Maybelline and L’Oreal Haul & Express Review

Hey guys,

So recently I did this really big haul from Maybelline and L’Oreal from their color riche range. I love their products and most of them are really value for money, also most products I got were on my which list for long time.

So without further ado, let’s get to the Haul

Products I got:

L'OREAL PARIS COLOR RICHE LA PALLETE NUDE (INR 1399)

I really wanted to try these pallets for a long time. I got both the pallets Rose & in Beige. Both the pallets have very neutral everyday shades. Most of the shades have matte or satiny finish. That is one of the reason I got these palate as I had eye shadows that shimmer in them. All the Eye shadows from these pallets are very silky and easy to work with. Color payoffs of some shades are much better than others and would definitely require primer underneath for the colors to show better. I’m not someone who wears lot of colors on my eyes so both these pallets are very useful to me.

L'OREAL PARIS LIPLINER COUTURE (INR 699)

Next up I got these beautiful newly launched lip liners from L'Oreal, and I cannot emphasis enough how much I love them. So I got 3: 374 Intense Plum, 461 Scarlet rouge and 258 Berry Blush. They are the softest lip liner that I have ever used and color payoff is mind blowingly good. You can literally use them as lipsticks; they are that soft and moisturizing.

All the three shade are prefect for all daily use. My favorite is Berry blush & the fact that it is very Kylie Jenner shade is a bonus Yay!!

Top to Down:  374 Intense Plum, 461 Scarlet rouge and 258 Berry Blush

L'oreal Color Riche lipsticks (INR: 899)

I wanted these lippies since the time they launched. I got 4 lipsticks from this range: 115 Rouge Corail, 131 Mistinguette, 132 Magnolia Irrelevant, 133 Rosewood Nonchalant. Again these lipsticks are just beautiful; they are really soft and moisturizing. My favorite is 131 Mistinguette, it’s a lovely every day pink shade and my go to color right now. Their stay time is around 3-4 hrs. and leave a lovely tinted lips once they wear off.

Lto R : 115 Rouge Corail, 132 Magnolia Irrelevant,131 Mistinguette,133 Rosewood Nonchalant

 Maybelline Baby lips candy Wow (INR 275)

I can never leave Maybelline counter without buying their baby lips lip balm and this time was no different. I picked up 2 variants: Orange and Mixed Berry. I loved the packing and the vibrant colors of these lip balms. They have good color payoff and one can even use them alone for natural looking lips. I generally like Maybelline Lip balms so no qualms there.

TOP to Bottom : Orange, Mixed Berry

MAYBELLINE WHITE SUPER FRESH COMPACT (INR 150)

This product was not on my wish list per say but I was in need of good compact and I thought what the hell and got this one for me, it’s in shade shell which suits me fine. Coverage is sheer to medium. It’s a decent compact if you are on budget.

So that’s all the products I got, do let me know what you think of my Haul and also if you want me to review any of the products in detail. Thanks for reading.

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Makeup Revolution Protection Pallet : Review

Hello everyone..

Today I’m going to review Makeup Revolution Protection Pallet. I absolutely love products from Makeup Revolution as they have really good quality products at extremely affordable prices. 

I personally feel that makeup is all about getting your basics right!  And often that is where most of us tend to go wrong.. 

Thanks to Makeup Revolution for coming to our rescue by providing us with pallet that has all base related products in place. They have come up with a beautiful pallet called Makeup Revolution Protection Pallet that have combination of 3 different toned concealers, pressed powder, blush, highlighter and bronzer, so you really do have everything you need to perfect your base. Along with that pallet it has really good quality large mirror. Yay!!

I’m already impressed with the product just because it has all essential products in 1 pallet. 

The Makeup Revolution Protection Pallet are available in four different color variants depending on skin tone, so there’s Light, Light/Medium, Medium/Dark and Dark. 

I have this pallet in Medium shade

Price: 1350 INR but I got it for 30% discount from Jabong. You can also get even get it on Nyakk.com

Packaging:

It comes in standard makeup revolution packing which is classy black and rose gold. What I like the most about the packing is that it is classy simple and to the point with all the necessary information. It is nice sturdy pallet and completely travel friendly so that you can carry it around for touchups. 

It has 3 concealers of 3.5 gms each, 7.2 gms of Face powder and 4 Gms each of blusher, highlighter and bronzer. I feel it is sufficient quantity and it totally justifies the price of product.. 

Ingredients:

Experience:

I had really wonderful experience with this pallet and I’m totally in love with it. Let’s check each item individually to know why I’m head over heels in love with it.

Concealers: 

Like I said before, there are 3 concealers on the left side of pallet in light, medium and dark shade. Concealers are nice thick, smooth and super creamy in texture. They are extremely easy to blend and to work with. I feel like they have cream to powder type formula so they don’t look cakey when applied to eye area or blemishes. 

It doesn't provide full coverage but are still good for everyday use. Light one is too light for me so mostly I use it for subtle highlighting. As there are 3 concealers one can mix and match them to suit their skin tone perfectly.

Once they are set with powder they are good for at least 5 -6 hours without touch ups. Even with its creamy texture it doesn't slide or causes oily looking skin. Despite their creaminess they are very light weight and look absolutely natural once blended and set with powder. 

Compressed Face Powder:

Next up is compressed face powder. It has soft silky smooth texture and the shade suits my skin perfectly. I normally just use it for my under eye and T zone. I love its light weight formula and translucent dewy finish it imparts to my face.

Bronzer Blush and Highlighter:

Bronzer, blush and Highlighter are perfect for contouring. They are extremely pigmented and can be easily compared with high end brands.

Just one swipe of highlighter is sufficient to impart natural glow to the face without looking over the top. It is so insanely pigmented that if not used wisely one can really end up looking like a disco ball.

Contouring powder is matte powder with no orange or red undertones that makes it perfect for contouring. It is my most favourite item from the pallet.

Blush is in nice dusty rose pink which gives beautiful natural flush to the skin. Again blush is insanely pigmented and need to be used sparingly. It is perfect for daily use. 

All the three together makes a perfect combo for Indian skin tone. Just like powder they are really smooth and have silky texture. They bend beautifully to give very natural and flawless effect. Plus they have amazing staying power..

I just can’t tell you give how much I love this pallet and I cannot recommend it enough.

Pros:

1.   Great all in one pallet that caters to all basic makeup needs.
2. Affordable
3. Extremely good quality and quantity of products provided
4.  Highly pigmented
5.  Non comedogenic products 
6. Travel friendly
7. Good variants for all skin tones. 
8. Variety of concealers to mix and get exact colour 
9. Sturdy packing 

Cons:

None!!

 Overall thoughts:

I totally love Makeup Revolution Protection Pallet and it has always come in handy in all the situations. I only have this one makeup product in my bag as it does all the jobs if I ever wanted to touch up my makeup. 

Rating: 5/5

Recommendation: I highly recommend it and I personally feel that it’s a must have product.

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Haul : Colorbar

I  love December, weather is nice and cool in Mumbai. It is perfect to curl on bed with nice book and teaming cup of coffee. Also the city looks really pretty coz of festive lights and decorations of New Year. Other than this what also makes it my favourite month is that it's officially month for shopping as all the retailers are giving good discounts, and I took full advantage it. So you guys can expect lot of haul posts in coming weeks

Pls continue reading to check out my haul.

You can buy them at Jabong or Amazon or Flipkart

My haul:

Eye shadow brush & eye blending brush: (250 Rs. each)

Wanted to try these for long time so when there discount on these grabbed it without even batting my eyelashes. I have tried these brushes few times and I quite like them, I feel they are worth their price.

Triple effect makeup: (825 Rs)

This is my all-time favourite face product. I'm on my 3^rd pan and I absolutely love it. It is part of my morning routine since 1.5 years and considering I get bugged of products very soon it’s an achievement. It is basically concealer compact and compact all role in 1 product. Will do a detail post on it soon.

Sheer cream lipstick (Popsicle) (750 Rs)

Love the color and texture of these but staying power is not so good. Again will do detail post on these soon.

Velvet matte lipstick (Peach Crush): (299 Rs)

This is a beautiful muted peach color and my go to lipstick for all the occasions. This is my second tube and I feel must try color for all.

Make Your Point Duo Cosmetic Pencil Sharpener (Rs. 225) & Makeup sponges (350 Rs):

Both the products do decent job and I’m happy with them. Cleaning sponges is bit of issue but soaking few minutes in soap water helps clean them better and faster.

 

I also got this complementary orange pouch as the total amount was more than 1000 Rs. It’s a nice pouch and pretty handy to carry stuff during travels.

All in all I'm happy with all the products from my haul. I got all the products at 15 % discount from New beauty centre at Khar West

Rating: 4/5

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Makeup Revolution Redemption Palette Iconic 1

Price: 1200 Rs (got at 50 % discount during GOSF)  Where to find: Jabong.com

As a person I keep on having lot of phase in my life and same is true about my makeup obsessions. So right now I’m obsessed with eye makeup and you all can expect a lot of eye product reviews. 

So coming to today’s product……

Girls ladies and beauty queens….I present to you newest runner for Urban Decay Naked pallet Dupe…..The….Makeup Revolution Redemption Palette Iconic 1. There are total 3 pallets one for each of naked pallet, but I got only the first one to try it out

They are quite popular in blogging community and considered to be naked pallets dupe…now I don’t own any naked pallets but from comparison of online swatches I would say that they are pretty close match if not exact.

Also these are super affordable and now available in India….

Coming to the review part..

Packaging: 

It has a very basic plain packaging.. It has a very sturdy lid and double ended sponge applicator which is of ok ok quality won’t really use it for eye shadow application but maybe for inner eye application.. In this you get 12 eye shadows of 14 gms each.

Ingredients:

Shades:

It has mixture of shimmer satin and matte shades. Eyeshadows are placed in narrow strips just like in Naked Pallets. As they don’t have any names we will use numbers for reviewing it…

  

Shade 3 and 5 are matte and pretty much same color as my skin so the swatches are not visible but they are perfect for blending and softening the eyeshadows.

Shade 1 is perfect for highlighting the brow area and also the inner corner of eyes.

Rests of the shades are either shimmery or satin in shades of neutral and are perfect for every day makeup. 

Shade 12 and 11 are actually shades grey but looks more blueish in pan and some swatches, but it's actually beautiful shades of gunmetal and perfect for smoky look.

all the shades are beautifully pigmented and very easy to blend. Using the primer underneath brings out better color and helps color to last much longer without creasing for almost 6-7 hours.

Swatches: (without primer)

 

Experience:

I find this pallet to be really versatile as you can use it for both night and day time look. All eyeshadows are really smooth feel very soft and buttery. They have very little fall out and stayed for 4-5 hours on me in Mumbai heat and humidity. Their stay time can be significantly increased by using primer or eye base underneath. I tried them with primer and stayed on me the entire day without fading, which is quite amazing especially for the price.

I feel this pallet is a gorgeous product specially if you are new to eyeshadows and are still experimenting and finding your way around them.  

 

Rating:4.6/5

Recommendation: I absolutely recommend them to everyone.

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Colorbar Sheer Creme Lust Lipstick Swatches

Colorbar sheer crème lust lipsticks are beautiful creamy lipsticks with sheen to them. I suppose they are answer to Lakme’s to gloss addict lipsticks. All the shades from this rang are very wearable and give very beautiful moist look to the lips.

What company claims (from official website)

Colorbar’s revolutionary new lipstick - Sheer Crème Lust is formulated with a special combination of light oils and groundbreaking polymers that offer soft consistency to enrich your lips with flawless hold and unparalleled luminosity. These range of 12 exciting shades that will add an all new depth, dimension and mirror-like shine to your lips. Ranging from nudes to fashion tones this range offers a silky texture and luxurious finish that makes your lips look fabulous.

This unique range of deliciously bold lip colors will make your lips glisten with the wet look of a gloss and comfort & color purity of a lipstick.

Price: 750 Rs

Shell life 30 months

Quantity: 5 gm

Shades:

There are 12 beautiful shades:

• 001-Red carpet
• 002-Paradise Pink
• 003-Pink Flamingo
• 004-Vivid Peach
• 005-Classy Pink
• 006-Bitten Lilly
• 007-Deep Orange
• 008-Popsicle
• 009-Orange Bliss
• 010-Beach Glow
• 011-Subtly Nude
• 012-Summertime

I got shade 008 Popsicle and so far loving it. Review coming soon..

(L-R)  Row 1    011 Subtly Nude     008 Popsicle             001 Red Carpet      003 Pink Flamingo

(L-R)  Row 2    005  Classy Pink    002 Paradise Pink    012 Summertime    006 Bitten Lily

(L-R)  Row 3    007 Deep Orange   010 Beach Glow      009  Orange Bliss    004 Vivid Peach

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