Products I've Hit Pan On!

Hey! I'm alive people! I know I haven't written anything here in a year. It's been busy moving to, living in and working in the US. 

But I'm back now! Starting with a post on stuff I've hit pan on and almost finished! Let's just go ahead!

One of the things I've hit pan on is an ELF Studio Blush in Peachy Keen. I think. The back doesn't say, it only says #D28, but I think it's Peachy Keen.

Another thing is ELF Contouring and Blushing Bronzer Duo. I got mine when there was only one, but I think there are three different ones now, and this is the one in St. Lucia who is said to be a NARS Orgasm/Laguna Duo Dupe.

And then it's the palette that I've hit so pan on so hard! The Wet n Wild Comfort Zone palette. I've hit pan on 4 out of 8 shadows, and those 4 are basically the 4 that I can use at work. As a castmember I cant have green eyeshadow on an everyday basis, so I'm super happy with the pan I've hit!

I have a few single eyeshadows as well. This one is one of the ELF Custom Eyes shadows. If I remember correctly this is the shade Wheat which I use alot on my eyelid.

This is yet another ELF Custom Eyes shadow. This is called Ivory and it's just a simple shimmery white which is my go to highlighter for browbone and inner corner.

Next is my blending shadow that I use in my crease before I do anything else that has to do with eyeshadow. It's from a palette by IsaDora called Matte Chocolates. I've depotted the palette altogether and this is the one I've been using the most.

Then I have my makeup remover that's boring, but I figured I might as well include it! I brought this with me from Europe and it's my favourite. But I can't find it here... I picked up another one this time so we'll see how it goes when this one bites the dust!

This one I know for sure you've seen before. I've finished several of these and here's yet another. It's the ELF Tone Correcting Concealer and this is in the shade Rosy Beige which is the 2nd to lightest I believe. I have Ivory as well and I use either depending on how none existant my tan is.

And then I have the L'oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream in Fair. It's really nice although it doesn't havev the best coverage. It's nice to just slap on on my way out the door. Probably wont get it again though. But I'd use it again if I got it as a gift. 

That said, everything that I've almost finished/hit pan on will be tossed or given away depending when I go back to Europe in Febuary. I have hardly bought any makeup while I've been here except necessities like mascara and eyeliner. Until these past two weeks. Long story short; there will be a haul!

I'll be back. It wont take a year. Promise.

Review: L'oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream (Nude Magique BB Cream)

This is the only BB Cream L'oreal has released in Europe, but they have two in the US where they have one called Youth Code as well. This, however is the American version of the BB Cream which is known as the Nude Magique BB Cream here in the EU. The reason mine is the American is because I needed the "fair" shade which isn't avaliable here, where we can only get "light" and "medium".

In this review I will mention them both, but apart from a few differences they are actually pretty much the same.

To the left is the European packaging while the American is on the right.

You can see the European has a little more text on the front and it also seems a little longer than the American version. The American one also has a little color around the name to show what shade it is. The other shades have darker color as you can see by the pictuer below which displays the color Deep.

(Picture from L'oreal)

I think I perfer the packaging of the American kind, but that's just my preferance. It just looks a little more clean and simple. They both contain 1oz/30ml which is the regular amount for most foundations.

Here are the claims of the American BB Cream. The Eurpoean one is the same, except is has SPF 12 which I think is great.

Both the BB Creams has the same type of nozzle. I find it very easy to control and I like this.

Here are the BB creams. I find it very intresting that the American BB Cream is thicker in consitency than the European BB Cream is. I don't mind the thicker consitency but find it a little easier to apply actually as it's not running while putting it on my face.

Here you can see the huge difference in color. 

American BB Cream in the shade Fair to the left and European BB Cream in Light to the right.

You can see by the color of my skin that Light is obviously too dark and orange. I can mix the two if I get a tan, but atm I haven't been able to use the Light shade on it's own. You can adjust the shade a little bit, though. As they have the so-called "Smart Capsules" which are basically beads of pigment in a white liquid you can get a lighter shade by not bursting all the beads. If you are very light handed or use a brush then it might work, but I perfer to use my hands.

Also, after trying my friend's BB Cream in medium, I found they are the exact same shade, but the Medium-shade is actually LESS orange-toned than the Light is!

I really like the formula. I don't have to set it with a powder, and it still lasts a long time on my skin. Keep in mind I have normal to combination skin though! If your skin is oily I would suggest a powder on top and a good base underneath.

I do really reccomend this BB Cream! I like it so much, and just the face that I ordered it off of ebay to get the right shade in the first place is a good indication I think.

Thank you so much for reading guys!

What's in my Travel Makeup Bag!

This is what I have packed so far! We're leaving for two weeks in Gran Canaria next wednesday, so we've started packing a little bit. There are a few more items I might put in there but I'll mention that as we go along, hehe.

All of my makeup items are in this little netting bag. It's very small and convenient, and fits a surprising amount of stuff!

Here you can see the things that are stuffed in my bag.

Here are my faceproducts. I know; I'm bringing three concealers, but there's a reason, haha. The Missha Style Perfect concealer in the black pot is to be used alone. It is very pigmented, but also very dry so I can't use it under my eyes. On the top are my two ELF Tone Correcting Concealers. They're in the shades Rosy Beige and Ivory. I like Ivory for under my eyes and Rosy Beige for when I'm using a BB Cream as well.

Then I have my L'oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream in Fair and my Super+ Triple Function BB Cream. Then my Eucerin Anti-Redness moisturizer which technically isn't makeup, but it's small and might get lost in my other bag. Same goes for the ELF Daily Moisture Stick.

Then I'm bringing a bright pink lipstick which is from MNY Maybelline. It's from the Material Girl collection and the shade is 802A.The natural color is a super cheap lipstick from ELF. It's only $1 and it's in the shade Seductive which is my favourite shade from ELF! The lipliner is from Maybelline. It's a ColorSensational Lipliner in 440 Coral Fire, or at least what is left of it. 

Both the lipsticks are incredibly creamy and comfortable on the lips, too.

I will probably put in a red as well because I looooove red lips!

Lip-product swatches!

MNY - ELF - Maybelline

Then there are my eye stuff! I'm bringing two Me Now Generation II Eye/Lip liners, the green one and the black one. They are really soft and cheap, I got mine off of eBay. For liquid liner I'm bringing ELF Liquid Liner which is great! It dried quickly and stays put all day long. I am actually using ELF Eyelid Primer now, but there's not much left, and I don't want to run out while I'm away, so I'm bringing the Lumene Beauty Base Eyeshadow Primer instead. It's just a skincolored primer which a slight tint to it. I am bringing a travel size mascara by IsaDora too. It's the Extra Volume Build-Up Mascara and as you can tell the plastic is still on it, haha.

Also there's a mirror and the small stray-bottle contains some DIY brush cleanser.

Here are the swatches of the eyeliners.

Me Now Generation II - Me Now Generation II - ELF

Thank you so much for reading guys!

There will be posts on the brushes I'm bringing and also the skincare items and such in not too long =) I will also add the additional things I'm adding to my makeup bag in a post called the same as this one, just with "Extras" added at the end. 

Also, since I'll be away for two weeks I'm planning to pre-write some posts, so if there are any reviews or such you would like to be posted then let me know =)

Makeup Products I've Hit Pan On!

As of right now, the products in the picture below is what I've hit pan on, or I'm almost running out of, even if there's no pan to hit as with the foundations and such. I have previously hit pan and used up several other products, but these are the ones I currently have.

My assembly of products I'm running out of.

For the face-products first. I'm so close to the end of my IsaDora Perfect Cover Stick which you can see on top. It's part of my project 30 pan, but once I got to where it is now, it doesn't seem to go lower, no matter how I use it! Then there's the H&M Silk Smooth Foundation. It's really cheap, but it's surprisingly good, and it doesn't break me out. The color I have is the lightest avaliable, but it is quite dark. The other one is a Skin79 BB Cream-sample thingy that's almost gone. I think there's one or two more applications left, and it's going in an empties-video!

On the bottom is the rest of my ELF Essentials Blush in Glow. I hit pan so bad it was really hard and time-consuming to get any more product out, so I smashed it up and put it in a little jar. Seems it got more pigmented too, as it's easier to pick up the product.

Here are the two ELF-eyeshadows I've hit pan on. To the left is the ELF Duo Eyeshadow in Black Licorice and to the right is the ELF Brightning Eye Color Quad in Drama which is basically a smokey-eye palette. On the bottom is a Maybelline ColorSensational Lip Liner in the color 440 Coral Fire. The lipliner is geat, because you can turn it red by applying a red gloss or orange by putting an orange gloss on top.

Then I've also hit pan on a few more eyeshadows. The highlighter shade to the left is by Max Factor, but I was stupid and didn't save the name when I depotted it. It's just a standard skin-tone shade with a sheen but no visible shimmer. The brown eyeshadow is from my NYC Metro Quartet-palette in sandbar, and it's the right one of the two brown-shades in the palette. The other one I've also used up. Then the palette is Wet n Wild's Comfort Zone palette!

Here's my Manly 120 Eyeshadow palette, and the matte white eyeshadow in the corner is the only one I've hit pan on. As a very fair-skinned girl I can get away with a stark white highlight, hehe. Then the skintoned-color is from my Sersell 88 Natural Palette, and so is the black shade.

Is it obvious that I LOVE hitting pan? When you have so much makeu it just feels amazing!

Then there's these. These are a few products that I'm so close to hitting pan on, but it's just not all the way there yet. Left to right is my ELF Complexion Perfection (now Tone Correcting Powder) in Cool, ELF Duo Cream Eyeshadow in Black Licorice and the white color in the palette you can't really tell, but there's a huge dent in it! It's by Max Factor, but again, I don't have the shade name/number. The Tone Correcting Powder I've previously used up another before, as well as other powders from ELF as well!

That was all the stuff I'm close to using up!

Thank you so much for reading, guys.

What did you hit pan on last?

Overview - My BB Creams

Holika Holika Aqua Petit BB Cream - #1

Skin79 Super+ Triple Functions BB Cream (Hot Pink)

Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector - Light

L'oreal Nude Magique BB Cream - Light Skintones

MUA BB Cream - Light

Skin 79 BB Diamond Collection Pearl Luminous BB Cream (Silver)

Skin79 BB Diamond Collection The Prestige BB Cream (Light Pink)

Skin79 VIP Gold Collection Super+ BB Cream (Gold)

Swatches L-R

Skin79 Skin79 Super+ Triple Functions BB Cream (Hot Pink)

Holika Holika Aqua Petit BB Cream

Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector

L'oreal Nude Magique BB Cream

MUA BB Cream

Skin79 VIP Gold Collection Super+ BB Cream

Skin 79 BB Diamond Collection Pearl Luminous BB Cream

Skin79 BB Diamond Collection The Prestige BB Cream

I have the same BB Creams in the same places in both pictures. They were taken with the same camera and blitz right after eachother, but they still look different, so I wanted to show both.

On the left side of my forehead I'm wearing L'oreals BB Cream, but I didn't blend it all the way because that would make it way to dark. On the right side of my forehead is Garniers BB Cream. On the top of my right cheek is MUAs BB Cream, while I have the Skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream on the lower part of my chin and jawline. On my chin I have the Holika Holika BB Cream and the Gold Skin79 BB cream is on my lower left cheek and jawline. On the rest of my cheek is the Light Pink BB Cream, also from Skin79.

I used the last BB Cream, the Pearl Louminous from Skin79 as a bit of a highlight on my nose and cheekbones.

I quite like all of these BB Creams, but the MUA BB Cream is by far the hardest to blend. The Aqua Petit BB Cream is a great color for me, but it is a little hard to work with on my normal skin, I think it would definetly work better on people with oily or combination skin. It does work nicely when I'm wearing a primer, but it does need a little bit of work.

The rest of the BB Creams are really good, and I do like them all for different reasons. I love the finish and texture of the L'oreal BB Cream, but it is a little too dark. I have the light-shade as I mentioned, and when I compared it to the medium it was actually more orange. I'm seariously looking into getting the fair-shade online since I like the formula so much.

Garnier's BB Cream has a very dewy finish so I have to set it with a powder, but it is good for everyday. I really want to try the oil-free version which I've heard is great, a little lighter in shade and also a lot longer lasting. A complete different formula than this. I like this too, though.

All of the Skin79 BB Creams are pretty much the same texture except the one in the silver packaging which is a luminous BB Cream with shimmer in it. You can clearly see the shimmer in the swatches above. For me it's not a good BB Cream as I don't like a shimmery face, but it is a really beautiful and natural highlighter!

As with the Overview - My Foundations-post there is a video to go with this post, and I will link it here when it's uploaded.

If you'd like a full review of any of these BB Creams then let me know and I shall do that as quickly as possible =) Thanks for reading, and remember to follow my blog!