Jillian Dempsey for Avon Professional Multi-Pencils

Saw these Jillian Dempsey for Avon Professional Multi-Pencils on clearance and my curiosity got the best of me (it always does, I haven't gotten very far from meenke roots). These are double-ended pencils, one end for eyes, the other for cheeks and lips. Sounds pretty neat, no? I only saw 3 color variations, Twice the Spice, Raspberry Radiance, and Sugar Plum, and I bought all 3 to play with.

Twice the Spice and Raspberry Radiance. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Jillian Dempsey for Avon Horizon Blush

This Jillian Dempsey for Avon Horizon Blush was a part of my first Avon Loot (well, I actually did pay them for everything, but since everything was also so cheap, it might as well be a loot...). Anyway, this blush is also my very first Avon blush!


The Horizon Blush is available in 2 shades: Pink (left) and Apricot Horizon (right).



I am only going to review the Apricot Horizon today because I've only use that one so far.



Apricot Horizon is a muted tomato red with pink undertone and hints of peach. When I first swatched the blush, I was thinking it's going to be very pigmented. And -woh- it is extremely pigmented! I swirled my brush over the gradation, shook off the excess, blended the color on the back of my hand first to lighten up the mix, blotted my cheek with a tissue after application, and still my cheeks were as red as a doll's (and not in a good way)! Finally, I had to blend again with my fingers and the pigment finally let up a little and gave me very flushed cheeks. Yikes! I guess I'll just have to just dab my brush on the powder next time to pick up less color O.O



The blush itself is very soft and smooth, which is impressive given its price. Also, if you look closely, the lighter half of the blush looks pearly because it has fine shimmers. However, these shimmers don't show up at all and the blush goes on completely matte. My only complaint is that it's a bit too dusty. I didn't swirl my brush over it a million times or anything, just once or twice and even that left me with a black case covered in fine pink dust. Perhaps dabbing the brush next time will help...?

Avon Loot!

Even though I love Avon Hydrofirming Eye Cream (see my Current Skin Care Routine post), I never paid much attention to its makeup. Everything looks bland and nothing ever caught my interest, that is, until miss Muse over here put up a post for the Jillian Dempsey for Avon Horizon Blush. Well, I just happen to have a *thing* for gradation, so of course, the post shot me over to the Avon's website, but it didn't look like they were available at the time. Just this past Wednesday though, I looked again, and boy, I got lucky with a sale and got a quite a loot then! I haven't tried using any yet, so I will post actual reviews later.

- 8-in-1 Palette in Paradise Greens: when I saw these online, I was iffy whether they would look that nice when I get them. To my luck, the colors look BETTER than they did on screen! They turn out to be very soft and neutral and best of all, all are very usable colors. So if you're looking for pop colors to make an impression, you won't find it here. These are more for the everyday airy look. Gosh, I love these colors. Beautiful.




- Jillian Dempsey for Avon Horizon Blush: the star of the loot, of course. I got Apricot Horizon from Avon's website and Pink Horizon from Ebay.



The two are quite similar, in my opinion, with the Apricot having a touch of coral in it. At the request of miss Muse, I took a picture of them side by side so you can tell the difference. These are indeed soft and silky, to my surprise. And very pigmented. I see why the Muse is so crazy over them. I like the Apricot Horizon very much but is still lukewarm with the Pink Horizon since it looks a bit cool. We'll see how it fares when I actually use it. Can't form solid opinions just yet.


Apricot Horizon


Pink Horizon


Pink (left) versus Apricot Horizon (right)

- Light & Luminus Highlighter: I think these might be copy cat versions of Laura Mercier's Mosaic Shimmer Bloc, depending on which came out first :P I think I saw the Laura Mercier ones first at Sephora, actually. At the time, I tried a swatch on the back of my hand and they were too dark and harsh so I passed them up. Then I saw this on Avon.com and as well as the favorable reviews on Makeup Alley, I thought I'd give them a try.




Cool Shimmers


Warm Shimmers


Warm (left) versus Cool Shimmers (right)

- Cynthia Rowley for Avon All Over Face Powder: I saw these on Rouge Deluxe a while back but thought they would be too pink. But then I sort of got hooked with these nifty limited edition Avon items, so I grabbed this Light-Medium shade off of Ebay. The Medium-Dark looks too deep it might make me look bruised so I skipped it. Oh well, trying one is good too, right?