Rimmel Lasting Finish Skin Perfecting Full Coverage Foundation in Light Nude

Good evening ladies! 

I'd like to share with you my go to foundation for those special days. 

This was one of Dawn's pasalubong for me back when she went to Australia. She gave it to me to try since at the time I had no foundations in my make up kit.  I am not a big fan of them, not because I find them flawed as a product but mainly because as I was growing up,  foundation always equated to really thick and heavy and itchy make up so I kind of had a stigma against it.

This has to be my first full bottle of liquid foundation. I mainly use this for days when I need to have my make up last the whole day or when I need minimal retouching.

It's a pump bottle, though I do need to wipe the nozzle once a week or every after use to prevent the "latak" from building up around the nozzle.  It gets a little uncomfortable to look at whenever I forget to do so and dispensing of the product is also hard when it builds up. 

The product is creamy, and is very easy to spread. It blends out easily and has a little dewy effect,  just a smidge. It aldo feels light on the skin. 

As you can see,  it has yellow tones and is quite perfect for asian skin. 

As for the coverage,  I don't really have a lot of dark spots or heavy pigmentation to the skin so I rarely need additional concealers when using this. I do sometimes add concealer under the eyes but not as much as when I just use my usual bb cream. 

The coverage lasts for a good 12 hours but you do have to occassionally blot oil and reapply powder to keep yourself oil-free. The creasing is minimal by the 12th hour mark but it's not very noticeable.

I thought of putting this up now since I bought a few liquid foundations during the last month and I'll be reviewing them soon.

Cheers, 

LIZ

Sydney Trip (2016) Haul

Hey loves!

Last April, I went to Sydney to visit my sister and attended her graduation ceremony. I had loads of fun hanging with my sis again and she showed me around the city. She took me to places that she knew I would enjoy like museums and places with beautiful sceneries where I can take pictures. I'm so lucky that my sister knows me well. ;)

She saved two days of my two-weeks-stay there to do some makeup shopping! Yippee! There's no such thing as an out-of-the-country vacation without checking out their makeup and skincare products. Haha! I have a tight budget and Sydney is quite an expensive place to shop if I were to compare it to the Philippines or other countries in South East Asia. I relied on my sister on what products are must-haves and what I should just skip or get when I return home. 

And so, let me introduce to you my new babies! Haha! 

(If I include the price, they are in Australian Dollars) :)

First of, my gift that my sis bought for me. It's like a Christmas x early birthday gift: 

Becca Resurfacing Primer

Becca Afterglow Palette

She even gave me these lovely products that smell soooo good!

MOR Trio of Treasures in Lychee Flower
This set includes a bar of soap, a perfume oil, and a hand cream.

She also gave me some of her preloved products that I happily accepted. I'll blog swatches and reviews about these soon. ;)

Husk Herbal Tea Blends in Digest

I love drinking tea so I just had to bring at least one box home. ;)

Klorane Mango Oil ($22.95) and Klorane Shampoo with quinine and B Vitamins ($10.95)

My sister recommended this hair care brand and there was an on-going promo: you get a kit containing travel-sized products when you buy two products from them

And these are what's inside the kit:

Klorane Shampoo with Mango Butter

Klorane Dry Shampoo

Klorane Conditioning Balm

Rimmel Protect Makeup Primer ($13.95) 
This is a gift or pasalubong for Liz. She'll post a review soon. :)

Rimmel Lasting Finish Full Coverage Foundation in Light Beige ($13.95) 

This is a gift or pasalubong for Liz. She'll post a review soon. :)

Lily Rose Leather Care Conditioner and Water and Stain Protection
I forgot how much these are but I remember it was more affordable compared to the ones here. We need to take care of our leather bags, you know. ;)

Rationale Sebocyte Superlight Lotion SPF50+ ($60)

I have a separate post that I'll share soon about these products.

Rationale Sebocyte Soothing Hydrogel ($60)

I have a separate post that I'll share soon about these products.

We also went to David Jones... it's like the Rustan's of the Philippines. I wasn't planning on getting anything while I was there but we were offered a free facial when we went to the Philosophy stall.

I answered some questions about my skin type and you can see on the picture above what products from the brand was recommended to help my skin get better.

As I've said, I didn't plan on buying anything but after the facial, I just had to get the Microdelivery Peel kit ($95). The kit really made my skin feel softer and radiant! 

I also took home some freebies. ;)

We also visited this very, very lovely place called MECCA Cosmetica. 

Haha! I've been wanting to visit this place since my sister talked about it whenever she buys makeup from there.

My sister booked me for a skin consultation as well as a makeover!

Pamela (she's super nice) helped me with the skin concerns and what makeup I should try. The products she picked up for me were so good and I really was tempted to get them all. I do, however, have a limited budget so I just picked the ones I liked best.

NARS Velvet Matte Skin Tint ($68)

This product gives enough coverage but still gives that natural finish. It looks like my skin but better!

Just look at how awesome my skin looks like! It's like I'm not wearing foundation!

SEEEEEEE!?!?

Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Peel ($25)
My sister sent me some samples of these and it really worked in making my skin smoother and making the dark spots on my face lighter. :)

Sunday Riley Power Couple Kit ($124)

This includes the Good Genes Lactic Acid Treatment and Luna Sleeping Night Oil

My sister swears by the power of Retinol to treat our skin problems. Both my sis and I have oily, acne-prone skin and you can see on our photos how her skin has improved. She usually just wear light tint while I still had to cover so many pimples and scars.

As you can see, most of the products I bought were skincare. I am REALLY hoping that all these will help me get better skin. *crosses fingers*

I'll blog about some skin stuff I learned when I visited a skin clinic here and why I bought some of the stuff in this post. Stay tuned for that!

So what do you think of all the products I got? Which is the most interesting for you?



Cheers,

DAWN

Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in Cutting Edge

Hey loves!

I just posted an EOTD a couple of days ago and some asked what lipstick I paired that EOTD look with. It's the...

Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in Cutting Edge

This is one of the products that my sister sent me from Australia. :)

I think this is my first Rimmel lipstick. I know several people who like Rimmel so I'm very interested in trying out more of their products.

The plastic packaging is pretty simple. The cap has a slanted tip with a crown logo that, I guess, adds a little uniqueness to the lipstick tube.

The color is a dark fuchsia shade... almost close to a red wine color. It's very pigmented and can get a very rich color is just one swipe. Check out the swatch below!

It's creamy but still very long lasting. It leaves a sort of stain so even after eating, you still have that beautiful dark fuchsia color on the lips.

If you have dry lips, it can make the dry patches more visible though. :P

The shade is pretty close to the popular MAC Rebel lippie. This one is a bit darker but you can blot it for a lighter finish. That's what I like about this lippie, you can go for a light stain and also go full dark fuchsia! An instant day to night lippie transformation! It can, however, slightly dry the lips so I always put lip balm underneath the lip color to retain some moisture for your lips. :)

What are your thoughts about the Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in Cutting Edge? :)


Cheers,
DAWN

Rimmel Exaggerate Full Colour Lip Liner Definer in 005 Pure

Hey dolls!

I'll be sharing a quick swatch post of this product that my sister gave me. I don't use lip liners much but I've almost finished this particular one because I use this as a lipstick! This has fantastic pigmentation and the color is very, very gorgeous!

Rimmel Exaggerate Full Colour Lip Liner Definer in 005 Pure

My sis bought this at Sydney so I don't know what the price is. But I bet that this was more expensive there than when bought in the US for example. LOL. She keeps complaining how most of the things are more expensive there. :P

Anyway, below are pictures of the labels on the packaging.

Short product description from the website:

Long Lasting precise contour colour Full Volume Colour and definition. Soft texture Fine tipped automatic liner

And it is available in 9 shades.

This is a twist-up liner—no need to sharpen! Yay! 

What I noticed when I first applied this is that it is super creamy that it breaks easily. A centimeter-long part just broke and fell off. Yikes! And I don't think I even applied it in a hard way. Maybe this happened because of the hot weather in the country that's why it got softer... I dunno. But oh well, just twist it up in a way that there's only a short amount of product showing, like 3mm. :P

Swatch on hand

Here's the product when I use it to line my lips.

Applied fully on the lips.

The color is a vibrant pink and it's matte. It really looks fabulous! But it makes the dry areas of your lips very noticeable. Plus, this can dry the lips easily. 

Below are my pictures using the product as a lipstick.

So what do you think? Have you tried any lip liners from Rimmel yet? Do you often use lip liners?

Cheers,

DAWN