Imitation Urban Decay Forever Nude Palette Review & Swatches

I believe in dupes. I believe that quality makeup need not to be expensive. And, I believe that what a lot of high end beauty products can do, a lot of drugstore makeup can do just as good too. 

On the other hand, I'm not sure how I stand with imitation makeup. It's piracy I know and I still cringe at the thought of that. I may not even be thinking straight when I bought this palette or I may just be overly curious. 

This is a 240 pesos makeup palette that is obviously not an authentic Urban Decay Naked palette. However, I'm pretty impressed by the color pay-off of these. It's not as good but it's definitely not the worst I guess.

The palette comes with 3 matte & 3 shimmer eye shadows, 2 lip colors, 2 shades of blushes and a highlighter. There's a large mirror which is pretty handy. The packaging is a hard plastic which is quite nice. It's compact and travel-friendly in my opinion as well.

Here are the swatches of each product in this palette. The texture & pigmentation is not that bad to be honest especially the eye shadows. The only thing off is the highlighter because since it says it is a highlight there should have been at least a little bit of shimmer. Definitely a must-try if you are looking for an affordable palette and if you're not that overparticular with the makeup brands that you buy or use.

Swatches starting from the Upper Right Eye Shadow of the Palette

LEFT is the brownish blush, MiDDLE is the pinkish blush, RIGHT is the Highlight

Swatches of the 2 Lip Colors

Do you have this palette too? What are your thoughts about imitation makeup? Let's talk in the comments below :)

until then,
ROSiNG

Product Review : MonoMola Long Lasting Lip Color / Wow Lip Tattoo

I love make up but I'm not into lipsticks. Yes, you read that right - I'm NOT a lipstick lover. And I don't wear a full face of makeup on a regular basis as well - but oh how I love makeup! If I can choose one job, I'd be a makeup artist. Here I go again with my random thoughts & babbling. Okay, back to the lipstick. I'm more of a lip tint kind of gal. I'd like something low maintenance, something that I could just splat on my lips, forget about it & get on with my busy day as a mom and a work-at-home admin staff but still looking like I have some color in my life! Well, in my lips for that matter.

That one paragraph worth of story brings me to the main topic of this blog post - my product review of this currently popular lip tattoo. I've seen it all advertised by a few online makeup shops that I follow in Facebook and so I went and ordered two colors. I got it on sale for only 100 pesos each. I'm not sure if these are fake to be honest but I got it from a legit seller in Shopee and the products looked decent when it arrived.

MonoMola is a Korean beauty brand. These lip tattoos claim to be long-lasting, moisturizing, hypoallergenic, waterproof, paraben-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, perfume-free & ammonia-free. There are 5 shades available : cherry red & rose pink (which are the ones I got), the other three are sexy red, lovely peach & sweet orange. The lip tattoo is in a 15 grams squeezy tube which for me is not a lot considering that you have to apply more product than you would normally apply when using lip tints or lipsticks. But I got it super cheap, so not complaining here.

Anyhow, I initially wanted to take photos of it on my lips but after too many messy attempts, I settled to just showing it applied at the back of my hand. Here they are a minute after applying. As you can see a lot of product is needed for you to create a not so thin film which you will peel out after 20 minutes. It says on MonoMola site to let the lip tattoo dry for about 5 to 10 minutes but oh no they are still wet as a sponge by the 10 minute mark. This is me in front of a fan by the way with a little mouth blowing added.

                            

Once dried, it's pretty easy to peel off & the color pay-off is pretty nice. It's smudge proof as well. But to be completely honest it is not water proof or long lasting either. I used them for three times already and after I ate lunch and had it on for about 4 to 5 hours, the tint is almost gone.

  

As a conclusion to this random product review, I would say that if you're really curious and into trying out new makeup trends then go and give these ones a try. It's pretty fun to try out new makeup! As a lip tint junkie like me I really wanted this product to work out, but to be honest I don't like how long it takes for it to dry and the fact that it is not long lasting & water proof as it claims to be.

Have you tried these lip tattoos too? Let's talk in the comments below :)

talk soon,
ROSiNG