I have been enjoying my Laura Mercier Joie de Vivre products so much so that I have totally forgotten to tell you about it . I was thinking to review the lipstick first but suddenly yesterday I wanted to talk about the Colour Powder For Cheeks & Eyes. Then, as I was typing my review away, I decided to lump both products into one lol. Like a friend said – redirect the heart. And I redirected twice!

This beautiful Laura Mercier parcel arrived unexpectedly from KENS Apothecary. I’m always grateful to them for letting me try their products without any commitment. Joie de Vivre is Laura Mercier’s Spring 2017 color collection. The entire collection consists of one Colour Powder For Cheeks & Eyes, three Velour Lovers Lip Colour, three Lip Pencil, one Tightlight Cake Eyeliner, and one Extra Lash Sculpting Mascara. Joie de Vivre makeup collection evolves around the idea of bringing the natural color in your skin for a healthy and youthful glow.

Joie de Vivre Colour Powder For Cheeks & Eyes in Windflush

Joie de Vivre Colour Powder For Cheeks & Eyes is a multi-purpose baked powder that is said to be universally flattering. This, I find it to be true. Well, that was not what I think at first try but after using it for several times, I finally get it to work with my typical makeup do. At first glance, it looked like a baked bronzer. I would be jumping up and down if it was. However I am not disappointed at all. The warmth of Windflush, the shade for the Joie de Vivre collection is absolutely beautiful. I have to be careful with the contouring I do if I want to use this blush for the day. That is because the shade on my skin is close to bronzer. So if I am heavy handed with my bronzer as contour and then apply this as a blush, I may look like I have a big blob across my cheek. I like that I can use the warmth of Windflush to top up on my contour. It goes on the skin looking a little peachy but warm. I love this kind of shade especially as crease shade. Yes, I do use it as eyeshadow too. The powder is very light-weight so a heavy swirl of the brush is needed. I don’t see a lot of fallout, which is good as the powder is really baked.

The packaging of Joie de Vivre are kept simple and it has cute writing on it. The shiny surface do leave fingerprints all over it. You know how crazy I go when I see fingerprints but I always clean up all my makeup after each use so in the end it doesn’t bother me

This is how Joie de Vivre Colour Powder For Cheeks & Eyes in Windflush shade looks like on me. I didn’t do a hand swatch because it doesn’t show up on the back of my hand. As I said, the powder is very light-weight. You have to really get your brush on the pan to pick up more products. I like how the payoff looks natural as a blush. Almost blended in by itself with my contour shade.

I didn’t see this on KENS Apothecary website now. It may be sold out but if you are interested, do check it out at their stores to see if they still have it.

Joie de Vivre Velour Lovers Lip Colour (RM129 / 3.6g)

I kept both of the Joie de Vivre Velour Lovers Lip Colour for the longest time ever because I thought they are some creamy or glossy lipstick and if you know me well enough, you will know that I like matte lipstick. Until one day I had an itch to open a new lipstick to use and I had been thinking about these lipstick so I took the shade Joy to use. OH MY GOD. I literally had a shock of my life as these goes on matte! It’s kinda hard to get the color on my lips so I took the box to read. Duh Fiona!

It turns out these Velour Lovers Lip Colour are matte metallic lipstick! I had a lot of matte lipstick but not metallic. So I was kinda excited. As you know, metallic lip product is kinda in the trend now. It turns out Laura Mercier is up to the trend too.

These lipsticks are like a peekaboo. It looked dry from the bullet itself, it goes on the lip hard and dry thanks to the metallic in it but it is not drying at all. Like seriously not even a bit drying. I like that I don’t feel any lip product on my lips. It lasts on me the entire day, all through food and drinks. No touch up needed at all as the lipstick doesn’t wears off from the lips entirely. Whenever I had the shade Joy on me, everyone will ask me what lipstick I’m using. It’s really flattering.

It has a buildable pigmentation. When you apply a few times, it become a full on full coverage lipstick. I read from Laura Mercier website that this lipstick has mattifying powders with moisturizing mango butter combination that enables a matte finish that doesn’t dry the lips. My favourite colour? Joy of course! It has a purplish shade to it and you know I like purple

I find that both shade Joy and Happy are almost similar. I hardly could tell them apart on the lips! But the swatches are clear. Joy has pink tone, while Happy is a straight on red.

Excuse me while I continue my “joy of living” using the Laura Mercier Joie de Vivre Spring 2017 colour collection

Disclaimer: Product was sent to me as a gift with no review obligation. This doesn’t affect my judgement in the review in any way.

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I received a rather very surprised parcel one fine day just as I was reversing my car out and it was from Maybelline. I was a curious cat, ripping the courier plastic off to see what Maybelline sent me and I am not prepared for this. 12 pieces of brand new The Loaded Bolds lipsticks that was just released. All 12 new shades! With funky shades that I’ve been eyeing! Surprised, yes. Excited, hella yes!

At one glance I thought these Maybelline The Loaded Bolds lipstick are a matte lipstick. I have no idea why I think so. Maybe because every lipstick that was released to the market are either matte or liquid lipstick lol. Hey, I have no complain. You know how much I love my matte lipstick . In fact, The Loaded Bolds is a creamy lipstick that offers vibrant and full-spectrum shades as seem from my Instagram post here, here, and a look I did yesterday.

There are 3 beautiful reds. I don’t usually lean towards red or often you would hear me say red are beautiful. In this case, it is exceptional. The reds are really gorgeous. Two of them looked similar but has slightly different tone of red when swatched. One of course is like Ferrari red. Striking.

There are two pinks and both are complete opposite. One a fuchsia pink (left), super gorgeous and I wear it out all the time and one a deeper fuchsia pink-alike that almost looks like a red from the tube itself.

The deeper tones in the range will be the favourite of many. I should have put the purple in the “bold” category below but I do kind of consider it as something deep. Whenever I wear the purple out, I get tons of people asking me what purple and from which lipstick brand that I was wearing. It is extremely flattering on me for some reason. All purple does lol. I personally like purple and I was glad that purple turns out good on me . There is also a dark chocolate shade (right) that is a rare find and is absolutely as beautiful as the name sound. I cannot wait to wear this shade out today!

Then there is the bold, special shades. This is my favourite category of all, which is why I like The Loaded Bolds range that much. As I said earlier, the purple should be in this category. I don’t know what has gotten into me that day that I put it in the  deeper tone bunch lol. I have been eyeing on the blue ever since I saw it at the drugstore. How often do you see a blue lipstick in the market? Not often, I can tell you that. This is also a lipstick that everyone has been eyeing too as the price range doesn’t break the bank. The white is intimidating. I don’t know what to do with it. One day I figured out what it is for. You can use it to tone down a shade or for days when you need to do a custom creative look, halloween or not. And of course if you have a white, a blue, and a purple, there must be a black. Yeap. A black lipstick ya’all!! Same as the white, the black can be used to make a shade darker. Or if you prefer, to wear it on it’s own. No one is judging. I certainly won’t

Yesterday I did this look with the blue lipstick – 04 Audacious Blue. I’ve been dying to play with the blue since I got my hands on it. This is a bold lipstick shade so either apply a lip liner in advance for easy application or use a lip brush. I chose lip brush as I don’t have a blue lip liner. Application is stressful. The more stress I get, the more mess I make. I learnt not to use finger to smudge away mistake even if it’s just a little bit as the skin would turn grey LOL. I must admit. It takes a lot of patience just so there was no mistake as it is a bold shade.

This shade however is less opaque than every other shade in the range. You will see it from the swatches below. I had to go over again and again to get a full opacity coverage. Applying directly from the tube gives a better thick coverage than lip brush. I also notice that the lipstick is kind of soft. The bullet tend to lean over to the side of the casing, creating lines of dent. I can hear my heart broke into pieces the minute I saw it.

And here are all of the Maybelline The Loaded Bolds lipstick swatches.

The white and the blue is the most non-opaque of all. The baby pink however surprised me. It is so pretty and quite opaque. Price wise, it is cheaper than I thought at RM29.90 a piece. Sometimes you may spot some discount and good deals making the lipstick at RM24+ a piece only . Although I would prefer a matte lipstick, these goes on creamy but doesn’t look glossy or slip throughout the day. A few friends commented saying they thought I had matte lipstick on. I kind of like the finishing, not glossy-looking, velvety soft and comfortable.

Disclaimer: Product was sent to me for review consideration. This doesn’t affect my judgement in the review in any way.

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I was going through my lipstick drawers and I kept looking at these NYX Butter Gloss, which I bought a few years ago for one sole purpose. Yeap. The one and only lip gloss that I used, like, love and still using . I still remember a few years ago when NYX arrived Sephora. It was so exclusive and limited that every single day all the NYX counter would be swamped with girls. I literally have to snuck one arm in between waists to grab something. IT WAS INSANE. There was two product that was all hyped up back then. The NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream, which I hate and this NYX Butter Gloss.

Butter Gloss is a lip gloss that is said to be super hydrating and not sticky. Did someone said not sticky? I’m in! But that’s not all what people say about Butter Gloss. The reason why I bought a lip gloss (rare case) was because I read about how this Butter Gloss works like a charm as lipstick topper, especially on dry lipstick. So I went on a hunt for Créme Brulee. That’s the shade that errrbody was raving for. I have to hunt for it because it was sold out everywhere. Whenever Sephora restock them, it was sold out again.

My first NYX Butter Gloss was Créme Brulee. I can’t remember how much I bought but it was hella cheap. RM22 maybe? I cannot remember. I don’t use it on its own because I still am not a fan of lip gloss what more having lip gloss on my entire lips on its own. At that time I had issues with lipstick being too dry or cracked and this Butter Gloss is said to work in preventing that if you apply a little bit on the center of the lip. Boy oh boy it works like magic. It is so comfortable on the lips, NOT sticky at all and lasts the whole day. Despite having a matte lipstick on that was drying, a little bit of Butter Gloss on the center of the lips took my mind off the entire day. It is just too comfortable.

It is not opaque. That, you have to take note. But it is decent enough. What I like about this being a lip topper is that regardless what shade I used, it still look natural. It doesn’t change the lipstick shade at all. It just brings life back to the lips. Some lip gloss can break up a lipstick making it all patchy but not Butter Gloss. So far I have no problem with that. It doesn’t change the lipstick texture. It’s like it has its own life lol.

The scent is quite vanilla-y. Quite pleasant and not nauseating at all. The scent doesn’t lingers on for long. It is gone in no time. If you want a good gloss that is not sticky, affordable and good as lipstick topper to get rid of the dry lipstick feeling, get this Butter Gloss. I am also aware that there is a Intense Butter Gloss. Honestly I have not tried the intense version yet so I can’t compare and tell you which is better. This 5 tubes I have will last me ages and I don’t intend to get anymore

I just did a quick run through my old Sephora receipts and true enough, NYX Butter Gloss was RM22. I bought Créme Brulee at full price and the remaining 4 Butter Gloss I bought at the same year during Sephora Private Sale. I paid RM17.60 each after 20% OFF. Not bad eh!

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored review. I bought the product on my own.

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When it comes to lipstick, hands down matte lipstick wins. There has been a love and hate with matte lipstick but I just love them. Not for its long lasting but for the comfort. I love how matte lipstick feels like nothing on the lips. Matte lipstick comes in many form – liquid lipstick, which is in trend at the moment, powder lipstick, which many find odd but I love it, and comfortable matte lipstick that will suit even those who are not into matte lipstick. Comfortable matte lipstick is able to provide comfort and moisture minus the shine. And that is exactly what Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte Lipstick is all about.

Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte Lipstick has a unique creamy texture with moisturizing ingredients to keep the lips from drying out. So far I have been lucky with matte lipstick in all form. Although my lips are dry and chapped to begin with, matte lipstick are quite comfortable without drying out my lips. I find that creamy lipstick are too slippery and sometimes lack of pigmentation but matte lipstick are typically more opaque. Let’s not forget that hair do not get stuck on matte lipstick too

I was sent two shades to try. I specifically requested no red as I have tons of red lipstick unopened. You can say I am kinda red phobia now looking at all the reds. So. Much. Red! What I find a bit inconvenient is that there are no shade name. Only code. I was glad that the two shades I was sent are in totally different shade category. M CR 344 is a coral pink shade while M WN 266 is a deep fuchsia shade. Please bear in mind lipstick shade varies on each person. The way I see the shade payoff is on my lips personally. So do take my shade description with a pinch of salt and try them out in store

Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte is really very comfortable to wear and on the lips even after so many hours. Some lipstick makes you want to remove them the soonest but these does not make me feel that way. I hardly remember I had lipstick on as it is so comfortable and lightweight. When I swatch these on my hands, I had to swipe a few times to get the color on but on the lips, it’s different. It goes on smooth, non-sticky with medium to high opacity.

M CR 344 looks a little bit neon coral from the tube but goes on coral pink on me. It is one of those fun and young shade that is suitable for fair to medium skin tone. I lean more towards this shade whenever I want my overall look to brighten up. However, the downside is this shade goes on so patchy on my lips. It clings onto every dry skin and wrinkles on the lips. No matter how I exfoliate and apply lip balm prior, it still does not goes on smooth. It is just so patchy

Now, M WN 266 is a total different story. It spells Fiona all over. It is a deep fuchsia shade, not too red or pink or too plum. Just nice. Consistency and color payoff is far more better than M CR 344. I’m not surprised as darker shade usually has better texture and payoff. Compared to M CR 344, this shade goes on smoother and non-patchy. It does not cling onto every dry skin I had on my chapped lips. Everything was perfect! This is the shade that I have been wearing non-stop for the past 2 weeks. I probably Insta Stories too much with this lipstick on too

This has been one interesting lipstick review I ever done. One shade goes on patchy on me no matter how I prep my lips while the other shades goes on so beautiful. Nonetheless I absolutely love these Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte lipstick. The lipstick overall gives me a comfortable, long lasting wear with feather lightweight. I did not feel anything at all on my lips. Despite being a matte lipstick, it does not dry out my lips. Super comfortable as Shu Uemura claimed it to be.

If you are thinking to try or switch to a matte lipstick, the Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited Supreme Matte could be it. Best of all, there are 20 shades to choose from

Disclaimer: Product was sent to me for review consideration. This doesn’t affect my judgement in the review in any way.

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