Review:LA Splash Mineral Foundation & Blush

LA Splash Mineral Foundation

I was really surprised to learn that LA Splash Mineral Foundation has been in our local market for around three years.  Which means, it was available long before the mineral foundation rage began here!  And to think that I never found out about it until now!  

Actually, my interest in mineral makeup had sort of waned after suffering a breakout from using one of the brands, and I had become more wary of using mineral foundation with too many ingredients.  But I agreed to test LA Splash Mineral Foundation because the range only contains mica, titanium dioxide, and possibly iron oxide; ingredients which are unlikely to break me out.

I Nuovi Metallogy in Tin & Giveaway Winners

inuovi-metallogy-eye-shadow

I picked up the new Metallogy Eye Shadow, compliments from I Nuovi, when I was at their Suntec City outlet recently. This range comprises 16 shades and they are described as molten metal eye colour formulated with a high percentage of metallic pearls for a dramatic shimmer effect.

The actual colors look quite different from what I saw on the website and in the end, I picked Tin 06006, which looks greyish with a little green undertone. It’s an interesting color because I noticed it also has some slight hints of gold when I look at it under different lightings.

Aubrey Organics Translucent Base & Lip Tint

Aubrey Organics Silken Translucent Base

When I first received this Aubrey Organics Silken Earth Traslucent Base from Eco Living At Home, I was under the impression that this is a mineral foundation.  So I was really disappointed with how sheer it turned out on my skin, even after using this on top of a liquid foundation.  I thought this will only work well on those with flawless skin and almost gave it up.  But I thought it’s kind of ridiculous that Aubrey Organics would introduce a product like that given that I’ve heard so much good things about them and decided to search Makeupalley.com for more information.  It was then that I found out that this is definitely not a foundation but a base that goes under or on top of your foundation!

Makeup base to correct your skin tone

make up base

At the recent workshop that LA Splash organized for a friend and me, we got to see interesting shades of mineral foundation – colors like green and purple which I haven’t seen before.  It was later that I learnt that these are makeup bases used to correct imperfect skin tone and should be applied to the whole face prior to putting on our foundation.