Anastasia Beverly Hills - Clear Brow Gel

This is a popular brand with beauty bloggers!

And it did nothing. My brow was as wild as ever.

Price: 0/5 ($38 for 2.5mL)
Scent: 2.5/5 (none)
Effectiveness: 0/5


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Same Product, Different Colour - Estée Lauder - Pure Colour Lipstick - Rose Tea

The packaging had long since lost any identification on it.

Over the BJLL3 lip liner.

Even though it is old, it is still super creamy and full coverage!
I love it!



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Same Product, Different Colour - Bianca J Professional - Lip Liner - BJLL3

This is a brown lip liner that goes on smooth and has great colour intensity.

This patchy job is my fault XD

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Olay - Total Effects - 7 in one - Touch of Max Factor - Fair

For a 'fair' shade, this is really dark.

I guess the idea is to have it thin, but it is still scary.

Oh no.

Once on, it was immediately apparent that it is to dark to get away with.

The coverage is low, it is more of a tint than a foundation.
I like that it has a sun protection factor.

If you are darker than me, this would be ok, in place of a bb cream.

Price: 2/5 (~$25 for 50mL)
Scent: 2.5/5 (mix of classic olay smell and foundation smell)
Effectiveness: 1/5



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Same Product, Different Colour - Bianca J Professional - Eye Liner - BJEJ35

This is a grey eyeliner that is smooth and has a good colour intensity.

I love it on, it is subtle but nice.


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W7 - Deluxe Eyebrow Pencil - Dark Brown

It has the pencil one end, and an eyebrow brush on the other end.

It gives quite a natural look once on!
It does have a medium colour intensity, but that is better for a brow pencil.
Price: 5/5 ($5.57)
Scent: 2.5/5 (pencil smell)
Effectiveness: 

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Rimmel - Magnif'eyes - Glameyes Mono Eyeshadow - Q-Jump

I didn't get this to use as an eye shadow, I got it to use as a highlight.

Swatch!

There are very few highlights available in stores that will actually be light enough for me.
So white eye shadow is a better bet.

Check out that highlight!

This is a shimmery white shadow with really poor colour payoff.

I applied it with a kabuki brush (which is a big brush) and it worked great!

But never EVER use this as an eye shadow, it will be more disappointing than you can ever imagine.

Price: 4/5 ($10.95 for 3.5g)
New Name: Money Shot
Effectiveness: 0/5 (as an eyeshadow), 2/5 (as a highlight)

Same Product, Different Colour - Bloom - Mineral Plus - Lip Butter - Queen Of The Night

This is a burgundy balm that does tint the lips a bit.

Over the BJLL2 Lip liner.

Over nude lips.

It has a faint vanilla smell.
The colour is ok, but dissolves any lip liner below it and looks patchy if it isn't even.

New Name: Wino


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Same Product, Different Colour - Bianca J Professional - Lip Liner - BJLL2

This is a red-brown lip liner that goes on smooth, has a good colour intensity and seems more red when on.

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Same Product, Different Scent - Masquerade! - Montagne Jeunesse - Black Seaweed Peel Off Mask

This smells like hair dye (I guess it is the ammonia-like smell).

ASPAR - Aurora Spa Rituals - Ultra Hydrating Face Moisturiser

This is surprisingly thick!

It leaves a heavy residue on the skin (almost like a barrier cream).

Unfortunately it smells like flour and play-do, I don't want that on my face, near my nose.

Price: 4/5 (~$60 for 500mL)
Scent: 0.5/5
Effectiveness: 2/5

Bloom - Mineral Plus - Lip Butter - Like a Prayer

This is a peach-pink balm that does tint the lips a bit.

If my lips weren't already stained from yesterday's lipstick, I would worry about my natural (blue) lip colour showing.

While it is nice (and I love the mirror in the lid!), it isn't really my thing.
I like all or no colour a lot more.

Price: 4/5 (~$10 for 4g)
Scent: 3/5 (faint vanilla smell)
Effectiveness: 2/5


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Bianca J Professional - Lip Gloss - Clear

This is your old school sticky lip gloss.

It is high shine and has a faint musk scent.


Price: ***unknown
Scent: 3/5
Effectiveness: 3/5

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Same Product, Different Colour - Australis Velourlips - Tok-I-O

This is a bright mid-tone purple.

Gorgeous!

New Name: The Witching Hour

Colgate - Optic White - (Toothbrush +) Built-In Whitening Pen

I got this on sale! :D
For this review the focus will be on the pen, not the brush.

This pen contains a 4.5% hydrogen peroxide paste.
Instructions say apply two clicks to the top teeth and bottom teeth, twice a day for three days.

Before treatment.

After three days.

I don't see much difference.
Price: ($19.99 for toothbrush and pen)
Scent: 1/5 (mild hydrogen peroxide smell)
Effectiveness: 0/5

Same Product, Different Colour - Bianca J Professional - Lip Liner - BJLL6

This goes on smooth and has great colour intensity!

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Ulta3 - Felt Tip - Eye Liner - Black

I was skeptical going into this, felt tip liners don't like my oil shield (read: skin).

This is actually decent! It goes on my skin, stays on, has good colour intensity, and is easy to control.

Price: 4.5/5 ($7.50)
Scent: 2.5/5 (no real scent)
Effectiveness: 5/5

Versace - Bright Crystal - Eau de Toilette

To me, this is a very green, fresh scent with florals and a hint of citrus.

Fragrantica lists the notes as

Top notes: yuzu (yep), pomegranate (no), water notes (I could see it)
Middle notes: lotus (yes), magnolia (yes), peony (yes)
Base notes: musk (maybe), mahogany (no), amber (maybe)

Overall, it is very nice!

Price: 0.5/5($80 for 30mL)
Effectiveness: 4/5
Strength: Moderate
Longevity: Medium
Time: Daytime
Season: Spring

Revlon - ColorBurst - Matte Balm - 205 Elusive

This is a matte, light pink lip crayon.

Over the BJLL6 lip liner.

It shouldn't be called a balm, it makes it sound like it won't be opaque (it is),
It is soft, smells like mint and isn't dying.

Price: 2.5/5 ($17.95 for 2.7g)
Scent: 5/5 (sweet mint!)
Effectiveness:

Same Product, Different Colour - Rimmel - Vinyl Jelly - Gloss Lip Liner - 010 Tasty

This is a soft, glossy, light brown lip liner that has more shine than usual.

It's pinker and lighter than I thought.
And perhaps too soft... the tip broke off.

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Napoleon Perdis - Dévine Goddess Lipstick - Andromeda

This lipstick is broken :(

Over the Napoleon Perdis Nude awakening lip liner.

And from touching it, I know why... it is too soft.
It's a nice colour, but just too soft.

I have a plan though, to save this broken lipstick! (especially since Miss Buttons thinks it looks good on me)

My kind of drug:

And saved!

Price: 1/5 ($38)
Scent: 2/5 (old-school lipstick smell)
Effectiveness: 3/5


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Bourjois Paris - Effet Smoky - Eye Liner - 72 Dark Purple

This is a purple eyeliner with a smudging brush on the tail end.

The colour payoff is almost zero! Useless!

Price: 3/5 ($20)
Scent: 2.5/5 (pencil)
Effectiveness: 0/5


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Yves Saint Laurent - Baby Doll - Eau de toilette

To me, I get yellow florals and stone fruit, especially apricots.
The bottle is super cute!

Fraganitca lists the notes as

Top Notes: orange (nope), pineapple (nope), black currant (nope), apple (nope)
Middle Notes: freesia (possible), heliotrope (maybe), lily-of-the-valley (yes), rose (nope).
Base Notes: sandalwood (nope), tonka bean (maybe), vanilla (nope), cedar (nope).

I could see this being a nice first perfume for a child/teen.

Price: 3/5 ($36.00 for 30mL)
Effectiveness: 3/5
Longevity: Short lifetime
Strength: Weak
Time: Daytime
Season: Summer

Art Break - Fascinator for B

B really wants a fascinator, so I offered to make her one.

Her favourite colour is purple, so that will be our starting point.
Instead of the basic 'feathers and flowers' form, I wanted to take it a step further and make it a 'Nature' themed facinator!

I got fake flowers, a headband, a foam bird, and feathers from the shops today.

And I ordered some fake berries online.

Our bird isn't purple to begin with, but we can change that with some gently applied acrylic paint.

At the start.

Add some lilac paint.

And some violet!

To make some ribbon shapes, I was trying to set it with watered down glue.

But I didn't like the results.

So I glued some florist wire to some fresh ribbon.

I also glued a ring of ribbon to the headband, to make a base for our decorations.

With our florist wire attached, I shaped the ribbon and glued it.

I wanted a dramatic heart shape.

I then attached it to the head band.

I started working on a nest made of feathers.

It will make sense soon!

I then attached the bird and nest to the headband. You can start to see it come together now.

I got some styrofoam eggs.

Painted them light purple.

Then added some dark purple spots.

I then glued them into the nest.

I added flowers and berries around the nest.

I'm really happy with how it turned out!