Product Review: Shu Uemura UV Underbase Mousse

While I was overseas I needed to buy an SPF 30+ cream because well lets face it I’ll turn into a red lobster in about 15 mins if I don’t.

So I was having a look around at the Airport in Korean when I can across Shu Uemura’s UV Underbase Mousse. This product really intrigued me because it was a mousse and also because it was a UVA and UVB under make-up cream.

It was a weird sensation putting mousse on my face, but it is quite light. It’s like putting a light air cream on.

The base is a really nice colour as well. It doesn’t add much, just enough to even out your skin tone a little but and it really works great under make-up (both powder and liquid as well as concealer and highlighters).

I have been wearing it pretty much every day since I bought it and I’m pleased to report I’ve had zero burn/colour on my face. It’s done a great job of keeping UV rays at bay.

I’m not sure how much it is here, but you will be able to buy it from the Shu Uemura counter.

Also I got mine in this super cute limited edition bottle! There are a range of them at the moment...

So if you are looking for a great base with SFP/UV filters this spring/summer I really can’t recommend this product enough.

Nat xoxo

Beauty-Box September 2011

So last month Lust Have It launched here in Australia, which was pretty exciting. And this month Beauty-Box launched it’s first beauty sample box.

I was pretty impressed. When the box showed up it was in a really cute pink postage box and the actual box was inside.

But enough about the packaging! Inside the box, the products that we got this month were pretty good. Quite a few of the products I’m looking forward to trying out/have already tired out.

 

So to break it down, this is what we got:

Shu Uemura - High Performance Balancing Cleansing Oil. I was really excited to get this and I tried it last night. It was fabulous.

Sally Hansen – Everyday Strength Medium Nail File. I’ve also used this and it’s really good! I’m forever losing nail files so will have to make sure I don’t lose this one.

Marc Jacobs – Oh! Lola! LOVE this fragrance. Marc Jacobs does such great fragrances. Well really Marc does great everything. It has a lovely soft floral scent. I’m really considering getting this for summer.

Playboy – Play It Spicy Body Spray. I don’t mind this scent too much, but it’s not really my thing.

Our Beauty Treat this month was Yves Saint Laurent – Beauty Sleep. This is a serum/treatment. I haven’t tired it yet but YSL do great skincare and make-up, so I’m really looking forward to testing it out.

And that’s it folks. I also did a YouTube blog on the box if you want to hear more about it or just see my lovely face.

Nat xoxo

Get The Look: Jean Paul Gaultier’s Haute Couture collection make-up look

My 3^rd and final make-up look is Jean Paul Gaultier’s Haute Couture collection look.

Nothing about this look is subtle. The black eyeliner and the striking red lips aren’t for the light-hearted, especially when worn together. Normally this might be a bit much, but the eye make-up is purely winged eyeliner at the top and outlined at the bottom with mascara, so the look isn’t too over powering. My eyeliner recommendations for this winged liner look are:

Bobbi Brow's Gel Liner

Shu Uemura's Gel Liner

Now on to the red lips! I really do love a red lip and there are quite a few good options for getting this look. I have included my favorite lipsticks and lipglosses to create this look and they are:

MAC's Ruby Woo

MAC's Russian Red

Lipstick Queen's Big Bang in Energy. This is really a gloss but it's such a great colour and lasts for ages. So if you don't want to wear a lipstick it's a great option.

In my Chanel post I covered off mascara, so if you want to know my mascara picks, pop over there.

Well I hope you like my Haute Couture make-up run-downs! If you didn’t see Chanel or Valentino’s check them out J.

What do you think of Jean Paul Gaulter’s runway make-up look?

Do you like the winged liner and red lip look?

Nat xoxo

Shu Uemura Nail Enamel

This is when I normally do my weekly Essie nail polish review of the French Affair spring collection (only have 1 color left!). However I’m having a break this week because when I went to Zoe Foster’s Amazing Face book launch (see the blog HERE or HERE), and I got a Shu Uemura nail enamel color!

I didn’t even know Shu Uemura did nail colors, so I really wanted to test it out.

Don’t my nails look lovely!

I’ve really jumped on the nude color bandwagon and I’m totally loving this color. But I’m not actually sure what it’s called, the only sort of number they have on the box is C347.

Don’t you just love a lovely nude nail color!

What do you think of this color?

Nat xoxo

Brows

Ever since I discovered the Beauty Department (check out my post HERE and HERE) I have been looking through all the wonderful things that the site has to offer. I’m very impressed at how much is already on the site given the short time it has been up and running!

Yesterday there was a really great post on Brows 101. Lauren Conrad has really good brows so it was fitting that she did a 101 post on them.  Check out the post HERE.

Brows are getting a lot of attention in the world of beauty at the moment (and have been for some time).  They are a pretty important facial factor and they do change the shape of your face. Trust me, as someone who used to have really thin brows; it looks really bad if your brows are too thin!

There are also a few key tools that you should get as well to maintain your brows, like a good pair of tweezers, a brow pencil or gel and a good brow brush.  And here are my picks!

1. Tweezers. Don’t skimp of tweezers. They don’t really have an expiration date so if you do get a good pair they can last you for years. I’ve had mine for ages. I've also used a number of different types of tweezers and I find a fine angled edge works best for getting out hairs.

My picks are either Bobbi Brow’s or Shu Uemura’s tweezers.

2. Brow Pencils/Gels. You really can’t go past Benefit when it comes to brows and they have some really great brow products and sets. I personally really love their sets, because they not only cater for brows but also the eye region.

My ultimate brow pick is Brows A Go Go.

If you don’t want a kit that extensive I also recommend Brow Zing.

Also both these sets come with really good tweezers so you save yourself money! YAY SAVINGS!

3. Brow Brush. This is a bit of a no brainer. You don’t need to spend too much money on this either, a Spooly (or is it Spoolie? I'm not sure) Brush is the best and they don’t cost that much.

4. Get someone professional to shape your brows! This isn’t a product per say but trust me past experience has shown me the light to getting someone good to do your brows. Also don’t just go to a random place; go somewhere were they know how to do brows. If your current beautician has bad brows chances are she/he isn’t the best at shaping them.

Are you big on brows too?

Nat xoxo