Coral and Blue

I wanted to do another look with the MUFE Aqua Cream no. 9. I had to find a good reason to buy it right? Hahaha…I decided to incorporate some blue and yellow. I found inspiration from my trip to Bali couple months a go. The performers in Bali use a lot of blue, pink and gold. In my own twist, I decided to use coral, blue and yellow (and a tiny bit of bronze). When I used to perform(Balinese traditional dance) back when I was a kid, they used to put the 3 dots using a toothpaste (applied using toothpick). For this look, I added 3 tiny dots at the end of the eyeliner to replace the toothpaste.

I’ve found an issue with the MUFE Aqua cream no. 9. You have to work really2 fast to blend it. If you want a lot of colors on your lid, you have to apply it thinly first and then layer it as soon as you can. Speed is your friend when using this product.

Let me tell you my sad story. Ah, talking about it made me so angry! Anyways, so as you guys know I owned Maybelline 24hr Color Tattoo in Edgy Emerald, Tenacious Teal and Inked in Pink. I always made sure that any of my cream products are closed tightly. However, for some reason, I guess may be when I was rushing since I have been traveling a lot these couple months, my Tenacious Teal wasn’t properly stored! The lid was loose and guess what! It’s drying out!!! *sigh* Oh the horror! The worse part is that I can only get them in Canada since it’s not sold in Asia yet! *cry*

Anyways…I have to go get alcohol soon so I can revive my Tenacious Teal to its original state. So, do forgive me if the Tenacious Teal isn’t looking so tenacious in this tutorial.

Let’s get down to business now, shall we? 🙂

mufe aqua cream no. 9

How-to:

1. Using a synthetic brush, I applied 2-3 layers of MUFE Aqua Cream shadow in no. 9 on the lid, focusing most of the products on the center of my eyelid.

2. Using another synthetic brush I applied Maybelline Tenacious Teal 24hr Tattoo on the outer half of the lid. I blended the edge of the crease using a blending brush.

3. Using a flat eyeshadow brush, I applied Ben Nye Cosmic Blue on top of Maybelline Tenacious Teal. I blended the color on the crease using a fluffy blending brush.

4. I applied L’oreal Pepsy Coral infallible eyeshadow on the inner half of the lid.

5. Using a small fluffy brush, I applied Smashbox Blackout eyeshadow on the outer V and I blended the shadow using a clean blending brush.

6. I also blended the L‘oreal Pepsy Coral towards the blue using a clean blending brush.

7. I lined my waterline using NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk.

8. Using a small shader brush, I applied MUFE eyeshadow no. 71 on top of the white eyeliner.

9. I applied Smog eyeshadow from NAKED 1 palette along the lower lash line using an angled eyeliner brush.

10. I created a winged eyeliner along the upper lash line using Kat Von D Trooper eyeliner. I also created 3 tiny dots at the end of the eyeliner using the same product.

11. I curled my lashes and applied mascara on top and lower lashes.

12. I filled my brows in using Chanel Mistre brow pencil.

maybelline 24hr tattoo tenacious teal

13. For the face, I applied Estee Lauder Double Wear Light foundation with a foundation brush.

14. I applied YSL Touche Eclat under the eyes, my cheekbones, bridge of the nose and on my cupid’s bow.

15. I applied Benefit Coralista blush on the cheeks and Chanel Confidentielle lipstick on the lips.

yellow eyeliner

Product of the Week: Estee Lauder Double Wear Light Foundation

Couple weeks a go, I bought Estee Lauder Double Wear Light foundation in Seibu at Grand Indonesia. At first, I wanted to grab the Double Wear foundation, but I changed my mind and grabbed the Double Wear Light instead. The reason as to why I changed my mind was because I do travel a lot and I’d rather bring the Double Wear Light which is in a squeeze tube bottle instead of the pretty glass bottle for the Double Wear.

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light Foundation

Image Courtesy of Nordstorm

Anyhow! I’ve heard raves about the Double Wear so I might grab those to stock up my kit once my foundation supply is gone. For now, the Double Wear Light is pretty amaazing! Let’s talk about the Double Wear Light now, shall we?

I applied this foundation using my fingers. Since I wanted to test the foundation itself, I did not powder my face. Other makeup on my face includes – cream blush, mascara, eyeshadow, brows and lip balm. Foundation was on at 1pm until 11pm. Below is my bare face photo – just moisturizer.

 Estee Lauder Double Wear Light review

Coverage

The Double Wear Light is mentioned on the Estee Lauder website as Sheer to Medium. I have to agree with them. I do find this foundation to be on the Sheer side when applying with your fingers or damped sponge. You can apply it with a foundation brush or a buffing brush to make this foundation a medium coverage. It is also buildable, so you can definitely layer this foundation to your desired coverage.

Finish

The finish is said to be Natural on their website. Again, I do have to agree with this. I really love how it does not feel like as though you are wearing anything. It blends to the skin seamlessly. The finish is natural, it’s not dewy or satiny or luminous, it’s very skin-like. I think a lot of the new generation foundation, like the Chanel Aqua Vitaelumiere has this type of skin-like finish.

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light review

Longevity

On the website, it says that the product “resists smudging and won’t melt off through heat and humidity”. It also says that it lasts for 15-hour. First of all, I have to say that this is probably the only foundation that does not smudge as much as my other foundation. What I mean by smudging is when I blot my sweaty, oily face (bahahahaha) very little product comes off.

This foundation lasted for a good 10-hour. As you can see from the photo below , some of my redness did show through after the 10-hour (cheeks and side of the nose). Keep in mind that I did not powder my face, nor do any touch-up through out the day.

Price

I don’t remember how much this foundation was, and I lost the receipt. I think it’s around Rp. 500,000 (USD$50), and it’s Rp. 469,800 at some local online shop. In the U.S.A, this foundation costs USD$36, and in Canada CAD$42.50. It is quite a pricy foundation.

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light review

Verdict: 4.5 happy faces out of 5! The only cons that I have about this product is the fact that it’s prettty steep on the price! Other than that, I definitely am loving it more than my Chanel Aqua Vitaelumiere!