Wednesday 12 May 08:25 pm
Make up brands generally like to number all their different shades of lipstick, eyeshadow etc. I always find many missing numbers at drug stores, e.g. BRAND A sells eyeshadows in number 5, 8, 29, 75, 80 but where’s all the numbers in between?
I think I have discovered where all the other numbers are. It seems that each country have different shades on certain products even though it’s from the same brand. I’ve been trying to look for several lipsticks and eyeshadows that has been recommended by Youtube make up gurus from the US or Canada. I looked everywhere and couldn’t find them at my local drug stores or even online. After surfing some USA websites I actually discovered that the shades are not always the same. There are a few common colours but most are different. Although it looks like similar colours but it’s not the same number.
That is kinda annoying because I really want a few shades recommended by these gurus but they aren’t sold in the UK 
Sometimes they’re given a different name, e.g in the USA the new Maybelline eyeshadows quads are called “Eye Studio™ Color Plush™ Silk Eyeshadow” whereas in the UK it’s called “Eye Studio™ Diamond Glow“, that took me some time to figure that it’s the same just with a different name and a different set of shades. Kinda annoying really because I want some of the shades from the USA.
We don’t have the Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick in “Airy Fairy” which again is a highly recommended shade
I would really really LOVE to do a drug store make up swap with someone from the USA. Then I can have some of the shades from the USA and person I’m swapping with can have some shades from the UK. Anyone interested?
Wednesday 5 May 07:52 pm
I got my “The Brush Guard” Variety pack today. That’s pretty fast delivery because I only paid for that last Friday, which means it arrived in 3 working days. Wish my other USA deliveries can that that fast as well. Usually it takes about 7 workings day for post to be delivered to the UK from the USA.
These brush guards helps to protect your brushes when you’re cleaning & storing them.You can use this for any type of art brushes as well as make up brushes.
I disliked cleaning my make up brushes because I found it hard to dry them properly without them going out of shape. It’s important to dry your brushes upside down so water isn’t slipping into the handle and damaging the inside of the brush. With these guards, you can place them inside a cup or jug so that that you can dry them upside down. So here’s me drying some of my make up brushes with the new guards.
I need to order more because I have many many make up brushes. I’m too lazy to clean them all often so I always just clean them in one go.
I learnt how to clean my make up brushes from Michelle Phan’s video “Squeaky Clean Brushes!“. So check it out if you guys want to learn more about this. I really recommend this method to clean your art brushes.
Friday 5 March 01:38 pm
After a week’s wait, I have finally received my NYX products I ordered online. These were the items I bought:
- Long Eye Pencil – White
- Round Lipgloss – Whipped
- Round Lipstick – Ceto
- Round Lipstick – Indian Pink
- Single Eyeshadow – Nude
- Caribbean Collection – I Dream of Antigua
- Trio Eyeshadow – Purple/Deep Purple/Prune
I have heard that NYX eyeshadows are really similar to MAC’s eyeshadow so I’m really excited to try it out. I have also read some good reviews on their lipsticks so that’s why I decided to try some of their lipsticks out.
Many of the NYX products were out of the stock from the online store I bought the products from so I didn’t really have much choice. However I have found other websites that will ship to the UK and they seem to have more stock. If these products are good I’ll definitely buy more, especially eyeshadows. I need more eyeshadows so I can create many different looks rather than always wearing the same colours.
