SEPHORA PLAY BOX 🐚 SEPTEMBER 2017 🐚

SEPHORA

PLAY BOX

SEPTEMBER 2017

September comes with 6 samples with at least 3 makeup products and 2 skincare, the last one product being haircare. Theme is “a change of face” with a very pretty pink polyester-satin like bag.

1. Belif the true cream - aqua bomb.

Sometimes i find myself confused with all the Belif samples i own. Because they mostly have the same look alike packaging with slight difference like the mark colour, and then there is two with the same ‘the true cream’ this one however is the aqua bomb (the other is moisturizing bomb).

So the aqua bomb is in light aqua blue colour and has a slight herbal scent. Absorbent power is quite good and doesnt leave a greasy or sticky feel after application. 

2. Algenist power recharging night pressed serum.



This is meant to be a combination of a serum and a cream which turns out to be like a balm type of texture. It looks firm but when warmed by the fingertips it easily melts softer into the face. I like this product alot eventhough its hard to tell the difference the next day. But it is supposedly meant to recharge your skin from fatigue, dull, uneven texture.

3. Benefit gimme brow shade #5.

Right off the brush you can see that the colour is a very dark dull black grey shade. It doesn’t even look deep brown imo. On to the product itself- I do not like it. 

As an asian woman i find that we mostly have straight brows with little to no arch unless we go for a waxing or threading session to reshape the brows. At the same time, our brows are very sparse with hair and not as bushy or defined as oppose to the indians or the caucasians. Hence why this type of brush product does not work well alone in shaping and has to be used in conjunction with a brow pen or brow wax in order to define the shape first before using this to fill it in.

For the sake of comparison this is the colour swatch for all 6 shades (in fact, the real tea is that only 1,3&5 was released at first and then after the other shades came out.) I think the #4 medium would’ve suited me better, in fact, i think no one will look good with 5 & 6 at all. 

4. Sephora 12hour Crayon contour eye pencil. 



I swapped this without even opening or swatching it because i really did not need another black crayon/pencil eyeliner that i never use because they all smudge. What i really needed is a good ass liquid pen eyeliner that stays all day without smudging. 

5. Urban decay vice liquid lipstick in Amulet.





The applicator is longer than the usual doe foot one you see, and helps to spread product much faster on the lips. It is also at a slight angle instead of stick straight. (There is actually the bullet version of this lipstick too!) Amulet has a unique metallic finish yet keeping the product still a matte texture. The shade is a warm plummy red brown that might pull darker on some skintones. I love the shade and this might be my favourite product tested from this box.

6. Bumble & bumble Hairdresser’s invisible oil shampoo and conditioner.

The last product feels like an added bonus but i can only keep hair products at the moment until i remive my dreadlocks away. It is rather hard to experiment with different hair products when you are only supposed to use a certain product meant for dreads. Hence this product will be tested at a later date.

Overall, i love the UD vice liquid lipstick and also the Algenist recharge serum. I did not like the gimme brow product at all, altho points for trying to bring in the Benefit brand (just wished it was a different better working product like the bronzers/blushers maybe). Sad points for the sephora crayon and hair sample that i didnt need. And neutral feelings for the Belif aqua bomb. Thats all for September’s box.