Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Powder Perfect Nail Polish & Cosmetics Review

Hi ladies!
I have some products to show you from a pretty new Aussie indie cosmetics brand Powder Perfect. The owner, Jacinta, sells handmade lipstick, cuticle balm and nail polish. Her lipsticks are organic & vegan, as are the cuticle balms. The nail polishes are big 5-free! (This means they contain no toluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate, camphor & tosylamide/formaldehyde resin.) I have 5 nail polishes, 2 lipsticks and 2 cuticle balms to show you today! :)


nail polishes

I'll show you the nail polishes first! :) The nail polishes come in a 12mL square bottle like most Australian indie brands use. Powder Perfect has a lot of different nail polish colours and finishes so there's bound to be something that everybody likes in their line.

Powder Perfect Jace

Jace is a yellow gold base with a ton of bronze gold micro glitters. On the Etsy listing, it says that you can wear this polish alone in 2 coats, or you can wear it as a topper over another colour. I did try it over another colour and in my opinion I didn't really like the look. I think it's a little too opaque to be worn as a topper. For me anyway. This is from Powder Perfect's Shadowhunter collection.
This is a very pretty colour, I don't feel like it looks super good on my skin tone, however.
I used 2 coats of Jace (no top coat).


Powder Perfect Lake Lyn

Lake Lyn is also from the Shadowhunter collection. It's an aqua base with blue & green glitters, as well as little rose gold flakes. This one was very pigmented!
I used 2 coats of Lake Lyn (no top coat).



Powder Perfect Raspberry Whorl

Raspberry Whorl is a gorgeous fuchsia hot pink creme. This one comes from the Spring collection. This is a perfect perfect perfect hot pink! I will love wearing this in summer. :)
I used 2 coats of Raspberry Whorl (no top coat).



Powder Perfect The Clave

The Clave is a beautiful grey with a subtle holographic shimmer! This comes from the Shadowhunter collection. I absolutely love this colour. It's super unique; I don't own a grey holo! When I swatched this I did not want to remove it, haha.
I used 2 coats of The Clave (no top coat).


Powder Perfect Water Wraith

Water Wraith is an amazing aqua and teal glitter. I think some of the glitters in this are also iridescent and holographic. I think this would have to be my favourite of the ones I tried, it's AMAZING. ♥ My camera couldn't even handle how gorgeous this is! :( You'll just have to take my word for it. ;)
I used 2 thick coats of Water Wraith alone with top coat.


lipsticks

This is my first time ever reviewing lipsticks so please bear with me!


The lipsticks came packaged in cute little boxes which is nice. I accidentally ripped one of the boxes because I was too excited to get into it LOL, so I only have a photo of one of the boxes. ;)
The tubes are really nice, with 'Powder Perfect' printed on in silver. The packaging feels like nice quality to me.

The lipsticks come in loads of different shades from light to dark colours. I have two colours to show you. Granita and Pink About It.

Granita

Granita is a coral colour with a bit of a pink sheen to it.
A really nice colour for spring/summer in my opinion!

Pink About It

Pink About It is a mauve-ish sort of colour, with a subtle sheen also.
I thought this one would look a bit funny on me, but it's actually a very wearable colour!

Both lipsticks were super easy to apply, they glide on really nicely. They also feel really moisturising on the lips. They're buildable, so you can wear them sheerer, or build them up to be more opaque. Pink About It is more opaque than Granita, however.

Pink About It also had a slightly longer wear time than Granita, possibly because it's more pigmented? They won't last on the lips through a meal, but I haven't really found a lipstick that will last on me through a meal so that's not that bad. Before eating, I think it would last about two or three hours before needing to reapply.

I had planned on doing swatches of these on my lips, but I could not get the photos colour accurate that way, so below I have swatched them on my arm. As you can see, they are quite pigmented and moisturising.


I thought I should also mention that when I was applying Pink About It, the lipstick actually broke. :( But this was entirely my fault! Jacinta recommends to wind up the lipstick minimally because they are so soft and creamy that they may break like mine did. So definitely be careful with yours. :) A broken lipstick is fixable though!

cuticle balms


I love that Powder Perfect calls their cuticle balms 'Cute-icle Balms'! Because they really are cute! Haha. The packaging is so adorable! :) There's 5 scents to choose from including Unscented, Raspberry, Sweet-Orange, Chocolate, and Jelly Bean.
I have the Organic Chocolate Cute-icle Balm and Organic Raspberry Cute-icle Balm.

These are so lovely! Both cuticle balms smell absolutely delicious! Good enough to eat! :D They have a really lovely buttery texture. In the tin, they look like they might be waxy in texture but they're much more buttery and soft. The balm melts right into the skin so nicely and moisturises the cuticles/skin right away.
These can also be used on any other dry patches on your body like elbows, knees and are even safe to use on your lips! :) Yummy.


I am absolutely in love with all of the products I tried. I 100% recommend these to all of you! Jacinta has a bunch of other colours / scents in the store apart from the ones I have shown, so even if the ones I showed aren't your style she probably has one that you'll like! :)

Powder Perfect
*Product(s) in this post were provided to me by the company or PR for my 100% honest review. For more info please read my Disclosure Policy*

5 comments:

  1. I loved all things you showed us here...pretty colours, perfect package, organic! Thanks for share with us this brands, I'm at Etsy now loving everything, hehe.
    A big hug!
    Natalia.

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  2. I am in love with the cute-icle balms!
    Any idea if they ship to Europe?

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  3. Hi Anc, we can ship the CUTE-icle balms and lipsticks to Europe. :)

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  4. The packaging of the lipsticks and balms is fantastic! Now I want a raspberry cuticle balm :D

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  5. I want the shadow hunter polishes soo badly, that I looked for an australian nail mail buddy and I happily found one :) so my first two will be on the way to me soon :) can't wait till they get here and I hope some day I'll have the whole shadow hunter collection :)
    Greets from Germany
    Mina

    Ig: nailsbymina :)

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