Hello girlfriends and welcome to
another episode of Tried and Tested.
Today we are going to be trying out unconventional products
to see if they really work!
This is paper makeup.
It’s from a brand called Mai Couture.
So this is supposed to make makeup on the go
and touch ups a breeze.
And we got this through ShopandBox
so this was from the US of A.
Try the bronzer first.
It kinda feels a bit like very thin tracing paper.
If you want to contour, you wrap it around your finger
and like press it in.
Because you can like get more product on this.
There we go! Ok did you see that?
So now I have to blend this out.
Now let me try it on the other side.
Let’s try this highlighter paper.
For this I am going to try tearing it into half.
So I am going to apply this on the normal places
that we put highlighter on.
Down my nose bridge.
Oh wow! That highlighter really, it’s highlighting.
It’s super highlighty, so I’m going to put it here.
This is a very subtle highlight,
I’m not sure if it’s evident on camera
but it’s really pretty.
Let me just show you on my hand,
I will just rub a bit harder
so maybe you can see the highlighter colour.
At the moment I am liking the colours.
I am surprised that they are not coming off as strong
as they appear on the paper which, to me, is a good thing
because otherwise it’s just way too much.
Ok! Let’s try the last one, the blush!
So blush, also same as highlighter, tear in half.
Oh wow!
That’s really pretty!
Oh that’s so gorgeous.
So I think for makeup on the go
this is definitely a wonderful idea.
In terms of application it’s actually not too difficult.
Like once you get the hang of it it’s ok.
I like it! I like it very much.
I didn’t think I would.
Because I was like, “What? It sounds so gimmicky”.
So I would give it a ten, but it is on the pricey side
so for that I will give it a nine, but it’s beautiful.
This is a silicon like foundation puff
that’s been trending for a while because
it doesn’t absorb any foundation
or any of your products and it’s supposed
to spread as well as a foundation puff.
Thank you airfrov for sending this over!
Oh this is cute! I thought the smiley face was on the
packet only but no! It’s on this!
Very nice to squish.
Squish, squish, squish, squish, squish.
I am going to try the one half of my face
with liquid foundation first.
Okay. Uh, this is interesting.
Oh! Actually it’s very smooth you know.
Oh my God, this is amazing!
This spreads the foundation so well.
You can feel like some parts pulling or sticking a little bit
but really not that much.
Compared to a Beauty Blender, I think the finish is not as
sheeny as a Beauty Blender.
You will realise that this does look like foundation
but it doesn’t give you that skin kind of texture.
It is spreading it very evenly,
and it’s not leaving behind any streaks
or any patches or anything.
I have so much product left!
Let’s see how this performs with powder foundation.
I’m not sure if anything is happening.
Ok ok, it’s depositing powder for sure.
So it works just like a normal foundation sponge.
So I guess I should be happy about that!
because if I use the normal foundation sponge,
it is still a normal foundation sponge,
but then if I use this silicon magical sponge,
it works the same!
But when I wash it, I don’t have to wait for it to dry,
this doesn’t absorb more product then it needs to.
I would give this an amazing out of ten.
Like just…
ridiculously amazing out of ten.
I love you.
Where have you been all my life.
Guys, you don’t understand.
I have so many brushes at home,
and because I am a lazy little *beep* like,
they haven’t been washed. So I have
graduated through all my brushes and to now
using my fingers because I haven’t sat down to wash them.
You know why you are smiling? Because you should be,
because you are amazing.
Oh goodness.
So this is a twisty tail mascara,
it’s basically a wand that has three different effects.
The mascara by the way,
is hidden behind all the buildings.
So this is the normal setting.
There’s a twist?
Oh no way. Oh my God!
Ok, so you twist it and it bends!
And you twist it again, and it bends some more!
Ok so we are going to test it in the three settings.
The first one is the normal basic setting.
So I guess you just use it as a regular mascara.
I find the bristles a little bit short
and they’re not holding on to my lash
that much so it’s a little bit hard to
make sure that they are all coated.
Ok so I am going to turn it the second setting.
So this is supposed to give you longer lashes,
you just sweep it from side to side.
So for the right eye, I have used the setting
that’s meant for longer lashes,
now the left eye I am going to use
the one for fuller lashes,
which is fully bent.
I was very surprised because
when I turned it all the way to the third setting,
it really did deposit more products
then when it was on the second setting.
It’s fuller I guess in that sense?
Because there’s more product on it
and the other one is a thinner coating.
But I have to say I’m not a big fan
of the mascara formula,
like it feels a bit clumpy.
It’s ok, I wouldn’t mind keeping the wand
for other mascaras
because I can forgive the short bristles
because it bends.
So I would give this maybe…
it’s ok la, six.
This is a steam silk hair pack
and it’s supposed to apparently
give you a salon like treatment
for you hair in fifteen minutes,
and at home.
So now my hair is washed and towel dried
I’m gonna put on the hair pack.
It was relatively easy to put the hair in,
I thought it was going to be a lot fussier than that
but actually it’s ok.
It’s quite a lot of product but it was on
this part of the pouch,
so I’m going to get it out of there
and make sure it gets into my hair.
So now I’m supposed to leave this on for fifteen minutes.
Ok so it’s about fifteen minutes I’m about to take this thing off to wash it.
It has been a rather underwhelming experience so far.
Because you see here, it says
“Don’t be surprised by the sudden hot steam on your head!”
Still waiting.
Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold. Cold.
Ok never mind, let’s go wash this off to see what happens.
It was ok, it was alright.
Like the effect I feel was kind of like a regular conditioner.
So it’s ok as a regular conditioner,
but as a home salon treatment steam mask,
four.
Actually even three, because it didn’t even steam.
It didn’t even steam and it wasn’t even hot
and it’s like a regular conditioner,
it’s not extra nourishing or anything.
So ok la, three, three.
Zero is a bit harsh right?
We all know that lip tints and lip stains can be really hard to remove
because they are meant to stay for a really long time.
This product is a lip tint eraser
and it’s made specially for removing these lip stains.
Here we have two different types of lip stains,
we have lip tint, and this is the lip stain tattoo.
I’m going to put both these lip stains on both my hands.
So right hand I’m going to remove with the lip tint eraser
and the left hand I’m going to remove with makeup remover.
Ok so now, it’s dry.
Now I’m going to try with regular makeup remover on my left hand.
Peel off stain is not moving.
So some of it has come off, but a lot of it remains.
So the product is good!
Ok let’s try with the lip tint eraser.
Ok, it’s taking off the peel off stain quite well.
The lip tint is also budging a little bit,
but the peel off stain is like almost all gone.
Now let’s rinse this off.
Have a look at the results.
On the left hand we use makeup remover and
there’s barely a difference in the stain at all.
On the right hand we use the lip tint eraser.
For the lip tint eraser I was hoping that it would be more effective,
so I guess for that
I’m going to give that like an eight out of ten,
I’m hoping to find a product that does a ten out of ten?
So this is a lip top coat from NYX
and it’s supposed to change any light lip colour
into a deep vampy shade.
I like the sound of this already.
It feels more like a balm kind of texture.
Ok let me try this on a bright red.
It’s really changed it into a darker red.
So that gives me two colours in just one lipstick,
which I really like.
Ok I’m going to try it on a pink shade now.
Right now I feel like this colour looks slightly corpse-y?
So I think this, it works great
if you have like really bright intense colours,
but muted tones I think it doesn’t perform as well.
So I would give this a
nine for bright colours,
three for muted colours.
The application is really easy.
It’s kind of like using a balm
and I found that going back and fourth
and making sure it kind of mixes into the lip colour
really helps to make it look more even.
If you just do a one swipe over it you can see the two layers.
They don’t really,
they don’t really meld together.
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