Urban Decay ALL NIGHTER Makeup Setting Spray

Today I am going to talk to you about the All Nighter Long Lasting makeup setting spray for long lasting makeup. Its jointly made by Urban Decay and Skindinavia! Urban Decay is a very well known brand while Skindinavia is very popular among Makeup Artists, Movie stars and Dancers!

Before continuing on with the review let me enlighten some of you who are unaware about a make up setting spray and how it is used. Its a spray used primarily for refreshing and hydrating your face while at same time keeping the makeup locked into place for a longer time and so it acts somewhat like a primer except instead of applying it under the makeup, you apply it over.

I would like to emphasise the fact that this product might work according to your skin type and climate where you live. My review was obviously based on it being tested on my combination type skin and where I reside [UK - primarily cold climate].

Part of my skin has oily regions on the sides of the nose, chin and forehead and my makeup slides down from these areas after few hours and its not a pretty sight!
When I first applied the setting spray it came out in form of a fine mist which felt refreshing and cool. I liked the fact that it didn't have an unpleasant or strong scent as my nose is sensitive and strong smells make me sneeze! It felt extremely light on my skin, took seconds to dry and once dry felt completely non-sticky. My makeup looked great for hours and there was no irritation or redness of any kind.

The product claims that it’s supposed to make any kind of makeup last for at least 16 hours, while its true that I did experience longer wear on my makeup than any other day sans mist, I doubt if it actually made my makeup last any longer than 10-12 hours.

At £17.50 (from Boots), it's quite expensive but it works fabulously for me! I would definitely recommend this Urban Decay All Nighter Long Lasting Makeup Spray to anyone who wants their applied make up to last longer than usual on them!

The big question here is does Urban Decay All Nighter Long Lasting Makeup Setting Spray live up to my expectations? My answer is a big YES! It has now become my go-to finish spray!

FANTASY CHRISTMASSY LOOK

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!

Gosh! Its such a beautiful day today! Hope you all had a great fun filled Christmas Eve! I am so excited today, I feel like celebrating Christmas for the whole month ha ha! I love this festival so much and this time around I have tried to make it even special for me and you by creating this fantasy look for Christmas. Lately my blog friends have been asking me to post some makeup looks done by me, so friends, just like Santa I have also granted your wish today so enjoy! Rakshanda, this post is for you especially!

PRODUCTS USED
Primer for the face: L'oreal studio secrets smoothing resurfacing primer
Primer For Eyes: UDPP
Eyeshadow shade/brand: Grimas Pearl Eyeshadows in shades 780, 705. Grimas Water Based Eyeshadows in shades 001, 401, 505, 101
Eyeliner for upper & lower lash line: MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
Mascara: None
Eyebrows: Illamasqua Brow Cake in Vehement
Eyelashes: Sample sent (review coming soon!)
Concealer for eyes and face: Becca Compact Concealer in shade Brulee
Foundation: Makeup For Ever HD in shade 125
Loose Powder: Grimas Fixing Powder
For Contouring: Makeup For Ever Sculpting Kit in shade 3
Blusher: The Body Shop Face and Powder in shade Chestnut
Lipstick: MAC Prolongwear Lipcolour in shade Lasting Lust


AND HERE IS MY CHRISTMAS TREE!



Hope you liked my Fantasy Christmassy Look!
HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS

XOXO

My Early Christmas Present! The Strictly Come Dancing Fab-u-lous Cosmetics Case!

Hey everyone!
I recently got hold of my Early Christmas pressie - The Strictly Come Dancing Fab-u-lous Cosmetics Case! woot! Look at the absolutely stunning black sequin case!!

Look at the gorgeous array of eyeshadows, lipglosses and blushes, all in a palette form while the Vanity case lies open! The makeup it comes with easily slips out so you can add your own items to the different tiers! It also comes with three makeup brushes - 1x lip brush, 1x eyeshadow brush, 1x blush brush. To be honest I found these brushes to be of a mediocre quality, the speed at which the two smaller brushes are shedding, I recon these are going to end up like a bald man's head!

Some eyeshadows are more pigmented than others but majority of them are quite pigmented. Lipglosses are simply fabulous and nicely pigmented. The blushers have a shimmery finish and are of a decent quality for the price. Below you can see the swatches of all of these (All swatched dry and without any base underneath):-

(Eyeshadows - 1st Row)

(Eyeshadows - 2nd Row)

(Eyeshadows - 3rd Row)

(Lipsticks/Lipglosses)

(Blushers)

This would surely make a nice present for any girly girl who has newly entered into the makeup world and wants to get her hands into trying out different colors and textures! I can justify buying this alone for its gorgeous case and lipglosses! I spotted this at Boots in the half price offer, but by the time it was bought, it had gone back up to full price i.e £45. Its now down to £30 so grab it while it lasts!

Buff'd Mineral Cosmetics!

I have always been fascinated by Mineral Makeup, which has been around in the cosmetics market for a long time! Mineral Makeup ranges are believed to be infused with Au'Naturale ingredients which are supposed to be good for your skin! I remember discovering 'Bare Essentials' and decided to try out the new concept of mineral based make up and find out if it really was good the way it was pitched by its makers and my initial reaction was that I was very happy to discover their unique formulation, texture and ease of application! A new world of make up opened in front of me and more and more I delved into it the more I fell in love with it!

Every luxury comes with a price attached and because of this my fascination for Mineral Makeup subsided slowly as I felt the pinch while at the same time I kept looking for cheaper good quality alternatives to Bare essentials and in the process discovered a brand called Buff'd Mineral Cosmetics! Initially I was skeptical as I never heard of this brand but then after visiting their website found that they have a MASSIVE range of foundation shades that I got tempted to give them a try! I requested the company to send me a sample of 2 foundation shades to try but then they sent me more than two samples to try out!

I received 10 sample packs of mineral make up which included the foundations in 2 shades (from their golden shade range), 1x finishing powder, 2x mineral blushes, 2x loose eyeshadows, 1x loose eyeliner (Love it! can also be used as an eyeshadow!), an illuminator and a bronzer. Below are the swatches of all of them (all swatched wet without any base underneath):-

Both the eyeshadows are pigmented and have a soft texture. Stormy eyeliner can be used wet or dry to line the eyes for an intense shimmery look and it also works great as a eye contour color!

Tricky and Petuna have a pearly finish to them and they go on super smooth and impart a beautiful sheen to my skin!

I am adoring the candlelight Illuminating dust! It kind of reminds me of the MAC mineralised skin finishes. The Maple bronzer is a very shimmery bronze shade, it is not quite dark a shade on me and is a tad bit too shimmery for a bronzer which is why I won't be using it as a bronzer, but as a blusher/illuminator - a big YES!

Buff'd Cosmetics' foundation ranges are categorised according to different skin tones and basically their extensive foundation range caters to almost every possible skin shade which is simply great! As I have a yellow undertone to my skin I had ordered their Golden foundation shade range and the foundations in the 'Golden' range are truly yellow in color and have the maximum amount of yellow pigment I have ever seen in any foundation and you can see that the Medium Light color matches me closely. They offer three different formulations for every foundation shade - Original, Light, Concealing. I chose the Concealing formula which has a touch of Kaolin clay to offer greater coverage and oil absorption. Both foundations are finely milled, easy to apply and a little goes a long way! They give a flawless matt finish which lasts for about 4-5 hrs and then start to look a little bit cakey on my skin and then all I have to do is spray a little MAC fix plus on top to reduce any cakiness and revive my skin! The finishing powder in Sundane is very lightweight, minimises my pores and imparts a difussed glow on my skin, I hightly recommmend it!

Overall I am impressed with this range of mineral makeup and want to get more for my everyday use! Buff'd Mineral Cosmetics are made with the finest minerals and pigments, oils, waxes, natural presevatives and fragrances - free of irritants and toxins that can be damaging to your skin! Its great isn't it?

Have you tried anything from the Buff'd Mineral Cosmetics? Please feel free to share your views about them!

I Am Back!

Hi all!

Long time no blog!

So how have all of you being doing these days? Missed me? I missed you all!

Yes I know I havent been blogging for a long time! I had some serious situations to attend to and during that time had to temporarily stay away from lots of things, including blogging! Moreover my exams were also coming up and I had to allocate time for that as well! During my absence some of you took time to come to my blog and post comments and I felt happy and touched reading them and thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

Anyways all of my problems are over and so are my exams and I am now planning to continue blogging about various stuff and also visit your blogs and read your stuff! Anyways Happy blogging to all of you and have fun!

Oh by the way wish you all in advance a very merry Christmas and a Happy new year!

Take care all of you!

Bye!