Too Faced Luster Liner Lipliner in Tahitian

Hm... I’m not sure why I picked this up... I am pretty sure it is the unique packaging and the pretty color.

That must be my first time seeing a lip pencil with the product enclosed in clear plastic material. I just like the idea being able to see the color of my product thru the packaging, or in this case, the pencil. Plus the product promises lustre and multi dimensional color from south sea pearl. These babies are meant to coordinate with Too Faced’s Girls Dig Pearls lip gloss line.

The color... is, as you can see... is a pretty blue-based pearly pink. I am pretty happy with the pigmentation too.

It has no fragrance, but has a little waxy smell typical of older style lippies. It applies easily, glides well and feels so light on my lip.

But...

It was super ultra drying. 15-30 minutes after wearing, I just had to take it off. It somehow accentuates lines/wrinkles of my lip. Let’s just hope the other color works better for me...

In summary...
Packaging: cute cubby pencil style made of clear plastic
Color variations: only 4 colors here... all blue based pinks, purple and plum
Texture: light, glides well...
Moisturizing: 1/5, ultra drying on my lips
Is it worth it?
Yes if... you like the color that much...
No if... your lips are rather dry.

Too Faced Lip of Luxury Lipstick in Pink Flamingo

I am totally in love with peachy color... which brings me to purchase this baby...

Too Faced has been around for sometime in Sephora Singapore, just I was always too mesmerized by other brands and never actually realized this one is around! How glad I was when I finally discovered Lip of Luxury!

The packaging is Barbie perfect...with silhouette of a girl applying lipstick as logo and metallic pink tube. Wait! That’s not all... it has this huge diamante on top too! I am still trying to find that fine print saying ‘created with Barbie’ somewhere on the box... cute cute cute!

The color is pretty shimmery apricot-pink. The shimmer is gold and very fine... I am totally lovin it.... on the left was single swipe, on the right was multiple swipes.

It applies nicely, light texture. Lip of Luxury is lightly fragranced – mixed fruits I think. Not too strong, after application, it will fade away.

Unfortunately the pigment doesn’t last very long on my lip (and my tea sippings)... about 1-2 hours. By the end of the wear pretty much no pigment was left on my lips, but soft golden shimmer still sticks around. I like it for the shimmer  But I can foresee many will not like it so much for the fact it doesn’t last long enough.

It is soft and kind to my lips...not moisturizing, but not drying.

In summary...
Packaging: cute pink tube with huge diamante on top
Color variations: 2/5 I did not see much color in Sephora Singapore
Price: SGD 32 ( I think...)
Texture: light, lightly fragranced
Moisturizing: 3/5
Staying power: 1-2 hours, by the end shimmer stays but pigments are gone
Is it worth it?
Yes if... you love golden shimmer, you adore the packaging, you want light textured lipstick
No if... you dislike fragranced lippies, you want longer lasting lipstick

Too Faced Lip of Luxury Lipstick in Celebrity Meltdown

My previous Too Faced was Pink Flamingo ... lovely apricot pink with golden shimmer. I am just cant let lippie with golden shimmer stays on the rack like that... I have to adopt it! This time the golden shimmer is total opposite of Pink Flamingo... Celebrity Meltdown is here!

Deep berry with golden shimmer! I was intimidated too... but what the heck..the golden shimmer is too pretty... And with Champagne Essence, who can say no to it?

The packaging, is the not-to-be-missed pink with huge diamante on top. Made of plastic, but somehow it doesn’t feel cheap.

Okay...the swatch couldn’t really show you the shimmer or the fact that this deep berry is not at all intimidating. Why? It is buildable. Lighthanded single swipe will give you lovely stained lips with subtle shimmer. I am so loving it!

Alternatively, apply the lippie as usual, let the color build then blot your lip with tissue to ‘lighten’ the color.

Make it double swipe or more, the deep berry goes... well... deep and strong. I guess it is the shimmer... but I think most will be able to rock this shade be it for the stained look or deep berry look.

The mixed fruit fragrance is the same with Pink flamingo’s. Nothing that I love or hate... With that.. I am not sure what’s the difference between Celebrity Meltdown and Pink Flamingo...as my Celebrity Meltdown tube has “champagne essence” but my Pink Flamingo doesn’t. They smell the same, feels the same, just different shade.

With color as deep as Celebrity Meltdown, I would expect longer wear than Pink Flamingo... And I was right! By 4th hour, my lip was still berry colored, of course I sipped my tea as usual. Only after meal the color was off.

In summary...
Packaging: cute pink tube with huge diamante on top
Color variations: 2/5 I did not see much color in Sephora Singapore
Price: SGD 32 ( I think...)
Texture: light, lightly fragranced
Moisturizing: 3/5
Staying Power: 4 hours with tea sippings in between
Is it worth it?
Yes if... you love golden shimmer, you adore the packaging, you want light textured lipstick, you want deep berry which can goes light
No if... you dislike fragranced lippies

Eye Shadow Base Comparison: Too Faced Shadow Insurance, Urban Decay Primer Potion Eden, Urban Decay Primer Potion Sin, Urban Decay Primer Potion Original and Canmake Eyeshadow Base (tried with Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Sabbath)

Now now... I never use eye shadow base before... So this is my first time trying to pick one for myself... Overwhelmed by options available for me, I decided to swatch and compare them to each other!

Let’s go to the swatches! Here are Too Faced Shadow Insurance, Urban Decay Eden, Urban Decay Sin, Urban Decay Original and Canmake blended on my hand on top and the bottom are the bases with Urban Decay Sabbath.

This was Sabbath on its own. Sabbath is part of UD’s Black Palette. Deep blue-black with blue shimmers. I like it.

As most of you know, Too Faced Shadow Insurance comes in small squeezeable tube. I find Too Faced’s packaging the easiest to handle. It is pale beige cream which easily blended yielding colorless base with matte finish. After applying Sabbath on top, I don’t see any difference between Sabbath alone vs Sabbath on top of Too Faced.

UD Eden is yellowish beige, after blending it was pretty opaque matte. I am sure this baby can double up as concealer as well...the pigmentation is fantastic! Texture is nice and light as well. Eden makes Sabbath appear deeper... I like the effect it give on Sabbath.

All UD eyeshadow base has same texture, just different finish and pigmentation. UD Sin is pretty pink champagne shimmer-borderline metallic. Pretty good on its own, IMO. As I expected, this one increase the sparkle factor of the shadow!

UD Original is colorless with matte finish. Just like Too Faced, It doesn’t do anything to the color or sparkle of Sabbath.

Before applying the shadow on top, I don’t like Canmake the most. First of all, I have to dip my finger on the pot and Its creamy texture is slightly oily. My eyelids are oily...so I am not sure how this will work on my lids. But on my hand, pigmentation is pretty good, it brightens my skin visibly. I find Canmake strengthen the sparkle factor of Sabbath... I have weak spot for shimmering sparkly stuff...love it!

Soooo... how effective are these eye shadow base? I rub them slightly with dry, clean cotton pad and this was how they looked like...

Sabbath only (without any base) after light rubbing

UD Original and Too Faced loss a bit of the sparkle, but the color intensity remained more or less the same.

Eden was sooo good, it retained the color intensity and sparkle. Whereas Sin’s color faded a little, shimmer was still around though.

Canmake was surprisingly good... Sparkle and color remained similar with before light rubbing.

Prices in Singapore after GST:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance 11gr : 30 SGD
Urban Decay Primers (Original, Sin or Eden) 10mL: 32 SGD
Canmake Eyeshadow Base : 17.9 SGD

I am loving Eden and Sin... simple reason: good coverage and the shimmer in Sin is just lovely. I think I will try Canmake base too... looks interesting. At least if it doesn’t work as base, I can use it as concealer.

UD Original and Too Faced Shadow Insurance would be suitable for those who would like to get the shadow color as it is, not accentuated in any way.

Any previous experience with these brands or other eye shadow bases? Recommend me something here...