Refined Zone Treatment Experiment/FOTD

[vocaltest]

I did a Prep & Prime Refined Zone Treatment experiment today for anyone who's interested on how it holds up, so pictures/FOTD

Eyes:
UDPP
Cloud e/s (Stila)
Copperplate e/s
Smut e/s
Dazzlelight e/s

Face:
P&P Refined Zone (t-zone)
Matte (all over)
Studio Finish Concealer NW20 (under eyes & blemishes)
Chanel Mat Lumiere
Stila CC Colour - Lillium
Tenderling Blush (contour)
Teeny bit of MSF Natural on t-zone

Lips:
Rimmel l/s 'Foxy'.

Okay, my skin is EXCESSIVELY oily and my foundation always cakes around my nose no matter what. I took the before pictures at 2.45pm and the after pictures at 9.20pm. In that period I went shopping... nothing too strenuous but I always get hot whilst shopping from trying on stuff etc.

Before:

After:

Yeah.. pretty shiny! And my foundation has started to cake round my nose. BUT, I did get quite hot whilst shopping from trying stuff on etc. Usually I would be shiny and my foundation would have caked around my nose after an hour or so.

When I wore it on Saturday to work I didn't apply any primer on top of it, and it I was considerably shine free for the majority of the day. Only when it came to about 4pm did I start to notice some shine.. usually by 11am-12pm I'm shinezilla. Only downside to not applying a primer after the Refined Zone was that it made my foundation incredibly hard to blend, especially using a foundation that is already meant to give a matt finish, so maybe a more moisturising foundation such as Studio Sculpt would work better with Refined Zone alone.

So my verdict is... its not entirely what I was hoping for (I was hoping for no shine all day) but it does prolong the wear of my foundation by a LONG while.

Hope that helps some of you!

 

[BeccalovesMAC]

ur so hot girl! great looks very talented

 

[moopoint]

I love your eye makeup. Very defined crease. I want mine to look like that!

 

[fintia]

I hate when foundations cake!!!! it happens on my nose too grrr

gr8t try out!

 

[chrisantiss]

beautiful

 

[nunu]

Thanks for the review and you look great as always

 

[Susanne]

Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Krasevayadancer]

Gorgeous look, and thanks for the mini review!

 

[TISH1124]

Love this look...although I thought the before was flawless...

It caked my m/u really bad...I sampled it in the store and 3 hours later my face was chalky looking...not shiney at all ...I called my friend screaming...I had to wipe my makeup off in the car with a wet ones....LOL

 

[n_c]

Pretty FOTD, thanks for the review.

 

[MACLovin]

Gorgeous! Your looks are always so pretty and well done.

What did you use in the crease, is that Copperplate?

 

[NewlyMACd]

you look so beautiful.

 

[annielise]

Love, love, love the way you do your eyeliner. My experience with the Refined Skin Zone was a bit better, though. It makes my nose seem so poreless, and did not make me shine at all.

 

[cupcake_x]

It looks beautiful as always.

And thanks for posting your experiment! I think your face looks good before and after.

 

[vocaltest]

Thanks everyone <3

Quote:

Originally Posted by MACLovin Gorgeous! Your looks are always so pretty and well done. What did you use in the crease, is that Copperplate?

Yep thats right! It went some gorgeous Moth Brown/Satin Taupe esque colour over Cloud

 

[coachkitten]

Thanks for the review Caroline! You look great!

 

[sn0wbunnie]

Yaay for the review! Plus, you look amazing as always.

 

[MrsRjizzle]

Thanks for the review on this! you look great... you maybe tipping the fense for me....