Hello Girlfriends and welcome to another episode of Tried and Tested! Today we are going to
be trying out some makeup products that are known to be cult classics, or really iconic!
This is the L'oréal Paris Elnett Satin hairspray. The finest hairspray used by the finest stylist.
Now, this hairspray is super old school, and a lot of hairstylist use this, like a lot.
My hairstylist uses it, and every time I go for a shoot, most of the time they have a
spray like this. They like it because it's like as it says here, it disappears at the
stroke of a brush, it's like some micro-diffusion technology and you can spray quite a bit and
it doesn't look like your hair has been hairspray-ed into a helmet. So they like that.
You See, just one spray and already the volume is, *poof*!
It doesn't look like there's product in my hair, it just looks like my hair naturally
has body or volume. It goes in the direction
you want it to go. This is actually really a strong hairspray. It's so good, it's 10.
The smell is like minus 10! I hate the smell of this spray. I hate it!
Every time they use it, I'm like, oh, stop, please stop.
L'oréal, here's a proposal: why don't you come up with
something like this, but with a nicer fragrance, because your hairstylist also don't like the smell!
So, when it comes to finishing powders, this one from Make Up For Ever, the microfinishing
loose powder is one of the most constantly raved about. It was actually developed specifically
for the TV and film industry so that it wouldn't show up on 4k cameras. In fact, the time when
I was doing a series and it was shot on a 4k camera, they were using this and I tell
you, you can really see the difference. It's...
You can't see it! So you can see the difference
because you can't see the powder! It's really quite amazing. You can see, it's super super
fine. So fine that when you do this, it just kinds of wafts up like smoke. It looks white
but it's totally invisible once you buff it in.
It takes away the shine, but your skin
still really looks like skin! And, on the camera, it doesn't look like there's powder
on. Although, I do feel that with shine control, it still cannot control my nose. But the rest
of my face, it's alright. For ultra ultra fine powders a lot of them only come from
the super high end brands, they are very expensive. So this one is not cheap for a finishing powder,
but it's not as expensive as a high end brand translucent powder, so this is really quite
amazing. But I did notice one thing, that sometimes, if you don't buff it in properly,
if you do flash photography, your whole face looks white. So if you are using this and
you're taking photos with flash, make sure you really buff that in, otherwise... But
for film and all that, it just look so natural! This is like a 4k out of 10. You get it!
When you think of blush, Nars Orgasm is usually one of the most iconic one. I think it's because
it's a colour that works across a lot of skin tones, and you know what? It's so popular
that they have an entire range around it. They have nail polish, lip gloss, illuminator,
they have a whole bunch of products that are orgasm. It's actually got quite a lot of dimensions,
you got the pink in there, you also got the gold, and you've got some peach. The pink
tones naturally look really great with fairer skin tones, and the peach-ness and the gold
helps to add warmth. So there is like a gold shimmer to this, so on darker skin tones,
you get the pop of colour, as well as that gold shimmer that makes the skin really glow.
It's not a sparkly gold, it's like a shimmery gold. Kind of like if you mix a blush and
a highlighter together.
Ok, just look at this beautiful flush. Like the pink and the gold
makes it look so healthy. This colour is really gorgeous. The pink is bright, but the gold
and the peach adds warmth. Ok I find the gold actually very obvious, but with it's on your
face it doesn't feel completely obvious. So what happens, is that light hits, and you
just look like the sun kissed your face.
I can totally see why people love this blush.
So, it's an orgasm out of 10. I'm going to teach you a slang version. So some people
say "woah! orgas!" So instead of orgasmic, it's like "orgas!" It's an orgas out of 10!
Cuz orgasmic is just too proper, we don't do that.
This is the Touché Eclat from YSL.
It's a highlighter and concealer, and it kind of like illuminates your face, and this is
really a cult product. I know about this since I was in secondary school. It's just this
beautiful gold pen, and it's so compact, you can throw it in your bag, if you have a big
wallet you can fit it inside your big wallet as well, it's so nice to bring around for
touch ups. So this is something that a lot of people use, and a lot of makeup artist
use as well. They just use it for spot concealing, just to conceal without packing on too much
product because it doesn't cake up. So basically you press this clicker, and the product comes
out from this brush. It's not a very thick formula. I feel like if it's a big thing that
you need to cover, I don't feel this provides enough coverage.
It doesn't just conceal,
it also brightens. It really feels like it catches light. The only thing about this is
that it doesn't come with a lot of product. And it's actually quite pricey. Sometimes
you feel a bit heart pain to use, because it's like, "Oh my god, so expensive!" But
this as a product, it's a really good product. It's versatile in that you can also use it
as a highlighter, you can use it as a concealer, in a way it's like a 2-in-1 right? So as a
product, I will give it a 10/10, I can totally see why this is a cult product.
So this is the Urban Decay Naked Palette. Now Urban Decay is really known for their eyeshadow palettes,
in fact, you think eyeshadow palette and most of the time you think Urban Decay, and it's
the Urban Decay Naked. So this one is the OG of the Naked Palettes. It's so great because
it's a whole bunch of neutral shades, and also it's got different textures. So you got
matte, you got satin, shimmer sparkle, everything that you need to create different types of
looks. So Urban Decay was actually one of the first brands to come out with a palette
that had so many neutral shades that all went well together, and that was such a success.
So a lot of other brands have tried to replicate what Urban Decay has done, but this still
kind of reminds the favourite. Many many years ago, when we first started - Ok, not that
many. When we first started Tried and Tested, actually, our director Gillian was the one
who recommended me the Naked Palette! She was like "Oh my god, these colours -" ok she
doesn't talk like that, that's me. She's like "I'm telling you, Shu, this Naked Palette
is so good, the colours are just so pigmented, you can mix all of them, anyone could do this,
you should really try," and I got it and I was sold. I was like, this palette is the bomb.
And I have almost all the other palettes since then. Sometimes when you look at palettes
right, they can look very intimidating because there's so many colours, you don't know which
one will go with which one, but for this palette, you can mix almost anything, and it will work
as a look. So that is great, especially when you are starting out with makeup and you just
want to try something. Ok, now I'm going to remove my makeup and let's do this! Currently
I'm using the Naked Ultimate Basics. Alright, let's start! It's so pigmented, it's buttery,
it blends really well. You see, just a little bit gets you so far. And even for lighter,
neutral shades, they show up so well!
And, I'm done. I love this palette. It's so amazing.
It's great especially if you are quite minimalist, or you are travelling a lot. One palette can
get you through so many things! It's Off the charts. This is really off the charts, cannot
rate. I mean I have other palettes but they kind of supplement the Urban Decay. But if
I am travelling, definitely an Urban Decay palette is coming with me. So this is Kiehl's
Creme de Corps, it is a customer favourite, and also a cult classic when it comes to body
moisturisers. It's very rich, but not greasy. The yellow colour of the body moisturiser
is actually very distinctive, because a lot of moisturisers are white. So you can see,
it's actually really quite thick. As a body moisturiser, it's not one of those like aroma
therapy kind of stuffs. Kiehl's is one of those brands that doesn't add things that
they feel the product doesn't need. So they don't add fragrance to their things unless
it's part of the ingredients. It smells very basic. No added fragrance kind. But it's very
rich. I guess in a way it smells like skin? Even though there's no fragrance, the smell
of the cream itself is not too strong. So if you are the kind of person who likes fragrance
in their moisturisers, this is not for you, but if you just want a really solid, awesome
moisturiser, with no fragrance, because some people don't want fragrance, then this is
so perfect. You see how much that spreads? And it gets absorbed really quickly. But it
also leaves your skin feeling very moisturised and also protected. I actually do use this
especially on days when my skin is feeling particularly dry. So for moisturisers that
are thicker, usually why you spread it, it's very pasty and gunky, but this one spreads
very smoothly as you can see. So I would give this a 10 out of 10.
This is Smith's Rosebud Salve. Now this is a balm that is really good for healing chapped lips but it can also be
used in many other ways. It can be used to heal cuts, some makeup artists use it on the
cheeks to give that natural glow, or you can use it to tame your eyebrows or even your
flyaway, actually it's a little bit like Vaseline but this is like a rosebud scented one. And
just look at this packaging! It's so cute! I always walk past this and go "Aw that's
really gorgeous!" but I don't get it because it is in a tin, and generally I don't really
like things in tins and tubs. The colour is very inviting, it looks like the flush of
youth. You know that kind of colour? It smells very pleasant, like a very young, light rose.
So there is colour in the tin but really, it comes out pretty much colourless. I feel
like it is a bit thicker than Vaseline, and it's almost smoother? It feels a bit like
a gloss actually. Oh, I can tell why people like this. It's so moisturising. It feels
so smooth and calming and it really just coats your lips. I can really feel that it's being
absorbed by the lips. Alright, so now I am going to try using this on my cheeks! So on
my cheeks, it adds a little shine. Actually a lot of things that this does, Vaseline or
some lip balms can do too. But I think just overall, as a package, this works. 10 out of 10.
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