I saw some local youtubers doing a Nichido full face makeup and they featured new products from Nichido. I was eyeing the contour and highlight stick and the stick foundation but I chanced upon this contour palette. I did not have plans on buying any new contour palette as I plan to finish the contour products I have on hand. I would always tell myself that I only have one face but I end up picking this up because of the contour powder!! The contour shade look so gorgeous!! This costs 350 pesos. Honestly, medyo namahalan ako sa price niya for a local drugstore ah!  

This contouring palettes has three shade- highlight, bronzer, and a contour powder. The powders have a soft texture with minimal fall out. This contour palette is very pigmented and has tolerable fall outs. It blends beautifully on my skin. 

The contour or the darkest shade is a dark neutral brown shade. It has that good amount of cool and warm tones in it making it look like a natural shadow when blended thouroughly. The only con I find in this contour powder is that it is super pigmented. I just tap my brush to do away with excess product. 

The shape shade is a light warm peachy brown. It can be used as a blush but I use it to blend the contour. It tones down the color of the contour making it look more natural plus it gives my skin a nice warmth of color.

The highlight shade has a satin finish with slight sheen. It gives off a very natural glow. Iit also brightens up my skin because of its light ivory champagne color. I love applying it on the bride of my nose and tops of my cheeks for that wearable everyday radiance.

What I disliked about this palette

1. The powders are powdery and has tolerable fall outs
2. The highlight does not last long on me

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I got super excited when I saw this contouring palette at Sm Department store ( East Ortigas). I have been meaning to try out this palette because of Kathleen Lights (hindi naman ako masyadong halatang fan ni Kathleen noh haha ). Kathleen uses the shade Dulce de Leche. I preferred the Caramel Toffee one which is warmer in tone. I got this shade because of the  matte yellow highlighting powder which Reminded me of the Anastasia Banana powder.

This is housed in huge pan with a weight of 12. 5 grams. This is as big as my palm. For an affordable price of 449 pesos, I was hoping it was a gem!!! 

I primarily bought this contour palette because of this powder. Sadly, it failed my expectations. This powder can't be used as a setting powder because it too dry. It made my under eyes look cakey and it caused major creasing on my fine lines. It also clung to my dry patches.  This is best used a s a final powder or a highlighter. With a light hand and a good powder brush, sweep this on the high points of th face like the chin, under eyes, temples, and forehead. This creates a natural illusion of an inner glow which looks great on photos. 

Bronzer:

This is a very nice powder perfect for bringing warmth on the face. It works well on my yellow skintone as a bronzer. I was hoping that it would work as a contour powder but it is too warm for my liking. Like the yellow powder, this has many fall outs and is too powdery. What I love about this bronzer is that it is very blendable and extremely pigmented. This also lasts whole day on my dry skin and looks seamless on photos. The bronzer definitely gives ne that sunkissed glow! 

I love trying out new makeup brands particularly those that are not very popular here in MNL. Zarah, owner of mustlovemakeup_ph on instagram contacted me via email if I would be willing to try W7 products. (Of course, hihindi ba ako?) W7 is a UK brand that is popular for their products that are dupes for high end brands. But wait there's more, they also have a lot of products that are quite innovative and are valued at a very affordable price. You can check out their products here: https://www.w7cosmetics.co.uk

I utterly delighted when I saw the Cheeky Trio as part of the package sent to me. I was drawn to the pink metal packaging and the products looked amazing on the pan. This contains a bronzer, blush and a highlighter.

Dream Machine ( Bronzer)- This is way lighter for a bronzer on my medium yellow skintone. At the back of my hand, the color does not show up but on my cheeks, this is a gorgeous muted light brown with peach tones and golden sheen. On the pan, it looks like it has gold specks but does not really show up on the skin when applied.

5th Avenue (Blush) This is a bright matte coral pink. I love how smooth and pigmented this blush is. 

Hot Stuff (Highlighter) This is an ivory highlighter with a light champagne sheen.

All three shades apply seamlessly on the skin sans any gritty feel. They adhere really when on the skin and blends on the skin like a dream especially the blush. As for its staying power, each product lasts up to 3 hrs sans retouching.

Dream Machine/5th Avenue/Hot Stuff

On this photo, I used Dream Machine and 5th Avenue. I am having issues with my new lighting because the unit where we moved does not have natural lighting :(

Another product sent to me is the W7 HD Foundation. I got the shade natural beige. There aren't many reviews on this product so I just tried my luck in searching for my match. Natural Beige is a light beige shade with very slight hints of pink tones. 

The makeup technique craze popularized by Kim Kardashian and the rest of the youtube community has become a phenomenon in the beauty industry. Almost everyone I knew (even those not really into makeup that much), wants to learn how to contour (at siyempre magkilay!). Maybelline recently released the newest collection the V-FACE By Face Studio Line consisting of Duo Stick highlighter and contour, Duo Powder highlighter and bronzer and Blush Contour. I was invited by Calyxta to the Maybelline Contour Jungle Event. Aside from learning how to use their newest products, they gave me products to play with as well. 

Maybelline V-Face Duo Stick

Price: 499

I was particularly interested with this duo stick. I was excited because this is a two in one product and such fact makes it very travel friendly. I thought that the highlighter part was a matte shade like the US version and during the event I found out that it is a strobe and contour duo. This is a retractable bullet and both sticks look like lipstick bullets on the tube. The slanted or lipstick point promises precise application on contour and highlight points of the face. The packaging is light and looks quite sturdy. The cap of both ends of the sticks are clear for easy recognition of the products. The slanted line on the design of the tube packaging also show which side is which. 

I find the product very powdery. Also, because of its irregular shape, picking up the colors on the pan is very challenging, thus using a thin or smaller brush is suggested. For the highlighter, I love applying it with the use of a powder sponge to achieve maximum coverage especially on the under eyes.

Swatches of the shade Medium Dark

NOTE: The duo stick and duo powder go very well together. When used together. the colors matched my skin very well and creates a very natural contour and highlight on my skin. When used together, the contour stick and powder looks so beautiful on my skin. 

Maybelline Face Studio V-Face Contour Blush

Price: 399 pesos

I got the shade Wine which is a beautiful combination of Light pink, Mauvey Rose Shade Blush and a warm light brown contour powder. I love the color of this product when mixed all together. The color it creates is a warm rosey pink that looks really nice and glowing on my medium yellow skin tone. 

Photos of the product when applied on the face

Contour Stick looks orangey and light. It works as a bronzer for me. 

Using all the Face Studio V-Face Product on this picture.
For the blush, I swirled all three shades to achieve such color on my cheeks.

 If you are following me on Instagram, you would have probably seen me wearing a panda suit during the Tony Moly Panda's Dream Event. I am super happy kasya pa ako sa suit hahaha I was so thrilled to invited at the Tony Moly Launch for Panda's Dream Collection. I have not tried new products from this brand for some time now. We were given press kits which included some of the products from the Panda's Dream Collection. For this blog post, I will be focusing on two products that I am currently using. 

 Tony Moly just joined the highlighter and contour stick bandwagon. This is the Panda's Dream Contour stick which retails for Php 578. It comes in three shades 01 for highlighting, 02 for concealing and 03 for contouring. I got shades #1 and #3. These sticks have a very creamy texture and blends very nicely on the skin. It does not tug nor appears streaky when applied. I love how it blends smoothly and seamlessly on clean skin and even on top of powdered skin. The shades of these sticks may bee to light for Filipinas with darker skintone. 

 No. 1 is a light almost whitish beige on my NC30 skin. This is very light in coverage and works as a great highlighter. For the undereyes, it works well with my other cream and liquid concealers to highlight my undereyes. This is great for highlighting the nose bridge and as well as the brow bone to make brows look appear sleek and clean.  No. 3 looks a shade darker than my skin tone and I was really afraid that it would not as a contour stick for me. On the photo below, take note that I used a cushion foundation as a base that is why the contour stick showed up on my skin. This contour stick has a great neutral tone and looks really natural when blended. No.3 seems to have a heavier coverage as compared to No. 1. 

 The second product that I am currently using from this collection is their Lip Crayon. I did not hesitate opening these lip crayons despite having loads of lipstick in my stash because I was looking for a glossy balm/stain that is long lasting on the lips for everyday wear. True enough, this lip crayons from Tony Moly did not let me down. 

This has 5 shades to choose from : 1 Hey Orange, 2 Heart Pink, 3 Pink Lady, 4 Red Berry, 5 True Red. This lip crayon retails for Php548. I got the shade NO. 4 and No.5 On the tube, they look so similar but both shades have different undertones. 

 No. 4 and No. 5

This lip crayon has subtle glossy finish. It is very pigmented and I can use it even without any lip liner. This does not emphasize my dry patches and fine lines. It goes on sheer with first swipe but the color is very buildable to almost a glossy lipstick finish. I can also mattify this lip color to make it appear like tint on my lips by spreading the product it with the use of my fingers. It is long lasting and does not dry up my lips. I find this lip crayon a bit hydrating and they are very comfortable to wear despite its glossy finish. It can lasts 3-4 hrs on me sans eating. 

No. 5 is a true neutral red which is darker than No. 4

I really like these products from the newest collection of Tony Moly. Aside from being extra cute because of the Panda packaging, these products worked very well on me.I love particularly love teh contour stick as a cream contour base for my powder.  

Have you heard about Tony Moly Panda's Dream Collection?

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When Happy Skin came out with this strobing kit, I could not be anything but excited. That was the time when strobing was the latest trend and stick contours and highlighters were the craze. I could still remember the time when I hurried to the nearest branch of Plains and Prints to test out the contouring stick. I was drawn to this particular product and it was love at first swatch. The color looks so nice on my skin and the product stayed put at the back of my hand for hours. When these babies arrived at my doorstep, they immediately became part of my favorites. Sadly, it took me this long to blog about them. Sabi nga nila, it is better late than never.

The products in this kit are chubby cream products in a stick form. They are very handy and easy to use. No tools needed because fingers will do the trick. The warmh of my hands made the blending and application such a breeze. However, if you are a sanitary/hygiene freak, you can always use synthetic brushes to apply these products and it will still apply beautifully.

The products are lightweight and very belndable. The intensity is buildable. The colors are very pigmented and universal especially for the highlighting and contour stick which I really love.

The contouring stick is a beautiful taupe color that gives off a natural shadow/shade on the skin when applied. This is a very long lasting producg especially when used underneath powder foundation. What I love about it is that it slims down my face very naturally unlike other contour powders that look grayish or harsh in my yellow skin tone.

The highlighting stick is a gorgeous champagne that looks ethereal on the skin. This highlighter is one of the best in ny stash and it does make me look glowing from within. If this product has been launched way back in December, I would definitely use this for my wedding. The color suits my mediun skin tone. I love that it does not cling on to the dry areas of my face and does not highlight my pores and rashes. It lasts fairly well on my skin and gives off tiny hints of sheen by mid day. Layering it with another highlighter will make it last longer.

The blush is a medium bright pink with tiny specks of golden shimmer. This color has a hint of peach albeit unnoticeable making it such a universal color. On its own, it gives off a lovely flusb and sheen on the skin. It is my least favorite in the kit but for those who are always on the run, cream blushes will save you time because it is very easy to apply.

This is the color of the contouring stick on ny skin. I know it looks scary brown but trust me it looks super natural when blended.

Did I just say that the blush is my least favorite? I'll take it back!!! Haha Look how patweetums and youthful my cheeks look with it. Can you see the contour? It blended very well right?