GIVEAWAY FOR THE BRAND NEW YEAR!

Who is excited?

I AM. Are you?

I just got back from the States and I've brought back a bunch of goodies for you guys just in time for 2014! What other better way to kickstart the year smelling awesome and looking good?

Things you need to do to join this darn good smellin' giveaway:

1. Email us at twovainpots@gmail.com telling us 

a) why do you read our blog,

b) what you want to see on twovainpots in 2014 &

c) how did you find out about us!

d) tell us which TWO ITEMS (from the picture above) you desire most

It's super simple!!! 

We'll accept all emails until next Tuesday 7th January 2014 11:59pm! So you have a week from now!

Flo and I will pick the first winner and she will receive the two items she chose!

There will be five more winners who will randomly receive one each of the giveaway product including a secret make-up stuffer (think blush, eyeshadow, eyeliner etc.) which we will include! 

(P.S. All the items are brand new, tried and tested by us and we love them! That's why we're sharing them with you ^^)

So hurry! Write in your emails now and we hope you're as excited as we are! 

Love,

Flo & Pea 

Review: Urban Decay Vice Palette VS Vice 2 Palette

[Products are not sponsored and all reviews are honest opinions!]

Hello! :)

I've been wanting to get the Vice 2 palette and finally got it a few weeks back *dances* I'm a huge fan of Urban Decay palettes and I'm a little crazy about collecting them, haha. I bought the original Vice palette last year and I really really love it (even though I rarely use my Vice palette as compared to my Naked palettes), so when UD came out with Vice 2, I knew I had to get it!!!!

So here's a little comparison review and swatches~

| VICE PALETTE |

| VICE 2 PALETTE |

The packaging of the Vice 2 palette is exactly the same as the Vice palette, except that it has a marbled shiny finish as compared to Vice's matte navy blue packaging (which I prefer) cause it looks classier! 

Both the palettes come with a dual-ended brush - a blending brush and a shadow brush. 

Next up, the swatches! :) All the shadows go on smoothly on my arms without any primer, most of them are super buttery, except for a few which are quite chalky due to their finish (usually mattes).

| VICE PALETTE |

The Vice Palette was a limited edition (I'm actually not quite sure if it's limited edition, but that's what I heard) palette consisting of 15 shadows that are crazy bright colours! This is definitely for the adventurous.

DESPERATION | MUSE | JAGGED | BLITZ | PENNY LANE | JUNKIE | CHAOS | OCCUPY | UNHINGED | BLACK MARKET

My favourites: Jagged, Blitz, Penny Lane, Junkie, Unhinged.

PROVOCATEUR | RAPTURE | VICE | NOISE | ARMOR | NEVERMIND | ECHO BEACH | ANONYMOUS | FREEBIRD | LACED

My favourites: Provovateur(!!!!!), Armor, Echo Beach, Freebird.

When I bought this palette I was truly amazed at how crazy the colours were! The satin finish shadows blew me off because they. were. so. buttery :O And now that I'm swatching and revisiting them again brought me so much excitement and shock cause I always forget just how buttery they are. Hahahaha I sound crazy. 

But really, I think UD's satin shadows are top notch and they are the best, at least in my opinion. So with such crazy love for Vice palette, how could I pass up on the Vice 2?!?!

| VICE 2 PALETTE |

Vice 2 Palette is a limited edition palette that comes with 15 shadows and retails for S$88 in Sephora! One shadow will only come up to about S$4.40~ Remember these are super good quality shadows and they are definitely worth the investment! That's what I always tell myself when I buy make-up hahahaha.

SMOKEOUT | LOVESICK | SHELLSHOCK | COAX | X-RATED | PRANK | MADNESS | STRIKE | STASH | POISON

My favourites: Shellshock, Coax, X-Rated, Stash.

RADAR | DAMAGED | VOODOO | BETRAYAL | DERAILED | DOPE | TOXIC | HABIT | AMBUSH | REWIND

My favourites: I LITERALLY LOVE EVERY SINGLE SHADOW HERE.

I don't even know where to begin. This palette is just too much for me to handle. The pinks, the purples and the neutral shades (the last 5 colours) are just too much. The texture of the shadows, how easy it was to pack on the colours (except for Lovesick), I have no words but that this palette is awesome. Period.

If you're looking for an all-rounded palette, this is a great palette! Or if you're still considering if you should get the Vice 2, I'd say go for it! It's good as an everyday palette yet when you want that extra pop of colour, you're still able to work it in!!! I highly recommend this and not just cause I'm a crazy UD collector, but it is really, really useful and and is of superior quality :)

Vice or Vice 2? Let us know what you think ^^

xx,

Flo♡

Review & Swatches : Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette

[Products are not sponsored and all reviews are honest opinions!]

Hi guys! Pea here with something bomb-diggity amazing stuff. So I put my name down at Sephora for the Naked 3 to get it for Flo's birthday but when I saw the colors irl, I died and then got one for myself too. It's retailing for USD$52 here at Boston and I believe for SGD$83 back in Singapore. So let's cut the crap and look at the real deal.

I hope the picture is turning out clear but anyw, look at the pinks and plums and rose golds and bronze. Aren't they just super orgasmic?

It comes not only with a brush but with sample pods for the different eye primers that UD carries. Each pod is supposed to hold 'a week's worth of primer' so that will give you almost a month's worth! Not bad! For Naked fans out there, I don't need to go on about the crease and shadow brush right? It's soft like marshmallow and I wanna take it to bed with me.

The shades come in mattes, pearls and metallic and they are gorgeous. They are pretty much everyday wear compared to the perhaps, the Vice or Vice 2. But hey, if you wanna wear turquoise everyday, go ahead! I wear pink eyeliner to work sometimes. We all need that pop of color in our lives. 

Strange / Dust / Burnout / Limit / Buzz / Trick / Nooner / Liar / Factory 

So the aboves are the lighter shades and I'm crazily in love with Dust and Buzz and Nooner..ok, strike that out, I love all the shades. It goes on smooth and pigmentation is thumbs-up. The mattes here would be Strange, Limit and Nooner. I can foresee Limit being my perfect crease color already. 

Dust, Buzz, Trick and Factory appears to be carrying micro glitters so you'd wanna be careful when applying so as not to have a cheek full of glitters fall-outs. Dust is going to my go-to on my look-fancy days when I want to flutter my eyelids and bedazzle my boyfriend. Burn out and Liar are darn pretty metallics.

Mugshot / Darkside / Blackheart 

I saved the best for last. So these three shades are the darkest in the palette. Mugshot and Darkside are metallics with Blackheart being (according to UD description) matte with micro glitters. The glitters are reddish, making Blackheart look almost burgandy-ish. Darkside is a beautiful metallic chocolate brown.

Ok, so here is all the colors. Have you gotten your Naked 3 yet? Which is your favorite out of all the Naked palettes? We wanna know!

Love, 

Pea 

Review: Conair Foam Rollers

[Products are not sponsored and all reviews are honest opinions!]

Hi! Pea here. Today I'm gonna show you my impulse buy from CVS. I love how the drugstores here carry stuff you really cannot find in Singapore. So anyw, I caught this on youtuber ItsJudyslife and it looked simple and easy enough. I think I got this for USD$10.99

I kinda lost my hair curler so I was debating buying the tong but I didn't wanna frizz my hair any further so I picked this up! 

It comes in all sizes ranging from the size of an average pinky to like a 1 1/2 inch, total of 48 pieces.

No harm that the colors are PRETTAYE.

So I washed my hair and just use the biggest ones. I didn't roll them in any directions and there really isn't any specific ways to place them. YouTube has lotsa videos with people using these. I did these around 7pm and left them on till like 12pm the next day hahaha yes damn long. But IMHO, I think the curls would last longer if you do it while your hair is wet and let them dry naturally or blow dry.

It is also good that the foam were soft and pretty easy to sleep in. 

So at 12pm, it looked like these! I got a shock at first cause it was super curly but I kinda pulled it straight out and just ruffled my fingers through them 

This was taken at 5pm and the curls were going v strong. I did not use any sprays or mousse. This was exactly how I left it since I took out the rollers

At 11pm and you can see how nicely tousled-curled it still looks! 

And a view of the back part. I'm sorry my coat is black but you can see how nicely the curls fall around. 

So I absolutely love this and I've no regrets buying it. It's super user-friendly and no hassle at all. Plus it is HEAT-FREE so no worries about frying up my hair at all! I am wearing them now as I'm typing it and it's 12:55am here in the States so I'm finishing this up and heading to bed.

Goodnight! Till the next review 

Pea

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Tutorial/Review: Catrice All Round Concealer Palette

[Products are not sponsored and all reviews are honest opinions!]

Hi! Pea here. Today, I am going to cover a review on the concealer palette from Catrice!

Retailing for only $6.90, it comes in 5 shades - 2 neutralizing shades & 3 varying concealer shades.

It's honestly such a great bargain, in my personal opinion. 

It has a really creamy consistency and it dries off to a matte, almost powdery finish. 

Pigmentation is awesomezx and the three shades of color is just nice for you to mix and match the shades to get the one that matches your skin tone. 

The green shade is used to neutralize redness so that includes pimples/blemishes and areas around the nose.

The red is used to neutralize dark circles. Let me just be a little more naggy. 

Dark circles are caused my a whole array of factors and not only as simple as a lack of sleep, like most of us think so. In fact, it is caused by an entire array of factors which includes hormones/genes, dehydration or even weakening of capillaries which will lead to leakage of unoxygenated blood.

This tiny veins around our eyes carry blood without oxygen which gives that bluish tint that causes 'dark eye circles' 

Ok now. 

Back to my main point.

Salmon/pink concealer will neutralize this bluish tint to reduce the darkness. 

Use it after letting your eye cream sit for a about 5 minutes.

Pat the salmon pink lightly and sparingly along the arc that is beside your nose bridge
I've placed it above the pink dotted line. Then using a brush or ring finger, blend the pink over the entire area.

Don't go for the kill and smear it under your eyes. You'll just end up looking like you have swollen/pink eye.

It should look like the bottom picture after blending. As you can see, the red has visibly reduced the dark area.

Now pat your concealer with your ring finger/concealer brush over the pink area gently to lighten the circles further. Blend the concealer into your skin so you don't get a stark contrast between concealed area and cheeks. I use the two lighter shades to conceal. The top picture is the original picture!

I normally powder the area lightly with setting powder to prevent the concealer from sliding off. 

Correcting eye circles can be done internally as well. DRINK MORE WATER! haha I sound naggy. I apologize. 

And use eye creams loaded with caffeine which apparently (what I researched) can reduce excess blood leakage. Well, I don't know if consuming caffeine will help but judging from how much coffee I need per day, and I still have those circles, I doubt so. haha. Maybe it just needs to be applied directly. Please do not quote me and like, pat coffee on your undereye ok. I do not hold any responsibilities.

Pea

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