Shocking! Eye Shadow Primers Review

Hey guys,


Click here to view my video:

Here are the swatches for the six products I reviewed:


Without flash:

Products Reviewed and Ratings (left to right)
1 - L'Oreal HIP Cream Shadow Paint in 809 Lofty - 4/10
2 - MAC Paint in Bare Canvas - 5/10
3 - Too Faced Shadow Insurance - 1/10

4 - Urban Decay Primer Potion - 1/10
5 - NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in 604 Milk - 8/106 - Stila Prime Pot Waterproof Eye Shadow Primer in Caramel - 9/10 


With flash:

Products Reviewed and Ratings (left to right)
1 - L'Oreal HIP Cream Shadow Paint in 809 Lofty - 4/10
2 - MAC Paint in Bare Canvas - 5/10
3 - Too Faced Shadow Insurance - 1/10

4 - Urban Decay Primer Potion - 1/10
5 - NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in 604 Milk - 8/10

6 - Stila Prime Pot Waterproof Eye Shadow Primer in Caramel - 9/10  


With "Hustle" eye shadow from Urban Decay's Naked Palette applied over each eye shadow:


With flash:

Products Reviewed and Ratings (left to right)

*** First swatch (far-left) is Urban Decay's Naked Palette Eye Shadow in Hustle

Then, applied over each of the primers:

1 - L'Oreal HIP Cream Shadow Paint in 809 Lofty - 4/10
2 - MAC Paint in Bare Canvas - 5/10
3 - Too Faced Shadow Insurance - 1/10

4 - Urban Decay Primer Potion - 1/10
5 - NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in 604 Milk - 8/10

6 - Stila Prime Pot Waterproof Eye Shadow Primer in Caramel - 9/10  


Without flash:

Products Reviewed and Ratings (left to right)

*** First swatch (far-left) is Urban Decay's Naked Palette Eye Shadow in Hustle

Then, applied over each of the primers:

1 - L'Oreal HIP Cream Shadow Paint in 809 Lofty - 4/10
2 - MAC Paint in Bare Canvas - 5/10
3 - Too Faced Shadow Insurance - 1/10

4 - Urban Decay Primer Potion - 1/10
5 - NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in 604 Milk - 8/10

6 - Stila Prime Pot Waterproof Eye Shadow Primer in Caramel - 9/10


All in all, my favorite primer for eyes is definitely the Stila Primer Pot in Caramel! Please rush and go purchase it if you have EXTREMELY oily eye lids like myself!


SKJ
xox

IMATS Toronto 2011 Haul

Hi guys,


Here is a video covering the products I purchased at the IMATS (International Makeup Artist Tradeshow) in Toronto a few days ago.

 Lip gloss wands

Eve Pearl

Mascara wands

Naimie's

 Japonesque (first side) - 14 slots for product

Naimie's

Japonesque (second side) - 21 slots for product

Naimie's

Salmon Concealer Trio

Eve Pearl

Stainless steel spatula and stainless steel palette

Naimie's

 From left to right: 710 - eye liner, 763 - small angle, 781 - crease, 785 - tapered blending, 980 - face

Bdellium Tools

Creme Foundation Palette - "Warm" 

Graftobian

Brush book (cover)

Makeup For Ever 

 Brush book (inside)

Makeup For Ever

Dinair Airbrush Kit - "Tan"

Dinair 

 Three PVC pouches

Eve Pearl

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMakeupMob?feature=mhee#p/a/u/1/Htb0D0d-14I

Afternoon Trip to Buffalo, NY - Mini Haul

Hi guys,


Please watch my clip below for the products I purchased and view below for images of each product.

Samantha Chapman - Real Techniques, Stippling Brush

ULTA

Samantha Chapman - Real Techniques, Core Collection

ULTA

Samantha Chapman - Real Techniques, Lash and Brow Groomer

ULTA

Hair clips, sponges, and three empty plastic bottles

Sally Beauty Supply

NYX Soft Matte Lip Creme (from left to right):

Tokyo, Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, Stockholm

ULTA

Mario Bedescu Ceramide Eye Gel

ULTA

Small plastic container

Sephora

My Skincare Routine

As mentioned during my products sweep, here is my skin during the year:

Summer: Very oily
Fall: Oily
Winter: Combination to dry
Spring: Combination to oily


My skincare routine is pretty simple. While it looks like I put a lot of stuff on my face, I don't use all of them during the day. The following is my routine for the fall.

Lunchbreak Haul

Last week, I took a small stroll around my office building... Really didn't get too much, but wanted to show you these goodies at least!

Inspiration in two words...

Stephanie 

Monika

Just wanted to say a very special thanks to two of my best friends for giving me inspiration over the past few months. 

Beautiful, intelligent, fashionistas, geniuses, bargain-hunters, splurgers... they are the perfect combination of what a best friend means.

LOVE YOU.

Check out their frequently-updated blogs:

Stephanie (left): http://beautywithstephanie.blogspot.com

Monika (middle): http://monikashares.blogspot.com

Goodies Haul: Makeup, Shoes, and random stuff

Yesterday, my famz and I hit up Buffalo, NY for a small day of shopping. I went there on a mission... not for specific products, but on a mission to visit Target and ULTA, which we don't yet have here in Canada (at least, not to my knowledge).

Special shout out to having the MOST patient family ever!!!

Reviews for each product will come soon. Most of the products I haven't even opened!

Here's what I purchased...

Sonya Kashuk blending sponge with bonus brush & sponge cleanser

Target

OOTD - Work Look

Well, this is going to be the last time that I'll post so far apart. I been trying to explore options and finalize a few things.


Here's an outfit worn to work last Thursday.

Cosmetic Products Sweep Series - Part 1: Skincare Products

Part 1 - Skincare Products

Hoping you read my post below, which provides important resources on ingredients to avoid in your skincare and makeup products.

It's important to note that the following products reflect my opinions, based on my skin (which is acne-prone). I've based my "sweep" based on the ingredients found on the two sites I listed below. 

Here's my skin during the year:

• Summer: Very oily
• Fall: Oily
• Winter: Combination to dry
• Spring: Combination to oily

I can't guarantee that the ingredients in the following products are really the source of my recent flare-ups, however I'd rather take extra precaution and rid myself of products that 
contain problematic ingredients.

Here are the products I've gotten rid of and reasons for discontinuing their use:

Clinique Clarifying Lotion 2: Contains denatured alcohol, witch hazel, and menthol: all gravely related to causing skin irritation.

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Over the past few months, I've noticed my scarring from past acne vulgaris, getting much worse. While I've been able to rid myself of new acne eruptions since 2009 (from being on Accutane for 6 months), the scars are not going away. Unfortunately, in the past month, new eruptions have definitely started up again.

I ignored the worsening of the scars during the past few months and thought maybe the scars were due to dry skin in the wintertime, maybe stress, who knows. While stress is one of the causes for acne, I wasn't convinced that it was the sole reason for the worsening of these scars.

I turned to my makeup and my skincare products. Over the years, I've avoided products containing heavy perfume (irritant), oil (pore clogger), and alcohol (drying effects). 

This time though, I dug deeper (no pun intended)...

August 2011 Lip Products Haul

Hey guys,


Here's an accumulation of lip products I purchased this August. I absolutely LOVE all shades!

Casual Outfit of the Day (OOTD) - South Asian Edition

Today marks the end of a very holy month! This morning, my family and I attended a local community get-together...

Given it was so early in the morning, I didn't want to get all glamoured up, so here's a casual outfit.

Outfit of the Day (OOTD) - Casual Look

My very first OOTD!

My brother's visiting from out of town, so my dad and I decided to bring my bro downtown and kick it... We walked around... Hit up the beach for 20 minutes... It was too windy given Hurricane Irene was approaching the east coast, so we decided to come back home. 

Nevertheless, here's the breakdown. Sorry, I liked the first pic better, but the bottom one gives a better snapshot.

Run the World

Wonderful.

Bit from my brother's blog: http://iamshabazz.tumblr.com/
Thanks bro.

Where do I start?

Hey ya'll... Welcome to my very first post on my very first blog!

First off... I'd like to give a VERY SPECIAL shout out to my best friend Stephanie for pushing me to do this! Check out her blog at http://beautywithstephanie.blogspot.com

Essentially, this site will be everything beauty, but will often deviate, I feel, to other important things in life :)

Enjoy and keep in touch!

xox
SKJ