The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara Review

A few weeks back I went into The Body Shop to pick up a few body butters and shower gels and the lady at the counter offered to put a few samples in my bag to try. One of them was this mini super volume mascara. 

A range of long lasting, smudge-resistant mascaras that add incredible volume and colour to the lashes  

Lashes appear more volumised 

Non-clumping 

Ophthalmologically tested 

Suitable for contact-lens wearers

The brush is made of stubby fibres and has a spiral design, just like a screw. The product itself is quite a nice consistency, not too dry nor too wet - somewhere in between, which I like. There is a strange smell to it and I am not sure if it is only the one I got or all of them have it. I actually really liked the brush and the way it applied on my lashes. I had evenly distributed product on all my lashes and they were defined as well. 

Then came the part where I blinked and felt like someone sprayed a harsh chemical in my eye. My tears would just not stop. I quickly grabbed some makeup remover and took off all the mascara that was on my lashes. 

Unfortunately, this mascara did not work for me. I was not even able to put it on for a minute, forget a second coat. At first I thought I was being paranoid but I tried this almost four times till date and found the same result.

I really like The Body Shop as a company and their policies but this is not the first product that has disappointed me. I absolutely love their body butters and shower gels and expected a lot from their makeup too. 

This mascara retails for $23.95 and you can buy it from here.

Have you tried this mascara or any makeup product from The Body Shop?

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Wearable Pink Eyeshadow look using Too Faced Pretty Rebel Palette

Hey guys,

I was playing around with my Too Faced palette last weekend and came up with this look. Hope you like it.

Products Used:

Too Faced Pretty Rebel Palette

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Ardell Lashes 110

Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara

How to:

First I primed my entire lid with the shadow insurance. Then I applied the pink color in Totally Fetch on the lid staying below the crease.

 In the outer crease I placed the color Charming which is the matte dark brown and blended into the crease. 

To soften the crease I used Gangsta over Charming and blended it till below the brow.

 For the brow highlight I used Ringleader which is the pale champagne pink colour. 

I lined the upper and lower lashline using the blue shimmery shade in Badass.

Then I applied the Ardell false lashes and the Maybelline Mascara to blend my lashes with the fake ones.

This was a very easy look I achieved with this gorgeous palette and very wearable too. I personally would not wear this out during the day but for night time it is perfect. If you are bold enough you can rock this look during the day too.

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

Till next time,

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Models Prefer Sweet Shadows and Sweet Kisses Swatches and First Impressions

Hey Guys,

Its that time of the year again where all makeup companies come out with gift sets, Yes!! Christmas is almost here. I had been eyeing this eyeshadow set since the day Priceline posted a picture of it on Instagram. Finally I found it and also found another gift set with face products too. I am talking about the Models Prefer Sweet Shadows and Models Prefer Sweet Kisses. There is another gift set launched by them which is a cute clutch purse with three makeup items in it. I did not buy that as I was more keen on getting these.

*All swatches are applied using a brush

First Impressions:

When I first saw the picture on Instagram it reminded me of Too Faced gift sets. That was the primary reason I wanted to buy these. There were no testers in store so I could not swatch the shadows before purchasing.

Sweet Shadows  $15 at Priceline:

The sweet shadows gift set comes with 12 eyeshadows, 1 eye primer and 1 mascara and brow gel duo for $15.

The eye primer feels smooth and dries matte. It does not have any tackiness to it like most eye primers have. Tacky eye primers help intensify shadows on the eye. I felt this eye primer to have the formulation of a face primer. 

The Mascara wand is a rubber wand with short bristles on one side and longer bristles on the other. I quite like the formulation of the mascara as it is a thick consistency. The Brow gel side has a normal mascara wand with clear gel.

The eyeshadows have cute names and most of them fall under the mauves and purples category. The shadows are very chalky and don't have much pigmentation. You have to layer them 4 or 5 times to get the shadows to actually show up. In the pictures I had to layer the shadows 4 times to make them look close to color. 

Highest Pigmented shades:

Precious

Enchanting

Lowest Pigmented shades:

Innocent

Adorable

Angelic

Sweetened

Overall Verdict:

Cute gift but not a must have. There are other gift sets from Models Prefer under the same price range which have better quality eyeshadows.

Sweet Kisses $25 at Priceline:

When I saw this box I expected some lip products to be in there but there is none. Like the name Sweet Shadows had eyeshadows, Sweet kisses did not have any lip products. Instead it has face products like blush and bronzer.

This box comes with 16 eyeshadows, 1 eye primer, 1 mascara and brow gel duo, 1 bronzer, 1 highlighter, 2 blushes and 1 eye brush duo for $25

The eye primer and mascara duo is the same as in the Sweet Shadows. The duo eye brush is synthetic with one side shader and one side blender. It is quite a stiff brush and I personally will not use it.

The highlighter in Macaroon is very powdery and has a slight sheen. It is not a very noticeable highlighter.

The bronzer in Cinnamon Spice has a nice texture and is warm toned. It is not completely matte.

The blushes in Marshmallow and Peach Parfait are hard and not very blend able. They are not at all pigmented. Even when I used my finger to swatch hardly any color showed up on my skin.

All the eyeshadows are named after sweets and again not very pigmented. The 3rd and 4th columns of eyeshadows seem to have more color pay off than the first 2 columns. 

Highest pigmented shades:

Toffee

Black Forest

Honey Crunch

Dark Cluster

Lowest Pigmented Shades:

Chocolate Whip

Mint Slice

Cherry Ripe

Caramel

Overall Verdict:

Again this is a cute gift but not something that will be of any use because there is no proper pigmentation. The tin boxes that these come in are reusable to store knickknacks. 

I was just looking through some pictures online and these gift sets are exact copies of Too Faced products. In terms of eyeshadow colors, Models Prefer tried to come out with almost exact dupes but unfortunately the quality just does not match up. These are just my first impressions and all eyeshadow swatches did not have a primer or base underneath. Maybe they will perform well with a primer, can't be too sure though. I really liked the quality of Models Prefer eyeshadow quads but these don't look like similar quality. 

Have you tried the Models Prefer gift sets? what do you think of them??

http://www.beautylish.com/p/too-faced-shadow-bon-bons

http://www.beautylish.com/p/too-faced-sweet-indulgence-palette

Maybelline Taupe Temptress eyeshadow look

Hey Guys,

Today's post is an eye look that I wear regularly when I need to get something done quickly. I have been doing this look almost every week and gotten really good at it with practice so it hardly takes me five minutes to do my eye makeup. It is simple, quick and easy to glam up your eyes effortlessly. 

The products I used are in the picture above. 

First I applied Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal in Inked in pink all over the lid with my fingers.

Then I mixed the second and third shade from the Maybelline Taupe Temptress quad and applied that all over the lid. Using the dark plum shade from the same palette I created depth in the outer third of my lid.

Using the purple shade from the Model's Prefer quad in Hook me up I blended all the colors in the crease. I added the same color to my lower lash line to balance the look.

Using the white shimmery shade from the Taupe Temptress quad I highlighted my brow bone and inner tear duct lightly.

I used false lashes for some extra drama and the one I used here are from Ardell Color Impact in 110 Wine.

For Mascara and Eyeliner I used Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara and Master Precise eyeliner.

 I love how it turned out and I hope you liked this look of mine.If you have similar colors, I would recommend you to try it out and show me how you went on with it.

Till next time,

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Recent empties and products I am chucking out

Hey guys, 

I am on a mission to finish up products I already own before buying new products, which is hard and almost impossible for me but I am trying. I am really excited that I could complete a few of them atleast.

Without further adieu I present to you my empties,

Impulse Illusions body mist : I used to carry this in my gym bag and finally I am done with it. It was a fresh smelling body spray I bought from Safeway.

Estee Lauder Day Wear moisturizer for Oily skin : Unfortunately I am out of my favorite moisturizer and it is very expensive to repurchase, so I will be saving up some money before I can splurge on this again.

Essence 24h Hand Protection Balm : It was my husband who finished up this product actually, but I thought I will just include it in here because I had bought it for myself originally. It is just a hand cream which is apple cinnamon flavored and he loved the smell of it.

Essence Get Big Lashes Mascara : I did not use up this product completely, it just dried out on me in no time. I think I had it for like 2 months and hardly used it but now it is completely dry and useless so I am just chucking it out.

Revlon Lipbutter in Pink Truffle : Yay!! I used up another lip product. With the amount of lipsticks and glosses I have I never thought I will use up any of it. But I did completely use this one up again. My previous post of May empties had one too. Love this lip butter for just a natural flush of colour everyday.

So today I thought I shall clear out some of my clutter and started with the eyeliner drawer. The following eye liners are being chucked out either due to poor performance or just dried up sitting there. It includes brands like Essence, VOV, Savvy by DB, Revlon, Maybelline and Jordana. The Revlon Colorstay on the extreme right is actually used up completely but I don't know why it was still in the drawer. I loved that blackberry colour, unfortunately it has been discontinued.

Have you used any of these products before and what do you think of them??

Purple copper smokey EOTD

Hey guys,

I am trying this technique shown by Neeraj from Beauty Traveller by swapping two shades for two looks in which the lid colour for one look becomes the crease colour for the other look and the crease colour from the first look becomes the lid colour for the second. This is my adaption of the first look he posted.

Products used :

Modelsprefer eyeshadow quad in hook me up reviewed here

Rimmel Scandaleyes pencil liner in Black

Matte black eyeshadow from The Balm's Nude Tude palette

Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara

I followed the same technique that he did in his tutorial and this is how mine turned out. No where as nice as his but practice makes perfect so I will just keep practicing. 

Do let me know what you think of this eyeshadow look and also any recommendations for future posts.

Love,

Reshma

Peacock Inspired Eye Look / Inspired by Himani Wright (indianyoutuber)

Hey guys,

I did this Peacock inspired eye look after watching Himani Wright do her version for Janmashtami on Youtube. You can check her video out here.

Products Used: 

Too Faced Shadow Insurance Primer

Gold yellow colour from the Lakme quad in Tanjore Rush

Green pigment from accessorize

Blue eyeshadow from Inglot Rainbow eyeshadow 127R

Purple eyeshadow from the Lakme quad in Tanjore Rush

Crease colour Inglot 450 pearl ( reddish plum)

Revlon pencil eyeliner in 15 aqua blue

Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara

How to :

 Apply the eyeshadow primer as we want the colours to pop. Then apply the gold shade to the inner part of the lid, tear duct and inner lower lid. Next apply the green shade next to the yellow and blend the colours together. Same way apply the blue and purple and blend the colours into one another. Taking the crease colour on a fluffy brush blend the crease and outer v of the eye. Follow the same colour scheme on the lower lid. Line the waterline and top lashline using a blue eyeliner. Curl lashes, apply mascara and your done!

I hope you liked my recreation of Himani's look. I know it is no where as good as hers but I just had to work with what I already had in my collection. If you did like this post then please forward it to people who might be interested in doing a similar look.

Thank you so much for your support guys.

Love,

Reshma.

Purple smokey eye

Hey guys,

I am back again with a dramatic smokey eye look perfect for the weekend. I did this look for a party I attended on saturday night and thought I could take some pictures and show you how I did it.

I used 3 eyeshadows for this look and they are

Inglot 73

MAC Sketch

MAC Texture

I also used a tiny bit of a shimmery pink highlight shade for the brow bone and inner tear duct.

I applied Inglot 73 to 2/3rds of my lid from the inner corner and also stayed below the crease.

MAC Sketch went to the outer 1/3rd of the lid and also used it to blend the two colours in the crease.

Above the crease I used MAC Texture to create a soft transition.

Applied the Inglot shade and Sketch to the lower lashline to connect with the upper eye and give a smokey effect.

I applied the highlight shade to the brow bone, only on the highest point of the brow and blended it either way. 

Using the same shade I applied a tiny bit to the inner corner of the eye to brighten it up.

Lined my lash line with Maybelline Stilleto eyeliner and applied False Eyelashes from Eyelene in Darling Defining which I bought from BigW. 

Then used Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara to blend my real lashes with the false ones.

I think purples look great on brown eyes and I always tend to prefer purple over black smokey eyes. I hope you enjoyed this look and do let me know if you ever try it out. I would love to see how it turned out for you.