Swatches of Six Sephora 12Hr Wear Waterproof Jumbo Liners

Sephora 12Hr Wear Waterproof Jumbo Liners

My love affair with the Sephora 12Hr Wear Waterproof Jumbo Liners started in April 2013 at Delhi's Sephora. The SA at the store insisted that I try out one when I was checking out the eye pencils. I was looking for a pitch black liner and when I swatched it, was spellbound by the texture and pigmentation. Since then, I collected three of these pencils in black, purple and green and I always wanted more. So what did I do when I landed at the Sephora store in Ion Orchard Singapore? Went to the counter where these pencils were displayed and picked up six of them! I actually wanted to get all but my wallet did not permit me at that time but I'm definitely getting the rest very soon.

These jumbo pencils double as eyeliners and eye shadows and they are available in matte as well as glitter/shimmer finishes. NYX and a lot of international and Indian brands like Lakme does jumbo eye pencils too but the Sephora ones are my favorite. They are incredibly soft, very well pigmented and actually last for more than 12 hrs. In Delhi, I think they are priced at Rs 680 unless the price has increased now. If you go to a Sephora store, these pencils are a must buy. Believe me they are this good! The only problem is that they are not retractable so you do need a big sharpener. I picked up the shades Electric Blue Matte, Kaki (that's the spelling!), Brown, Purple Glitter, Marine and Dark Taupe Shimmer. Here are the swatches of each of them..

From L - R - Electric Blue Matte, Brown, Dark Taupe Shimmer, Marine, Purple Glitter, Kaki

Which color did you like the most? Do share in the comments below.

Sephora Chocolate Bubble Bath and Shower Gel Review

Are you a chocoholic and love chocolate in all its avatars? Did you just say yes? Then my dear, this post is meant for you!!

I am a huuuuge chocolate fan and love it in everything and that includes both edible and inedible items, bath and body products to be more precise. If I'm in a store that sells shower gels, soaps and lotions, I'm inevitably gonna buy something that smells either of chocolate or vanilla and everyone who knows me are very well aware of this chocolate fixation. So when my mum and sis-in-law went to the Sephora store in Singapore to get some stuff for me, they picked up this bubble bath and shower gel in Chocolate. Sephora has its own line of bath and body products and the shower gels are really good. They smell great and I love that the fragrance lingers on for quite some time.

The packaging of all Sephora shower gels are the same. A plastic disc like bottle that contains 260ml of product. The gel looks like melted chocolate and it smells like that too. Decadent, rich and delicious! One whiff and you are transported to choc heaven! And I love that it does not smell synthetic and artificial. probably because it has cocoa bean extract in it. Even though this is a gel, the texture is more like a mix of lotion and gel and has a medium consistency i.e not too thick nor too runny. As a shower gel, it does its job pretty well. Lathers nicely, washes off easily and does not leave a slippery residue. Will not say that the shower gel is extremely moisturising but it does not leave my skin dry and stretchy either. 

Unfortunately, I don't know how much these cost at the Delhi Sephora store and my mum does not remember how much she paid for this in Singapore either. If any of you know how much this is in INR, do let me know. But one thing is for sure, if you are a chocoholic and like smelling of chocolate, do check out this Chocolate bubble bath and shower gel in a Sephora store. Pleasure guaranteed! 

Have you tried any of Sephora's own range of bath and body products?

Sephora Crayon Jumbo Liner 12 Hr wear Waterproof Pencil Green - Review, Swatch

My mum returned from Singapore last week and she got me a lot of stuff and I really mean it when I say lot! Will post a haul post soon but those who are on my Fb page, must have seen the preview already. Btw, if you have not liked my Fb page, you should totally do so. I try and post a lot of interesting (hopefully?) stuff out there :D. Anyway so coming back to today's post, its gonna be quite short, sweet and to the point. I'm writing about a shade in a range of eye pencil that is my all time favorite and its the Sephora Crayon Jumbo Liner 12 Hr Wear Waterproof pencil in shade Green. Pheww that's a long name!

The shade Green is a lovely emerald that looks gorgeous on the eyes both as a liner and an eye shadow. Sephora claims that they are resistant to water, heat, humidity and last for 12 hrs and I totally agree! The shade Green my mum got for me from Singapore but I'm sure you will get the color at the New Delhi Sephora store as well. I now have three of these amazing pencils in Black, Green and Purple and I'm aiming to buy all 14 colors if I manage to get my hands on them. To see the review and swatches of Black and Purple, click here.  

In India, I bought these for Rs 680 in April and hopefully the price is still the same despite the terrible performance of the Rupee against the Dollar. If you happen to visit a Sephora store, please do check out these pencils. They have great color payoff, are incredibly pigmented, the formula is wonderfully soft and creamy, safe to be used on the waterline and easily lasts for nearly 10-12 hrs without smudging. On the flipside, they are expensive, need to be sharpened which means waste of product and the fact that you can't really get a thin, precise line because of the size. I can overlook these cons simply because of the quality. 

If you love green on your eyes, then do check out the Sephora Crayon Jumbo Liner in Green. The other shades are pretty awesome too!

Sephora Rouge Cream Lipstick 1st Night - Review, Swatch, FOTD

In an earlier post where I reviewed the Sephora eye pencils, a lot of you had asked me what lipstick I was wearing in the FOTD pic so here I am revealing the name. It is a Sephora Rouge Cream lipstick and the name of the shade is 1st Night (couldn't they have come up with another name. This one is so cheesy!).

Anyone going to Sephora, do check out this range and specially this shade. 1st Night is described as a warm rose but I also think there is a bit of coral added to it. The color is really pretty and can be pulled off by any skin tone. Its bright but not neon bright and is perfect for summer. I find Sephora lipsticks to look quite attractive. The case is all black, the cap is very long, the base has Sephora printed on it and the best thing is that the bottom of the lipstick has a swatch of the lipstick color. This is very helpful when trying to hunt for a particular shade in a small drawer crammed with nearly 60 lippies!

Sephora describes the Rouge Cream lipstick as a hydrating one that creates full lips with intense color and I 100% agree. The pigmentation is awesome and it only takes one swipe to cover pigmented lips and go opaque. The texture is soft and creamy and just glides on the lips. The smell is a bit too sweet and strong for my liking but if you are a fan of lipsticks that smells like candy, you will like this. The finish is semi-matte but it also gives a nice sheen on the lips. The lipstick does not dry out my lips and it lasts for around 4 hrs. The Rouge Cream lipsticks are priced at Rs 800 each.

This is how it looks on me..

I love this color and when I go back to Sephora, will surely check out the other shades in the Rouge Cream line. If you like corally pink lipsticks, 1st Night can be a very good option. Its bright, very well pigmented, creamy and lasts for a decent amount of time. Recommended!

Have you tried any of Sephora's lipsticks?

Sephora Crayon Jumbo Liner 12 Hr wear Waterproof Pencils Black and Purple - Review, Swatch, EOTD, FOTD

We women are constantly on the lookout for two HG makeup products - a perfect shade of red to take us from plain Jane to glam diva instantly and the blackest smudge proof and waterproof eye pencil to add to the oomph factor. I belong to that category of women as well and my search for that wonder eye pencil has led me to try out innumerable brands till date, some I loved and some I detested. This time the quest led me to the eye pencil section in Sephora India's store where I met the Crayon Jumbo Liner 12 Hr wear Waterproof Pencils. At first glance, I wasn't that interested. I have a pretty large collection of eye pencils currently and I did not want to add to them. But then the SA started telling me about how these are Sephora's bestsellers and implored me to try them out at least one. I did and I was hooked! Without thinking too much, put two pencils in black and purple in my bag and moved on to the next section.

These pencils are super awesome and if you go to Sephora's store, you have to check them out. They double up as eyeliners and eye shadows and are great for adding bold color to lids and lash lines. Since these are jumbo pencils, you will not get a thin, precise line but these have to be the smoothest pencils that I've tried out. They just glide on like butter baby! The color payoff is awesome, specially the black pencil. The purple one is slightly low in pigmentation though and contains a pearly sheen. On the eyes, it does not look that bright. The black is just a pure matte pitch black and is great for a smudged smokey eye look.

When Sephora says waterproof and that these pencils last for 12 hrs, they really mean it. I've been wearing the black pencil everyday for the last two weeks and this thing does not budge. Once its set, only a makeup remover can take it off. If you want to use these as shadows or as a base, make sure to blend fast, else the color will dry and make it difficult to blend. I also tested the waterproof claim by swatching them at the back of my hand and vigorously rubbing with water. It took me 3 tries to get the color to fade so that claim pretty much works too. My Johnson's Baby oil takes it off easily though.

Purple on upper lash line and black on lower lash line

FOTD with the black eye pencil

I'm now kicking myself for not getting more of these pencils, at least the black one. There are about 8-9 colors in the range and all of them are so gorgeous. At Rs 680, they are by no means inexpensive but the quality is just fantastic. Very much at par with the high end brands or may be even better. Outside of India, they sell for around $12.

In short:

• These pencils can be used as eye liners, eye shadows or as a base
• The formula is wonderfully soft and creamy
• Good color pay-off
• Lasts for really 12 hrs
• Waterproof, smudge proof
• Safe to be used on waterline
• Need to be fast when blending else the color dries up pretty fast and then it does'nt budge
• Easy to remove

These jumbo pencils are every rupee worth its Rs 680 value. Do check them when you are at a Sephora store. Highly recommended!

Have you tried any of the Sephora Jumbo Liners? What's your favorite shade?

My Sephora and MAC Haul

I can't believe that it's been a week since I visited Sephora in Select Citywalk, New Delhi! Seems like yesterday I took an auto from Greater Kailash 2 at 10.00 am in the morning and rushed to the store before I left for Agra. I had about an hour and a half before I left and there were four stores that I needed to visit - Sephora, Zara, Starbucks and MAC. Kudos to me that I went to all of them, got the stuff I wanted and finished before time! Zara was disappointing since I did not find anything that I really felt like buying but Sephora and MAC were a different story. 

I was the first person in Sephora on a Sunday morning and it was lovely to have the store to myself. Honestly, I was expecting it to be much larger and have a wider variety of brands and products but what they do stock is pretty impressive too. My only gripe is that the prices are so high! I can understand for brands like Benefit and Makeup Forever but their in-house brand in stores outside India is pretty reasonable. Not so much here though. NYX is priced quite high as well. Guess import duties and taxes are the main culprits here. I still shopped though and bought quite a few stuff. 

This post is dedicated to what I bought in Sephora and MAC in that 1.30 hours inside Select Citywalk. Reviews will come up soon after I manage to make my face more presentable to show what these look on me. For now, enjoy the pics..

1. Soap & Glory All You Need is Scrub (Rs 1100)

2. Sephora Brightening and Hydrating Foundation (Rs 1080)

3. Sephora Cream Lip Stains (Rs 880 each)

4. Sephora Rouge Lipstick (Rs 800)

5. Sephora Crayon Jumbo Eye Liners in Black and Purple (Rs 680 each)

6. MAC Chili and Ruby Woo (Rs 990 each)

Which of these did you like the most?

My Sephora Blockbuster Makeup Palette

Every year during Christmas/New Year, Sephora comes out with its Blockbuster  Makeup palette to celebrate the holiday season. Since that time of the year is coming soon and Sephora has already launched the revamped Blockbuster Makeup Palette, thought I'd share with you the one I picked up from the Singapore Sephora a couple of years back for around 80 Singapore dollars. This palette packs quite a punch - 98 eye shadows, 70 Lip Glosses, 6 cream eyeliners, 5 eye pencils, 1 mascara and 3 blushes. And despite having all of this, I still buy makeup!!!

Take a look at this beauty...Drool on pretties :P

Eye Shadows

Lip Glosses

Mascara, Eye pencils and Cream Liners

Blushes

Liked what you saw?? :D