Coastal Scents HD Foundation!

I want to introduce to you my biggest surprise in "the neverending story of finding the right makeup". It's the Coastal Scents Undercover High Definition Foundation!

Note: I purchased these products on my own, I don't have any connections to Coastal Scents. I'll review in my honest opinion.

Coastal Scents Undercover HD Foundation ST-04 and ST-05.

I read so many raving reviews about this foundation, but also some who were disappointed. I was not sure if I should try it, because I already had 2 foundations (and 2 shades of each), plus I didn't know which colour of the wide range (14 shades available!) I should choose. It's hard to decide when you just have pics from the internet, but I changed when I noticed that you can now order samples of it to choose the right shade! One sample is just about $0.49 and with my last order I got a sample of the foundation in ST-04, which is said to be the right shade for the NC30 or NC25 range.

When I received the sample, I put the foundation on in the morning around 10 a.m. Then we went outside to have a nice day. I noticed the shade was too light for me. I'm not really an NC25, more of an NC30-35, but I own this shade to mix it with darker ones... think I would need an NC27 in winter and an NC32-35 in summer... two of these shades don't exist, so I mix it. Anyway, it was too light, but it didn't bother me much, I wanted to give it a try, though I still was very sceptical. My past experiences with foundations tought me, that a low priced foundation cannot be very good...

The first thing surprising me was the finish in combination to my dry skin. The finish is definately matte (but not powdery or chalky!) and I always had problems with matte finishes, my skin looked dry and flakey. But with this foundation my skin didn't look flaky, it looked just matte, poreless and evenly. It was very easy to apply it as I do with all my foundations, using a flat top brush.

The coverage is buildable from light to medium without looking cakey. It feels very lightweight, which is good.

After I was out all day I came back about 8 p.m. and looked into the mirror. That was the biggest surprise: The foundation was still there. Completely. It didn't run or set in my dry areas, it was still where I applied it. And I still looked matte... wow! I really love my MAC foundations and they had been the best-lasting foundations I had... till I tried this one out.

The next good thing: It didn't oxidize. Most of the foundations oxidize on my skin but this one stood true in colour.

So on the same evening I ordered two full sizes of CS HD Foundation. ST-04 and ST-05 for $16.95 each. This is about 10€, just to compare, MAC foundations are around 29€.

The packaging is a little bit cheap looking (by the way, it's plastic, not glass). I love expensive looking packages but at least the content is more important.

It has a plastic pump. It's easy to handle but I heard, some have problems with it... dunno...

Coastal Scents HD Foundation compared to MAC shades:

left to right: MAC Mineralize Satinfinish NC25, Coastal Scents HD ST-04, Coastal Scents HD ST-05, MAC Mineralize Satinfinish NC30

I know the MAC ones look quite messy, lol

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I'd say Satinfinish NC25 and ST-04 look similar. Studio Sculpt NC25 is just a tiny bit darker. I would recommend it for beauties with NC25 shade.

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ST-05 is a little bit darker than MAC Mineralize Satinfinish NC30 and a little bit lighter than Studio Sculpt NC40. The MAC foundations look more yellow, while ST-05 has kind of an apricot undertone (ST-04 doesn't!). On my skin it looks absolutely okay, I don't look orange or anything, but some may have problems with this shade. I would recommend this to the NC30-35 range.

Summary:

Pro+ :

- a wide range of shades to choose from

- natural and matte finish

- can be used by nearly every skin type, even dry skin

- high staying power

- low price

- you need smallest amount (just 1 pump for the whole face)

Con-:

- cheap looking packaging

- only yellow based shades (beauties in the NW range will have problems to find the right shade)

- you can only get it online (but you can get samples to try the shades before buying fullsize)

I would definately recommend it.

I hope this helped!

And now I'll go to my couch and cure my tonsillitis...

Sisa ♥♥♥

Coastal Scents made my Weekend!

On friday last week there was a sale 14% off the whole Coastal Scents Website. I did order some cute things ;-) And today they finally arrived. YAY! And of course I tried them out at once.

(What do you think about my trashy basket? LOL)

1. Synthetic Shadow Brush: It has the ideal size to put on lid colour. It is so dense and doesn't prick my eyelid anyway. Good colour payoff, you can pat the colour on and blend it as well. I bought 2 of them, because when I use one I can wash the other and let it dry in the meantime.

2. Flat Liner Contour Brush: This one is very dense, but pointy too, so it gives a very natural result if you put on Brow Powder with it. You can do your eyeliner with this brush as well.

3. Chisel Fluff Medium Shadow Brush: A good brush for some details, especially putting colour on the inner or outer corner of the eyelid. It feels really comfortable and works good.

4. Angled Liner Pro Art Detail Brush: The one who forged this must have been a genius, lol. I really love Gel Liners, but I had some problems to put them on. It was hard to figure out the right angle and I always hit my mirror with the end of the brush... ouch! But that's no problem anymore, I think. I tried out this brush and that's my personal happy end für Gel Liners, lol. I can do a clean eyeline and don't hit the mirror anymore. LOVE IT!

5. Sifter Jar 30 gram and Mica Powder Plain: I already put some of the Mica Powder, mixed with the rest of my L'Oréal Mattifying Minerals Translucent Powder into this jar. I use this to put it under my eyes for any eyeshadow fallout and maybe to mix it with some pigments.

But the sifter is very loose in this jar, it always falls apart :-(

Gel Liner Truffle: I didn't have any brown liner yet, so I got this. A nice and softer alternative to black liner, it will look cute to any neutral look.

I will refer about Coastal Scents Gel Liners in a separate posting.


Hope this helps! You should really try out Coastal Scents Brushes. A very good quality for payale prices!

Things I use frequently: Cheek products

Heyho!

From time to time, I wanna introduce to you things I use frequently by doing Make up!
I'll begin with my favourite cheek products.

This is the Coastal Scents Contour Palette. I LOVE it and I use it everyday. The brown shade is perfect for contouring cheeks and the whole face as well. The white shade, mixed with the peachy or light pink shade, is a nice highlighter (a highlighter hasn't always to be glittery or something, it can be matte as well!). The blushes have a very good pigmentation. Use them carefully! And it was only about 18$... just get it!

From top to bottom:

I'd say, all shades are matte, the blushes may be a lil bit pearly, like MAC Satin or Velvet.

MAC Well Dressed Blush is my favourite, favourite everyday blush. It comes out really light on my complexion and you can never wear "too much". It gives you an absolutely natural looking. HIGHLY recommed it for all skintones between NC15 and NC42.

MAC Soft and Gentle MSF really is an allrounder. I frequently use it as a cheekbone highlight, but it can be used on the browbone or anything else as well. I thought it was the only MSF left in the permanent assortment.

All swatches are made on NC30 to NC35 skin.