Ellana Minerals

Although I first fell in love with Barenaturals, adventurous as I am, I decided to try out other local mineral make up brands, such as: Ellana. I have to say that their website caught my eye. Also, they gave me a free catalog on my first order. For me, it is very helpful... and it made me want to buy more products because I can just check on the catalog anytime.

Here are the stuff I bought:

I am into lip products, so if there's one thing that I usually catches my eye in any make up line... it is anything that has something to do with the lips. In the case of Ellana, I bought their strawberry lip treatment, strawberry lip scrub, lip/cheek tint in Ruby and lip gloss in Lush.


My take on this product: Strawberry Lip Treatment

Hits:

• I love it's minty feel
• No eecky consistency like other lip treatments, just glides smoothly
• At 150 php, it is affordable
• Since it is in a jar, I can use a lot of the product

Misses:

• Only treats temporarily, I need to reapply every now and then to keep my lips moisturized.
  

My take on this product: Strawberry Lip Scrub

Hits:

• I love the sweet taste
• I guess it helps keep the blood on my lips circulated through the massage motion when applying it, I just noticed that my lips look rosy after each scrub.
• Affordable

Misses:

• The sugar granules are too big (as shown in picture 3)
• Can be a bit messy

My take on this product: Lip/Cheek Tint in Ruby

Hits:

• Stays long.
• As mentioned in the catalogue they gave me... it really does not dry right away, so that, I had enough time of blending it

Misses:

• The consistency is too thick for me... can be hard to spread. But ofcourse, with a few tips and tricks I was able to master using this.
• Can be messy and hard to control, since it's in a pump bottle, I sometimes pump too much product.

I also bought some MMU products.

My take on this product: Pure Blend 2-1 Foundation Concealer (sorry I didn't have an individual picture, but you can see it on the pic on top, I only bought a sample jar

Hits:

• I uber love the coverage, it gave me.
• I don't have to add too much products when using it.
• Fits well with my skintone (I used Cafe Mocha)
• Airbrushed finish, gave me that flawless look... me happy.

Misses:

• I can't think of any, I love it too much... will be buying a bigger jar as soon as I finish this up.

My take on this product: Mineral Finishing Powder in Expresso Con Pana Translucent Finish

Hits:

• Gave my oily skin a matte finish.
• Stays long
• Fits my skintone well

Misses:

• I was disappointed with the packaging (as seen in the photos). There were scratches already on the cover when I received them.
• Although the shade suited my skin well, it was a bit dry. I was hoping for more glow, since I chose the translucent finish. Or maybe, I buffed it the wrong way on my face? Will have to experiment more on this.

My take on this product: Multi-purpose mineral eyeshadows

Swatches shown (L-R): Sensation, Delicate and Raven

Hits and Misses:

• Since I oredered only three eyeshadows, I can't really generalize. However, from the three that I ordered, I noticed that Sensation and Delicate are very pigmented. Although Raven gave that ashy look, perfect for smoked effects... I still prefer for it to have a more intense darkness in it. On the good point, Raven has more staying power compared to the first two. I am yet too try it as an eye/brow liner.
• The Sensation eyeshadow is my favorite. Very versatile, and perfect for highlighting too. It blended well.