Askmewhats Reviews: Prestige Eyeshadow

There are a lot of palettes out there, and a lot of them don't have good color payoffs, so it puts me off to even "try" on palettes. When the Beauty Bar opened up here in the Philippines, a lot of international brands were then available and one of them would be Prestige.

Prestige isn't a luxury brand, it may be considered a drugstore brand in the US but it is "mid-range" here in the Philippines. I love brushes from Prestige. And when the Christmas season came last year, we were playing this "kris kringle" game and my "baby" was telling to everyone that whoever is her "mom", she would like the Prestige e/s! She was wanting it so much that I had to go to the Beauty bar and buy it for her.

Of course...she's very happy and of course, she wanted me to put it on her right away! Surprisingly??? The color payoff is good, I've been wanting the palette myself but just didn't have the chance to buy. And my bestfriend was the one who finally gave me this e/s quad.

Mine was in beige, reddish brown, dark brown and coppery browns.

Askmewhats says ---

Pros

• easy to travel with
• good color payoff, quite pigmented
• not too expensive, Php395 (around $9.00)
• packaging is great! not flimsy
  

Cons

• this quad is more on the glittery side
• there are some big glitters on some areas (not too consistent)

Overall

This is a great palette for those in need of different shades of browns, but like I said, they don't have the matte version, all 4 are glittery. But this is good for highlighting, contouring the eyes.

Will I repurchase?

Yes, in different shades

Want some swatches? Just let me know!

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Tip for the Day: Spatula for you and me

Thanks to Ms. Cherry Pacheco Uy, she gave me a lovely tip and I'm loving it! You can see pix above and you maybe wondering what the heck are these doing in a make-up blog. Well well, these cutey tools are not only HELPFUL but it can save your make-up from bacteria.

I have been using all the above spatulas for quite some time now (as you can see the color of it!) -- but PROMISE, I wash it religiously and disinfect it with alcohol as well. Anyways..let me give you guys a tip or 2 and these are what I learned from Ms. Cherry as well.

Based on the pix, look at it from top to bottom. Let's start from the top part...

1. Small Plastic Spatula --

this is approximately a size of a pinky and the spoon has depth, so this is perfect for mixing foundation. Why do I mix foundation? Well, as you guys know, I do make up for others and I can't buy all the foundation colors, since I've got the basics, the yellow tones, the pink tones, and a dark foundation, I mixed some of them to match the skin color of my friends. Of course., this takes a whole lot of hit and miss :) But it works, remember to take down notes though :)

2. Medium sized Spatula --

this I use often, I put the foundation (that don't need to be mixed) here and use my brush or sponge in getting some of the foundation. It works well, and for jar foundations, you don't need to dip your brush or sponge directly which is more hygienic.

3. Small spatula, rectangular head --

I love these, I bought one plastic with 3 inside. I've been using this rectangular headed spoon for my moisturizers, and put it back in my resealable plastic bags (refer to my previous post).
Another tip, instead of using your own lipstick directly to your friends/clients, you can scrape a bit of your lipstick and you can dip the lipbrush here instead of directly to the lipstick. It's cleaner this way and I believe the people you put make-up on would appreciate this as well :)

I know, there's a whole lot of uses for each or every spatulas out there, but these are my 3 favorites. I hope this is helpful for all of you out there.

All the spatulas I bought are less than Php10.00 (each) at the Landmark, Makati

Enjoy taking care of your cosmetics!

Feel free to spill in some more tips ... we can all enjoy them!

Have a great weekend you all!

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

NYX Haul Swatches

Here are my NYX orders and I swatched them just for you guys who are interested to buy and found it quite difficult to choose from their variety of shades, I didn't order that much but I hope it helps! :D

Here are my 9 orders of NYX Single shadows.... (please click to enlarge)

Here are the colors swatched on my wonderfully dirty hands :) hehehe

Here are my NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Hauls and swatch...

The NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil and NYX Chrome Eyeshadows..

All of the above swatches are applied WITHOUT base and DRY! :) Hope this mini haul helps you guys :)


Your askmewhats,
Nikki

The CAS Cosmetics Fair

A CAS Cosmetics Fair is what I've been waiting for. Why? Well, my favorite Paul & Joe make up will be on sale! And when I say SALE, it's big big sale!!! And you can just see how excited I look like and I've arrowed down Ms. Lanie Acedillo , Associate Chief Make Up artist of Paul and Joe and also Von, the Boutique manager of P&J Rustan's Makati branch. Everyone at Paul & Joe are so helpful and super friendly (no joke, no sales talk here ok? hehehe). And with them being uber helpful and friendly makes me go back to them! Trust me, having friendly staffs really makes me go back!

Check out my red lips, I never wore red lipstick, but for them, I would! hahaha
(in the pix also Ms. Raizelle, super helpful girl as well from Paul & Joe)

Me, doing the pouty lips, and failed, I looked so unfriendly! hahaha

And here are my hauls!!!
I bought basically 2 Duo Crayons, 1 Eyebrow pencil no. 3,
P&J Light Cream Foundation in 03, Black Curly Mascara and
Autumn 2007 Face Colour

And the pix below are my freebies (they are smaller in person, just a finger high)
Moisture Lotion, Light Cleansing Milk and the Emulsion
(can't wait to try these cutey babies)

Not shown in pix, I also got my Paul & Joe luggage! For spending a certain amount of money.
I love freebies! Really! well who doesn't? hahaha

In this fair, the Body Shop, Jane Iredale Mineral Make-up and Watercolours were also there!

Happy moment...awww. Sad moment for my wallet *sniff*

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

My Cherry Culture NYX Cosmetics FINALLY ARRIVED!

I have been waiting, waiting, waiting for almost a month now, for my first Cherry Culture orders. Can you just imagine how excited I was that I got the notice card and my wonderful hubby went to the Postal Office to get the package for me. He's super nice enough to take a pix of it while I was still in the office and he made such cute message to me as well (2nd photo)....

AAAAWWWWWWWwwwww.....

Here are my orders:

• 3 pcs of NYX Chrome Eyeshadows
• NYX Concealer in a Jar
• 2 pcs of NYX Glitter eyeliner
• 2 pcs of NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow pencils
• 9 pcs of NYX Single eyeshadows
• 4 pcs of NYX Pearl Mania

And I got their usual freebie of the Cherry Culture lip gloss. My orders are well packed and its correct and complete...whew.

So happy, I was swatching and trying on it right away :D

Giddy Askmewhats,
Nikki