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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Sephora review

okay so I just bought this anti-shine primer from the sephora collection and I have to admit I'm thinking about returning it to get my money back. It is described as Sephora Brand "Tricks of the Trade" Anti-Shine Primer preps skin to expertly hold foundation and mattifies skin for up to eight hours, controlling and balancing sebum production. It guarantees that your makeup stays fresh and color-true.

For me it does not last more than an hour, which was really disappointing. The price is $18 and I would not buy this again.

What I am happy about is the new airbrush system that I bought from sephora. I decided to get the Temptu airbrush system because it is light weight,easy to carry around from job to job. And the best thing is when I am doing a wedding it is so much easier and more efficient for me to be able to switch out the color pods instead of clearing out all the liquid from a bigger airbrush system, wiping it out and putting in a new color liquid. It just makes the process faster. Also, I love the way it makes the skin glow. The price is $225. The only thing is that you can only use temptu pods which makes it just a little more expensive as there is no other competitor for this airbrush brand. However for my particular situation it was an overall better choice for me. It is `really easy to use and so far I am loving it.



Sleek primer makeup palette

This is a new product from sleek makeup. These are all primers for your eyeshadows. It comes with 12 different primers, I haven't experienced any creasing with them, and lets my eyeshadows last all day. I love bright vibrant colors and these primers allow me to get my eyeshadows to be as vibrant as I want them. For example, you want to wear blue eyeshadow today, then you put the blue primer on your lids first, then your blue eyeshadow and the primer makes that eyeshadow really pop. The only thing about this palette is that its best to only use the primer where you want the eyeshadow to be placed. Normally, you would prime your whole lid so that all your shadows stay in place but its harder to blend other colors if you put for instance the blue primer all over your lid. I would buy this again. The price is $10.50 on sleekmakeup.com