Giveaway closed: December 17, 2011; 10pm

Giveaway Alert!

charleneajose x Mixologist Beauty x Bea Manzano

Hello guys! Do you remember this “Day to Night” make up tutorial I did with Bea Manzano? Well, Mixologist Beauty is giving my readers a chance to duplicate the looks Bea did on me by giving you guys all the make up products we used in the tutorial. And if that isn’t enough, our dear make up artist Bea Manzano of Make Me Color Up will also throw in a 5 piece brush set from Suesh too! Isn’t that awesome?

To give you an overview, here is the complete list of prizes:

1 Mineral Powder Foundation in Soft Earth (mirrored sponge jar)

2 Blushes (Rouge Pinch and Peach Parfait)

1 mineral color corrector in Ray of sunshine (loose)

1 mineral highlighter in All laced up

4 mineral eyeshadows in Violet soak, Terracotta, Picking peaches, and Brown delight.

2 mineral eyeliners in Brewing storm and Wet clay

1 baby kabuki brush

1 double tipped brush

Plus a 5 piece brush set from Suesh!

That’s 2000php+ make up products all in all!

Now I know you’re all excited, so here’s what you have to do.

Mechanics:

*You have to do all of the following in order for your entry to be valid. :)

1. Follow Charlene Ajose on Tumblr during the contest duration. 

2. Follow Bea Manzano on Tumblr.

3. Add Mixologist Beauty on Multiply.

4. Follow Charlene Ajose on Twitter.

5. Tweet this. Make sure to tweet the whole thing! :)

Win 2000php+ worth of make up products from Mixologist Beauty and a 5 piece brush set from Bea Manzano! http://bit.ly/tHfGH3 @charleneajose

6. Like Mixologist Beauty on Facebook

7. Like Charlene Ajose on Facebook

8. Reblog this post or re-post it in your blog.

9. Copy this statement and comment it to this photo. Then click the “share” button.

“I want to win 2000php+ worth of make up products from Mixologist Beauty plus a 5 piece brush set from Bea Manzano!”

10. Comment the following in the Disqus box found at the end of this post. Copy paste the following and please follow the format for both of our conveniences.

Complete Name:

E-mail address:

Location: (Example - Quezon City)

Link to Tweet: Link to your Tweet NOT to your Twitter account

Reblog/Re-post link: Link to your REBLOG/RE-POST NOT to your Tumblr/Blog account

Facebook Name:

And that’s it! :) Contest starts today, November 23, 2011 at 10pm and will end at 10pm on December 17, 2011. One winner will be chosen through random.org. Contest is open to Philippine residents only.

*P.S. Entries will be checked, so no cheaters please :)

Visit Mixologist Beauty now for your daily fix of freshly blended make up! Best of luck to everyone! :)

I have always been a low maintenance girl. I never wear a lot of make up unless I really have to, so imagine my surprise when Mixologist Beauty sent me a package. Before anything else though, let me give you a little background info on Mixologist Beauty.

Mixologist Beauty is a small scale cosmetic company owned and managed by Jeannie Ombania. All of their products went under careful research and formulated only with the most natural, organic and high-grade ingredients (100% of which are imported from the US) So what makes Mixologist different from other cosmetic companies? The bullets will tell you why!

• Their products are non-comedogenic and hypo-allergenic. Their products are made up of pure ingredients that won’t clog your pores.
• Their cosmetics are free from irritants and harmful chemicals. All of their products are free from artificial fragrances, bismuth oxychloride, phthalates, sulfates, talc, parabens and FD&C dyes.
• They offer their products at reasonable, affordable prices. Sans expensive advertising, labeling and unnecessary packaging and by keeping their staff to a minimum yet effective number, Mixologist is able to bring down the cost to bring you guys more value for your money.
• If you think it ends there, Mixologist products also improves complexion over time. Loaded with helpful ingredients such as Allantoin, skin is benefited to gain faster cell generation and healing.
• Their products give Natural SPF Protection. With zinc oxide as one of their ingredients, your sun protection is covered. Need higher SPF? Just add another layer of their mineral makeup.
• Their products are cruelty free. Each and every raw material they use in their products has never been used and tested on animals.
• Mixologist products are semi water proof. No more streaking makeup!
• And my most favorite thing about Mixologist - all of their products are FRESHLY BLENDED! Oh diba parang drinks lang? Cosmetics, according to them, are just like the food we eat. They have expiry dates. Mixologist makes sure each order is mixed and delivered fresh!
  
  

This happened months ago, and I am only blogging about this now because I wanted to test the products themselves before recommending it to you guys. The package came in this really quirky silver foil. I couldn’t help but remember those little packages astronauts eat from (I’ve dreamed of becoming one when I was a little kid haha!) They sent me their Loose Powder Mega Haul package after asking me to pick the shades I wanted. The mega haul package included:

1 Mineral Powder Foundation (8g net wt.) in Mirrored Sponge Jar
1 Mineral Color Corrector (1.5g net wt.)
1 Mineral Bronzer (2.5g net wt.)
1 Mineral Blush (2.5g net wt.)
1 Mineral Eyeliner (.8g net wt.)
1 Mineral Eye Highlighter (.8g net wt.)
1 Mineral Eyeshadow (.8g net wt.-matte/.5g net wt.-shimmer)
1 Baby Kabuki Brush
1 Dual Tipped Brush

Most of their products are mineral make ups. You can read about the benefits of mineral makeup versus traditional make up here. Also, opting to get their mega haul package rather than getting each product individually will save you 165 pesos! Isn’t that awesome?

Anyway, let me now tell you about my experience with their products.

Disclaimer: I am no make up expert and I am speaking purely from experience.

Mineral Powder Foundation - If there’s one make up product I am very picky about, it’s foundation. I’ve been using the studio fix powder foundation from M.A.C. prior to Mixologist, and I must say, it’s not a bad jump. I use this on school days, and I never (if rarely) needed to retouch. Considering that I am a nursing student and our schedules are pretty busy. It lasts the whole day! Also, it gives great coverage without feeling heavy. I chose the shade Soft Earth because it was the one nearest to my skin tone. I do not use the sponge applicator, though. I feel it gives out too much product (that or I pat to hard haha!) I just remove the sponge, turn it over and place it on the cap and dip my brush. The only thing I recommend is that they produce more shades. But over all, this is a great product. Oh and have I mentioned that I’ve had the 8g pot with me for almost six months and I still haven’t consumed half of the pot yet? I highly recommend it! :)

6g - 310php; 8g - 465php

Mineral Blusher - I chose Peach Parfait because peach and apricot colors are the blush shades that best compliment my morena skin tone. This is another great product because you only need a tiny amount (As in. A very tiny amount lang) to give your cheeks that much needed color. The product is highly pigmented and I suggest you start with a little first then build up the layers until you’re satisfied with the color.

Matte - 210php; Shimmer - 240php

Mineral Bronzer - Sometimes when I don’t feel like putting blusher on, I just apply bronzer. I chose the shade Gold Flecks. Honestly, there are days when I like it better than the blusher itself. It gives you that healthy glow you can never really get from your basic blusher. Plus it looks more natural! Also, if you’re into contouring, the darker shades (Strong Coffee and Too much Sun) can be used as contour powders too!

Mineral Bronzer - 220php

Mineral Color Corrector - This is probably my favorite product in their line of cosmetics. I already did a review on Ray of Sunshine here and I have yet to try Mint Tea (Thank you for sending this one too!) so I’ll just update this post when I do. Anyway, Mixologist recently launched their pressed powders, so you now have the choice of getting this in loose or pressed powder form.

Loose Powder - 200php; Pressed Powder - 250php

Mineral Eyeshadow - I have yet to learn how to properly apply eyeshadow, so I don’t really have much to say here. I chose the shade Terracota Burn (Matte) If I were to choose a shade again, I would choose Violet Soak (it was the shade Bea used on me for the tutorial we made. Watch out for that post okay!) I tested these on my arms and they are true to color and are highly pigmented.

Matte and Shimmer - 150php

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