The BeautyButterfly

This is a great nude for those days where you want minimal makeup that takes minimal effort. It looks great applied using your fingers or the doe foot. It has a sweet vanilla fragrance. I like it but I would only wear it when I have my hair up as it is a little sticky and hair sticking to your lips is not a great look. It is not a matte finish as it has a shimmer which is not noticeable in the tube.  

 At first glance, I thought this was a lip balm - oh no it’s a highlighter with a strong melon fragrance which if you like melon - I do not – you would like the smell. It gives you a lovely soft glow to the skin if applied straight from the bullet. It can be applied by brush or fingers depending on the type of finish you are looking for. It is buildable and blends into the skin but that smell to me is off-putting and I would not use it.

Why do I do this, I always think that this setting powder will be different and again I have the same problems. Look cakey and my skin feels tight. I tried it under my eyes using a small dry sponge, a small wet sponge and a brush. It still feels and looks wrong. No matter how or where I put it, it looks cakey. Not for me.

This is a great bronzer. I can wear it on its own to warm up my face on the days that I feel pale. Under foundation when I want to look healthy.  I even apply it to my eyes with a pencil brush under my lower lashes and on top of my lower lashes to create a soft eyeliner look. This is a brilliant bronzer that blends into the skin leaving it looking healthy and glowing from within.

Why do I keep trying primers and feel let down with them. This is another one. I just could not get on with it. Great concept but just not for me. Why? My skin felt dry and tight. Firstly, I applied it straight after my moisturizer, then waited for a few minutes before applying it after my moisturizer. Then I tried various ways of applying it with my fingers then blending with the brush, scooping out an amount of the primer putting it on the back of my hand then using the brush and still the same result skin feeling dry and tight. OK, my pores were not visible, it was just the tightness and dryness of my skin that put me off.