Stylish Diva Studio

Temptu AIRbrush Makeup System, USD$225

Temptu launched its AIRbrush Makeup System and AIR pod Foundation at Sephora, I was actually interested until I saw the price.  I wanted to see how it really looked so I tried it when I was at the Sephore store in NYC, not that I have no experience of airbrush make-up, but just out of curiosity as a make-up artist.  In fact, I used airbrush make-up since I was in make-up school, it was fairly new to us back then and we were all exciting about using airbrush make-up.  However, I must admit that it wasn’t my favourite for a couple of reasons.

Too Faced World Domination Tour All Access Backstage Beauty Collection ($150 Value), USD$34

I’m sure anyone of you owns a make-up palette or 2, or buying the gift sets during holiday seasons.  However, do you actually use all the colours?  I was browsing through Sephora.com today saw the Too Faced Beauty Collection, so all of the a sudden this question pops.  Are you saving money buying them?  Or are you wasting money?  I guess most of you have your answer already.  As a make-up artist, it saves me time and trouble to pack up a palette instead of 50 individual eyeshadow.  For lip colours though, I never buy them in a palette.  Mainly because I usually give the colours to the bride to touch up for the rest of the day.  I wouldn’t be able to do that if I have a palette.  Scraping colours from the palette and put them into little jars doesn’t look very appealing to me.

Yes, you are not reading it wrong, it’s V.I.B., not V.I.P.  It means Very Important Beauty Insider.

Beauty Insider Gift Palette

Sephora has her Beauty Insider point system for a while, it’s a good system, but somehow I didn’t found it very useful.  It is true that you can always redeem points for deluxe samples, but as a make-up artist, I always got samples from the counters that I worked for when I travel for different brands.  And I’m not a sample person, so I didn’t really thought the point system benefit me until today.

Just got this limited edition colour play palette at Sephora by Sephora. It’s got 36 different eye shadows, 12 lip glosses, 3 blushes and a bronzer just in time for summer. I was never a big Sephora brand fan, but after getting the eyeshadow I must say it has surpassed my expectation. At only $29 CAD, it is definitely worth every penny of it. I got the 3rd last one at the Eaton Centre today, and they told me that’s it, no more shipments coming, sooooooo good luck shopping!!