Canmake Cheek Gradation review

The last of my Canmake haul, Cheek Gradation in 04 - Chocolate Stripe and 05 - Peach Stripe.

Left: Peach Stripe. Right: Chocolate Stripe.

Swatches of Peach Stripe. From left: all four colours swirled together; a rusty coral; a dirty peach; a frosty pink; and a frosty white pink. 

From left, darkest to lightest stripe.

The finish is definitely shimmery xD

Swatches of Chocolate Stripe. From left, all four colours swirled together; a chocolate brown; a rusty bronze; a frosty light beige;  and a frosty yellow white.

From left, darkest to lightest stripe.

Close up of all four colours swirled together.

I was originally drawn to these because they reminded me of my beloved Dior Shimmer powders xD
Just like the Dior powders, these are very soft and finely milled, however, unlike the Dior, they are a lot more pigmented and can be used alone as a blusher for those with light to medium skin tones.
You could probably also compare these to the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Bricks, however, the Canmake powder has more of a pearly shimmer finish, whereas Bobbi has more of a frosty finish..
The idea is to use the dark and the light colours separately to create dimension on your face, I'm far too lazy to do this so I just swipe my brush over all four stripes and use it as a blush xD
Peach stripe gives a lovely peachy pink glow that is comparable to a sheerer version of NARS Orgasm. I plan to use Chocolate stripe as some kind of bronzer in the summer months.
The powder comes with a brush, it's flat and synthetic, using it will guarantee you clown cheeks xD I keep imagining it'll be pretty decent as a foundation brush!
Staying power is around 5 hours.

Damage:
I paid about $12 for mine, but you can get it in Japan for significantly cheaper.

Verdict:
If you find Bobbi Brown shimmer brick too frosty and Dior Shimmer powders too light in pigmentation and too heavy in price, then give these a try!

Canmake Nudy Glow review

More Canmake xD
I got Nudy Glow lipgloss in 01 - Rose Macaroon, 02 - Strawberry Whip, and 04 - Sugar Milk Tea.

Swatches: from left 04; 02; and 01. Haha I have no idea why I've got it backwards xD

Natural lip colour:

Lip swatch: 01 Rose Macaroon

02 Strawberry Whip

04 - Sugar Milk Tea

Close up of the brush:

These glosses are really pigmented, semi-sticky, and have a creamy, glossy finish. Lasting time is a good 4-5 hours. The formula is thicker than that of your average glosses, which makes application just that much more tricky with the brush applicator. I hate brush applicators -__- they're so difficult to apply with precision and I inevitably end up with gloopey lips >__> ah well...
Other than the brush applicator, the other thing I dislike about this gloss is that it does tend to settle into my lip lines T.T
I think they come in 5/6 colours which are all in the nude pink/beige family, hence the name?lol xD my favourite colour is Rose Macaroon!
As always, I find a bit to complain about packaging wise; while the bottom half of the gloss is quite pretty, the lid feel really cheap >__>

Damage:

I paid $11 or so, I believe they're like $5-6 in Japan. For those of you who live in Vancouver, Canmake is sold at Aberdeen Centre for highly jacked up prices xD

Verdict:

Other than deducting points for brush applicator and the formula, these glosses are pigmented, creamy and moisturising. They actually remind me a lot of MAC's Cremesheens which are twice the price with much less product. If you can get hold of them, you should really try them out as they are really superb glosses for the price!

Canmake Cream Cheek review

So recently through the kindness of a fellow blogger, I got my greedy little paws on a small Canmake haul xD. I don't want to put her name out here in case others start bugging her for CPs. She does not do CPs, and did this purely out of the kindness of her heart as a favour for me.
Thank you very very much babe! xD
As part of my haul, I got 2 of Canmake's Cream Cheek blushes in 01: Dream Peach and 04: Vitamin Orange.

Swatches: left is Dream Peach and right is Vitamin Orange.

I don't know if I've ever told you guys but for some reason, orange based blushes never work on me. I was probably the only one in the whole world who bought MAC's infamous Ripe Peach blush and then returned it. Orange blush tends to turn rusty on me and make me look like an Oompa Loompa, so it must've been some strange cosmic reason that made me pick out Vitamin Orange, and I'm so glad I did!
It might look really scary in the pan, but it's actually really sheer once it's blended out and on my NC20 yellow based skin, it just looks really natural.
Texture wise, it's really soft and light, and dries to an almost powdery finish. It does take a while to dry though, so unlike the MUFE HD blush (the only other type of cream blush I own) you don't have work fast to blend it out. Finish is matte, but it does leave a glow.
Staying power is a not the greatest, and if I don't touch up some time during the day, nothing remains. I'll say it lasts at least 4-5hours? probably much longer if you use a primer or don't have oily skin.
I did a FOTD with it xD

Damage:
Approx CAN$11 I think? Much cheaper if you buy it from Japan! A blogger that I've been following for a long time has recently opened an online store which stocks Japanese cosmetics. She is located in Japan and her prices are really reasonable!She sells the entire Cream Cheek collection here.
Verdict:
Recommended for cream blush newbies! really easy to work with and gorgeous results! The worst part about this product is its cheap packaging. It has the worst packaging I've ever seen in a blush >_> but then again Canmake IS  a teenage brand xD

P.S.

Caption this LOLCAT xD

Please forgive my absence...

We've become parents to two girls xD
Please forgive my absence! we are busy keeping them fed and entertained -__- it's a full time job!

Get that camera out of my face!

We caught them in a possessed moment xD

I haz mades it to the top.

Do you mind? I'm trying to sleep!

I haz claimed mum's lap!

A sneak peek of things to come...