Everyday Minerals Flat Top Brush

Lookin' familiar?

Yes, it is from Everyday Minerals. This brush got so much raves from bloggers & vloggers.
And my hand got itchy after looking at all those comments and reviews.

So I got it, finally.


Look how dense it is!


Fullness of it! And the bristles were really soft as proven by all the vloggers, if you watch them on youtube.

It is made of synthetic hair. Don't believe? See this...

I don't think we can actually guess they are synthetic or not from the website though.

And now Everyday Minerals' Flat top brush went out of stock from their website.

Price: USD10
* You can also get them from Lovingminerals.com (if you reside in Malaysia / Singapore) for RM38

Overall reviews: I feel that this brush really worth the dollars. The bristles are really soft and it doesn't feel pokey on the face. And also, the brush is useful for those who are using loose powder or mineral foundation. I used them for my powder foundation though. By using this brush, my foundation also spreads on smoothly on my face and you can see how amazing the results were, just like a canvas. (I don't mean my face is like canvas.. LOL). It does not stain or bleed too when I wash it.

However, upon drying after washing it, I feel that it takes about 2 days for it to dry completely. I think it is because of the density of the brush that makes it harder for it to dry normally (my definition of normal = 0.5 - 1 day) compared to my other brushes.

Overall rating:

Holiday Sets are Coming to Town

I always look forward for the Christmas season every year. And if you don't know, I don't celebrate Christmas. LOL.

Okay, here's why....

*Warning: This is a purse-breaking post. *


Benefit Holiday Collection 2008
*prices from Benefit's brouchere
24k Sexy Gold Set :RM145 (loose powder & lipstick)

Primpcess (Glamorous Eye Primping Kit) RM160
*Consists of Boi-ing, cream shadow, eye shadows, BADgirl & eye bright

Sexy Stash
consists of BADgirl lash, thrrob & That Girl

Beauty Uppers (*my fav!!!) RM315
consists of benetint, dandelion, you rebel lite



Bobbi Brown Holiday Collection 2008
Lip & Eye Palettes

Velvet Plum & Basic Eye Palettes


Ever-so-famous Moon Rock and Eye Sky Eye Palettes (2 cream e/s & 2 gel liners)
*PS: Each RM190,I heard most of the counters ran out of stock for these already


Dior Holiday Collection 2008
Holiday Lip & Eye Palettes (Not sure if they are available in counters already)



Holiday Face Palette

Holiday Make Up Palette (RM250 in stores, I think you need to buy a certain amount to get this set)

Kanebo Coffret D'Or Christmas 2008
Eye & Lip Palette (launching in late Nov08 or early Dec08)

Kanebo Lunasol Christmas Set 08
*consist of e/s palette, blusher, nail color & lip gloss

Beauty de Kose Fantasist collection 2008
contains Eye fantasist, Face Color (mini), Rouge Fantasist/Aqua Vinyl (mini) & Glitter mascara
*expected to launch in end Nov/early Dec 08

MAC Holiday Collection 2008
Little Darlings

Lipgloss & lustreglass sets



Softsparkle / Eye Pencils

Warm & Cool Pigment Set



*PS: I'm only showing part of their collection as most of it have already launched last month

RMK
* Need to purchase RM280 worth of RMK products to buy this set at RM180


Shu Uemura Holiday 2008 (by Mika)
pic from:Shu Eumura USA website
*Not sure if this will be / already launched in Malaysia, confirmed by Plue Thanks dear!! :)
*price from Plue as well!
Eyeshadow Palettes RM195




Lipgloss set

The Brush Set RM195



mini trio set of drawing pencils in Deep Blue, Burgundy Brown, Full Black RM100



Aren't they so tempting? Holiday sets are so worth it when the brands do offer their star products in sets / travel packs.

So, have you gotten yours?

Kate Gradical Eye & Dual Carat reviews

I believed Kate Cosmetics are widely known by all by now.

Kate has this collection of Gradical Eyes and Dual Carat collection in Year 2007, if I recalled them correctly. At that time, Kate was not brought in to Malaysia until mid of 2007.

This is Kate Dual Carat.

*credits from 4allbeauty.com

and I bought SV-1. The Shiny Silver combo.


This line of eye shadows was really pigmented compared to the other collection. The color payoffs are better than Gradical Eyes collection (refer below).



However, the powder are not as finely milled as the other collections and it was much chunkier and contains a lot of shimmers in it.
*below with flash (so shimmery,can!)

*below Without Flash



This is the Gradical Eyes Collection:


I also got the black-grey combo from them as well. (Hm, I didn't notice both of them are from the same color range at that time.)





The colors of this pallete doesn’t appear more pigmented than the above range. The cool thing about this pallete is that it also comes with an eyeliner color (the round shape shadow).



Here are the swatches:


Overall reviews:
I do find that Kate produces quite a good range of eye shadow palletes and the best part of it, they are affordable which is comparable to any other drugstore brands. They are also easily available in selected Watson/Guardian Stores and SASA.

However, I do recommend testing the product personally beforehand because I noticed that each range of Kate eyeshadows have different eyeshadow texture and different color payoffs.

Overall ratings:

(because of their inconsistency of eyeshadow texture & color payoffs).

Oh by the way, this is the new items from Kate that came out recently.
Kate Deep Eyes Collection, each retails at RM49

And its color range


*pic snapshot from nomorerules.net

And their Powder Gel Liner N. Retails at RM45.


And its colors! Sweet looking colors, eh?


So what are you waiting for?

PS: Christmas & CNY is just around the corner, a good time and a good reason for shopping!