Moisturizer Review: Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation Perfecting Moisturizer

 Today's review will be for the Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation Perfecting Moisturizer

Availability: I'm not sure what the story is here due to it being sold out on both sephora.com and olehenriksen.com.

Would I buy this? Possibly.

What it is formulated to do:

Allow us to quote the lovely sephora.com

Which skin type is it good for? 

✔ Normal 

✔ Combination 

✔ Dry 

What it is: 

An oil-free moisturizer with a multi-fruit AHA complex to even the skin tone and smooth the skin's texture. 

Solutions for: 

- Dryness 

- Dark spots 

- Uneven texture 

- Uneven skin tone 

If you want to know more… 

This oil-free moisturizer has a unique lightweight, whipped texture that penetrates skin and with essential moisture. It’s infused with fruit acids to gently exfoliate, refining your skin’s rough, uneven texture, tone, and dullness while it promotes cell turnover. Pea extract, sugar, and vitamin C work together to fade dark spots and even skin tone. Antioxidant protection helps defend skin from future damage. It can be used as a base for makeup application, and it leaves skin looking and feeling soft, healthy, nourished, and radiant. 

What it is formulated WITHOUT: 

- Parabens 

- Sulfates 

- Phthalates

Does it contain any special/beneficial ingredients?

According to sephora.com

-Vitamin C: Brightens, boosts collagen, and firms; provides antioxidant protection from environmental damage. 

-Licorice: Naturally lightens dark spots and discoloration. 

-Pea Extract and Sugar: Corrects and prevents hyperpigmentation. 

-Chamomile: Calms and conditions skin. 

What is the texture like?

This has a really whipped, airy texture that melts into the skin. I love it.

Is it scented?

This doesn't really have much of a scent.

My overall experience/comments on the product:

Folx I absolutely adore this stuff. The texture is absolutely sublime, it melts into my skin so quickly and easily without leaving any sort of residue but it's also super hydrating and leaves my skin feeling really soft and smooth. I love this especially for the summertime because it's so lightweight. It's a pretty simple moisturizer but I dig it.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: This was provided for testing purposes. I am under no obligation whatsoever to mention it on this here blog.

Violet Voss Pro Eyeshadows Holy Grail Palette Review

Today I'll be reviewing the Violet Voss Pro Eyeshadows Holy Grail Palette

Availability: This retails at $45 for 20 eyeshadows and is available at sephora.com along with its physical store locations along with shopvioletvoss.com.
Would I buy this? Yes!

Notes: Alright let's do pros and cons - the pros of this palette is that the metallic colors are extremely pigmented, smooth, and buttery. Everyone raves and raves about this palette and I'm not knocking it at all, it's beautiful. I love the color selection and how this has both highlight and transition tones that are appropriate for a variety of skin tones as well as a good selection of textures - be it metallic, shimmery, satin, or matte. I also love how the cranberries and burgundies in here show up red, rather than brown (which is a common thing), on me. Overall, I feel like the matte shades need a little extra loving. Again, they aren't bad per se but if it takes hardly touching a metallic shade to get beautiful pigmentation whereas the mattes in here need to be built up to achieve opacity. I almost feel like that was done on purpose with the intention of using the mattes as blending out/transition/highlight colors and therefore not as intense and in your face as the metallic shades are. However, it's just more work and I'm lazy, you know. I feel that I may be nitpicking because they do blend out easily and are pigmented when paired with a primer. More notes will follow each individual shade.

Crystal is a soft, satin off-white shade. This would make a pretty inner corner or cheek highlight. 

Ploof is a satin pink with a white frost.

Thanks A Latte is a matte fair flesh-tone... this is just slightly lighter than my skin color... I'm pale.

Transition is a soft, matte, warm brown. 

Hashtag is a soft matte orange, this color is fantastic as a transition color, along with Transition, especially on someone with a medium to deep skin tone, but can work on someone fair if applied very lightly. 

Awesome Sauce is a frosted amber/copper shade. Super pretty! A color I always love seeing in palettes. 

Bestie is a matte pinkish light brown. This could be used as a transition for cooler-toned looks or with the berries, or on someone with a cooler skin-tone.

Toffee is an intense bright warm metallic amber-bronze tone. OMFG, LOVE!!!! I also actually really love toffee so no one is surprised. 

Chill is a soft, frosty pinkish amber.

How U Doin is a very pink, coppery color. 

Bat My Eyes is a metallic milk chocolate brown. 

Cool Beans is a metallic golden pewter, so gorgeous. In love with this one.

R U Kitten Me is a matte milk chocolate shade.

So Jelly is a copper-kissed champagne base with an intense pink duo chrome. Beautiful!

On Fleek is a berry-kissed copper. So beautiful.

Brownie Points is a deep matte chocolate brown. 

Teddy Bear is a plummy brown. I used this as a brow shade when my hair was more red and it worked really perfectly for that. Digging it. 

Glamping is a satin brick-toned shade. It's a bit disappointing in texture because it looks like it'll be buttery and easy to use and it's kind of stiff. :/

Cranberry Splash is a gorgeous metallic cranberry

Wine N Dine is a rich cool-toned red, berry shade. Kind of reminds me of a reddish version of a cherry blossom color.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: I purchased this using my own funds.