Dita Von Teese Classics Makeup Line Launch

"For the first time Dita Von Teese, the beauty icon with the unmistakable look, is presenting the secrets of her glamorous appearance in a timeless, classic make-up collection. Seduction, elegance, and a touch of mystery are her signatures. Famous for her porcelain complexion, signature red lips, and her cat-eye liner, she is the modern face of retro Hollywood glamour. With her motto of “Beauty is Art”, Dita invites all women to feel beautiful with her"

Art Couture Lipstick Velvet
 
The Art Couture Lipstick velvet in the matte collection contains the perfect shade for any woman. The unbeatable new generation of lipsticks offers seductive, sensuous, rich colors that are combined with feminine elegance and softness. There is an ideal balance between long durability, complete opacity and satiny color quality. High pigmented color creations tie together with intense luminosity and depth of the color. The silicon-free texture of cadelilla, bees and carnauba wax protect the lips. "Classic red lips are always the height of glamour, and the most chic beauty statement a woman can make!" Dita Von Teese

Ceramic Nail Lacquer

This Nail Lacquer has a patented, revolutionary formula. Ceramic particles in the combination with a patented plasticizer and Polymere give this lacquer optimum consistancy, perfect coverage, good durability, high color brilliancy and makes it more resistant against chipping. The brush is made of nylon fibers that cares for an even color. Formaldehyde-free.

Lip Liner

Lip liner is essential for the perfect red mouth. The specifically developed formula of the Lip Liner makes it extremely long-lasting and it prevents the lipstick from bleeding. The pleasantly creamy texture assures a simple and precise application. The Lip Liner can be shaded out directly after application and is characterized by an especially good color coverage and high opacity. Contains natural antioxidants and Vitamin E. Fragrance-free.


Blusher

The blushers are available separately and so can be combined individually. They provide brilliant colors, stay in place for ages and have a pleasant texture for soft application. The blushers are very gentle and can be applied intensely or softly at will. 


Glamour Eyeshadow

Extremely fine glitter particles reflect the light and conjure an incomparable display of colors with shimmering effects on the eyelid. A special eye-catcher for every occasion. The eyeshadows in high color brilliance are supple and soft in application and are available separately, so they can be combined individually. The eyeshadows can be stored in the practical Limited Edition refillable magnetic beauty boxes.


Eyeshadow Matt

Thanks to their new, particularly smooth and silky quality, the matt colors adhere perfectly to the eyelid and can be applied especially even. The brown shades are ideally suited for the accentuation of the eyebrows. The eyeshadows are available separately, so they can be combined individually.

The mascara contains rice bran wax nourishes the lashes with every use. Suitable for sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers. Fragrance-free.

Compact Powder

In contrast to conventional powders, due to their coarse-grained texture, on closer inspection they're often visible, but the Compact Powder flatters the skin and invisibly coats it. The powder is characterized by an extremely silky soft feel and feather light gliding application. Shiny skin is matted perfectly thanks to oil-absorbing properties.

Beauty Box Quadrat

Eyelashes

Eyeliner Brush and Styler

This is actually a great collection. Very timeless and defintely something I will get. All the colours are colours I see still able to wear by anyone even 20 years from now. They have a retro vibe about them, but most defintely classical and almost natural.

But ArtDeco is german as far as I know and... I just checked and found out that they sell in many countries worldwide! So it won't be a problem. I am a bit perplexed though, that I haven't heard about this brand before, since Germany is nothing but my neighbouring country! Alas. Here is a link to those interested i knowing where to get it:

http://www.artdeco.de/en/store-search/worldwide.html

My brush broke!

This is the Lancome foundation brush 3, so if anyone tried to search on the official website for it: they won't find it. Because there is a new one called foundation brush 2.

Sleek black brush handle with the signature Lancome rose logo on it. Grey area at the top of the brush indicates that if it becomes invisible because of the foundation applied, then it means you have put too much! Pretty clever huh?

 

Let me state first that it already started wobbeling from the first time i started using it. And the place I bought it from never returns anything you buy from them, unless it's still in it's packaging and plastic cover and all that which is pretty impossible to try and put back like that. A policy that sucks very badly. It applies no matter what even though the product is broken once you bought it or not. A zero tolerance policy as they call it.

It's very clear in the picture that there is glue on only one part of the whole thing so that didn't hold it well. Especially since there is no trace of glue on the brush head's inside as well which means it's not even good quality at all. Honestly, I only used it less than 5 times in overall because I do not wear foundation every day. I was never happy for this brush, and I kind of became happy once it broke because I will finally get rid of it. Let me state that the reason it broke was because I washed it. And no, I know very well how you should wash your brushes in a special was so that it won't shed etc.

Let me state the points for all the reasons I hate this brush (yes, a strong word indeed):
- Very expensive - website states it's 35 dollars, I got it for 44 dollars. Irk.
- Very poor quality
- Streaks too much: my skin looks like an oil painting with visible brush marks.
- Incredibly hard to clean: after the second wash there is still a ton of product that have penetrated in the brush.
- Graduated tip is not smooth: it somehow annoyed my skin because some hairs were in microsize a bit longer than others which made my face itch. Wow...

I'm giving it 2 out of 10 and I can't even apologize for that for the reasons stated above. Did anyone come across such or a similar and unfortunate purchase? :(