Just wanted to pop in and share an overview on some Make Up For Ever products.
This year, I decided I was going to brave the horrific lines at IMATS and pick up some Make Up Forever products. MUFE is a brand that I do not have a lot of products from, as a lot of times I feel like their products are marketed towards seasoned, full-time makeup artists versus the average beauty junkie/consumer or beginning makeup artist. For example, I own one of their liquid HD blushes, which I find to be a very tricky product for a layperson to work with. I have also tried some other bits and bobs in the past, but do want to delve a bit more into the brand as the whole, as I am frequently reading posts on their high quality products. Selecting which products I wanted to get from the IMATs booth was relatively pain-free, but the waiting in line to get said products was absolutely torturous; it reached a point where I decided that it wasn't worth it to wait in line any longer, and the only reason I persevered was thinking about the time I had already wasted waiting. Anyways, I picked up the four items which follow:
Aqua Cream in 18: The aqua creams were all 50% off, so I had to pick one up. I settled on this lilac shade with a blue duochrome. I actually already owned a couple of aqua cream shadows prior to this purchase (the champagne one and taupe brown one), and while I like them and do get a fair amount of use out of them, they are definitely not my favorite cream eye shadow formulation. I think I am going to do a cream shadow comparison post in the future, so I won't go into a huge amount of detail here, but I just find them to be a little gritty upon application, and on me, they fade throughout the day. Also, I have never heard anyone else mention this, so maybe it's just me, but I think they smell toxic and rife with chemicals (I don't even have that great a sense of smell.) They don't crease, but do fade considerably throughout the day. I am glad I got this color though, as I don't have anything like it, and it's perfect for spring and summer. A sheer wash of it over the lids with some mascara is surprisingly very brightening. It can also be built up to be quite bold in color if that is the look you are going for.
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| From left to right: 16 and 2 |
Sculpting Powder Blushes in 2 and 16: This is a product that I never would have tried, had it not been for a random free makeover I had at Sephora a few months back. The artist used the color 10 on me, and I absolutely loved it (so of course it came home with me that day). These are kind of a strange product, as they are not impressive when swatched as they come across dry and chalky, but when applied on the cheeks are really lovely. I really recommend this formulation if you are pale, as they are more on the sheer and buildable side, and it is difficult to overapply. I also adore the packaging of these; they are extremely compact and sleek; mostly black, but with a peekaboo window which lets the color show through. 2 is a pale matte baby pink with mauve undertones. It is similar to Illamasqua Katie, but the mauve is much stronger in this one. 16 is a light peach with a hint of coral. I would say it lies somewhere between Nars Sex Appeal (lighter) and Illamsqua Lover (brighter and darker). I like this line quite a bit, but am not sure how well they would work on someone with a medium or dark skintone as they are on the sheer side.
Rouge Artist Natural lipstick in N36: It's a mid-tone pinky coral lipstick. Not too much that can really be said about this one...I really like the formualtion of this, but don't think I would pay full price for it. I will say that I think the packaging is so sleek and cool. Also, I was a bit concerned when I got this home to discover that it has a little bit of frosty microshimmer to it which I couldn't see in the dim IMATs lighting. I absolutely abhor any sort of frosted lip product, and such products automatically induce a bit of a shudder in me, as it brings me back to my early teenage days of favoring a frosty lip. I had this lip gloss thing by NYC that was like a frosted pink with a green-gold duochorome that I was a particularly big fan of. The added bonus to the obviously stellar look it produced (just so we're clear, that it is some heavy sarcasm) was that it smelled like paint thinner. Anyways, I am pleased to report that the shimmer of this product doesn't show up at all on the lips, and it just serves to add a luminous look to the lips. What a relief. It's turned out to be a really pretty lipstick for summer.
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| From left to right: lipstick N36, Blush 16, Blush 10, Aqua Cream 18 |
Overall, I would say I am liking but not loving my MUFE products. Does anyone have any recommendations for products they love from this brand?
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