Full Face of Wet N Wild Cosmetics

Hey gorgeous, welcome back to my blog!

In today's post, I'm gonna share a full face makeup with only Wet N Wild Cosmetics products. Wet N Wild is a very affordable drugstore brand and you can actually get their products in some of the Watsons' outlets or their atrium sale and to be honest, I think most of their products are really good and definitely do not disappoint. So if you are keen to see what are the products I'm using as well as how my completed makeup look looks like, keep on reading!

To prep the face, I am going with the Photo focus Face Primer in Matte Mat because your girl here has got oily skin.

The primer comes in a squeezing tube and it is very light and travel friendly. The texture of the primer itself if lotion like and it absorbs into the skin really quickly, leaving a matte and smooth finish. It also feels really lightweight on the skin and my face looks instantly shine-free. I feel that this is a good and affordable primer for oily skin.

Moving on to foundation, I am using one of my favourite drugstore foundation and that is the Photofocus Foundation.

This foundation comes in a glass bottle with a spatula-like wand, which in my opinion is a little unhygienic because most of the time the wand will be in direct contact with the skin and then you got to dip it back into the bottle, contaminating the product inside. Also, the foundation has a very strong paint smell which may be unacceptable to some people but because I really like the finish of the foundation, I sorta force myself to ignore the smell and it does get better after awhile.

Left face done with the foundation. 

I got my foundation in the shade Rose Ivory, which is the 5th lightest shade and it has a pinkish undertone to it. The foundation claims to be high-performing, skin-perfecting which underwent major road testing under seven different photo lighting conditions to deliver flawless camera-ready makeup every time. It is specially made with a matte, light-diffusing complex to give your skin #nofilter perfection. What I like about this foundation is that it is lightweight and very blendable. I would say it also has a medium and buildable coverage and the finish is very natural, almost skin like in my opinion. It is not drying and it definitely allows me to stay shine free throughout the day. So for this foundation, I feel that it is suitable for all skin types and it is only retailing at $13.90 in Watsons, so why not give it a try.

For concealer, I'm also going for the one in their Photofocus line.

Mine is in the shade light ivory and it is the perfect shade to cover the dark eye circles.

I like that it comes with a doe foot applicator and the texture is very creamy and blendable. But on the other hand, I feel that this concealer tends to dry up faster as compared to my other drugstore concealers and it does set into my fine lines so I am not exactly a fan of this concealer.

To set the undereye, I am using the Color Icon Bronzer in Reserve Your Cabana, and this is my holy grail undereye setting powder but I heard it is discontinued already?! Why Wet N Wild!!

I love the soft finish of this powder, especially under the eyes because it seems to blur my fine lines and at the same time brighten it as well, giving it a slight sheen. I like how it makes me look more energetic.

And as for the full face setting powder, I'm using the Photofocus Pressed Powder in Neutral Beige.

The texture of this powder is soft and silky and I'm loving the soft, satin finish of the setting powder. Most importantly, it helps to control shine throughout the day without any cakeyness. This pressed powder is definitely not drying so I think it will suit all skin types.

And the base makeup is completed. Since I'm using mostly the photofocus line products, let's see if they can pass the flashback test.

I think they fare pretty well, no white cast on my face 👍

Next up, to contour the face, I'm using the Megaglo Contouring Palette Contour in the shade Dulce De Leche with the limited edition Blush brush.

The powder is finely milled and it doesn't cause any fallout. It is also very blendable and buildable. However I find that the contour is too warm toned and orangey for my skin tone and the highlight in this palette doesn't impress me at all because Wet N Wild has many other good highlight products that are way glowier than this.

For blusher, I'm using the coloricon Blush in Mellow Wine which is a moderately warm toned, medium dark coral shade that comes with a matte finish. To apply the Blusher, I'm using the Wet N Wild Blush Brush which is one of my favourite blush brush and I believe I've got few of the same brush in my collection. Wet n Wild brushes are really inexpensive and I really like their colour combination of pink and white.

Anyway back to the blusher, I really like this Mellow Wine Blush because it is very pigmented and easy to apply due to its smooth texture. It is also very blendable and you can easily build it up to the intensity you like. I also like that it has a very natural finish and it can last a whole day without any touch up. I believe this blusher is retailing at less than $10 which I think is super affordable and you get yourself a big pan too.

Moving on to the highlight, I'm going with the Megaglo Highlighting Powder which I totally swear by. These highlighting powders have got the silky smooth texture which makes them so easy to blend. A little goes a long way for these highlight powders and just one swipe will make you shine like a glazed donut.

For today's makeup look, I'm going for the one in shade Precious Petals which is a champagne gold shade and I think it gives off the right amount of shimmer and glow. I'm also using the Wet n Wild Small Stipple brush here to do the highlight. Anyway, for just $16.90, I think this is a highlighting powder that everyone should try out.

Finally for the eye make up, I'm using the Au Naturel eyeshadow palette in Nude Awakening. It consists of both shimmer and matte shades which makes it more versatile when creating eye looks. The eyeshadows are very pigmented with very minimal fallouts. But if i have to be completely honest, I don't see myself reaching out to this palette because there is no particular shade in this palette that stands out. The colours in this palette are very common and I feel that I can similar shades in some other palettes.

Completed eye look, nothing fanciful here. 

To set the whole makeup, I am gonna use the Photofocus Natural Finish Setting Spray.

I like that it comes in such a small, cute bottle which makes it so easy to carry around but the smell of this setting spray is so terrible and the smell lingered on for quite awhile. Because of the smell, I'm gonna give this setting spray a huge ❌.

Lastly for the lips, I'm going for the Wet N Wild lipstick in Blushing Bali. I can't remember the name of the lipstick but I did do a lip swatch of these lippies few months back so if you are keen, you can check out the previous post that I did.

For just $2.90, I think this lipstick is pretty decent as it gives a satin finish and it is not drying to the lips at all. The colour doesn't really last but I'm totally fine with that.

Full Face Makeup Completed

So that's all I have for this post! Let me know which other brands you would like to see me doing for a full face makeup look. Please follow me if you haven't already and I'll see you in my next post, xoxo.

Full Face Focallure Makeup + First Impressions

Hey gorgeous, welcome back to my blog!

In today's post, I'll be doing a full face makeup with the China makeup brand Focallure and since this is the first time I'm using their products, I'll also be sharing my first impression on the brand and its products. So if you're curious about this brand, keep on reading!

1) Focallure Skin Evolution Fluid Foundation in shade 02 Porcelain

The first item that I got was the fluid foundation which claims to be able to camouflage imperfections, delivering a long lasting velvet matte finish that never looks flat. The packaging is rather simple, with a plastic bottle and a pump. It is very small and handy and perfect for travelling.

I got mine in shade 02 Porcelain and I thought that it has a rather warm undertone and looked slightly orangey on my skin. The foundation has got a creamy consistency and a strong fragrance to it.

Applied the foundation to the right side of my face

In my opinion, this foundation has got a very low coverage and as you can see from my photos above, I was only able to conceal my dark circles very slightly. It is also quite tacky so definitely got to set it down with a powder. Longevity wise was surprisingly beyond my expectation (I had very low expectation with this foundation) and it lasted a whole 7 hours without me looking greasy or cakey. So if you are looking for a budget and natural looking foundation, you may want to consider getting this. Oh and before I forgot, I got this foundation at $3.54 from Shopee.

2) Focallure Liquid Long Lasting Concealer in shade 03 Light

Next up is the liquid concealer which claims to be long lasting. I got mine in shade 03 light and I thought the shade was a right fit. But the coverage of this concealer was the lousiest I've ever tried. There's no coverage at all! It has a watery consistency, but I had a hard time blending it out because it dried up way too quickly. The formula was very weird in my opinion. And to make things worse, it creased very badly. I bought this concealer at $2.85 and honestly I wouldn't even pay a single cent for this kind of quality.

3) Focallure Full Coverage Concealer in shade 02 Light Cream

Perhaps I already foresee that the liquid concealer would be a total failure because I bought another concealer which claims to be full coverage. I got mine in shade 02 light cream and it is slightly lighter and brighter than the previous concealer. It has a creamy consistency and I like that it is very blendable. The coverage is definitely much better than the previous concealer and I was able to conceal my dark circles. It does crease a little but not as bad as the previous concealer and I think the coverage is definitely buildable, depending on your needs and preferences. I got this concealer for $3 and I think it's so much worth getting as compared to the liquid concealer.

4) Focallure Filtered Light Setting Powder in 01 Transparent Chiffon

Next we have the flawless setting powder and boy I hate this product, maybe even worse than the liquid concealer. Let's talk about the packaging first which I really like it comes in this California-ish looking pink packaging that is so adorable. The sponge is also very soft and comfy to the touch. It also comes with a stopper as well as a mesh for you to pump the setting powder out so that you won't make a mess out of it and you can save more product.

See, just the right amount of powder with one pump. 

But the smell of this powder is so overwhelming! It almost smell like those cheap powder products you get from roadside stalls. And apart from making me look like a piece of white paper, I really don't see other effects on my face. It's like if you think you are not fair enough, then go for this because it will instantly make you 50 shades fairer. And because of this, I really wanted to do a flash test on this powder and to my surprise, it didn't produce flashback.

Flashback test passed! But even so, I cannot see myself using this powder for a second time and I actually paid $7 for this product, probably the most expensive item in this haul. Definitely not recommended.

5) Focallure Blusher in Prim & Coral

When I saw these blushers online, I had no idea that it was gonna be in this refill pan packaging because if I knew, I most probably would not purchase it.

So I clearly bought 2 different shades, Prim and Coral but somehow they looked exactly the same to me. I thought coral should be slightly orangey in colour? Correct me if I am wrong but the coral blush looked more pinkish to me instead. In fact it has the same pink undertone as Prim. Aside from the shades, the blushers are finely milled and the colour pay off is good.

It also lasted a whole day which is not too bad in my opinion, since I only paid $1.71 for it. However, I do think they can improve on their shades selection because how is it even possible that shade B03 is almost similar to shade B09?! There are like 6 shades in between but they still ended up looking quite the same? Hmmm.

6) Focallure Highlight in Hippo

Again, this highlight is in the refill pan packaging which I didn't like because it's very troublesome to find an empty palette to hold them in.

This highlight sucks. The powder is very coarse and it emphasised on the pores and flaws on the face. It has a total different formula as compared to the blushers even though they seem to be from the same collection. And honestly, I think this highlight did not serve its purpose at all because it didn't give off any sheen at all. I only saw my pores and flaws, that's all. Again, it is very inexpensive and I only paid $1.71 for it so I guess you cannot place too high hope on it.

7) Focallure Brows Cream in Dark Brown

Next up is the brow cream that I bought and it is like the typical brow gel or pomade. It didn't come with brush so I had to use my own brush when I applied it.

The brow cream looked very brownish in the tub and when I swatched it on my hand, it was also very brownish. However when I applied it to my brows, it became very reddish which I didn't quite understand. The formula is very smooth and it glides onto the brows easily which I like. I just wish that the colour didn't turn up to be so red on my brows but formula wise, this brow cream is totally worth buying. In fact, I got this in a set, together with the liquid eyeliner and mascara for $5.19.

8) Focallure Eyeshadow Pencil

Next up, I purchased some eyeshadow pencils to try out too and I got myself in 4 different shades.

The pigmentation of these shadows are really good and the formula is very creamy too. They are also very blendable and buildable. The shade Frost is very suitable for highlighting the inner corners in my opinion. In fact, I think if the highlighter that I mentioned previously has this sheen and smoothness to it, then it will be a good highlight too.

All in all, I think the eyeshadow pencils are very pigmented and they serve their purpose to create a decent eye look. If you have oily lids like me, do make sure to apply some eye primer before using this because it will wear off after some time. I got them individually at $2.14 each and I highly recommend Flame and Frost because they are the colours I think look best even if you wear them alone.

9) Focallure Intense Liquid Eyeliner

The next item was the liquid eyeliner that came together with the brow cream that I mentioned earlier on. I love the all black packaging but I did find that the felt tip was slightly thicker making it harder to draw a fine line. The black was really intense as well. Thankfully, the eyeliner glided smoothly in the lid but like I predicted, I wasn't able to draw a thin line. So this is definitely more suitable for those who love drawing thick cat eye look. Also for those who have oily lids, you may also want to avoid this eyeliner because it didn't last long for me.

10) Focallure Liquid Glitter Eyeliner in Galaxy & Platinum

I thought the packaging looks good with the gold cap and I had such high expectation for it. Unfortunately, the formula was too watery with no pigmentation at all.

See, I could hardly do a proper swatch on my hand. The colour came out very uneven so it's almost impossible to use these as eyeliner. I could still use them as eyeshadow, I think but it totally defeat the purchase of getting these because I initially wanted a glitter eyeliner. I got these eyeliners for $3 each and I think they are not worth purchasing at all.

11) Focallure Mascara

This is the last item in the brow cream set that I got and I love this mascara. It didn't have any voluminising or lengthening effect but I like that it wasn't clumpy at all and my lashes looked very natural. It is a good mascara for a no makeup makeup look and I think you definitely can wear it everyday.

12) Focallure Lips Crayon Kit

Last but not least, I got this 3 in 1 lip crayons kit and I love it! The formula is very creamy and it glides smoothly on the lips, giving a velvety matte finishing that is not drying to the lips at all. The colours also look amazing, don't you think so? Got this kit for $3.70 and I am so tempted to get the other shades as well!

So that's all I have for this Focallure full face makeup and first impression. I feel that this brand really offers very affordable makeup and some of the products are really good. If you are new to makeup and you are on a tight budget, definitely try this brand out. I got all these products from Shopee and guess what, if you are new to Shopee, I have a discount code specially for you. Simple key in "SHOPEEA7711" before checking out and you will be entitled a $7 off with a minimum purchase of $15. So hurry up and go get your makeup fix! Don't forget to follow me if you haven't already and I'll see you in my next post, xoxo.