Too Faced Soul Mates Blushing Bronzer Review

AAAAAA! I promised myself I would not scream. But, I cannot control myself. I find myself blushing every time I think that I actually, finally have this bronzer. Yes guys, this couple finally hit Singapore. This Too Faced Soul Mates bronzing duo finally available in Sephora. I've always wanted this bronzer ever since I saw it on Intagram like months ago. I thought this is a limited edition piece and the fact that our Sephora is so god damn slow on updated stuffs, I gave up my hope. I saw it on Beautylish and I almost bought it but I need to spend US $75 to get free shipping, and I was like, bye. 

But yesterday, like literally yesterday, I went to Sephora with mah gurl and we were like, SHOCKED. We went to Sephora ION and we saw the Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette. Yes, they are finally here. After all beauty gurus raved about it and the madness has stopped. It came. Thank you, Sephora Singapore. But the most shocking thing was this one. The Soul Mates bronzer duo. They were sold out at Sephora ION and we were so heartbroken. I felt like the world has come to an end. We asked one of the staff and she said it is only available in Sephora ION and they will not restock it very soon. Well, you know what, she was f-ing wrong! We almost went home but we went to Sephora Taka just to browse around, and heeeeey, I literally ran when I saw they have this bronzer on display and gagged when I saw a stock. There were three Ross and Rachel and five Carrie and Big. I snatched one without even thinking without even looking at the price. It's $48 by the way.

But honestly, have you ever seen anything so beautiful? This is like the best packaging I've ever seen like EVER. I have no words how to describe it but I do have more amount of pictures than usual for this review. Please be patient and scroll down, you may see the same pictures because I couldn't decide which shots to put because they are all beutiful! I need help! 

Now, this bronzer came in two shades, Ross and Rachel and Carrie and Big. If you ask me, it's obvious which one I'll pick. First of all, I don't watch Friends. And Ross and Rachel is for medium to deep skin-tone while Carrie and Big is for light to medium skin-tone. So it is a perfect match for me. Every cents you spent from 48$ is worth it. Apart from the most beautiful packaging, it contains a lot of product, 18g!! (comparison: Benefit box blush 8g, Too Faced chocolate soleil bronzer 10g).

This bronzer is not too powdery, so you can never add too much on your brush. You can go heavy handedly on this one. I think that's a good thing. Another thing is the color, this bronzer is so warm, it is on the orange side. You cannot use this bronzer for contouring, this is for warming up your face, to give you a bronzed, sun-kissed look. It is on the orange side but it is not too orange for me. It is for light skin, so it just gives you that healthy glowing look. Love it. It is said on the packaging, you can use the colors separately, or you can mix the two colors together to give you a blushed bronzy look. I tried using only the bronzer shade and it is beautiful. Please guys, run to your nearest Sephora and grab this couple before they sold out completely!


Ax

Too Faced Melted Kisses Lipstick Set

Well hello to another lipstick review. I have to say this is one of the best investment I've ever made in makeup area. I got this set for... geez I forgot again, 49$? I got this in December 2014, okay. My memory is super bad. I think this is one of Too Faced holiday collection in 2014, and this set contains four, yes four, melted lipsticks. Last year, or even this year, still, Too Faced Melted lipstick was a big thing, a must have for makeup junkies. I first saw this set from beauty youtubers in their holiday haul, a lot of them got this set and I couldn't find it anywhere. I didn't set high hopes to get this set, this set would never be available in Singapore, it was just impossible. Until one day in December I went to Sephora ION and I saw this set and I was like, you're coming home with mama. I just put that set inside my basket without a single ounce of hesitation. 

This set contains four minis, they are not full size lipsticks, but I don't care because honestly, I've never ever finished a full size lipstick, ever. The colors are gorgeous, we have nudes, bright, and bold. As you can see in the packaging, we have Melted Nude, Melted Peony, Melted Fuchsia, and Melted Berry. Considering the price for the individual full size lipstick which is 30$, this set is a very good deal.

These lipsticks are very easy to apply, very pigmented, and yes they are liquid lipsticks. So sorry for the sloppy lip swatches though. These lipsticks, surprisingly, are not as long wearing as they claimed. The colors that I've used the most are melted nude and peony. They feel good on the lips but after three hour they tend to cling to dry patches on my lips and just look really bad. And no, I don't have dry lips, and my other lipsticks work just fine without making dry patches on my lips. And they wear off so easily, even without eating and drinking for two hours. I don't know, maybe it's just me, because people are saying good things about these lipsticks. I though admit the colors are really pretty and during the first hour I couldn't stop starring at my lips because they were just gorjess.

So far I would say they score 7/10. Recomended, yes, but I'm not that brave to invest in the individual price. But they are having new colors and maybe I'll get them when Sephora have their 20% off.


Ax