i have careline loose shadows in several colors but i decided to make a review on vanilla white
le price:
they're no mac pigments, but for 80 bucks (pesos) a pop, they aint so bad.
le experience:
they're very pigmented too! i have several individual ones and i have duos, and i love them! i just use a good base so that it sticks. being loose and all, it tends to fall out fast, but with a sticky base (i use my white gel liner most of the time) it works fantastic!
this review however is for the individual ones, more specifically, it's for the vanilla white variant.
it has so many uses. most of the time, i use it as a highlighter for the brow bone, the cheekbone and sometimes even the cupid's bow (upper lip area).
most of the time, i mix it with a liquid foundation or even a tinted moisturizer and i'm good to go. i did this mostly last summer, when it's too hot to put on makeup and i just want to put a little coverage and to even out my skin tone. it gives me that subtle glow, and it gives me a kind-of MAC strobe cream look, minus the pinkish tinge, which is okay for me. it doesnt come off as too shiny, oily look, but it just gives my face a certain pop.
i also mix it with careline's mestiza white loose shadow and petroleum jelly and it's my instant lip balm which i use on bare lips and i'm good to go. sometimes i put it on top of a lipstick and it doubles as a great lipgloss. useful, innit? (pics to follow, i left my pre-made one in manila)
you have to watch out for the crappy packaging tho. the bottom part unsticks like 9 out of 10 times and it leaves a serious mess in my trunk, which i hate. i saw the salesladies at watson's festival use a trusty scotch tape to keep it in place, but i dont use scotch tapes, so i used my invisible tape (sticks better, in my opinion)
le verdict:
i find it too oppressive that mac pigments are always, always out of stock here, so i make do with the next alternative.
i give this product 3.5 lipsticks.
i took points off because of its crappy packaging and limited color options.
oh and i bought sunnies! yay me! i know, i look like a bug, but i love love it.
Product Focus: Careline Eyeshadow Powders
my back to school gawang pinoy haul
i know it's a lot but it's my first time hauling philippine-made makeup products and for everything i got.. it's not too expensive! :D
1. nichido - sunset glow
2. nichido - south beach
3. nichido - cinnamon glaze
4. everbilena - pro lipliner
5. everbilena - shy - cheek blush
6. fanny serrano - cake foundation - mocha
7. fanny serrano - concealer stick - chestnut
8. fanny serrano - concealer stick - walnut
9. fanny serrano - powder blush - silky coral
10. fashion21 - lipstick - wild cherry
11. fashion21 - lipstick - gentle peach
12. fashion21 - candyglaze - flamingo
13. fanny serrano - eyelash curler
14. san-san glossy lips - lip gloss
15. careline - loose shadow - mestiza white
16. careline - loose shadow - vanilla white
17. careline - loose shadow duo - poison ivy
18. careline - loose shadow duo - mineraluz
i honestly can't pick a favorite cuz i love them all
