Assalaamu Alaykum everyone! Peace to you all! I have a very special review today for you which I'm quite excited about! After doing tons of research and swatch searching on various soures from the internet I finally took the plunge and bought Macs Velvet Teddy lipstick. Whenever I would see it on someone, in a picture or in a video, I would instantly recognise it and get all excited, obsessed and sentimental over it, my love for Velvet Teddy grew and grew and grew. There was some nudging doubts of whether it would suit my uncompromisable complexion with its many conditions, as the people I had seen it on and loved it on where much much lighter than me so I wouldnt be able to replicate the exact look on myself. But regardless of whether it would suit my complexion or not, I HAD to have it and I WOULD make it work, It just had to work..!

Hey guys, salam...peace to you all. Sorry for the lack of posts, I will have some up soon I promise.

Anyways...Recently I've been playing around with the many foundation samples and bottles I currently own and have come out with some very good results and techniques!!! I'm very happy and very excited and I couldn't wait to write a post about it!

Okay.. So.. Im around a mac nc40-41-42, though a nc42 is too dark for me, I used to think I was an nc42 because of the hyperpigmentation on my face but it turns out im an nc40-41. In all the trialling and testing i used to do, I made one mistake... The mistake I was making was the expectations I had of how the foundation looked compared to my natural skin. I wanted it to be exactly the same as my skintone, like exact, not a touch lighter or a touch darker. I kept thinking that the foundation should make me look stunning and completely flawless, yet the main purpose of foundation is to make your skin look a little more even and to minimise the appearance of any blemishes. Not to make it appear like you have a completely new face. My expectations were too high and ridiculous. There I've admitted it.

Another mistake I was making or not really mistake, it was more inexperiance, was the chosen method of applying the foundation. I settled down to using only my fingers or a simple foundation painter style brushes, I should have invested in proper quality brushes or sponges like the beauty blender and experimented more.

Cuz at the end of the day everyones skin is different and different things work for different people. A certain foundation will require a certain application tool/method depending on the texture and consistensy of the foundation. And also the type of skin a person has and what kind of finish they are looking for. All these factors are so important when applying foundation. Experiment Experiment Experiment !! I can not stress it any more. Especially for problematic skin.

So here's what I've been doing....
First off is the base, meaning my skin. I've currently changed my skincare routine and am l-o-v-i-n-g it (I will be doing a post on this soon-definitely-without fail!). Iv been keeping my skin ultra smooth and ultra clean and blemish free. Thank God I changed my routine! When your skin is looking naturally healthy ofcourse your foundation will be looking as good. Also I've been mixing my foundations, so if one was too light for me and another was too dark, I mixed the two together in the right proportions to get something close to my skin colour. Haha obviously not EXACT but something close to ;) . And this last step or change that I've done is the main one me thinks.. I've been using the beauty blender.... It's the cheaper dupe one from Ebay not THE actual one.

I must say... I LOVE LOVE LOVE the beauty blender, it has honestly changed my world! Haha no kidding! There is something about that moist sponge that makes my foundation go on my face looking all dewy and perfect. Like I'm exuding radiance from every pore!!! I am not exaggerating! And it provides decent coverage. It does make sense because I do have dry skin, so the moisture that the sponge provides keep my skin looking dewy and radiant and not dry and grey which usually would happen when applying with my fingers or brushes. One thing that I could do is wet my brushes when using a brush to apply my foundation.

So what I'm left with is a sheer to medium coverage, my skintone looks alot more even, my acne scars are dimmed down by a half and my skin doesn't look dry and dull. It's still retained my skins natural glow and overall 'life' and has added overall dewyness to my face. I'm really really happy with the results and method of application. I've received compliments from friends telling me that I look like I've come back from a holiday or that I look like I'm pregnant! Asking me what I've done with my face.

With the Beauty blender you can build up the coverage and then lightly dust some powder over to set it. I will be trying a stippling brush soon also, as I've heard that they're really good for a flawless face and if I have to I will dampen the brush if I notice that my face needs any moisture. I've seen on youtube that people use Mac's fix+ on their faces or their brushes before applying foundation. So it's the same idea I guess.

So that's my little experimentations explained. I totally recommend the Beauty blender or the dupe or any dampened sponge applicators. I've given most of the foundations I've mentioned before that i wasnt sure about another chance. Since different application methods give different results. I will be doing some posts very soon, so keep an eye out. Hope this was of help to anyone. Peace to you all... X

Im on a roll! 3 posts in one day!

This review is on Macs matte lipstick in Viva glam III. Its very very very pigmented, not drying unlike other mac mattes but very creamy and long lasting!

This is a dark dark dark lip colour!!! Darker than mac rebel! I would describe this lipstick as a dark burgundy maroon with brown in it. Use this with a steady hand. In fact I recommend using a lip brush to apply this colour and apply it in thin layers if you're not confident to go straight from the tube. Since its so pigmented it can and does smudge.


This is how I apply the lipstick - if I'm bothered (most of the time it's straight out the tube). I first make sure my lips are uber smooth, then I dab on a tiny bit of lip-balm. I then coat the lip brush with a little product and really work it into both of my lips as neat as possible, I really get the lipstick into my lips till it's stuck on like a stain. I coat some more product onto the lip brush and again work into my lips. I repeat these steps till I've reached my desired colour and intensity. I do blot lightly sometimes in between the layers. Lastly I neaten and perfect the edges.


Doing these steps helps stop the lipstick from bleeding and helps it last longer. As it's a matte it can look dry and dull, so I sometimes dab a tiny bit of gloss to the centre of my lips to make them look more alive and plump. Though I'm all for matte lips!

This colour is definitely a bold vampy colour on any skintone. Pair it with a simple face and simple bright eyes. Or with dark eyes for an actual vampy look! Maroons are classically a good choice of  colour for indian skintones, or tanned skintones, I am quite bored of that look and go for less dramatic dark colours but if it looks good on tanned nc40-42-43-44-45, it looks good! And I shouldn't disregard it! You can try and keep it modern with a simple eye makeup. But it's totally up to you!

Hope this was of help! Peace! Xxx

Heres another review for you guys.

Once upon a time, i was the type of girl who thought i could only wear one shade of lipstick and that no other colours (however much i liked them) would suit my indian skinor look good on me. It was those bricky browns... How naive i was. Thank God i have evolved! Since being into makeup and doing a fair amount of youtube watching and researching, I can admit that I CAN wear a variety of shades on my lips! I know there are many people out there that think the way i used to about makeup and like me are interested in wearing different lip colours. So i will be doing loads of lipstick reviews in the near future to help those people out!

I have tons of lipsticks, that are good colours for people with my skintone, they arent outrageous colours, i like to stick to the naturals, pinks, browns, reds and plums. Nothing neon bright or crazy.

Anyway this review is on macs satin lipstick in Retro. Like all other satins, its very pigmented and creamy. Its a rather difficult colour to describe, its definitely a dark colour, definitely falls into the 'browns'. And its one of those colours that i used to think was the only colour to suit me. Its a bricky brown with a little plummy-ness in it. Thats the only way i can describe it.

Its a good colour for tanned nc42 and above dark skintones, darker skintones can easily pull this off. It would be too dark for lighter skintones. Unless they were to dab it on lightly. I dont reach for this as much anymore, now that i know i can wear lighter prettier colours. But i do wear it as it is wearable for me, sometimes i dab it on, sometimes i swipe. It covers my hyperpigmentation well. Its very pigmented so it needs to be used cautiously and neatly.

Hope this was of help. Peace xxx

Long time no post! Oops! I've been very busy past couple of weeks, I do apologise for the lack of posts.

Anyway I'm going to review and swatch MACS lipstick in Twig for you. Twig is in the satin range of lipsticks in MAC. Very pigmented and creamy and lasts aaaages. I really like the satin range of lipsticks in MAC, a little goes a looong way. Such good quality.

Twig is a pink with a bit of brown in it. It has a some obvious mauviness to it too, and sometimes I notice a teeny weeny bit of reddish-ness to it. It's almost the same shade of my lips but a tad darker and pinker. It's a very natural pink lip colour on my nc40 - nc42 skin tone and covers my lip pigmentation very well. I've noticed it looks nicer on me when I have foundation on or else it looks a bit garish. I think people above NC35 can pull this off quite well.
From what I've gathered in other reviews on this lipstick colour is that it's classified as a dark colour, but it actually comes out quite light on me. Perhaps it's a dark colour for fairer skin tones but for warmer skin tones its a nice girly MLBB pink. I should mention that the camera quality isn't brilliant but you can tell how dark it looks in the tube compared to my hand swatches.

It's a very pretty colour, very wearable for warmer skin tones, I like it, but it's not a favourite at all, I don't reach for it much as it can look rather odd sometimes, like a little purple or fuchsia and I don't like it when certain pinks do that on me. It's not an in your face colour so its very safe for those out there who like to keep it subtle. Hope this was of help guys. Peace xx