Colourpop Haul from an European point of view

Hey cutie pies!

I have a haul for you today. A ColourPop haul!!! Anyone excited?! I mean from Europe, cuz we have had the chance to buy these for a short period of time!

Ok, I didn't buy a lot of stuff (I was a little short on money) but when I heard that they were doing a 4 dollar Europe shipping campaign, I had to open my wallet and scrap out every cent.

So let's start with the crappy part that we all know (Europeans) the duties that customs make us pay...Colourpop got the package to Portugal in 4 days! I kid you not!

Now duties...they took 20-freaking-days! Yes, I live in Portugal and it is actually the end of the world still...Oh and they didn't even contact me! I had to e-mail them and they ask me for a photocopy of my ID card and of the receipt with the description of all the products I bough and how much I had paid for each of them. Mind that I only bought 7 items that came up to 34 Euros (with shipping).

Yeah...after 20 days of waiting and back and forth e-mailing, the package finally got to me...and they made me pay 20 Euros to get it...So all in all, it came up to 54 something Euros.

Please bear in mind that I am not upset with Colourpop! They were amazing, extremely fast shipping and great products. I just really don't like Customs....


Now for the good part ^^ Colourpop goodies!!! You can see the colours on the lips on my youtube channel Newances by Ema.

As I've mentioned before, I didn't buy a whole lot but I got some great products!

Let's talk packaging...look at it...just look...

The inside of the box. It came with the products, a thank you card and a booklet with the current collection. 

Everything came perfectly packaged, with a type of foam around it and the inside of the box was so pretty with flowers and all.

Tootsie (left to right): lippie pencil and lippie stix on top, lippie stix, lippie pencil. 

Bichette (left to right): lippie pencil and lippie stix on top, lippie stix, lippie pencil. 

Marshmallow lippie pencil 

Gel liner in "Best O"

From left to right: Lippie pencil in "Marshmallow" and Gel line in "Best O"

Lippie stix: What can I say? Both of them are matter but they are extremely buttery and non-drying on your lips.

 - Tootsie is that perfect greije colour we have all been looking for since Limecrime invented "Cashmere".

 - Bichette is a very classy red,with a blue undertone, unlike its lippie pencil. The mix of the two creates a beautiful and perfect red, especially for very light skin like mine. 

Lippie pencil: The pencils are a bit more matte, like it's normal. I do advise esfoliating and moisturizing a few minutes prior to applying them because you will be able to see any skin that you have on your dry lips. 

 - Tootsie is a bit lighter and more of a brick colour than the Lippi stix, but still has that grey undertone. 

 - Bichette is a little more cherry toned than I thought, specially on the lips alone. I don't really like that kind of tone but many do and you may be able to pull using it totally alone. 

- Marshmallow was the little exra I had to buy. I love they grey purple colour on the lips. Maybe it's my Pastel goth side but still, I love it! Besides it's perfect to use with the Inglot's 436 I bought in 2016.

As for the Gel line "Best O", I have to say it's one of the best eyeliner's I have ever used. First  thought it was going to dry super fast because it looked dry already but I was pleasantly surprise. 

The liner glides beautifully and is so pigmented that you barely need any product! It will dry a bit fast on the brush (I use an angled brush, as you may see on the video) but it gives you the perfect winged liner easily.

There are some fall outs but they do not smudge, you can just swept them away with your finger or a fan brush if you want. 

The liner does last all day (and this coming from someone who occasionally rubs her eyes 'cuz she forgets she has eyeliner), without smudge or transferring!

So overall rating!!!

Lippie Styx: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lippie Pencils: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Gel Liner: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Overall Colourpop has done an amazing job and whenever I get past my Customs trauma (and they have free shipping xD) I'm buying some more!!

Hope you have enjoyed this review and haul! Please subscribe to my youtube channel and leave any comments, advise or products you would like me to review, let me know!

Have a wonderful 2017!

See you next time,

XOXO

- E -

Inglot Matte Lipstick in 436 - Black Swan

Hi!

Olá!

Last week I had the opportunity of travelling to Lisbon, which is the capital of my country, for the weekend. As any other girl I had to take the chance to visit a makeup store that we don't have in my town: Inglot!

I had been ogling their makeup for months and I found a lipstick that I felt in love with: # 436 from the Black Swan Collection. Now this is a matte, grey lipstick with a hint of purple. It gives you what my grandma calls "Dead lips" but that I love and that is very "in" at the moment.


A semana passada tive a oportunidade de viajar até Lisboa e passar lá o fim de semana. Tal como é característico das mulheres, aproveitei a oportunidade de visitar uma loja de maquilhagem que não tenho na minha cidade: Inglot!

Andava à meses a namorar os productos deles e encontrei um batom pelo qual me apaixonei: o nº 436 da Colecção Black Swan. Este batom é matte, num tom cinzento com um toque de lilás. Nos lábios fica aquela cor que a minha avó chama de "Lábios de morta" mas eu adoro este tipo de cor e está muito na moda de momento.

The color on clean lips, no lip balm, no lip pencil.

A cor original em lábios sem producto.

The packaging is sleek and all black which I love.

A embalagem é elegante e toda em preto, o que eu amo!

 The color is gorgeous, the consistency...not so much...the lady at the store told me to swipe my finger over the lip color after applying it and yeah, that's something you can't forget to do. The lipstick itself leaves some residue, it actually creases. I know what you are thinking "maybe it's because her lips are dry" or "it's because it's matte"...my lips weren't dry since I had applied lip balm a few minutes before using it and I have used other matte lipstick and hadn't had this problem...You can actually see the residue on the lipstick!

A cor em si é linda, a consistência...podia ser melhor...a menina da loja aconselhou-me a passar o dedo por cima após a aplicação e sim, é algo que tem que ser feito. O próprio batom deixa resíduos. Eu sei que estão a pensar "provavelmente tens os lábios secos" ou "é por ser matte"...os meus lábios não estavam secos,pois minutos antes de aplicar pus batom de cieiro e comparando com outros mattes que utilizei é a primeira vez que isto me acontece...Dá mesmo para ver os resíduos no batom!

Little residues tend to form in the lipstick, I don't know if it's the matte formula or if it's a recurring problem.

Pequenos resíduos formam-se no batom, não sei se é culpa da formula matte ou se acontece com outros batons da marca.

Also being a matte it does tend to get a little drying but it almost doesn't transfer when you clean your mouth or kiss, which is a plus!

Além disso, ao ser matte, claro que seca um pouco os lábio e pode ser desconfortável mas não transfere, nem ao limpar a boca nem ao beijar, o que é muito bom!

Lipstick without anything else.

Batom sem nada mais.

As a little experiment I tried putting clear lip gloss on top of the color to see how well it worked...

Eu fiz uma pequena experiência e coloquei lip gloss transparente por cima para ver como ficava...

Lipstick with a layer of clear gloss on top.

Batom com uma camada de gloss transparente por cima.

The color gets a little darker but it's still a lovely color to wear, specially when you love your cold nudes.

A cor fica um pouquinho mais escura mas continua a ser linda, especialmente se gostarem de cores nudes frias.

Hope this review was helpful, please let me know if you have found a color similar to this in another finish.

Espero que esta review vos tenha ajudado e por favor, se souberem de uma cor parecida noutro acabamento digam-me.

ALERT: The lipstick contains ALMOND OIL so, if you are allergic to NUTS be careful!!!!

ALERTA: O batom tem ÓLEO DE AMENDOAS, por isso, se forem alérgicos a FRUTOS SECOS cuidado!!!

Xoxo

-E-