Juice Beauty: concealer and lip moisturizers

Continuing on my all-natural makeup replacement, I picked up the juice beauty correcting concealer in ivory. I got it on amazon for about 3600 yen. All I can say is, eh. It has a very watery consistency and low coverage. The color is nice and gives me some brightness under my eyes. This is no match for my NARS. Different beast altogether.

I also got the three pack of lip moisturizers. They have spf and I love a tinted lip balm. The texture is great. Very bees-waxy. Stays put! I tried "playful" first. It's kind of a beige-y purple. I like it. Very grown up. This has a much better wearability than the rms lip tint. Actually, I might apply the rms over the clear juice balm, since I love the rms color, but hate the oily spread...

RMS organic foundation, mascara, and lip/cheek tint

I decided to go all natural and paraben free this time around as I replace my makeup. I really wanted the Juice beauty CC cream, but it had to be shipped from the states via Amazon, and I needed make up now. So instead I went with the RMS un-cover-up in 22. It cost 4800 yen, and I purchased it online, but you can buy it at most Cosme Kitchen stores. (It costs more at Cosme Kitchen though!)

The color was a near perfect match. It felt a bit oily going on, and the recommended finger application was a bit odd. I usually apply with my fingers, but the foundation is hard and only a little comes off at a time. I found it hard to blend. I might finally buy a beauty blender and see if that helps.

Coverage was good.

UPDATE: the beauty blender helped a lot! it still feels kinda oily, but not as bad as before.

Next up was the lip to cheek in "beloved." This was also 4800 yen. It is more highly pigmented than the canmake, so you need less on your cheeks. However, as a lipstick it is more like a highly pigmented gloss. If you don't care about the organic/paraben free issue, the canmake is a MUCH better deal.

UPDATE: When I used this as a lipstick it really made my face feel oily. I only use it as a blush now.

Finally, I also bought the volumizing mascara for 3800 yen. It was easy to apply and a good color. It is no match for the heroine make mascara, but again, it's a different beast. If you're looking for something organic, this is nice.

Benefit Cosmetics Erase Paste Brightening Concealer

I love my NARS concealer. But, I've been stressed. And tired. And I have some serious under eye circles.

This is more of a color corrector than a concealer. And it works. And a little dab will do you.

It's added to the "staple" list. I put the NARS concealer on top and it's perfect. Perfect!

You can get this at Sephora for about $26.

d'icila powder

I was given this d'icila powder and hand cream as a gift. The rose powder (top) goes for 10000 yen! When you open it, you think there is no way it is worth it. The packaging is not luxurious and the powder is pink, pink, pink. However, since I've been using it I've been getting compliments on my skin. People tell me my skin looks velvety and flawless, so WIN!

The hand treatment/lotion is really silky and nice, but the smell is overpowering.

If you want to try these products, there is a store locator on the website (Japanese only).

Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer (vanilla)

I splurged on a new concealer (about 3600 yen at Isetan), and man am I glad that I did. This pulls my entire routine together. The coverage is amazing. It is thick without being heavy. The color is brightening without being shiny. Covers all my under eye circles. Is great for contouring.

Holy grail product.

Pore Putty BB cream (smoothing)

I see this everywhere, so at 1200 yen I thought I would give it a try. It's ok, not as great as my smashbox primer. It's about as good as the make-up for ever primer, and much cheaper... It has ok coverage, nothing fantastic...

Make up forever Ultra HD Foundation and Skin Equalizer (Smoothing) Primer

I FINALLY ran out of my Addiction foundation, Evangelist BB cream, and Smashbox primer. Let me just say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Evangelist BB cream and the Smashbox primer. I'll buy them again and again.

But I wanted to try something different.

The make up forever ultra HD foundation is better than the addiction foundation. The coverage is more even and the formula is less heavy.

However, the make up forever primer is not as good as the Smashbox. But I can't find Smashbox in Japan (and Sephora won't ship it to me!). I'll finish this tube, and then find a way to get my Smashbox!

The combo set me back 1 man. But, I got color consultation, which I DEFINITELY recommend, as I ended up being 3 shades darker than both I and the salesgirl thought!!!!