YSL Touche Eclat Radiant Touch

YSL Touche Eclat

The Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat Radiant Touch is dubbed the magic pen brush.  I wouldn’t quite say it is that.  Instead the word I would use to describe it is functional. 

In terms of concealing power, this pen brush isn’t exceptional.  It only made my dark undereye circle less noticeable, not cover it totally.  But then, this isn’t a concealer.  So rightfully, it shouldn’t be expected to conceal.  Instead, this is a take-anywhere instant highlighter for adding a touch of light or banishing shadows and signs of fatigue from the eye area, and anywhere else on the face. 

Tutorial: Brighter larger looking eyes

Want to have bambi eyes?  Well, you can by using some of the eye makeup techniques shared by Michelle Phan in the video above.  Her techniques are rather interesting and involve using white eyeliner and silver eyeshadow before lining the eyes thinly so as to achieve a pair of brighter larger looking eyes. 

  • Apply white eyeliner on the lower rim of the eyes
  • Apply a light eyeshadow of the lids
  • Apply silver eyeshadow on the upper brow line

Burt’s Bees Radiance Body Lotion

Burt's Bees Radiance Body LotionBurt’s Bees Radiance Body Lotion is one of the newer offerings from the good people at Burt’s Bees.   

This is supposed to be a shimmering body lotion and yet I’m using this mostly in the night. I guess I will only start to use it in the day once I’m done with my L’Occitane Cherry Blossom Shimmering Lotion. But I don’t think it matter so much because I bought it to enjoy the radiance benefits, not so much for the shimmering effects.

Mineral makeup application technique

Mineral Makeup Application

There is a specific technique when it comes to applying mineral makeup.  i.d. bareMinerals calls it Swirl, Tap, Buff.  Erth Mineral Makeup calls it Twirl, Tap and Brush.  But they are all the same when it comes to the process.

I had a little problem initially but with practice, it became real easy.  I saw the mineral makeup application video on i.d. Minerals website and realised that I was on track, except that instead of putting the powder on the lid, what I do is to use my brush to pick up the powder, then swirl it on the lid then tap the excess off.  This helps to prevent unnecessary wastage.