Mally Liquid Face Defender; Review & Swatches of Shades

Mally Shaded Liquid Face Defender

Price: $40 per ounce

CRUELTY FREE!!!

When Mally created her original EverColor Poreless Face Defender, she did something that rarely happens by revolutionizing the beauty world and the way we set our makeup.

Her Liquid Face Defender uses the same technology as her original, is available in four tinted shades and provides similar benefits to the original but requires slightly different technique!

L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Blush; Review & Swatches of Shades

L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Blush

New for Spring 2014

Price: $12 for .6 ounces

About $20 an ounce

L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Blush was one of three new complexion products L'Oreal released for their extensive Visible Lift line for Spring/Summer 2014.

(The other two products were L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Foundation and L'Oreal Visible Lift Blur Concealer). All of these products claim to come complete with scientifically advanced "Opti-Blur" technology...

Laura Geller Spackle; Review & Swatches of Shades; (Original & Tinted Under Makeup Primer);

Laura Geller Spackle, Makeup Primer

Price: $30 for 2 ounces

($15/ounce)

CRUELTY FREE!!!

I'm not a big primer person. They're just not my thing. I find that when I apply traditional silicone ones, I usually over-do it upon application of the primer, then when I apply my foundation (which I also sometimes over-do), I end up pulling up the primer too. In addition to that, silicone primers with silicone foundations are too  drying on my skin and I take too long to blend so they end up over-drying on my face for a really sexy cakey look & a "here are my pores that were barely visible ten minutes ago" situation.

So how do I feel about Laura Geller's Spackle? Keep Reading...

Mally Liquid Face Defender- BLUSH; Review & Swatches of Shades

Mally Liquid Face Defender Blush

Price: $18-$35 for .75 ounces

($22-$43 per ounce)

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Mally took the beauty world by storm with the release of her Poreless Face Defender a few years ago and she has since released several sister-products with her Liquid Face Defender Blush being one of Mally's most recent creations.

Tarte BB Primer 12 Hour Treatment; Review & Swatches of Shades

Tarte 12 Hour BB Priming Treatment SPF 30
Price: $35/ounce

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Tarte's 12 Hour BB/Primer hybrid caused a lot of confusion in the beauty world when it was first released. After all, what IS it?

Is it a sunscreen?
Is it a BB Cream?
Is it a Primer?

Could it possibly do an even remotely decent job of performing all three tasks and if it can does that mean we've all been using extra products for no reason all these years?

ELF High Definition HD Finishing Powder Review

ELF High Definition HD Finishing Powder 

Price: $6 for 8 grams
About $.75 a gram

CRUELTY FREE!!!

E.L.F. High Definition Finishing Powder follows suit with the HD faze. Promising to "create a soft focus and blur imperfections, lines & wrinkles," ELF would like you to believe that they have created a solution so versitile and miraculous, you will look flawless even with the most advanced HD technology' and regardless of your complexion woes.

Does it work is the question though....

Mally EverColor Poreless Face Defender Review

Mally Poreless Face Defender Review

Price: $40 for 10 grams ($4/gram)                      

CRUELTY FREE!!!

This is a product that has gotten lots of attention, lots of awards, sparked endless discussions, and now, the highest form of flattery, it has inspired numerous dupes & copycats. (Stila, CoverGirl, Youngblood, etc.)

So why all the fuss and is the original really better than the dupes?
Keep reading!

CoverGirl TruMagic Skin Perfector, Sun Kisser and Luminizor Review

CoverGirl TruMagic Skin Perfector, Sun Kisser, and Luminizor Review

New for Spring 2014

Price: About $10
Approx $1 per gram

I first saw these a few weeks ago in my local Walgreens. I was actually pleasantly surprised a drugstore brand was jumping on the whole "perfecting/finishing" bandwagon with something that wasn't powder for us dry skin girls.