Becca Cosmetics

Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone Review

January 13, 2014

Becca Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Moonstone Review — BECCA Moonstone Shimmering Skin Perfector

BECCA Cosmetics has easily become one of my favorite brands over the past couple of months. Today I have their Shimmering Skin Perfector (pressed) in Moonstone to share with you. It’s a beautiful highlight that is perfect for light skin tones. I’m a big fan of highlighting, so it’s no wonder that I love this one! I prefer pressed products, but they also have this highlighter in a liquid form with SPF. Moonstone is a pale gold/champagne shade, but they also have rose gold, topaz, and opal pressed highlighters.

Becca Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Moonstone Review (2) — BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone

This highlighter has the perfect amount of shimmer and isn’t glittery at all. It gives a soft-focus glow and doesn’t need to be blended out a lot like some highlighters that are too metallic.

Becca Cosmetics Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Moonstone Review Swatch — wearing BECCA Moonstone Shimmering Skin Perfector on Cheekbones

On the skin it looks very natural. I really love this highlighter for my skin tone! Check this highlighter out for $38 at Sephora online or in select stores. I don’t need any more highlighters after trying this one! I basically need every single BECCA product now, because they are amazing!

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BECCA Cosmetics Ever-Matte Poreless Priming Perfector Review

January 2, 2014

One of my favorite brands that I’ve discovered during 2013 is BECCA Cosmetics. While hearing a keynote at iFabbo’s Social Media Conference, I heard that Ever-Matte Poreless Priming Perfector was a must-have for oily skin. I immediately snagged a sample of this and fell in love. I purchased the full size from Sephora soon after, and I’ve been using it ever since!

Becca Cosmetics Ever Matte Poreless Priming Perfector Review Swatch — Ever Matte Poreless Priming Perfector

This is the best primer I’ve found for oily skin, and it is one of a kind! I haven’t seen any primer like it…just check out the ingredients!:

Water, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Propylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylene Glycol, Enantia Chlorantha Bark Extract, Oleanolic Acid.

It features Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, which I haven’t seen in a product before. However, I have used a few powders that contain silica, which is amazing for absorbing oil, so no wonder that this works so great! It’s a different formula than other primers, you need to warm it in between your fingers before applying it to your face. I find that it’s good to apply in small sections, because it dries really fast! I apply it on my forehead, then each of my cheeks, and then my mouth & nose area. When it dries, your face is already ultra-matte and feels a bit dry. You can apply it either before or after foundation, but I like to apply it beforehand. This keeps my makeup looking matte throughout the day, for up to 12 hours. I have really oily skin, so sometimes I need to blot once, but I don’t see that as an issue.

Becca Cosmetics Ever Matte Poreless Priming Perfector Review (2) — Ever Matte Poreless Priming Perfector under foundation

You can find this product online at Sephora for $36, or in store if your Sephora carries BECCA Cosmetics. I really recommend you to check this primer out- it’s seriously changed my makeup!

BECCA Cosmetics The One Perfecting Brush Review & Demo Tutorial | Video

January 1, 2014

Becca The One Perfecting Brush Tutorial Video Review Demo — BECCA Cosmetics The One Perfecting Brush

When I had first heard of the BECCA One Perfecting Brush and how it is supposed to replace 10 brushes, I just didn’t believe it! Then, I had the chance to try it. The first few times were a bit rocky, but now I am obsessed with it. Although I haven’t gotten it to replace 10 brushes, it does do quite a lot for me. I decided to do a video demo because I think it makes it a lot easier to understand how this brush works, so definitely click play on the video below to watch me use this brush to apply primer, foundation, concealer, blush, powder, bronzer, and highlight.

I didn’t like this brush at first because I had a huge issue with shedding…but, the more I use it, the less it’s been shedding, which I’m thankful for! It still sheds a few hairs when I use it, but most of my brushes do. It’s made out of goat hair, which is very soft. You can’t spot clean this brush with any alcohol based cleansers, so they recommend to cleanse with a baby shampoo every few weeks. Although I don’t think I’ll be using this brush every day (I think it’s optimal for travel), I do prefer to use it to apply bronzer as a contour! I think it applies foundation nicely, but definitely a lighter, airbrushed coverage. It also applies liquid/cream blushes like a dream! Have I sold you on this brush yet? I hope so, because now you can enter to win one! I am opening this up to anywhere in the world, because I really think anyone should have the chance to try this awesome brush! Enter through the widget below:

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If you don’t win, don’t worry…you can find this brush online at Sephora for $49…which isn’t a price I’d typically pay for a brush, but because The One Perfecting Brush is so multitasking, it’s worth it!

**This post contains products that I have received for free– for more information, please read my Disclosure Policy**

iFabbo SF Social Media Conference Recap (October 12, 2013)

October 16, 2013

Last weekend I was in San Francisco for iFabbo’s Social Media Conference. I was super excited to see all the panels and meet new people. It was a short trip for this 1 day event, but it was a ton of fun! If you couldn’t make it out to #iFabboSFcon, keep on reading to see what went on!

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 PR Panel Alle Fister Crosby Noricks Adrienne Arieff Lorraine Sanders Rebecca Silliman — PR Panel

The first panel of the day was the PR Panel, which featured tips on improving press/media kits and developing better brand relationships. Everyone wanted new roll up banners for retail stores as they all knew their front facing needed help. It featured Alle Fister from Bollare, who I saw at LuckyFabb earlier this year, Crosby Noricks from PR Couture, Adrienne Arieff from Arieff Communications, Lorraine Sanders from Digital Style Digest, and Rebecca Silliman from ModCloth.

One interesting fact from this panel is that YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine…I think that shows the power of video. Speaking of YouTube, my 5 year anniversary on OliviaMakeupChannel is coming up next month! I also grabbed some great tips on creating a media kit, which is something I’ve never done before.

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Increasing Reach & Followers Panel Laurie Mueller Facebook Alex Loscher Marlena Stell Makeup Geek Jen Mathews MyBeautyBunny Sinead Norenius — Social Media Panel

Next there was a social media panel that focused on increasing reach and followers, which is a big concern for me! It featured Laurie Mueller from Facebook, Alex Loscher from Google+, Marlena Stell from MakeupGeek, and my friend Jen Mathews from MyBeautyBunny. iFabbo’s fabulous co-founder Sinead Norenius moderated this panel.

I learned a lot of great tips on how to improve my Facebook page, as well as tips on increasing my followers on various social sites. I’m definitely going to try to utilize “call to action” in my YouTube videos…asking viewers to do something should definitely increase interaction!

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Photography Videography Panel Serge Jespers Adobe Jeff Fluhr Spreecast Jim Barcelona Instagram Susan Yara Hadi Leila Labarang — Photography/Videography Panel

Next up was the Photography & Videography panel. This one is very important in my opinion because if you have bad photo or video quality, it can make or break how well your blog/YouTube does. This panel had Adobe’s Serge Jespers, Spreecast’s Jeff Fluhr, InstagramersSF’s Jim Barcelona, and NewBeauty Magazine’s Susan Yara. It was moderated by Hadi Leila Labarang, editor of Bay Fashion Magazine & founder of My Muse Box.

I will say that I didn’t learn too much from this panel personally, because I have done a lot of research to improve my photography & videography skills over the years, and most of which was information I’ve already heard. But, for a new blogger or a blogger who is looking to improve, this was perfect. I was glad to see that Adobe is upping their Photoshop game with Content-Aware. It was kind of hilarious because there were audible gasps while Serge Jespers was doing his demo, showing how you can use content-aware in various ways. I already use it with CS5, but in the next version it is going to become bigger and better. I think Photoshop is a valuable asset to bloggers and even YouTubers, but I think people are wary because of the price. Serge recommends Adobe Lightroom to bloggers, so that may be an alternative.

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Becca Cosmetics Fireside Chat Makeup Artist Kerry Cole Alexis DiResta — Fireside Chat with Becca Cosmetics

After lunch we had a fireside chat with Becca Cosmetics. We got a quick demo of their new Perfecting One Brush, which we got in our gift bags & I am super excited to try!

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Becca Cosmetics One Perfecting Brush — Becca Cosmetics Perfecting One Brush

The Perfecting One Brush is supposed to replace all of the brushes you use to do your face: foundation, blush, bronzer/contour, and highlighting. I’m excited to try this out on myself…I definitely plan on doing a video on this…it’s almost a challenge to see if I can actually look good after using the brush for all of those products, right?

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Becca Cosmetics Fireside Chat Makeup Artist Kerry Cole — Kerry Cole demonstrating for Becca Cosmetics

Here is Becca Cosmetics style director & national makeup artist Kerry Cole demonstrating the brush using Becca products. She managed to use all of the products I mentioned above in only 10 minutes!

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Monetization Panel Oliver Deighton Christine Martinez Luvocracy Amanda Nudelman Disqus Amber Murray Beauty Junkies Unite Koldo Garcia — Monetization Panel

Another important panel for me was the Monetization Panel. Blogging is fairly easy to get the hang of, but I don’t know the first thing about monetizing. It’s so hard to make real money off of blogging, at least for me. In this panel I gathered some great tips & new information that will help me improve my ads performance. This panel featured Oliver Deighton from Viglink, Christine Martinez from Luvocracy, Amanda Nudelman from Disqus, Koldo Garcia from The Mad Video, and my friend Amber Murray from Beauty Junkies Unite. It was moderated by Tonia Korakis, Sinead’s iFabbo co-founder!

After this panel, I know I’m going to sign up for Luvocracy finally, and also switch my comments to Disqus, because you can actually have ads through them, which is awesome!

Those were all the panels I managed to photograph, because it was hard to juggle my camera, phone, and notebook all at once!

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Dermalogica Skincare Skin Mapping — Dermalogica Skincare Mapping

There was a section with quite a few brands showing off their products & treating bloggers to samples. I had my skin mapped by Dermalogica and got a few samples…I’m even being sent 3 full sized ones to review. They had a few other products in their gift bag, and I’m loving the samples so far!

British fashion retailer Boohoo was also there, and they treated bloggers to a piece of their choice. I picked out this black top with a faux leather peplum hem. I really want to wear it, but it’s sadly a few sizes too small, because they didn’t have all sizes available! Maybe I can give it to a friend, or just lose some weight, right? We also received a credit to use on the site, so I’ll definitely write about whatever I decide to pick up!

iFabbo Social Media Conference 2013 Becca Cosmetics Beach Tint — Becca Cosmetics Beach Tint

Becca Cosmetics had their own booth there as well. I was able to snag a ton of samples, including their cult fave Beach Tint. Can you guess which color I picked? I’m also very impressed by their foundation & Ever Matte Poreless Priming Perfector. I’m definitely picking some up soon!

That just about does it for my little weekend trip to the bay! Thanks to iFabbo for hosting a great event. I can’t wait to see how it grows next year. I think they will definitely have more brands. I’d love to hear from more beauty brands in the future…there are even a ton of great brands in the bay that they can reach out to (Sephora, Benefit, Bare Minerals, etc.) If you’re a blogger, make sure to sign up to be a part of iFabbo!

Don’t forget to check out my fall inspired outfits that I wore when I was in San Francisco! I hope to be back soon…