Savvy by DB Mineral Eyeshadow FOTD

I used the Savvy by DB mineral blend loose eyeshadows to create a look and here is how it turned out.  Also lately I've been loving the colour purple hence most days I'm wearing the same look thus I haven't gotten much FOTDs or EOTDs to share with you.  I will try getting out of the purple or neutral colours to make my blog more exciting :)

Completed face, hair not done yet.

Completed Face with Flash

Downward angle, love it because it doesn't give me a double chin :p

 Products used:


The Body Shop Skin Primer Moisturise It

Eve Pearl Anti-shine Mattifying Gel

Maybelline Super Stay Foundation – Nude

Estee Lauder Concealer

Elf Mineral Eyeshadow Primer

Savvy by DB Mineral Blend Loose Eyeshadow – Champagne Pink

Savvy by DB Mineral Blend Loose Eyeshadow – Plum

Savvy by DB Mineral Blend Loose Eyeshadow – Steel

Coastal Scents Gel Liner – True Black

CoverGirl Lash Blast Fusion – Very Black

Lancôme Pressed Powder

Elf Blush – Peachy Keen

Rimmel Bronzer – Light Matte

NYX Gloss - Whipped

Both eyes without Flash

Without Flash

Without Flash

Without Flash and natural daylight coming in from the window

Bonus! completely made up :)

Have a great week ahead :)

Savvy by DB and SHE Loose Pigments Swatches and Review

I’m pretty sure you’ve seen that I’ve been buying Savvy’s Loose Mineral Eyeshadow when they go on sale for $2.99. Well with no surprise I picked up another 3 colours to share with you guys.

Swatches as usual…

Savvy by DB Mineral Loose Eyeshadows

With Flash



Without Flash

I’ve have been loving these loose eyeshadows because they’re cheap and good stuff. The pigmentation as the same the ones from before are great and it’s not large chunks but nice soft and smooth texture which is easy to blend. Packaging is as per normal like any other jar that carries pigments and loose powders.


On the other hand I am for the first time using a cosmetic and beauty brand called SHE. I always walk pass the displays in Priceline without much of a glance and because they were on sale I end up buying two of their colourful pigments. The exact name for them is SHE Australia Dusting Powders for those of you who are curious. So yet this is another Australian brand and I’m happy to test something that is local.

Let’s start off with swatches.





SHE Dusting Powders



With Flash

Wihtout Flash

First of all love the packaging and even though it is just a typical jar, I love who it is completely clear. Pigmentation of these dusting powders is lovely and with a base the colours are even more vivid than without. The pigments are quite fine and very smooth and soft when applied to the eyes. However I won’t say that blending them is great. They do blend but with some careful blending work.


These however are more expensive than the Savvy ones even at full price (which I had forgotten because I loose the receipt the minute I get home). Then again the colour range is not huge and the colours are a huge different from the ones that Savvy produces.



So that’s what I thought with a bit of comparison between the two brands.



What do you guys think?

Savvy by DB Priceline Discounted Makeup Haul

Hello my fellow beauty and makeup lovers :)

Today I’m here to share you some cheap, yet some decent quality makeup from Savvy by DB. It’s one of those cheap affordable makeup lines where beginners and teens can buy without having to put a gigantic hole in their wallets.

Priceline had a sale bin and most of the products in there were from Savvy by DB makeup range. There wasn’t much of a choice in there as most of them were the same stuff. I also couldn’t try them as there was no sample for you to swatch, so that didn’t help much either. They were getting rid of some eyeshadows, the ones with the plastic silver casing instead of the usual brown casing. I think it was a one time thing not too long ago when they changed the colour of the packaging.

Anyway I picked up 4 mono eyeshadows for a discounted price of $2.99, and silly me I actually for got to check the original price of a mono eyeshadow from the Savvy shelves at the back of the shop. I apologise for that, but I doubt it would be over $5 AUD.

Each product contains 3.24g/0.11 oz of product and the colours I picked up are:

Moss – Green
Grape – Purple
Bisque – Brown
Peach – gold/champagne

There was also a blue one, but I saw most of them were shattered in the casing so I didn’t put that in my basket. Anyway here are the swatches with and without a base.

I couldn’t really tell the difference in the photos, but when I looked at my arm closely the base just fills in the cracks in the skin so the shadow appears to be more intense since it isn’t sinking into the skin. I have to say I wasn’t expecting much and they turned out better than I thought they would. In my opinion these four are better than some of the NYX single eyeshadows.

The texture is soft and smooth and it’s not even chalky. It felt so smooth when I applied it on my arm that I was unconsciously nodding my head as I did it. No complaints from me really, they were cheap and the quality was alright.

I also picked up some lip liner pencils for a discounted price of $2.99 (sorry no original price -_-“). Each pencil contains 1.2g/0.04 oz of product and here are the swatches.

These are not very creamy pencils but they’re not horrible, however they only last a couple of hours so it not a wear for the whole day kind of thing. They’re cheap so the expectation is kind of as I expected unlike the eyeshadows.

I got another budget makeup brand review coming up, I think I’m also having fun finding some cheap affordable makeup rather than always buying expensive or high-end products. What do you guys think about this kind of idea?

Package and Priceline Mini Haul

Got home from work today and found a package sitting on my study desk. My package from Shop Craze had finally arrived after 13 days. Not too bad with the shipping considering that it came all the way from the USA to Australia, which in general normally takes longer. They stock NYX products, not everything but a good range of their stuff and currently also stock True Face cosmetics. I’ve never heard of True Face before (not surprising I live in Australia after all), so if people are looking for a reliable place to buy either products Shop Craze is great.


The website address for this place is:
http://www.shopcraze.com/
I am not sponsored or affiliated with them; I bought NYX product with my own money. I was not paid to recommend them or to refer any readers to their site.
I am only giving my personal opinion about my experience with purchasing NYX products from them. I think some of their NYX products are on sale so check it out if you’re interested. Please no hate here, because I’m only sharing with everyone where I shop online, especially for people like me who can’t access these brands in stores.

Anyway let’s get on with the haul. From Shop Craze I only bought NYX products; I couldn’t help it so I took it as a reward gift just to cheer myself up a bit.

List of NYX products bought:
Jumbo Lip Pencil – Pink Nude
Mosaic Powder – Highlighter
Powder Blush – Raisin
Round Lipgloss – Mauve
Round Lipgloss – Real Nude
Round Lipgloss – Whipped
Round Lipstick – Ceto
Round Lipstick – Cinnamon Sugar
Single Eyeshadow – Skin
Single Eyeshadow – True Taupe
Slim Lip Pencil – Beige

Here are some photos of the swatches.

Loving the new lip products from NYX and I’m only starting to get into them as well. Ceto is a lovely colour and the jumbo lip pencil is so creamy that it glides on flawlessly. The lipglosses are so nice and the colours are great that I can’t wait to use them tomorrow. The prices for the round lipsticks and glosses are US $1.95, the jumbo pencil is US $2.90 and the slim lip pencil is US $2.45. I can’t remember which ones were on sale but please check out their site for more accurate price listing.

I started loving their eyeshadow range as well and these two colours are so neutral that it’ll be great for my work makeup on a daily basis. I think the camera’s flash kind of wash out the colours and they definitely look a lot better in real life. Silky smooth and definitely cheap at US $3.45 each.

What I really did love is the mosaic powder in Highlighter and blush in raisin. Both are cheap with a smooth silky texture, which I want to try some of the other colours soon. However I’ll have to wait a bit and try stop my spending and save a bit more for a holiday instead. The mosaic powder I paid US $6.40 and blush is US $5.90.

Shop Craze has a range of different postage and I thought they’re quite reasonable, you can choose which postage suits you the best during checkout. They offer PayPal as one of their payment options so that was a bonus for me.

The package doesn’t stop jus there; it was more of a surprise because I also went to Priceline for a little bit to have a browse while I pick up some toothpaste. I bought some false eyelashes by Beauty Style because they sell them for AUS $3.95 and my cousin told me she uses them and they’re not bad. They do feel soft and it’s not that hard pokey plastic some brands use, but I probably wouldn’t use their glue though. I use DUO, which is great eyelash glue and a lot of places stock them. Even MAC counter stocks them so I do recommend that glue for falsies if anyone is interested. I can’t wait to try them and get back to you guys on how well they are.

While browsing Savvy by DB was having a sale + a bonus promotion of 3 for 2. Meaning not only were their products reduced at bit, they were also offering a promotion sale of buying 3 of their products for the price of 2. Obviously the cheapest product is free, but that’s pretty neat considering how cheap this brand can get. So I picked up 2 mineral loose eyeshadow and a lipstick. Eyeshadows are AUS $3.97 (which is the sale price) and lipstick is AUS $4.95 and in the end I paid AUS $8.92 for all three.

Top for the shadows is without base and bottom is with base. I used Estee Lauder eyeshadow base.

I like their mineral loose eyeshadow quite a bit. Pigmentation with or without a base is great for such a cheap price so will definitely look forward to using them. They’re also easy to apply so it’s not chalky or anything. The lipstick I’m not that fond of unfortunately, it doesn’t smell of chemicals and it’s not yucky. In fact it is quite creamy and glides on, but comes off way too easily; hence it will not last very long at all.

Anyway that’s all for this update, hope the swatches and information helped.

What do you think about some of the products I’ve mentioned?
Leave me a comment on your personal experience with them :)

Savvy by DB Cosmetics and Model Prefer from Priceline

Today I just want to talk about two cheap brands they offer in Priceline. Savvy by DB and Model Prefer. I only own very little of their products, I only want to talk about 3 duo eyeshadows from Savvy by DB and a palette by Model Prefer. All these are bought on sale and were a while back so I’ve forgotten how much I paid for it, but they were cheap.


Personally I find Savvy by DB has some good stuff for the price they offer it at, and would recommend some of their products for people who are on a budget or only just starting out with makeup. They are inexpensive as most items are under AUS $10 and even better value when they’re on sale. However I don’t think I’ll ever try their foundation, concealer and powder, but anything else I’ll give it a shot at a slow pace of course. So from time to time you’ll see some reviews or looks by using their product range.

Here are my 3 duo eyeshadow compacts. They’re pretty big and the packaging as you can see is very simple. I’m pretty sure original price of these duo eyeshadows are AUS $4.95 or somewhere around there. So in my opinion the price they’re selling it for and the quality of the eyeshadow I think it’s pretty good. It’s not rough, surprising quite smooth and easy to apply. I think pigmentation is not bad either and would look a lot better if a base or primer was used. I quite like them, but they only have number of these combinations and unfortunately some of the colours don’t appeal to me.

Here are some swatches I did of each compact duo.

Model Prefer is a range that offers mostly palettes that are eyeshadows only or a mix. Like a set with eyeshadows, blush and gloss. I bought this small one on sale, but unfortunately it is not a good quality one. I don’t’ like how dry and chalky some of them are. The only ones that are alright and has good pigmentation is the ocean blue, gold and bronze colour. All the other ones are hard, dry and chalky with very poor pigmentation. I probably won’t be buying any of their other products again, it’s just not worth it and I don’t even use this palette because it so hard to get good colour payoff out of it.

Anyway that’s all for now, hope you guys found this short review useful.