flawless

Seeing all those famous faces walk the red carpet with flawless skin, makes me wonder what do they apply on their skin? 

With my minimum acknowledgement in beauty world, I decided to walk into one of make up store that currently have a make over. They finally open first flagship store in Bandung, complete with make up supplies for professional make up artist (MUA). So the makeover thingy is a promotional stint. I desperately wanna know what's the secret of flawless skin. I have normal (tend to oily) skin with quite big pores around nose area. Using foundation only doesn't help much. It doesn't cover perfectly. I thought, MUFE is one of my fav brand too.. So why not give it a shot?

I know the daily treatment ritual is as important to maintain flawless skin. I'm using Clinique as my main facial treatment and recently I tried la Mer. I've been using Crème de la Mer for a month now as my night cream, in hoping to get healthier and pore-less skin. Baby steps, it helps a bit. I think I'll use it for a very long time. 

Shortly, yesterday I went to Make Up For Ever new store at Bandung Supermall to get a make over. As far as I concern, here's the list of products that applied on my face:



Gentle Milk



First of all she cleaned my face using Gentle Milk. After my skin ready to received all those make up, then she started. 

• Step 1: PRIMER

She pat HD Primer #7 (after blend it with HD elixir) on my face. It helps to add radiance and prepare my face before make up session. The HD Primer comes in 6 color-correcting shades and one transparent shade to correct skin imperfections. The Elixir is actually a serum to help tighten our face, but I don't see the difference. 



HD Primer





HD elixir



   

• Step 2: CORRECTOR

Blessed are those women who already have smooth skin without zits, dark spots, and blackheads. But as we all know, we mostly do have the aforementioned skin problems. Hence, the corrector. For that reason, my MUA recommended me to use 5 Camouflage Cream Palette. Thanks to their highly concentrated in pigments, they are perfect for covering dark spots and unifying the complexion. There are several shades, depend on your needs. However after applied it on my skin my dark spots and other imperfection eventually disappear. 

She also used the dark shade from corrector to sculpt my face.

5 Camouflage Cream Palette



• Step 3: FOUNDATION

Since I usually use Mat Velvet foundation, I chose Face & Body for alternative. She said it gives us dewy look. I already knew that and actually it's the reason why I never buy it in a first place, I love matte finish actually. But nothing to lose, so I give it a try. My MUA blended two colors and mix it with Uplight for adding glow. She applied it with Ellipse Sponge till she achieved "evenness". Finally, she added Loose Powder to finish the "face" section.

Face & Body

Uplight

Ellipse sponge



Loose Powder



     

• Step 4: EYES

When she asked about what theme I'd like to pick, I quickly said "glamorous" with red lips. I didn't want my eyes look too heavy but she insisted to try on the smoky look. Alright then. She used Aqua Cream #1 (anthracite) and #2 (steel) to create smoky eyes look. To be honest, I think aqua cream is not that easy to apply. It is highly pigmented but hard to blend. I'd rather use the usual eyeshadow (powdery one), cos my make up skill level isn't that high. 

After applied the Aqua Cream, she used Aqua Black waterproof cream eyeshadow as eyeliner and top off with Aqua Smoky Lash mascara. I must say I loved it but will keep up with the usual powder eyeshadows.



Aqua smoky lash



 

Aqua cream swatches #1 and #2



Aqua black

• Step 5: Cheeks

The MUA use HD Cream Blush as blush on, she dab it very carefully to avoid cake-y finish. It is indeed challenging cos I always end up having a different thickness between right and left cheek. For this matter, again, I'm gonna stick to my powdery blush on. Well the result was GREAT (only when done correctly!) 

HD Blush

 

• Step 6: LIPS

I requested earlier to have a red lips, so she chose the reddest shade in store. Called "MOULIN ROUGE" from Rouge Artist Intense lipstick range. You know what? I didn't like it. The texture was okay, like all my MUFE lipsticks. It moisturized my lips, but it doesn't last long. I'd still prefer YSL or Chanel for its longevity and pigment. And this will always be my fave red shade.

Rouge Intense Artist "Moulin Rouge"

• Step 7: FINISHING

After all make up done, she finished it with applying HD Powder with kabuki brush. She said the extremely fine powder can sets the foundation and matifies the skin without changing its natural contours. I absolutely loved it and my make up lasts all night (I only did one touch up before the party) I assumed it helps a lot even when I didn't use my trustworthy Mat Velvet foundation. I ain't need blot paper whatsoever.

HD Powder



Overall, I was happy with the result. At least now I know what's the secret formula of having flawless skin (based on MUFE). I didn't walk home empty handed, I bought Primer #7 and HD powder. Anyway, on this post I tried to review my make over by MUFE. I bet there are hundreds products out there that worth to try. But from now on, I guess I'm gonna stick with it until I find better products to play with. The brushes also play an important role to achieve flawless skin, but MUFE brushes cost a bomb :( I know it's an investment. Maybe I'll consider to buy it one at a time.

Been waiting to see the result? Well here it is..

Since I hate the red shade that MUFE had to offer, as soon as I got home I immediately removed it and changed it to my nude-pinkish lip color from Burberry called Burberry nude rose. What do you think, which one is better? And also I added my fave shimmer, Bobbi Brown shimmer brick in bronze. (that's the reason of my glowing cheeks!) LOL

I was happy as I finally get the result I wanted (flawless skin). The products that applied in my face really covered my imperfection. The only thing that I didn't like about the make over was the lipstick. It didn't match with my already-heavy eyes. 

But of course, make up only helps you to look good outside. Don't forget to wear your best accessories, SMILE :) because real beauty comes from within. 

sneak peek from MUFE products



in store




after get my hair done

Burberry nude rose lipstick

at the party with my sister