Mail Day: Birthday Packages

Another mail day for me. These are actually my "birthday gifts" but they just arrived since I ordered them during the July 4th sales and the 3rd was my b-day.

Silk Naturals: This package I got a couple of days ago with a review in the previous post. I got a refill bag of the Heavy Formula (not in photo), a sample jar of Tempt Tryst bronzer (not in photo), 2 lippies and 2 solid perfume samples.



SN

Swatch of the lippies; Berry Crush on the left and Rare Berry on the right.

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I thought Rare Berry would come out a bit strong but it's not. I actually like it. Too bad it's not a permanent line. I hope Karen finds the missing recipe for Rare Berry. And like the other lipglosses from SN, they are all very moisturising on the lips and not sticky.

I like the Fresh solid perfume since it's a citrus smell -- grapefruit. Tease was okay (vanilla and tea something scent) but it really didn't stand out for me. I haven't tried them out for a full day to say if the scent lasts long though. Will re-try it again.

Dreamworld: I got FS of Angel and Cafe Au Lait creme toppings both in clay/silica formula which work wonderfully for my oily skin. I also got a FS of Blushing Werewolf, an LE blush.


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DW

I had a sample before of Peanut Butter creme topping but it turned out to be a bit dark on me. It could be used as a contour powder though. Good thing it was the lighter version of Peanut Butter I got which is Cafe Au Lait. And all along I thought it was Butter that I ordered (memory gap, LOL!). I now have 3 fullsized jars of the Creme Toppings and I want to get some other shades. Too bad I ordered before they changed the jars to 30 gr. ones. The ones I have were in the 20 gr. jars.

Lauress: I got the Trio Kit of fullsizes in Pure Yellow Minimalist, Fantastic Finish in Medium and Chiffon Enhancer.



Lauress

This came as a freebie: Star Light e/s in Deja Vu.


Deja Vu

Lauress foundation in the Minimalist formula (with only 4 or 5 ingredients) is one of my HG foundations because it stays on well on my oily skin. It is also one of the most photogenic mineral makeup I've ever used. Definitely one of my best buys that this package is the 1st of 2 FS foundations I got while they were on sale. The other one is coming in a week or 2. (I hoarded while I can).

LA Minerals: these are all sample baggies for $1 each, free shipping anywhere in the world. I haven't tried any of them yet but I will in the next few days.



LA Minerals

In photo are the following samples; top row L-R: Bronzed Babe in Lit Up, Lush Blush in Pimped Mauve, On Stage Illuminizer; bottom row L-R: Oil Control Mattifying Powder in Medium, Hollywood Face Base Untinted, Hollywood Face Base in Medium Warm and Medium Dark Warm. Hoping these turn out good as well as the others :-)

Lauress Pure Yellow

I tried out my Lauress samples again over the weekend and have decided on Pure Yellow. I really don't want to have to buy 2 FS of Pure Yellow and Pure Gold then mixing them together. That is just too much foundation (and a bit expensive too for full sizes compared to other brands).

Pure Yellow does make me look brighter compard to Pure Gold which looks dull on me. I could just color correct the yellow tones with the Lauress Chiffon (violet) color corrector which I also really like. It gives a soft matte look and at the same time lessening the too yellow tones of the foundation.

Saturday FOTD:
This is only Lauress Minimalist in Pure Yellow topped with Lauress Chiffon Enhancer


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Sunday FOTD (when I watched Indiana Jones):



Camellia Rose V2.0 primer
Lauress Minimalist foundation in Pure Yellow
Lauress Chiffon Enhancer ff. by Lauress FP in Medium
Blush: Cargo Beach Blush in Echo Beach (all 4 shades using FO brush)
Lips: AL lipstick in Rosebud

Matte EOTD:






UDPP as primer
SN Unblush all over lids
Aromaleigh Pure Eyes Matte in Fawn from lashline to crease
Aromaleigh Carolina Matte e/s in Bougainvilla on crease and outer V
Aromaleigh Carolina Matte e/s in Sand under browbone

***I suck at the blending because I was in a hurry and my first time to try out mattes w/o road-testing them first..

Trying out Lauress (and my new toy)

This weekend had me trying out my Lauress samples from tempete just to get my match. I have the original formula in Pure Gold and the Minimalist in Pure Yellow.
Here's a half and half face I did on Saturday:


Pure Yellow on your right and Pure Gold on your left.

Pure Gold is a good match but IRL looks a bit dull while Pure Yellow does make me look brighter but looks too yellow IRL.

Sunday FOTD:

I mixed both Pure Yellow and Pure Gold because I had a feeling it would balance out each other's color. It was perfect! It does look photogenic as what my friend S. said. It lasted the whole day on me in this very hot and humid day with just 1 layer on my face (I usually put on 2 layers for all my other foundations). I can not say if it's the foundation formula's effect because it was a mix of Original and Minimalist and I used Joppa as my finishing powder which keeps oilies at bay.

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What I used:
Camellia Rose V2.0 primer
Lauress mix of Original Pure Gold + Minimalist Pure Yellow
Joppa finishing silk in Medium
AL Coquille Nectarine on undereye and on cheeks
EDM Apple blush
Lips: NYX lipgloss in Natural
No eyeshadow

Now, I can't wait for my very own Lauress samples which I ordered last week. It is a possibility that if ever I order a fullsize, I may need to order both shades in the Minimalist formula and then just mix them both (making 2 big jars of FS foundation LOL!) So far Lauress is like Lumiere Cashmere to me. They feel so similar and look so similar on me. I am now torn between the 2 since I've been planning to get a FS Lumiere Cashmere in Medium Warm but haven't gotten around to doing so. We'll see.

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My new toy:





Sony PSP Slim with Core Bundle kit in Felicia Blue! My daughter chose the color but I really wanted the Lavender Purple color. It came with lots of free games (including the Simpsons game from the Simpsons PSP LE pack) in the 4 gig MC.
None of us in the family play computer games or such so this is a first.
Mwahahahahah!