Loose Powder

YSL Touche Eclat, Semi Loose Powder and Golden Gloss for a song!

Paris B 15 Comments

Don’t we love discounts? 😀 There are some products I’d never buy if they did not go on discount. The YSL Touche Eclat concealer highlighter pen is one of them. Funny how I cannot justify paying RM133 for the pen but I’ll plonk down RM79.80! Perceptions.

YSL haul

Anyway, thanks to a tip from reader Ling, I dropped by Robinsons The Gardens to check out the sale at the Yves St. Laurent counter. YSL is a brand I tend to overlook because of the perceived luxury image and the “old lady” image.

Still, because things were on sale, I decided to pick up a couple of items I’d been wanting to try. Here are some quick thoughts in case you were thinking of getting something yourself.

YSL Touche Eclat highlighter pen – Usual RM133 / Sale RM79.80

YSL Touche Eclat Golden Gloss

They only had the Touche Eclat left in #1. The lovely sales person told me it might be a little light and pink which is in fact, true on all counts. #2 has more yellow tones so may be more universally acceptable. However, I decided to go with #1 anyway since that was all that was left! I’ve been using it since I bought it and its not bad. A full review will come soon enough.

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Secret tools for Flawless Makeup and my artistic masterpiece!

Paris B 48 Comments

Its not only the Da Vinci Code or Angels and Demons by Dan Brown that hides secrets in art. There too lies the secret of flawless makeup – step by step makeup built from a good foundation that gives a flawless finish.

Lancome Flawless Makeup

So what’s the secret to flawless makeup? Lancome’s recent “Secret to Flawless Beauty Workshop” introduced to me the Power of 4 (sounds rather like a superhero series eh? 🙂 )

  • Foundation
  • Concealer
  • Powder
  • Blush

With just these 4 products on your face you can go out looking flawless and natural – the keywords for today. Zamri Zainol, Lancome’s top makeup artist shows us how.

Foundation – match it to your skintone

Do not use foundation as a corrector. If you have yellow or pink tones, do not try to “correct” your tones using foundation. There are products that can help correct or reflect a different tone but foundation is not it. If you over correct or under correct, the results may not be what you expect and can make you look weird – think grey or orange.

You should also know what you want your foundation to do. For me, I like a sheer light natural coverage for everyday so I don’t look masky. I don’t need something heavy and all I’m looking for is evening out of skin tone. So, the Lancome Maquiliquide UV Infinite is going to be something I’ll be checking out. I’m told I can up the coverage by using the Maquicake UV Perfect 2 way foundation powder on top of it. Believe me, the coverage does increase and you will look pretty flawless but its strictly for night/evening looks. So, I’d keep that trick for night looks. This way, I can keep to a light liquid foundation for all times.

Concealer – only where its needed

The job of concealer is to conceal scars or marks so use it only where its needed and blend blend blend! I use concealer for my under eye area to lighten dark circles, and a heavier concealer to cover up pigmentation. Never underestimate the magic of concealer – you’d be surprised at how flawless your skin can look without the need of photoshop!
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Review: Makeup: Lavshuca Loose Powder Translucent

Paris B 34 Comments

A while ago, I commissioned a tub of Lavshuca’s loose powder in Lucent from Taiwan. There are 2 colours available, Lucent being the translucent one while the other has a pink tone for brightening.

Lavshuca Loose Powder Lucent

Having tried a few Lavshuca products, mainly the eye makeup, I have been far from impressed. Gorgeous Japanese packaging aside, Lavshuca has always managed to underwhelm me once I get my hands on it.

Its an expensive mistake to make too because Lavshuca is presently not available in Malaysia and is only available in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Might we see it come in soon? Its hard to say.

Lavshuca, for the uninitiated, is a drugstore brand under the Kanebo Cosmetics umbrella. They are girly with an edge but put them side by side with Majolica Majorca from Shiseido and I have to say that Majolica Majorca edges Lavshuca out in terms of product quality.

This perception changed however when I’d tried the Lavshuca loose powder. If there is one product that can rival the loose powder of any high end brand, its gotta have to be Lavshuca for me!!
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Some Lavshuca Goodies

Paris B 12 Comments

Lavshuca is to Kanebo Cosmetics what Majolica Majorca is to Shiseido. Both are low end brands of the 2 Japanese cosmetics giants and found readily in drugstores of Japan and Taiwan. Majolica Majorca has dipped their toes into Malaysian waters and many of you readers have expressed such an interest in the brand, I will not be surprised if Kanebo decides to fight back by bringing in Lavshuca! One can but hope of course 😉

For now, I’ve mainly tested only the Lavshuca single eyeshadows and the Summer Gradually Palette. Between the two brands, I think Majolica Majorca wins in the princess department. But strangely enough, Majolica Majorca has never attracted me as a brand. I’m all for Lavshuca instead, even if my initial forays into the brand weren’t as good as I had expected. Still, its a brand that I keep looking into and that keeps me interested.

When my sister went to Taiwan, I latched on an order of Lavshuca products – the Lavshuca Loose Powder and Lavshuca Powder Blush.

Lavshuca Loose Powder and blush

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