Showing posts with label Swatches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swatches. Show all posts

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Lush Chilli Tingle Vegan Lip Tint - Swatch and Review and a Glossy box giveaway by Krupa

Chilly Tingle - It is the name which prompted me to buy it
 I haven't been sure that i can carry orange color on lips. I thought if i don't like,i can gift to some one.I know lot of people who really likes orange lippie.Are you one of them them?


What Lush telling about the Chilli Tingle?
"
Hoja Santa – over here, mate.  Got anything in that sack to moisturise lips and give them a lovely orange red tint?
Chilli Tingle is the answer. Inspired by a trip that Alecommy, our Italian colleague, took to Mexico. We loved the ingredients he brought back so much, we put them all in here. First there was some lovely dried chillies, which we thought would be great for stimulating the lips and waking up the blood supply in winter. Then there’s hoja santa – an aromatic herb known as ‘sacred leaf’. He also brought back annatto seeds, which have such a strong natural red colour in their seeds that the bush is known as the Lipstick Tree.
We then asked Jemma at our R&D labs to make a lovely blend of colours to compliment the annatto, and she came up with this beautiful orange red blend.
All that was left for us to do was make a lovely moisturising base of jojoba oil and our chocolate-smelling fair trade cocoa butter. Then add some candelillia wax and japan wax to seal the lips and give a barrier against the winter weather and to hold that lovely colour on the lips.
Perfect! Hot lips for chilly times."
Ingredients :
Organic jojoba oil, organic fair trade cocoa butter, candelilla wax, organic agave nectar, icing sugar, organic ground chilli, dried yerba santa, annato seeds, and titanium dioxide.Colour 73360, Colour 14700, Colour 19140
Price : 570 Rs(In sale i got for 285 Rs)


My experience :
Package : 
It is a small aluminium tub  with screw open lid. Nothing special.It is travel friendly because of the screw open lid.




Texture and Smell:
Texture is waxy which melts easily on hand and almost become liquidy.
But it have a tendency to settle on flaky lips or fine lines.

It smells like.... chilly? :p..i don't know how to describe the smell,i don't love or hate that smell. And smell fades as soon as it is applied.

Color:
On my lips,to my relief it is not a neon orange but a beautiful coral color. But there is come cool  undertones and may not be suitable for every one. 



Moistruisation: It is not at all moisturising.You definitely needs a good  lipblam beneath.
Staying Power : Without  eating or drinking it stays  a decent time of 3-4 hour on lips.

I thought there might be some pleasant tingling sensation in lips due to the name,but unfortunately no such tingling sensation.And last but not least definitely it is not chilly flavoured  :p


Pros:
a) A nice coral color for summer.
b) No chemical ingredients.A vegan product.
c) Well pigmented.
d) Decent staying power.


Cons:
a) Not much moisturising as the claim.
b) Color might not suit every one.
c) Exfoliated lips required.
d) Expensive for the quantity.




And Guys Krupa of All about Ladies and Glossy box together conducting a Glossy Box give away.Winner will get Glossy Box for March month absolutey free.So please participate in this give away aand follow her wonderful blog for  useful tips as well as trust worthy reviews.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Vaadi Herbals Lipbalm Review and Swatch

Think you buying an expensive high end  brand with great excitement and finally it turns out dud.It hurts lot na?.Think the reverse.You buying a cheap product ,even you don't know why and find it does works.How it feels? :D

Vaadi Herbals Strawberry lipbalm is such a product. Its price is 25/-INR for 10gm and in Urban Touch.com it is 23/-INR for 10gm..

I saw a review of Vaadi Herbals lipbalm in Wiseshe.com where it has positive review.But generally heard Vaadi herbal products are not of that much quality.  Next day i had been ordering some products from Urban Touch i saw this and in a sudden whim i ordered it. 23 bucks can't hurt much ,right? :p

Company description about this balm : Moisturises dry and chapped lips it forms a protective layer on lips which prevent damage from dry weather. Enriched with strawberry extract.

Key Ingredients: Strawberry extracts, Vitamin-E, Honey Almond Oil.

Shelf Life : 3 years from Mnaufacturing date.

My Experience
Type of lips i have : Very dry,tends to chap if don't take care properly.Mildly pigmented.

First look i didn't like it.It looked cheap,well it is cheap only. :p
















I don't like tub packaging in lip balm.Now don't ask me why i bought this then :P. yes i do know this comes in tub form before itself. But as i told it is in a sudden whim i bought this.



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Texture : Slightly heavier compared to Nivea lip balms. But will soon melt in lips.
Pigmentation: They are not claiming this is a tinted lipbalm.But it is slightly tinted.













That black spots are what i tried to label 1 and 2 :D
Left one is Vaadi Herbals Strawberry lipbalm and right one is Niveal Strawberry lipbalm.So you get the idea.

Moisturisation  Power: This is one of the best lipbalm when considering moisturising power. Even Nivea ones have failed me in moisturising context. Only lipbalms which have worked for me is Neutrogena and Lip ice.And now Vaadi also. 

SPF : It have no spf in it. So i am using it as my night lipbalm as well as while staying indoors.

Smell and taste : It have a yummy strawberry smell and no taste :P.So not to be afraid of 'accidental' licking. (Talking about me ; -) )

Another positive factor i find in this lipbalm is reducing  pigmentation.Yes..it does reduce pigmentation.So if you put in night and sleep,morning you can wake up with soft pink lips.

Eventhough shelf life is 3 years and quantity enough for minimum one year, with this tub packaging i don't think i will use it more than 2-3 months. Then also for this price it is worthy i think.
Another thing i didn't like is they haven't given complete ingredient list.I  prefer knowing what all i am applying to my lips.

Summarising positives :
a) Imparts very good moisturisation
b) Reduce pigmentation.
c) Dirt cheap
d) Good quantity.
e) Easily available onlinein in sites like Urban Touch,365 Georgeous etc

Summarising negatives :
a) Only Key ingredients are given.
b) No SPF
c) Tub packaging.

Other variants also available in Pineapple,Orange and Mixed fruit flavour.

This is my HG night lipbalm for now and till i find another one it will remain.But next will try other flavours.





Monday, December 19, 2011

Chambor glitsy gloss lipgloss review and swatch - Shade Intense 616

I am a big mouthed girl .Well,  in literal sense. :D

If you have read  'Princess Diary series ' you will absolutely understand what i am telling. For those who haven't read ,when you see the pictures below you will definitely come to know what i meant   :p

So i'm always little conscious about wearing lip glosses. I feel it makes my lips appear more big. But still that didn't stopped me from buying this beauty.

First we can see what the company tells about the product :

Chambor has always understood women’s needs & has celebrated every aspect of Womanhood. Chambor is celebrating this Festive Season by introducing sparkling Glitzy Gloss with its two new series: Intense & Twilight which gives the lips a lush glamorous & sparkling radiance.

Glitzy Intense gives you a finish made of pure solid color.

Price:550 INR for 6.5 ml ( They didn't understood women's need for not so expensive make up products or what?)

Now the product:

Packaging:

Often packaging does plays an important role in deciding whether to buy the product.(Atleast for me and i'm sure lot of people out there agrees to me :P)

This lip gloss comes in a sleek classy plastic case, which have a glass finish.And have usual doe footed sponge tip applicator.

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Be careful while handling it, mine is still intact.But one of my friends had same lip gloss.Once it fallen from her hand and the cap broken in to two leaving the product unusable and she skipped dinner worrying about it ;)

Well coming to Lip gloss:

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Color i think can be be best described as brownish mauve.It is a color which suits people of almost all complexion varying from fair to wheatish color.

And the texture is amazing.It is creamy in texture and glides smoothly. It is opaque and gives pretty good coverage so that even people with pigmented lips can use.

Pigmentation : See the above pic, in single swipe itself there is nice color pay off.

Staying power and moisturisation:It provides decent moisturisation and stays in lips 3-4 hours.

Last but not least - It is not at all sticky.

Peple with sensitive nose don't worry it have only a very mild pleasant smell.

Now we can see how it look on my lips

In natural light

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In artificial light

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Now we can summarise positive and negative aspects:

What i like?:

a) Non sticky

b) Very good opaque coverage in single swipe.

c) Not drying on lips.

d) Texture -very creamy and glides eaily.

e) Decent staying power 3-4 hour.

f) Won't settle in to fine lines.

g) Very mild pleasant smell.

h) The packaging

What i don't like?

a) Little expensive

b) Cap also would have made sturdy.

Overall, it is one of the best glosses.Must buy for people with pigmented lips.