Eau Thermale Avène - Eluage - Eye Contour Care

An under eye cream that claims to help with wrinkles, puffiness, and dark circles.

The colour is a pale beige and I had to double check it wasn't meant as a tinted moisturiser...It isn't a tinted moisturiser, it is not.

It is thin for an eye cream, what I would expect for a body lotion.

The smell is like a faint sunscreen.

It seems to work pretty well, I'm impressed.

Price: ** no longer sold **
Scent: 2/5
Effectiveness: 5/5

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Shiseido - Bio-Performance - Advanced Super Revitalizer

The packaging is nice, kind of looks like a desk bell.

And I have a sample, which is in a miniature version of the packaging.

It smells soapy, a mix of Olay and soap.

My sample lasted for a week (it was 7mL) and on three of those nights, it had a strong amine smell. Perhaps the formula had separated a bit.
Could it be that it's just a little old?

It was a little waxy on, like a balm.

My skin did look good after using it, but I did notice I was very oily during the day. 

Price: 0/5 ($145 for 50mL)

Scent: 1.5/5

Effectiveness: 4/5

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Catrice Cosmetics - ICONails Gel Lacquer - 05 It's All About That Red - Nail Polish

A nail polish from the June Glossybox!

This is a high-shine, fire-engine red which requires more than one coat to be opaque.

It claims to last 7 days  without a top coat... I'm going to give it a big test and wear it under my dish gloves for 9 hours of work (with the heat from an industrial dish-washer)!

And it was destroyed immediately!

Price: 5/5 ($4.39 for 10.5mL)
Scent: 1/5 (don't sniff it, normal nail polish smell)
Effectiveness: 2/5

Quickcap - Beauty

From the June Glossybox!

This is a pre-measured drink with the powder in the cap.
You fill the bottle with water, put the pop-top cap on and depress the green cap insert to release the powder.

Note the residue.

It is meant to be good for your physical appearance, with biotin (B7) and camu-camu (fancy form of vitamin C).

The bottle itself is quite nice and would be easy to reuse.

The powder dissolves at a decent rate, but little floating stuff remains.

The resulting drink is not effervescent, but is frothy, which is super weird.

If this was a beer, I'd be impressed by the head.

Flavour wise, it is weak (meant to be peach), hollow, and a little metallic.

After drinking it, my stomach hurt.
PB did tell me not to drink it.

Price: 2/5 ($32.17 for 7 caps and a bottle, about $4 each)
Taste: 1/5
Effectiveness: 1/5

Shiseido - Benefiance - Revitalizing Cream

This is a nice, thick cream with a soapy perfumed scent.

While it was non-irritating, it wasn't enough to protect my skin from the stresses of hospital (so this was really put to the test).

Price: 1/5 ($119.10 for 100mL)
Scent: 2/5
Effectiveness: 3.5/5


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Shiseido - The Skincare - Hydro-Nourishing Softener

This clear lotion is surprisingly hydrating.
It keeps skin soft and luminous.

I was really unsure of this product when I first started using it, but don't let it's appearance fool you.

It is like a bottle of good quality sheet mask serum.
It absorbs well and doesn't leave a sticky residue.

Price: 3/5 ($48 for 150ml)
Scent: 4/5 (a faint soapy/floral scent)
Effectiveness: 4.5/5


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Shiseido - White Lucent - Brightening Moisturising Emulsion

I quite liked this, the sample even came in a glass bottle, which was really nice.

The scent it faint and almost soapy, but not unpleasant.
It leaves the skin looking really nice.

If I had the money for this I would buy it again.

Price: 1/5 (~$90 for 74mL)
Scent: 4/5
Effectiveness: 4/5

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Masquerade! - Elemis - Tri-Enzyme Resurfacing Gel Mask

This is actually really nice!

It is tingly and leaves my skin looking brighter the next day (I used it at night).

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Model Co - Shadow Stick - Eye Shadow - Purple Haze

A purple cream eye shadow stick in purple, but when put on it isn't as colour-intensive or purple as you would expect.

Just on the bare eyelid.

Ugh, don't bother with this one.

Price: 3/5 ($9.75 for 2g)
Scent: 2.5/5 (no real scent)
Effectiveness: 1/5


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Red Earth - Metallic Eye Shadow - Silver

This is a silver eye shadow that I don't have a lot of confidence in, it looks very dry.

Over the Eye of Horus eye liner in 'Selenite'

Whelp, it is actually amazing!
Good colour payoff, minimal fall out, and it is easy to just apply with a dry brush.

Price: 1/5 (~$20 for 1.5g, but no longer sold)
Scent: 2.5/5 (no scent)
Effectiveness: 5/5


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Napoleon Perdis - Eye Liner - Bottle Green

This is a dark green eye liner that applies smooth.
The colour is vibrant and almost a metallic look on.

It does however move/transfer easily, so not a great lifetime.

Price: 2/5 ($30)
Scent: 2.5/5 (pencil smell)
Effectiveness: 3/5

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Sleek Makeup - Pout Paint - Peachy Keen

This is a light orange lip colour that claims to be highly pigmented.

This was patchy, poorly pigmented, streaky, too thin, and all round unacceptable.

I had to wipe it off and apply a different lipstick.

Does this sound like the actions of someone who had all the pigment they needed?

Price: 4/5 ($11.95 for 8mL)

Scent: 3/5 (faintly candy orange)

Effectiveness: 0/5

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Same Product, Different Colour - Bianca J Professional - Eye Liner - BJEL31

This is a brown lip liner which applies smooth and has good colour intensity.

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Max Factor - Lasting Colour Lipstick - 1910 Rosewood 

This is a brown-pink lipstick that is quite sheer (which I didn't expect).

Over the BJLL7 lip liner.

This is from an older line, there is a new 833 Rosewood, but I can't comment on the quality of that shade or formula.

Swatch!

Price: ***discontinued, you would be hard pressed to find this***
Scent: 2.5/5 (no real scent)
Effectiveness: 3/5


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Same Product, Different Colour - Bianca J Professional - Lip Liner - BJLL7

This is a light red-brown lip liner that applied smoothly, with a good colour payoff.

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Sleek - Eye Dust - Spellbound

Initially I was quite worried by this, it looked too big to be eye powder.

But I wet my brush and tried anyway.

I was right to be worried. This is messy, unwieldy, applies unevenly, and doesn't look that great on.

Avoid this junk. 

Price: ($9.95 for 6.5g)
Scent: 2.5/5 (none)
Effectiveness: 0/5


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Same Product, Different Colour - Physicians Formula - Shimmer Strips - Kohl Kajal Eyeliner Trio - Green Eyes - Green

This is the green version of the black and purple kohl tried earlier.


It's quite nice! Easy to apply and good colour pay off. 

It is only the black in this trio that fails.


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Revlon - Super Lustrous - Lipgloss - 180 Pink Pop

This is a translucent pink, sticky gloss with a faint vanilla scent.

Over the BJLL6 lip liner

Note: This shade is now '235 Pink Pop' in the new packaging.

It didn't last too long (~4 hours).

Price: ($22.95 for 5.9mL)
Scent: 4/5
Effectiveness: 3/5

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Same Product, Different Colour - Bianca J Professional - Eye Liner - BJEL32

This is a navy eye liner that goes on smooth, has good colour intensity, and doesn't look too 80's on.



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Bianca J Professional - Eye Shadow and Blush

I don't normally wear eye shadow for everyday (or even just day) looks.
I have 'big eyes', a phenotype from my father's side of the family.
So while other people can pull of eye shadow during the day easily, I look so extra.

Also, google images doesn't recognize 'extra' as a descriptor of a person.

These are mix and match eye shadow and blush pallets.

Metallics:

All but the black are decent.

Blues: 

You expect them to be brighter!

Greens:

Some barely show up at all!

Reds/Purples: 

Again, very poor colour payoff.

Neutrals: 

Only the brown and the blush show up.

A common theme is the shimmer/metallic shades have decent colour payoff, but the mattes have virtually no colour payoff.

The blushes are also decent.

In the neutral pallet, I don't know what that goop in the first slot is for (brow wax?).

Overall, these are terrible eye shadows.

Do not buy.

Price: *** Unknown
Scent: 2.5/5 (none)
Effectiveness: 0/5

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