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Just as a preface to the review: Glamoflauge comes as a set, with both a pencil and a tube of concealer. The pencil was fine – regular low-end-of-the-drugstore stuff if you ask me – but the cream product really wowed me. So, this review is for the latter only!

What it is: Hard Candy Glamoflauge, in Light

What’s kind of crazy:  I’ve been in love with theBalm’s timeBalm for years (years!) and surprisingly… I think I may like this even more. On top of that (here’s the truly crazy part), it’ll only run you six dollars. $6! Seriously!!

(I warned you that it was crazy.)

[Edited to add: the whole review was pretty crazy, actually, so I just went ahead and edited that right into the title. Glamoflauge = crazy Rae. And now that we have that out of the way, onto the review.]

The formula: The one downfall of Glamoflauge is its texture, which is on the dry side for something that’s packaged in a tube. My beloved timeBalm has a lot more slip to it, making it easier to blend, and I’m concerned with how well Glamoflauge will sit with ageing skin (especially around the eyes). However, on my combination slightly oily/very dry skin, I have no issues with creasing or catching – it blends just fine and stays where it’s put, but the formula does take some getting used to. When I first started testing this out, I kept trying to use more product than I actually needed!

Indirect sunlight; click to enlarge (a lot).

L – R: NC 15, NW 15, the Balm timeBalm Lighter Than Light, Hard Candy Glamoflauge Light tube, Hard Candy Glamoflauge Light pencil, NC 20, NW25, NC30. All MAC shades are Studio Finish concealer.

The pigmentation: As you may have already guessed, the pigmentation of Glamoflauge knocked my socks right off. In one word, it is fantastic. This conceals just as well as high-coverage formulas like MUFE Full Cover and Lancome Effacernes, but it does it at a fraction of the price. Plus, it manages to do it without silicones, parabens, or fragrances — an impressive feat for any face product, if you ask me, much less a heavy-duty concealer.

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I’m just loving the clean feel of the ShopStyle boxes — plus, we can now keep these posts to a reasonable length! My goodness, did they ever get long before.

I personally can’t wait to see the Stila cheek colour in real life. I know items like this one (ahem, Smashbox?) are (excuse my French) a load of total bullshit 95% of the time, but I still want to check it out! Can’t blame a gal for being curious, right?

More Givenchy…

Image via Temptalia.com. Head on over by clicking through the image for more details!

 Oh, and here’s the product page.

Happy Tuesday, lovelies! Here are some photos that I’ve had sitting around for quite a while. I’ll just be doing mini-reviews, so feel free to ask questions and I’ll try to answer them to the best of my ability! As usual, all photos can be clicked to be enlarged.

If I wasn’t sensitive to ‘cones, I’d be a huuuge fan of this foundation. The “why” is simple — the silicones give it a texture most akin to rich velvet to the touch, but it feels weightless upon application. The coverage is wonderful (medium but buildable,) and it looks great whether applied with a sponge, a brush, or your fingers. It’s amazing for normalish skintypes; it does cling to dry, flakey skin, and will crease with very oily skin, but I love it for anything in between.

113 is more pink and 118 is very yellow; to get a perfect match I need to blend them in a 1:2 ratio. However, the shade range of HD is quite impressive! I’m almost always the palest shade (or lighter,) but Make Up For Ever has a number of shades lighter than these two to cover super-pale beauties, as well as a number of dark shades for deeper-toned skin. (No “light, medium, dark” foundation range here! MUFE HD boasts twenty five shades in total. Impressed? I am!)


Make Up For Ever HD is $40US/$46CDN for 1.01oz.

MUFE F&B Liquid Makeup — 38

The first thing about this foundation that I need to mention? The shade range. 38 is literally a perfect match for my skin, and this does not happen often! Or… ever. There are 18 other shades, which isn’t 25, but is still really impressive.


But, back on topic! Many of people say that MUFE F&B and MAC F&B are the same. Well, I’m going to go outright and say it: I think this is a blatant lie. Make Up For Ever’s Face and Body knocks MAC’s version out of the ballpark, quite frankly –  it’s consistency is like a thin jelly rather than a true liquid; the shade range (as mentioned) is incredible; and it soaks in to leave a no-foundation dewy finish (instead of an overly “dewy” gross, shiny mess.) 

While both F&B foundations can be layered, MUFE’s layers much more easily, without caking or becoming sticky, and it lasts all day long. Like the HD foundation, it can be applied pretty much any way you want, and it’s coverage is buildable (from light to medium.)


Make Up For Ever F&B is $38US/$42CAD for 1.69oz.

This is actually just here for shade comparison ;) If you’re interested in the review, check it out here!

The verdict(s)? Out of all of these, MUFE F&B is by far my favourite. Make Up For Ever’s shade range (in all their foundations) is incredible, and I quite like the formulations of the two I tried. However, MAC’s is the only one that is ‘cone-free, and the price of their Face and Body is way better than anything made by MUFE, so do take that into consideration!

Hurrah, it’s something other than neutrals! And, okay, so maybe it’s not a full face, but points for effort, right?


I personally loved this look. It was super-easy, and the effect was just gorgeous in real life!

For more photos, a product listing, and a how-to, go behind the cut!

How-to:

Begin by priming your eye area. Once your primer of choice has set, blend a medium to dark blue over the outer 4/5 of your lid (Annabelle Blue Hue.) Using a fluffy brush (217,) add a vibrant violet (MUFE 92) to the outer half of your lid, concentrating the colour in the outer V and creating a winged shape, rather than an oval one. Clean your brush off or switch brushes to apply a shimmery pink (Marcelle Minerals Rose Satin) to your inner V, and blend out the violet using a pinked-salmon shadow (Lancome Floralesque.)


Using a black liquid liner or a gel liner (Lancome Artliner,) create a thin line along your upper lashes and create a fine wing. For a bit of added depth, use an angled liner brush to pull a shimmery plum shadow (Aura Science Black Plum) overtop this line. Finally, foil a bright turquoise (Annabelle Blue Hue trio) along your lower lashline and add a fine line of white (NYX Milk) between the violet and turquoise shadows for definition.


Finish with a coat of mascara on your top lashes and glittery liner (Annabelle Plutonium) overtop your turquoise shadow once it has set!

Some more photos:
(I love the focus in the second photo — enlarge it and look at the glitter to see what I mean!)

What this would look like without the turquoise:
Also, I found out a super cool thing about Annabelle’s Glitterama liners — they peel off like false lash glue! I am greatly amused.

Products used:

Lancome Artliner, Noir
Annabelle Glitterama liner, Plutonium
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil, Milk
Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes liner, Black 0L


Aura Science shadow, Black Plum
Make Up For Ever shadow, 92
Annabelle eyeshadow trio, Blue Hue
Lancome eyeshadow, Floralesque
Marcelle Minerals eyeshadow, Rose Satin