Before I get into this post, want to let you all in on the series of Christmas giveaways I will be running next week. As a THANK YOU to all my followers across all my social media platforms, I will be having a giveaway for each. The instagram giveaway will be in conjunction with the blog, a facebook giveaway and a twitter giveaway. It is the season of giving, and is in addition to the #ChristmasWithBiL offers I have arranged with various beauty-businesses (ps: this started last week Friday by the way)
I will share all the information in a post very very soon, but let’s get into this one right now. Before I started blogging I never realised how many small/medium beauty brands there are out there and also those still springing up. Most people only know the big name brands like MAC, Iman, Nars, BlackUp, etc., but a few of these upcoming businesses should also be patronised. I find that with such businesses, they haven’t got a wide variety of products and shades to choose from, but they do bring something unique to the market place.
TAOS COSMETICS |
Taos Cosmetics is one of such businesses. It’s run and owned by a lovely lady called Vanessa. She reached out to me in September introducing her brand and about a month after sent me some of the products to try out. It’s a fairly new brand and she’s decided to start off with versatile products like lipsticks, lipglosses, eyeshadows, bronzers and blushes.
I was particularly taken by the eyeshadows I was sent. The packaging in their cardboard boxes is quite similar to MAC’s but that’s where the similarities, in terms of packaging, end.
‘Big Daddy’ – N2,700* |
The lid is a screw cap, which is nothing like MAC’s. This shade is a nice frost-finish bronze, that blends beautifully and does not crease. (NB: I always use a primer/base on my eyes before I apply my shadows. I never review shadows without a base because I naturally hardly ever wear one without. So I honestly will not be able to tell how a shadow reacts without a base, and I don’t know why you won’t apply a base before your eyeshadow -__-) ).
‘Black Orchid’ – N2,700* |
A grey-black with duo-chrome gold specks that just blend in beautifully when applied. This is not as pigmented as I expected from looking at it in the tub. But nonetheless, its a lovely dark grey that can be used as a transition colour for a black smokey eye.
‘T.O.’ – N2,700* |
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Laters,
Ez xxX
Grace Okechukwu
9 years agoHello Pwety,
i recently discovered your blog and in a bid to go through all the articles you have posted so far it took me 3 day sighs but it was worth every of my time.
Thanks for the clear and concise narration and whenever u have a product you're tired of and want to give away kindly holla (yea i so love all your collections just dt an NC45 Shade)
Will keep intouch on ur blog and probably ff on twitter xoxo.
victoria kukoyi
9 years agoWow interesting am going to try it. Thanks for letting the cat out of the bag.
Rakel
9 years agostunning!
BeautyInLagos
9 years agoHi! Can't believe you went through every single post lol, thanks for reading! And I will keep that in mind 😉 x
Anonymous
9 years agoHi … I'm a bit confused .. There are about 3 makeup brands that look exactly like this in terms of packaging and item codes or names. Bolwin, Tint and now Tao cosmetics. Google them and let me know what u think pls .GReat review too.
Sinmi
9 years agoProducts look good! Hows the staying power of the lipgloss?