Let me preface this post by saying I have been so good this year. What you are about to see is nearly all of the makeup that I have bought so far this year. April was my birthday month so I had a little bit of extra money in my pocket. I'd also ran out of a few essentials and I have recently been having trouble with the only foundation I owned (read more on that here). So I decided it was about time to treat myself to a few new makeup bits and I wanted to give you my first impressions here.
First up is the Revolution Re-Loaded Eyeshadow Palette in Iconic Division. I've said it before and I'll say it again I don't need anymore eyeshadow... like ever. But I have been eyeing this up since the day it came out. I kept justifying why I wanted it to myself because I didn't have any yellow eyeshadow in my entire collection, but I never bought it. I must have pointed this out in store a fair few times because my lovely boyfriend bought it for me as a birthday present. The palette is matte except for 3 shades, which I've really been loving as it makes all of the different shades stand out. I don't really like the lightest green shade as its full of chunky glitter and I don't really know how to make it wearable. Other than that I've really been loving this palette, its super pigmented and gives me a lot of inspiration for different looks.
Next up is the Revolution Fast Base Stick Foundation in the shade F1. This is the foundation that everybody and their mother seems to love, so I definitely wanted to get my hands on this. When I first saw this in store I was surprised at the shade range, especially considering this is just £5. I've never tried a foundation stick before, but this is very creamy and easy to blend, which I didn't expect. I'd say out of the 3 foundations I've bought that this has the highest coverage, I'd say its medium to high, it left me with an even skin tone and I only need to conceal my awful under eye bags and really flared up spots. However once I blend out the foundation it is so dewy that it literally looks like a layer grease over the foundation. I was looking for a more dewy foundation and I'd say my skin is combination, but this is definitely too much. I can set the foundation, but it still looks a little dewy and it takes a lot of powder, and by midday it will need powdering again. I also find that this foundation transfers really easily, if I have to take a shirt over my head its pretty much game over and it also bunches up if you wear sunglasses. I also think it gathers around my nose, chin and between my eyebrows by around midday. I definitely don't love this as much as I was hoping after reading all of the good reviews. I will still use this, but it will be reserved for days where I only want makeup on for a few hours or when I have bouts of dry skin.
Something I've actually tried before is this ELF Matte Magic Setting Spray. I used to buy quite a lot of things from ELF, but then I just stopped ordering from them. Now they're available from Superdrug I thought I'd try a couple of things. I had just ran out of my Makeup Revolution Setting Spray, so I decided to pick this one up from ELF. This was the first setting spray I ever used probably 4 or 5 years ago and its what made me swear by using a setting spray every day. Its an essential step for me to keep my makeup looking better for longer. I also remember when I first used this setting spray that a lot of people complained about the sprayer (is that even a word?) wasn't very good, and resulted in a pretty uneven coverage. However, I'm sure ELF must have changed this because it definitely gives an even amount of spray to your whole face.
I also decided to pick up this ELF Foundation in the shade Light Ivory, I picked this up mostly because Thrifty Beauty a panning Youtuber wears this in a lot of her videos and her face always looks flawless. I ordered this in the lightest shade and it is a touch too dark and too yellow toned for me. I can make it work, but it isn't my exact shade. The pump on this really annoys me because you can only push it down fully... I find that one pump isn't quite enough for me but two pumps is a little too much. But I can't just get half a pump from the bottle, which is a little annoying. The foundation itself is medium coverage, its a little less than the Makeup Revolution Foundation Stick but a little more than the Charlotte Tilbury. This is easy to blend into the skin and has a semi-matte finish, which definitely needs to be set with powder. It lasts a little longer on my face than the Makeup Revolution foundation, but I do still have to powder this during the day. On me this foundation tends to last most of the work day, but has usually begun to break down by early evening. I've read reviews claiming that this is really long-lasting, but if your skin is a little oily I don't think that's true. I think this is a nice every day foundation especially if you're on a budget as its just £7.50, however I don't think its good enough to have holy grail status and I doubt I will repurchase this when I'm done with this bottle.
I also decided to pick up this ELF Foundation in the shade Light Ivory, I picked this up mostly because Thrifty Beauty a panning Youtuber wears this in a lot of her videos and her face always looks flawless. I ordered this in the lightest shade and it is a touch too dark and too yellow toned for me. I can make it work, but it isn't my exact shade. The pump on this really annoys me because you can only push it down fully... I find that one pump isn't quite enough for me but two pumps is a little too much. But I can't just get half a pump from the bottle, which is a little annoying. The foundation itself is medium coverage, its a little less than the Makeup Revolution Foundation Stick but a little more than the Charlotte Tilbury. This is easy to blend into the skin and has a semi-matte finish, which definitely needs to be set with powder. It lasts a little longer on my face than the Makeup Revolution foundation, but I do still have to powder this during the day. On me this foundation tends to last most of the work day, but has usually begun to break down by early evening. I've read reviews claiming that this is really long-lasting, but if your skin is a little oily I don't think that's true. I think this is a nice every day foundation especially if you're on a budget as its just £7.50, however I don't think its good enough to have holy grail status and I doubt I will repurchase this when I'm done with this bottle.
I was definitely feeling like treating myself for my birthday as I made my first Charlotte Tilbury order. I have been lusting over a lot of Charlotte Tilbury products for a very long time. The packaging is to die for, and every product released seems to become raved about. However, the price is something that has held me back. I decided to pick up the Magic Foundation in shade 2 Fair. I ordered this directly from the Charlotte Tilbury website, and something I found amazing is that whenever you order a foundation you receive a sample of the shade you bought and a sample of the next darkest and lightest shade. Charlotte Tilbury's return policy means that you can return any unopened product. So if you try the sample of your shade and it doesn't match you, you can send back the full bottle for a refund or exchange it for another shade. This foundation is a demi matte finish, it doesn't make my face look flat and it does look a little bit dewy, but it doesn't look oily or greasy. The coverage is medium, it gives me a pretty even skin tone, but I can see any blemishes that I have. I have to use concealer on any break outs but I think this gives you a very skin-like finish which I definitely prefer. I always check my mirror at work during lunch time and this foundation looks pretty much the same as when I put it on. It still looks a little dewy but hasn't let much oil come through, and I don't usually have to powder during the day. I think is a really good no fuss foundation that lasts all day, it doesn't cling to dry patches or bunch up throughout the day either! This is by far my favourite of the foundations in this haul, and out of any I've tried so far.
I also picked the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Powder. I want to preface my first impressions by saying I don't really like setting powders at all, I think all of them can make your skin look less like skin, but my skin can be oily so unless I want a greasy looking face I really have to use one. This powder is really finely milled and doesn't make your face look chalky or cakey, but you can definitely still tell that you are wearing powder. It provides a little coverage as well. Once on your skin this minimises the look of my pores and sets my foundation into place, but it leaves your skin with a satin finish rather than being completely matte, which is a finish I prefer. I would say this is a powder best suited for people who want a skin-like look. When I wear this I usually find that by lunchtime that the powder has mostly worn off and I definitely need to reapply, but I have to reapply with most powders I use. This is the best powder I've tried so far, but I still don't know if I'd repurchase this as I don't think that my face looks dramatically different enough to justify the price. This is £34.00 whereas most drugstore powders are under £10.00 so I expected this to completely blow me away, and although I like it a lot, it hasn't wowed me.
I also picked the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Powder. I want to preface my first impressions by saying I don't really like setting powders at all, I think all of them can make your skin look less like skin, but my skin can be oily so unless I want a greasy looking face I really have to use one. This powder is really finely milled and doesn't make your face look chalky or cakey, but you can definitely still tell that you are wearing powder. It provides a little coverage as well. Once on your skin this minimises the look of my pores and sets my foundation into place, but it leaves your skin with a satin finish rather than being completely matte, which is a finish I prefer. I would say this is a powder best suited for people who want a skin-like look. When I wear this I usually find that by lunchtime that the powder has mostly worn off and I definitely need to reapply, but I have to reapply with most powders I use. This is the best powder I've tried so far, but I still don't know if I'd repurchase this as I don't think that my face looks dramatically different enough to justify the price. This is £34.00 whereas most drugstore powders are under £10.00 so I expected this to completely blow me away, and although I like it a lot, it hasn't wowed me.
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