Sephora Melting Lip Clicks

Here's a quick post for this Sephora Melting Lip Clicks in 05 Peach Sorbet. It was a long-discontinued product, and it had been sitting in my gym bag for, like, three years! Because it was a click-pen, whenever I stuck my hand in my bag and fumbled around, it was usually what I grabbed so I ended up using it a lot, until it went stale T.T

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sephora Cleansing Oil-in-Balm

Using this 90mL/3.04fl. oz. jar of Sephora Cleansing Oil-in-Balm right now and really liking it so far. I actually bought several jars way back in 2018--they were polyethylene-free and on sale for $5/each at Sephora, so I couldn't resist. I kept 2 jars for myself and gifted the rest away.

Mara Hoffman for Sephora Collection Kaleidescape Tinted Lip Balm

This Mara Hoffman for Sephora Collection Kaleidescape Tinted Lip Balm in Wilderberry was a cart filler (what I really wanted was a set of mini L'Occitane hand creams in LE tubes) ^.^

The Mara Hoffman for Sephora Collection came out summer of 2016. There were other items but none interested me as the lip balm does. I even looked up the lip balm just to make sure it won't be a disaster. The reviews were overwhelmingly positive, so I figured it can't be that bad. And plus it comes in an environmentally friendly paper tube with a pretty geometric print. Sure, into my cart it went.
 
All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sephora Collection Rouge Brilliance Rouge Shine

During the holidays, Sephora ran an End-of-Week Treats promotion. Among the goodies are two lipstick minis: 1.4g/0.04oz. of Make Up For Ever Artist Rouge Creme in C211 (will review next) and 1g/0.035oz. of Sephora Collection Rouge Brilliance Rouge Shine in N14 Love Spell. 

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sephora Collection Outrageous Prisma Chrome Metallic Eyeshadow Part II

Almost a year after I reviewed the Sephora Collection Outrageous Prisma Chrome Metallic Eyeshadows in #1 Metallic Beige, #2 Metallic Peach, and #5 Metallic Purple, I finally got to the other 4 I have: #3 Metallic Bronze, #6 Metallic Taupe, #7 Metallic Grey, and #10 Metallic Lilac.

Of the original 8 colors available as listed below, I now have all except for #9 Metallic Black. Note their names are different on the back of the pot versus online -- they've been discontinued but you can still find them on Amazon or E(vil)bay. They also skip numbers.
- #1 Metallic Beige (Pearly Golden)
- #2 Metallic Peach (Golden Peach)
- #3 Metallic Bronze (Golden Taupe)
- #5 Metallic Purple (Purple)
- #6 Metallic Taupe (Taupe)
- #7 Metallic Grey (Taupe Silver)
- #9 Metallic Black (Black)
- #10 Metallic Lilac (Lilac)

Top row: #3 Metallic Bronze and #7 Metallic Grey.
Bottom row: #10 Metallic Lilac and #6 Metallic Taupe. I mixed up their order a bit when I took these photos. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sephora Contour Eye Pencil 12HR Wear

This Sephora Contour Eye Pencil 12HR Wear in Black Lace is a part of the Sephora Favorites 2014 Draw the Line. I wasn't going to buy this set, but at the last minute I caved. And of course a nice set of GWP helped a lot ^.^'

This set includes: Sephora Contour Eye Pencil 12HR Wear Black Lace, Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Crayon in Blacquer, NARS Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner in Via Veneto, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Perversion and Rockstar, Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner in Dark Brown, and Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sephora Collections Long-lasting 12HR Wear Eye Liner

Next in the Sephora Favorites Draw the Line 2013 is this Sephora Collections Long-lasting 12HR Wear Eye Liner in 02 Glitter Black.

The Sephora Favorites Draw the Line 2013 set includes Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner Stingray, Eyeko Mini Skinny Liquid Eyeliner Black, this Sephora Collections Long-lasting 12HR Wear Eye Liner 02 Glitter Black, Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes 0L Matte Black, Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner Intense Black, and the dual-ended Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil Demolition-Perversion. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Makeup Brushes

Update Monday, June 23, 2014.

Just a quick update to post pictures of the Aura Science Foundation Brush I finally got around to photographing. This brush is at least 10 years old, having been with me since college! Because back then, silly me didn't have a clue and went a bought a foundation brush even though I never use foundation LOL But now I do use some bb cream for concealing purposes (will review soon) around the nose, mouth, and under eye area, and this brush is great! I do believe it is synthetic, it feels synthetic and is very soft.

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Original post Sunday, May 15, 2011.

Okay this post is going to be such a joke for a lot of people, but yes, I'm totally green to makeup brushes. I completely understand why some people spend a boat load of money on makeup brushes, but for years I've been a minimal brush person. Meaning I use makeup brushes minimally for things I can't apply with my (freshly washed and very clean) fingertips, like powder, blushes, and eye liner. Even then, I didn't really have a decent brush for powder and blush until recently, and as for lining my eyes, pretty much anything will work. Other than that, it was (and a lot of time, still is) all my hands, you know, for the greatest control :P

Japonesque Touch Up Tube Set in Silver

From left to right: Powder brush, Foundation brush, Lip brush, Eye Shadow brush, and Eye Detail brush.

***Picture from Japonesque.

Sephora Moonshadow Baked Palette

After the heavy and humongous block of plastic that was the Sephora Hot Hues Baked Eye Shadow Palette, you'd think I quit the Sephora palettes, but nope, I got myself into trouble again, this time with the Moonshadow Baked Palette. There are several color choices available, but I picked In the Nude, because, well, it's neutral.

Sephora Moonshadow Baked Palette In the Nude. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sephora Hot Hues Baked Eye Shadow Palette

Sephora Hot Hues Baked Eye Shadow Palette is another perfect example of why Sephora packaging is just god awful. Granted, this was one of Sephora's first attempt into the dry/wet baked powder eye shadows so from these to the most recent Outrageous Prisma Chrome Metallic Eyeshadow has been a gigantic step forward. But still, can a compact be any uglier?

Burnished Cocoa and Vivid Mulberry palettes. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

For one, take a look at how big and thick it is! And cheesus crisp it's heavy! What in the hell did they put in there?!? I can almost bash someone in with it!

Sephora Collection Outrageous Prisma Chrome Metallic Eyeshadow

After the Sephora Collection Prisma Chrome Eye Shadows, I was happy to give their successors, the Outrageous Prisma Chrome Metallic Eyeshadows, a try, especially when they were on sale for $3 a piece ^.^

Along with these eye shadows, I also picked up an Anastasia Beverly Hills lip gloss for my sister, a Tarte Thoughtful Treasures Best-Sellers Set, and got the Festive Cheery pouch as GWP (contents in right picture) from which I got the Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potion Anti-Aging. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sephora winter 2013 GWP event.

***Screenshots from Sephora USA.

Sephora Collection Prisma Chrome Eye Shadow

Continuing with my endless catch-up game with the Sephora Collection Prisma Chrome Eye Shadow, purchased summer 2012. These are wet-dry powder shadows that promise a metallic chrome finish. There were only a few colors left when I bought them as they were being replaced by a newer line, now also discontinued, called Outrageous Prima Chrome Eye Shadows (will review these too, soon).

Anyway, 3 particular colors caught my eyes, 20 Gold Reflection, 40 Purple Prisma, and 50 Black Diamond. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream Part II

Along with the 15mL/0.5fl oz. deluxe sample tube of Caudalie Premier Cru The Cream, I also got a 7mL/0.2fl oz. of the Premier Cru The Eye Cream from Sephora. Caudalie has also reformulated this eye cream, and its ingredients as well as packaging differ slightly from the previous version. Interestingly enough, in addition to the three key ingredients grape resveratrol, viniferine, and grape polyphenols, the old version also had hyaluronic acid and the new version does not.

***Screencap from Sephora USA.

Tarte LipSurgence Part II

The last from the 2012 Sephora Give Me Some Lip trial set is this full size Tarte LipSurgence Natural Matte Lip Tint in the color Hope.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

From left to right: Sephora Collection Glossy Gloss 03 Precious Pink full size (gifted to my sister), Fresh Sugar Rose Mini Tinted Lip Treatment 0.08oz/2.2g, Bite Beauty Lip Shine Vintage 0.1oz/2.72g,  Laura Mercier Lip Glace Baby Doll 0.1oz/2.8g, Hourglass Extreme Sheen High Shine Lip Gloss Child 0.12oz/3.5g, and this Tarte LipSurgence Natural Matte Lip Tint Hope full size.