A sheer light pink lip balm in a squeezy tube. Feels a bit grainy on the lips at first. But if I rub my lips together it melts into a smooth slippery balm which feels moisturising. For the lip plumping part, everyone responds to these type of products differently. This Australis one gives my lips a burning feeling but doesn't actually plump them. Tastes very faintly of vanilla bubble …Read more
Makes my nails stained yellow if I leave it on for more than a few days. Didn't make my nails stronger. Takes ages to dry, around 15 minutes. I don't like the semi opaque ballet pink tint. Its tricky to get looking even, making you think you HAVE to apply another coat to even it up or nail color when I don't want to. Sometimes I want a clear shine. But this yellows my nails and …Read more
An effortless, smooth and silky textured blush with a soft glow that gives skin a pretty, youthful look. Soft Peach 02 is a light peach that naturally flatters my fair skin with cool yellow/olive undertone. It goes on smooth and blends smoothly, never looks patchy or overdone. Works easily with a variety of brushes. A fluffy light natural haired brush gives a soft barely there flush. Buffed in …Read more
I have the shade "Mai Tai Buy You a Drink", a very pale matte peachy pink. I find it a similar effect to Clarins Illuminating Cheek Color in 02 Soft Peach. Wet n Wild is slightly brighter pinker peach while the Clarins slightly more nudish peach, but both are quite close, giving the perfect natural my-cheeks-but-better flush for my very fair skin with cool yellow undertone. Both apply …Read more
Fragrantica calls this a fruity floral, but I'd call it a sweet Floriental. On initial spray I get orange juice, bitter blackcurrant, grapefruit, but its gone in about a minute. The fruit is sadly short lived. Then I get a sweet powdered sugar, waxy florals, and lots of heavy white musk and amber. Also some dirty patchoulli which is not listed in the notes. If you like the body shop White …Read more
Synthetic very soft brush with long floppy medium density bristles. Not dense enough for pressed powders or powder foundation. Doesn't pick up enough product. But too dense, ie not fluffy enough for loose finishing powders. It picks up too much powder and moves foundation around. The hairs on mine keep shedding and shedding every time I use it. The fat bulky handle feels way too heavy and …Read more
Synthetic pointy pencil brush. So super scratchy and painfully pokey on my eyes I can't even use it. A complete waste of money.
I have two of these. The 227 is a natural goat hair brush with a similar (but not exact) shape to the old MAC 217 with goat hairs, before they changed over to the cheaper, softer, but not as good synthetic 217S. The hairs on the Luxe Soft Definer soft, much more pleasant than my (very scratchy) MAC 217. Both quickly lost their shape, with the hairs fluffing and frizzing out after a few uses, so …Read more
Probably Zoeva's best brush. I have three of these and all are amazing. Super soft and dense bristles are perfect for buffing in cream products such as cream shadows and concealer, especially under the eyes. I’ve had mine for 3 years in rotation and all look as good as new. Easy to clean and quick to dry. Feel very comfortable on my extremely sensitive eyes with no poking.
This is a natural hair goat brush. I brought 3 of these and quality isn't the best. After a few washes, they all lost their pointed shape and went wide and fluffy. This means they no longer function as a crease brush, more a blending transition shade brush which I didn't need any more of. If you use dark shadows the hairs stain and never quite get clean again. One of the three brushes …Read more
