Checking out another eyeshadow transformer…

*The products in this posts were bought with my own funds*

I picked this up as a special duo that was sold at Shoppers Drug Mart. I actually got mine on clearance for $3. That means that each product was only $1.50! Score! Especially seeing as they were being sold for just under $10 on its own.

Anyway, I had initially missed this while checking out the display at the Group Marcelle event in June, but was made aware of it by other bloggers who were excited about it.

I had wanted to give it a try as well, but I had a huge bottle of MAC’s Mixing Medium, and Missha Sealing…so I really couldn’t justify spending $10 for one before but at $1.50 I couldn’t say no!

So what is so great about this?

Well it is different!

It comes housed in a glass container, with a dropper. Now I wasn’t too sure about the dropper at first, but have come to accept the idea. I do think that I prefer the dropper like MAC and Missha, but this is good for its own way too.

Anyway, there is no scent, doesn’t dry too quickly.

It suggests not to apply directly to your shadows, but rather to mix it afterwards.
What I wasn’t a fan of was the container. I always feel that packages should be filled as they are, otherwise it seems like I’m not getting my money’s worth. Before I used my iTransformer it was filled to the bottom of the E in the word iTransformer. Still, you don’t need much of it to get an effect, so its not like it needs to be filled…but just wanted to mention that.

Left to Right
Applied with iTransformer and then dry
Wet n Wild Im Getting Sunburnt Trio Eyelid Colour
MAC Pigment
Milani Runway Eyes Shadow in Lily White
Annabelle Studio Pigment LOL

The iTransformer retails for $8.50, and can be found at various drugstores or the Annabelle Website.

If you don’t have a mixing medium for shadow, you should consider it, as it does have fun uses. Water often doesn’t have enough binding power, and won’t last as well as a proper medium.

Innisfree Vivid Tint Rouge

*Products in this post were bought with my own funds, and brought to Canada by my friend HJ who graciously agreed to be my MU mule :P*

Innisfree Vivid Tint Rouge

I have wanted these babies since February when I saw them pop up on the Korean Forum I frequently (Cosmania at Naver). I wrote about them HERE, and mentioned my Korean Goodies haul HERE

I picked two of the Tint’s, and a Creamy Lipstick.

The applicator is typical for a lot of the lip products in Korea. I prefer these as they are rounded at the tip and can aid me in lining my lips a bit better. Not perfect at it, as you can see in lip swatch, but at least I do find that it helps.

The stain that remains after a few minutes on the arm.

Smell:
I can’t pinpoint it, but it is a familiar scent. Artificial, maybe scented plastics? Kind of reminds me of Essence Stay with Me Gloss but not actually like it. (It smells like one of my scented pens!! No wonder it was familiar lol I use it quite frequently…)

Feel:
Super smooth, definitely a different texture than the Loreal ones as Macnunu mentioned. I personally find the Loreal ones sticky which really does annoy me at times (but I still like them despite that flaw), so in comparison these were not sticky at all.

Taste:
I think it is because of the fragrance, but it really doesn’t taste all that well. Its quite bitter :T If you are a lip licker, then this will discourage you for sure!

Both 4 and 10 are easily removable (a little bit of a stain remained after I used Marcelle’s Cleansing Water). I mean unlike the 01 that MACnunu mentioned refused to budge. I found that 10 lastly for a few hours (I felt I needed to touch it up after 4 hours), but I found that 04 lasted relatively longer.

Oh my lips, 04 (orange), tends to look a little more of a deeper orange. It looks red-ish in the picture, but IRL it does look more orange than it seems.

They are 10,000won in Korea, which is very roughly $10Can.

I really like 10, as it is not too wild. I used it 4 out of the 7 days last week, and wore 04 for the rest of the days xD

If you get a chance to check them out, might be something interesting to look in to, unless you lick your lips…in which case the bitter taste might turn you off.

Goodies from Korea~

I just wanted to share what were essential items to get from Korea for my haul.

The non-beauty items…

I love the Daiso Gift Baggies. I use them for all gifts that I give. I find that they are more expensive here. The blue and pink one is only ~$1CAN for 24, and the clear white one is ~$1CAN for 40. Steal!

I also needed new pens. I usually use 0.34 pens, and these ones are actually 0.3, just a tad thicker than what I usually use. Really don’t notice it. I can’t remember how much these guys were.

These are the beauty things I got my friend to pick up for me…

Innisfree Creamy Tint Lipstick ~10,000won
Innisfree Vivd Tint Rouge x2 ~10,000won
Etude House Soft Touch Auto Lipliner 1,000won
Skinfood Eyebrow Brush x3 2,500won
Skinfood Eyeliner Brush 3,000w

With those goodies, came samples of course…

Will look in to using them, and see. I’m excited to see how the Green Tea Cleansing Oil will work (I’m a cleansing oil nut).

Anyway, I will be posting pictures of the tints this upcoming week (I Hope! :D)

Trying out a new eyelid primer…

*I received this product for free from Marcelle for review purposes*

Oh man…I had meant to get this up sooner! I am so behind one the stuff I wanted to share that Marcelle has shared with me…

Anyway today I wanted to talk about the Velvety Eyeshadow + Primer.

There are 6 different colours in the line…
- Chameleon
- Mauve Obsession
- Primer Rose
- Silver Sky
- Smooth Moka
- Velvety Beige

They retail for $15.95. You can buy them online on the Marcelle website HERE

Now that that is out of the way…let’s get to the review!

This is Primer Rose

Dries pretty fast in my opinion, so if you use it, you will want to work with it quickly. Once it is dry, I actually use a cream product over it, before applying shadows. I need it to give the shadows something to grip to.

As for the 12 hour claim, I have oily skin, that is a fact that has plagued me until I found relief in UDPP. I do find that though it does last a fair amount of time, I cannot claim that the 12 hour held up for me. At 6 hours I noticed a decrease in intensity, and some fading at 8 hours. Personally as long as things last between 6-8 hours I am usually good, as I hardly stick with my makeup for longer than that.

For the swatches I did not use a cream base of the primers. It is just the primers alone.
The upper part is primed with Marcelle’s Primer, and lower part is primed with UDPP.
You can see that the Marcelle isn’t as intense as UDPP, but it does bring out the colour better than no primer at all, which you can see in the middle of the swatches horizontally. Because the product dries so quickly, I think that was one of the major causes of why it wasn’t as intense as my UDPP primer.

So what did I think?
I love Marcelle products, I do. But I cannot really come to love this one completely. First off I found it a little expensive, so though I like the soft colouring it leaves behind on the eye, I probably wouldn’t spend $16+taxes to get more. Perhaps if they were on sale for about $11. The other thing is, that with the amount of product, I probably would (and do I guess, cause I already own them and have rebought them…) buy the UDPP for the extra costs. It lasts forever, and as I said, they do grip shadows better.

However, if you are just looking for a soft wash of colour, I would say that these are something you should look in to. It feels nice as the name states, so in that sense I have no complaints.

I know the picture is blurry…it focused on my lashes lol. But look at the shimmer. Basically this is after 6 hours of wear, and this is Primer Rose under my two other shadows (actually the inner part is just Primer Rose. It isn’t actually really that white, must have been the lighting). The shimmer still looks great, without looking like I slept a night with my makeup on. So plus 1 for that :)