Today's post is super exciting because I get to share my thoughts on the new Becca Cosmetics Aqua Luminous Perfecting Concealer*.





When Becca released their Aqua Luminous Perfecting Foundation which I reviewed here, I fell in love. Ever since, I've been crossing my fingers that they would expand the range, and they finally did!

Let's start off with the packaging because it is super cute. It looks like a shrinked down version of the foundation, even down to the details on the lid. The applicator is a sturdy 'custom dewdrop'  which dispenses a really accurate, good layer of concealer.

This concealer comes in 9 shades and I think that's pretty solid. Let me tell you, Becca doesn't play around. When they released the foundation, people wanted a lighter shade, and they delivered. It wouldn't surprise me if this range kicks butt and people want different shades, Becca might just answer our prayers again.

Depending on the time of the year and my nature shades, I can use either Beige or Tan as a spot concealer, and Light for brightening under my eyes. I like to apply directly from the applicator to my face and blend the product in using my Beauty Blender or Real Techniques Complexion Sponge.

The formula has a cooling sensation about it and it feels very lightweight on the skin. I'd say that this concealer provides medium coverage. It's perfect underneath my eyes because it's blendable, very easy to work with and doesn't settle into any of my fine lines. In terms of covering spots, it covers light redness but if you have big breakouts etc, I think you might need to use something a little heavier.

The reason why the formula is so lightweight is because 32% of the formula is water based, hence 'Aqua' in the product name of this product.

'Luminous' is also included in the title and that might sound a little confusing because Luminosity usually brings features forward such as a highlighter, so when concealing you might be like 'wot, I'm bringing out my spots, no way girlfriend'. But, it doesn't really have that effect.

The way that I see the luminosity is it makes the skin look alive. It doesn't just look like 'bam, I've concealed something and it's flat, lifeless now under a thick layer of makeup'. It fixes up your problem area, without making it look too artifical.

Overall, I'm definetely impressed and I'd suggest picking the Aqua Luminous Perfecting Concealer up, ASAP. You can pick it up from Sephora USA here for $30USD. Once it's released in Australia, I'll be sure to update this post to let you know.

What's your current favourite concealer?
Will you be picking up this one?

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The Maybelline Blushed Nudes Eyeshadow Palette is relatively new to us Australian's and it's quite exciting because we rarely get pretty looking eyeshadow palettes in the drugstore. Today, I wanted to do a swatch and review post so you can decide whether this palette is for you.



The Maybelline Blushed Nudes Palette* comes with 12 shades. They majority of them have shimmer, whilst a couple are matte. All of the shades look stunning in the pan and most of them swatch lovely too.

However, there are three shades in the top row of this palette that are a little gritty and provide less colour pay off. They are the 2nd, 3rd and 4th colours. The colour I find the most difficult is the silvery, grey shade which as you can see barely shows up on my skin.

When it comes to the bottom row, I personally think that it is almost impossible to flaw. I love all of the colours and the shades are quite smooth. They are also pretty easy to blend. I especially like the first bronzey shade and second last, shimmery maroon shade.

Using this palette to do a complete look is achievable. I like to use the last shade on the top row all over the lid, the second shadow on the second row in my crease and the last shadow on the bottom row to darken up the look. The first shadow in the first row is used right at the end to define underneath my brow and I am all set to go.

Even though I think that some of the shades aren't as pigmented as they should be, I still believe that this palette is pretty good. In Australia, this palette is priced at $25 and it's pretty accessible. If you're someone who loves to create cool toned makeup looks and wants to try a warmer palette, I think it's worth a shot. 9/12 shades are beautiful, so I don't really think that you could go wrong.

If you've been a reader of my blog for a while, you would've seen my review on the original Maybelline Nudes Eyeshadow Palette. You can read that review here. Comparing the two palettes, I think the Blushed Nudes palette is much nicer overall, has less fall out and the shades blend easier.

What do you think of the Maybelline Blushed Nudes palette?
What's your favourite rose gold, warm toned, eyeshadow palette of the moment?

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As promised, today's blog post is going to be on the new Zoeva Concealer Spectrum Palette*, which can be found on the Zoeva website here.



This is both a spot concealer and colour correcting palette so there are 9 shades to play with. I'm still a concealer novice yet I find the formula very easy to work with. It's very pigmented and smooth, but it has a little bit of tackiness to it so it doesn't slide around.

I will say that the formula is on the thicker side of concealers which is great for hiding your spots, but maybe don't go packing a lighter shade under your eyes because it might crease. Also, don't forget to follow your concealer up with powder - of course.

A little goes a long way and there is a few different techniques that you can pick from in terms of application. I would personally apply these concealers to my face with my finger to warm up the product and then use a beauty sponge to blend the product into my skin.

Shade selection is pretty good and I like the inclusion of salmon, banana and pure white shades. But, I would definitely say that this palette is most suited to light to medium skin tones. For darker skin tones, I hope that they release another palette in the future.

If you freelance or have a skin colour that changes throughout the year depending on your tan (or if you fake tan), you're going to love this palette. I think that if you have a pretty constant colour, you can probably find better use in singular colour correctors and concealer shades.

Missed my post on the Zoeva Contour Spectrum palette? Click here.

Do you have any concealer palettes?
Will you be picking this one up?

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Zoeva keeps delivering the goods because they are making their already amazing Spectrum Collection larger, this time with Contour and Concealer palette releases.

In today's post, I'll be giving you the ins and outs of the new Zoeva Contour Spectrum which has just been released today, September the 12th.


The Zoeva Contour Spectrum Palette* is made up of four powder shades. In this palette, you receive one banana shade, one highlighter and two contour shades.

Going through the shades, I'd say that the banana shade CN010 is perfect for setting the under eye area or eyelid before applying eyeshadows. The highlighter CN030 might not look like much in the pan or in the swatches, but wow it's stunning. I tried my best to capture this in a photo of an up close swatch but I really struggled! Just take my word that it's a sheen highlighter, with a lovely iridescence and a gold touch to it. It's perfect for highlighting the tops of your cheeks, the inner corner, under the brow bone or even as a colour all over the lid.

With the two contour shades, CN020 is slightly darker in pigmentation and more warm, while CN040 is cooler and lighter. Because I am quite tanned, CN040 is a great shade to begin to lighten chisel my cheekbones and I then use CN020 as a bronzer to warm up my complexion.  I'm also an advocate of using contour shades as eyeshadows, so I'd also use these in my crease.

All powders are of course smooth, buttery, have zero fall out and blend like a dream. I say of course because we all know by now that Zoeva means business with all of their formulas. I'd even go as far to say that for a point of comparison, the formula of these are smoother than the Kat Von D Shade and Light palette contour shades.

A reason why the powders are so smooth could be because one of the key ingredients in the formulation is Vitamin E.

The packaging of this product is like its brothers and sisters in the Spectrum Collection. Matte black packaging with a few beautiful reflective rainbow lines. Yes, this palette doesn't have a mirror. But, because it is so lightweight, I still think that this would be a great product to travel with.

Do I love this palette? Um, YES! I'm thrilled that the shades are so smooth and easy to blend. I don't have any harsh lines and I don't need to use very much product. I think that this palette will last me quite a while!

To pick up the Zoeva Contour Spectrum Palette, head to the Zoeva website here.

If you're curious to see what I think of the Zoeva Concealer Spectrum Palette click here.

Are you excited about the ever expanding Zoeva Spectrum collection?
What's your favourite Zoeva product?

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Becca Cosmetics has released Slimlights* in the shades of Champagne Pop, Topaz and Pearl. What's a Slimlight? Well, a slim makeup product that adds a precise amount of light aka highlighter to basically wherever you'd like to place it.


The Slimlights can be used as either a precise highlight or an eyeshadow base. For me personally, I prefer to use a regular Becca highlighter with a smaller brush or my fingers to achieve a specific highlight. This is just because I'm already totally in love with the regular Pressed formulas.

Because of this, the way that I like using Slimlights and the way that I'm going to review them in this post is for the purpose of an eyeshadow base.

I've used my fair share of cream eyeshadow bases and I'm always excited to try more. So far, I would say that the Becca Slimlights are the most luxurious. The packaging itself is quite weighted and feels special.

Something that I think is quite interesting about this product is that the first time I tried it and swatched it on my hand, I wasn't overly impressed. Don't get me wrong. The colours are beautiful, the formula is smooth but I just didn't think they were that special.

The magic really comes out when you use a Slimlight as a base and pop an eyeshadow (or highlighter) on top. I noticed that it really amplified whatever shadow I decided to use and even on my oily eyelids, I didn't have creasing until six hours in.

I also received compliments for my eyeshadow looks when wearing this product and I honestly think it's because usually when I apply shadows, they disappear. I find that the Slimlights really lock the eyeshadow in place and I don't have the same problems anymore.

All in all, my favourite shade is probably Pearl. Typically at night time when I go out I gravitate towards a silver, black smokey eye. Pearl combined with my favourite silver eyeshadow pops in every photo and I don't have to worry about anything moving around.

As I said in my split pans post which you can read here, I hope that Becca ends up releasing this product in the shade Opal. I'm already obsese with using Opal (Pressed) on my lids and I am crossing my fingers to have a creamy eyeshadow base to match and help amplify it.

Are you going to pick up Becca Cosmetics' Slimlights?
What's one of your favourite eyeshadow bases or precise highlighting product?

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Becca Cosmetics has recently released two new products under their collaboration with Jaclyn Hill. I am super excited today to be showing and telling you my thoughts on their new Split Pans*.

Beginning with how gorgeous the Split Pan products look. They come in your regular sized Becca Cosmetics compact. As you can see however, the packaging colour is quite different. Overall, it's very reflective and instead of having the typical brown shade on the outside, you've got a gorgeous gold colour that is super beautiful.

Inside, half of the compact is taken up by a Becca Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector (Highlighter), in either Prosecco Pop or Champagne Pop. The other half of the compact has one of Becca's gorgeous Mineral Blushes.

I honestly believe that the formula of both the highlighters and blushes are faultless. I would actually go far enough to say that I think that the formula of these is even slightly better than the Becca x Jaclyn Hill Face Palette (which I already love and you can read about here). That could just be in my head though because I love compact products more than palettes when it comes to face goodies, but trust me - they're great.

My favourites of the bunch would be the duos with Flowerchild and Amaretto as I'm more into subtle blushes and I get the most wear of my makeup during the day. However, I definitely would reach for the darker blush duos in Hyacinth and Pamplemousse during the night time.

Who are these products for? Well of course, anyone who is a sucker for highlighters, blushes and anything Becca / Jaclyn Hill related needs to get these. I also think that if you're someone who travels and doesn't want to compromise on quality for convenience. That's usually one of my pet peeves because duos for travel aren't usually that great. Uh no hunny, not the case here.

I particularly think that the Split Pans are most suited to those of you who have thought that Champagne Pop won't suit your skin colour. I also think that it's a great way to trial the Becca blush formula. I mean, you get the best of both worlds because you get to try two in one. If you fall in love with Champagne Pop or a blush, you can commit to the whole compact.

I think that these are going to be a major hit. I'm crossing my fingers that Becca carry on the idea of these Split Pans and make some with their highlighter Opal because I cannot get enough of it. To think of Opal paired with a Becca blush would just be my ultimate travel makeup dream.

In terms of a release date, they are already available in the USA both in stores and online. When it comes to Australia sadly I can't tell you. Unfortunately I haven't heard back from Sephora Australia when they're going to be available. But, when I find out I'll definitely let you know on my Instagram and Snapchat katina-lindaa, so make sure you're following me over there to keep up to date.

If you're curious about the also newly released Becca Slimlights which are used for precise application of highlighter or an eyeshadow base, click here to see my swatch and review post.

Will you be picking up any of the Becca Cosmetics Split Pans?
What's your favourite Becca Cosmetics product of all time?

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Oh ColourPop. So many gorgeous colours and formulas to choose from but you are so difficult to get your hands on in Australia. Fortunately for me a few of my friends and I placed finally an order together and split the shipping.

This is definitely an impromptu post because I only got my hands on these babies a couple days ago. After all of the anticipation and excitement, of course I started using them right away. I also decided to chuck my initial scheduled post for today out the window (just kidding, I'll post it in the next couple of weeks), and upload this instead - A Quick Look Into My ColourPop Lip Collection.


Something that I found fascinating about these products is that they all relatively look similar to one another when they're in the packaging. When swatched and worn on the lips however, they completely change. Because I am terrible at describing colours, I'm not going to in this post because I would honestly be clutching at straws. I think the swatches speak for themselves!

COLOURPOP ULTRA MATTE LIP
I have no idea what has happened to me. This time last month I didn't own one matte liquid lip product. Now I somehow have 5 and 3 are from ColourPop. Anyway, the reason why I was so hesitant is because I hate the feeling of cracked or stiff lips.

With ColourPop's formula, that honestly isn't a problem. The formula is smooth to apply, very pigmented and feels quite comfortable on the lips. Out of the three that I bought however I do notice that the formula for Trap is slightly runnier than the other two.

All of the colours that I decided to get seem to be cult favourites and that was pretty much the reason why I was curious. I've particularly had my eyes locked onto Beeper for quite a long time. The ultra matte formula is also by far the best for longevity.

Links to: Trap | Beeper | Tulle

COLOURPOP ULTRA SATIN LIP 
This product is sumthin special. Don't get me wrong, I love their Ultra Matte Lip, but this formula is slightly more creamy and moisturising, whilst giving a very similar finished lip look. Of course the Satin formula isn't as matte, but I definitely comes close.

I ended up picking up two colours from Kathleen Lights' new range just because I thought I might as well try something different. In terms of longevity, you will need to reapply some product after eating but not that much. Only a little bit comes off.

Links to: Alyssa | November

COLOURPOP LIPPIE STIX
For these purchases I completely blame YouTube. I feel like most YouTubers who have used ColourPop have both of these particular shades. I find the formula to be really great but that the matte formula is slightly smoother. This range has the least longevity of the bunch.

Links to: Lumiere | Bound

Have you tried ColourPop before?
What's one brand of products you wish you could try but you can't easily get?



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I love July because it marks the beginning of a beautiful time where companies have new releases left, right and center. One of the most exciting releases in my opinion is the Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid* lip colours.

Vivid Matte Liquid is a part of the Maybelline Colorsensational range and I can definitely see why. Every single shade is incredibly pigmented and applies evenly. This isn't the type of situation where you have some great shades and a couple eh ones, they're all great.


Like many of you, the word 'matte' seems a little scary to me. Matte lip products and myself don't really go hand in hand, especially in winter. My lips crack like crazy and I'm always worried of lip products being flakey.  This is pretty much why I barely own any.

On the other hand, the Vivid Matte's range and I actually get a long really well. One thing that I really like about these products is that they are versatile. I've done a variety of swatches to help show this. But as you can see, you have a choice.

If you love the colours but you aren't a fan of matte lips, apply the product on thickly. The formula won't dry matte, and you can wear it as a very pigmented gloss. To try and achieve a matte lip look, I'd suggest applying a thin layer of the product. Even then however, I don't think that this product dries completely matte, so keep that in mind.

They feel quite smooth and nourishing on the lips, so there is definitely no dry flakiness to be seen. It's currently winter and you'd be glad to know they aren't settling in my lip cracks. I think that Maybelline is actually doing a really good job at making their matte / semi-matte products feel comfortable. For example, I also loved their Colour Sensational Creamy Mattes range, which they launched earlier this year. If you're curious about the creamy matte lipstick range, I have a full swatch and review post here.

One of the sad things about this product is transferring. For example, when eating I definitely encounter a fair bit of transfer trouble. At an event I was eating macaroons and the lip colour was moving around the place to my fingers and also the macaroon. You will need to reapply after eating or drinking.

My two favourite shades are 45 Posessed Plum and 50 Nude Thrill.

You can find the Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Lip Colours in Coles and Woolworths. They are also currently being rolled out in Priceline. If you can, try get into Priceline and swatch them on your hands. See how you can pick either a matte or semi matte finish, and fall in love with the formula like I have.

What do you think of Maybelline's Vivid Mattes?
What's one of the most exciting launches for the next half of the year for you?

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