Review/Swatches Emani Minerals

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Where can I find it? Emani's Website


What's included? 


The Concealer includes a concealer, powder, mirror, and sponge.
The Duo Eye shadow includes two eye shadows & mirror.
Lipstick includes just the lipstick itself.


Concealer rating




Eyeshadow rating




Lipstick rating




(Out of 5)

The lovely people at Emani sent me these products to review, thank you! 

First I'll be reviewing the Concealer mine is in Fair/Medium the concealer is darker than the powder, but the powder lightens it very slightly, this is best suited towards light skintones.

I'm personally not a fan of this concealer for dry skin, I have dry skin & this sadly tends to look a little cakey on me, however if you had oily or possibly normal skin I think you would really like this concealer, it has very good coverage. If you apply it lightly & set it with the included powder it won't crease under the eyes.

My only other complaint is that it's slightly yellow toned so if you have pink undertones this wouldn't match your skin tone, but I do recommend it if you have normal/oily skin & yellow undertones.

I suggest using a small fluffy brush to apply the powder such as a blending brush.

The Duo Eye Shadow in Cooper Sage

The lighter color is a bit sheer, but of course that's easily fixed with a primer or by building it up, I absolutely love the darker color, it's gorgeous & very pigmented. 

Here's a look I did using these with NO primer

I'm also wearing the concealer.

Swatches from left to right Cooper Sage - darkest color, lighter color. Concealer & powder.

Overall I really like these shadows, and recommend them. I also love the fact that the compact they come in has a mirror. These retail for $18.00 which makes it $9.00 per color, I think they're fairly reasonable priced.

I've saved the best for last!

Hydrating Mineral Lipstick in Plush

This is a new favorite of mine, I love it! I wonder, is it legal to marry a lipstick?

It feels like a lip balm, it's super soft & moisturizing, it also has good pigmentation & gives a glossy shine.

Top is one swipe, bottom is a few swipes

It does have a few specks of shimmer in it, but they're fine, not frosty whatsoever or chunky.

I 100% totally recommend this lipstick, it's worth every penny! It retails for $16.00 

I'm eying the color Drama Queen!

The packaging of these is beautiful

All Emani Products are vegan and not tested on animals, yay for that!

Any questions regarding these products can be left in the comment section.

My Makeup Collection!

The fabulous Melyssa wanted to see my makeup collection!


Concealers

Powders & foundations

Highlighters & blushes (Dr. Feelgood is not a blush or highlight it's a mattifier.)

Bronzers

Miscellaneous blushes, bronzer & face primer

Mascaras

Eye liners/brow pencils

Single eye shadows & pigments

Palettes, duos, trios

Cream eye shadows & primers/bases

Lip glosses

Lipsticks

Lip liners

Lip stains

Lip balms

If you have any questions about what something is etc, feel free to ask!

Review/Swatch Reviva Labs Light Skin Peel

Price? $20.00


Where can I find it? Reviva Labs' Website


What's included? The product itself in a plastic jar.


Rating




(Out of 5)

Thanks to Reviva Labs for sending me this to review!

This is not your conventional exfoliator, you apply it, wait 3-5 minutes and peel it off.

I left this on about 6-7 minutes and didn't have irritation, I don't find it to burn my skin or tingle, but it did irritate my eyes slightly. I believe it's the scent because my eyes can be quite sensitive.

I'm not a fan of the scent, it smells like a cross between fresh peppermint, and pepper to me.

However the scent is no big problem because the product itself really worked for me.

I would suggest if you plan to use this to set aside 20 minutes just because peeling it off can be a little time consuming (fun though!) Once peeled off my skin instantly looked brighter!

I had a slight tan and sunburn, this did remove my tan, but it also lightened my sunburn from being red to pink, my skin also looked more dewy.

Usually the problem I have with exfoliators is that they don't remove all of the dead skin, since my skin is quite dry it tends to be flaky (yuck) & usually any exfoliators or cleansers will dry out my skin worse, this didn't.

The texture is quite thick and grainy.

I feel like this does double duty because it exfoliates as you apply it with the grains, but it also helps remove the skin once it's dried and peeled off.

Advantages

Brightens

Exfoliates well

Not tested on animals

Disadvantages

A little pricey, but it will last you a while

Scent

Overall I recommend, it does what an exfoliator should do.

If you have any additional questions about this product feel free to ask.

Review/Swatch Too Faced The Bronzed & The Beautiful - French Riviera Edition

Price? $38.00


Where can I find it? Too Faced's Website & Sephora


What's Included? Chocolate Soleil, Sun Bunny, Powdered Sun, Snow Bunny, Primed & Poreless Bronze, and three lesson cards.


Rating




(Out of 5)

Look how cute it was packaged! all in baby pink (my favorite color.)

The lovely Erica also wrote me a little note! Thank you so much to Erica and Too Faced, I feel truly honored that you would let me review one of your fabulous products! (Yes, they were kind enough to send me this to review.)

Loving the packaging of The Bronzed & The Beautiful as well, so vintage! 

I thought the lesson cards were really cute & helpful. 

Click to enlarge, and read.

The first thing I'm going to be reviewing is the Primed & Poreless Bronze Tint SPF 20

If you're having one of those "I'm 20 minutes late, my hair looks like I've been attacked by a grizzly bear & I have no time for makeup" days this is perfect, it literally only takes seconds to apply and blend in, it gives the same effect as bronzer, but with SPF & quicker! (however it wont fix your hair.)

It's not greasy whatsoever, and it has no shimmer. It's quite sheer, so those with fair skin will be able to use it, but you can also add another layer to build it up.

The powders

Chocolate Soleil (matte bronze) Sun Bunny (classic bronze) Powdered Sun (gold) Snow Bunny (mocha/pink)

Swatches

My favorites would have to be Chocolate Soleil, and Powdered Sun

Chocolate Soleil is the perfect matte bronzer, it's not extremely pigmented so you wont end up with way too much on your brush, but it's not overly sheer either.

I think it would work best on fair to medium skintones.

The best part? It smells like CHOCOLATE! 

Powdered Sun makes a lovely highlight, but it also makes a great eye shadow, and would be perfect for putting over matte shadows to add some shimmer.

As for Snow Bunny, the lighter side would make a lovely eye shadow or highlight, the darker side could be used as a highlight if you have darker skin or a shimmery bronzer if you have very fair skin.

Both Sun Bunny colors make beautiful eye shadows, but of course you can use them as bronzer too.

Also a message to Too Faced, start selling the boxes you ship products in, they're gorgeous! 

Overall I recommend, if you have any additional questions feel free to ask & of course Too Faced don't test on animals.

Review/Swatch Bonne Bell Eye Style Mascara

Price? $3.50


Where can I find it? Color And Flavor Shop


What's included? The mascara itself


Rating




(Out of 5)

The one I have is in Plum.

It's a dark purple with a metallic sheen.

Without mascara

With mascara on top & bottom lashes.

I didn't curl my lashes.

Sorry about the crazy eye, flash is painful!

As you can see it's a very natural looking mascara, it doesn't even look like I have mascara on.

I don't notice any visible plum tint.

If you're curious how the wand looks

An issue I have with this mascara is that as you can see, the stopper is quite small so you don't get  much product on the wand.

This mascara is best if you're looking for something natural & lengthening.

It doesn't curl or thicken lashes.

It's very easy to remove, according to the description on the site you can remove it with soap & water, I just use makeup wipes or olive oil.

Advantages

Easy to remove

Inexpensive

Lengthening

Natural effect

Not tested on animals

Disadvantages

Doesn't curl

Doesn't give a purple tint

Doesn't thicken

Overall I do like this mascara I just wish it did more curling, and thickening.