Estée Lauder: Pure Color 25 Melon Lasting Shimmer | Pure Color 37 Magnetic Magenta | Pure Color FK Fireball

Ohhhh~! Hellow there guys! I just wanna show you my and my sister's lippies collection :D

it's a mix of highends and drugstore brands. but its mostly drugstore brands XD coz there are lots of affordable ones with good quality ;)

But for now i'll just be talking about the Estée Lauder's ones. My sis got it from the US. HAHA! Thanks sissy loves. Anyway~ going back. So, she got 3 shades.. No, 4... but she gave the other one to mom so we have no chance of using it~ too baaad. but its fiiiine~ we have lots to use anyway XD

So let me present you our babies from Estée Lauder...

| Photo taken with Canon 400D by Liz Carrido |

As I have researched, Fireball and Magnetic Magenta are from EL's Pure Color Vivid Shine Lipstick Collection while Melon is from their Pure Color Long Lasting Lipstick. I'm not really sure though! Coz I didn't buy them and I am not familiar with EL collections. But if you wanna check it out you can visit their website.

Estee Lauder Pure Color Vivid Shine Lipstick

Estee Lauder Pure Color Long Lasting Lipstick

I don't think they repeat the name of their lipstick's shades that's why I concluded where each lipstick belongs to. Anyway~

Packaging:

The cover is metal-ish in gold. But... I think it's just plastic... Hm... It looks like metal but it feels like plastic. Sorry~ I'm not quite good with materials. If not plastic, It's a very thing, very light metal. And the glass part, I think its a real glass that if it fall into something hard, it'll break. And the logo~ it helps secure the cap. Overall, it's fine. But sometimes I'm having a hard time placing them in the box coz of the logo :P hehe but nothing more. The weight is a bit heavier compared to the drugstore ones. The shade is place just below the glass part.

Color and Swatch:

Now, let me show you some swatches I made for each shade.

Magnetic Magenta

| taken with Canon 400D with Flash|

| taken with Xperia phone camera with flash |

Melon

| taken with Canon 400D with Flash|

| taken with Xperia phone camera with flash |

Fireball

| taken with Canon 400D with Flash|

| taken with Xperia phone camera with flash |

(From left to right: Fireball, Melon, Magnetic Magent)

| taken with Xperia phone camera with flash |

Here are some swatches I made in my hand. The top photo, I just swiped the lipstick once. It is not that pigmented when you put it in your lips. You have to do 2-3 more swipes to get the full color. The 2nd photo, I swiped the lipstick 2 more times each. It shows super vibrant colors. And if you can notice, they are shiny! Yes~! They have glitters on them. They look frosty and shiny when applied in lips. They're reaaaaaaaaaally gorgeous! They are great for formal events and night out parties. They reflect like pearls. 

How they look on my lips:

My natural lip color! sorry for the low quality photos.. effort much! XD and for my lips as well, cracked~! anyway~

(All photos are taken with Xperia camera phone)

So.... here's

Magnetic Magenta

Melon 

Fireball

as you can observe, it shines~ it reflects the light that hits my lips. You get what you see on the tube.

Texture and Smell

Hm... they're creamy. They easily glide on my lips and they don't get into the cracks that much, which is good. They smell a bit perfume-y but not strong but it is fine. 

Lasting Power

Hm... I really can't tell... Coz personally, I eat like a barbaric girl so after eating, the color/product is completely gone~ and I have to retouch again. Hehe... Nothing much to say about it. Sorry.

So, I guess that's all it. Hope this helps even just a tiny bit~ LOL. I'm not a fan of EL so I don't think I'm gonna purchase again. Hm but who knows? They might have a better collection that may capture my interest, right? 

You guys? What do you think? Have you tried other Estee Lauder lippies? Let me know which ones are good buys. :) Thanks!

| Photo take by Xperia phone camera and edited out some skin imperfections for blogging purposes. Thanks. |

Here's another preview of Melon but I topped it off with Tony Moly's Berry Tint in Cherry but just in the middle to create that ombre effect that most korean artists have. Hehe~! Off to the grocery to buy some ingredients for my mom's bday celeb ;) See you soon, babies~ <3

My Acne Journey Update -- 7 months

So... yeah... here's my bare face after using the mixture for almost 7months~ LOL... def no makeup (eyebags and dark circles T_T) yeah i still do break out every month (you know whyyyy~~~) LOL but it can easily be fixed by the mixture within a week (notice the pimple mark on the side of my nose?) lol. Hehehe... this is just a quick update so dont expect much :P

YES! I'm still using the mixture until now, twice a day after bath :P So if you haven't seen how the mixture is done and haven't checked my progress, you can visit my previous posts here: http://visualizzz.blogspot.com/search/label/skin%20care

Goodluck! And I want to thank all the people who messaged me and commented (personally and in here) with my post and progress. :D It would be really nice if you can share your success story here so other people can see that the mixture really works~ That's it for now~ Bye~ <3 

Acne Journey Update

Hi everyone! I'm back! :P I'll show you my latest acne journey status(?) ahe... yep! you're right, I am still using the mixture I posted 4months ago. I am not sure if there's a big difference since 2 months ago. hehe... so I'll let you be the judge.

Here's my latest photo:

so far... i guess... spots are less visible now and can easily be covered by bb cream or any light foundation. but most of the time i use bb cream from etude house to cover imperfections and im good to go..

here's the progression from before i use the mixture up to 4 months of usage. :)

as you can observe in the 1month and 2 months photos, my skin is a bit shiny compared to the 4 months photo... well, i guess those are the times my skin feels sensitive, where mild peeling took place. hehe..

So that's it. hope this will inspire all you guys! if you have any questions, kindly comment below or just pm me on facebook: here~!

Etude House Magic BB Cream (moisturizing) Review

hihi. i really wanted to make a review about this bb cream long time ago. XD between etude house bb cream and tony moly bb cream (with same price range), i prefer using etude house's.

pros:

• it smells good. but it doesn't have the perfumy scent

• its not sticky when applied it slides easily on your skin

• doesn't feel heavy its actually pretty light on the face,as if im not wearing any bb cream (for me)

• it will brighten up your skin it gives a natural and flawless finish

• it doesn't cause breakouts i have acne prone skin. i easily get pimples with make up. so this one hooked me up since my skin loves it.  it doesn't make my face itchy nor irritated

• it's cheap! affordable i must say. there's a lot of bb creams that are good but way expensive, and there are some that is cheap but it doesn't give you good quality. this one is perfect! its affordable, and good!

cons:

• it gives light-medium coverage well for me its fine since i don't need heavy coverage. yes yes i know my skin is not perfect. but using bb cream to make your skin super perfect? naaaah~ hehe

• messy pump haha it gets messy sometimes so i always have to clean it up

• one shade but i don't really mind since the shade that they have works pretty well on me. it blends with my skin tone the longer it stays.

now let me show you the coverage that this bb cream can do with this amount.

haha sorry! its pretty messy XD that goes all over my face, just enough to get the coverage i want.

can you see the difference? im pretty satisfied the results though even it didn't super cover my problematic skin XD this is under natural light, no flash.

rating: 5/5

haha since this is just my 3rd bb cream. my first 2 is from tony moly, which i'll try to make a review next time. 

will i repurchase it?

YES. well i already did! i bought one for my sister deary :D hihi. but yeah, i will buy another one for me next time ^_^

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sooooooooooooooon.......

as i said earlier, i will try to make a review on tonymoly's bb creams.

secret bb cream 01 natural

whipping bb cream 3 sand

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i would really love to hear from you guys! your own experience with the bb creams of etude house. or if you can recommend better ones, let me know :D thank you!

~liz <3