[MAYBELLINE] The Loaded Bolds | Review & Swatches

It's been a while since the last time I did like a proper thorough beauty review. I'd say at least a year? Eh, just checked, actually did one on my lovely germanikure cuticle nipper in January.

But I digress.

Since I felt like it's been years since I did one of these reviews, I got excited and put more efforts to the photos in this entry, so let's get to it, shall we?

Welcoming the new addition to Maybelline Color Sensational line..

♥︎♥︎♥︎ THE LOADED BOLDS ♥︎♥︎♥︎

What is it? It's a range of lipsticks with BOLD COLOR (as in not your usual light pink/nude lippie) and STRONG OPACITY.

Like my other reviews, I'm gonna get to all the points one by one and start with the general info:

• A total of 12 shades

• Retails for Rp 105,000.00

• Available online HERE(*) and offline at your local Maybelline counter

Now for the specific points.

✧PACKAGING✧

The tube is similar to other sensational lines, only this one is blue with a purple hue. The words on the cap are all printed on the plastic packaging, so if you remove the plastic, you'll be left with a plain blue-purplish tube. I do love the color of the tube though, looks chic IMO.

✧THE SHADES✧

YUP, they have BLUE, WHITE, and BLACK!! I'm ogling the audacious blue, chocoholic, and fearless purple right now 🤤 Not everyday a drugstore lipstick has a range of unconventional colors such as those. But other than the mentioned above shades (plus the fuchsia), the rest are pretty common colors, nothing special or surprising.

As for me, I have 3 colors with me to review, Fierce Fuchsia, Dynamite Red, and Smoking Red.

Here's a hand swatch of the colors. I'll get to the lip swatch in a bit when I go in-depth to each individual color.

First, I want to tell you my thoughts on the quality across the board for these lipsticks.

*Please note that this review is ONLY applicable strictly to these 3 shades that I've tried as lipsticks have the tendency to be different for each shade (some might be more opaque, some might be patchy, etc etc depending on the shade).

✧OPACITY✧

All three lipsticks are VERY OPAQUE, especially the reds (as you can see from the gif above). All three stay true to the claim that one swipe is enough. However, for the fuschia, I find that a second coat gives a smoother and more true-to-color payoff.

✧FORMULA & FINISH✧

The formula on all three lipsticks are very creamy, smooth, and glides on easily. The finish is demi-matte. Not drying on the lips and the wear is very comfortable (it doesn't feel "thick" on the lips). The formula is not transfer-proof per say, but even after you drink all day long, the lipstick is still there. Also something to note, the fuchsia tends to emphasize the dry skin on your lips a bit, so make sure to exfoliate before using that particular color

✧STAYING POWER✧

Now, as for the longevity, these babies can last for more than 8 hours PROVIDED you don't eat any heavy and/or oily food. Drinks and light snacks are fine, but once you get anything slightly oily pass the lipstick, it BLEEDS like crazy. It will feather out to the outside of your lips a la Miranda Sings, but if you're into that kind of thing, then go ahead I guess.

This is what happens after I ate fried noodles. Seriously, oily food is like a kryptonite to these lipsticks.

With all of that nitty gritty out of the way, let's get into the LIP SWATCH!

FIERCE FUCHSIA

This color is a straight up NEON fuchsia, like it's really super duper bright and neon-ish (I know, I'm so bad at describing color). This is one of the more unique colors out of the collection. I mean, usually, the fuchsia in lipstick is like a creamy solid fuchsia, right? But this one is B.R.I.G.H.T and have that "translucent" quality of a neon color. To be honest, this color is not my cup of tea and doesn't really suit my skin tone, so it's not something I'll wear again willingly, I don't think.

DYNAMITE RED

This is your usual warm-toned bright orangey red, nothing particularly unique about the color itself. Perfect for CNY imo.

SMOKING RED

This is my favorite out of the bunch because I personally prefer this kind of blue-toned deep red. The same as the other red, it's not really a unique kind of red, something you'll probably find in the other sensational color line. Is the color bold? Yes, it is. But it's a dime a dozen I feel like. Still a good solid lipstick though, so if you don't already have this kind of red in your collection, you can give this a go.

Here's a side by side swatches of the three lipstick.

✧OVERALL✧

It's a good quality lipstick with a relatively affordable price. The formula is wonderfully creamy and oh so comfortable on the lips. They have a beautiful demi-matte finish without drying your lips. I'm also satisfied with the 8 hours+ staying power despite them not being transfer-proof. Some of the color selections are quite unique to the drugstore, some are a dime a dozen. The only con I can think of for these lipsticks is its reaction to oily food; I'd be totally fine with fading color, but these lipsticks don't just fade, they bleed, creating clown-like mess outside your lips. But all in all, still a good solid lipstick, just remember to bring one to touch up with if you're planning to have oily lunch.

All right, that's all for this review, I hope you guys like all the GIF in this entry 😆 also the entry itself lah. You can purchase Maybelline The Loaded Bolds HERE (*) and you can use the coupon code "SBNLAC3U" to get 50k off.

Take care,

xoxo

FTC Disclaimer: I am NOT paid to write this entry, however I'm obligated to as a part of Sociolla blogger network because the items were sent to me specifically for review purposes. All opinion are mine and honest as always. Link(s) with (*) are affiliate link.

My Short-Travel Beauty Essential (March 2014)

A few weeks ago, I went to my hometown to take a breather for 4 days and I decided to take pics of beauty items that I packed with me as I feel that these items are the core of my beauty/skin care routine at that time (I've exchanged some of the items recently, will do the updated version next month when I went back to Jogja again).

I packed everything (except the Bioderma) in this convenient zebra-printed pouch I got from Lolabox. Aahh, I miss Lolabox's beauty tools, they've stopped including it now.

Face Products

• Make-Up Sponges - to apply BB Cream
• Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Silk Poreless Powder - Pressed powder (or loose powder) is a staple for me because most of the time I don't even bother to put on anything else other than some powder to remove the shine on my oily face
• The Body Shop Slanted Kabuki Brush - I prefer to use a brush to put on my powder since it gives a more translucent and even finish
• The Body Shop Vitamin E Cool BB Cream - I don't use BB Cream often, but this is my go-to BB Cream right now if I want a light coverage, but a bit more polished than just using pressed powder.
• Max Factor Mastertouch Under-Eye Concealer - My favorite concealer at the moment. Light, buildable, and easy to blend

• Bioderma Sensibio H2O

Eye Products

• Oriflame Eyelash Curler
• Maybelline The Falsies

Lip Products

• Oriflame Colour Drop in Peach Sensation
• Oriflame Colour Drop in Rose Elixir
• Oriflame Power Shine Juicy Lip Gloss in Fresh Sorbet
• Oriflame Power Shine Juicy Lip Gloss in Peach Cocktail
• Maybelline Baby Lips in Anti-Oxidant Berry

Skin Care

• Oriflame Pure Nature Pear & Nectarine Eye Gel 
• The Body Shop Shea Whip Body Lotion - My current on-the-go body lotion. I got it for free as a birthday gift (TBS member program) in 2012 and just started using it this year. I wasn't expecting to like the scent since it's not the kind of scent I usually lean to but surprisingly I love this one. Not too nutty and has a warm light sweet scent.
• Larissa Acne Lotion - My holy grail acne treatment (I think it's similar to the famous Mario Badescu drying lotion, only 10x cheaper) when I was in junior high. Just started using it again recently. I think they are more diluted now :( 
• The Body Shop Seaweed Mattifying Day Cream - I love this day cream so much. After using this,I don't get any dry patches like I usually do and it also helps mattify my face plus easily absorbed by the skin 
• Rudy Hadisuwarno Hair Intense Repair Serum

take care, xoxo

♥ My Birthday Look - Make-Up, Nail Art, & Outfit ♥

This is the make-up "tutorial" I talked about here.


I'm trying to do a different video than my usual ones, I hope you like it :) 
My birthday is actually on 27th of December and all the footage (except for the makeup) was filmed on the actual birthday dinner, but for the makeup, I just filmed it last month (which is why I have my valentine nail art on my nails) because I couldn't get good lightning in my hometown house.
I had lots of fun filming this video (editing it, however, is a whole other story), so I hope you guys enjoy this video.
I'm gonna blog about the birthday dinner in another entry ;)
take care, xoxo
-------------------------- PRODUCTS USED --------------------------
---Nails---

• [Etude House] Dear My Deep Color Nails in DBE101 Lazy Beige
• [Etude House] Dear My Party Nails in PBE102 Golden Bell

---Makeup---

• [Clinique] Moisture Surge
• [Revlon] 24Hrs ColorStay Foundation in 200 Natural Beige
• [LSC] Acne Loose Powder
• [Sleek] Storm Palette
• [Sleek] Au Naturel Palette
• [Maybelline] Gel Liner in Brown
• [Oriflame] Kajal Eyeliner
• [Maybelline] The Falsies Mascara
• [Maybelline] Baby Lips in Smoothing Cherry
• [Revlon] Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey
• [LT Pro] Shade & Tint Kit in 03

-Brushes-

• Sigma & Masami Shouko

---Outfit---

• White Lace Dress -- Gift
• Black & White Striped Gladiator Wedges -- Charles & Keith
• Flower Statement Necklace -- Cherise Paxton
• Black & White Striped Cardigan -- Number61

♥ November 2012 Favourites ♥

Hi loves <3

It has been quite a while since my last post, I thought after mid-exam I'll have a lot of free time, but turns out, I'm even more busy *sigh*

I know it's almost halfway through December, but nonetheless, here's products I've been loving for the month of November :)

1)PIXY Color of Delight - Eye Brow

I've only been getting into shaping & filling my eyebrows for a couple months. I used to think "nah, whatever eyebrows shape will work just fine. I have bangs to cover". But boy, was I wrong, eyebrows do frame your face and it does make a quite difference when you filling them in. Anyhoo, I bought this 'cos the one I stole (lol) from my mom was already so short. And the verdict is, I love it!! First thing first, it's quite cheap (less than 20k IDR)!! It glides on quite easily, not too "thick" (so you don't end up like you have caterpillar eyebows), and easy to blend in with your natural brows.

2)The Body Shop - Lip and Cheek Stain (Rose Pink)

I've been on a hunt for lipstain for quite a while and I was collecting TBS receipt to get member card, so when I found this I was like, "Scorreee!!". I don't know if it's just because it's my first lipstain or what, but I really love it <3 The color is very buildable and nice. The downside is, it's quite drying. But worry not, nothing a good ol' lip balm can't do to moisturize you lips! *I think I'm gonna do a review on this one*

3)Maybelline - The Magnum Volum' Express & Oriflame - Revelation Mascara
I think Magnum is similar to Colossal one in the US, but I heard the wand is different. And the Oriflame I've had this for a loooong time, but never use it. When I revisit it again, I fell in love. It's not clumpy, and the wand is kinda skinny, which made the application easier. I love it. I don't think they still have this though.

4) Godiva Chocolatier - Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Let me tell you, this is DABOMBDIGGITY (I know it's all in caps, because it's THAT good!!). It's sweet and salty and just so super yummy <3 It was a gift from my mom's friend and now I really want more but dunno where to get T.T

5) Lauren Conrad - Style
Since my last favs where I included L.A. Candy, I've been a little bit obsessed with Laured Conrad lol. I do love this book though. It's a fun read and I love all the eye candy pics inside :) Definitely going to buy the Lauren Conrad Beauty.


And that's conclude my November Favorites. I'm excited for Christmas and I hope you guys have a wonderful holiday <3 xoxo