Kat von D Metal Matte Eyeshadow Palette Review, Swatches, EOTD

Kat von D Metal Matte Eyeshadow Palette Review, Swatches, EOTD

Smoky eye Cosmetopia Digest   Thursday, January 12, 2017

The Kat von D Metal Matte Eyeshadow Palette launched in Sephora Dubai a couple of weeks ago. My Mum had asked me to get her a couple of brow products, and told me to get something for myself, on her. I decided to pick this one up. 
This palette has sold out online in the US, but those with access to a Sephora which stocks Kat von D can pick it up in-store.

Scroll down for the review, swatches and eye makeup looks with the Kat von D Metal Matte Eyeshadow Palette.

Year-End Sephora and Boots Haul

Year-End Sephora and Boots Haul

Shopping Cosmetopia Digest   Saturday, December 24, 2016

T his haul is smaller - and less exciting - than my usual hauls. I am working on shrinking my need-list instead of going overboard in-store, and that I picked up just the four makeup products from Sephora is proof. I have since discovered that I am 15 points away from my next premium gift. A lip balm would have seen me through to the next tier. Argh!

Scroll down to find out what I bought in my last beauty haul of 2016.

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Makeup Look With 2016 Favourites

Makeup Look With 2016 Favourites

Palette Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, December 05, 2016

It has been a while since I did an FOTD post; I have been taking photos of several makeup looks, though I haven't got around to sharing them. This one features some of my favourite makeup products discovered in 2016.
My favourite makeup discovery is Kevyn Aucoin's Sensual Skin Enhancer. I bought it on Norah Salazar's recommendation, as a concealer. However, in this look, I ended up "taking out" too much product, and have had to use it all over, as a foundation.

Scroll down to view my FOTD with Kevyn Aucoin SSE, Lancome Auda[City] in London, and By Terry Terrybly Velvet Rouge.

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Mid-year makeup haul from Sephora ME

Mid-year makeup haul from Sephora ME

YSL Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, July 29, 2014

A hundred years ago, on this very day, a series of events broke out that touched the lives of people in many, many countries - definitely throughout the British Empire. A moment of silence for those fallen in the Great War, please. My family and I are marking this by visiting two memorials - one here, and one in my Gramps's hometown - with flowers (see photo at the end of the post). On to lighter topics now.

Have you noticed the near-absence of haul posts on this blog recently? Blame Memebox for it. On the other hand, Memeboxes may come and Korean products may go, but Sephora goes on forever. I managed to find time despite a super-hectic schedule - which included football-watching - to pick up a few things from Sephora Dubai, Boots, Al Shop (I know, right), Bloomingdales, Pari Gallery, Karisma and a couple of random stores whose names I don't even remember. Here is what I bought during my trip, except for drugstore products and a couple of items missing in the depths of my suitcases. I tend to be a super-organised packer but disorganised when it comes to unpacking. Some of these are a bit squashed, as a result, but no real damage, thankfully.  You have seen the gifts with purchase and samples I received here, now take a look at the haul itself.

Kat von D True Romance Poetica palette review, swatches

Kat von D True Romance Poetica palette review, swatches

Swatches Cosmetopia Digest   Thursday, July 24, 2014

I fell in love with Kat von D makeup last year, after using her High Voltage Eye Primer, reviewed here. But I had not tried any of the eyeshadows from the brand. It was certainly not my intention to buy any palettes this quarter. But the best laid plans et cetera et cetera.
While I still have not managed to get my entire haul together and photograph it - an upset stomach with all the junk food I downed has contributed to the post-travel lethargy - I had swatched this palette within a couple of days of buying it and have loved using it on evenings out.
I had hemmed and hawed between Sinner and Poetica - both contained purple eyeshadows. I have been missing a purple-centric palette in my stash. Poetica won out because it had three eyeshadows from the purple family while Sinner had only two.

Here is my review and swatches of the Kat von D True Romance Eyeshadow Palette in Poetica.

Kat von D High Voltage Eye Primer review

Kat von D High Voltage Eye Primer review

Reviews Cosmetopia Digest   Sunday, May 04, 2014

I have four beauty boxes on my desk right now, waiting to be reviewed. But I will not budge until I take a breather from subscription boxes for a couple of days. There is such a thing as overkill, and while we are all agreed that my blog has its fair share of unboxing posts, it is a beauty blog and I like to include other posts once in a while! Nor do I care at all for the "I-want-to-unbox-first" race. I know you're tired of them as well - comments have dwindled to nothing. So you will not see more than one or two unboxing posts per week, at the most (unless I run out of other posts lol).
I knew Kat von D had amazing eyeshadows and lipsticks - and zealously guard the samples of my Lock-It foundation even from my own fingers. But I had not heard of the Kat von D High Voltage Eye Primer until my friend Shivani told me about it. "You won't need a separate concealer," she had said. "And, you will like it better than Too Faced Shadow Insurance." Now that sounded too good to resist and, after finding it was Muse-Approved, I decided to give it a try.

Here is my review of the Kat von D High Voltage Eye Primer.