Hits & Misses : Charm Cosmetics

Hi lovelies!

How's your day?

Hope it's fabulous! :D

Do you know Charm Cosmetics?

Yeah, I guess it's an underrated makeup brand because it is so cheap, well.. affordable, I mean :P They have a fairly good price for all of their items. Straightly IDR 19000 rupiahs ( around $ 1.90 US Dollars ) for each of all of them. Wow! I think it's such a bargain price, hence it was claim made in Italy.

So, whenever I got my time to walk around at STAR Department Store Mal Kelapa Gading, I always try to come to their counter and pick one thing or two just for fun.. Simply, because they were so cheap! :D

And realizing I've been collecting their stuff, I found some good and bad things worth to mention with this brand. 

 The collected items that I've got :

 1. Eyeshadows

2. Nail Polishes

3. Lipsticks 

4. Lipglosses

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1. Eyeshadows

The truth to be told are.. I've got my eye on this brand because they have this mini duo eyeshadow colors! haha.. You know how much I love colors :P I think this is such a worth to have in makeup purse because it's simple pairing color and very practical.

The pairing colors that I got :

 801 Ocean Deep & 831 Sunset

Swatches :
no primer. no base. direct sun lighting

801 Ocean Deep >> you'll get both matte color, light pale blue and deeper blue. I find the texture is really nice, pigmented, easy to blend and I have experience no excessive fall out so far. Best applied with the sponge tip applicator though, it will glide on smoothly.

831 Sunset >> you'll get dark brown matte color and satin finish orangey undertone gold. For the dark matte color, too bad the color not so pigmented like the previous duo. I find the texture is not so buttery either, it slightly drier or hardened ( maybe I just get a bad one? idk. ) For the gold color, it has a settle glow but not so loud shimmery color. I find the texture is so chalky. You'll get fall out, if you don't put sticky base or primer underneath it. Best applied with the sponge tip applicator that was given.

* [ Hit / Miss ] : So glad I'd say it's a hit. I do like it. Sometimes if I just want a hint of color in my eyes, I just slap the darker color on the crease and lighter color on the lid. It just need no brain to use it :P My favorite is the duo blue color. And not so many times I see pale matte blue color like that. The color is true also, What you see in the pan is what you get on the lid :D

And yea, maybe a little cons for this : there's no ingredients listed in the packaging, which maybe could bother for some of you. >,<"

2. Nail Polishes

For the color selection, I just chose what goes on my mood that day. :D

For the packaging, it's just a normal average nail polish bottle. With a thick glass and a quite heavy weight, I think it's a plus. It is more save and you'll know that the nail polish itself won't dry so fast.

Swatches :

1 - 2 - 3

 Color 1 is a dark plumish purple. Actually, I've been impressed when I swatch it. 1 coat is enough to get to the opaque color. 2 coats is what I usually do, because it darken and intensify the color a bit.

 Color 2 is dark eggplant purple color with silver shimmer in it. For this, to get to a heavy opaque color like in a bottle, I need 3 coats.


 

For the most impressive swatch among them all, the brightest one wins the game, instead! Woah, the color is opaque and bright enough as what you see through the bottle in just 1 coat!

 

For staying power, it's pretty awesome if you do at least 2 coats for each of the color ( because it's pretty thick liquid ). Doesn't chip on my nail for a good 5-6 days without a top coat! :D

* [ Hit / Miss ] : I'd say it's a hit. For such amount of product we get, staying power, pigmentation.. what can you ask for? And yea, maybe the cons is the smell. It has a strong smell of cheap nail polish remover. But it will go away soon, especially after washing hand with good smell of hand wash :D

3. Lipsticks

123 Country Rose - 106 Very Pink

The colors I got are 123 Country Rose & 106 Very Pink

Swatches :

Lip Swatches : 

 Bare Lips

 

123 Country Rose

 
 106 Very Pink

The color as you can see is really beautiful. While the name is Country Rose, all I see is a vibrant fuschia color on the lips ( heavily swatch ) and Very Pink is a nice coral color. 
I don't know why they come up with those name. ??!!

For the texture, it glides on nicely on the lips. But, tend to drying my lips and accentuates the lines on the lips to give it a cracked look.
And really what bother me is the smell. Yep, it does have a strong smell! >,<"  The smell is like an old lipstick ( I mean, lipstick in the earlier times. Little bit reminds me long time ago when i was a kid and smelling my mom's lipstick -_-" ) Moreover, your lips is right above your nose! Eugh, and If I smell it too long, I'll get a headache.

* [ Hit / Miss ] : For this lip product, sorry I had to say it's a miss. Despite the gorgeous colors it look on the tube and on my lips, the formula is drying on my lips and have a strong unpleasant smell. It taste not good as well! Ahh.. Well, I guess it's a type of beauty which you can only see, but not to put on! LOL.

4. Lipglosses

303 Sweet - 304 Lollipop

 The colors I got are 303 Sweet & 304 Lollipop

 Swatches :

Lip Swatches : 

 Bare Lips

 303 Sweet

 304 Lollipop

This is again, such a beautiful color. my favorite definitely Lollipop! It's perfect sit on top of Country Rose when I bought this for sure. Sweet is perfect for everyday color although it has a silver shimmer speck in it. They have a glass effect finish to the lips.

The texture is on the sticky side. I think It's forgivable, because of that, it could last long on my lips.
And the downside again is the smell. >,<" 

* [ Hit / Miss ] : For that, I think this time I'd give this a miss. For I've been searching a lipgloss color like Lollipop from now on, sometimes in my good mood, I'd still put it on :D

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Overall, for 4 types of product I've tried from them, this time is the draw sees! 2-2! 
Of course in every purchases you should choose wisely all things you'll gonna buy or use. So that, you'll not end up wasting money. But make it worth the money :)
I hope this post helpful! :D

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So, have you tried this brand?

If so, what is your favorite item from them? 

Let me know what you think!
Good day all!

Smile :)

NOTE: all of the product were purchased by my own money and reviewed by honest thought. It's just my way to give you an opinion in buying product that you considered to purchase. Be a smart buyer! Hope you like my reviews.