Per-fekt Skin Perfecting Gel

On my quest to find the ultimate in beauty multi-taskers, I came acrossed Per-fekt Beauty. They only make 3 products. A skin Perfection Gel that comes in 5 shades, an Eye Perfection Gel that comes in 4 shades, and a Body Perfection Gel that comes in 3 shades.

The skin perfection gel promises to instantly perfect and enhance the appearance of the skin offering an easy alternative to traditional foundation, primer, color corrector and powder. Say what? Thats a huge multi-tasking claim!

So does it live up to it?
Read on…

I’ve been curious about it, so I was glad when Sephora gave me a sample with my order. Because at $57.50 for a not so big bottle, I was very skeptical. Especially since true multi-taskers are rare. So I gave it a shot.

One of my bigger complaints is I think the colors are off a little. Not that it gave my face an odd color or anything, just that it blended so well. The shade I got was Radiant. Which is the middle shade. Browsing on their website I thought for sure that I would need the Luminous shade for my fair skin. The Radiant however, matched perfectly.

I like that it is Oil, Fragrance, Talc, Water, and paraben free.

The verdict? I loved it actually. As far as a primer goes, it smoothed out my skin tone and blended well. It did a little as far as toning down redness. As far as concealer goes, at the time I was lucky and hadn’t broken out, but I don’t know that this would really work all that well at concealing blemishes. Powder wise, I gave it a fair shot. I wore just this, no primer, no powder. I felt like it did quite a decent job at keeping oil at a distance for a decent amount of time.

Would I buy it?
I’m not for certain. I did like it. $58 is a bit steep for what seems a little bottle. I will say this though. You do get what you pay for, and it was pretty concentrated, I only needed a little. So I’m sure once it breaks down, it’d be worth it. I just usually don’t have $58 laying around that I can spend on make up.

You can find this little gem @ perfektbeauty.com, and hsn.com

Hugs & Lip Gloss,
Beauty Mama

tarte Amazonian Clay Liquid Foundation with Brush

I like this stuff I really do. Now whether or not I personally would classify it as a foundation, thats a different story. Exclusive to QVC they list it as a light-medium coverage foundation. I think that light is definitely the word. It wasn’t as thick as I was expecting/wanting. To me it seems more like a tinted moisturizer. But since its summer thats ok by me.

Key Points:

Lightweight
Water-based
Blends easily into skin
Micro-treated mineral pigments diffuse the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles,
Infused with tarte’s Amazonian white clay
Gently balances and helps to correct skin concerns
Improves the appearance of skin’s texture, clarity, and firmness.
Luminizes and balances your complexion.
Skinvigorating ingredients like chamomile, vitamins A, C, and E, and sodium hyaluronate
All skin types

I like the clay in it. It has made my face less oily and it has given it better clarity. It lasts through the day, evens out my skintone, quickly and flawlessly. Love it, and would buy it again. I’m very excited to try the powder version as well.

As I said its exclusive to the Q, and they also include a foundation brush along with it, thats worth $29.

I got this in the Light, because Fair tends to usually be too porcelain. But I probably could very well wear either shade. It comes in 4 shades. Fair, Light, Medium, and Deep.

QVC has a lot of tarte Amazonian Clay goodies, exclusive of course. Grab them up, and get yourself acquainted with Amazonian Clay, one of natures most amazing beauty secrets.