BECCA Jaclyn Hill Champagne Collection Face Palette - First Impressions

S$80 from Sephora.sg 
US$52 from Sephora.com
Will be launched at Sephora ION, Singapore on 22 July 2016
Made in USA

This palette is one of the most beautiful I've seen and own!  The palette feels solid, looks beautiful and I love that its so shiny.

The product are all extremely pigmented, both highlighters are very beautiful with fine shimmers, you will definitely love them.  On the other hand, they feels alittle soft and do kick up some powder when I dip my brush into it.  By that I mean, the powder is not as tightly pressed as Nars or Mac's blushes for example.  It seems to me they might shatter easily.

The compact has a large mirror which I love, and it opens approximately 150 degrees (Check out picture below, for reference 180 degrees is where the compact opens completely flat. 90 degrees is a right angle), which is amazing.  You'll appreciate it after owing products like Burberry's blushes, which opens approximately 90 degrees.  However, the hinges isn't tight enough, if I want the mirror to stay at another angle, say 120 degrees, it will drop to its maximum with any movement. But that could just be a flaw with my compact and others may not have that problem.

Of the blushes, my favorite is Pamplemousse.  Its a beautiful strawberry red with tiny and sparse imperceptible shimmers.  Rose Spritz is extremely shimmery, will work over matte blush when you want a glow on your cheeks.  Amaretto doesn't work on my skintone (I'm ethnically Chinese for reference), I'd probably use it as an eyeshadow color.  

I recommend using brushes like Wayne Goss' No. 14 or The Air-Brush with this palette.  Because all the shades are so pigmented, these brushes will pick up the right amount and give a beautiful application.

This palette keeps running out of stock at Sephora.com, so do check it out when it comes into Sephora stores on 22 July 2016!

Swatches applied using a brush, in the order of the palette

Heavier swatch

Made in USA

 

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WAYNE GOSS The Air-brush vs Koyudo BP025 & Wayne Goss No. 2 brush - First Impressions

Wayne Goss, The Air-Brush
US$35 from Beautylish
Limited Edition (released on 30 June 2016)
Bristles: Blue squirrel, cruelty free
Length of bristles: 3.5cm (1 3/8 in)
Full length from tip to end: 17.5cm (6 7/8 in) 
For use with powder products only
Hand made in Japan


I just received The Air-Brush yesterday.  It is a limited edition brush just released last Thursday, 30th June 2016, on Beautylish webite.  I placed an order right away as many of my favorite brushes are from Wayne Goss!

The bristles are made with gray squirrel, which is the same type of bristles in Wayne Goss No. 2 brush and Koyudo BP025 highlighter brush. However it feels softer than WG No. 2 brush and very similar to BP025.  The Air-Brush is a larger version of BP025, both pinched at the ferrule whereas No. 2 brush has a rounded ferrule.

For those who don't already know, gray squirrel bristles are one of the softest and most premium bristles for makeup brushes, over goat and other animal hairs.  They feel ultra soft and luxurious.  However gray squirrel bristles does not pick up powder products as well as goat bristles and cannot be used on cream or liquid products.  It is great to use with pigmented highlighters or blushes where you don't want to pick up too much product. This can be used for light dusting of setting powder.  It feels extremely soft on your face and you can gently bluff without disturbing the makeup underneath.

FRONT VIEW: Wayne Goss The Air-Brush (washed), Koyudo BP025, Wayne Goss No. 2 brush

FRONT VIEW

SIDE VIEW: Wayne Goss The Air-Brush (washed), Koyudo BP025, Wayne Goss No. 2 brush

SIDE VIEW

TOP: Wayne Goss and brush number in dark grey is lasered on the handle, 
MIDDLE: The Air-Brush (Limited edition), is in white and lasered,
BOTTOM: The original Wayne Goss brush, from his original release in 2013, is hot stamped!

I was told by Beautylish that the words on all Wayne Goss brushes are lasered. I made further clarification on why the words on the Limited Edition The Air-Brush feels "raised" when I run my fingers over it, like its been printed.  Beautylish reiterates that all Wayne Goss' brushes are lasered without further information. I can feel gray words in the regular line slightly, but not quite as much as The Air-Brush.  Both looked very beautifully printed, sharp and luxurious and for the brushes that had lasered words I purchased a year or so ago, they are still as beautiful and have not faded.

Wayne Goss The Air-Brush is sold out after a few days of its release.  It will come back in stock so do sign up to be notified when it comes back in stock.

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