Blushing with Becca: Becca Blushed with Light Palette

Hey there! 

This is another installment of my travel makeup series. I've done 2 previous ones here and here. 

In true Kym fashion, I'm not going in sequence with my reviews. In my opinion, if you're going on long trips, it's great to bring palettes for variety. I love having variety in my makeup bag, it's probably why I have a collection that's slightly going out of control. I personally like to mix it up with my looks plus I like to have a blush that complements whatever eye look I'm going for that day. 

                                       

I bought the Becca Blushed with Light palette a while back at Sephora.ph for Php 1,265. If I recall, this was on sale and is already sold out. I've been eyeing this palette for a while and finally, late late at night, I finally bought it after staring at the picture for a good 30 minutes. The reason I initially didn't want to buy it was because I haven't heard much about this palette from my favorite makeup gurus. I rarely buy anything unless 3 or 4 of my trusted gurus confirm that something is good. After doing much research, I made up my mind to buy it because it seemed like it was a good deal. The palette contains one luminous blush in Snapdragon, and 2 mineral blushes in Songbird and Wisteria. 

left to right: Wisteria, Songbird, and Snapdragon

Swatches from left to right: Wisteria, Songbird, and Snapdragon

Becca blushes generally have great reviews and I figured this was a good way to test out the formula. I also found that the pan sizes are close to the full sizes, so all around a good deal. 

This blush palette is one of my ride or die palettes. I'm so sad this is limited edition. I brought this palette on my trip to Japan last January. Staying power was fabulous, it lasted on my all day, and this was with cold wind blasting in my face a good part of the day. The blushes are pigmented but still blendable. As long as you use a light hand, you'll never end up with clown face. Snapdragon has a shimmer throughout but makes your cheeks rosy like you're super healthy even though you barely go out in the sun. Songbird is my go to blush when I'm sporting a warmer look. Then Wisteria, oh Wisteria.... this blush is my favorite, it gives such a natural flush on my cheeks, it's subtle but still gives a bit of color. 

There you have it, my verbose and glowing review of the Becca Blushed with Light palette. Stay tuned for the rest of my travel makeup series. 

Rosy Palette? Thoughts on the Lorac Unzipped Palette

Hey there!

I'm currently doing a series on the makeup I brought with me on my 2 week vacation. I've already posted the first one here. You would think I would stick with base makeup but no, I'm a rebel and decided to write about an eyeshadow palette because why the heck not?

So, I'm reviewing the Lorac Unzipped Palette.

The Unzipped Palette is a 10 shadow palette with a mixture of shimmers and mattes. I've wanted a rosy palette for a while but I was torn between Naked 3 and the Unzipped. I finally chose the Unzipped after a glowing review from my friend Hollie, who will be forever be known as my makeup enabler.

Lorac, unfortunately, is unavailable in the Philippines. I got mine from my ever supportive mother who got it from the Ulta 21 days of beauty at half price for $21, original price was at $42, which I think is a pretty sweet deal.

My palette looks pretty new because I like to keep my palettes as pristine as possible, that's way it still has the plastic cover for the mirror. I've had it for a few months now and I've fully integrated it in my palette rotation.

left to right: Undercover, Unbelievable, Unattainable, Unconditional, Unabridged

Left to right: Undiscovered, Unreal, Uncensored, Unbroken, Untamed

So, what are my thoughts? I absolutely love this palette! The shimmers are stunning and can give a foiled effect to the lid and the mattes are super blendable. I swear, the shadows are soooo good! They blend so well, it sometimes feels like they blend themselves. There is some powdery kickback with this palette so be warned but with a bit of practice, this palette is quickly becoming my favorite everyday palette.

Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Review

Hello stranger, 

Welcome back! I haven't posted in a while since I was suffering from a bad case of lazy-itis. However I'm back! And I'm back with a review of a concealer. I bought the Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage in SC-5. For your reference, I'm an NC25 in MAC foundation shades, so I would say I have a light- medium complexion with yellow to neutral undertones. 

Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage in SC5

I bought this concealer because I was suffering from  hyper-pigmentation caused by mini pimples and I needed a full coverage concealer. I bought mine at Rustan's for around Php 1800. I can't remember the exact price to be honest but for reference, the list price at lauramercier.com is $35. The decision to buy this concealer was heavily influenced by my makeup goddess, Lisa Eldridge. I am a heavy believer of her philosophy of doing spot concealing and she featured this concealer in one of her videos. I've been going back and forth if I should buy this or not but I finally bit the bullet when my blogger friend, Hollie from Random Beauty by Hollie, convinced me to get it. 

The concealer has 2 shades which you can custom blend to perfectly match your skin. It's a poured formula and it has a drier consistency compared to liquid concealers.  Right off the bat, I'll tell you right now, I wouldn't advise to use this concealer under your eyes. The formula is too dry especially if you have dry under eyes like me. This concealer will emphasize fine lines. I primarily got this to conceal tiny spots to create a more flawless base, which this concealer does perfectly. I love it for that purpose and that purpose alone. Since it has 2 tones, I can mix and match to create a perfect tone whichever part of my face I needed to conceal. 

The lighter shade matches my skin tone perfectly however I mix in some of the darker shade to kind of color correct if the spot is still reddish. I notice that it tends to cancel out the redness and creates a more flawless finish. 

In conclusion, I say this concealer is pretty good for spot concealing. However if you just need a concealer that's for under the eyes, I would give this a pass and maybe get a more hydrating one. I hope you like this review and find it helpful. I'll talk to you all next time.