkami v moji sicer kar spodobni zbirki. Če nisi ljubiteljica močnih odtenkov na ustnicah, ali pa iščeš in hočeš samo kanec barve na ustnicah in obenem negovalen izdelke, bi morala biti Amazing Care linija kot naročena zate.

Do you know Makeup Revolution? And Amazing Care line? Any suggestions what to get from the brand?

Poznate Makeup Revolution? Pa Amazing Care šminke? Kakšna priporočila izdelkov znamke?

Thank you for reading and commenting!/Hvala za branje in komentiranje!


*I got the products as a gift, unconditionally, from licila.si (even the post itself was not demanded).
*Izdelek sem dobila kot darilo od licila.si, brezpogojno (niti sam prispevek ni bil zahtevan v zameno).