Make-Up Revolution - by Petra X palette

   This palette presents so many possibilities of looks, it's crazy. Being a busy bee, I haven't had the chance to play with it as much as I wanted to, but hopefully that will change soon! The sooner, the better.

   To me, Make-Up Revolution is a "controversial" brand, meaning some palettes/ shades can be really pigmented, some can be too sheer. I find that, in this particular palette, almost all of the shades are really pigmented, especially the matte ones. Here's a look I created with the by Petra X palette, and below, you can see some swatches done on a thin layer of primer.

Swatches:

What is your favorite Make-Up Revolution palette?

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Review & Swatches: Lucy Minerals foundation and bronzer

I promised to come back with the  Lucy Minerals  foundation and bronzer, two products that I love so much.  To show you how great the coverage really is, I will first show you some pics without any make-up (just some liquid liner done in a rush). I have to specify that I picked this time of the month for this because these are those days when my skin seems to have a mind of it's own, turning red  with big pores and gets oily fast, occasional breakouts. Plus, I took the pics during morning after a pretty much sleepless night, aka dark circles and all that. Haven't even done my morning ritual yet with mattifying lotion etc. so my skin looks it's worst. Let's see what the foundation can do!

Am promis că voi reveni cu fondul de ten şi bronzerul de la Lucy Minerals, două produse pe care le iubesc mult. Ca să puteţi vedea ce putere bună de acoperire are, prima dată vă voi arăta nişte poze cu pielea nemachiată (doar cu puţin tuş aplicat în grabă pe pleoape). Simt nevoia de a specifica faptul că am ales perioada asta a lunii pentru că e perioada în care mă urăşte pielea cel mai tare, devenind roşiatică şi cu porii mari, se îngraşă repede şi tinde să mă surprindă şi cu câte-un coş de toată frumuseţea. În plus, am făcut pozele după ce m-am trezit şi nu am dormit prea mult, ca să am şi cearcăne, şi înainte de ritualul de îngrijire, înainte să mă dau cu loţiune matifiantă sau orice altceva, ca să-mi fie pielea cât se poate de plină de imperfecţiuni. Să vedem ce poate acest fond de ten!

No foundation!/ fără fond de ten =>

Bronzer: Sunny Bronze, Foundation: Light

<= left: Lucy Minerals Light foundation, right: nothing => 

<= bronzer applied over the foundation side of the face

<= pretty flawless skin vs. blemishes and dark circles => 

NOTE: I haven't used any other product like concealer, primer or so, only the loose foundation!

NU am folosit nici un alt produs gen corector, primer sau ceva, doar fondul de ten pulbere!

Bronzer swatch (close-up):

 

Lasts very nicely and fades out evenly, without spots. Mineral make-up having all the well-known benefits on the skin, adheres to the skin quickly, leaving it looking natural and the coverage is perfect. Mousse foundation was my favourite foundation formula, but it's been recently replaced with loose mineral foundation. 

What is your favourite foundation?

Rezistă foarte bine pe piele iar după un timp îndelungat şi dacă trece prin mai multe, se "evaporă" uniform, nu lasă pete urâte. Machiajul mineral având binecunoscutele beneficii asupra pielii, aderă foarte repede pe suprafaţa acesteia, cu un finish natural, acoperire perfectă în acelaşi timp. Fondul de ten spumă era formula mea preferată în materie de fonduri de ten, însă de curând, fondul de ten mineral pulbere l-a cam înlocuit. 

Care e fondul vostru de ten preferat?

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By the way! I updated last night's post with more pics on Lucy Minerals pigments here!

Am mai adăugat poze la postarea de ieri cu pigmenţii Lucy Minerals aici!

*Note! Reviews are based on my personal honest opinion about the product. 

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Alverde madness!

   Yes yes, I know, I've been gone again...touche! Sorry though.

I've been preparing a pretty consistent post about several Alverde products, but due to lack of time, I kept postponing it :( I do love a lot of things about their products, as far as I know they are vegan too. They're pretty much inexpensive and for that, I'd say the quality is fairly awesome!

 

I'll start with a body butter I first bought last year and fell in love with. I bought the mini 50ml version for about 8 Ron, promised myself I'd go for the full one if there is such, but during my most recent dm frenzy I remembered my love for it and got the small one again. Doesn't matter, I love it. It's a Macadamia Nut Shea Butter body butter. The smell is extremely delicious, even if I know what it is, it reminds me of vanilla pudding with raisins, or something. Though it is not too sweet, not too heavy, just perfect. The consistence is quite solid,  but creamy and melts quite fast, being easy to work into the skin. I LOVE how soft and firm it leaves the skin, the scent it leaves behind and the fact that it gets absorbed quickly and won't leave you feel greasy. Definitely one of my favourite products ever!

The next product is a Pine Foot Butter, this one is 200ml. Huge! I wonder if I will ever finish it! :)) This one is thicker than the body butter, more greasy but not in the sticky and unpleasant way. Rich consistence, also easy to work it into the skin. Helps hydrate dry skin, so I don't only use it on feet, but also other occasionally dry areas like elbows and knees, and I'd even use it on the entire body in the absence of my actual body lotions/oils/butters. Nourishes the skin, comforting and relaxing it, and as well as the previous product, it has an AMAZING smell! I'd say it's a slight smell of pine mixed with citrus smells of all sorts. Can't determine it exactly, but it is awesome. As you can see in the picture, once I dropped it and the lid broke :( I can only blame myself for that, for being clumbsy. So I keep it wrapped in a plastic bag. One night I forgot to wrap it and the surface of it felt a bit dry afterwards, but that was all, no major damage. Again, 10 points!

Next up is an eye contour cream, been using it for a long time now, had several tubes. One tube is 15 ml, but lasts for quite long! It is said it needs to be applied in the morning and evening, though I have it near me and apply it more often sometimes. It absorbs very fast, leaves the skin matte, not at all greasy. I apply it all around my eyes and even on my lashes, makes them soft and seems to be taking care of them at the same time. The smell is subtle, of camomile, the package is cute and you can dose it easily, since the tip of the tube allows you to only get a small quantity at once. Needless to say, love this one as well.

Last but not least, after all the yummy care products, let's add a splash of color to this post! After all, when you took care of the canvas, you can start decorating it! Despite the fact that, for some reason, I was never tooooo fond of buying cosmetics from a brand that also makes bodycare products (though I do anyway sometimes) because I guess I think they make better products if they focus on one thing or I dunno...the Alverde make-up products have been winking at me for a while. I've decided to give it a go since I've been so smitten with their other stuff. Especially when I saw this eyeshadow. Been looking for a matte dark brown since that is something I use for a few different purposes in make-up, so I always need to have at least one, and I ran out of my last one that I had in a Golden Rose quad. I use it for shading, helping the eyes gain a certain shape, and also face contouring. But that of course in a discrete way, since eventhough it is a buildable color, it is very pigmented and you really have to know how to create the game of shadows without making it look ridiculous. Also, not having very defined cheekbones, it helps with that as well. So this eyeshadow plays several roles in my make-up rutine, especially for party make-up. But this was just a small trick I use. Quality is pretty awesome and made me want to try more of their make-up line. Here are some pics and swatches, without and with primer.

What were your experiences with Alverde?

Note! Reviews contain my personal honest opinion about the product. 

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