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Showing posts with label Hard Candy. Show all posts

Friday, December 2, 2011

Hard Candy Eye Def Glitter & Metallic Eyeshadows

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These were released a few months ago, but are still available at WalMart. They sell for about $6 each.

Colours (left to right): 327 Sequin, 331 Liar, 332 Ditch

Colours (left to right): 425 Crystal Palace, 427 Fake Bake

The brush inside is a doe-foot applicator, but more straight than angled. The texture is like that of a wet cream eyeshadow. The glitter shadows have a ton of glitter, while the metallic ones are shiny.

Colours (left to right): Sequin, Liar, Ditch, Crystal Palace, Fake Bake

Wearing these alone will be a disaster. Although they dry nicely, the formulation is a bit thick and it will crease and flake off. The metallic ones are a little easier, however.

The reason why I purchased more than one of these is because I like using the glitter ones as a liquid eyeliner. I just run an angled brush over the applicator and apply it like a gel eyeliner. Because it dries quickly, it is ideal for eyeliner.

As for the metallic ones, they could work as a sheer eyeshadow and they dry very quickly. I would recommend using a primer and seeing how they hold up as eyeshadows on your eyelids, but if they crease or flake, these could work well as highlight colours if you blend them out immediately. They last longer than powdered highlights, but you need to be careful with them because once they dry, they need to be removed with something water-based (face wipes, makeup remover, etc).

As eyeshadows, these are terrible, but as eyeliners, they are wonderful! The glitter ones  have enough glitter and pigmentation that they make great glitter liners that are also opaque.


Sunday, November 20, 2011

Upcoming Reviews and Swatches: Too Faced Dupes, Shimmer Cubes, Sugarpill, Hard Candy, Nanoblur

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Here are photos from my upcoming posts which will contain swatches and reviews!

An almost identical version of Too Faced's Natural Eye Shadow Collection from a brand I found at Winner's

Shimmer Cubes from The Body Shop

Suparpill's Poison Plum Pressed Eyeshadow

Hard Candy's Eye Def Glitter Eyeshadow

Hard Candy's Eye Def Metallic Eyeshadow

A review of Nanoblur and how it holds up when used over different foundations. Annabelle's SkinTrue is pictured above, but three other foundations will also be reviewed with it.



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Monday, August 29, 2011

Don't buy this!! Hard Candy Cheek Tint

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Cream blushes are a great thing to use in the summer because they melt into your skin and won't appear cakey.

I purchased Hard Candy's Hide and Glow Cheek Tint from Walmart for $7.


This one is in the colour #315 "In Love". 

The two colours are quite similar; both a pink colour with subtle shimmer.


I twisted both colours all the way to the top so you can see how much product you get (not very much)

I do not recommend this product because the application of this product is not true to how it looks before you apply it. The texture is very greasy and it has almost no pigmentation. In the swatch pictured below, you will see that it does show up a little bit, but I had to apply a lot of it for the colour to show up.


If you apply enough of this product to show up, it makes your skin look greasy. If you apply just a tiny bit, it doesn't show up at all.

Summary:

Product: Hard Candy's Hide and Glow Cheek Tint
Price: $7 (Walmart)
Grade: F

Saturday, August 27, 2011

First impression: Hard Candy's Lashaholic Mascara

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I purchased Hard Candy's Lashaholic mascara today. I tried it out when I got home (couldn't resist because of the packaging!) and I wasn't blown away. It was $7 at Walmart and comes in a hot pink tube (pictured below).

So far, it wears decently and I'll post an more in-depth review of this once I've tried it a few more times!


EDIT: November, 2011

I have since tried this product and ended up giving it away. The formula was too dry for me and after a few uses, it started to tug at my lashes. My preference is a mascara that is a bit wet and therefore will glide onto my lashes. However, if you prefer dry mascaras, this is the one for you.