Description: This is a little bit bronze, and a little bit pink with some very subtle plum undertones.

This is slightly shimmery, nothing over the top, but does have a bit of shimmer.

This is for warm tone, suitable for medium beige to medium tan gals – olive, tan, or caramel skin that tans easily.

I was attracted to this blush primarily due to the description. It sounds so intriguing. A little bit bronze, a little bit pink, a teensy bit plum and a dash of shimmer. I mean, blushes almost always have such a standard hue or tone that the mix of this just makes me wonder.

At the same time, I was also apprehensive that the tone might be a bit dark on me. However, because the swatch on Silk Naturals’ website showed a bit more of a pinkish hue, I thought, why not?

So I got the sample at $1.25.

On my skin, the tone appears slightly nude with a little tinge of pink. I can use it as a blush or even as an all over face brightener if I want a slightly bronzed look without being too “bronzed” up. It gives out just a nice healthy glow.

For the cheeks, as with almost all other Silk Naturals blush, since it is fairly light and sheer, I do have to build it up a bit. However, the final effect is often a pleasing one. It gives off a sun-kissed look.

I love to use this to work as it isn’t too showy. Plus using this on the cheeks means I can play with more colors on the eyes or make my lips a notch bit brighter.

It goes best with warm toned or even warmer pink toned lippies.

Bottomline, not a bad blush if you’re looking for just a little hint of color. It’s perfect for days you feel like having a natural, not made up look.

You can get this at Silk Naturals’ website. A sample jar costs $1.25 and a full size one will cost you $6.25.

• Blissful – shimmery turquoise color with light silver speckles
• Cloud Nine – shimmery off-white, almost ivory shade with gold speckles
• Innocence – a matte nude color

Diva Parties -Our very first ongoing collection. Basically we’ll make colors of all shades and tones and notch it up with shimmers, speckles, twinkles and pearls in this collection for a complete party girl collection!

• Velvet Underground – a duo of light and dark purple shades. The light one is a soft lilac color with slight silver shimmer whilst the dark color is a dark violet shade with heavy speckles of silver twinkles

It’s a beautiful deep pink blush that has a slight shimmer to it. On my cheeks, the shimmer can hardly be seen but the shade is a real pretty pink. It’s cute, sassy and looks good on with almost any outfit color. I frequently use this to work to brighten up my looks against the boring, neutral and dark suits that I wear to work.

It’s very youthful and provides your face with that very radiant glow. It really does brighten up your face and make you look all perky and healthy. That’s why I like wearing it to work. Makes me look extra sassy and confident. =)

I build the tone gradually as I do not want to over-apply for the risk of having extremely pink cheeks that turns me into a failed Barbie-Doll wannabe. From experience though, a little is all I need for the shade to turn up on my cheeks.

It’s supposed to be a clone to MAC’s Dollymix blush but since I do not have that, I cannot compare. The full size jar costs $6.25 at Silk Naturals whilst the sample jar costs $1.25. At this stage, I’ve only got the sample but I’m definitely getting the full size once this one’s finished!

I had a complimentary makeover for the newly released Pink Raspberry collection done at Bobbi Brown today. Let me tell you how beautiful and pretty the colors are. So barbie doll-ish! =)

Pink Raspberry Face Palette ($99.00)
The new Pink Raspberry Face Palette has everything a woman needs to get the Spring look. This limited edition compact features a beautiful range of cool, neutral tones for eyes offset by sheer shades of pink raspberry for lips and cheeks.

• Exclusive Navajo Eye Shadow
• New, Exclusive Fog Eye Shadow
• New, Exclusive Pink Raspberry Blush
• New, Exclusive Raspberry Lip Sheer
• New, Exclusive Blue Raspberry Lip Sheer

Pink Raspberry Mini Brush Set
The new Pink Raspberry Mini Brush Set includes key makeup brushes to create the look of the season. A soft, zip around black case with a raspberry interior features four of Bobbi’s most popular mini brushes: Blush, Eye Shadow, Eye Liner and Lip.

Lip Crayon
Bobbi’s new Lip Crayons offer the luxurious feel of lipstick in the convenience of a jumbo sized, crayon-inspired pencil. This non-drying formula has a smooth, creamy feel and color that lasts all day. Each pencil comes with a complimentary custom sized sharpener.

• Pink Raspberry
• Wild Raspberry

Black Raspberry lip sheer
This light, creamy formula is designed to give lips a wash of see-through color. Now available in a beautiful new Black Raspberry shade.

Pot Rouge for Lips & Cheeks ($58.00)
This award winning cream-based formula is great for both lips and cheeks. Now available in two new shades of raspberry that work on a wide range of skin tones.

• Pink Raspberry
• Raspberry

Pink Raspberry Glitter Lip Gloss ($40.00)
To complement the Pink Raspberry Face Palette, Bobbi introduces Pink Raspberry Glitter Lip Gloss. This beautiful new shade offers high shine and shimmer.

Pink Popsicle Lip Gloss ($40.00)
The perfect touch of color for Spring. Bobbi’s new Pink Popsicle Lip Gloss offers a bright burst of clear color.

Description:

Wish You Were Here is a light coral shade – it’s very summery, beachie and fun. It has a slight shimmer and gives you a fresh pop of color. Perfect for medium toned gals with warm or neutral undertones. It can also be worn as eye shadows or on your lips.

The first time I saw this on Silk Naturals website, I just knew I had to have it! The shimmery peachy shade was just so gorgeous that I absolutely fell in love with it at first sight. Since I didn’t have any blush of this shade yet, I was more than happy to give this a shot and so I purchased a sample size at $1.25.

Unfortunately my love affair with this blush ends there. As much as I wished it was there and would appear beautifully on my cheeks, I was disappointed. Believe me when I say that I was elated with joy upon seeing how beautiful the coral shimmer powder was. I tried this over a two week period and gradually build it up day by day to see if it would show on my cheeks and it got to a point when I had used almost quadruple what I normally would use on my cheeks before that pop of peachy shade started appearing on my cheeks. *sigh*

Nevertheless, it is a beautiful shade. Maybe just not meant for my skin tone as my strong yellow undertones probably wiped the whole peachy effect away. Though the description did say it was meant for warm undertone girls. Hmm…again *sigh* Well I guess nothing works on everyone.

I’ve started using this as an all over shade now just so I get some value out of it. As you can tell, I’m in a love-hate relationship with this particular one. I really really am trying so very hard to love it and use it.

As an all over face shade, it looks okay. Well, to be honest, I can’t see the “actual” effect, but the overall effect with my foundation and all looks okay. It just seems to brighten up my face a little bit. So I’d say that it’s probably functional as a highlighter rather than a blush on me.

I’ve even tried it on my eyes. It’s obviously very neutral on my eyes, so its perfect for the office and that’s basically the only place I wear it to.

I tried very hard to make this swatch clear but yeah, since it hardly appears on my skin tone, I really can’t help it. =)

On that note, I will not condemn this product as I really do think the color is gorgeous and I’m sure there are people out there who can wear it beautifully. However, I do think that this is a non-universal color and a color that can probably appear on only a very selected few. It definitely didn’t work for me as a blush but okay as a highlighter and an eyeshadow. So if you have this or are thinking of getting it, play around with it and see which usability suits you best. As I said, you’d either love it or hate it….or maybe even be stuck in the middle like me – desperately trying to love it!

Description: A rich and creamy facial exfoliating product with tiny scrub particles that work effectively to deep cleanse and remove dead skin cells, instantly improving skin texture and tone to leave it looking and feeling softer, smoother and more refined and radiant.

Ingredients:

Shea Butter – Moisturizes and help soften the skin

Glycerin – is an effective moisturizer which helps improve softness and maximize hydration

Vitamin C – Vitamin C helps to fight free radical damage and brightens skin, leaving it looking radiant

I’ve wanted to try this for sometime now and I’m glad I finally gave it a shot. According to the sales assistant I spoke to, its fine particles resembles having a microdermabrasion done on yourself. So, sounds good to me. At $29.95 in Australia, its definitely way cheaper than purchasing Origins’ Microdermabrasion Scrub (though I’m still dreaming to give that one a shot).

Anyway, this product is good and truly the answer to microdermabrasion. All you have to do is massage in the fine particles onto your skin and after rinsing it, you’ll be left with super smooth and soft skin. It really sloughs off all those dry patches I developed in winter. Plus the smell’s great – really citrusy – absolutely heavenly. I love citrusy smelling stuff as it really does help make you feel all rejuvenated and fresh.

I can conclude that this product is definitely worth every penny I paid for it. It delivers on smoothness and soft, moisturized skin. As for brightness, hmm….like all products, I can’t safely attest to that, but, oh well, I’m happy with the results it achieved. =)

Description: A moisturising lip care product that gently exfoliates the lips to help remove dead skin cells, leaving the lips feeling smooth, soft and conditioned.

Ingredients:

Marula Oil – Marula oil comes from the marula tree, native to Southern Africa. The oil is rich in oleic acid, essential to the maintenance of healthy-looking skin.

Vitamin E – An antioxidant that helps to soften, condition and protect the skin.

Macadamia Oil – Moisturizes the skin

Peppermint Oil -Provides a naturally refreshing menthol scent

Anyhow, I well and truly love this product! It really does exfoliate dry skin off your lips well and lips feels extremely good and smooth after usage. I can fully attest to that. I was expecting my lips to go drier after using this, but I was pleasantly surprised. My lips feels much softer and there were no chappy dead skin cells on it anymore. So yay!

It does feel rather hard and slightly uncomfortable when scrubbing, but well the results is well worth it in my opinion. I’ve always wanted to have soft silky lips and now I do! =) This product retails for $17.95 in Australia.

I don’t know if it’ll work on everyone and whether everyone’s comfortable scrubbing their lips, but if you’ve ever wanted silky soft lips and have always complained of dry chapped lips like me, then go on and give this product a try. =)