Showing posts with label hyphen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hyphen. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Brushes: THE Sephora Hello Kitty Collectible brush set

 

   Here’s another back log post, forgive me. Remember my post about Finally 2 blogger’s meet? Upon our meet up, she first handed me the most wonderful thing a hello kitty fan could have (for me that is). This is not free, I intend to pay and even get it a few months from now after saving up for M’s birthday gift, but she insisted that I get it now, and I can pay later anyway, Thanks for the trust E.

    I was almost that close in buying my brush set from Suesh, but I’m glad I waited.    

    So here it IS!

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     These photos were taken on the same day we met. THE Sephora Hello Kitty 5PC. Brush set available only at The hyphen store. I was really really happy when she had this in her store.

       Here’s a break down of each brush

      Inside…

     These are mini brushes with synthetic white bristles with pink tips. The hair is really soft, the eyeshadow brushes are quite dense, no shedding.

      I haven’t used them yet, so please do watch out for reviews on each brush soon.

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             l-r: face brush (blush), eye shadow , shader, angled and lip brush

  Individual photos..

    p.s: my lighting in the room is quite bad, please excuse if some of the lighting are different.

    1. Face brush – blush brush

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                              I love the pink handle and pink tips

  • the synthetic is soft
  • I kept brushing on the hair to see if the hair would fall out and it didn’t – I’ve yet to see if it will shed when washed
  • the size is good for traveling

2. Eye shadow brush

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  3.  Shader brush

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  Now, this is weird, it vertically has no difference with the eye shadow brush, the only difference is the size. My opinion? they should have made it a fluffy brush for blending, but then it’s there already.

   Here’s a comparison of the eye shadow and shader brush

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             l-r: shader brush, eye shadow brush

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  4.  Angled eye liner

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  5.  Lip brush

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                        retractable lip brush, thank goodness ^_^

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   This brush set sells at the Hyphen for P3,500. Please take into consideration that the actual price of this brush set is different from the Sephora site. Understandably, the owner has to mark up the price just a wee bit. Just check out the site for the terms.

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              You can remove the white cup for easy cleaning which is good

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      She definitely belongs in my little “dresser”. The ket is happy E, no longer lost I say, haha~

       By the way, each brushes has labels on it. i.e: picture below

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   My thoughts about it?

     Even if I did order it online it would cost around P2000+, plus shipping here in the Philippines (which I have no idea how much it would cost).

     It’s a hello kitty collectible, you are really paying for the packaging. Personally, I don’t mind since I’m a hello kitty fan. I’m just happy that Hyphen made this baby available locally. I’m definitely one proud owner of this baby.

 

  Till then!

 

  Meow..Meow..

Friday, February 25, 2011

Beauty talk: Maybelline eyestudio eyeshadow review

 

* this is a sponsored post

 

   If you remember my post valentine’s haul, I ordered quite a lot and the HYPHEN  sent me a sponsored item for me to review. Thank you hyphen~

   The owner knows how much I suddenly got addicted to palettes, specifically netural palettes, so she sent me the maybelline eye studtio cream eyeshadow to try.

 

   Swatches and phtos…

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Please excuse the messy palette, I played with it this morning and went crazy blending, haha~

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This is the kind of neutral colors I want for my eyeshadow, I LOVE IT!

   Originally, I didn’t want to make an EOTD/FOTD with this product until I have my eye primer yet. Yes, it’s funny how I have a couple of palettes already and don’t have an eye primer yet. But I will be buying soon. So anyway, for tonight I decided to make one (please take note that I am still practicing my application skills for   eyeshadows (this is very amateurish)

EOTD…

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My thoughts about the product…

  Of course rule of thumb when applying eye shadow is to prime the eyes first, maybe the result would be different when you apply primer. Never use without, mine last for only 2 hours max and I easily creased as soon as I arrived to work. As you can see, the colors are divine, but staying power isn’t that great (without primer that is). As soon as I get a hold of my primer, I will make another review and here’s to hoping it would last. What’s good about it is the color, being neutral, even if it creased, it blended with my natural eye lid color. I just patted the excess oil with some tissue, then blotting paper and retouched.

 

Overall…

PROS:

  • pigmented enough
  • just the right hint of shimmer
  • safe for ladies who wear contact lens
  • safe for sensitive eyes
  • luminous, really appears pretty in the lids
  • available at the HYPHEN store
  • retouch-able
  • applying the cream formula is easy – best applied with clean fingers

  CONS:

  • not available locally
  • didn’t last me more than 2 hours -  needed to retouch
  • may not suit oily faced ladies (like me) for everyday wear – specially on humid places

and FOTD….

 

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Thank you HYPHEN for letting me try your product. There are other colors available in her store if you want to buy and try it out. Check out her one-of-a-kind beauty store. Apparels, accessories and make-up brands that are not available locally. Click the link here.

 

  What do you think about the eyestudio? Will definitely  buy the neutral liason next time~

 

  Till then!

 

  Meow..Meow..

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