Designer Brands (DB) Longwear 24 Hour Foundation Review

In my previous post I mentioned I bought a new foundation from Designer Brands and this is my review :)

Colour: True Beige 651 (may be a little darker than I need but blends in well)

Price: $12.99

Where to buy: most chemists in Aus

Packaging: It is a square frosted glass bottle with a black lid and has a pump (yayyy!)

Formula: The formula is quite thin compared to another full coverage foundation I have been using but at the same time, gives great coverage. I have a lot of redness in the skin on my face and it covers all of it.

Application: I just pump a little bit at a time onto my finger tips, dab some on my forehead, chin and cheeks blend out and then add more until I'm happy with the coverage. I have been happy with doing 1.5 layers of the foundation and then setting it with my fresh and flawless powder.

Wearability: I wore this for the first to TAFE on Monday and it lasted well throughout the day, but my face oxidizes SO easily so it did start to oxidize a little bit, but lasted longer than my regular foundation. It also started to crease under my eyes, but I'm not 100% sure if that was from the foundation or my concealer, considering I don't set my concealer like I probably should.. haha

At the start of the day before I left:

(Looks flawless! I also used their Extend A Brow in these photos)

During the day:

(you can see as it has oxidized and my redness is showing through a little bit and there is a crease under my eye. Also apologies for the mannequin hair on my face lol :P

Overall: I really like it. Will definitely be repurchasing!

- Beth :)

Designer Brands (DB) Haul, Swatches & Mini Reviews

Sunday night after bball I decided it was time to change my nail polish, but as I have SNS I  needed pure acetone, so I went to a chemist in my area that was open late and decided to have a look at the makeup they were selling as well. I came across the DB stand and I had a look remembering a review I had seen on You Tube saying it was a decent brand and reasonably priced. I'd never bought any DB products before as I usually buy my makeup at Priceline and I always thought they were a cheapo brand, but between the deal they had on and the good review I had seen, I decided to try them out. (It also helped that mum wanted to buy something as well.. haha)

Soo this is what I got:

As you can see I got a box of goodies! Between mum and I we spent over $25 and decided to grab the bonus gift box.

So this is what we bought to be able to get the free gift!

Blur Skin Perfector

Mum has been using this the past couple of days and she says that it has been helping keep her makeup on, she usually uses nanoblur as a primer so that says something!

Extend A Brow - Light/Medium

This one was also mum's purchase, but I used it the other day to try it out and it's pretty good, The applicator is like a lip gloss, which is handy but hard to apply as it is too wide for the thin part of my eyebrow  and it is also rounded. As for the actual product I really like it! It's little dry fibres that stick to the brow hairs. I also recommend you use a cotton tip to clean up around the edges if you use this.

Longwear 24 Hour Foundation - True Beige 651

I have been using this foundation the past couple of days now and I've been pretty impressed! Read my full review here,

The Bonus Gifts

(Swatches below individual pics)

Instant Face Bronzer

I haven't used this yet as I haven't been tanning due to the cold weather, but I've swatched it on my arm and I'm excited to use it. It looks pretty dark and thick when you first put it on but blends out really well. I'd also love to try it as a cream bronzer/contour more than an all over face bronzer .. although I'm not sure how my oily skin will cope, especially when it is warmer.

Glitter Liquid Eyeliner

I haven't used this yet, but it looks so pretty! And it was really hard to rub off my hand, so I look forward to using it

Lipstick - Party Pink

I used this the other day and it was a really nice darkish pink, it did transfer when I ate and drank but faded nicely

Nail Polish - Opal Purple

Not a big fan of this colour and considering I don't use normal nail polish anymore, I think I'm going to give this one away.

Gold Eyeliner Pencil

This eyeliner is a very warm gold so it's probably not something I'll use very often but always good to have in my collection.

Swatches

Glitter Eyeliner

Gold Pencil Eyeliner

Lipstick

Bronzing Cream

I definitely think the free gift box is worth it and so far from what  I've tried I've been impressed with the products that I've bought and got for free! Will definitely be trying some more :)

- Beth :)