Add Subtle Warmth and Glow To Your Face With By Terry Compact Expert Dual Powder

Add Subtle Warmth and Glow To Your Face With By Terry Compact Expert Dual Powder

Reviews Cosmetopia Digest   Friday, December 15, 2017

Anyone else here who cannot get the hang of Instagram contouring? I fail to master the sharp-sculpted-cheekbones-look at all levels. So in a rather clever display of "sour-grapes", I vote for a subtler look, a softer glow.
By Terry's Compact Expert Dual Powder offers just that; it comes in a demurely-packaged compact of two finely-milled powders. There are eight shades in the range, so you can choose from a blush-bronzer combination, a blush-highlighter combination, or a bronzer-highlighter combination. I prefer the last one.
This means that you only have TWO differently coloured powders to grapple with; just the two shades to figure out what goes where. Those multi-pan face palettes give me the heebie-jeebies, no matter how many face charts and instruction manuals the brands include. This one is a lot less daunting.

Scroll down for a review and demo of the By Terry Compact Expert Dual Powder.

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Third Blogiversary Special: Collecting Vintage Powder Compacts

Third Blogiversary Special: Collecting Vintage Powder Compacts

Powder Cosmetopia Digest   Sunday, January 17, 2016

I cannot believe I have actually stuck to this blog for three years now! When I started it on January 15, 2013, I thought I would walk away in a few weeks. If I have stuck to it, it is only because of support from readers and fellow-bloggers. Thank you!
Each year for my blogiversary, I do a history-of-beauty post. Last year, it was Beauty Trends over 100 years - see here. In 2014, it was Vintage Beauty Advertisements - see here.
This year, I was going to show you vintage vanities and dressing tables I had spotted around the world but my recuperation from antibiotics at my parents' meant I spied my Mum's powder compact collection.
She has been collecting them for ages and now has about 80-ish vintage compacts, including an ivory one that was owned by HER grandmother (Neither I nor my living family members support buying ivory in any form).
She flatly refused to take out the oldest, mother-of-pearl, ivory and jewel-encrusted ones, but agreed to share her tips and thoughts on collecting vintage compacts, and allowed me to "photograph, from a safe distance only", half a dozen of them. 

Scroll down for tips on collecting vintage powder compacts, where to find them, pricing and photographs. 

Clarins Travel Bright White face palette review, swatches, photos

Clarins Travel Bright White face palette review, swatches, photos

Travel Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Usually, I am not really fond of travel/all-makeup palettes, preferring eyeshadow palettes, and individual products such as mascara, concealer and face powder. But I do own two travel palettes - one from Clarins and the other from Lancome. I thought I would dig them out now, as I am leaving for Doha in two weeks' time and am about to pack for the trip.
This is the Clarins Travel Bright White Face Palette. I love the packaging. Inside the red external box is this cute, chic white rectangular "clutch".

Bourjois Rouge Edition lipstick swatches and Max Factor liquid eyeliner review

Bourjois Rouge Edition lipstick swatches and Max Factor liquid eyeliner review

Nail polish Cosmetopia Digest   Saturday, July 13, 2013

For some time now, I have been thinking about getting the Bourjois 8-in-1 BB cream compact. I'm not a BB cream person after trying out quite a few of them; I prefer the decent coverage of a foundation. But this was a compact, and, more importantly, this was Bourjois. So I asked a couple of bloggers and decided to go for it. I've used it only twice and am loving it already. I shall review it in detail, once I put it through a reasonable trial period. There are only four shades available, but apparently they adapt to different skin tones. This is 22 Beige Dore or Golden Beige, which should suit anyone medium, from NC 30 to 42, according to the SA.

TheBalm S3xy Mama Translucent Powder

TheBalm S3xy Mama Translucent Powder

TheBalm Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Despite being a huge fan of TheBalm, I had never owned S3xy Mama, Hot Mama (blush) or Bahama Mama (bronzer) until I got this for my birthday in April. S3xy Mama Anti-shine Translucent Powder has become my HG mattifying powder.
Packaging: I can't tell you how much I love TheBalm's packaging, and this is no exception. This comes in a cute retro cardboard case with a mirror.

While googling it, I found some of the pictures online slightly different - the logo below the compact being a bit off centre scared me so I shot off an email with half a dozen photos to TheBalm. Christina from TheBalm got back to me almost at once. She instituted inquiries - at first it looked dodgy, and I was gutted, but she got back last week saying it is absolutely genuine! There are batches with off-centre logos and the code at the back proved it belonged to said batch. Whew.

End of shopping ban: L'Oreal haul

End of shopping ban: L'Oreal haul

Nail art Cosmetopia Digest   Friday, March 15, 2013

My month-long shopping ban is over (for now). And I've ordered a replacement Konad stamper. But before I reward myself at Lush over the weekend, I wanted to buy something, anything, today. Broccoli, even. So I hit the L'Oreal counter and picked up a couple of things.
The first is the Infallible compact. It is supposed to last 16 hours. I haven't worn it that long, just a couple of hours. This isn't my Holy Grail compact foundation, but it isn't bad. I used it with a damp sponge and my skin looked smooth. It doesn't feel heavy or look chalky. The product doesn't go on the sponge too smoothly though - you have to give it a firm swipe or two.

Second is the Color Riche Nail art sticker set in Disco Ball and Python. I love both these designs and, trust me, the sampler stickers the SA applied looked absolutely fab on my nails. All you do is stick it on the nail and file away the excess.

I received a manicure set as a gift with purchase. The tweezers are good, the scissors are sharp and the nail-cutter is precise. I love the case!