Review: ELF Mineral Booster

Hello again people of the blog world! =)

This mineral booster is a huge 0.63oz / 17.86 of loose powder which is sure to last you ages! There are however two sizes, one "regular" and a "large" which is the size I have. The regular size is 4.8grams, so less than 1/4 of the size. For $5/£5 and $8/£7 the larger size is definetly the better buy in my opinion.

The mineral booster is avaliable in four shades; shimmer, corrective yellow and tinteed. Only Sheer is avaliable in a large size, though. 

As I am really fair and don't like too much shimmer on my face I opted for the shade Sheer, but if Corrective Yellow had been released when I got this then I probably would have gotten that one too or instead. I'm not a huge fan of loose powders, but I've been trying to use this as much as possible to use it up lately.

The powder keeps my face matte all day and is an excellent setting powder, as well as an all over powder alone for those days when you just want to mattify your face with a minimal amount of coverage.

The packaging is really simple, and the powder is very finely milled as you can hopefully see in the picture above. When I got the Mineral Booster there was alot of powder in the top, but as that has been used up, I often find myself having to tap out more powder into the lid to set my whole face.

I reccomend this powder of all my heart even though I defienetly perfer pressed powders, such as the Tone Correcting Powder which I have a review of HERE. 

Have you tried the Mineral Booster? 

Thanks for reading guys! I hope you enjoyed reading this little review =)

iKateHouse Hauling ft ELF, NYX, Nicka K ++

When I found out ELF Cosmetics was avaliable at American prices on iKateHouse I just had to place an order. They only stock some items from the essentials line, but I found some other stuff I wanted too, so I placed an order on the 24th of June even though the shipping charges was a little steep. I paid $13.95 in shipping for my order of $29.02, and if I would have spent over $30 the shipping would have been even two dollars more.

I will have to say though; I'm impressed with the shipping. My parcel was shipped with USPS Standard, and it was supposed to take 10-20 days. I got mine yesteraday (29th of June), after not even a week after ordering, so it's safe to say I'm impressed.

We'll start off with the ELF-stuff!

I picked up 5 of the Custom Eyes. They had several more colors, but I had 9 of the other ones already, and now I have 14, hah!

Left to Right

Truly Pink - Wisteria - Navy - Periwinkle - Sage

I have a review on the ELF Custom Eyes which you can read here if you would like!

Then I picked up the ELF Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder in Luminance. I already have Warm Tan which is really dark for me, but this is perfect as a highlight color.

To the left is Luminance blended and to the right is it just swatched.

I also got 4 of the Clarifying Pressed Powders. I've had these before in the shade Ivory which you can see to the left. On the right is Light Beige which is the next shade up and it's surprisingly dark, but oh well. They were a dollar each.

Ivory to the left and Light Beige to the right.

I also picked up 4 Tone Correcting Concealers which I've also used before and used up. Then I had Rosy Beige and I got two more of those as well as two in the shade Ivory. 

Rosy Beige to the left and Ivory to the right.

That was all the ELF items I got. They wer all $1 each, so dirt cheap! I really reccomend them all too!

Then I picked up two items from NYX. The selection was very limited, but they had several shades of these two. I got the Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean, and a Pearl Mania eyeshadow in the shade Black Pearl. I also have a NYX JEP in Milk from before.

Black Bean Jumbo Eye Pencil ($3.99) - Black Peark Pearl Mania Eyeshadow ($1.99)

Then I picked some lipsticks because I don't really have any dark ones. I picked up a S.he lipstick, one from Ruby Kisses Color Design and three from Nicka K.

L-R

S.he Lipstick - Just Peachy

Ruby Kisses - Ebony

Nicka K - Amethyst

Nicka K - Very Berry

Nicka K - Berry Plum

I thought Ebony would be black, but it isn't. It has a dark red/purple sheen to it which is okay, but I was expecting it to be black. Here you can see a swatch next to NYX Black Bean which is really black.

Ebony - Black Bean

Anyways, that was what I got! I'm pretty impressed even thought the shipping is a little expensive. And just an FYI: They price shipping after value, not after weight. The site is also a little messy. If you click the "lips" section, every lip-item doesn't show which was kind of annoying, but oh well...

BTW, everything here was purchased by me and I'm not sponsored or affiliated with iKateHouse.com.

Thanks for reading guys! Let me know if you would like a review of anything here =)

My Vacation-Palette

On the 17th of July I'm going to Gran Canaria, Spain, and since it's still a month, and I can't wait to go I decided to make the vacation-palette I have had in mind.

For my palette I've used this MAC 15 Pro Palette which I've taken the separator out of so I can fit whatever I want in there.

On the inside I've but blushes, eyeshadows and my powder so I have all my powder-products in the same place. And if you were wondering, I'll have this in my carry-on when we board the plane since I don't want any of this to shatter.

The Powder I'm bringing is by Kubiss Cosmetics, and it's their Face Powder in the shade 1 Translucent. As you can see that thing is huge with 17grams of product!

These eyeshadows are all by ArtDeco, and they are pre-magnetized which is great!

L-R are the colors:

527, 235, 84, 49, 638 and 258.

These eyeshadows are really soft and pigmented, and there's a good variety of colors.

Then I have some more neutral shades, like a matte black and a light matte brown.

L-R, the colors are:

Oriflame Pure Colour Duo Eyeshadow - Harvest Browns 3286

Matte Black from the IsaDora Smokey Eyes Palette

Matte Brown from the IsaDora Matte Chocolates Palette

The white shimmery eyeshadow is from Max Factor, but I don't have the name.

Then I'm bringing this ELF Brightning Eye Color Quad in Drama which has all the colors I need for a nice smokey-eye.

For my blushes I'm bringing these which, again, are my ArtDeco. The top shade is a matte peachy-shade (16) and the other is a light rosy color with a teeny bit of shimmer (24). As the eyeshadows, these have magnets on the bottom. The blushes are alot more pigmented than they seem in the swatches, too!

That was my Vacation-Palette, guys! I'll also do posts on the brushes I'm bringing and the other makeup such as foundation and stuff. I hope you liked this post, and if you did, you can like it on facebook at the top, or follow my blog =) 

Wishlist: MAC Cosmetics

Here in Norway, MAC is crazy expesive... So I like to go on to the American website and drool over the products and prices avaliable. As an example the MAC foundations range around $30, plus/minus $5. Even the difference between the 50ml and the 120ml of MAC Face and Body is just $6 from $27 to $33!

I took the foundation finder on the MAC website, and was matched with the Matchmaster foundation in the shade 1.5 which is the next-to-lightest shade.

Other than that I would love to get my hands on the Face and Body in the shade White, which is just that; white. This is because as I am fair-skinned alot of drugstore foundations don't make shades light enought, and I would have loved to be able to make them lighter, but sadly, the white foundation is only avaliable in Pro-Stores, and there are none of them around me. Actually, there's none in Norway at all!

I'd also like a concealer with very good coverage as the Pro-Longwear or the Studio Finish concealers. For a powder I really want to try the MSFN because everyone RAVES about them, so I'm intrigued - are they as good as everyone says?

Copyrighted by me =)

I also have four MAC-eyeshadow in a quad I chose myself already. In the quad is Gesso, Blanc Type, Amber Lights and Espresso, so it's a very basic natural-eye quad. I would also really like a basic smokey-eye quad. For that I'd like Satin Taupe, Carbon, Nylon and a matte blending-shade, such as Copperplate or maybe Soft Brown, Cork or Wedge to warm it up a bit. I want to try All That Glitters and Ricepaper as well, because again, they're raved about alot.

For bronzer and eyeshadows I don't really want to pick anything because I never wear it. Same with mascara, I'm pretty sure I'd be fine with drugstore. For eyeliner I'd love to try the Black Trach Fluid Line.

Since I'm not a huge fan of lipglosses anymore, I'd rather have a good lipstick, like a great red. I think I would give Ruby Woo or Russian Red. I'd also like a lipliner, because I don't have a red lipliner, that's JUST red with no hit of orange or pink. For that I'd chose Cherry.

Got these beautiful swatches from henessy85.blogspot.com!

Last thing I can think of is blush, and I'd like a peach, coral or orange-toned blush, but since shades online are not very accurate, I'd just say I'd want a blush. Any suggestions?

I think that was a full face! Phuuuh!

Now, for the money it takes to get everything I mentioned!

Matchmaster Foundation 35ml - $33

Face and Body Foundation 120ml - $33

Pro-Longwear/Studio Finish - $18

Mineral Skin Finish Natural - $30

Satin Taupe e/s - $15

Carbon e/s- $15

Nylon e/s - $15

Copperplate/Soft Brown/Cork/Wedge e/s - $15

All That Glitters e/s - $15

Ricepaper e/s - $15

Black Track Fluid Line - $16

Ruby Woo/Russian Red - $15

Cherry Lipliner - $15

A Blush - $21

Subtotal: $271

Since I live in Norway, I can probably add atleast $100 more to that total to get my accurate amount, so it's safe to say I have to save ALOT or go to the US to get my MAC-wants, haha!

I could get them a little cheaper, however, because if you buy the refill eyeshadows instead of the ones in the pot they are only $11 instead of $15, saving me $4 per eyeshadow. Same goes for the blush which is $17 for the refill and $21 for the pot. If I do those adjustments I will save $4 x 7 which is $28!

What do you want from MAC?

What's your favourite product from MAC?

My Sweden-Haulage!

yeahs, I went to Sweden with my brother today, and even though he was nagging me to leave, I still managed to purchase some stuff. The trip from me is 2.5-3 hours one way, so it takes a while, but the savings are massive, at least for me with my beauty-girl habits, haha!

I decided I wanted to show you what I bought, so here it is!

This clock I was drooling over the last time I went to Charlottenberg as well, but it was quite expensive at 498SEK. When I was there now it was half price, so I decided I had to get it.

It is a superpretty chuncky rosegold watch, and I fell in love! It also came with the little bracelet to the left.

I also bought these three facewashes. To the left is Garnier Nordic Essentials Face Wah, then the Face: UK Facial Wash and Clearasil Daily Clear Daily Gel Wash. I have tried one of the other Clearasil face-washes, but I wasn't really a fan of it. I figured this would maybe be better, and I like the fact that you can see through and tell how much product is left.

These are three of the bodylotions I got. I'm working on my next-to-last lotion, so I decided I'd have to pick up some more. I got the three scents avaliable in Cotton Breeze, Mango Mandarin and Calm Aloe Vera. They all smell very nice, but I'd say Cotton Breeze is the one to choose if you like wearing different perfumes all the time as it doesn't smell any more than fresh.

I got three more, one in Coconut (I love the smell of coconut!), a Cocoa Butter Cream Lotion and a Aloe Vera Body Lotion. The last one mentioned smells ALOT!

I also got a couple of hair-treatments. To the left is Garnier Respons for very dry hair, and then there's Syoss, which is a brand under schwarzkopf, and it's the Smooth-one with 24H anti-frizz effects.

I also got a face lotion, and this is by Gunry. It's with olives, and it's just a regular daycream. To the right is Gunry's Makeup Remover Wipes, which claims to remove waterproof makeup, as well as contain a cleanser, toner and lotion for a one-step-makeup removal.

I had to pick up a few makeup items so I got these powders from Kubiss which is an English brand. They had four different colors, and I decided to get them all as they were cheap, and I'm close to hitting pan on my last pressed powder!

Here's the names if you can tell.

No1 - Translucent

No2 - Candle

No3 - Sweet Touch

No4 - Dreamland

I tried the shade Translucent on my face and it seemed okay, it wasn't powdery, and it looked like it mattifyed my face. The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is the fact that you take the entire lid off, like with the powders from Rimmel, e.g. Stay Matte. Some of the lids are also very hard to get off, so I can imagine myself dropping these noumerous times.

Last thing I got was this Lingonberry Lip Laquer from Lumene. It's in the shade 4, and it's a really pretty red color. I've used it twice already, and the color-payoff is great! It's really pigmented, and it doesn't really dry down. It's a little sticky, but not so much that it's annoying.

Here you can see the color. That's what it looks like on the lips, guys!

I also picked up some candy, Loka and Ramlösa, some soda and some meat, but I decided to show my gum as a metafor for all of that, haha! One thing I was excited to try are the "Loka Likes Old-School"-tastes of water. There were three avaliable in "Lemon Pie", "Strawberry Ice Cream" and "Chocolate Shake". The Lemon Pie-flavour was intersting. I really liked it, but my hubby didn't. I want wait to taste the chocolate-flavoured one. Can you imagine Chocolate-water being any good? Nope, me neither...

Anyways, that was what I had today, so I will see you again soon =) 

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