Showing posts with label Anastasia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anastasia. Show all posts

Monday, October 09, 2017

Anastasia of Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate

Hello loves!

For the longest time, I've struggled finding the right product for my brows. I have dark brow hair and they aren't even. My left brow in particular has areas that need filling. It's a long and funny story actually. When I was a kid, my sibling and I experimented with my brows because it was too thick... So a huge pair of scissors in the hands of a seven or eight year old boy resulted to a disaster—it led to the hairs on an area of the brow to not grow anymore.

So now, I am in a look out for brow products that look good enough for my brows. The hard part is that it's dark that when I find brow pencils that is dark enough to pass as my brows (usually dark browns or gray browns), it's still sheer and they don't blend well and don't look anywhere near natural. The pigmented pencils on the other hand look too harsh. It's pretty tricky to work with my brows, but I do have tried a few products that work, and usually they are in powder form. Now I'm sharing with you the pomade type that's been a popular, crowd favorite since it launched.

Anastasia of Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade

The shade I bought is Chocolate. I bought it when I visited the US. My hair then was colored and it's pretty close to this shade.

See below for the product details:


Info from the website:

An award-winning waterproof, multitasking, and buildable matte pomade that stays put. Apply and blend a small amount of Anastasia Beverly Hills DIPBROW® Pomade with an angled brow brush to effortlessly outline, fill, and texturize brows.

Long-lasting and smudge-proof
High-pigment formula glides on easily and dries fast
Acts as an all-in-one brow product
Available in 11 shades
It's vegan too.

CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, ISODODECANE, SILICA, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, POLYETHYLENE, TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE, SYNTHETIC WAX, BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2, SILICA DIMETHYL SILYLATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, PROPYLPARABEN, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR: (+/-) MICA, BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE (CI 77163), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891) <171565>


What made me attracted to buying it is that it's buildable. Unlike the brow products that I use where I had to blend multiple shades, I can use this alone but can create the finish that I like (which is darker at the outer corners).

See the swatches below:

I use an angled brow brush to apply the product. Although brow pencils are still easier to use, this way is still easy enough for me. Be careful with how much product you put in your brush so you don't get harsh lines. Practice makes perfect!

This reminds me of a gel liner when it comes to consistency. It glides easily on skin too. I also tried to sniff it and it's unscented. Just in case you're wondering. Lol
Here's how I use the Anastasia of Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade on my brows:


I use it with a brow mascara so that my brows will blend better with the product.

It stays the whole day on me even on my oily skin. I'm pretty satisfied with it's performance and I can't think of anything I do not like. I've been using it for months and it doesn't look like it's gonna dry up in the jar (unlike some gel liners I've used). 

And that's my quick swatch post and mini review of the Anastasia of Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade. Have you tried this?


Cheers,
DAWN


Friday, June 27, 2014

US TRIP (2014) HAUL PART 2

Hey loves!

It's part two of my shopping spree during my three-week vacation in the US. You can check out the first part here

The stuff in this post were bought during my stay in New York City, New Jersey, and San Francisco. So here are more makeup goodies that you'll be seeing reviews of soon in our blog!

LORAC Blushing Beauty Collection
Includes:
3-in-1 Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil
Cobra Mascara
Highly Pigmented Cream Lipstick
Eyeshadows in Pink Champagne, Pro Palette Mauve, and Bordeaux
Powder Cheek Stain in Rosy Glow

I went back to Sephora to buy these:
Clinique Airbrush Concealer in Natural Fair
Sephora 10HR Wear Perfection Foundation in Almond
Dior Backstage Eye Prime 
DiorShow Fusion Mono Matte in Fantaisie
Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate

Sephora Favorites Summer Stash
Includes:
Deborah Lippmann Nail Laquer in Mermaid's Dream
Josie Maran Coconut Watercolor Cheek Galée
NARS Travel Size Laguna Bronzing Powder
Marc Jacobs Beauty Mini Lash Lifter in Blacquer
Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes 12L – Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil
Buxom Divine Goddess Luminizer in Venus
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Stained Gloss in New Wave
Stila Cosmetics Magnificent Metal Foils Finish Eye Shadow in Kitten
Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

My skin got around 1 or 2 tones darker so I decided to buy a foundation that is also long-lasting since I'm out all day and do not have much time to do some retouching. I bought a tried and tested product—the Estee Lauder Double Wear. My shade before is Rattan but the SA recommended that the shade Ivory Beige is my new color.

I also bought all these freebies after I made the purchase! Yayyy!

Oh, I forgot to add this in the part 1 haul post. The hair products on the picture above were bought back in LA.

Lancome Dual Finish Versatile Powder Makeup in Matte Ginger IV
Yves Saint Laurent Pure Chromatics 4 Wet & Dry Eye Shadows in 7
Victoria's Secret Tinted Moisturizer/Primer in Golden Medium

And I also bought some Clarins skincare!!! These products were in promo sets so I saved a huge deal of money. My sister, Trace really loves their products so I want to try them out too.

Multi-Active Night Youth Recovery Cream
Multi-Active Skin Renewal Serum
Multi-Active Day Early Wrinkle Correction Cream
It also came with a pouch!

Vital Light Serum Dark Spot Correcting
Vital Light Day Illuminating Anti-Ageing Cream
Vital Light Night Revitalizing Anti-Ageing Cream
Toning Lotion Alcohol Free with Iris—Free!

And finally, I bought 2 leather bags from Theysken's Theory and DKNY!

So much new babies!!! I'm overwhelmed. Up to now I haven't open more than half of what I bought. The blogger in me kept insisting I take pictures first. LOL

Which of these do you like best? Which one would you like to read a review about?


Cheers,
DAWN