REVIEW: Sleek Blush By 3 - 363 Pumpkin

Hello lovelies :)

Do I ever have enough blushes? The ansiwer is no xD I am being obsessed with blush more and more each passing day. Applying blush on my cheeks became one of my favourite make up rituals by far. Today I want to share with you one of the Blush By 3 Sleek palettes that is dear to my heart and really pretty to use troughout summer :D

Blush By 3 is a blush palette that contains (you guessed it!) three blushes. The packaging is standard sleek, sturdy black plastic packaging that would probably survive an earthquake. I am serious. I am pretty clumsy and my make up lands on the floor sooner or later. With packaging like this I do not need to worry, because nothing ever breaks :D It is perfect for traveling and it also has a handy mirror. There is 20g / 0.68 oz. of product in it (one blush in the pallete is aprox. 6,7g / 0.22 oz.).

The three blushes that come in this perticular palette are called Lantern, Squash and P Pie. While many Blush By 3 palettes have three pretty similar blushes in it (blushes fall in the same colour family), I found that this one has the most different shades and is the most versitile. For instance Blush By 3 in Pink Sprint has all pinky/purple tones, while Blush By 3 in Pumpkin contains a red, pink and an orange shade. The shades range from shimmer to sheen and mate. All of the blushes are nicely pigmented and you can really build the colour, if you want some really bright cheeks. On the other hand they can also be sheered out beautifully for a more natural look. They blend nicely and do not fade or become patchy.

Out of the three shades P Pie might be my least favourite. Do not get me wrong, it is a really pretty shade (I love orange/apricot blushes more than any) and the quality is on point, but it is matte. I found that I like a bit of sheen/shimmer in my blushes, so that they give some glow to the skin. Matte blush can look too matte on my skin, because I use a lot of mattifying products to keep my oily skin in check. Just apersonall preference though :) I can still mix it with a highlighter to achieve the desired effect :)

   

Lantern: warm red with golden glitter

Squash: warm pink with a bit of sheen

P Pie: Matte orange, very vibrant.

Here is how products look on the face

Lantern                                                       Squash

P Pie

I must say that I really like this Blush By 3 palette by Sleek. As always pigmentation, longevity and packaging on point for a reasonable price. You can get this palette on the Sleek online store for 13,49 € and on Licila.si and Click2Chic for 16,95€.

Did you try out the Sleek Blush By 3 blush palettes? Do you have any on your wishlists?

Thank you for reading :)

Have a nice day :)

Tjaša :)

REVIEW: Essence Liquid Lipstick - 03 almost real

Hello lovelies :)

Catrice and Essence recently came out with liquid lipsticks. Although Catrice liquid lipsticks preform more like a high shine gloss, I surprizingly like them a lot. I mean I like them more than Essence liquid lipsticks (*gasp*). While a lot of people seem to like Essence liquid lipsticks, especially the shade that I am going to review today, something about them just does not suit me. Let me tell you why.

The lipstick comes in a square plastic packaging with a lid, that mimics the colour of the product. It is a nice, small packaging, that is easy to store. It is quite sturdy and it can survive a fall. There is 4ml/0.13fl.oz. of product in the packaging. The applicator is flat and has some flexibility to it. It is not too big, nor too small. The only complaint I have a bout this applicator is that there is too much product on it when you pull it out of the packaging. but that is not such a big deal.

This particular shade is a light nude with a slight peach undertone. The shade does not suit me particulary well, but that is not the reason for my disappointment with the product.The formula is hydrating and feels comportable on the lips and the pigmentation is medium to full, depending on how much you build it. I like to wear it more sheer, since it can look too much on me, if fully opaque. The product overall is not really longwearing, but I think that is to be expected from a slightly glossy lip product. I got good 2 hours of wear with them (no drinking or eating), after that the shine and the colour started to disappear.

The problem I have with this product is that it applies really patchy and streaky. It also settles into the fine lip lines. Not only does it apply streaky, but it also migrates around my lips, making them an even more patchy mess as the time goes on. No rubbing lips around! If you do, you might as well reapply your lipstick every 10 minutes. 

I also found that the product starts to separate slightly, if I let it sit for about a week. It might be that I have a faulty product, or maybe that is just the deal with this shade, since the other shade I have does not do that.

All in all this is not a perfect lip product for me. I think a lot comes down to the colour and a streaky application. It does not suit me like most nudes do and the patchy application just kills it for me. I have another colour from the same range that I will review later. For now, let's just say that I like that colour much more than this one :D

Did you try out any of the Essence liquid lipsticks? Which colour is your favourite?

Thank you for reading :)

Have a nice day :D

Tjaša :)

REVIEW: I love Makeup, I love obsession palette - West End Girls

Hello lovelies :)

I already reviewed one of the obsession palettes called Pure Cult (review here), and since I liked that one quite a lot I decided to get another one. This time I wanted a palette with darker tones and I <3 Obsession palette in West End Girls looked like it could be right for the job. The first row is full of dark smokey colours and the second row has a few matte colours and neutrals. It looked like a really good palette for colourfull smokey eye. After more than a month of testing I finally have a finalized oppinion about this palette and I feel ready to share it :)

The palette comes in a bulky square, polastic packaging that is mostly black with a transparent lid. The packaging looks a bit cheep, but it did not break so far, so as far as I am concerned it is doing it's job just fine. There is 17g of product (10 eyeshadows of 1,7g).

The quality of the eyeshadows varies a bit troughout the palette the first row of eyeshadows is quite good, with the exception of the greyish green shade, which sadly lacks pigmentation. All of the other eyeshadows in the first row are nicely opaque. They blend nicely and do not appear patchy on the lid. There is quite a bit of fallout with all the shades, but it is more obvious with the darker shades.

The second row is a bit of a disappointment sadly. The first two shades are matt and do not show at all on my lids. The only way I can make them work is, if I use them as a light highlight inder my brow, otherwise they are useless. The light brown shade looks like a nice transition shade, but it is also not the most pigmented and in my experience it does not blend really well. The last shade needs to be packed on the lids like crazy, if I want to get any pigmentation out of it and it also does not blend well. 

That makes half of the palette hardly usable, at least for me, which is a big shame, since these colours look really pretty. 

Pigmentation is not the only problem though. I found that theye eyeshadows crease on me within 3 hours. They just can not last on my lids. I am sure that somebody with not oily lids could get more wear out of them, but on me they look patchy, greasy and creasy after 3 hours. I actually tested this palette for longer than any palette so far, just so I could get the eyeshadows to stay on my lids for more than 3 hours, nothing works. It is true, that most eyeshadows will crease on me sooner or later, it all comes down to my oily lids and hooded eyes, but most eyeshadows stay on my lids for at least 6 hours, many even more!

Shade 1: a strong golden yellow shade with gold shimmer

Shade 2: warm dark brown with slight shimmer

Shade 3: warm plum with a mix of purple and blue micro glitter

Shade 4: dark blue with blue and silver micro glitter

Shade 5: greenish gray with slight micro shimmer

Shade 6: dark forest green with green micro shimmer

Shade 7: matte white with a bit of yellow undertone

Shade 8: mate light pink

Shade 9: satin light brown

Shade 10: satin light yellow

I really really wished this palette would be better, but some colours are just not the best and the longevity of eyeshadows is quite bad on my eyelids. I am sure these would last longer on somebody else, but on me they just do not work. In case you are interested in this palette you can get it on licila.si for  4,59 € and Slovenian Makeup Revolution store for  4,59€.

Thank you for reading :)

Have a nice day :)

Tjaša

REVIEW: Sleek i-Divine eyeshadow palette - Sunset

Hello lovelies :)

I am a self proclaimed eyeshadow addict, and although I have quite a lot of shades in my collection already, there is a distinkt shortage of oranges and warm bronzes when it comes to my collection. Well I should say that It was, since I have the Sleek Sunset palette now, which saves that problem. Today I would like to tell you what I think about the palette :)

The packaging is a matt black sturdy plastic that feels really sturdy and safe. Sleek makeup ir written on the lid of the palette with a shiny dark lettering. Inside is a big mirror that is really handy. There are 12 shades total inside the palette, each is 1g/0.03oz.

Although the palette looks like warm orange/bronzy fest I think that overall there is a big shade range and a lot of possibilities to create different eye looks. I especially like that they included a blue, since I think that it works lovely with a lot of colours in this palette and adds a nice twist to the whole array of colours.

The eyeshadows are as always really pigmented. There was a bit of fallout with the darker shades, but nothing major. The shades all feel buttery (except the black), apply nicely and blend like a dream. I had no problems with patchyness or fading and they were on my lids for 10 hours before they started creasing.  

  

shade 1 - black. The only matte shade in the whole palette. It is not as pigmented as some other blacks in other Sleek palettes, but it is a welcome addition in an otherwise very colourful palette. It does feel a bit dry, compared to other shades, but it is workable and buildable.

shade 2 - a darker berry with a hint of red. It contains shimmer.

shade 3 - reddish medium brown with a metallic finish

  

shade 4 - Bright orange. Really metallic and pigmented.

shade 5 - bright yellow with a tinge of gold. Appears really metallic on the lid.

shade 6 - bold sky blue. Less metallic than other shades but still shimmery.

  

shade 7 - appears like dark shimmery brown in the pan, but looks like medium brown with a warm undertone on the lid. Has a metallic finish.

shade 8 - brown with a tinge of red. Has a metallic finish.

shade 9 - light brownish bronze with a warm undertone. Has a metallic finish.

  

shade 10 - A brownish gold in the pan that appears more golden on the lid. More of a glitter than a metallic finish.

shade 11 - Light dusty pink with a metallic finish.

shade 12 - Light cooltoned pink with a metallic finish

Here are some looks I created using this palette

 

All in all I think this is a really nice palette for summer. There is a bit of shortage of matte shades, but the shimmer is not overpowering or too chunky in any of the shades.

Do you own any of the Sleek palettes? Which one is your favourite?

Thank you for reading :)

have a nice day :)

Tjaša :)