Meow KatyCats! Katy Perry is back with another collaboration with CoverGirl. Since their first collection Katy Kat Matte, I've been stashing up on those babies. Now, they have launched the Katy Kat Gloss collection.
This line consists of 12 highly pigmented lip glosses inspired by kitties, each tube coming with a little cat topper. If strong bold glossy lips are your favourite, you will definitely be swooning over these lip glosses. As seen from the video above, the lip glosses seems pretty pigmented and ultra glossy, it is said that they give you the benefits of a lip moisturizer as well. Your lips will feel comfortable and hydrated while looking glamorous and chic. Below are the colours:
White Catillac
Cobalt Kitty
Indigo Cat
Purrple Paws
Cateloupe
Tabby Tease
Pounce
Catnip
Candy Cat
Kitty Karma
Ninth Life
Wine Feline
Sadly, CoverGirl is not available in Singapore and I'm currently still trying to get my hands on these lip glosses via Airfrov. I'll share my review about them once I have them in my hands. If you are interested to get them too, try using Airfrov to get travelers to help bring them back to you. For first time users, below is a code for you to receive SGD 10 credits of your purchases.
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Of course, go ahead and shop for other overseas items.
After their launch of the Star Wars collection last year, CoverGirl introduced another collaboration with Katy Perry, namely Katy Kat Matte. CoverGirl is not available in Singapore (why not?!), but you can easily get them online and ship over, or like me, Airfrov it!
In the collection, there are 11 lipsticks and 4 mascara shades. I've tried their mascaras before and they didn't impress me much, except that there is a blue mascara shade. It wasn't enough to persuade me to buy them, so I only went for the lipsticks.
The lipstick shades are:
Sphynx
Pink Paws
Magenta Minx
Coral Cat
Crimson Cat
Cat Call
Kitty Purry
Cosmo Kitty
Maroon Meow
Catoure
Perry Panther
Purrsian Pink
Tame Tiger
I did some online searching for the swatches before deciding to settle with the 4 colours that are not so easily found. So what do I think of these demi-matte lipsticks?
Well, first up, I was a little disappointed in the packaging. Just plain white cover with large Arial Bold wordings, doesn't scream Katy Perry for me. At least a holographic, prismatic sticker label or some cat footprints might be better?
Each of the lipstick has a peek-a-boo window at the bottom, so you can see which shades you are holding, flick it to the bottom and you will find their names with a cat hairband logo. I do love the cheeky cat names for each of them. What I've gotten is Perry Panther, Coral Cat, Cosmo Kitty and Maroon Meow.
Coral Cat adds a tinge of peach to your usual safe nude colours and allows you to add a pop of colour to your daily makeup look. There's nothing matte about it, just make sure you scrub those lips before applying the lipstick.
Cosmo Kitty
Remember Katy Perry's E.T. music video? This bright pop of purple will definitely transport you to the alien territory and party all night long. Pair it with soft earthy shades of eye makeup and a flick of cateye liner, you will be definitely be the spotlight of the night.
Maroon Meow
Yes! I see a Cat Woman behind those dark maroon lips. Though I was hoping to get a dark, deep red shade like red wine, but it turned out to be a bending towards the cooler blue tones. It was a disappointing shade for me, but well, this does go pretty well with smokey eyes...
Perry Panther
Alot of brands have launched their own versions of black lipsticks in the recent year and every one has their own formula. Perry Panther didn't really wow me with their shade of black though. Probably it's the demi-matte formula, I find that I can't seem to get full black lips, no matter how many layers I apply. It just keeps giving me a faded dark grey. =/
All in all I love this twist to matte lipsticks. Matte lipsticks are never the best formula to pull off without having your lips looking like it's chapped. This demi-matte formula is creamier than the usual matte lipsticks and is more hydrating with a touch of sheen.
They are created with shea, aloe, and avocado butter so you can get a smooth and easy glide for your lips. They are not very long lasting though, I always have to touch up my lips after a meal. But nonethless, this affordable line might just be your introductory venture into coloured lipsticks.
Ta Da! Here's part 2 of the Cover Girl Haul. As I'm more focussed on my eye makeup, so I bought mainly eyeshadows, eyeliner and mascara. Didn't get their blush or lipsticks....
Ok enough of talking, let me start the ball rolling.
This is the Exact Hightlights Eye Brightening Shadow Palette (715 Majestic Hazels)
As seen on Jennifer on ANTM's Cycle 13 Commercial shoot.
The eyeshadow palette is said to be perfect to compliment girls with Hazel coloured eyes. The palette comes with four colours, Beige, Light Green, Taupe and Dark Brown. Not only was there a sponge applicator, there's also a brush for light sweeping of colours. I love that the sponge applicator has 2 different types. One side is flatter and rounder for bigger surface and the other end if slightly tapered and good for inner corner or smaller areas application.
See how pretty the colours are?
The lovely people of CoverGirl even had detailed instruction on the back for best application of the eyeshadows.
I must say the colours definitely bring out my eyes very well.
Just a few strokes and I can call myself Cover Girl already!
So here's the other products. On left: Lash Blast Fusion (Volume + Length Mascara) and on right: Liquiline Blast Eyeliner Pencil.
I bought the blue eyeliner. It's not very obvious like in your face blue, but I love the effect.
Fluffy mascara brush volumise my lashes.
Just a little note.
Love how my lashes look so long and luscious. They curl automatically without a curler!
This is the Liquiline Blast Eyeliner. On one end is the pencil eyeliner and on the other end is the patent pending tip that helps smudge the product to create a smokey line.
Here's an example.
I tried the product with the Smoky Shadow Blast (Silver Sky) that I introduced in the previous blog. I created a smokey eye look in just minutes with tese 2 amazing products.
It's a pity CoverGirl is not available here in Singapore, but if anyone is doing a spree for overseas Drugstores, please please please inform me? I would love to stock up on some.....
I bet this line: "Easy, Breezy, Beautiful CoverGirl" is nothing unfamiliar to you guys right? All thanks to America's Next Top Model, Cover Girl makeup has gotten the maximum exposure and it has got to me. Before heading to Vancouver, I've already did my research and decided on what I wana buy, but in fact, I got more than I should...
Let me introduce them one by one.
First up, Advanced Radiance Age-Defying Pressed Powder.
It comes with a puff and a mirror. Great for bringing out to touch up.
The age defying and Olay formula attracted me and I've heard so much about the powder being smooth, so I decided to get one for myself, but as you can see below, I chose a colour that was too light, I also look like I was on the set of TWILIGHT.
Other than my wrong choice of colour, I must say the powder did give a smooth finish, but it was too bland to cover up any flaws and I ended up slapping more concealer below, which made my overlook pretty cakey. But now I use this powder for highlights on my face.
So, the next day, I went to get another face powder to suit my face colour. This time, I chose 3 shades darker and prayed that the colour suits me. (Not sure why the London Drugstore had no sample for us to try out, so troublesome).
This powder is under the Clean series, which is good for people with sensitive skin and boy I was glad this powder was for my skin colour! Similar to the other powder, the casing comes with a mirror and puff for easy touch ups. This powder not only gives my face a smooth finish, it works perfect for our weather and gives maximum coverage on my spots and dark circles.
Next up, Smoky Shadow Blast (Silver Sky)
It's a cream base eyshadow and Cover Girl has made it like a markers for super fast and easy eye makeup.
Step 1 is the rounded end (Silver) and Step 2 is the tapered end (Purple).
See the tapered end for Step 2?
Here's the instruction on the back of the packaging.
And I tested the method out on my hand before I proceed. It's a very pretty shiny purple colour which I think is great for both day and night makeup.
See what I mean? You can look professionally made up in just seconds.
One thing I didn't really like was that the cream base eyeshadow crease up pretty easily and the makeup kinda 'disintegrates' in our warm weather in just minutes. So I had to pat on a light silver eyeshadow to make it stay on longer. Just didn't like the creasing much....
Ok. Here's part one and I'll be updating part two soon....
