Primers

My dear readers, apologies for the hiatus as I'm sick at the moment and heading off for a trip soon! I'll be back soon with some reviews!

Meanwhile I'm wondering if I should purchase Laura Mercier's oil free primer. The last I checked, it was currently out of stock at all Sephora LM counters. Does anyone have any thoughts or feedback on this product? If not, what are you using as your primer?

Burberry Fresh Glow

Introducing my recent favourite - Burberry Fresh Glow! 

I love it that the first ingredient is water!
Ingredients

So what's this Fresh Glow i'm raving about?
As described previously, this is a primer base which is typically used before foundation. This primer brightens up the face and leaves my make-up on for almost the whole day! It is meant to give a natural looking glow to our faces!

It leaves the skin supple with a pink healthy glow, please note that it is not colourless. Still, it is very light weight and you barely feel the formula. To some, it might be important to note that it is odourless!
I also love the fact that there's rose water extract and vitamin included in the formula which are two key ingredients necessary for the skin!

Since Fresh Glow is so sheer, it can be also used as a highlighter and eye primer (i.e. after foundation). I've dabbed some over my lids after my eyeshadows, where Fresh Glow delightfully perked the lids even more and it didn't even have to touch up any of my eyecolors or eyeliner (non-waterproof/smudge proof pencil - I typically have to use a gel liner) for the rest of the day!

On lazy weekends, Fresh Glow can be worn without any foundation or make-up. Of course, this does not give you your flawless face since concealer, foundation and other support are missing - i.e. there's no coverage. It just helps to perk up the dull complexion a little!

A small amount of Fresh Glow is sufficient for my face!

See the two swatches, the right one is halfway massaged in without much effort! Notice the Sheer Glow yet?

I've fully blended the Fresh Glow in on the LHS. See the dewy glow!

Mixing my foundation & Fresh Glow

TIP: A tip here to share which I picked up from the Burberry beauty teacher, Celestine. Its ok to blend Burberry Fresh Glow with your liquid foundation to apply together like a moisturizer! (See Above for blend and results below)

I'm not sure how clear this picture is but LHS shows just my foundation which is slightly duller while the RHS is the blend of foundation + Fresh Glow! Its looks more supple with some reflective glow! 

I'm falling in love with Burberry Make-up! I've a keen bias towards natural/nude shades make-up... so Burberry Beauty has won me over by emphasizing on both natural and sheer make-up!

In comparison to my almost 5-year companion primer -- Shu Uemura Mousse Base (Pink/Beige) - I must say that although Burberry Fresh Glow comes in a gel formula, the latter is still lighter than the mousse after application. The Mousse base does smoothen out the skin but does not keep my make-up as long as the Fresh Glow and sometimes appear to dry my skin out. Additionally, the Mousse Base does not provide the healthy glow which Fresh Glow does. Still, the Shu Uemura mousse formula is amazingly light for a base with spf included. Pls note at this point that the Fresh Glow is free of any Sunblock ingredients i.e. no SPF protection. Hence, on my lazy weekends, if its just going to be Fresh Glow, I'll use my moisturizer, Shu Uemura Mousse Base then Fresh Glow. This is because I don't use any other face sunblock products.

No doubt Burberry Fresh Glow is pretty pricey at S$70, go have some fun and try it out at the counters! If there's just one product you got to get from Burberry - go for Fresh Glow. Oh but as with all products in a bottle, pls SHAKE before you use the formula! Most people forget to do that with Fresh Glow!

Retail Price in Singapore - S$70 incl. GST

I give this 4 out of 5 smooches! Score: ♥♥♥♥/♥♥♥♥♥
[The missing smooch is due to i) the expensive price tag and ii) my short usage period thus far - only 1 week! I want to leave some room to evaluate this product more! - Feb 2012]


Upcoming reviews: Moogoo Super Vitamin C Eye Serum; Drug Store Make-up Removers; Moo Goo Oil Cleansing Method; Biotherm Skin.Ergetic, Anna Sui Super-Black Volume Up Mascara


Pls note that I was not provided any sample or paid by Burberry Beauty to write this product review. Products shown here are paid for by myself. 

Burberry Beauty School

Sorry for the 2 week break ladies! Work was insane! That explains the need for really good and effective skincare! Quoting the words of my burberry beauty instructor - Celestine - "if you don't see your skin care working for you, its not doing its job. Time to change!"

Yup I'm here today to talk about my 2 hours make-up course with Burberry beauty! I must say that it was an insightful, hands-on and awesome 2 hours!

We went through the whole process of applying a beautiful face makeup including choosing the right foundation and eye colors!

Right foundation: try it on from your cheekbone downwards, closer to your neck line. The correct foundation shade is one where you feel most comfortable and should blend into your neck color.

Then again, no such beauty school is without some marketing, where I was properly introduced to burberry makeup for the first time! Their key emphasis was creating a flawless face with sheer makeup. Sheer in their sense means light-weighted yet sufficient coverage. Sheer would also allow you to touch up easily and also put on a couple of layers without worrying that its going to look too cakey!

Anyway back to some tips that I picked up during the class
♥ prime your face and eye area before putting on make-up
♥ concealer can be used to highlight nose bridge/ T-zone

Burberry Fresh Glow

♥ when using brush to pick up powder, do not use the tip, use one side to pick up powder and the other side to blend in circular motion
♥ can mix 2 or more color blush to pick up more color depth
♥ emphasize eyes by defining crease


And I'm so impressed by 2 of their items, i'm highly recommending them:
1) Burberry Fresh Glow - a luminous primer base for your face/eye lips - a good perk-me-up! There's also wild rose extract in it which is generally good for scars and the skin! It provides your face a dewy light shimmer finish to ensure you glow for the day!

The awesome mascara!

2) Burberry Mascara - wow they lengthened my eyelashes and kept them full! a super wow! They also don't smudge and clump even though it wasn't outrightly stated that this is a smudge-proof nor waterproof mascara; just a simple weather-proof mascara. The brush is also jagged between long-short which gives the lashes a good brush, love this loads! Comes in 4 colors!

They also introduced their spring/summer collection.. the additions are...

Eye color: pale barley is the newest eye color. It wasn't particularly suited for light skined Asian skin but if you'd like a brownish shimmer color, then do check it out! I personally find tea rose and pale rose more suited for me! Still, its a personal preference!

Burberry Pale Barley (No 22) EyeShadow

4 new lip colors: Tulip pink (no 2), devon sunset (no 28), golden peach (no 29) and primrose hill pink (no 30)



primrose hill pink is an awesome statement color! But if you're bias towards nude and pale tones, try tulip pink layered with the nude rose lip gloss (no 14).

Tulip Pink (No 2)

2 new lip gloss colors: hibicus (bo 13) and nude rose (no 14). I personally like nude rose (yes boring plain jane I know) along side their older colors such as Blush (no 04).

Awesome Awesome colors! Pls refer to the beauty lookbook for swatches!

Primrose Hill Pink (No 30)

Currently, there's only 1 burberry counter in Singapore since August 2011 at Tangs Orchard. However, it has been around since 2010. A pretty new brand but good quality products I must say!