Starting with the Color Me Nude Lip Concealer
This lip concealer is also good for lightening up & evening out the area around the mouth too, since the texture is kinda velvety. The texture is like the Canmake lip concealer. I do not own the Canmake one, but I did swatch the tester in store before. Coverage is moderate.
To be honest, I never had any luck with light lip colors & lip concealers simply because they tend to emphasize lines & flakes on my lips. Even this lip concealer too. The product isn't bad, it works well especially when used around the edge of the lips & the skin around it, but if I use it on the whole lips and top it off with gloss, the concealer & gloss will just fuse together & settles into lines while my natural lip color shows through.. not attractive at all. I have the Canmake Nudy Glow lip gloss & it's the same too. Completely unwearable for me. Even some pale lipsticks too.. they give me the fish lips look which I really don't dig on myself. I can never really get the nude lip look to work on me other than very selected good quality shimmery (Champagne-colored) gloss.
Dear Darling Roll Roll Gloss in no. 15
A very sheer gloss.. the pale pink is almost colorless on my lips
Doesn't feel sticky
smells sweet, but this color is a little too sheer (swatch below). On my lips it's like a colorless gloss with shimmer (though the shimmers are quite pretty). Same goes for the gloss portion of the Fresh Cherry Tint & Gloss. But this gloss will probably be good for topping over the lip tints I bought recently.
The size is pretty big for a gloss
the packaging is pretty. The applicator is nice too. Place here besides the other product for size comparison
(Top to bottom: Milk Screw, Dear Darling Roll Roll Gloss, Fresh Cherry Tint & Gloss)
Fresh Cherry Tint & Gloss in 04
This is the tint I mentioned in a the Chosungah Luna post
I don't think you will get too much product from this item though. The tube is quite slender.
The tint comes as a stand-alone product too.
Both the gloss & the tint smell sweet too
I think I got a slightly defective applicator for the gloss portion. You can't tell by looking but I can feel a little bit of the hard plastic poking out from underneath the applicator at the tip while putting on the gloss.. like it wasn't wrapped completely well with enough velvet sponge tip. It's not too bad though and can still be used normally without problem, just a little uncomfortable sometimes. In comparison, the Roll Roll Gloss has a sturdier built.
Swatches
Milk Screw in 05
It's a colored lip balm, much like the Nivea one .
The size is about the same too. (I think there's a new packaging for the colored Nivea lip balm)
Milk Screw in 05 is slightly more peachy red while the Nivea strawberry one is more true red.
The Nivea one feels more moisturizing & gives a bit more color.
I think I still prefer the Nivea one. I just realize using the Nivea strawberry balm has become my favorite way of adding color to the lips for the past year or so. It's just easy, comfortable, looks good on me no matter what & works well with almost every look. Hopefully with the addition of new lippies I will switch it up a little.
(PS: I don't think the Nivea lip balm is spectacularly good.. it just has less flaws with it and has become an easy to use stable. I am guessing any tinted balm with good color & moisturization will be good enough for me.. lol)
Surprise Essence Concealer in 02
I was looking for a concealer for spots & blemishes, so I got a darker color, because I realize most of the concealers tend to be too light & end up highlighting the spot. I haven't really tried it, but 02 might actually be too dark for me..
This has a nice fragrance too.
Duo Fiber Cheek Brush
This is the brush I mentioned in the Chosungah Luna post .
It is extremely good for applying cream & liquid products even though it is small in size as it is meant for the cheeks. The small size means that the bristles are shorter and it has equally distributed & equal amount of synthetic fiber (white) & goat hair (black). The brush head doesn't flare out too much & the protruding synthetic fiber isn't too long. All these points lend the protruding synthetic fibers strength and therefore makes it a great brush for applying heavier products
The synthetic fibers are gentle & doesn't irritate the skin, even around the eye area. You'll get a lighter application too
It comes with a plastic sleeve too
Freebies
Etude House has always been generous with freebies
(Lollipop is for size comparison.. not part of freebies
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