Ontic Minerals Kristina Ilutoas

This is a review of an Estonian mineral makeup brand called Ontic and I'll also talk about an Estonian nature cosmetics company called Joik. There was a get together at beauty parlor named Kristiina Ilutuba and there it was that I first laid my eyes on all the interesting new stuff.

Mõni aeg tagasi käisin toreda seltskonnaga Kristina Ilutoas (seal kus Raili töötab) ning tutvusime Nadjaga, kes on hakanud Eestis mineraalmeiki tootma (lugege kindasti ka Tolmu muljeid siin ning vaadake pilte). Ma unustasin küsida, et miks nimeks just Ontic sai aga omapärane ja kõlab kaunis ontlikult teine. Igatahes müts maha ta ees - ma ise küll poleks viitsinud sellest bürokraatia kadalipust läbi ronida, eesti ametniku jaoks väiketootja ju inimene ei ole.

Kristiina Ilutuba (asub Tallinnas, Jõe tn 9) on mu teada ka ainuke ilusalong, kus nahahoolduseks ja meigiettevalmistuseks Joigi sari on sisse toodud. Iseenesest sobivad Joigi õlipõhised meigieemaldajad ja kahefaasilised näotoonikud mineraalmeigiga suurepäraselt - mõlemad kaunikesti ökod. Joigi pritspudelis roosivesi aga on iga mineraalmeigikasutaja peamine abiline meigi värskendamisel/kinnitamisel või siis kui liiga palju kraami näkku topitud - jahususe tagasitõmbamisel. Sobib muidugi igasugune hüdrosool aga roosilõhn on siiani neist parim olnud.
Vaid üht asja peaks silmas pidama: Joigi sügavpuhastav näoõli kõlbab näo puhastamiseks/meigieemalduseks eelkõige õhtuti, päevameigi jaoks ajab niigi rasuse näonaha veelgi õlisemaks.Vähemalt mulle väga ei sobi. Õhtusel puhastamisel imendub üleliigne õli öö jooksul padjapüüri ning ei sega enam hommikust meigitegu. Kahefaasiline astelpajuõliga tooner aga töötab väga kenasti ning ei jäta nägu nii õliseks. See oli minu jaoks päris uus ja huvitav toode. Silmameigieemladajat ma pole proovinud aga tõenäoliselt töötab samuti suurepäraselt - õlid on head nii juustele kui ripsmetele, minu ripsmed on tänu õlipuhastusele väga pikad ja kenad. Aga aitab nüüd Joigist, läheme peaesineja juurde:
Onticul on päris soliidne mineraalpuudri toonivalik: esindatud on heledad toonid ning heledaim neist (nr 2 Panna Cotta) tundus liiga hele isegi minu jaoks. Seda proovime südatalvel uuesti :).  Toonid on mu meelest veidi naljakalt nummerdatud ja hetkel ei suuda ma Afroditet kandvat inimest endale ette kujutada -  kasutasin teist paar korda põsepunana.

Ma palusin ja sain Nadjalt Onticu mineraalmeigipõhjade sämplid: 

Mille swatchid on nüüd siin:

Ilutoas proovimisel tundus mulle, et puuder on väga glowy aga selle efekti tekitas hoopis rikkalik õlikiht mu näol. Kodus proovides jäi tulemus matt. Koostis on tuhkjas (MAD Mineralsil ja Lily Lolo'l näiteks kipub puuder niisama "pallikesteks" kogunema, Ontic on läbinisti puru). See ei tähenda et puuder on halb või ülihea vaid seda, et koostises ei ole kuigi palju suureosakeselist tsink-ja titaandioksiidi.

Koostis: Titaandioksiid (CI77891), Tsinkoksiid (CI77947), Kaoliinsavi, Vilgukivi (CI77019), Magneesiumstearaat, Jojobaõli, Taimne E-Vitamiin (Tocopherol). [+/- (võib sisaldada) Raua Oksiidid (CI77489, CI77491 CI77492 CI77499), Ultramariin (CI77007)] NET WT./kaal: 10 g, 30 ml

Magneesiumstearaat on koostisosa, mida kasutatakse nahale nakkumise suurendamiseks, tegemist taimeõliga töödeldud mineraaliga. Jojobiõli lisamisel tekib tootele automaatselt ka säilivustähtaeg, tokoferool töötab nii nahavitamiini kui säilitusainena, kaoliin imab rasu. Ma pean veidi kauem kandma, et täpsemalt aru saada, kuidas Ontic mu nahale mõjub. Hetkel võib öelda, et kergema katvusega kui Lucy aga samas on Lucy puhul märksa paremini näha, kui meik hakkab näol "ära sulama".

Mulle tundub kõige parem Suave aga kannan välja ka Snow White'i, Stories from Ivory Coast'i ning Latte for Two. Niiet siin on nüüd siis ka FOTD-seeria. Pealekandmiseks on alati kasutatud e.l.f.'i flat top'i ning aluskreemina sama Dr.Schelleri kreemi. Osadel piltidel olen kulmudega katsetanud ning erinevaid ripsmetušše ka.

Snow White

Stories from Ivory Coast

Suave

Marry the Night

Onticu lauvärvid on reeglina väga pigmenteeritud ning oksiidipõhised - siin pole kuigi palju sillerdavat vilku sees. Mul pole mattide toonidega eriti kogemust ja seetõttu läks sümmeetriaga nii nagu läks. Tekkis probleeme laule kandmisel - mingil hetkel tekkisid laugudele hõredamad laigud aga ma ei viitsinud niiske pealekandmisega jamama hakata tol hommikul. Silmameigi aluskreemiks oli Conservatorie tselluloosimöks.
Kõik tutvumisõhtul osalejad said kingituseks Onticu lauvärvi, siin minu oma:

Ontic - Marry the Night

Lucy Minerals foundation swatches

my old jar of Pale Olive seems larger
but the new ones should contain the same
amount of product, 10 grams per weight

Recently I have been taking advantage of Lucy Minerals' generous offers - Annie has moved (and enlarged) her shop and managed to organize some nice sales events at the same time.

Her foundations have medium to heavy coverage and she has special base mixes for people with extremely oily skin (either with calcium carbonate or silica). Her ordinary recipe contains organic components as well: 

Ingredients~zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, mica, magnesium stearate, iron oxides, allantoin, Apple Poly® polyphenols, trans-resveratrol, green coffee bean extract, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate; you can read more about these skin-beneficial ingredients here.

For MMU purists she has her Lucy Light recipe which contains the basic pure mineral makeup ingredients only: zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, mica, magnesium stearate, iron oxides. No organic additives and suitable for people who might react badly to them. Of course one can always order samples of different recipes. I have ordered all my goodies in original recipe and am quite happy with my stuff: lasts up to 6 hrs on my face, then the oil takes over (I found the oil-control recipe a bit too drying for my skin - after all I am already 34).

The foundation itself is heavy on low-micron zinc oxide and titanium dioxide  which makes it extremely covering but also makes the finish not completely matte - it will have a glow (not shimmer or sparkle, sort of a pale cast). The effect is insignificant enough for the foundation still to be usable on older skin as well but complete and utter matte-ness is not achieved. This is definitely not suitable for photoshoots but is excellent when one needs to look great irl.

Because of it's recipe (heavy on those coverage providing white pigments) most tones all run on the light side - I can wear Fair and Pale Olive for winter and Light, Bisque, Light Medium and Shell Beige for summer. 

Application should be approached with care - I advise to use small amounts, cakeyness is easy to happen here, especially when on is using a flat-top brush. Packaging is ok. Sometimes some of the powder has moved on top of the sifter  (Annie uses twistable sifter seals, those are not glued shut with a separate plastic seal) but no big harm has come of it.

But enough talk: here are the foundation swatches :)

Fair, Light, Pale Olive, Cream, Bisque, Light Medium, Shell Beige, Soft Beige and Medium

Lucy Minerals on hetkel üks odavamaid MMU veebipoode - kvaliteet on hea, katvus suurepärane ja toonivalik kaunis laialdane. Tema eripakkumised on tavaliselt tasuta rahvusvaheline saatmine ja mõni eriliselt tore puudri-kit (juurde pannakse kas  testrid või selle kuu tasuta toode). 

Ostsin enda omad 20 USD kit'idena. Lisaks tasub talle ka kirjutada ning ostu tehes mainida, et "paki väärtus võiks olla selline". 20USD kit mahub alla tollipiiri ja ei jää kinni aga kallimad pakikesed jäävad napilt üle selle ning üks jubedamaid asju mida tean, on Eesti Postist tollis oleva paki kättesaamine. Lihtsalt JUBE. Ma maksan selle lisanduva käibemaksu vingumata ära aga PALUN ÄRGE SUNDIGE MIND SINNA IDIOOTLIKKU KANDEKESKUSESSE MINEMA! Ma ei taha näha haisvaid osse ja mädanevate süstlajälgedega narkareid. :S Selle kohta tuleb lausa eraldi rant teha...

e.l.f. NYNY challenge no 3 - mineral makeup

Well - since am using MMU anyway - not much of a challenge for me. :) Anyone interested in reading more about the e.l.f.'s New Year New You challenges can look them up here. e.l.f. UK is building up a rather nice blog and they are working on swatches as well - very, very nice of them indeed :).

stuff used

The palette here is e.l.f. 32 piece eyeshadow palette in cool, brown tones are very nice and usable. Personal blend foundation kit offers 4 different tones, none are a perfect match for me: used Porcelain all over face and Beige for contouring under the cheekbones. Lips are simply Charming - from the Essential line.

For the eyes I went for the Brody Dalle messy brown smoky eye look - insanely great for blue eyes. Just rub the brown eyeshadow pencil in Coffee all over and around the eye, blend it out with your fingers and apply matte brown eyeshadow all over it - can't be any easier. I finally got one of those brow gel-thingies for myself as well - works nicely but I constantly forget to use it.

e.l.f. Studio flawless finish foundation in Porcelain: before and after

after

e.l.f. Studio Flawless Face foundation is a light to medium coverage foundation that's actually quite oily albeit promoted as an "oil free" one. It smells nice, meaning it almost has no scent whatsoever and leaves a rather glossy finish which gloriously accentuated all my pores. Needs a little going over with some powder otherwise unusable for the oilier faced girls. On the other hand this could be an HG foundation for anyone with dry skin who loves the fresh, dewy look.

Lets start with a "before":

nice squeaky clean, piggie-pink horseface :)

This product preforms better on the principle "less is more"- learned it the hard way. Since the foundation is darker then my skin tone, over-application gives horrible results. Packaging is a glass bottle and it looks rather good, feels more expensive then it actually is.

I was a bit surprised about it's size - seemed a tad small and it was also not filled up properly. Porcelain is the lightest color available - how can it be called porcelain if it's this yellow? Is it really that difficult to come up with a nice light and neutral toned foundation? (rant of the pale person again...)

one squirt

Just the foundation: note tone difference with the neck and the high sheen

A tad of silica microspheres

And voil´a - matte :)
neck cannot be helped, sry

For the finished look on the first pice I used e.l.f. mineral eyeshadow in Confident and mineral  lipstick in Royal Red. The wonderful spider-feet are created using my Manhattan mascara, a dream product for every Essex girl. Totally forgot the eyebrows, again...

PS! Forgot: here are the swatches for the flawless face foundations

Attempt at frankening: Lava Sand glitter

I have some The Conservatorie glitters that have not seen much light - I looked at them as they arrived in late 2010 and stashed them away since they were not usable on the eyes (and I did not have glitter glue). So this weekend I wanted to see what they would look like on my nails. 

I took out my black nail polish, Lava Sand glitter and clear top polish and this is what I got as a result (I quite liked it but it's too much effort):

Black nail polish, sprinkled over with massive glitter (looked VERY fashionable (but fragile) in that stage), followed by multiple layers of top coat. Problem was the glitter seemed to drink all the top coat  and then the result looked matte :S. I think 4 coats altogether were needed for the glossy finish. Had I known the time it took - I would have just left it there with the glitter layes as the top one :).

On the hands it kind of feels as if there's sandpaper on the nails and it's still rather prone to chipping. Lasted only a day :S Next time I'll try to mix the glitter with the top coat before applying it on the nails - I felt it went on too thickly when I sprinkled it.