PRODUCT REVIEW: Inglot Freedom sustem eyeshadow in 15 and 605.

Hello gorgeous Parfait people. I have missed you guys so much. What has everyone been up to? Well I have been working and trying to get better from an unhealthy addiction to coffee (story for another day)
For today's post I have decided to do a review on the Inglot freedom system eyeshadows. Since the Inglot store opened at the palms mall in Lekki, I have been in there one too many times..(love the staff...the ladies are gorge) I have made some purchases and have been meaning to review them but just couldn't wait but for this I had to restrain myself and took pictures first for your viewing pleasure.

CURIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL

Hi parfait beauties, I have missed everyone and missed blogging like no man's business. I tried doing a picture tutorial last week but the weather and lighting wouldn't let me win so I threw in the towel and had green tea with lemon instead (the joys of rainy season...lol) However I promised myself that I would post a tutorial today no matter what.

 

The look I did today was inspired by the sleek "curious" eyeshadow palette. I used to love this palette so much and used it every single day till I thought I lost it and what do you know, the prodigal palette returned today.

 

Without further rambling I present a look I appropriately titled "CURIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL" Enjoy the tutorial and as always all products will be listed below.

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN....Latifah's Makeover.

Hello parfait beauties. Its a beautiful Monday morning and I just love Mondays. Mondays remind me of a new chance, a new opportunity to start afresh and do what I couldn't do last week (basically this is me trying to get you to love Mondays :))

Today I will be sharing the products and a bit on how I achieved this look on Latifah. Latifah is fast becoming my muse and I just love that she shares my passion for minimal eyes and dark lips and did I mention she has impeccable fashion sense?

She was going for an evening event and she had an all white and nude ensemble so I decided to keep the look clean and simple, neutral eyes, winged liner and drama on the lips.

 

I started by applying Clarins beauty flash balm ( love this product) mixed with black up mattifying primer to moisturize and fill in her pores and also mattify any shiny areas on her skin.

Then I mixed blackup cosmetics full coverage foundation in number's 5 and 7 with blackup mattifying fluid foundation in number 7 (sounds like a lot I know but I had to mix to get her exact match and they also served as concealers for highlighting and contouring)

I set under her eyes with blackup two way cake TW01 and set the rest of the face with TW01 and TW11.

I applied Jordana bronzer for some light and contoured slightly with sleek contour kit in medium followed by Blackup blush in NBL 10 to the apple of her cheeks.

For the eyes, I filled in her brows with black opal eyebrow pencil in brown, the applied blackup sublime powder in PS06 to her entire lid with a fluffy blending brush. I applied some blackup pearl powder to her inner tear duct for some sparkle. Then lined her upper lash line with blackup pen eyeliner and lining the lower lash line with Blackup khol pencil.
I finished off by adding two coats of blackup vibrating lengthening mascara to her lashes.

 

 

Finally for the lips (My fave) I lined her lips with blackup matte lipstick in M29 and filled in the rest of the lips with Blackup lipstick in no 13

 

 



And there you have it, she was ready to take over the world....well take over the party heheh.
Have a Parfait week dolls. See you in my next post. xoxo

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BLACK UP COSMETICS New lipsticks/swatches.

Hi parfait beauties, 'trust your week is going well. Yeah thank God is Friday, for some people atleast. Its Friday and a perfect day to pick up a new lipstick....ofcourse lipsticks make everything better and today is a good day to reward yourself with a killer lippie.

I have not always been a fan of lipsticks but today I am a HUGE fan...saves me the whole "hair getting stuck on your face with the whole lip-gloss on your lip thing", Yeah gross.

Blackup cosmetics recently added some amazing shades to its already existing shades of lipsticks and I was able to swatch them and will be showing you in the images below. (please forgive the picture quality as I am working super hard to get a better camera).

This is what blackup has to say about the lipsticks:

A collection of 30 addictive shades that look radiant on lips upon application. A panoply of irresistible colors with bright Nudes that layer to deep Black through Candy pink, Poppy red and Vibrant coral must have.
Their unique highly pigmented formula dresses up the lips with an intense veil that covers evenly and perfectly reveal color on lighter to very dark skins. Our Lipstick Collection is paraben free as well as fragrance free.

18 Satin finish lipsticks

Thanks to their smooth comfortable texture, those lipsticks glide on the lips to offer perfect coverage and radiant color.

12 Matte lipsticks

Their semi-matte texture covers the lips in beautiful veil of velvety colour. The lips stay comfortable and the color impeccable for 8 hours.

Having worn and worked with these lippies I must say blackup was not lying. The matte textures are not very drying and the satin shades are super pigmented and long lasting.

The "M" behind the numbers stand for Matte, while the lipsticks without the "M" are satin finishes.

RGE 31M

This is described as a deep red wine colour. 

 

 RGE 32M

This is described as a bright raspberry.

 

RGE 33

This is described as a bloody red and its a satin finish. 

 

RGE 34M

This is described as a red orange but bear in mind its more of a vibrant orange than red. 

 

RGE 35

This is described as an abricot colour. 

 

RGE 36M

This is a Hot fushia. 

 

RGE 37M

This is described as a bluish fushia.

 

 

 RGE 38M

This is a bluish mauve.

 

 

 

These lipsticks retail for N3,860 and are available at all Blackup stands in Nigeria.

 Please goggle Montaigne place for further info.

Have a parfait weekend and wear lipstick xoxo. 

 

 

GREEN WITH ENVY

Hello parfait beauties trust your week went well. What did you all get up to? Today's pictorial is titled green with envy. I don't wear eyeshadows on normal days but whenever I get the chance to blog I usually loveeeeeee eyeshadows.

Lets get to it shall we and as usual products will be listed below. Have a parfait week and go green with envy xoxo.

1. I started out with a dark matte green applied to my outer v
2. Next I applied a shimmery green eyeshadow to the rest of the lid with exception to the middle of the lid.
3.Next I am blending out any harsh lines with a small blending brush.
4. Next I apply a bright lemon green eyeshadow to the center of the lid.

 

5. I am lining my eyes with a liquid eyeliner.

6. With an angled brush I apply a bright purple eyeshadow to my lower lash line.

7. Here I am applying my false lashes and making sure the purple eyeshadow meets the liquid eyeliner

8. I am just finishing the makeup with some powder and blush.

And here is the finished look.

PRODUCTS USED

FACE

Blackup full coverage foundation in HC05 and HC07

Blackopal loose powder in light

Zaron mattifying compact powder in ZZ10

Mac blush in format

Sleek contour kit in medium

EYES

All eye colours from the house of tara high intensity pigment palette in Hajia Gambo Sawaba (read my review here HERE)

Mabrook waterproof black eyeliner

Elf liquid eyeliner

Black opal lash defining mascara

false lashes #747 s from Sitpretty studio

LIPS

Blackup jumbo pencil no 3

Blackup Lip laquer no 8.

Pink and then Glitter

Hello parfait beauties, trust everyone is doing well. I have missed blogging a lot and you know when life gets in the way its kinda hard to keep up but I will try to keep this blog as updated as possible.

Without further rambling I created this look a while back but never got to post it though I have a picture up on instagram and yes if you are not following, you really should be @parfaitvisage.

Please find below the pictorial I did for the look and all the products used will be listed as well. Have a parfait week and see you guys in my next post xoxo

 

1. Start with clean eye area. I applied a gold highlight to my brow bone area.

2. I applied a midtone brown to my crease blending out to meet the brow bone highlight

3. Next I applied a pink shadow to the crease.

4. I then applied a black eyeshadow to the outer v.

 

 

5. I applied the same pink eyeshadow to my eyelid area blending into the black on the outer v.

6. I applied a glitter primer and then followed with pink glitter to the middle of the lids

7. Next I applied a black liner to my upper lash line.

8. Before applying the false lashes I applied some pink eyeshadow and glitter to the lower lash line.







 

9. I applied some concealer to my under eye area.
10. This helps to brighten the overall eye area and also provides a subtle highlight.

And here is the finished look. I applied some a nude lipstick and some gloss and added some blush and bronzer to the cheek area.

 

 

PRODUCT LIST

FACE

Revlon colourstay foundation in caramel

LA girl pro concealer in fawn and warm honey

Mac blush in Hushabye

Jordana bronzer

Blackopal loose powder in light

Zaron mattifying compact powder in zz10

EYES

Elf glitter primer

Pink eyeshadow from the 180 colour palette.

Mabrook black eyeshadow

Mabrook waterproof eyeliner

Elf liquid eyeliner

Pink glitter (name had rubbed off)

Blackopal lash defining mascara

False lashes from Sitpretty Studio

LIPS

LA girl crème lipstick in forbidden love

Blackup lipshine no1

 

We are here...

Hello parfait beauties, we are finally here. Yes, I have been thinking about switching to blogger for a while and it was very difficult leaving wordpress. But with that been said, life is all about changes and this is one of the numerous changes I have made in my life.

Here is the link to my blog on wordpress www.parfaitvisage.wordpress.com. Please be informed that I will no longer be blogging from that platform but from here. Thank you.