Showing posts with label review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label review. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 January 2018

Affordable Makeup Brushes Available In India For Beginners

Whether you're a makeup newbie or a pro, remember  practice makes everyone perfect.
This post is going to ease your journey to a better blending life ( if you get the joke)
one of the important element for makeup is the application, no matter how much expensive your foundation or eye shadow is, if you don't use correct application then its not gonna show up. On the other hand correct techniques and equipment can even make a drugstore foundation look like high end brands.


Summing up to the vast field of application techniques,the revolutionary makeup world has witnessed the following as most common ways of application:
1. Using a sponge or beauty blender or puff

2. Using fingertips to hands

3. Makeup brushes from kabuki to tapering to flat brush, oval and a whole list

4. Lastly, all the weird things that can be used to get your job done from fidget spinner to condoms( seriously YT gurus has used them all)

VEGA MAKEUP BRUSH






In my own opinion this is the brand which I used when was new to makeup and since then they have remained the same. I sorted out my very own favorite basic 6 brushes which is enough to complete your basic makeup. This include:

1. Vega Foundation brush:



 It is great for blending your foundation, works best for gel and liquid foundation.

2. Vega Powder brush/blush brush:


This is mainly for using blush or bronzer but I find it more reasonable to use it as powder brush or both blush and powder.
3. Vega eye shadow (M) brush:

This is good for eye shadow application for blending. but apart from bending I personally love this because it can also be used as a tapered brush in case of using loose to glitter shadow.
4. Vega Angular blending brush:


This is one brush which can be used in so many different ways like I can exaggerate it all the way trust me, use it as a brow precise brush to draw your brows, or use it to conceal the areas around your eyebrows as the sharp angular shape will do your job so neatly.
Or you can use it to apply your contour shade precisely on small areas like nose or chin but not for blending it down keep that in mind. It can be used to apply eyeliner as the angular shape is perfect for creating the winged look.
Or you can use it to make the cut crease look by using concealer followed by eyeshadow to cut the crease portion once done with blending your shadow on lip according to you. Once you buy this and am sure you will find more ways to use this one in many use brush,and let me know what are the unique ways u have discover to use this all time favorite brush.
5. Vega eye liner brush:


This is useful in case of gel or liquid liner to draw very precisely. honestly for a beginner it will take some time but hold on you will get there. the reason why I have added this is because it is helpful to outline the eyes in a easiest way rather than other huge shaped brushes. to highlighting the inner corners or to line the lower lash for that natural look it is worth it.
6. Vega lip filler brush:

Now it is something not so part in makeup for beginners but I think it makes a difference. Okay. Whether stick lipstick or liquid we all go extra while trying to get that fuller lip appearance inspired from Angelina Jolie to Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardasian, but have you ever really thought about how it looks to others? Basically like you just ate a cup of melted chocolate with all of that smeared on your mouth and you have forgot to wipe your mouth.It happens with me too. So what I do is take some lipstick out on the brush and first line up lips till my real lip line and it gets easier for me to fill upto that marked area with that very own shade of lipstick. (makes sense?)
Now you can obviously use lip liner pencils and sticks for it, but hey this is a beginners post and beginners can't include everything in their bag at once. you gotta learn with that very little amount and be bomb.

These are widely available at;
Nykaa store and Nykaa online
Amazon.in
Purpelle
and any cosmetic store/counter near by you

PROs:

  • cheap in price
  • easily available at everywhere ( both online and offline)
  • good quality
  • non allergic
  • a huge range of variation is available
  • so basic in blending
  • packaging is good
  • brushes are clean as well as sleek looking


CONs:

  • once you cross this beginners stage you will need more variation in your brushes which Vega doesn't have in the same range
  • these brushes will need a good space so not travel friendly
  • needs good cleaning after usage 



This is the 1st brand I would suggest for beginners but if you ask me for other alternatives then I would suggest you to try either Pac brushes or Pro Arte brushes only if you are willing to spend a bit more for something good enough.

Good luck for the beginning of your makeup journey everyone!

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

REVIEW: NIVEA AFTER SHAVE BALM AS PRIMER

After reading the header I know what you guys must be thinking, but let me tell you this is one of the popular hack which started from YouTube. I encountered this amazing trick after watching videos from my one of favorite Beauty Guru Kaushalbeauty ( do spare some time to check her out). It will be difficult to find out the origin of this hack as we have seen 2016 flooding with the hack tricks all over.
Now coming back to the balm, it has a runny consistency so a few drop goes well for the face and neck. What impressed me most is the ingredient list starting from glycerin, which is in just about every face primer on the market followed by witch hazel ( sad luck for those who are intolerant to witch hazel).
This contains no alcohol (when I say alcohol, I'm talking about iso-propyl alcohol, SD alcohol, denatured alcohol, ethyl alcohol, and rubbing alcohol, which can have a drying effect on certain skin types) but it was all good for sensitive skin like mine, I have dry and sensitive type which is prone to breakout and flakiness at the same time.


In a country like India where the weather is such harsh I would say its really hard to pick up a primer that works well and available in India at the same time; plus budget is another issue. I got this from local drugstore shop at INR 235 (so cheap right? )

How to use:

1. Cleanse your face using your regular routine.
2. Apply your favorite moisturizer 
3. Take a small amount on your palm dabbing the balm on your skin and let it sit for a minute ( it feels tacky at first later on dries out)
4. Apply your regular foundation or makeup routine

PROS-
1. It is cheap and available everywhere.
2. You get that cologne kinda smell which I personally like the most but if you don't like it don't worry it fades in time
3. Doesn't break out
4. Does the job nicely
5. Blends easily
6. Specially for sensitive skin

CONS-
1.  Honestly I tried this during winter, so am skeptic about the it during summer
2. The fact that you are using a men's product might bother some
3. Might not work for people intolerant for Witch Hazel
4. Might not work for super oily skin
5. Doesn't cover up pores



CONCLUSION:

I will be using it definitely till spring and if it works for summer am not going back to my other primers.
It is one good hack that one should try till the time they don't lay down their eye to some other primer according to their choice.
out of 5 I would say its a 4.5 product.