Review: BeautiControl. Mineral Eye Shadow palette in Sandstone

WHO: All skin types

WHAT: BeautiControl Mineral Eye Shadow Trio in Sandstone

• shades: ivory white (frost), camel (satin), dark brown (matte)
• texture: It has a slight creaminess to them. Very luxurious
• ingredients: Taken from the BeautiControl website: Mica, Zinc Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Kaolin, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopherol, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Phenoxyethanol, MAY CONTAIN:,Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Bismuth Oxychloride, Ultramarines,Carmine, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Chromium Oxide Greens, Chromium Hydroxide Green, Manganese Violet

WHEN: Permanent

WHERE: Available at the BeautiControl website for $18

Swatches

HOW:  Check out my step by step photo tutorial HERE on how to use this trio. I used it to create everyday neutral eyes and fill in my eye brows.

Camel shadow on the inner half and dark brown shadow on the outer half of the brow.

If you are a neutral makeup kind of girl, then this trio is for you! It has 3 complimentary eye shadows to create a gorgeous everyday neutral eyes or even fill in your eye brows just like I did. The quality is comparable to MAC eye shadows or even better. They are very pigmented and true to it's colors.The texture is soft and luxurious and non-powdery. It has a slight creaminess to them and applies nice and smooth on the lids. They also last for a long time with a good base underneath. The only drawback is the availability of the product. You will have to find a BeautiControl consultant or go to their website to purchase it.

After this review, I'm going to santinize it, then give it back to my cousin. It's going to be a bit difficult to part ways with it haha.

BeautiControl.com

Review/Swatch: BeautiControl Mineral Lip Color in Soho

If you remember, my cousin gave some makeup from the BeautiControl line. She wanted me to try them first to see what I think before she can use them. I first tried the Mineral Lip Color in Soho. It's a gorgeous terracotta shade with fine gold shimmers. It's creamy and moisturizing and I really like it. Too bad I have to give it back O_o.

WHO: All skin types

WHAT: Lip color

• PRODUCT: BeatiControl Mineral Lip Color in Soho
• SHADE: Soho is a gorgeous terracotta shade with fine gold shimmers. 
• FINISH: It's between amplified (ultra creamy and pigmented) and lustre finish (wet look)
• TEXTURE: Creamy and smooth
• COVERAGE: Full

WHEN: I'm not sure if this product is still available because I couldn't find it on their website anymore.

WHERE: Other shades are available on BeautiControl.com for $14

What I like:

-Texture. It's thin and applies so smooth like a lip balm with creaminess of a lipstick. It's very light weight.

-Pigment. The pigmentation is awesome and you only need one layer to fully cover the entire lips. It also gives the lips a subtle wet/shiny look.

-Very moisturizing. 

What I don't like:

-Price. A bit expensive.

-Availability. I don't think it's available anymore on the website.

Swatch 

I really like this lipstick. It's a bit expensive, but it's worth the price. You're gonna love how it feels on the lips. This shade may not be available anymore, but BeatiControl.com offeres other shades to choose from. I'm sure you can find a shade that you will like.

BeautiControl Sandstone Neutral Eye Makeup Tutorial

Besides smoky eyes, Everyday Neutral eyes is my other favorite eye makeup. It's what I like to do when I'm not feeling too creative and I just want something easy and pretty. I like how it goes with whatever lip and cheek color too. It simply enhances my eyes in a very natural way.

For this tutorial, I used BeautiControl Mineral Shadow Trio in Sandstone. It has all the neutral colors I need to create an everyday look. Shimmery off white, soft brown and a matte brown eye shadow. Watch out for my review on this trio.

1. Prep the eyes by applying your favorite base/primer. Apply the shimmery off white all over the lids up to the brow bone using a big fluffy brush.

It should look something like this.

2. Apply the soft brown shade above the crease using a fluffy blending brush (Sigma Blending Brush). This will be the transition color from the crease to the brow bone and will act as a background for the crease color.

It should look something like this.

3. Apply the shimmery off white shade all over the lids using an eye shader brush (I'm using ELF $1 shader brush).

It should look something like this.

4.  Contour the eyes by applying the matte brown shadow on outer V using a medium pencil brush. This will give the eyes definition.

Contour to your own liking. It's up to you if you want to use more or less brown.

5.  Blend the shadows using a medium blending brush until the harsh line get blended into a nice fade.

It should look something like this.

6. Apply the same matte brown shadow on  the outer half of the lower lash line using an angeled liner brush. 

7. Apply the shimmery off white shadow on the rest of the lower lash line using the same angled liner brush. The shimmery off white will give the eyes a brighter look.

Were almost done ^_^

8. Line the upper lash liner and water line with Stila Smudge Pot in Black using an angeled liner brush. Curl lashes, apply NYX Doll Eye Long Lash mascara and you're finished!

It should look something like this ^_^

I hope this tutorial helps!

Sneak Peek: BeautiControl Cosmetics

One of the fun things of being  a makeup junkee is the fact that all my friends and family trust me with their makeup and beauty questions. I love talking about makeup, and I love the fact that I get to share what I know. The other day, my cousin gave me some makeup by BC Color/BeautiControl. It was given to her by a friend. She wanted me to try it out to see what I think, before she can use it. Cool! I hope I don't end up liking them too much or else I will have a hard time letting them go lol.

I've never heard of BeautiControl before, so I did a little bit of research online and here's what I found: (Taken from the BeatiControl website)

"BeautiControl is a beauty company that specializes in Spa treatments,Personalized skin care and Advanced Anti-aging products (SPA) through a unique at-home spa experience with an unmatched income opportunity."

"Our beauty company supports more than 140,000 Independent Consultants who are building and living a life they love by sharing the opportunity, providing exclusive services, and revolutionary skin care, spa and cosmetic products with women throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada."

They carry bath and body products, skincare and makeup for men and women.


Here are some of the products they carry. Visit BeautiControl to see more.

Here's the makeup I got from my cousin.

Mineral Shadow Trio in Sandstone 15031

Perfecting Wet/Dry Finish Foundation  in N2 

Mineral Lip Color in SOHO

I'll do a review if of all these products very soon, so watch out for it. 

If you want more information on BeautiControl and to see more products, you can visit  their website BeautiControl.com

Disclosure: These products were given to me my a family member for review purposes ^_^