FLOWER Beauty

The mascara is fine. Pretty standard for a mascara of this price. I don't think there's a huge amount of difference between high end and drugstore products when it comes to mascara, not enough to justify the price anyway. The packaging however, is the shoddiest, cheapest crap. The paint literally flakes off all over your hands, which ends up getting transferred to your face and clothes and everywhere else. What's the point in having flake - free mascara if you still end up covered in black specks? If they fix their packaging I'd buy again, but until then, it's a huge nope from me.

Possible dupe for the Farsali Glass Radiance Serum? Maybe not from comparing the ingredients as they only share the reflecting mineral “Synthetic Fluorphlogopite” and titanium dioxide between them. It’s light purple and has some gold fleck to it that is so tiny but it is there nonetheless so you will have light bouncing off your skin. This may not be a “true” skincare product like Farsali but it rates very high on “SkinCarisma” and “EWG” - the latter with a 97% ingredient health rating. I like these type of products if my skin is in need of a little boost of radiance. It is also exceptionally beautiful mixed in with foundation. I had been struggling to get the rms “un” cover-up cream foundation to work and just a couple drops of this mixed in with it turns it into a very thin liquid consistency that provides coverage and blends really well into the skin. I am glad to find a way to use it given how expensive it is. Oh, and mixed in with foundation, you don’t see any flecks at all, just a dewy glow. Update 1/4/20 - well... looks like those gold flecks have decided to make themselves stand up and be noticed. Initially they were barely detectable even though I made sure to shake the bottle each time I used it. Perhaps there was just too much product in the bottle that it didn’t have the room to move around until I got further into it. So I have downgraded this from 4 lippies to 1 as a result of the glitter bomb this gives to my face. I don’t remember a product doing this so bad as the time I tried Hard Candy’s illuminating setting spray which glowed in the dark and was suitable for Halloween as I think I mentioned in my review.

I love this, especially under the eyes. I have this in the color Nude and I'm NC 25. I use a damp beauty blender sponge to apply or a brush for quick tough up. I have been loving a lot of Flower Beauty. Excellent quality that doesn't break the bank!