Shu Uemura Nobara foundation review

I bought home the Shu Uemura foundation which makes me a super happy girl.

The NOBARA Foundation is a cream foundation in a horrible plastic container

I also bought the sponge because usually the company make the sponge just to go well on its own product

So here you go:

NOBARA Crema foundation:

The pros:

high coverage, natural look
no need for powder on top
wedding artist favourite (oh yes! oh yes!, it was the bride-zilla shopping mode)

The Cons:

horrible plastic container that you have no option to put in a normal compact case (shu uemura don’t even do the compact case for this)
this horrible version is going to be discontinued, and replace by the stick version

Stick version is good right?
Not for your money. The plastic container version holds 13g, but the stick version holds only 10g. THey charge you the same.

Price:

I got 10% off so I’m a happy bunny

the NOBARA foundation: 22.90 GBP
the sponge: 3.51 GBP

To the photos review (which says a truth better than me)








the best example of how never trust SA to fit your shade under a big big light..

even though I have Jamilla next to me when I test this.. see how different it is to my normal skin tone.

this is at least 5 shades lighter.. anyway you can see how it compares to my original naked skin





Shu Uemura VS Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation (754 shade to 03 Sand)

unfortunately the skin tone mishap continues. But it still match my face colour in general. Look at my hand, it matches the tone on my face

I find that the Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation matches with a bit of yellow tone.

But look at the eyes area, Shu Uemura obviously have better concealing powder than Maybelline, it hides the eye bags without using concealer




Shu Uemura VS Angelfit Liquid foundation (743 vs W7)

If you look at the area where the word ‘Angelfit printed’ you can see the red tone is not very well covered by Angelfit.

Both does not contain SPF so you need to apply sunscreen, and Primer to hide the red tone

Shu Uemura wins on coverage, again compare the eye area and you’ll see Shu covers better




Shu Uemura VS Revlon color stay (754 vs 310)

Now moving to European brand of foundation and even you can’t see it clearly from photos, it does give you pink tone
So for me it needs some kind of whiter powder to mix in and match my skintone.
Coverage wise is nearly the same as Shu, just Shu wins on providing yellow tone foundation





Shu Uemura vs Lancome Color Ideal (754 VS 03)

Finally, the very expensive lancome foundation, again with a bit of red tone once you compare it with Shu

i seriously hated this foundation coz it is just not quite right. Does it cover my spot? no
does it cover my eye bag? no
does it match my tone? no
and why it is so expensive?

So Shu won because of my hate towards Lancome color Ideal

I am going to try their liquid foundation next, perhaps after x’mas to see how well it fits. Stay tuned!

Another giveaway Eki Love 1400th giveaway special

sorry about all these but giveaways in Blogger world must be talked about

Eki is giving away Jill Stuart plus other goodies.

this is her link

http://ekimura.blogspot.com/2009/11/belated-1400th-follower-jill-stuart.html

Shu Uemura Nobara foundation review

I bought home the Shu Uemura foundation which makes me a super happy girl.

The NOBARA Foundation is a cream foundation in a horrible plastic container

I also bought the sponge because usually the company make the sponge just to go well on its own product

So here you go:

NOBARA Crema foundation:

The pros:

high coverage, natural look
no need for powder on top
wedding artist favourite (oh yes! oh yes!, it was the bride-zilla shopping mode)

The Cons:

horrible plastic container that you have no option to put in a normal compact case (shu uemura don’t even do the compact case for this)
this horrible version is going to be discontinued, and replace by the stick version

Stick version is good right?
Not for your money. The plastic container version holds 13g, but the stick version holds only 10g. THey charge you the same.

Price:

I got 10% off so I’m a happy bunny

the NOBARA foundation: 22.90 GBP
the sponge: 3.51 GBP

To the photos review (which says a truth better than me)








the best example of how never trust SA to fit your shade under a big big light..

even though I have Jamilla next to me when I test this.. see how different it is to my normal skin tone.

this is at least 5 shades lighter.. anyway you can see how it compares to my original naked skin

Shu Uemura VS Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation (754 shade to 03 Sand)

unfortunately the skin tone mishap continues. But it still match my face colour in general. Look at my hand, it matches the tone on my face

I find that the Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation matches with a bit of yellow tone.

But look at the eyes area, Shu Uemura obviously have better concealing powder than Maybelline, it hides the eye bags without using concealer

Shu Uemura VS Angelfit Liquid foundation (743 vs W7)

If you look at the area where the word ‘Angelfit printed’ you can see the red tone is not very well covered by Angelfit.

Both does not contain SPF so you need to apply sunscreen, and Primer to hide the red tone

Shu Uemura wins on coverage, again compare the eye area and you’ll see Shu covers better

Shu Uemura VS Revlon color stay (754 vs 310)

Now moving to European brand of foundation and even you can’t see it clearly from photos, it does give you pink tone
So for me it needs some kind of whiter powder to mix in and match my skintone.
Coverage wise is nearly the same as Shu, just Shu wins on providing yellow tone foundation

Shu Uemura vs Lancome Color Ideal (754 VS 03)

Finally, the very expensive lancome foundation, again with a bit of red tone once you compare it with Shu

i seriously hated this foundation coz it is just not quite right. Does it cover my spot? no
does it cover my eye bag? no
does it match my tone? no
and why it is so expensive?

So Shu won because of my hate towards Lancome color Ideal

I am going to try their liquid foundation next, perhaps after x’mas to see how well it fits. Stay tuned!

Blogger meetup and haul!

met up with jamilla, Yinnie and kelly last night at Westfields London. It was a long planned blogger meetup and great to see everyone.
i managed to get out from a concert organised by my boyfriend due to a very heavy slowly cooked pork served somewhere in North London. Super Yummy, but me and boyfriend is now on a vegetarian diet until this pork is totally digested.

We first went to have some food at the food court, Westfields always have great choice with food, and food court meant that there’s plenty of space to sit down and chat

so the haul. A combination for CP’s and self- indulgence because I had a no-buy for nearly 2 months (before i bought some NYX). CP is not shown here as a surprise factor.

here you go

Tsumori Chisato x Shu Uemura LE Planet cat palette

the last one in westfields shu uemura counter

and..

10% off

just some filer to prep my nail.. I’m into weird colour nail polish at the moment

my haul from cosmetic candy from her sale blog and Superdrugs buy (3 for 2 darling!)

Nail INC - China Town

Barry M - Jade Green, Dark Grey, Red

the Highlight of my day

Laura Mercier foundation Primer

Shu Uemura Nobara Foundation and sponge

(if you’re thinking of buying Nobara, please buy the old version. Their stick foundation version is 3g less than this old version)

and finally to Yumeko

your handbag organiser has arrived in good form. I ate all candies and used the pressie. thanks so much

next post will be all about the Shu Uemura foundation

SHOP N' CHOMP Giveaway

how can someone resisit the LE of tsumori chisato x Shu Uemura? (will do a post coz i managed to get one for myself)



http://shopnchomp.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaway-time.html

bargain buy! NYC pressed mineral powder

So after nearly 2 months of no-buy, I broke my no-buy (but hey.. 2 months is impressive) and bought something to make me happy. I had a very depress day when I was told I was not good enough... sigh.. well i’ll keep going..

What’s NYC?

I am not sure. I think it is an imitation of the famous NYX brand (which I heard is coming to London)

All i know it is known for their mineral powder, My Beauty SPot did a good review on this.

Where can you find them?

Superdrugs. Which is just your local shop really

How much?
big smile please

The mineral powder cost only 3.99
and the face powder is 4.99

total damage is 9GBp for 2 items (15 USD)

Pressed Mineral Powder

They offer the loose powder and pressed powder. But i choose pressed because it is easier to carry when travelling

packaging wise : is really drugstore. No fancy and it makes you don’t want to buy it

However, if you look pass the packaging it is pretty ok


my thought:

I have not tried other mineral powder but feel this is really good. No caking and gives a smooth complexion.
My skin has cleared up a lot (until I used that l’egere again..) and applying the mineral powder gives me a natural healthy look.
I use the body shop kabuki brush because it is a lot softer and good in applying
Is there any con I can pick on? nearly nil

absolutely love the fact it is only 7 USD...

my first experience with mineral powder is great so far. but won’t be replacing my liquid foundation

the shade in Natural Beige is a perfect match as well (to NC 30)

(I’ll do the face powder in a separate post)

Beautyblender review

the product from ASOS

Beauty Blender review

I bought this back in October when i complained I should throw out my old old old iPSA Sponge .. i thought i just quickly review this HG items that should be sitting in a beauty fanatic bag

Beauty Blender, what’s this?

A foundation sponge with a round bottom and a sharp top to help you to blend in that foundation to look like a second skin.
Apparently use be celebrities such as Beyonce

the empty packaging that holds that beauty blender

Ok, tell me your damage then?

14.99 for a little sponge so that you feel so guilty you want to kill your boyfriend who did not stop you from buying this. Best place to buy. ASOS when they offer free delivery

How to use it?

try youtube. there’s tonnes of people who made a beauty blender guide on how to use
basically you dip you fat part of the sponge in your foundation and bounce it against your face
the tip is for concealer for those hard to bounce.. no no.. it’s reach area



the sponge in itself. very used.

What do you think? (except really believing that Beyonce use it)

Absolutely brilliant product. I can see why people can’t live without it. It really makes any foundation to glide flawlessly on your face. My concealer don’t cake anymore with this as well.

What I don’t like is that they tried to sell you that you need to clean it with their very special cleanser. It is rather expensive and I skip it and use my Pantene shampoo instead. it is not super clean but it still cleans it.

Also, the amount of foundation it needs, enormous. I use 3 times as much as I use with the IPSA Foundation sponge. unfortunately, IPSA foundation sponge that i used (for 4 years) is not available anymore. So I am not sure if the sponge technology is being created to make us use up the foundation.

will i buy it again? yes. definitely can’t live without it.
Will i recommend it to people? yes coz I’m evil and want you to a meal worth of money in make up haha