Review: LOL (Lots Of Love) Blush Duo in 01 Coral Blush

Hey Loves!

So today's post is about one of my favorite yet affordable blushes. If you have noticed for my recent posts, I have mostly blogged about blushes since I am currently being addicted to blushes lately. Haha! So this one is the LOL (Lots Of Love) Blush Duo which I got from the SM Department Store- Beauty Section and is also available in Watsons.

This is how the product looks like:

With all honesty, I don't own any high end makeup except for my YoungBlood Minerals palette which has two blushes, 4 shimmer eyeshadows and 4 cream lipsticks. Reason being is that way before I started this blog, I have always been on the hunt for drugstore makeup products that are affordable and almost has the same quality as those of the high end ones. 

Moving on with the review, I bought this in SM Department Store for only Php139.00 and since they do have testers available in the LOL counter, I swatched this product and instantly liked the pigmentation of this. Aside from the fact that it is very affordable, pigmentation and longevity is very good. Like it does last me the whole day and even though there are times I needed to blot or retouch with powder or with my Maybelline 2-way cake foundation powder, the blush is still there. Also, if I am not mistaken this is an Australian brand and that this was made in Australia

Price: Php 139.00

Net Wt. 4grams

Ingredients: 

Talc, Mica, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Polybutene, MethylParaben, PropylParaben, Parfum, CI 77891

May Contain: [+/-] CI 45410, CI 77491

The packaging is made of thin plastic, though it is sleek, that is why you have to be careful in handling this product as it may break easily. However, on how the packaging is designed, I like how the cover of it is transparent so you can easily see the product and it also includes a tiny blush brush. I am not sure though if this tiny brush can actually do its purpose of putting the blush right on your cheeks as like I said it is very tiny. I advise you use another blush brush when applying this or if you prefer to bring this with you in your makeup kit, it would be best to have a separate blush brush with you or even a retractable blush brush would do the job.

On with the swatches, as I mentioned earlier, pigmentation angd longevity is very good that it was able to last me a whole day even though I had to retouch with powder, there wasn't any need for me to retouch the blush. 

I like this blush since it does look natural on the cheeks.

What I like:

- Very Affordable: Php 139.00 for 4grams of the product

- Available in selected SM Department Stores and Watsons

- Pigmentation and longevity is very good.

- Packaging is sleek and thin and can easily fit in your makeup kit.

What I don't like:

- Though packaging is sleek, it is made of thin plastic so you really have to be careful in handling this product to avoid it from breaking. 

- Brush is very tiny and I don't think it does serve its purpose.

- Not available in all SM Department Stores- Beauty Section and in Watsons. (I bought this in SM Bicutan Deparment Store- Beauty Section) but is not available in the separate Watsons store in the same mall.

So that is it for now, I promise I will soon be posting reviews about face products like the latest BB Creams and foundation I have just recently purchased. :) I've just been really fond of blushes lately. :)

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Xoxo,

Yhang

Note: This is NOT a sponsored post. I purchased this product myself. Photos are mine unless stated otherwise.

Review: Fashion Forward 12 Bare Eyeshadow + Blush Palette

Hey Loves!

So today I will be reviewing one of my favorite makeup products: eyeshadows and blushes. :) I was in SM BF last weekend and was in the SM Department Store- stocking and buying my toiletries, what never passes up is that whenever I go to the mall, I will always go to the beauty department to check out if there was any new products available from makeup brands. As I was at the Marionnaud counter looking for a new pencil/ eyeshadow brush, this Watsons counter was beside it and the packaging caught my attention. What actually caught my attention first hand was the packaging. I found the packaging cute and attractive. My curiousity hit me and upon checking it out, I found out this was an eyeshadow palette. :) When I opened it, I saw this beautiful palette of eyeshadows and 2 blushes included, upon checking the price at the back of the packaging, it only costs Php 99.00! I couldn't pass this up so of course I picked this up immediately. 

Actually, they have 2 palettes available for this, one is this one with the green packaging and the other was a blue packaging. I wasn't able to take a photo of the other palette available but it has more reddish and pink shades. I am into nude and brown and dark shades that's why I chose this one instead. I know I already have a lot of eyeshadows and eyeshadow palettes in my collection and all of these have this same type of shades. It's just that since these colors are my choice for my eyeshadow looks, I prefer purchasing palettes of eyeshadows like this because I know I will be able to use them instead of buying bright colors or whatnot which I won't be able to use anyway. I don't want to waste hard earned money on something I wouldn't think of using and just stocking up in my makeup drawer just so I can say I have a wide variant of shades available.

Anyway, I am not familiar with this brand. I am not even sure if this is like a Watsons brand or is this like another one of their limited edition makeup brands where they are only seasonally available. Upon checking the packaging though, I think this is also intended as a Christmas present since the packaging really looks sleek and very cute. 

So if you check the photos above, this has actually 12 shades of eyeshadows, 2 blushes and a big mirror. That's also something that attracted me was the big mirror included in it. At least, when you're on the go, you can just easily grab this palette and do your makeup using the palette itself since it does have a mirror already.

Ingredients:

Eyeshadows and Blush:

Talc, Mica, Mineral Oil, 2-Ethyl Palmitate, Polybutene, Petrolatum, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacylapidate-2, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Tocopherol Acetate.

I really like the warm shades it has. All eyeshadow shades are shimmer shades though but upon checking, they are blendable. I wasn't able to take a photo when I used it already but I can say that they are very pigmented. I did swatches on my forearm and this is how it looks like. Unfortunately, my camera didn't do any justice in showing the pigmentation of these eyeshadows:

And below is the photo of the swatches I did on the blushes. However, what i observed is that the blushes are somewhat powdery.

What I like:

- It is very affordable- Php 99.00 only for 12 shades and 2 blushes

- Packaging is cute and sleek and can easily be put inside the makeup kit.

- Packaging is cute and attractive that you can also give this as a Christmas present.

- It has a large mirror included.

- Upon purchase, it has a plastic cover/ separator taped to it to make sure that the product will be untouched and won't get ruined while still on display for selling. 

-Available in SM Department Stores- Watsons Area.

-Pigmentation is really good.

-Claims that it is cruelty free.

What I don't like:

- It doesn't have an eyeshadow/ blush applicator. (Anyway, we can't expect all that for its price)

- Blushes are somewhat powdery and a bit chalky.

- Upon checking with the saleslady, this is only limited edition which came out just for a holiday season. 

For now, I will be using this one instead of my other eyeshadow palettes since I really find the colors lovely. It's like all the shades I will be needing here to create my all time favorite smokey eye makeup look are in here, from the transition shade to the dark shades I can put on my crease areas.

So that's all for now. I hope you enjoyed this post and I will be posting a lot more makeup product reviews in the upcoming days so stay tuned! :)

Feel free to comment down below if you would also like me to have a blog post with the look I came and can come out with using this palette. Don't forget to follow me here in BlogSpot and to follow me on Instagram: Yhang_Chua and in Bloglovin.com: Bloglovin to be updated for my upcoming posts about makeup. :)

Xoxo,

Yhang

Note: This is NOT a sponsored post. I have purchased this product myself. Photos are mine unless stated otherwise.