Wednesday, 30 December 2015
House of Uni
These are the five House of Uni lipsticks I ordered from the USA. The lipsticks are priced at $9 each or you can buy 3 for $20 or 5 for $35. House of Uni also make liquid lipstick, priced at $12 each or 4 for $40. Not all House of Uni products are vegan, but their web shop has a vegan section and non-vegan products are clearly marked.
As you can see I went for bold colours, but there are some more subtle shades available if that's your thing. I'd been looking for black and green vegan lipsticks for a while, so I was pleased to discover these. I would describe Star Apple as matte with a glitter shimmer and the the other four shades as matte. The lipsticks are highly pigmented with a rich, creamy texture. They have pretty good staying power too, although attempting to eat a "buttered" crumpet while wearing "Wicked" was definitely a mistake.
Saturday, 5 December 2015
Cover FX Total Cover Cream Foundation
I bought this foundation in the Black Friday Beauty Bay sale. The Cover FX website states that all products, with the exception of MintTint FX and MintGlaze FX are vegan.
It ticks all my boxes for the perfect foundation: vegan, light enough for my pale skin, full coverage and SPF30. It comes packaged in a compact and includes an applicator sponge. I got it in the shade N0, which is the lighest shade offered. It comes in many different shades, including colours for darker skin tones. N shades are for skin with neutral undertones, G shades are for golden undertones and P shades are for pink undertones. My skin has pink undertones, but I decided to go for N0 as the lightest shade in the P range is P10. I'm pleased to report it matched my skin perfectly and didn't look too yellow.
The coverage is buildable, so I applied a thin layer all over my face, then applied extra as a concealer over blemishes. I didn't need to use an additional concealer with this even though I had an active pimple on my chin. Although it offers great coverage when applied thickly, the thin layer applied to the rest of my face didn't look too heavy or mask-like.
I love that it is SPF30 as sun protection is extremely important to me, but finding high SPF sunscreens that wear well under make up is challenging. The only downside is the price, the normal retail price is £35 and I paid £28, but it's definitely worth the investment as I haven't come across anything cheaper that works anywhere near as well.
Here are a couple of pictures of me wearing it and a picture of the foundation swatched on my arm. Apologies for the terrible photo quality, I only have a crappy camera phone at the moment. Hopefully I'll get a better camera soon.
It ticks all my boxes for the perfect foundation: vegan, light enough for my pale skin, full coverage and SPF30. It comes packaged in a compact and includes an applicator sponge. I got it in the shade N0, which is the lighest shade offered. It comes in many different shades, including colours for darker skin tones. N shades are for skin with neutral undertones, G shades are for golden undertones and P shades are for pink undertones. My skin has pink undertones, but I decided to go for N0 as the lightest shade in the P range is P10. I'm pleased to report it matched my skin perfectly and didn't look too yellow.
The coverage is buildable, so I applied a thin layer all over my face, then applied extra as a concealer over blemishes. I didn't need to use an additional concealer with this even though I had an active pimple on my chin. Although it offers great coverage when applied thickly, the thin layer applied to the rest of my face didn't look too heavy or mask-like.
I love that it is SPF30 as sun protection is extremely important to me, but finding high SPF sunscreens that wear well under make up is challenging. The only downside is the price, the normal retail price is £35 and I paid £28, but it's definitely worth the investment as I haven't come across anything cheaper that works anywhere near as well.
Here are a couple of pictures of me wearing it and a picture of the foundation swatched on my arm. Apologies for the terrible photo quality, I only have a crappy camera phone at the moment. Hopefully I'll get a better camera soon.
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