CHI CHI SUPER CC CREAM REVIEW

I purchased this from my local Target for 30% off the original price - bargain! Also, can I just say, I am so happy Chi Chi released a fair shade! Their original 'BB Cream' only had a 'light' shade - and for those who are unfamiliar with the difference of a light and fair toned foundation:

A 'light' foundation shade usually has 'yellow' undertones, whereas

A 'fair' foundation shade usually has 'pink' undertones.

It is important to determine your own skin tone (yellow, pink or neutral undertone) to select the correct base.

The 'FAIR' shade is the lightest in Chi Chi's Super CC Cream range and can I get a hallelujah! 

... Yes, I had to Google the spelling of that.

Never have I ever had a shade of 'foundation' - or base in general - that has matched so perfectly to my skin.

This CC Cream also has SPF 30 so no sun burn for me. However, this will cause some flashback in photos.

If you would like to read what's on the box, here you go. Chi Chi hasn't held back in telling you all the natural and 'skincare' qualities that are within this product. Like they say, it's "makeup meets skincare".

However, the result of all these natural 'extracts' etc. result in a rather pungent smell of - tea tree oil? I'm sure what it is, but it smells exactly like all the 'extracts' listed on the back of the box. I'm not saying it necessarily smells bad, I'm just getting a waft that makes me feel like it's good for my skin.

Yes Chi Chi! You can never go wrong with a pump. I find this the best dispenser a foundation can have. At first glance at this packaging, you wouldn't expect so much as a squeeze of the tube of dispense this product, but behold! 

An almighty pump. 

It appears I'm getting excited.

Another thing that excites me about this product is it's texture. I'm not such a fan of runny foundations as they tend to be watery and streaky when you apply it.

This CC Cream is rather thick and does not slip and slide if you pump it on your hand first. 

A slight downfall to this however is the need for more than one pump of the CC Cream for a decent coverage - if you choose to where it alone. 

One pump would be sufficient if you were to where this as a base to your foundation as it offers colour correction (hence, the CC. Zing! Everything makes sense.)

As far as wear and tear goes for this CC Cream goes, I would say it goes pretty well. The first time I wore this (with a mattifying primer, the CC Cream applied directly on a buffing brush and blended into skin and set with matte pressed powder), I noticed that the coverage sustained throughout a working day. 

The heat of my workplace gave this CC Cream a run for it's money and I can say it held up reasonably well. Even though the product promotes it's moisturising elements, I didn't find that this made me overly oily. 

I tend to get most oily on my nose, and with that the product did oil up as expected in this area. However, with a quick blot I was good to go again.

The feeling of this product on my face is in no way cakey, in fact it feels quite light and natural.

Overall, I would be happy to re-purchase this product as it is a quick go-to coverage and colour correction method that I can whack on in a hurry. I don't need to worry about blending all the way to my chest because it is a great match for my skin. 

If you have this CC Cream, what are your thought on it? Comment below!

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An Eye for 'That Looks Cool I Guess'

Presenting the second edition to an expedition with my friend. We head out to spots where we think would make a cool photo and point my android phone at it and shoot. All edited through the Instagram app. Enjoy :)

See you next time

and Stay Splendid!

Melted Toasty Mind

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OOTD: Cold Day!

14 May 2015

BRRRR... yes! Today was a tad cold. Cold enough for a pleather jacket, fuzzy crop top and black skinny jeans. Not to mention the black 'converse style' shoes either!The following is a series of my OOTD. Oh sorry, I mean, #ootd.Hope you enjoy :)

These photos are all selfies, taken with the aid of a selfie-stick, because the ownership of a legit camera and tripod is yet to happen.

You can image me with the phone under my chin for this one, can't you?

Although today wasn't blizzard, freezing, frost bite weather, I still rugged up to be comfortable. The jeans were comfy and warm enough paired with the soo cozy light blue crop top and wind-stopping biker jacket. Yas.

I purchased the 'leather' jacket (not real leather, I'm thinking pleather) from COTTON ON for around $70 AUD. A solid buy that will really come in handy on those cooler/windy days. And the days I want to look badass. A real staple piece in my wardrobe. 

The black skinny jeans were purchased from MYER for around $40 AUD and the high top black sneakers for $15 AUD (apologies for the inaccurate prices, this is purely from memory as I didn't hold on to the receipts). These jeans, again a staple piece, are super duper cozy and comfy as the elasticity in them allow me to do a few odd high kicks and dance moves due to the lack of 'jean/denim thick ah I can't walk as if I was in regular jeans' feel. 

As for the sneakers, there are literally my most worn pair of shoes. So versatile and I wear them with everything!

The fuzzy like a teddy bear crop top was from VALLEYGIRL for $20 AUD. I saw this in my sights and thought, 'Hey, I don't even own a colour like that, let alone a fuzzy crop top of any sort'. Next thing I new, I was walking away with it in my shopping bag and $20 less in my back pocket. 

I kept today's makeup look so simple because ehhh I couldn't be bothered to makeup. Just a quick swing of the eyeliner, spot concealing, eyebrow defining and lip smacking, I was good to go.

I hope you all enjoyed this post of my outfit of the day! I tried to keep it short and sweet :)

See you next time

Stay Splendid

Melted Toasty Mind

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An Expedition of Sorts

About a month ago, my friend visited my home town. Exciting stuff. We hit the streets and ate Subway, without the slightest clue of how we would spend the evening. But after our oh-so-tasty dinner, we ventured into the darker streets and dim lit alleyways (avoiding any possible murderers, kidnappers and others alike) of this quite little town I call home. 

After wandering around we came across some street art that we were pretty familiar with and thought, "Hey, that would be a pretty cool photo". So being the photographer that I am (hahaha...good one), we walked from wall to wall taking some happy snaps that would hopefully look good with a filter or two.

I imagine that any 'actual photographer' skimming this post is cringing with the thought that I took all of these with my android phone and edited them with Instagram filters. Yikes. Nonetheless, with everyone these days thinking they are a photographer with the social media to do so, I thought I would have a go, fully aware and content with the fact that I do not think of my self as a badass photographer who is too good for yo.

Any-who, here are the photos that resulted from the night. Enjoy!

Stay Splendid!

MeltedToastyMind

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ZOEVA PINK ELEMENTS CLASSIC SET

I purchased this brush set off the website http://www.luxola.com/ at a discounted rate**, and now I think it's safe to say I probably don't need to buy any more brushes...ish. I'm very content with my brush collection at the moment and I think this set just filled in all the missing pieces.

**the discount is no longer valid and this set is currently out of stock on the website.

I completely jumped on purchasing these brushes when Luxola was having a sale on Sigma and Zoeva brushes. I found what I was after with this set and paid a price I was comfortable with for these kind of quality brushes.

The set includes eight brushes: five what I consider eye and brow brushes as well as three face brushes. All brushes in this set have a beautiful hot pink coloured handle, a gun metal coloured ferrule and white bristles [with the exception of the 322 Brow Line and 104 Buffer brushes which have a dark belly]. My purchase also included the high quality Zoeva makeup bag in which the brushes came in, a bag that I think is the perfect size for travelling.

The Five Eye and Brow Brushes:

These include:

- 322 Brow Line
- 317 Wing Liner
- 231 Luxe Petit Crease
- 230 Luxe Pencil
- 227 Luxe Soft Definer

From left to right: 322 Brow Line, 317 Wing Liner,
231 Luxe Petit Crease, 230 Luxe Pencil and 227 Luxe Soft Definer.

These eye and brow brushes are the perfect essential set for anyone interested in furthering their makeup skills!

The 230 Luxe Pencil brush (pictured above left) is ideal for lining your lower lash line to create a more edgy and intense look. You can also use this brush to deepen the colour in you crease or create a vivid cut crease look. The stiffness of this particular brush allows you to create harsh edges of colour in your desired area of the eye.

The 231 Luxe Petit Crease brush, as seen in the centre of the image above, can also help you achieve the cut crease look with a more softer edge. You can really change how the shape of your crease looks with this brush without creating lines of colour that are too harsh.

And finally to the right, the 227 Luxe Soft Definer brush, is your calling to blend those harsh edges of your eyeshadow out and blend some more. You can even utilise this brush when applying your transition shade. Simply pick up your desired colour directly onto this brush and sweep it into the crease. This will create that soft transition  between the colours on your lid all the way up to your brow bone without looking to "in yo face".

The 322 Brow Line brush, pictured above on the left, is a short bristled brush that I imagine would be perfect for gel only brow products. I first used this brush attempting to do my brows with a powder that I normally use, but nuh uh sistah, this brush isn't meant for powder - in my experience. I imagine this brush would work with something like the Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip Brow Pomade because it is a very stiff and dense brush.

Now the 317 Wing Liner brush is something I can use for my brows. I find using this brush with my powder and a bit of wax, it works a charm in shaping my brows. Of course you can use this for your gel eyeliners as well, but I am yet to master that technique of liner. This brush is rather thin so I can mimic the strokes of my brow hairs seamlessly and create a sharp edge to my winged eyeliner (that one time I tried gel eyeliner...)

The Three Face Brushes:

These include:
- 104 Buffer
- 109 Luxe Face Paint brush
- 127 Luxe Sheer Cheek brush

Left: 109 Luxe Face Paint, Middle: 104 Buffer, Right: 127 Luxe Sheer Cheek.

The 104 Buffer brush (pictured in the middle) is my answer to my favourite application technique of foundation. I had been on the hunt for a dense buffer brush but never really was completely satisfied with what I was scoping out, until now. Allow me to explain...

This particular brush has the perfect amount of surface area (sounds odd describing a brush this way), but basically, it is wide enough to apply and blend my foundation over a larger area of my face more quickly than say a smaller brush.

This particular brush is also super dense, so it doesn't suck up my product if I pump my foundation directly onto the bristles or am just simply blending. This brush also offers a light to medium coverage, depending on of course, your foundation and how many layers you apply. The white tipped bristles make it evident that your brush is indeed dirty and in need of a clean...a good indicator really. And yes, this brush is rather soft on your face, however you will still feel a certain stiffness to it because of the density of the packed in bristles.

The 127 Luxe Sheer Cheek brush is, I assume, for blush right? Well because I'm not completely keen on using blush on myself, having naturally flushed cheeks, I actually find this brush useful when I apply either my bronzer or a light contour. I find it fits quite neatly into the hollows of my cheeks and creates that nice warm shadow/contour/light bronzing to my oh so pale face. Like the name suggests, this brush can offer you a nice, sheer colour to the cheek, whether it is blush or bronzer. Once again, the white bristles make this brush look not so white after a single use, but it is so satisfying after you clean them and yay, they are white again.

The bristles are so soft by the way. Like, so soft. Oh my.

Woooooo! 

Sorry, excited makeup addict over here.

I have been chasing a brush, such as this 109 Luxe Face Paint brush, to deepen and dramatise my contouring. Oh yeah.

The shape of this brush offers the perfect chiselled look to your cheekbones and fits snuggly in such a place. Mimicking the purpose of the 'oh my who would pay that much' Nars Ita brush, it's simply my answer to dramatic contouring. Or light contouring, depending how much product you use.

Just, love ehhhtt.

Overall, I totally recommend this brush set if you are after the basics of makeup brushes for a good quality, In regards to price, I would suggest finding them on sale to really strike a bargain!

Thanks so much for reading this review and I sincerely hoped it helped! I know when I was researching this set before I purchased it, I really had to dig around as their weren't that many reviews around.

Thanks again, and staaayy spleenndiiiddd :)

MeltedToastyMind

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