Sleek Makeup Storm i-Divine Palette

I never thought that I will get a chance to try Sleek Makeup Palette! (Thanks again, Ate Myla! I just can’t thank you enough talaga e!) In my Dollface palette post HERE, I told you that I’m not an eyeshadow person and I don’t think I’ll be needing more eyeshadows palettes for myself. So, purchasing Sleek Makeup Palette was totally out of my mind. Oh boy, I’m so glad I was able to try this palette for free!

Anyway, as mentioned, this was sent by Ate Myla for product review. Even though I got this palette for FREE, this won’t affect my opinion/ review on the product. So rest assured, everything is based on my own honest opinion and experience.

When I first saw the colors, I immediately compared all the colors from my Dollface Palette (Avant Garde) and I’m so glad that none of the colors are the same.

The Storm i-Divine palette comprises of 12 strong and rich shades perfect for accentuating the eyes and creating natural looks.

The velvet-touch consistency gives full and shimmering coverage to the eye lid for maximum effect. Each shade can be applied alone for a dramatic effect or mixed to create a personalised look.

Best applied with the applicator enclosed.

Storm Palette is, for me, one of the best palettes from Sleek. This palette has nice neutral shades containing variety of colors from brown, black, pearl, gold, blue and green. According to some bloggers, this is quite comparable to Urban Decay Naked 2 (how cool is that!). Unfortunately, I cannot do a comparison review as I don’t have budget to purchase UD Naked 2.

Anyways, the packaging is really “sleek” as claimed by the brand’s name. It is quite heavy for its size; black is a good choice as it never fails to look classy and sleek! It has a nice size of mirror inside and the quality of the applicator is quite good enough (but I don’t use it at all. I prefer using my brushes). My only dilemma is that the packaging can accumulate dirt so easily.

I like this palette because I’ve seen this used by a lot of youtube gurus like pixiwoo, pixi2woo and themakeupchair (to mention some!). Therefore, if you’re new to doing your eye makeup, I highly recommend this since there are lots of tutorials available for you (check youtube!).

As mentioned earlier, this palette contains 12 eyeshadows. Three of these are matte and the rest are shimmery shadows.  

This palette is generally divided into two: 

Upper Part or the Top Row 

These are the "perfect shades" for Day Makeup.

Lower Part or Bottom Row 

These are perfect for crease to deepen our eyes and for girls who like smokey eyes  for night parties

I like the palette because all shades are wearable. Since they don’t have names, I’ll just number them from 1-12.

 3, 11 and 12 are matte shades! These are definitely a must-have in every palette! I saw Pixiwoo used 3 and 11 as eyebrow powders and it looked really great and natural on her. The black is very intense -- tiniest amount is enough to cover the whole lid.

1, 2, 4, 5 are the shades that I can definitely wear for simple occasions that require Day-time look. 6 and 7 are nice shades to mix with 1, 2, 4 and 5. In fact, I’m planning to use 2, 4 and 7 for my graduation. Supposedly, I’ll have someone do my makeup but since it’s too early and my sister told me that simple makeup for graduation is just ok, I finally decided that I’ll just do it on my own makeup.

8,9, 10 are so gorgeous shades!! 8 is similar to gun metal of Urban decay Naked palette(according to swatches from other bloggers), 9 is one of the most unique green I’ve seen. I love it! 10 is a deep blue shade. I’m excited to try these shades!

The eyeshadows are highly pigmented (look how vibrant it is!) especially the darker colors. It is soft but not powdery, and easy to blend. The shimmers are fine, not chunky glitters.

The staying power of this is pretty decent (with or without eye primer). The shadows lasted me until the end of the day .

I tried using it with Nyx Jumbo pencil as base; I noticed that after few hours, the eyeshadow creases in the inner corner of my eyes. It’s the only problem that I discovered so far. Nevertheless, a good eye primer (urban decay)can prevent creasing of the eyeshadows. (Note: I tried Elf primer,  and still, it creases).

Overall, I highly recommend this palette if you're looking for a palette with nice neutral shade! It's a bit pricier but definitely worth every cent. This palette is also perfect for girls who like travelling since you can create different looks from Day to Night and anywhere in between! 
JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS PALETTE CREASES ON THE INNER CORNER OF MY EYES.

PROS

-packaging is sleek and sturdy

-great color selection

-has a big mirror

-highly pigmented eyeshadows

-great for Day and Night look

-staying power is decent

-has a decent amount of products

CONS

-Pricey

-can crease without eye primer

-I wish the eyeshadows are refillable, so I can repurchase refills for my favourite shades in this palette. Hahaha! 

WHERE TO BUY:

You can purchase it at any online sellers like Fabshopaholic.

It is currently on sale (until May 9, 2012) for Php 575. Original price: Php 650

SWATCHES

I did a day makeup look using this palette. I will try to do a night look next time! :)

I mix 2 and 4 for my lid and 7 for my crease. That's basically it!

Have you tried this palette?

Share! Would definitely love to hear from you!

I'm not a PRO in eye makeup. I appreciate constructive criticism. 

Appreciate, do not hate.

Until then, my loves!

Luview Real Shiny Eyes Palette

Long wait is over! Finally, here is my review on the palette I got from Luview through Korea Cosmetics!

Not long time ago, I did post a picture of me with half done face using Luview Palette on Korea Cosmetics page. I was just experimenting during that time that’s why I did not post it here. Anyway, I decided to share it with you now. So here’s the picture.. (left face no makeup, right with makeup)

Luview Palette:

Features

Four coordinating shades of velvety, shimmery color to create the looks you want, from lovely to sexy. Creamy, intense shadows build quickly, blend easily for lasting color. Wear them alone, as duos and trios, or layered together.

1. Highlight and dramatize your eyes with the shimmering shades


2. Silky lustrous powders transparently wrap the skin, allowing a seamless layering of pure color for a silky sheen and radiant finish.


3. Squalene ingredients helps forming of skin protection layer without dry 

The palette has 4 shades:

 Packaging:

Luview is always consistent with the packaging--- expensive looking packaging. It comes in a mirror-like packaging as shown in the picture. Red is just perfect for working women, and can fit young ladies like me.

Color selection:

The palette comes only in 4 shades, all are shimmery. And basically these shades are more suitable for day time look. I wish Luview Cosmetics would release a palette with different colors and I wish they would include a matte eyeshadow on the palette. 

Pigmentation:

They’re decently pigmented but not as pigmented as Urban Decay or Coastal Scents. In my case, I tried swatching it few times to get the pigmentation I like for my eyes.

What I like about the eyeshadows is the shimmers, they are very fine. Also the shimmers helps brighten up your eyes and perfect palette for people who are aiming for everyday makeup look. 

Tip: It’s important to have eye primer to make your eyeshadows last longer and to make it more pigmented. But I admit, I don’t have one since I don’t wear eyeshadows for everyday. But if you like to make your eyeshadows appear brighter, here’s my tip. Mix your eye cream with a lighter concealer then apply it like a typical eyeshadow primer.

MAKE UP LOOK using LUVIEW PALETTE

 

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So girly eye makeup look

Hi I would just like to show you my eye makeup for our Junk Not pictorial.

The only reason why I agreed to do a modeling for Junk not is because we still don't have money to pay for a model. ^_^ But hey, I won’t be showing you the pictures. Just the eye makeup.

I used 4 colors: blue green, violet, pink and black

FOTD: ORANGE IS THE NEW PINK

I was supposed to do a step-by-step makeup tutorial of my face of the day but I wasn't able to take good pictures of the steps. Oh well, I will just show you the finish product.lol!

So here’s my Face of the Day. Feel free to comment :)

I used 4 colors for my eyeshadow: orange with slight shimmers, darker matte orange, dark brown and black. (from dollface avant garde palette)

Mac gel liner

Covergirl Lash Blast

Ellana Blush in Fulfillment

L.A. Color eyeshadow to contour

Careline lipgloss in 111

XOXO

My Twin's Grad Make-up

I did my twin sister's make-up for her graduation.

At first, I was thinking of doing a boring-neutral-look for daytime, but she requested a night look for her graduation since she had no idea on how she would transform herself from daytime graduation look to her party night look... plus i won't be there to do her make-up

So, I opted to do a make-up that would be okay for night look, but not too much for daytime look. (atleast, will looks decent even at day)

Here's her picture without any makeup on..

Sorry, her hair looks really messy and wet here.

And now..

Her transformation..

TADA..

She looks more like me now.. haha! ;)

Hope you liked it.. :)