Laura Mercier review

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Translucent Loose Setting Powder— 

❤️❤️ I love the way this powder makes my face feel. It’s so soft and silky. This is a great setting powder that sets makeup In place for the day. ❤️❤️ — What it is: A lightweight, easy-to-apply, loose powder that blends effortlessly to set makeup for up to 16 hours of wear and 24 hour shine control. Highlighted Ingredients: -Vitamin C + E Powders: powerful antioxidants known to support a more even toned complexion overtime -Botanical Blurring Powder: silky, fine-milled plant derived powder blurs the looks of pores and absorbs excess oil -Skin Conditioning Powder: natural amino acid powder that melts into skin for an undetectable finish 

 Petal Soft Lipstick Crayon so didn’t love the lip crayon as much. It’s not long lasting at all. It was hydrating for the few seconds and went on smooth. Super pretty color just l not right for me. 

 What it is: A sheer, soft matte lip color that makes your lips petal-soft while delivering up to 12 hours of weightless wear and up to 24 hours of lip-softening hydration.

Ancient Stones Mineral Makeup review and giveaway

I'm excited to tell you about a new makeup I discovered, Ancient Stones Mineral Makeup. It's makeup made in San Jose California, for women by women with no added fillers or additives. They offer everything you need for a full face of makeup plus a setting spray to help your makeup last all day.

I have never tried a setting spray so I was super excited to try something new. I was asked for a picture of myself and was sent an entire kit to review!  They did a GREAT job matching my skin tone and even my color choices without asking so that was impressive.

This makeup works just like any other. Start with a clean moisturized face to apply your foundation. The foundation is a mineral power, I got Perfect Beige. The color was a great match and a I'm fair/medium tone. I have never been fond of powder foundation I always feel like I need more coverage. That being said this one goes on very pretty, smooths and blends perfectly with very little effort. I tried it with a sponge and a brush, the sponge works much better. It provided decent coverage it's very lightweight and despite being a powder it not cakey and I never felt it on my face. I will wear it again but I would rather a liquid foundation.

The blush I received is named Cactus Bloom, it 's a beautiful shade of mauve. This brush is also a mineral powder which is perfect for a blush. A little goes a long way for a beautiful look. I tried it with a sponge and brush and both work perfectly. I dipped the sponge in the container to apply then blended with the brush anyway.  It is perfectly pigmented giving a pretty, noticeable blush glow without being overpowering.  I really like the blush and will continue to use it.

I was sent two eye shadows Butter Cream which is a cream color base shadow and Brown Shugar which looks purple in the pot but goes on a beautiful shade of brown. Both of these went on smoothly.  I used Butter Cream from brow to lashes as a base. Brown Shugar is extremely pigmented and it took very little to cover my lid.  I again used both a brush and an application sponge, the sponge worked better all I did to finish the look was run a brush over it for blending.  The look was very matte and pretty.  If you spray a little setting spray in the cap with a small amount of shadow it makes very long wearing eyeliner.

I also got a lip cream in Pink Gold which I bet you guessed it a pretty shade of pink. The lip cream is like a lip stick but a little thicker in consistency but it does not go on thick. It is applies nice out of the tube or with a brush and  last a VERY long time. It's extremely pigmented but offers enough color to be noticeable. It is lightweight and not sticky. I can feel it on hours after I applied it even after eating and drinking. When I say feel it I don't mean in a bad way because unless I rub my lips together, I don't know it's there.

The last thing I got was the Ancient Elixir Setting Spray. I have to admit I was a little timid about spraying myself in the face the first time I used this but there was no reason for that. The spray is very light and has no scent. It is more of mist when you pump the bottle. I closed my eyes sprayed on each side of my face and then more towards my eye shadow. I never felt it after I sprayed so no stickiness, stiffness, or gooeyness.

My entire face of makeup wore perfectly. My eye shadow and blush did not crease or fade after a 10 hour work day. The setting spray can be worn with traditional drug store makeup as well.

Ancient Stones was generous enough to offer 3 of my readers a chance to win a 1 oz bottle of Elixir Setting Spray of their own!! So that means I need to go over the rules so here they go:

Entries will be accepted from 2/05/13  - 2/24/14 at midnight  

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I received this makeup complimentary in exchange for an honest uncompensated review but the opinion expressed is all mine.

Be A Bombshell - The One Stick

When I first got the Be a Bombshell  The One Stick in my Ipsy Glambag I wasn't very excited. The color I got was Flustered which as you can see appears very bright and red. I couldn't figure out where to wear it, I don't wear red lipstick and red blush, really?  So I put it to the side. One day I decided to try it, and I'm so glad I did.

I used it as a lip gloss/lip stick first it was very light and not bright at all. It just gave a slight color to my lips which was perfect. Since it is matte finish I put lip gloss over it to add shine.  it wasn't gooey or sticky nor did it make me want to wipe it off like some lipsticks I've used.

The next thing I used it as was a blush, I know odd red blush but let me explain. It's not really red when applied. I put a little on my fingers and put a few dots on my cheek then blended. It blended beautifully with very little effort and it was a very pretty shade and stayed on all day. It's not sticky and it didn't flake or peel off.

I really like the one stick I give it two thumbs up and I'm so glad I tried it.They have six other colors and I would probably buy another color. I have tried other Be A Bombshell products and loved them. They are long lasting and wear very well.

For those of you not familiar with Ipsy it's an amazing way to discover new products. You pay $10.00 a month and 4 - 5 full or deluxe sample sized products are delivered to your door. Every month I feel like i'm opening a present. If you want to be an Ipster click here to sign up.