Ere Perez - Makeup line

Finally Ere Perez has arrived to the UK, released by Natralismo for purchase. Naturally sourced and produced makeup. Im so excited to share this brand with you on my blog, so it will be a more in-depth review. 

About :

When I was a little girl growing up in Mexico, I loved playing with makeup. My mum used to give me beetroot to use as lipstick and blusher, the future inspiration for my Beautiful Beetroot Cheek & Lip Tint.

My maternal grandfather a traditional medicine man using locally available herbs, flowers, plants and oils. He taught the healing properties of plants and flowers. My paternal grandfather was also a biochemist, I had the benefit of the scientific perspective. I was inspired to work on my idea for a natural makeup range that would nourish, enhance and enable women to feel beautiful from the inside out. In 2004 my first product, the Natural Almond Oil Mascara was born. It’s being thoughtful and considerate of other people, making the most of our natural beauty and recognising our inner strength. 

- Cheek & Lip Tint in Joy 

Beautiful beetroot cheek tint – a natural stain for long-lasting cherry red colour. With rosehip extract and organic beetroot pigments, it quickly creates flushed-looking, rosy cheeks and that touch of colour to brighten your skin. A little goes a long way, so use sparingly for softer colour or apply freely for strong intense red if desired. Roll-on, easy to use and waterproof. 

- Natural Cheek Tints

1. After applying your makeup or to a clean face, apply this product to cheeks for the same effect of a blush/stain. 

2. Simply roll on, a little at a time and then rub in with fingers until the colour blends to a natural hue.

3. For lips, apply as you would a gloss and also rub in to blend.

This cheek and lip stain is easily applied with the a rollerball system. (Ive never seen this method to apply) However it's easy and effective for both lips and cheeks. As the formula is of a liquid slightly gel formation, making for easy application on the lips and cheeks. 

Upon the lips the stain feel's comfortable they arent drying like most. 

Versatile Vanilla Highlighter Sun Halo

Sun Halo will gently illuminate the skin with a soft golden glow. Perfect for all skin tones, the new golden shade gives a sun-kissed look to fair skins and for highlighting already tanned and olive or darker tones.

Its gorgeously soft, shimmery and creamy formula that is really easy to apply with the fingertips. Perfect for brightening up and awakening tired eyes before or after a big night out, it instantly softens and brightens the skin.

Now when i saw this highlight my first impression was it was going to be too dark for my skintone. Look's however are decieving as this can be used as a cream eyeshadow also. As the above swatches show the cream shadow form is so pigmented and as a highlight blended gives this rich golden tone. Perfect for upcoming summer and to give a luminous glow. The formula is a nice cream consistancy but more a thick balm, which allows for just enough product to be applied. It's a beautiful product and im defiantly purchasing the additional shade. 

- Natural Almond Oil Mascara

Smudge-proof, water resistant and made with the highest quality ingredients. Super organic almond oil strengthens and lengthens lashes, prevents lashes from falling out and stimulates growth with conditioning vitamin E. Perfect for sensitive eyes and contact lenses. Be kind to your eyes and choose this all-natural mascara with no chemicals or synthetic ingredients. 

- Natural Mascara's

1. Easy to use with a bendable brush for expert application. Always apply as the last step in your makeup routine.

2. Simply dip wand into container, wipe excess mascara on the rim and apply in upward strokes to the underside of your lashes. Apply several layers to build colour on top lashes, and a single layer to bottom. 

3. Apply to eyebrows to shape them in upwards motions, then straighten out the top line.

4. Remove mascara with sweet almond oil.

This mascara is well presented and the brush goes from a thin to thicker wand width. This aids with application as the thin end can coat the thinner lashes, the rest of the brush coats your lashes really well. Its a drier formula which means it adheres well to the lash and gives a fantastic pigmented coat of mascara. Really lovely mascara that didnt clump etc, seperated my lashes and gave me a lovely natural look.

- LookBook 

This look includes me using the highlight as a base for my eyeshadow and also shows two coats of mascara applied. I love the cheek/lip tint as it is not drying and easily can be blended out. I love the look the highlight especially allowed me to create, it was perfect for eyeshadow as the slight tackiness held the shadow as I packed it on for blending.

The mascara to finish off the look just brought it all together. I love these products and im excited to purchase more, as the quality and natural product choice is fantastic. 

AKA Makeup

A.K.A Cosmetics

Is not a brand I've heard of but was asked to review by a blogger community site. So we received a lipstick, eyeshadow duo and nail polish. 

They say :

A.K.A is a new and exciting cosmetic brand formed in 2011. The company behind the brand are based in the UK with the majority of the goods produced in the UK.

The concept  The act of putting on your makeup is almost a ritual. As the makeup goes on you grow in confidence and the excitement starts to grown in anticipation of the times yet to come. As the layers of colour are applied your personality can change, a playful self starts to come out, any inertia to the ensuing activity brushes away revealing another you that is raring to go. This other you transformed by the application of makeup is where the notion of A.K.A comes from. There is power to do whatever you desire with your alter ego. The way that the application of colour makes you feel as your other you is also emblazoned on all the packaging. This statement is on the pressed powders and also on the boxes reminding you of the journey you are about to take 

Influence, captivate, smoulder and shine with the looks you can achieve. Stunning colours and careful picked shade structures give you the palette to achieve many different looks. Day, night, party, work or play it will not phase you with this solid range. 

The range is designed for covering your basic requirements yet with a smothering of some fun colours to set you out from the crowd.

The set came in a professional bag and with a lovely booklet to explain the products etc. The outer packaging in white is really professional looking however the packing the product comes in does look a little cheap. 

So with the eyeshadow duo it comes off with a silvery taupe colour then a matte/satin version. So I do think the pigment is good payoff and blends well, so the eyeshadow is a good product. However the casing needs to be updated and the sponge applicators are rough to the touch. If this was all you had to use I would use my finger. 

So this is how it applies and blends, so its sort of a taupe colour. Its rough to show the payoff together and i use these as blending colours to my smokey eyes where i don't want to use a full on black.

Next the lipstick was a real confusion item for me as it looked like a nice red but then on swatching was so sheer. It came across as a tinted balm or lip butter , there is some colour payoff but not what i would consider good if your saying this is lipstick. So again this needs a reformulating or rebranding to not mislead consumers as to the colour payoff. However on the lips it does give a tint to the lips which i liked as its a raspberry red colour, great for the incoming winter and if you want just a tint. 

The nail polish is probably the only item that was true to colour and description. It was a silvery, taupe colour which i loved and was really impressed with. It didn't chip or need more then one coat to reach the colour payoff shown. I added two to give it more of a duo-chrome affect as it looks grey in some lights then a dazzling silvery taupe in another light. So this was a really nice colour and called "tarnish" which was lovely. 

So overall im not too impressed, i think the lipstick needs to be more pigmented and less sheer of a formula or re-named. I don't like the packaging at all i think it needs updating and more of a push into the better market, the white plastic is not at the higher end of the spectrum. The nail polish was really impressive and actually lived up to its colour pay off, the eyeshadow was not as good as it could have been. The colours are not new and there are cheaper better brands on the market so its going to be lost in a market thats hard to crack. With some changes then A.K.A could be an amazing brand it has the professional presentation and look, it just needs to make some tweaks to the packaging.