LIP SWATCH TIME featuring KIKE's BEAUTY HUB

Hello Parfait beauties, trust everyone is doing well. I am currently going through a phase where I am obsessed with highlighters and lip colours. I was super happy when Kike of Kike's Beauty Hub sent me some lip goodies and I just had to swatch and review for all you beautiful people.

PRODUCT REVIEW : BLACKUP

 Hello my beautiful parfait readers, how has everyone been? We are almost at the end of the year. How time flies right? Can't believe I was just laughing at people making new year resolutions because I know they would never keep them and yeah I will laugh at the same set of people again pretty soon Lol.

I recently contacted by  the gorgeous Tola, the Head trainer for Blackup Paris for West Africa ( Click Here to visit her blog) informing me of a package that BlackUp Paris had for me (Yaaay for Makeup Products lol)

The package contained some of the latest products from Blackup that I have actually been meaning to try out. So I was beyond excited when I got them.

BLACKUP PERFECT EYEBROW

What Blackup says

Blackup Perfect Eyebrow, thanks to the perfect design, perfectly defines the eyebrow line.

Its creamy texture guarantees a comfortable application and a powdered finish for an ultra-natural makeup

 I got this in SP02 which is a dark brown.

 The packaging is really cute, from the picture you can see it looks like a lipstick tube.

 The design is a bit funny, one side is pointed and the other is slanted.

I filled in the bottom and top parts of my brow with the pointed side and filled in any gaps with the slanted side.

Its really easy to use provided you are light handed cos you can go overboard if you are not careful.

 I really like this brow product and it lasted the whole day without fading but just a bit concerned on how to use it when the sharp end becomes flat. Maybe I'll use my angled eyebrow brush......will keep you guys posted.

They are available in 3 colours.

WATERPROOF SMOKY MATTE PENCIL

 Now this I was looking forward to trying, because I have used the waterproof smoky kohl pencil which was creamy and super soft so I wanted to know what the 'Matte' was all about.

What Blackup says

The waterproof smoky matte pencil associates a creamy formula and deep colours. This matte finishing must-have enhances the eyes in just one precision stroke, for a professional long lasting look

 I recieved this product in two shades MS07 which is a dark brown and MS01 a bright blue

 The pencils are very pigmented and have a matte finish to them which is different from the smokey kohl pencils that have a creamy (some of them have some shimmer) finish that dries matte.

 I especially love the brown as I have been looking for a pigmented brown eyeliner for my waterline.

These pencils come in 8 colours

2 in 1 LIP PENCIL

 Now these pencils originally came in 12 colours and Blackup recently released 6 new colours and I got two colours in my package.

 What Blackup says

This 2 in 1 pencil (pencil sharpener provided) glides on the lips to both define contours with high precision and coat lips with an intense semi matte veil 

I received JUM14 (light pink) and JUM18 (deep red)

 The pencils are creamy and very easy to apply and you can wear them as a lip colour, they also have a semi matte finish which is good enough for me to be honest. They also come with their own sharpeners attached to the cover.

 They are very pigmented and very long lasting. I wore the pink to a Photo-shoot and it stayed put the entire time and left a beautiful pink stain when I wiped it off with baby-wipes.

I also received a nail polish from their new polish collection which is amazing. Please check them out as the colours range from gorgeous nudes to beautiful reds and purples.

So there you have it my parfait beauties. Hope you found something you liked. I am very impressed with the new products and look forward to future releases by Blackup.

For more on Blackup Paris please visit www.blackupcosmetics.com

Also follow me on Instagram @parfaitvisage for more fun pictures and makeup looks.

Till my next post, remain Parfait xoxo.

PRODUCT REVIEW : Clinique Soft Matte Lipstick.

Hi Parfait beauties. Okay let me jump right into it. The first time I saw this lipstick my exact thought was "Does Ruby Woo have a Rival?" Everybody I know has a Mac ruby woo lipstick, its so popular that some people actually think ruby woo is a brand lol.
I for one love ruby woo because its such a gorgeous rich red matte lipstick that speak volumes but I am not a fan of the way it sucks the very life out of my lips and how it cracks or should I say falls apart after a few hours of wear.

PRODUCT REVIEW : BM PRO Long lasting Lipgloss in CHAI

 Hello beauties. Thank God its Friday. Who is turning up this weekend? Who wants to invite me? (big smile) For as long as I can remember I have been a massive fan of dark lippies. Burgundy, plum, brown, black, indigo, you name it...I love it. There is something sultry about dark lips, very seductive, mysterious, confident, do I really need to keep explaining at this point lol.

PRODUCT REVIEW : BEE LASHES

Happy new year parfait beauties. We thank God for life and the grace to see the new year. How is everyone? How many of you made new year resolutions? (sips coffee) and how many of those new year resolutions includes lashes?

Yup, Lashes. Come on lashes are life, lashes equal glam, lashes can take any look from drab to fab and I just discovered a lash brand that's amazing and extremely affordable. Drum rolls please.....BEE LASHES.

BEE lashes is a lash brand by a colleague and awesome makeup artist Abisola of Ashabee. I have been meaning to try her lashes but couldn't quite give up my love for Ardell lashes but I can honestly say that I am a convert as these are awesome and very comparable to the Ardell ones for half the price. score!

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.

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.