Artdeco Eyeshadow in 63 Pearly Baby Blue, 87, 211 Golden Beige, 249 Spring Green and 263 Venetian Blue

Artdeco is German brand famous for their customizable palettes of blush and eyeshadows. Each pan has magnet pad on the bottom, making it easy to stick on Artdeco metal palette... or any metal surface for that matter. Palette is nice to have, but not a must to have. 

This time my grubby hands grabbed a few eyeshadows... 63 Pearly Baby Blue, 87, 221 Golden Beige, 249 Spring Green and 263 Venetian Blue. Artdeco organizes their eyeshadows by finish, 63 is pearl while 221, 249 and 263 are duochrome.

63 Pearly Baby blue is lovely sparkly pearly baby blue, just as the name implies. 87 is pearly soft lilac. 211 Golden Beige is pearly warm beige - perfect for highlighting browbone! 249 Spring Green is pearly pastel green - reminds me of young leaf shoot. It has super subtle golden flash when you really observe it. 263 Venetian Blue is lovely deep teal with subtle rich green duochrome.

All of the colors I picked are shimmery and soft. pigmentation is good and it sparkles nicely. It only took me a single swipe to get colors visible on my lids. Blending is a breeze with these babies too!

Bottomline, 

I am going to definitely purchase more eyeshadows from Artdeco! I am just loving their color collection and texture!

Artdeco Blusher 32 Fuchsia Blush

Another one from Artdeco. This blush is meant to be kept inside Artdeco's costumizable palette. Each of the blush pan has magnetic bottom, as does Artdeco's eyeshadow range. I dont keep my Artdeco pans in the palette, as I find the palette too expensive - I'd rather spend my money on the blush or eyeshadow itself. 

Even though Artdeco says this blush is Fuchsia, I think this is more warm tea rose. It doesnt look cold fuchsia at all on my skin. 

I am loving the formula, so soft and well pigmented. Easy to apply and blend. 

Bottomline, 

This blush is lovey and easy to wear, formula is good too. Worth the price. I am looking forward to try more blush and shadows color from Artdeco!

Artdeco Liquid Star Liner Eyeliner in 18 and 32 Lilac

Artdeco is a German brand with rather affordable price point and good reputation. They are famous for their magnetic eye palette which you can fill with Artdeco eye shadow and blush pans. 

This time, I am going to try their Liquid Star Liner.Liquid Star Liner promises brilliant color, waterproof formula which resist smudging and fading. The formula is mineral oil free and fragrance free, making it safe for contact lenses wearer. Well... I dont know any eye liner which is not recommended for contacts users so far... but that's what they mentioned in the website. 

In the website they enlisted wearable color collections - from black, grey, brown to navy and deep teal. I got myself color 18 and 32. 18 is a wonderful blackened forest green with subtle shimmer. 32 Violet is royal purple-violet version of MUFE aqualiner amazing number 14. that lovely iridescent shimmer is just lovely.  Unfortunately i cant capture it with my camera. 

This liner is very similar to MAC's superslick and MUFE's aqua liner. The eyeliner has felt tip - which is firm enough to draw sleek cat's eye, yet soft enough to glide nicely on my lids. The formula felt pretty much the same - no smudging and fading on my oily lids even after a long day in the office. The color lifts off easily with gentle make up remover - no need heavy duty oil cleanser or baby oil drenched cotton buds here. But I am happy that the color didnt travel and the line I drawn stays in place. 

Bottomline, 

More economical than MUFE's aqualiner, more easily obtained than MAC's superslick. The basic colors will cover your daily need nicely. Purple, iridescent color lovers -check out color 32 Lilac... it is magical!

Nivea Sun Face Moist Beauty Essence Cream SPF 50+ PA+++

After using Nivea Sun Face Moist Beauty Smooth Milk and liking it, I decided to purchase its twin sister… the Essence Cream.

(picture from adambeauty.com)

The main difference that’s so obvious between the two is the packaging; the Essence cream has squeeze-able plastic tube as the packaging. Also, just as the name suggest- Essence cream is more creamy than the light and milky Smooth Milk. The light cream is pinkish peachy in color- yet the color disappear when you start blending in. no worries, it is easily absorbed and leaves my skin lightly moisturized. Fragrance wise they are the same.

While Smooth Milk is light and easy – suitable for humid summer days, the Essence cream is more moisturizing. I like popping essence cream in my travel pouch- for those days I am too lazy or days too humid to wear separate moisturizer and sunscreen.

When I felt lazy, I even skipped my light moisturizer and put on a little extra dollop of this easily absorbed essence, and I am happy with the result. As long as I dont work too long in air conditioned room... then I would need little help from separate moisturizer to offset the dry air-con  environment.

Bottomline,

At this rate, I think I will repurchase these sisters soon enough! I like the lightly moisturizing effect, the small compact packaging, the price… almost everything!



Nivea Sun Face Moist Beauty Smooth Milk SPF 50+ PA +++

I have known Nivea since I was a kid (I bet you do too), in form of their classic cream in blue tub. Back then, Nivea creams means heavy cream for elbows and dried hands… now, Nivea also offers light milk, Japanese style sunscreen. Not only that, The Face Moist Beauty series also offers Essence version of the sunblock, which I also purchased later after trying the Smooth Milk and liking it...

(picture from adambeauty.com)

As the bottle suggests, this baby has texture of light milk. The color of the product is not white like most milk sunscreen, but it has a hint of apricot in it. Lovely! It also contains hyaluronic acid and royal jelly to moisturize. Not only that, they also said it helps reduce oiliness!

Like most milk products, this product is super easy to blend. And it doesn’t leave whitish/ashy cast on my face! It blends and gets absorbed effortlessly. It has super light fragrance which I can only detect when I pretty much dug my nose in the milk.

As for the reducing oil claim… it is pretty much non existent on me. But then again, my T zone is almost always oily.

Bottomline,

Even though it doesn’t help control my oil, I do like this one. The tiny tiny bottle makes it easy to carry and I adore its light texture. Plus easy to my wallet. I am going to repurchase this one.

But it does contain alcohol, so those with sensitive skin, must be careful.

I got mine from adambeauty.com