Hello everyone, welcome back. Thank you so much
for joining me. So, today I'm going to review the whole, I've
used it already, I'm going to be honest with you,
the whole of the new SoftSculpt collection from Makeup By Mario.
Now, I did very kindly receive this in PR so it is gifted,
and I'm going to be using it alongside some of the classic products from
Makeup By Mario, which were also gifted. So, let's do it. I just want to say
something, you're going to hear me say this a lot throughout the Summer,
one, it's hot. Two, I'm sorry if you hear any kind of background humming, I'm gonna
try and edit it out and fix the audio as much as I can
but I cannot sit in this room and not have like a fan on.
And for those of you, some of you are in disbelief that we don't have air
conditioning in a lot of homes in England so, we have it in like
public places but in houses it's very rare. You usually
have to pay to have it installed if you want it
but we just don't need it, we have like what, two months of Summer? No, more than
that, more than that. But listen, good news, I found some air conditioning units, you
know the ones that you hang out the window
that actually work, so. Not sponsored but, so any other room of the house I'm good
but this one the unit's just too loud to use.
All right, let's get into it shall we? So I've already done my foundation, I
prepped my eyes with the Master Eye Prep Set from Makeup By Mario. Okay, so in this
collection there's a few different things. We have a cream blush
and powder blush, we have powder bronzers, and we have powder highlighters,
and then we also have some cream blush. Did I say that already? Cream
sculpting sticks. I have used this already and they were nice but what I
want to do this time, I didn't use all of it, I
wanted to cream one side and then powder the other side, and just see
kind of how they work together. It is coming into the hotter months and
I feel like cream necessary doesn't stay longer but it feels nicer on the skin,
so it's up to you how you want to go into Summer using your powders, and
creams. Also, I was very lucky enough to be invited onto like one of those Zoom
calls with Makeup By Mario, and he was very much talking about the
changing trend in makeup and how it's becoming a lot softer. But
he did touch on one thing as well which has always been the case in makeup, which
is what you see online looks completely different in real life. So he has created
this collection with real life in mind, as in you're
going to wear these outside and they're going to look perfect
just as they do inside, not in front of all these lights. So the way I'm sitting
now, I'm actually right in front of a window so I do have some natural light
coming in. I unfortunately can't turn off my studio
lights just yet, because if I do the camera is going to turn off as well, it's
all linked up together. And then I'll do an eye look just to
finish everything off also. Okay, so let's go ahead and start with the
cream sculpting and the bronzer on one side, the powder bronzer.
So these being gifted means I can absolutely speak my mind about them, they
were gifted to me with the intention for me to do
that and talk about how I feel about the products and review them. So,
yeah. So let's start with this Soft Sculpt Shaping Stick.
So there's six shades in these, we have light, light medium, medium, medium dark,
dark, and dark deep. And on the other side as well we
have a brush like this. Now this brush actually twists off
and you can clean it which is so cute, which I didn't realize until I saw
one of the pictures of the products and the brush was off. Now, although these
are kind of meant to be a little bit
lightweight, I actually did find they had quite a bit of pigment in them.
So what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna just use a tiny, tiny bit at a time.
Oh, what shade am I using? I am using, I'm using the light medium.
I'm just tapping it right under my cheekbone there. When I look at my face
I kind of want it to come this way a little bit.
Yeah, and then we want to deepen the temple.
Now, I know some people aren't really into these tiny little brushes,
here's something you need to remember when you're using a brush that's this
small and this dense, I mean like the hairs are really short. When we
use a bigger powder brush we do circles like this, because the
hairs are longer. When you use this like a little bit shorter be sure to kind of
just alter slightly, if, this is only if you're having trouble
with these kind of brushes. I personally prefer to use
smaller tighter circles when I'm using a smaller denser brush.
And one thing that I found really, really interesting that he mentioned as well, is
the little bubbles on the brush here, I don't know if you can see those but it's
so that the brush doesn't necessarily sit completely flat on the
skin, so it is easier to blend. And I'm making sure when I'm blending as
well I'm coming in at a straight angle like this, I'm not coming in like this.
Although it is slightly angled, I don't know if you can see, so you could really
angle it but I prefer to come in, in that straighter angle with a smaller brush.
And you can see how far it's spreading, it's spreading like, I did a little bit
on my temple but I'm actually going to take
what's left up around my hairline there. Just gonna go around like the edges of
that contour. A question I get a lot as well about
people with beards when blending makeup into that area,
don't be shy to just blend that straight into the beard
and like, kind of like do this, just so it doesn't sit on the root, the roots of
the hair. Yeah, I really do like that. It's a really
nice soft sculpt. Now, I do think if you wanted to you can
go in and build it up a little bit more. Yeah, I do like that. You can see too, the
other side it has that really gentle kind of
contour and shaping. Yeah, I really do like that. You know me though,
natural products I'm all for. Okay, let's move on to the SoftSculpt Bronzer this
side. So cream, how will I remember? Cream is, I
mean that's a raven but we'll say cream crow.
So it rhymes. Cream crow. It's a raven right? You're a raven.
Yeah, yeah. He's got it, yeah. Okay, so let's move on to the SoftSculpt
Bronzer. This comes in six different shades, and it's recommended to use this
bigger size, this is the EF2 brush that came with this collection and Mario does
recommend using the bigger side. I like the shape of this brush, the way it's
slightly, very slightly tapered but not to a point
where it's a proper tapered point. That's just gonna give us a really nice
application. Okay, let's look at... let's use the shade light medium
which is more like this. I'm just gonna gently
tap my brush in. And he was showing us that there's not really any fallout with the
bronzer which is great. Bronzers are weird because I personally don't like
bronzers with glitter in, and I can see there isn't any in this which is nice
But also, they're either too harshly pressed that
they kind of get this hard top layer, or they're not pressed enough
that they're really like fallouty, you know. So, I'm just gonna
gently start buffing that into my cheek area here. Now for me, bronzers
and contours are no, are by no means the same thing, so I'm
not comparing which one does what. I'm going, use,
showing this as a bronzer and this as a contour.
But I just wanted to see the powder, you know, each side. Give each
product a chance. This one's lovely, this is just a shadow. And you can see
the subtle difference in shade as well. Look at the way this brush glides on the
skin there. Oh, I look so tired today. My, one of my
dogs was walking around the bed this morning just,
I say this morning, by this morning I mean from like five, five o'clock
just doing her own thing, you know. As much as I hate the sun I do feel
slightly pale this year, so this is a nice little warm
up. Okay, what should we do next? Okay, so
these are the Soft Pop Blush Stick. There are six
shades, they looks just like this, and have a brush in the bottom just like
the sculpting, just like the contour did. Oh, that's really nice. So we have Dusty
Rose, Earthy Pink, Pale Petal, Soft Coral, Raspberry and
Plumberry. What was I gonna say? Now, I used one of these the other day and I
know they were meant to be a soft flush of color
but I still think it packs a bit of a punch, you know. I mean, I would never use
this on myself but you know sometimes it's just those colors
where you just like, I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna go ahead and bite into that.
Oh, that's good too. I don't know where to go. Okay, so we have
Pale Petal, this kind of has like an iridescence to it almost. And then we
have Soft Coral. I think I've swatched it on my hand
because there's a bit of mark in there. Let's go for Pale Petal, right? Cream.
Cream crow, crow. I'm going to apply it just here, I want
my contour and my cream blush to overlap and my highlighter can sit on
top, right up there. Now, I think that's quite
a lot of pigment, personally but then my version of a lot is
different to everyone else's. And because I kind of want to just keep
this in place I'm just going to use the brush to gently tap.
See, I think that's a lot of pigment don't you? It has a really nice
like shine, like a nice glow to it and it spreads a long way. Yeah see, I definitely...
oh, what just happened? Everything just flashed at me.
Okay, I'm going to give that a moment to settle on the skin. And I personally might
go over with a bit of my foundation. I
forgot where my camera was. To kind of just let it do whatever. I
did use Dusty Rose as well which is such an incredible color,
it was this really nice dusty rose. You know what, I do really like, you know, you
can move your face and you can still see your skin
underneath, it looks natural. My favorite kind of, like I love a good full
coverage don't get me wrong, like doing full coverage on someone
but there's something really, really nice, maybe it's the season, maybe it's
the time of year where I'm just like, you know what, let's
just do it natural today. See, I took it a little bit far
up this way because there was a lot to blend out. So I do,
although it's like a natural product, I do feel like it still has a lot of
pigmentation to it. Oh, let's see how much is in the
stick. So you get this much in there, it's good it has a lot of pigmentation.
I'm, and I'm assuming it goes right down. I can see through like the light that
this is where the thing stops, same with lipsticks. If you, if you,
could put, definitely put like a little brush in there and do whatever.
But see, I think there's a lot of pigmentation in it, I think that's going
to last you quite a long time. If it didn't have that much
pigmentation then I'll be a little bit like, Hmm.
Okay, should we try the powder on the other side?
Okay, so these are the Soft Pop Powder Blushes.
It says, “This luxurious silky formula gives an instant pop of color to your
cheeks. It blends efforts... effortlessly onto your
skin and is formulated to ensure long lasting color.” Blushes that claim to be
long-lasting I have yet to find one that truly is, so this will be very
interesting to, to try. So there's five shades in this one, there's
Desert Rose, Mellow Mauve, Creamy Peach, Poppy Pink and Wild Berry.
Now, I'm looking at the shade range, not in like a professional way but as a
consumer, I would like one more deeper tone. Maybe one that has
like a deeper berry, like a deep purple berry tone to
it. Just as this one is the deepest, so it'd be nice to have
like an alternative deeper tone right here but that's not to say there
isn't a range of colors. I'm gonna go for Creamy Peach. So, I'm gonna use the
smaller side of the EF2 brush, which is this one the brushes. This
is slightly bent by the way because I used this side the other day, and I put
it in the thing like this so it's been sitting on
it's edge, it's not the way the brush came. Yeah.
See, I like that. It's a weird thing to say but it's almost like the blush
travels with the face, so it's not always this stripe of color.
It, it picks, the light picks up the color of the blush, see?
See what I mean? Like as, as it changes, so it just doesn't always look like a bold
stripe of color. I really like that actually. Again, it's a
very pigmented product, I know it says like a light, you know, but
it does feel very pigmented. So again, use, use a tiny bit at your discretion.
Use how you will. Really nice, blushers though. Really, really
nice. So, there is only powder highlighters in this collection which, to
be honest with you, I'm not fussed about, I'm not fussed about there
not being a cream. I could give or take cream and liquid highlighters to be
honest with you. I, I do prefer powders. And powders can sometimes give off
that creamy vibe, you know, as long as they're not bitty and...
So this is the Soft Glow Highlighter, “It melts into the skin in a buttery luxe
formula that feels like a cream.” That's what I'm saying.
“Five shades illuminate your natural complexion giving the illusion of glow
and light.” Nice. So we have Opal, Pearl, Golden,
Honey, and Bronze. Golden, Honey, two separate shades.
This being the deepest, this has been the lightest. Which I think is a, oh,
focus on me, which is a nice range, I'm obviously gonna be somewhere in between.
Now, I have to be, I'm gonna choose Pearl which is this one. Now, I have to be
honest, when I saw this I was like... So, I was on
the Zoom call and I saw someone try it on, and I thought that looks
incredible. It looked like she just wet her skin and she had this amazing like
glow to her skin. And then I saw them in real life and I was like, okay but it
doesn't look as smooth as I thought it was going to be.
But no, it is, it's really smooth. So, I'm going to use
the EF3 brush, and I'm going to take the, the
larger side of the E3 brush and I'm just going to tap, just going to
gently rub on this side. And you know the way I like to highlight,
I like to catch the highest points of the face, and anywhere that catches light
naturally. I also like to tuck a tiny... see, just...
look, look, look, look.
Oh, it's stunning. It doesn't, tell me... that doesn't look like highlighter, right?
It just looks like I have this really, really nice
glowing skin. I f*cking love it. I love that so much.
I'm just gonna use the smaller side to highlight a few little areas.
I do like to tuck my highlighter right under the eye here.
Now, if you do have finer lines up there then I, I personally wouldn't, I would
avoid that area. Let's touch a tiny bit just to the
inside corner of the eye. Now this looks so, it looks so natural on
the skin. I'm actually going to drag a little bit into that area there.
Oh! I'm really sensitive today. Okay, I just want to powder the areas of my face
that are getting a little bit shiny, a little bit sweaty
just so I can see the full advantage of this highlighter. The full advan...
you know what I'm trying to say, not full advantage, that doesn't make sense.
Okay, so I'm going to let this all sit on the skin, I'm going to do a look with
the original palettes from the first launch and just let it sit on
the skin, do what it needs to do. I'm probably not going to film it because
it's too hot and I want to put my fans on so we're just going to cut to me
being done. Okay, well this is the finished look
using the new SoftSculpt collection from Makeup By
Mario. What's there to say? I really, really like it. There's no...
Erm... It's hard when you do a review like this
because it's, I think people want to hear something negative because
you know. But I can't, I, I can't think of any... there's nothing...
No, I said as I go, you know what, I, what I thought and
it's all really, really nice. I would highly recommend the...
out of everything, it's all, it's all incredible but the highlighter has to be
my absolute favorite product. What an incred... look, look, look, look, look,
look. It just, it just sits on the skin and glows. I think this will look
incredible with hardly any makeup on, with the BB
Cream or even just straight on top of your skin because it looks like a glow
from within. It doesn't look like a color, it doesn't
look like glitter, it doesn't look like some crazy, crazy
highlighter. I, I really, really love that highlighter. And like I said before, I
love the way the blush doesn't... when I'm facing this way
you can see the color, when I face this way though it doesn't just look like a
stripe on my skin, you can, this is the cream, right? You can
see like, see that color how it kind of just moves with the skin.
Yes. I really, really like it. I think it's all 100% worth it. Go ahead and let me
know what you think of the collection below.
Do you prefer creams versus powder? That'd be very interesting to know,
good all round. Thank you so much for joining me. I'll leave everything linked
below for you so you can go ahead and check it out yourself.
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