A pick at Best in Beauty 2014 awards by BH

Unusual post today. Yes! A pick at BeautyHeaven's Best in Beauty awards for 2014. The list has been released yesterday and as I looked through it, I realised that were some products that I've used! So it'd be interesting for me to pick apart the list, yes?

Pick apart -- not in a bad way though. Or... maybe.

Let's go!

Note: No comments = have no used. Let me know if you've used it and think they deserve their place as the "best" though!

MAKE-UP

Best Eyeshadow -- Maybelline NY Color Tattoo

Best Eyeliner -- Maybelline NY Master Precise Liquid Liner
I was gifted this eyeliner from a friend, and it is pretty amazing, I must say! Doesn't smudge, precise tip, dark black, dries quick, affordable. Well deserved, MNY!

Best Mascara -- Benefit They're Real Mascara
Many beauties are a fan of this mascara. I've tried it, but only recently. I love using it on my bottom lashes since it does really well at lengthening. However, for my top lashes, it seems to weigh down a tad and clumps. Seems a bit unbuildable.

Best Lashes -- Ardell Lashes #120

Best Lip Liner -- Innoxa Invisible Lip Shaper

Best Lip Gloss -- Lanolips Lip Ointment with Colour

Best Lip Plumper -- Mirenesse Velvet Lip Lift Moisture Shine

Best Lip Balm -- Nuxe Reve De Miel Lip Balm

Best Lipstick -- YSL Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick

Best Blush -- M.A.C Blush

Best Brow Product -- Benefit Gimme Brow

Best Bronzer -- Benefit Hoola

Best Illuminator -- YSL Touche Eclat

Best Concealer -- Maybelline NY FITme Concealer
I've tried this, but it caked under my eyes... and creased. Perhaps not one for under-eye concealing?

Best Foundation -- Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-In-Place Makeup
Urgh. I've yet to try this! Too expensive!  ⊙︿⊙

Best BB Cream -- Garnier Skin Naturals Miracle Skin Perfector BB Cream
I have a review of this somewhere! It barely gives any coverage..?!

Best Primer -- L'Oreal Paris Base Magique Primer 
Not a bad primer. A bit thick in consistency and therefore, a tad hard to blend!

Best Make-Up Tool - Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler 
I really need this in my life! Even after so much hype, I've yet to purchase it! Pricey! >_<

Best Make-Up Remover -- Garnier Skin Naturals Micellar Water
A dupe to Bioderma. I've tried this. I can see why so many people love it.. Cheap and works well.

SKINCARE

Best Exfoliant -- Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant

Best Face Mask -- Biore Self Heating One Minute Mask
What? There's such a product? I've never seen it around!

Best Day Moisturiser -- Dr. Lewinn's Day Cream Moisturiser

Best Night Moisturiser -- Nuxe Creme Prodigieuse Nuit

Best Age Management Product -- Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Syncronized Recovery Complex II

Best Spot Treatment -- La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo [+]

Best Eye Treatment -- Strivectin Eye Concentrate for Wrinkles

Best Wash/Cleanser -- Cetaphil - Gentle Skin Cleanser
Ah. I've used this years ago when I had really bad acne. I should give it another go after I finish these cleansers!

Best Face Wipes -- WOTNOT Facial Wipes
Definitely the best! A tad pricey, but they are really good! My review here >

Best Toner -- Sukin Hydrating Mist Toner
Uhmm... no. For my dry skin, I found it became too dependent on this product. I've mentioned it somewhere on the blog, some time ago. But that was basically what happened!

Best Skin Care Device -- Olay Regenerist Advanced Cleansing System
I have this at home. It has been sitting away in the cupboard for yonks! I should get to it.... [lazy].

Best Skin Tone Corrector -- Trilogy Rosehip Oil Antioxidant+

Best Treatment Product -- Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil

HAIR

Best Hair Treatment -- Moroccanoil Original Treatment

Best Shampoo -- Fudge Clean Blonde Shampoo

Best Conditioner -- Aveda Invati Thickening Conditioner

Best Hair Colour -- Garnier Olia Hair Colour

Best Curler -- muk Haircare muk Curl Stick

Best Straightener -- ghd eclipse

Best Dry Shampoo -- Klorane Dry Shampoo with Oat Milk

Best Hair Dryer -- Phillips Pro Dryer

Best Styling Product -- Wella System Professional LuxeOil Reconstructive Elixir

Best Hair Accessory -- Lady Jayne Bun Styl'r

A closer look at the list... I'm surprised L'Oreal has only been mentioned once (their Base Magique Primer). Besides that, there's not any other mentions. Especially hair.

Brands like WOTNOT and Lady Jayne are not very well known so I'm glad to see them there.

The scoreboard topper is Maybelline, with 4 products that made the list! Followed by Garnier and Benefit with 3 winning products.

It's nice to see a round-up on these categories. ( ⋂‿⋂’)

Are there any products mentioned that you feel should not be on the list?

Give me them thoughts! I'd love to hear your thoughts on these products, and which ones you think do not deserve these "BEST OF..." labels!

Type away!



Discloser: Not a sponsored post, in any way. 

Rambles: MISSHA Perfect Cover BB Cream SPF42+

So as most of you have probably heard... BB creams, lately, have been a rising product in Asia and many Youtube bloggers e.g. Bubzbeauty, Frmheadtotoe Jen & MzJackieChu have had some sort of experience with.

So, what IS B.B. Cream?

B.B. Cream is short for Blemish Balm Cream and is a product which provides a light-weight coverage with many combining properties such as skin whitening, anti-wrinkle and a bunch of other goodies. Being unsure where it's originated from, it's actually quite popular in South-East Asia and in fact, only Asian companies manufacture these BB Cream (excluding Maybelline from Singapore, of course).

There are many many many brands out there, such as Skin79, Dr. Jart and a thousand others. The only international company I know which makes BB Cream is Maybelline, but the product itself is NOT distributed internationally. Only in Singapore or Malaysia, I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong but I DO know that for sure, there IS a Maybelline BB Cream.

Anyways, a few years ago, I've tried out Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream SPF42+ in No.23.

I don't have it anymore because I've passed it to a bestie who found it to work on her really well :) since it didn't work out for me..

I bought it after watching Bubzbeauty's review and after a long time of using. I'm unsure how long, but surely more than a month.

At that time, I still had my acne, and I don't remember if it broke me out or anything as my skin was always breaking out. So applying it, I don't know whether it got worse or not.

About MISSHA Perfect Cover BB Cream:

M Perfect Cover B.B Cream No. 31 SPF42 PA+++

$32.90 / 50ml SUPERB COVERAGE of facial blemishes Multi Functional 3-Way COVER B.B Cream!! Whitening + Anti-Wrinkle + UV Protection (SPF 42 PA+++) Sourced from here>

My skin conditions at the time: My skin was very oily a few years back. It wasn't until I went on Roaccutane that my skin started to dry up and now my skin conditions has definitely went for a whopping 360 degrees change.

When applied: I'm unsure if I have got darker or light over the years or anything, but right now, I am about a NC25-NC30. I'm much more of a warm undertone. When applied on me, it didn't cover very much of my acne or anything. I definitely didn't see any whitening at all, but it didn't make me tan easily either. It was just neutral. The coverage was definitely very very sheer. And when applied, it had a grey cast over my face, no matter where I applied it.

I'm REALLY unsure about the oxidized finish. Besides that, it made my skin look very shiny and at the time, it was Autumn, but some days were very hot.

However, for my friend! I saw her apply it yesterday with her fingers and realised that it looks VERY nice on her. It matched her skin very nicely with no greyish cast. And I don't notice anything about the oxidized shade after a few hours. She doesn't need to much coverage at all so the BB cream suited her VERY well! :) And she also said she liked it very much and the shade really matched her skin tone too! I'm really unsure about her MAC shade though since she doesn't use foundation :P

So that's the experience we both had. It differs for our skin conditions and our needs. So yes.

Unlike my friend, I seek for a heavier coverage so the product wasn't for me. I prefer tinted moisturizers over the Missha BB Cream really. I haven't tried other BB creams yet so I can't tell you.

But this was my experience with oily and acne-prone skin with Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream in shade #23. I think there's a shade #31 now if anyone wants to give it a try :P

Research for swatches and reviews!

Apologies for no swatches because I no longer own the BB Cream :P

Yours deerest,

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MAC Studio Fix Fluid & Revlon Colorstay Foundation Color Chart

For all requests on helping you choose a suitable shade: I've found this chart from around the web, so I really have no idea and won't be able to help you pick out a shade from Revlon or MAC. Sorry! Good luck though!

Hi everyone!! :) Getting back to beauty blogging... I've heard great reviews about BOTH MAC SFF & Revlon Colorstay Foundation, but I have never tried using them yet :3

But MAC's foundations are sooooooooo expensive, so I only grabbed only the exfoliator. Their foundations were $48.00 each, so both products would be $AUD96.00 ... Therefore, I am gonna order from USA... Since the foundations are only $USD28.00.. But I need to find a US resident who will be able to help me out :3

ANYWAYS. So.. since I have an idea of what shade I am... I was struggling to find the equivalence in Revlon's Colorstay foundation. Took me a while to research this. And I hope this helps for you too! ... If you're facing the same problem.

This chart was copied DIRECTLY from HERE >

Revlon Colorstay vs MAC Studio Fix Fluid - Color Chart

Ivory: NW15/NC15 (lightest shade of the ranges)

Buff: NC20 (best match for fair NCs)

Sand Beige: NC20-25 (with somewhat neutral undertones)

Nude: NC25 (with peachy undertones, definitely not for pinks or true goldens)

Natural Beige: NW20 (tends to run pink)

Medium Beige: NC27 (between Sand Beige & Golden Beige)

Fresh Beige: NW25 (with pinky undertones)

Golden Beige NC30 (with yellow/olive undertones)

Warm Golden: NW30/NC30 (with somewhat neutral undertones)

True Beige: NW30 (with pinky undertones - for Fresh Beige in Summer)

Natural Tan: NC40/NC42 (more neutral than Golden Caramel)

Early Tan: NW35 (with somewhat peach undertones)

Rich Tan: NW35 (with pinkish undertones)

Golden Caramel: NC40/NC42 (more golden than Natural Tan)

Toast: NW43/NC45 (with neutral undertones)

Rich Ginger: NW45 (very peachy-pink)

Caramel: NC45

Cappucino: NC50 (slightly more peach than Caramel)

Mahogany: NW50/NC55 (the darkest of NWs, but not extremely peachy)

Mocha: NW55 (seems to be very cool toned)

I am gonna check out the range soon, and most definitely WILL try out the testers! This chart may not be precise, so please be careful! :)

I am by-no-means an expert. I don't understand much of these shading things! But if you have any question! Please leave in the comment and we can try to discuss with other beauty bloggers too! :)

EDIT: Please not that this color chart does NOT apply to Revlon's PhotoReady Foundation!