I <3 Makeup Chocolate Palettes.

I decided to write about these three palettes because I feel like I ❤ Makeup (Makeup Revolution) has become more relevant after they launched in the US. I bought these after buying other palettes from this brand which I thought were good. These are supposed to be dupes for the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palettes. PS. when I looked for the prices on TAMbeauty.com I did not find the peach palette, so I am thinking it might have been Limited Edition or it is sold out.

1. I ❤ Makeup Golden Bar Palette

• Shades: 16 shimmers
• Amount: 22 grams
• Price: 12.59 $ /8.99 £ / 93 NOK
• Fave shades: Cocoa & Wrapped

This palette is just shimmers, which mean that I need another palette to put mattes in the crease. But if you are a makeup junkie like me you already have mattes in other palettes 😉 I like this palette, but I feel like they make much smoother and less chunky dark shimmer shadows. The two lightest ones does not really show up and they have a lot of fallout. If you want champagne/white/light pink highlight shimmer shades this palette is not for you. I really like the dark ones though, they perform really good.

2. I ❤ Makeup Salted Caramel Palette

• Shades: 8 mattes and 8 shimmers
• Amount: 22 grams
• Price: 11.18 $ / 7.99 £ / 83 NOK
• Fave shades: Heavenly & Sweet

This is my favourite palette out of the three. I like the mix of mattes and shimmers. The black is actually a really good black. It has some fallout and so does the other matte shades. But for the price these shadows are really smooth. The shimmers are okay. Cake is a glitter duochrome shadow which is more of a topper shade. Delicious SUCKS. This palette is supposed to be a dupe for Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar palette. I don’t have that one since Too Faced is unavailable in Norway so I have not swatched them side by side. But the shades look very similar.

3. I ❤ Makeup Chocolate and Peaches Palette (LE?)

• Shades: 7 mattes and 9 shimmers
• Amount: 22 grams
• Price: Not available on TAMbeauty.com anymore.
• Fave shades: Lush, Peach & Lucious

This is actually my least favourite of the three. I feel like the mattes are the worst in this one. The delicious shade still sucks. Even though Lush does not show up on my arm I actually love this soft pink shade on the lid. I also love peach and lucious in the crease, and for the price I paid for this the palette is worth it for these three shades. This is supposed to be a dupe for Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette. I don’t have that one either. The colours are very similar.

Would I recommend these palettes? YES. I think for the price they are totally worth it. I don’t use all the shades in my palettes anyway. I would never buy the full price Too Faced ones for a few shades, but these are so cheap it is worth it.

Have you got any of these? What are your experiences?

Love, Kristine

Foundations for pale skin! (High end and drugstore)

I have been struggeling for a long time to find foundations for my spesific skintone. I am pale with neutral/yellow undertones. I am going to show you the ones I found that works best for my skintone and skintype (combo/dry). I have struggled with foundation oxidizing after application and nothing is more annoying than that. FYI I live in Europe so the shade names might be different, I will also list the price in $, £ and Norwegian Kroner.

1. Rimmel Lasting Finish

• Shade: 010 Light Porcelain (lightest)
• Coverage: Medium buildable
• Formula: Thick Liquid
• Size: 30 ml / 1 fl oz
• Finish: Satin/Natural
• Price: 11 $/ 8£/ 87 NOK
• Good for: Dry/Normal skin
• Weartime: 8 Hours
• Smell: Strong Perfume smell
• Shade selection: 7 shades (Rimmel website)
• Where I bought it: http://www.feelunique.com

I feel like this foundation is such an easy one to wear. I don’t feel like it would last for 25 hours on anyone. I does not set on it’s own (probably because of the comfort serum). But what I like about it is that it does not oxidize, looks natural and it does not make me look any dryer than I already am. Good foundation for the price.

2. EX1 Invisiwear Liquid Foundation

• Shade: 1.0 (lightest)
• Coverage: Light/Medium
• Formula: Thick Liquid
• Size: 30 ml / 1 fl oz
• Finish: Glowy
• Price: 16 $/ 12.50 £/ 135 NOK
• Good for: Dry/Normal skin
• Weartime: 5 Hours
• Smell: Paint
• Shade selection: 13 shades (EX1 website – 14 on looksfantastic)
• Where I bought it: http://www.lookfantastic.com

Even though this is supposed to be the best foundation ever for dry skin I have had a few problems with it. It does not mix well with some of my primers. If I use a smoothing primer it will separate seconds after application. If I use a hydrating primer it will not do this. This has a strong paint smell if you are sensitive to that. It does not oxidize if you have a problem with that and the colour is PERFECT. Not too pink.

3. Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra 24H

• Shade: 005 (lightest)
• Coverage: Medium/Full
• Formula: Thick Liquid
• Size: 30 ml / 1 fl oz
• Finish: Demi-Matte
• Price: 47 $/ 31.50 £/ 343 NOK
• Good for: All skin types
• Weartime: 12+ Hours
• Smell: Perfume
• Shade selection: 40 shades (feelunique)
• Where I bought it: http://www.feelunique.com

This is one of my absolute favourite foundations. I wear this every time I know I have 10-12 hour days. It lasts so good on the skin. BUT it oxidizes a lot. I wish it did not do that, then I would never have to buy another foundation again. Even though it oxidizes it has the best shade selection! You will find a colour that matches you in this line. This is the only matte foundation I like because it does not highlight my dry patches.

4. L.A. Girl Pro Coverage HD Long Wear Illuminating Foundation

• Shade: Fair (lightest?)
• Coverage: Light/Medium
• Formula: Liquid
• Size: 28 ml / 0.95 fl oz
• Finish: Glowy
• Price: 10 $/ 11 £/ 120 NOK
• Good for: Normal skin
• Weartime: 6 Hours
• Smell: Perfume
• Shade selection: 16 shades (LAgirl website)
• Where I bought it: http://www.ebay.com

This foundation makes me comfused. I really don’t like the shade selection, this is the deepest shade of fair I have ever seen. They have 16 shades which are all to dark for me. I think I have the lightest when I look at the pictures of the other shades. This is supposed to be illuminating but it does not make my skin glowy, it makes me look dry. I would not recommend this to anyone really. BUT the white shade is perfect for lightening foundation so I would recommend that one!

5. Lancôme Teint Miracle Bare Skin Foundation

• Shade: 005 (lightest)
• Coverage: Light/Medium
• Formula: Liquid
• Size: 30 ml / 1 fl oz
• Finish: Glowy/Natural
• Price: 47 $/ 31.50 £/ 343 NOK
• Good for: Dry/normal skin
• Weartime: 8+ Hours
• Smell: Perfume
• Shade selection: 14 shades (feelunique)
• Where I bought it: http://www.feelunique.com

My absolute favourite foundation! This makes my face look so light, bright and perfect. You can kind of customize the coverage with this foundation, but you will not get more than medium. It is so blendable and reflects light perfect. Even though it is a glowy foundation it lasts a long time on me with powder and settingspray. I LOVE IT.

All the foundations swatched next to each other:

I hope this post helped you out in the hunt for pale foundations. And if you have any questions and comments about any of these, please write a comment 🙂

Love, Kristine

My Makeup Collection Pt. 5: Highlighters

Hello lovely blog followers.

I’ve decided to keep doing these makeup collection posts and I hope you like it. Today I am showing you my highlighters and giving you the good, the bad and the glittery! I would not say that highlighters are the most important thing in my collection, but when I looked through my stuff I have a few. I don’t care too much about highlighters so most of these are cheap.

1. I ❤ Makeup: Triple baked highlighter – Goddess of faith

I ❤ Makeup is a sister company to Makeup Revolution. I bought this from http://www.tambeauty.com, and since I live in Europe I bought this long before anyone talked about these on youtube. This highlighter has great pigmentation considering that it is a baked formula. It is not powdery and it suits my skintone great. It can be used as a natural highlight or built up. I do not consider this to be glittery. Price: 6.98 $.

2. TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer

This highlighter is such a youtube made me buy it for me. This is my second one (my first one shattered). Mary-Lou is a staple for any beauty lover and that includes me. The formula is smooth and buttery. This is my most used highlighter and I am planning to pan this in 2017. It is very pigmented and you do not need a lot to glow. Price: 24 $

3. Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter: Golden lights

This is the only Makeup Revolution highlighter I have and it does not make me wanna buy the other ones, unfortunately. This formula is rough and dry and though it is very pigmented it is also glittery. When I ordered it I hoped it would be more golden and less yellow, but as you can see in the swatch it is very yellow based. Do not recommend. Price: 4.20 $

4. Catrice High Glow Mineral Highlighting Powder: 010 Light infusion

I would consider this Catrice highlighter as a natural one. It is kind of glittery on me but it is very close to my skintone and I think that is why I see only glitter on my cheeks.  The formula is a bit powdery and dry but works okay. Price: 5€

5. Essence Strobing Highlighter: 10 Let it glow

This is the worst highlighter I have ever tried. When I see the word strobing on the packaging it almost makes me laugh. I inserted an arrow on the swatch picture because the highlighter is almost invisible. I feel like the “shimmer” is an overspray in this product. It is not pigmented, not smooth and very powdery. I do not recommend. Price: 3€

6. L.A. Girl Strobelite Strobing Powder: 110 Watt

I don’t really know how I feel about this highlighter. I feel like it looks silver on my skin, and I am warmtoned so it does not look good. In some lights it looks yellow and in other lights grey. The formula is really good though so I am thinking about getting another colour. These are smooth and creamy with no powder kickup and no glitter. Price: 9$

7. Sleek Highlighting Palette: Solstice

Nikkietutorials made me buy it. I am actually one of the people who does not care for this. I bought it and thought it would be amazing, and it did not impress me. I actually like the cream product the best and it is way to dark for my skin. I have used the light yellow one the most but this got hardpan the first time I tried it and I keep getting it every time. The lilac and peach shade are way to glittery for me. Price: 12.49€

8. Catrice Highlighting Powder: 010 Stardust

This is such a beautiful highlighter. I love the light pink shade. It is not glittery but it is a very powdery formula. It does not last very long on my skin (dry). But even if the lasting power is bad I still like it for the price and the colour. Beautiful highlighter. Price: 5.99$

That was all my highlighters and I hope you have enjoyed reading about these. What are your favourite highlighters for pale skin? Please recommend some good ones for me.

Love, Kristine

Trying to get back..

Hi followers.

2016 was a crazy schoolyear for me, and I have been thinking about writing here again.. I want to make this blog a hobby from now on.. what kind of posts do you want me to write? I have been getting a lot of new skincare stuff lately, maybe you would want to see something about that? 🙂 Anyhow, I will start writing more, I have missed it a lot!

Love, Kristine