KIKO skin evolution concealer review

I just reviewed the foundation version of this concealer, so here's my opinion on the concealer! Again, I picked this up in the sale for £3.30! That's one thing I love about KIKO - they're always on sale!

Anyway, the packaging is pretty basic - matte black, white text. The actual packaging of the concealer is a nice sleek matte black - it looks very nice and high quality. I am a big fan!

This is a stick concealer, and unlike other ones, it is very creamy and thick. This definitely is a high coverage concealer that can be used to cover imperfections and spots. If you tend to stay away from stick concealers, try this. It feels amazing.

Once again, just like the foundation, it is quite red toned, so double check the shades for these. I don't know if the whole range tends to be red toned but for me, who is quite cool to yellow toned it can be difficult.

In the image below the first 2 blobs/swatches are the foundation and the final thicker one is the concealer. It matches me slightly better but on my face you can see how red toned it is.

Regardless, it's a nice, longlasting concealer and is definately more on the matte side. I'd give it 4/5 stars and it definitely worth more than the price it has.

Foundation review HERE

- Ria x

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KIKO Skin evolution foundation review

I was at covent garden and as usual, KIKO was on sale. I decided to pick up their skin evolution foundation which was half price at £6.30 I believe. I tried to find some reviews quickly in the store, but none of them were in english! Anyway, I got it because it was such a good price, and here's my opinion :)

This is the card packaging - its very sleek, simple and informative. The actual packaging is a sturdy high quality matte bottle. It comes with a pump which is always a plus. I really like the packaging, it's nothing like anything I have.

I have the shade cocoa 116. I would say this foundation is medium to full coverage. It is quite high coverage while feeling light on the skin. I have dry skin and I didn't feel it was drying or clinged to any dry patches, but it wasn't particularly moisturising either. Something that stuck out to me was how red toned the foundation is. You can almost tell in the swatch how cool toned my skin is compared to the foundation. I have to do a lot of blending to make sure it doesn't look ridiculous. I also have to blend a lot down to my neck which is something I don't like doing because I don't want my foundation transferring to clothing, however it is not a huge problem.

I wore the foundation quite recently and it lasted all day without going oily, bearing in mind I did use a primer (claire's face primer) as I like to prime every day. I was very happy with how it looked - flawless all day. It covered a lot of my uneven skin as well as spots too. It doesn't smell odd or have anything off putting like that. The amount of product you get is also very good for the price.

I definitely am a fan of this foundation, but if you have cool toned skin make sure you have a close look at swatches and which one to go for.

I would give this 4/5 stars. Click here for my review of the concealer version of this.

-Ria.

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w7 Banana dreams loose powder review

Review on w7 Banana Dreams loose powder

So I was looking for an alternative to the Ben Nye powder as it's quite pricey. I came across 2 alternatives - an LA Colors one (which I can't get in the UK) and the w7 Banana Dreams. 

I bought this for £5 on eBay however some people have found it for £2 in Peacocks - you'll be lucky if you find it there though, I find their w7 displays are often a hit or miss.

I believe the product inside is 20g, which is a great price. You get a lot of product for £5! 

The packaging is very simple [first pc: http://beautybestfriend.com/] you get a sturdy circular box with a black lid. I'm honestly not a huge fan of it - the lid font choice looks tacky to me, but packaging honestly isn't something I care much for.

There are some holes at the top like most loose powders to get the product by shaking. The powder is a yellowy shade as you can imagine since it is a banana powder.

The granules of the powder are very very fine and soft. I really love how this powder feels.

I bought this for use on prom, and I was very worried about flashback. If applied evenly this powder is amazing. I need more practise with it but the actual powder has no white cast. - Great for WOC/Dark skin.

The powder lasts all day. I have worn it on several occasions and using it to bake means my make-up stays matte all day. This is amazing to press into oily areas of your face. Trust me - it will last all day. I can even tell the parts I set and the parts I didn't as some parts of my face are dewy and some matte - but it looks all smooth!

I get no odd smell from this powder, it's completely fine and without a doubt I would give it 5 stars. Other reviews of it have been very positive too. 

You can buy here:

ebay

amazon

w7 site

tesco

Check out my Prom GRWM where I use it!

-Ria

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Welcome to my blog!

Hi everyone!

My name is (glo)Ria. I am starting this blog mainly for beauty and fashion - any reviews, deals or updates. I have a youtube but I like to do interesting and fun beauty videos rather than loads of reviews so I have decided to start a blog to occasionally post on. My youtube can be found here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXvodRLtMe_IJxi1CbPQXw and my instagram is @xriagn where I have a basic beauty feed and I do q&as. I'm not too active on it purely because of lighting, but blog posts will be forwarded there.

Feel free to follow the blog in the sidebar or leave comments for requests! I have school so my activity may change in september but I'm exciting to move forward with this!

Thanks for reading x

Ria

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