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.

Maquillage Dual Color Rouge (30)

I loved my red Maquillage lipstick so much I splurged on a second, more neutral, shade. I tried the new two-in-one which was supposed to give me that gradation effect I see in magazines. I found it on Amazon for about 2200 yen, and in drugstores for about 2900 yen.

The color was nice, the darker shade is better for my skin tone. It's like 3 lipsticks in one: light shade, mixed shade, and dark shade. I couldn't notice the gradation effect at all. It doesn't bleed or make my mouth area oily. It has good staying power.

I like the red better.

Maquillage Dramatic Rouge (10)

I recently fell for the pretty commercials and the rave Cosme reviews about this lipstick. It was pretty pricey (at 2700 yen), but worth the splurge! A nice ruby red color, a little shine, some translucence. I even got compliments on it. It stayed on well and didn't run. I'm going to try the double shade next!

Canmake Candy Wrap Lip Gloss

I picked up the Canmake Candy Wrap lip gloss in Lady Strawberry at Yamada Denki in Tokyo for about 600 yen.

I LOVE the color and the gloss. It's super "garu." Since it's a gloss, it doesn't last long. My only complaint is that it caused acne around my mouth.

I'm going to try it again with a lip pencil.

2014 Year end awards: Buy these now!

These are the things I can whole-heartedly recommend:

Heroine make mascara

Heroine make mascara remover

Evangelist BB cream

Muji lipstick

SK-II stempower

Bifesta facial cleansing wipes

Tiare body oil

Beauty Pride's APPS+E(TPNa) shampoo and conditioner

Drybar dry shampoo

Nars lipstick: Mayflower

So, I am in Japan and am being completely shut out of the Sephora website, so no sale buys for me! Not happy!

When I was in the States I hit up Sephora because I wanted a good everyday lipstick, and knew I wanted to select from the Nars collection. I like shopping at Sephora because it's so easy to try on different products without any harassment from sales people. In Japan, there is no Sephora, and going to the Nars counter at a department store feels like buying a used car.

Anyhoo, I bought the Mayflower shade and love it. It will replace some of the cheap versions I bought here in Japan late this summer. All thumbs up!

kate (rouge luster), media (moist essence rouge), MUJI

This is the Kate lipstick (in Rd-1), which I purchased for about 1400 yen at the local drugstore. The color is a soft berry red, but is rather translucent and a bit oily. It has a respectable cosme.net score (4.8), but I wouldn't buy it again.

This is the Media lipstick (mine is BE02). The color is a nude, the consistency is nice, but again it is rather shiny and translucent. It has a decent cosme.net score (5), but I won't be buying it again either. Under 1000 yen.

This is the Muji lipstick in Rose pink. I really liked the consistency of this lipstick, but the color is too pink on me. I think I will save it for spring, go back and get the Rose brown for fall. At 580 - 750 yen, no problem!