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The highly anticipated palette by Kat Von D, the Alchemist, has been released to a lucky few at The Makeup Show in Chicago and thus a few images have been shown on the white triangular palette: four holographic powders.  The names are obscured on the images and according to Kat it has been in the works for seven years.  It certainly sounds very special indeed!



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I was running out of my first vitamin C serum, Answers From Nature Peptide C Serum  and I was unable to purchase another, so I was on the hunt for another good vitamin C product.  I ended up on Amazon after reading good reviews on Serumtologie Vitamin C 22% on a few websites devoted to skin care products.  I bit the bullet and ordered it from Amazon.  It took two weeks to get to me as I live in Australia.  It was in perfect condition on arrival. 
I paid $50 in total with some of that being shipping to Australia and the exchange rate.  It arrived in two weeks with no issue and I received tracking information and updates throughout the two weeks.



Serumtologie C Serum is an off white liquid, with an inoffensive light smell that dissipates quite fast.  You draw up as much as you can  in the dropper and apply to your face, neck, decolletage and tops of hands.  Its absorbed very quickly, and can give a tight feeling when applied over the whole face which does dissipate after a little while.  Due to its formulation its best to use this by itself and not immediately layer products on top of it for at least half an hour. The directions say to use morning and night but I found that if I used it in the morning, it would not react well with my Revlon Photoready BB Cream Skin Perfector as I tried to apply it on top of the serum it started to ball up everywhere.  I need to protect my skin over using this serum in the daytime so I changed to evening only or on days when I am not leaving the house only application.  Oils are also not advised to be applied afterwards as the serum balls up and off the skin.


After two months of using this serum every night my thoughts are that this serum is not as powerful as the Answers From Nature Peptide C Serum I used previously which contains a different form of Vitamin C which is L-Ascorbic Acid.  It did not exfoliate my skin like a good amount of Vitamin C should be doing alone and in conjunction with my other products like AHA and the Retinol.  So I decided to check out what these 'beneficial' ingredients are as it was obvious to me it wasn't as great as I hoped it would be or some of its excellent reviews online.   Here are the ingredients contained within:

Deionized water Why is it used?
Organic Centella Asiatica (Gotu Kola) What are the benefits?
Wildcrafted Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) What are the benefits?
Wildcrafted Taraxacum Officinale (Danedelion) Is this beneficial?
Wildcrafted Geranium Maculatum (Wild Geranium) What are the benefits?
Organic Aloe Barbadensis Leaf (Aloe) What are the benefits?
Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C) What are the benefits?
Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) What are the benefits?
Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide (Botanical Hylauronic Acid) What are the benefits?
Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Is this beneficial?
Carbomer What is it for?
(2s)-2-Amino-5-guanidinopentanoic Acid (L-Arginine) What are the benefits?
Ferulic Acid What are the benefits?
d-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) What are the benefits?
Organic Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba Oil) What are the benefits?
Phenoxyethanol What is it for?
Ethyl Hexyl Glycerin What is it for?


What I noticed was when I applied this formula it would plump out my skin but when it was not freshly applied to my face; my skin did not look like it was actually changing my skin so it would look progressively better as it should with vitamin c being part of the formula. 

Vitamin C  IN the form of Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate is not proven to be a very effective version of Vitamin C - compared to the more common forms.  It was not exfoliating my skin and apart from plumping my skin temporarily it wasn't actually doing much of anything.  It is an antioxidant but that is not enough to exfoliate the skin successfully.  Gotu Kola is part of the base of the serum and that too is not empirically proven to successfully help skin's appearance like retinols, AHA's etc.  It is said to have potential to help.

This blog article from The Beauty Brains delves into the different types of Vitamin C in skincare and it shows that the type of Vitamin C in Serumtologie C Serum does not penetrate the skin and has limited ability in being effective. Various types of Vitamin C in skincare


Witch Hazel is a known irritant even though it contains anti oxidants from the tannin in the bark the alcohol added is for distillation of the bark  and it also includes alcohol in its formulation.  Alcohol is a big no no for healthy skin.

Horsetail Extract is a very common ingredient in skincare but it is not proven to have any skin soothing or anti oxidant activity on the skin. 


I found the dropper applicator to not be the best dispensing tool for vitamin C products as you are constantly opening the bottle top to access the dropper.  A pump dispenser for products like this is the best kind as well as having an opaque container to avoid sunlight deterioration of the product contents.  This bottle is dark blue which is good.  Ideally you should keep any products like this in dark cool areas for preservation. 

I feel after two months of use I can conclude it is not a good Vitamin C product for skin.  The vitamin C is supposed to be the star ingredients of this product and it does fall short.  I don't recommend it however it does have some good ingredients that make up somewhat for it.

I have ordered a new product from a company called Skin Actives so my next vitamin C product review will be after trying that product.

* If you have sensitive skin you should patch test a little of the product on yourself first before applying to your face and ALWAYS use sunscreen.


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UK Brand Sleek Cosmetics has introduced a lip crayon that has a satin finish, six colours and has the lip plumping effect which it describes as an "addictive tingling" feel to it.

The shades available are mainly bright reds and pinks with one nude shade.  To see these lip crayons in action be sure to check out this video by LiveLoveLaugh on Youtube Sleek Makeup Lip Crayon Review

The buzzing sensation? What is it you ask? The product that causes this reaction on your lips is Menthone Glycerin Acetal.  It is a derivative of menthol so it has the cooling effects that you experience with menthol and the tingly feelings as well.  The tingly feeling is skin irritation which can cause issue with some people and their skin sensitivities.  However, it is noted that this form of menthol derivative is known to be less irritant forming.  To find out more on Menthone Glycerin Acetal

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So excited for this secret squirrel Kat Von D Alchemist palette! According to Kat, the palette is not for release yet but is in the prototype stage of development and is a project she has been working hard on for several years with a secret formula.  Intriguing much!!!  Refinery29 featured this news on their website Refinery29 

Will keep up with Kat Von D on this pending release! 

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I have a GHD Ionic straightener which I love but I only use it when necessary.  I bought alongside the GHD, the heat protection spray.  I found the best way to get the best use of my heat protectant spray is not just spraying it all over your hair haphazardly, but by spraying sections of hair, brushing the product through and separating the sections of hair with hair clips.  Once you have done your whole head of hair with the spray you can go ahead with your styling tools knowing that all of your hair is being protected as much as possible.

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• Perfect BB Cream with sunscreen
• Fragrance Free
• Moisturising
• Blends well into skin quickly
• Inexpensive
• SPF 30 that is in sufficient amounts
• Light dewy finish very natural
• Flattering - does not highlight pores or lines 
• Squeeze tube

As I mentioned earlier, the only negative to this product line is the lack of darker shades for customers.

I definitely recommend this product by Revlon, it is my daytime go to product since I found it earlier this year.

Below there is a link that prompted me to write this blog post.  The products referenced in the article are the same ones I saw when I did a Google search on 'matte suncreams face'.  When I get a new job I will probably eventually try some of these products out, but for now I am very happy with Revlon.

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I recently tried the Match Perfection foundation and I was interested to see how this concealer and highlighter two in one product fared.  It is available in three shades from what I know.

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I fell in love with this product immediately; as you can see on the left hand side I am wearing the product with Revlon Nearly Naked Pressed Powder in 01 Clair/Fair.  I will include a photo of my face without the powder as well.



I really love a lot about this product.  It is very easy to blend into your skin.  The tone was perfect for me.  The product is fragrance free, it covered my under eye area to my satisfaction.  I prefer it over the Match Perfection Foundation.  Its not too expensive, still under $20.00.  The only thing I don't like about it is the packaging.  Its hard to squeeze the tube to get product out of it, and if you keep pressing to push it out, it can explode out quickly and could cause a difficult mess and a large waste of product.  A doe foot applicator would be a great alternative or similar.  This tube's pressure is not right.  Do I recommend? Absolutely! One other bone to pick:  There is only three shades which is actually more than these brands like Rimmel, Maybelline etc usually proffer, there is a light medium shade and a medium I think.



The additional products on my face are the following:  L'Oreal Lumi Magique Base Pure Light Primer, Revlon Photoready BB Cream SPF 30 in 010 Pale Light and to set the concealer I used Revlon Nearly Naked pressed powder in 010 Fair/Clair.

Recapping the good bits:

• Blends seamlessly
• Fragrance free
• Inexpensive
• Three shades so a bit better than the average two shades offered 

Not so good bits:

•  Product can "POP" out of the applicator when you keep pushing for product out 
• More shades would always be a good thing for any brand to include for more options for customers
• The highlight the product is supposed to have is non existant
• It is scientifically impossible for the product to 'adapt' to my individual skin tone - pure marketing!

The photos of after 8 hours are not touched up with extra powder or any other product.  It is the full 8 hours.   It does have a matte finish and lasts about four hours before it starts to wear off.  Touch ups with powder though could prolong it.


 Because to truly test the product I refrained from touch ups, you can see the natural oils melting my makeup! My eyebrows even aren't the same after 8 hours of wear.  Things start to disintegrate around hours 4-5 for other items of make up.

To avoid too much creasing, I prep the eye area with some non silicone moisturiser as I find they become troublesome afterwards when you use other products on top of them.  After a couple of layers of moisturiser, I then apply the primer, base and now the concealer.  Then I set with a minimal amount of powder to try and avoid as much as possible creasing, fine line exaggeration and excessive dry looking texture.  It can take a little bit of experimentation for each person but this system should at least be workable.

I definitely recommend this product!
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Lipstick Queen continues the romantic story of the Frog Prince Green Lipstick that turns a bespoke pink just made for your very own lips to include a green cream blush housed in a pink compact and a vivid green lip gloss!

The products are so pretty and striking in their packaging!  Don't be scared the green shall turn you a beautiful pink hue worthy of the attentions of royalty!

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To find your fairytale Frog Prince

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This is The Volume Mascara by Kevyn Aucoin, the second mascara release from this brand.  I have reviewed the first mascara the brand brought out previously, you can read that review here Kevyn Aucoin's The Curling Mascara

I was hoping that the brand would come out with a volumising mascara because I did really like Kevyn Aucoin's The Curling Mascara but I really wanted it to do more than what it did as it is an expensive product.


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UPDATE!!:  I have been wearing this on my eye that I was not testing the VolumeColourist by Rimmel mascara on the other eye and I kept going with this one.  At first I thought it was allergies or something else but I have now realised that this mascara makes my eyes water; especially when worn on both eyes.  I don't know if it is getting into my eye membranes or something but it definitely does that so if you have sensitive eyes I don't advise wearing this particular mascara.  I also noticed that it had a caution warning on the tube which says if eye irritation occurs to please see your doctor.  I DID NOT have this reaction to The Curling Mascara by Kevyn Aucoin
 
The wand is very different to The Curling Mascara, as you can see in the photo it is a slimline brush and it does have bristles on the brush.  Now I really like this mascara but I wish it was more thickening too.  Aarrghh I know I am nit picking.  Maybelline's Lash Sensational is my chemist/drugstore holy grail mascara product and it does all the things I want from mascara.

• Defines and separates your lashes
  
• No flaking
• No smudging
• Easy to use wand
• No smell
• No clumps
• Does curl too
• Almost perfect

I definitely recommend this mascara! I am hoping they will come out with a thickening, volumising and curling mascara all in one! Please excuse my terrible eyebrows in these photos I have been having a few bad brow days!

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Australis is an Australian cosmetics brand that has been in operation for almost 30 years the website does not give an actual date for their establishment of business.

I have used their products over the years mainly lipsticks and liquid eyeliners.  I recently changed to cream liner and using a brush to apply it but I wanted to see why I stopped liking it.




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This liquid eyeliner has a nice ink like look, not a watery formulation.  The wand is hard with a flexible tip and its quite short.  This is a regular formulation, it is not a long wearing product but it does not purport to be a long wearing product.

One issue I have though with it, is that when you are lining your eye, it skips and creates a  ragged edge which no body wants with liquid eyeliner.  I wore this to lunch and it was warm and I started to sweat and it dropped on to my eye and the liner just disintegrated.

This type of wand with flexible slightly thicker tip gives you the ability to create a thick or thin line.


Start time Australis Liquid Eyeliner 11am to 1:30pm.

I recommend this product only because you can work with it.

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My holy grail face pressed powder is by Revlon Nearly Naked in Fair/Clair and I didn't realise how much I appreciated it until I started to experiment and review products for this blog to assist you guys out there on products and their performance.

This is a mineral pressed powder compact sans mirror, as I am very fair I chose Porcelain.  There is a very limited colour selection in all the skin focused products.  This colour is slightly ever so yellowish.  I applied it to my face with the sides of my blush brush from Eco Tools and I also tried it with a Manicare powder velour puff. 

I did not really like the finish, it seemed unrefined.  The powder does not attest to any special qualities when you use it.  After two to three hours, I had a lot of oily patches all over my face come through so you would need to bring this with you to touch up whilst out and about.

After four hours plus, I found that it settled into my open pores on my cheeks where my pores are the most prominent.  It definitely has a yellowish tinge to it no doubt.

Unfortunately I found that this powder did not work for me, my skin is normal to combination with a very oily T-Zone and fair with pink tones and freckles, blue eyes and blonde hair.

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This is the third of the three Essenzza Health Fuss Free Naturals - Natural Silk Facial Masks, and it is targeted at Moisturising and Smoothing with Carrot Seed and Coconut Oils.


Some of the great ingredients in this mask are the following:

• Hylauronic Acid, what is it?
• Tremella Fuciformis extract, what is it?
• Avena Sativa Kernel extract, what is it?
• Portulaca Oleracea extract, what is it?
• Ascorbic Acid, what is it? 
• Hydrolyzed Collagen, what is it? 
• Cocoyl Glutamate, what is it? 
• Daucus Carota Sativus, what is it? 
• Prunus Armeniaca Kernel, what is it? 
• Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate. what is it? 
• Argania Spinosa Kernel, what is it?
• Prunus Serotina, what is it?

Once again, this is a 3 layer mask, discard the plastic coat and the blue coat.  Place on your face for 20 - 30 minutes.  It does not dry down, these are silk sheet based.  Afterwards your skin will feel a little sticky but do not worry, it will dry down as time goes, or you can massage it into your skin.

Once again I was impressed how it plumped up my fine lines, and generally gave a great boost in moisture.  I have been using one of the three masks, once every week thus far, but I have decided to start using them twice a week as the benefits are so obvious to my eyes.

I definitely recommend this product.
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I have been wearing pink matte nudes for the last twelve years, I used to love red lipstick a lot and I still do, but I have fallen in love with pink and brown nude matte lips.  I achieved my look back then with Revlon Colorstay Over Time Lip Color in Bare Maximum  that is still available today, Bare Maximum is of course a pink natural lip colour and you painted it on and then after it dried you would put the gloss on top and that would seal the colour on to your lips for several hours.  I am tempted to buy it again for old times sake and give it a whirl!  I used to wear it without the gloss seal, because I loved the matte look of the colour and I wore it with black liquid eyeliner for a feline flick look.  To this day I still wear black eyeliner slightly exaggerated to give that feline look.

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I lined my lips with Rimmel Exaggerate lip liner in 018 Addiction a kind of nude pink and then applied the Matte Me product.  It is a slim paddle like applicator not a doe foot and the product is a little more fluid than the Klara Cosmetics 24 hour Kissproof liquid lipstick.  It doesn't dry as fast either but this is a good thing, lest you have some edges to clean up.  It can apply patchy but this is not an issue as you can just go back to that spot and even it out.  Not drying whatsoever. Not a pinch.

I had breakfast with a friend, I ordered buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup, jam and a bit of cream and a cappucino coffee.  Naturally no matte lipstick is immune to these sorts of foodstuffs but I think you could definitely get away unscathed with sipping a drink through a straw and with a less substantial meal.

My verdict? LOVE this colour and product.  I dont require lipstick to last through substantial meals especailly when it is so affordable and great in so many ways. 

Definitely recommended.
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The beauty world is always on the look out for the next big thing in a tube, tub or pump dispenser to make us look younger, beautiful, sexy etc.  Coffee as a star ingredient is by no means a new thing, and is already being used in products by some of your favourite companies and is a cottage industry on Etsy.

There is a new aussie company called Frank Body, which has taken to using unused coffee grounds as the active ingredient in a variety of body skin care products.  Obviously, scrubbing your skin is going to slough off dry skin and improve your circulation from the repetitive rubbing movements on your skin leading to a better appearance superficially.

Frank Body released their skin products solely through Instagram and now have 659,000 followers which has amassed quite quickly.  Instagram is absolutely a great way to market your company and a new novel sounding product.

Does it work? Scientists, when queried if this form of coffee/caffeine has active benefits through topical application is a jury's out situation.  If you never used products to rub into your skin as a scrub then you are going to have a good result simply from removing dead skin and blood flow improvement.  If you happen to appreciate a coffee infused product for its usability, its price point, the company's ethos that's fine.

I think coffee grounds will be continued to be used in some beauty products but this is going to be up to the individual consumer as to whether you think its a wonder product for your skin.

If it works for you, do it!

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I loved Poppy King's lipsticks when she first came out with her original line all that time ago.  I love them all over again and I just discovered she is bringing out a quartet new release named All That Jazz!

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A quartet of colours : Hot Piano a gorgeous red, Cool Gin a pink nude, Whoopee Spot a special purple and Paint the Town a very special deep red.  These lipsticks are imbued with a rare, sexy glamour due to their traffic stopping metallic coloured pearls sheen.

• Jojoba oil
• Omega 3s
• Lady Thistle *milk thistle, you may know of this in liver detox formulas* this contains benefits mainly through oral consumption, however there is skin care benefits, some of which pertain to skin cancers.  It is an anti-irritant which is good for lips, it is an antioxidant for skin.*
• Algomega is a sea derived algae that has many skin benefit properties in the relief of dry skin and preventing dry skin.
• Contains ingredients to impart light changing elements. 

 
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I chose this color combination out of all the other choices in the trios because I loved the colors and knew I would use it to death.  I have now hit pan on the Vanilla shade! Panicking now!  The other two colors are Sable a medium brown and Sumatra, a dark brown.  These are perfect shades we should keep in our makeup hoards.

• Perfect everyday shades
• Easy to apply and blend perfectly
• Great as a base for other shades
• 13 Trio Shades to choose from

The only criticism I have on this product would be that the Vanilla shade is just a tiny bit powdery.  Just a little.  Absolutely recommend and I can't wait to try the other trio colors.

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 I found Sleek MakeUP at one of the local Target stores in Perth.  There was a little display containing a variety of their products but not the entire range.  A lot of the products had been purchased which is a good sign! Most of the eyeshadow palettes in more nude colors were gone but I liked Vintage Romance so I picked this to buy.  Above is a photo from the Sleek MakeUP website showing the colors in the palette.

Here is a swatch shot of the colors on my arm that follows the shades in their sequence starting with the top left shade.  Unfortunately I lost the plastic insert which tells you the name of the colors.  So starting off with the silver shade here is the swatches.



 The colors look pretty good I would say on my skin.  I applied them on my eye to see how they translated on the eye with no primer.  Straight off I can say that the light colors are far more pigmented than the others.  They are very bright and iridescent and buildable.  They look good in the corner of the eye and as a highlight on the eye under the brow.
The purple/pink shades are not equal to the iridescent shades.  They are a little bit sheer when applied on top of an ivory shade which I used as a base.  Maybe this is because two out of the three pink/purples are iridescent.

• Applies very easily
• Inexpensive
• Good for beginners
• Can be used wet
• No smell
• Suitable for vegans and vegetarians

 My favourite shade that I remembered from the plastic cover is Propose in Prague, which is a terracotta matte shade. 

Overall I think this is a great palette to experiment with colors and mix with the nudes, browns etc that we already own.  The best shades in terms of pigment are the iridescent, metallic shades.  The terracotta shade is also great.  I would definitely recommend to buy and play with.

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I wish I had not bought this lipstick for two reasons.  I loved the colour when I swatched it at the shop but when on my lips which are quite pigmented I guess, the colour must be at least one to two shades lighter than my lips because the colour was visible but in a too light way.  Just ever so lightly chalky.  The appearance is matte but this lipstick does not wear like a true matte lipstick purely by definition.  It came off very quickly when talking, eating and drinking.

What is good is the following:

• Smooth application and does not dry lips whatsoever
• Contains Vitamin E and Shea Butter 
• Lots of lovely shades!
• Good everyday lipstick in this colour

It is too expensive for what it is, in Australia this cost $28.  If this was a matte lipstick in look and wear and a slightly different colour mauve then I would love it! And ignore the price.  This does not put me off the brand whatsoever as I love other items in their range.  Such as the Eyeshadow Trios which I must write a review on as I love them.

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This Neutrogena product has become an absolute essential skincare staple for me.  It contains enough Retinol to elicit healthy visible change in my skin.  I use it at night alongside Olay Regenerist Night Resurfacing Elixir which is an AHA product.  Both Retinol and AHA products are keys to great skin.  I also use Neutrogena Pore Refining Scrub, Olay Regenerist Wrinkle Revolution Moisturiser prior to applying this Neutrogena Retinol product.


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Retinol is a strong product so as it is advised on the packaging - if you experience sensitivity, any kind of peeling etc than change frequency as directed on the packaging until you become acclimatised to the product.  Because I had already been using AHA products the Retinol was fine for my skin.  This product also contains Hyaluronic Acid which helps to plump the skin and our bodies already make this so this is a great addition.  It is hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic meaning it does not clog pores.


The Retinol - SA it refers to on the box means Sustained Action - so it works throughout the night at level pace to help your skin look its best.  *Two weeks is the time suggested by Neutrogena on their website as to when you should see results.  The only con for me is the size as its only a 39gram product and in Australia it costs $30 AUD.  So I will have to buy another one in a week or so to avoid going without.  I got it in early January and its now the end of February.  At first I only used it on my face but now I use it on the tops of my hands, neck and decolletage.

Please use sunscreen on your skin but especially so if using Retinol and AHA/BHA products due to heightened skin sensitivity.  Sun damage is one thing your skin will never acclimatize to - do not be fooled if you tan naturally.  Help yourself now to avoid the pain of skin cancer in the future.  Wear a hat, apply and reapply sunscreen every four hours or if you have been in the water and/or sweating profusely.

I definitely recommend this product.

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I came across this mascara in Australia's version of Sephora which is called Mecca Cosmetica and Mecca Maxima at Christmas time and when I saw this mascara the name rang a bell instantly.  Kevyn Aucoin was a famous for being an amazing makeup artist, photographer and author.  So when I saw this product bearing his name I had to try it out!

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This mascara is good.  Not great for me, but its good.  Here is what is good about it:

• It definitely curls your lashes up and outward
• It definitely separates lashes and defines them
• It definitely lengthens lashes
• It is easy to remove

Here is what is not so great about this mascara:

• It is not a thickening mascara in any way
• I think the pigment is too light however I have brown/blonde eyelashes 

So if the not so great comments don't bother you and just straight up curling etc is what you need. then by all means buy this mascara.  I won't be buying it again purely because I need a more pigmented formulation and the much needed thickness.

This is one of those beauty products that some people love and some people don't like.  I don't hate it at all but it's an expensive option just for curling to me.

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