Review : Shiseido Perfect Refining Foundation

Review : Shiseido Perfect Refining Foundation

(All-Day Flawless, Optimal Moisture SPF 15)

If you know me, you know that I'm really picky when it comes to foundations. I tried a lot of them, from high-end brands to drugstore brands. 

My all time favorite foundation (for 3 years) is the NARS Sheer Glow. I never came across another foundation that gave me the result as good as the NARS Sheer glow. 

Before I start reviewing that Shiseido foundation, I first need to tell you more about my skin type because it makes a huge difference on the final result of a foundation. I have a normal/combo sensitive skin. My skin type will change depending on the weather, on what I eat, on the pollution, ... In summer I'm a little bit on the oily side (only on my t-zones) and in winter a little bit on the dry side (mostly my cheeks and nose). 

So here we go for the review ! :) 

What it says it is : 

- Coverage : Medium 

- Finish : Semi-matte

- Skin type : Normal to Combination

 - Up to 15 hours of wear

What it actually is : 

- Coverage : Medium > I don't like a full coverage foundation so this is perfect for me

- Finish : Semi-matte > This may depend on your skin type and if you powder it after. If you have a dry skin, you don't need to use a setting powder on top of it. If you have more of a combination/oily skin you will need to powder it. But it won't give you a full matte finish. 

- Skin type : Dry, normal, combination/oily and mature skins > That foundation will look good on almost all skin types. As I said if you have a dry skin you don't need to powder it, but since it's a moisturizing foundation it won't dry out your skin. For people with more of an combination/oily skin you will need to powder it. It's a smooth and light liquid foundation so blends nicely into more mature skins too. If you have a very oily skin this won't be a good foundation for you. 

- Well that's the impressive part of that foundation. It does last a very long time. I wouldn't say 15 hours but definitely 10/12 hours (no touch up needed). I wore it from 9am to 10pm when I was in my country house last week. It started to slide off my face around 7pm and I spent my afternoon under a very hot sun. Didn't get oily and no touch up. 

Packaging : 

The foundation comes in a tiny plastic squeezing bottle... and this is awesome ! It's perfect to carry in your bag or on vacation. The amount of foundation is like any other regular foundation : 30 mL / 1 FL. OZ. The packaging is so tiny that you actually think there would be less foundation than that in it. 

Shades : 

Now that's the only down part of that foundation. It only comes into 8 shades : B20, B40, B60, B100, I00, I20, WB40, WB60. B stands for Natural Beige, I for Ivory and WB for Warm Beige. Mine is the lightest which is I00. If you have a dark complexion you won't find a shade for you and if you have a very yellow undertone that foundation doesn't offer the shades 020 or O40 which are standing for Ochre colors. 

That foundation is also non-comedogenic et dermatologist-tested. 

It retails for 34€ in France (tax included), which is around US$42. I think Shiseido is not that expensive in France, so you may wanna check the regular price in your country. I know for a fact that that foundation is very very expensive in Australia but Australia is soooo expensive when it comes to make-up, it's insane ! I heard people paying AU$82 for it !  

In conclusion this is my new favorite foundation, for winter at least. NARS Sheer Glow is still my fav for summer because it gives that instant glow to my face. 

Hope that review helped you. 

Talk to you guys later ! :) 

xx

Claire

Fall 2012 Trend Make-up tutorial : Pink Devine

FALL 2012 Trend Make-up "Pink Devine"

List of products :

- Face

-- Shiseido Perfect Refining Foundation (I00)

-- Temptu pro S/B Concealer wheel

-- Paris Berlin Translucent powder 

-- M.A.C Cosmetics e/s in Omega

-- NYX blush in Angel 

-- M.A.C Cosmetics blush in Style

-- Peggy Sage Shimmering illuminating powder in Mirabelle

-- Paris Berlin Pencil in CR 206

- Eyes

-- UDPP in Original

-- Sleek Storm palette (used : shimmery beige, matte light brown, shimmery light pink, shimmery burgundy and matte black)

-- M.A.C Cosmetics e/s in Yogurt

-- NARS Larger than life long-wear eyeliner in Rue Bonaparte

-- M.A.C Cosmetics Fake lashes n°20

-- M.A.C Cosmetics Haute & Naughty lash mascara 

- Lips

-- M.A.C Cosmetics Lipstick in Russian red

-- NARS lipstick in Schiap 

In B&W

Here is the tutorial for this look

Hope you enjoyed ! 

See you guys later ! :) 

xx

Claire

Aquatic make-up look using Glamour Doll Eyes

Get your Glamour Doll eye shadows (GDE) here :
http://glamourdolleyes.com/?affiliate_pro_tracking_id=89:1:FR

List of products :

- Face :
-- CHANEL - Le blanc de CHANEL Sheer illuminating base
-- CHANEL - Perfection lumière n°12 Beige rosé
-- M.A.C Cosmetics - Studio finish concealer NC20
-- Paris Berlin - Translucent loose powder LP2
-- Contour : Paris Berlin - Taupe e/s
-- Blush : Bobbi Brown - Blush n°11 Nectar

- Eyes :
-- Urban Decay - Primer potion in Original
-- Too Faced - Glitter glue
-- Paris Berlin - e/s Taupe and Ivory
-- Glamour Doll - e/s in Cloud Coverage, Fabulous!, Dirty Jeans, Tattooed and Ladies Night
-- M.A.C Cosmetics - Eye kohl in Smolder
-- Make Up For Ever (MUFE)- Diamond powder n°14
-- M.A.C Cosmetics - Fake lashes n°20
-- Yves Saint Laurent - Mascara volume effet faux cils in Noir radical

- Lips :
-- Sephora - Nano lip pencil n°04 Candid candy
-- MUFE - Lab shine n°D12

FTC disclaimer : I am affiliated to Glamour Doll Eyes (GDE), as I'm sponsored by them. However I am not paid to make this video.

Christmas make-up tutorial !

Nothing crazy, just a classic holiday look.
No I am not blonde anymore ! This video was recorded in July 2011 when I was a blonde head. Yes I record my christmas tutorial in summer. I'm weird like that lol.
I'm back to black as you guys know.

Hope you'll enjoy it :)

List of products :

- Face :
-- I don't remember the foundation that I used sorry :( I think it was the Make Up For Ever HD foundation which I don't like lol
-- Paris Berlin - Eye brow pencil n°CS4
-- Contour : Paris Berlin - Taupe e/s
-- Blush : Make Up For Ever - e/s n°67 & n°88
-- Highlight : Make Up For Ever - e/s n°152

- Eyes :
-- NARS - e/s primer
-- Sleek make-up - Storm e/s palette : gold and beige shimmery colors used
-- Paris Berlin - Taupe e/s
-- CHANEL - Eye pencil n°69 in Clair
-- Urban Decay - Liquid liner in Perversion
-- M.A.C Cosmetics : fake lashes n°20
-- Black mascara (sorry I don't remember what I used, I think it was Smoky lash by Make Up For Ever)
-- Make Up For Ever - Diamond powder n°01

- Lips :
-- NARS - Lip pencil in Jungle red
-- OCC lip tar in REVERB

Hope you enjoyed !
Talk to you guys later ! :)

xx
Claire

Autumn leaves inspired make-up tutorial

List of products :

- Face :

-- Paris Berlin - TOP Lissage smoothing and matifying primer

-- NARS - Sheer glow foundation in Mont Blanc

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Studio finish concealer in NC20 & NW15

-- Kryolan - Translucent powder 

-- Paris Berlin - Eyebrow pencil CS1

-- Contour : Paris Berlin - Light taupe brown e/s (eye shadow)

-- Bronzer : NARS - Laguna bronzer 

-- Blush : M.A.C cosmetics - Style powder blush 

- Eyes :

-- Urban Decay - Primer potion

-- Paris Berlin - Light taupe brown e/s (eye shadow)
-- MUFE - Khol pencil n°4K

-- MUFE - e/s n°56
-- MUFE - Star powders n°46 & n°57
-- NARS - Larger than life long-wear eyeliner in Rue Bonaparte

-- Too Face - Intense eye shadow in Petals to the Metal

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Haute & Naughty lash mascara

- Lips :

-- CHANEL - Rouge coco shine n°41 Canotier
-- MUFE - Lab shine n°S2


Hope you enjoyed ! 
Talk to you guys later ! :)


xx
Claire

"The Three Musketeers" Milady de Winter inspired make-up

As you may know, a new movie about the three musketeers' story came out recently and I really loved Milla Jovovich's make-up in it (who plays Milady de Winter). So I decided to recreate it as close as possible to the original look. 

The movie itself was nice but can't beat the others to me. But I still enjoyed it so it's definitely worth watching it (not in 3D because it's horrible). 

Anyway here is the picture I got inspired by : 

List of products :

- Face :

-- Paris Berlin - TOP Lissage smoothing and matifying primer

-- NARS - Sheer glow foundation in Mont Blanc

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Studio finish concealer in NC20 & NW15

-- MUFE (Make Up For Ever) - Camouflage cream n°17

-- Kryolan - Translucent powder 

-- Paris Berlin - Eyebrow pencil CS1

-- Contour : Paris Berlin - Light taupe brown e/s (eye shadow)

-- Bronzer : NARS - Laguna bronzer 

-- Blush : MUFE - Blush n°10

- Eyes :

-- Urban Decay - Primer potion

-- MUFE - e/s n°56, n°50 & n°47

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Patina e/s & Ricepaper e/s

-- Glamour Doll - e/s in Jailhouse Jumpsuit mixed with e/s in Show Off

-- Paris Berlin - Eye pencil n°CR 206 (taupe)

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Fake lashes n°32

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Haute & Naughty lash mascara

- Lips :

-- Paris Berlin - Lip pencil n°CR 202 (pinky brown)

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Sandy B lisptick

Hope you enjoyed !

Talk to you guys later ! :)

xx

Claire

FTC disclaimer : FTC disclaimer : I am affiliated to Glamour Doll as I'm sponsored by them, however I'm not getting paid to make this video. I was sent the e/s for free. This is my honest opinion.

"Celtic Desire" Halloween make-up tutorial using GDE

Halloween time ! Yay ! Well not really for me lol.
Not that I don't like Halloween but we don't celebrate it in France. It's not a french celebration at all, not part of our culture.
I thought about doing some special fx make-up tutorials for you guys and then I remembered that I'm allergic to latex. So no crazy special fx make-up for Halloween from me, sorry ! I wish I could but I would have to find a model that accepts liquid latex and all kind of stuffs on her face. Not gonna happen !


I had no idea what I was going for but I came out with this look and decided to call it "Celtic Desire".
I hope you enjoy it and that it inspires some of you for Halloween.


Get your Glamour Doll eye shadows here : 
http://glamourdolleyes.com/?affiliate_pro_tracking_id=89:1:FR

List of products :


- Face : 

-- Paris Berlin - TOP Lissage smoothing and matifying primer

-- NARS - Sheer glow foundation in Mont Blanc

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Studio finish concealer in NC20 & NW15

-- MUFE (Make Up For Ever) - Camouflage cream n°17

-- Kryolan - Translucent powder 

-- Paris Berlin - Eyebrow pencil CS1

-- Contour : Paris Berlin - Light taupe brown e/s (eye shadow)

-- Bronzer : NARS - Laguna bronzer 

-- Blush : Bobbi Brown blush n°11 Nectar

- Eyes : 

-- Urban Decay - Primer potion in Original

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Fascinating eye kohl pencil

-- Paris berlin - Light taupe brown e/s 

-- MUFE - e/s n°56

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Patina e/s

-- Glamour Doll - e/s in Angel Wings, Her Revenge and Cloud Coverage

-- Urban Decay - Liquid liner in Perversion

-- Fake lashes

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Haute & Naughty lash mascara

- Lips : 

-- M.A.C cosmetics - Russian Red lisptick 

-- Glamour Doll - e/s in Her Revenge

Hope you enjoyed ! 

Talk to you guys later ! :)

xx

Claire

FTC disclaimer : I am affiliated to Glamour Doll as I'm sponsored by them, however I'm not getting paid to make this video. I was sent the e/s for free. This is my honest opinion.