Mineral make-up with Lumiere

A few weeks ago, Stace and I received some samples from Lumiere cosmetics, an American mineral make-up company. As Stace mentioned, we both love our mineral make-up that we’ve used for some times now so I was very excited to try this one to compare! 

I was very impressed with the packaging, especially that these were free samples. The containers reminded me of Bobbi Brown eye liner packaging but in plastic edition. Instead of going through all the colours separately, I decided to divide my samples into two different looks. 

In the first look I’ve used:

From the top left: Medium Beige Cashmere foundation, Earth blush, The bottom left: Intrigued eye colour and Bon Bon eye colour

From the left: Medium Beige Cashmere foundation, Earth blush, Intrigued eye colour and Bon Bon eye colour

Finished look, using Lumiere cosmetics products: Medium Beige Cashmere foundation, Earth blush, Intrigued eye colour and Bon Bon eye colour

The foundation is a bit powdery on the skin to my liking, even my husband commented on the way it sat on my skin and wasn’t as natural looking as the other mineral products I normally use. The blush is nice; its matte finishing makes it very versatile, perfect for autumn/winter season! I’ll definitely use that blush again. 

Eye colours used: Intrigued eye colour as a base and Bon Bon eye colour on the top

Both of the eye colours are great - very wearable both to work and in the evening. I’d definitely use both of them again!

The only product from the first look that I’m not too keen on is the foundation.

For the second look I’ve used:

From the top left: Medium Beige Luminesse foundation, Terra Cotta blush, The bottom left: Violet eye colour and Bittersweet eye colour.

From the left: Medium Beige Luminesse foundation, Terra Cotta blush, Violet eye colour and Bittersweet eye colour.

Look two, using Lumiere cosmetics products: Medium Beige Luminesse foundation, Terra Cotta blush, Violet eye colour and Bittersweet eye colour.

The foundation is a bit better here, as it has a luminescent finishing, making my skin a bit more glowy and healthy. The colour of the blush was great in the box, however, once applied onto the skin it was a bit too pale and almost blending in with the foundation so didn’t give me as much definition as I’d like; however, it's still a great product for the spring/summer season!

The eye colours used: Violet eye colour as a base and Bittersweet eye colour in the outer corner.

The pigment of the Violet eye colour was so deep in the box that I couldn’t wait to try! However, I needed to apply a fair amount of the product to actually see the colour. Even though, the colour ended up being pretty much transparent so I wouldn’t use that again. Whereas the Bittersweet eye colour looks really good in the box and on the eye! Definitely something I’ll use again!

Overall, the foundation creates a good cover so no need for concealer; however, I do like my foundation to look very natural on the skin. Both of the blushers have a good finishing so will use them again as both are great for different times of the year. The eye colours are good, not the best I’ve used before, but am eager to use them more in the future.

Have a great evening! 

Stay beautiful!

Mags xx

11 December 2011

Lumiere cosmetics - first look!

Lumiere cosmetics, an American mineral make-up company, recently tweeted looking for bloggers who would like to try their products. After filling in a short form detailing our skin types and make-up preferences we received skin and eye samples to try. They arrived Thursday, and I was so excited when I opened them that I wanted to share them with you right away!

We are mineral make-up fans anyway, so despite the messiness which you cannot really avoid with mineral make-up, these samples have a very similar look and feel to Bare Minerals, and their success has been phenomenal.

First of all here were the skin colours to suit my skin tone, so lots of lights:

Top left - Poppy blush, Top right - Autumn blush
Bottom left - Light cool luminesse, Bottom right- Light cool cashmere

My favourite of the swatches is the Autumn blush, this will look amazing in the cold weather that is fast approaching!

I will be trying out this make-up this week to give it a fair trial, and will bring you some more pics soon! First impressions of the product, the powder seems quite loose, but when you place it on a brush it sticks well. There is a lovely 3D texture to all the colours, with a glisten of gold specks running through the colours.

The eye colours have got me really excited:

Top - Butterfly Blue, Bottom left - Golden Plum, Bottom right - Amethyst

Just look how lovely rich and deep the colours are! Perfect for this time of year. I quickly tried out two of my favourite colours on my eyes this morning -

This is the Golden Plum, a lovely everyday eye shadow, easy to apply, probably need to blend a couple of coats to get a nice coverage.

Butterfly blue, this is my favourite! Just perfect for nights out in the Winter! Very impressed with the tone and depth, and the lovely way the light reflects off the colour.

I am looking forward to putting these products through their paces this week! So far I am very impressed, being a mineral make-up convert already, this brand has some new exciting colours which I cannot wait to try out properly!

In the meantime, if you would like to find out more, visit their website.

Have a beautiful weekend! I'm off to buy some Christmas Yankee candles scents, and then ordering my Elemis QVC TSV tonight at midnight - it looks like it's going to be brilliant!

Stace x

19th November 2011

My first ever Face of the Day!

My first ever Face of the Day!

Ok so I have finally braved it and done my first FOTD!!

I love reading all your FOTD's so thought it was time I did one. We have been trying out lots of products over the last few weeks and we thought it was about time to show you them put into practice!

So firstly here are the tools for the job!!

• Liz Earle Superskin moisturiser as base before foundation application.
• Bare Minerals Foundation and bisque concealer.
• Vivo Cosmetics baked blusher.
• Lumiere cosmetics amethyst eye pigment.
• Bare Minerals volumizing mascara.
• Make Up Academy lipstick.
• All the brushes are from my own collection of Bare Minerals and Body Shop.

And here is my finished face:

A close up for you of the eyes:

And a closer look at the lips:

I have really enjoyed using all these products, and most are now part of my everyday routine!

I am hoping to do some more of these now I have done the first one, and will hopefully bringing you some Christmas party FOTD's!! I am getting excited about Christmas already and will be getting the decs down from the lost this week!

Stay Beautiful!

Stace x

p.s. Mags has just returned from holiday, all tanned and relaxed, and will be back blogging soon!

28th November 2011