Bali Beauty & Lifestyle Blogger: mascara

, by Jcliani

Review: Too Faced Beauty Blogger Darlings Set

See that name, I feel like it's calling me. Lol.. I bought this a while ago along with the Tarte Thoughtful Treasures Best Seller Set and I'm really happy with my purchase. I prefer gift set rather than real size because I rarely use it but want to try many things and it is travel friendly. The best is that it contains their best of the best items. Who can resist?

All the ingredients are listed on the back of the box. Surely I can tell you no paraben there. You get the better when you pay more, right.. High end cosmetics have left paraben (for some brands such as Tarte too).

Because it is a blogger set, of course there are quotes from bloggers too about the products! I've been following some of them because they are awesome.

Features

Price: $20

What it is:

A superstar kit featuring Too Faced’s four products most beloved by some of the brand’s favorite beauty bloggers and vloggers.

What it does:

Tried, tested, proven, and adored—these are the four products bloggers and vloggers simply can’t resist.

Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer is infused with antioxidant-rich cocoa powder and signature bronzing pigments to create a unique matte bronzer that neutralizes red and evens skintone.

Primed and Poreless Skin Smoothing Face Primer is a one-of-a-kind makeup primer scientifically formulated to glide on sheer, keeping powders, foundations and bronzers looking fresh and in place all-day while minimizing the appearance of pores and imperfections.

In one easy coat, Better Than Sex Mascara’s carbon black, collagen-fueled formula creates full, defined lashes that are stretched to unbelievable lengths.

This set contains:
- 0.14 oz Bronzer in Chocolate Soleil Bronzer
- 0.17 oz Primed & Poreless Face Primer
- 0.17 oz Better Than Sex Mascara
- 0.17 oz Shadow Insurance Eye Shadow Primer

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates
- synthetic fragrance
- triclosan

Chocolate Soleil Bronzer

The packaging is so pretttyyyyy! Superb. A+ for miniature like this. Even though it's only made from plastic but I love the carving, it's so elegant and it has mirror in it. Not many mini size I know even think about having mirror in it. If it has a brush it'd be perfect but never mind because it's in compact size.

What can I say about this.. I am super in love the scent, if you ever drink hot cocoa, this is it, exactly what you smell. It has subtle matte brown which is really soft to my skin, the color is soft, not so pigmented but buildable. It looks really natural. I think it's best for fair skin because it won't show up at dark skin.

Primed & Poreless Face Primer

The packaging is almost similar with the big one but in smaller tube and more pointy, made from plastic.

The color is pink beige but more to beige side. It looks like it has thick consistency but because it's creamy and feels matte but easy to blend. It gives matte and powdery finish, minimize the pore and make base/foundation easier to apply.

I can see that my make up lasts longer and harder to remove because of using this primer, it is also enhances the color of what I'm using esp blush on and bronzer (look the before and after picture and tell me how different it is), but I can't tell about the oil control because I don't have oily skin so having a primer or not is not really a big difference.

What I don't like is it tends to be sandy or like dirt that comes out after peeling, I don't know if it only happens to me but sometimes it does, maybe because I have normal dry skin but I always prep my skin well before applying make up. Any suggestion please let me know.

Shadow Insurance Eye Shadow Primer

This has the same type of packaging with the face primer but it's smaller because it's for eyes and has different color. Pretty color...

The texture is almost similar with the face primer too only this is thicker, color is almost the same, too.

This is my best one for eye primer, how amazing it changes the same color into more beautiful, vivid and brighter color. I swatched exactly the same times with the 'before'. I've never tried UD primer but I love this one because it is smoothen my shadow application and brighten up the color also makes it last longer, stays in place where it supposed to be. No creasing or fading. Without primer, I already have puppy eyes.. Compare to my Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer, uh ah.. -__- Price talks beb..

Better Than Sex Mascara

Pretty packaging, exactly the mini size of the real one. It has shiny metal sleek look with pink color. Classy!

I love this mascara for the result. It has peanut shaped brush, never had one like this before, it helps a lot to reach the inner and outer corner of the eyelash. In one swipe I can see the difference and if I want to have more dramatic look, I just apply in several swipes and there's no clumping at all. Sorry no before after for this pic, been having bad lighting here but I assure you this is one of my best.

Pros:
+ Affordable for set, love it
+ Very good quality, love them all
+ The chocolate smell from soleil is heavenly!
+ The mascara result is amazing
+ The primer (both face and eyes) really do their job esp the face primer makes it more pigmented

Cons:
- The primer is a little bit giving me sandy finish (a little bit), may occurs to dry skin, prep your skin well
- The bronzer is very natural, and can't really shows up for contouring for my yellow skin tone. Really nice for fair skin. I will need to find a darker one.

Overall:

I love everything in it esp mascara and bronzer. They don't use harmful ingredients and feels soft to the skin. For $20 getting 4 wonderful items is totally worth it! I wish I could have more gift set like this... But they're so hard to find and limited. Bought them from Sephora. I don't think I'd buy the full size because it's pricey for me to have each of them in full size. I already love the mini size and I rarely use them so this is perfect esp for travelling.

Let me know your thoughts about it!

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