GingerSnaps: Foundations

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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Revlon - ColorStay Whipped Creme Makeup (Review)

What it claims: “Finally, truly decadent makeup offers ultimate performance. The mousse-like texture feels like silk on your skin. And, the time release formula balances skin for a flawless look. All day flexible wear without flaking, caking or feeling heavy.”

New Product Launches- January 2013

Oriflame Happy Skin Range

Price: ‘Oriflame Happy Skin Range’ 400 ml – Rs. 490 each

With the goodness of 24 hour moisture lock formula,Oriflame Happy Skin range fights the skin problems associated with the tough winter, leaving behind soft, supple and smooth skin with an invigorating scent all day long.

Oriflame Happy Skin includes three luxurious and hydrating body lotions:

Happy Skin Caring Body Lotion Sensitive Skin

Infused with Linseed Oil, this mild body lotion is developed specially for sensitive skin. Its gentle formula ensures an irritation free experience, leaving behind noticeably softer and smoother skin.

Happy Skin Hydrating Body Lotion Normal Dry Skin

This fast absorbing body lotion treats normal to dry skin and leaves it moisturized and hydrated. It has been formulated with Sesame Oil that helps soften the skin, giving it a lingering smoothness.

Happy Skin Nourishing Body Milk Extra Dry Skin

With the intensive formula of Pumpkin Seed Oil that targets dry and rough skin, this body milk is an absolute must have for the dry winter. It offers lasting nourishment while conditioning the skin.

Snap Bazaar- Product Haul!

Dove 'Nourishing Oil Care' Weekly Repair Mask

INR300 for 200ml

Bourjois Healthy Mix Liquid Foundation Review

Price : INR950, £9.99 for 30ml (could not find out its price in US.)

Claims-

70% more radiance and flawless complexion for up to 16 hours!

Bourjois' 1st radiance-boosting fruit therapy foundation for a flawless complexion for up to 16hrs!

•Apricot > radiance

•Melon > hydration

•Apple > antioxidant

•Ginger > energy

Its exquisite glide-on formula blends onto the skin for a flawless, yet natural finish.

And.. it's good for my skin:

· 8 hrs moisture

· Lets skin breathe

· Dermatologically tested

Pros

Well all the natural ingredients just sound heavenly. ( And finally a beauty product that contains ginger!! YAY! J) It also claims to moisturise skin. I think this foundation suits all skin types.

Has got a dewy, glow kind of finish.

Has great staying power. And I am talking about extreme conditions. I am an oily and in July the weather in Mumbai gets as humid as possible. It will stay on all day just puff it nicely with loose powder whenever you need to.

Comes in a pump bottle which is made of plastic. So full marks for packaging, it is hygienic and easy to carry around.

Gives medium, natural looking coverage.

There are 8 shades available, though only five in India. Still I don’t mind it that much, because so many companies just launch 3 shades in India.

Before i forget, this has been voted as the product of the year 2011 in UK.

Cons

No SPF!

My Rating : 4.5/5 ( If it had SPF it would really be perfect. )

Paisa Vasool : Totally!

So what foundation are you using currently?

XOXO

Bourjois healthy mix foundation- The misleading SA and Indepth Babbling

Do you get irritated when you go asking for a decent loose powder and the SA’s shove some mineral powder foundations in your face? Well after this happened to me for like 20 times, i did get super irritated.

Anyway I had told you girls some time ago that I had been looking for a new foundation for oily skin. I even needed a loose powder. I had finally made up my mind to by Revlon’s colourstay foundation in combination to oily skin and had almost bought it, when I noticed that the foundation looked separated. It looked like two different colours were inside the bottle. When I inquired about it, the SA persisted that the foundation is in good condition and showed me the rest of the bottles which also looked like this. hhmmmm… but I knew that if I bought it, I wouldn’t be completely satisfied. So I went towards other counters when the Bourjois counter caught my eye. Now I have heard a lot about this healthy mix range and how natural it is and all that, but had never considered to buy it. The first question I asked the SA was if this had SPF, she told me it has SPF15. I also inquired if bourjois had loose powder which is used to set foundation . I didn’t want to rattle my brains out on this topic again so I just told her to pack bourjois healthy glow foundation and its loose powder.

Now when I was paying for this, the SA informed me that I had got a free Bourjois kohl and contour pencil. They had an offer on the purchase of products above INR 1500. Of course I got super happy. You know how we girls are.

At home when I was checking out these goodies I noticed that there was no SPF in these products. GASP. The SA had misinformed me. Urrghhh. But when I checked out the reviews online I relaxed a little cuz this healthy mix foundation has got majorly good reviews.

In fact this has also been voted as the product of the year for 2011!!

I was pretty sure that the powder I had bought was loose powder as I had even checked it out on other blogs before.. Turns out I was wrong!!

So when I was puffing up with this powder(which I have to do a lot cuz of the oiliness), after a while I noticed that things started to get a little caked up. After some hard-core research I found out that it indeed in powder foundation. Uuuurrrgggghhh again! I am not saying that it is bad, its just that you cannot puff up with powder foundation. It would definitely cake up.

So instead of a foundation and a loose powder, I ended up buying two foundations.

I’ll write the reviews about these products after using them for at least a week or two. Overall I am happy, I think I have made good purchases even if by mistake.

So, have you tried this healthy foundation range yet?

Presently, what foundation are you using ?

(RIP) Revlon Colour Stay Mineral Foundation- Discontinued

The Revlon colourstay mineral foundation is no more. It had been my friend since December 2009. This was the first mineral foundation I had purchased. Its price was INR 1050. Guess there is no use of telling you how awesome it was. That it had SPF 10, it was great for oily skin, and gave medium –natural kinda coverage. Alas… no use of telling you all this, cuz it has been discontinued!! This is a tribute to you my friend. You are going to be remembered by women with oily skin all over the world.