Beauty Pounce: February 2013

5 Makeup Products That Cost More Than GOLD

Hey Everyone!

Over the course of the past month that I have started this blog, the most eye opening thing I have learnt during this process are that some prices of make up products cost more than gold! Even though I only have 8 brands in the Price Per Ounce Database right now, I've noticed that certain products such as brow pencils, eyeliners and lipliners have similar to higher prices than precious metals!

Current Price of Gold on February 26, 2013: $1610.40/ ounce (courtesy of Goldprice.org)

5. NARS Eyeliner Stylo

Liquid Eyeliner
Retail Price: $27.00
Price Per Ounce: $1350.00

4. MAC Cremestick Liner

Lip Liner
Retail Price: $15.00
Price Per Ounce: $1666.67

3. Hourglass Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil

Brow Pencil
Retail Price: $32.00
Price Per Ounce: $2285.71

2. Hourglass Trace Lip Liner

Lip Liner
Retail Price: $28.00
Price Per Ounce: $3500.00

1. MAC Eye Brows

Brow Pencil
Retail Price: $15.00
Price Per Ounce: $5000.00

Did this change the way you look at makeup? Leave a comment down below of your reaction!

Check out the Beauty Database for the price per ounce for other makeup products here:

Foundation

Concealer

Illuminator

Bronzer

Blush

Eye Brightener

Eye Shadow

Eye Liner

Mascara

Eye Primer Eye Brow

Lip Gloss

Lipstick

Lip Liner

Lip Balm

Other

NARS Cosmetics: Price Per Ounce

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Blush

Eye Primer

Eye Brow

New Collection! Benefit Cosmetics Color Collection

Photo Credits: Chicprofile.com

Hey Everyone!

Benefit Cosmetics is just about to launch some new makeup! These new additions to the line are housed in the most beautiful packaging inspired by the San Fransico Art Deco era. In this new collection Benefit Cosmetics are releasing new Ultra Plush Lip Gloss, Longwear Powder Eye Shadow and Creaseless Cream Shadows.

Photo Credit: Temptalia.com

Ultra Plush Lip Gloss ($16, 0.5oz, PPO $32)

Lollipop
Icebreaker
A-Lister
Kiss You
Poutrageous!
Fauxmance

Creaseless Cream Shadows ($20, 0.16oz, PPO $125)

Some of these newly packaged beauties are long time favourites like the Creaseless Cream Shadows in Skinny Jeans, Birthday Suit and R.S.V.P.

Photo Credits: Makeupandbeautyblog.com

Bikini-tini
RSVP (re-release)
No Pressure!
My Two Cents
Always a Bridesmaid
Blue My Mind
Birthday Suit (re-release)
Bronze Have More Fun
Skinny Jeans (re-release)
Holy Smokes!

As a beauty fanatic who loves her deals, the first thing that I noticed is that with the new packaging, Benefit increased their prices by $1 while keeping the same quantity. I guess that's the price we have to pay when companies pass down the increased cost of cute packaging. (Thumbs-Down!)

Longwear Powder Eye Shadow ($20, 0.11oz, PPO $181.82).

Milk It
Call My Bluff
Pinky Swear
It's Complicated
Thanks a Latte
Pause for Applause
Nude Swings
Blingo!
Raincheck?
Gilt-y Pleasure
Kiss Me, I'm Tipsy
Quick, Look Busy

Overall I really do love how benefit comes out with great quality products with amazing creative packaging at reasonable prices. Leave a comment down below or tweet me (@Beautypounce) what you think about the new Benefit products and if you are interested in adding these to your collection!

Also remember to check out the Price Per Ounce Beauty Database to compare prices between different makeup products.

Benefit CosmseticsPrice Per Ounce

New Product! NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer

Hey Everyone!

NARS just released a new concealer, the NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer ($28) (Price Per Ounce: $127.27). It is a liquid concealer with a doe foot applicator. What I noticed is that the shades that are available in this line are the same as their original NARS concealer ($23) (Price Per Ounce: $328.57). Even though the two concealers are a different texture, comparing the price per ounce, the new Radiant Creamy Concealer seems to be the better deal!

NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer (PPO $127.27)

NARS Concealer (PPO $328.57)

If you head over to the NARS website, it would be a great time to order this concealer since they offer free shipping on any order right now! Also if you sign up for Ebates, you can get 4.0% cashback on your purchase! (Love finding great deals for you guys)!

If you are interested to see what the Price Per Ounce for other concealers are... check out the concealer beauty database!
Concealer

Leave a comment down below if you are interested in this concealer! I would love to read about it!

Hourglass Cosmetics: Price Per Ounce

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Urban Decay Price Per Ounce

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Eye Primer

Eye Brow

First Impressions: Make Up For Ever Cosmetics

Hey Everyone!

As my first round of midterms come to an end, I immediately added new products into the Price Per Ounce Database. I feel like I've neglected this blog for long enough throughout this week and I feel terrible for not keeping the " update daily" promise!

Make Up For Ever has been a brand where I found to have very sleek and professional packaging, as well as having one of the most vibrant colour ranges. I remember walking through Sephora and had to get a second look at the hot pink eye shadow!

Like always, I wanted to share some products that stood out to me from this line when adding Make Up For Ever into the database.

Make Up For Ever UV Primer SPF 50/PA+++ (Price Per Ounce: $32)
I've always wanted to try this primer because of its high SPF, but thought its $32 retail price was a little too steep. At $32/ ounce, this primer is actually more affordable than Benefit's The POREfessional ($30) at $40/ ounce and Urban Decay's Complexion Primer Potion ($31) at $32.98/ ounce.

$32 ($32.00/ ounce) $30 ($40.00/ ounce) $31 ($32.98/ ounce)

Make Up For Ever Full Cover Concealer (Price Per Ounce: $64)
This concealer has been raved about in the online community. Considering that this concealer has more than 2X more product than any other liquid concealer in the beauty database, the steep $32 price tag is justified. To give you some comparisons, MAC's Select Moisturecover Concealer ($18) at $105.88/ ounce and Lancome's Effacenes Concealer ($30) is $200/ ounce.

$32 ($64/ ounce) $18 (105.88/ ounce) $30 ($200/ ounce)

And check out the The Beauty Database here:

Foundation

Concealer

Illuminator

Bronzer

Blush
Eye Brightener

Eye Shadow

Eye Liner

Mascara

Eye Primer Eye Brow

Lip Gloss

Lipstick

Lip Liner

Lip Balm

Other

Make Up Forever Price Per Ounce

And check out the The Beauty Database here:

Blush

Eye Primer

Eye Brow

Lancome Price Per Ounce

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Blush

Eye Primer

Eye Brow

My Battle With Acne

Hello Everyone!

Hope your having a good day, I am definitely feeling the pressure as midterms are creeping up. But right now, I'm just taking a little break between studying and wanted to share something very close to my heart.

This post is going to be a little different than my typical post but I wanted to share with my experience with acne with you guys. To give you an idea of my skin, I have acne prone, oily, extremely sensitive and dehydrated skin (phew what a mouthful!). Growing up, it had always been so frustrating to have people telling me to take better care of my skin. Since I had cystic acne throughout high school while all of my close friends had perfectly smooth skin, I struggled with confidence. I also hated when people just assume that since I have acne, I need to wash my face more or eat less junk food. So over the years I have tried numerous products, medication and basically anything I could get my hands on to "cure" my acne.

Me Without Makeup

Fast forward to the present, I have made peace with my skin. It is by no means perfect, I still have facialists and family friends throwing advice at me every now and then but I am in a happy place. I have learnt to control my cystic acne, reduce my scarring and learnt how to apply my makeup naturally to cover up my acne without masking my face.

Me With Makeup

I can talk on and on about this topic. So I'm going to try and keep this post short. The take home message for this post was to motivate anyone who is struggling with acne. I want you guys to also come to peace with your skin and to stay strong throughout this journey. Also if you are curious to learn more about more about my battle leave a comment down below!

Recently Added: Illamasqua Cosmetics

Hey Everyone! Yesterday I added Illamasqua cosmetics into the Beauty Database. I wanted to type up a summary post last night to highlight some key features I found interesting with this collection, but I'm starting to get overwhelmed with school work!

The first item I want to talk about is something I always longed for from Illamasqua. Their Liquid Metal Cream Eye Shadows always stood out to me because they are such a rich, intense formula that swatches very opaque. Unfortunately they are one of the most expensive cream eye shadows in the database at the moment at $520/ounce despite a reasonable price tag of $26. To give you a better idea of how expensive this is, a MAC Paint Pot ($18.50) is $108.82/ounce and a Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream ($23.00) is $109.52/ ounce.

Image from http://www.anonymous-beautyholic.com

Illamasqua Liquid Metal

Next, Illamasqua's Eye Liner Cake ($24.00) is something that stood out to me. It is something that very little brands offer. It is essentially a pressed powder eyeliner where you wet an angle brush and creates almost a liquid liner consistency. Some comparable eyeliners are MAC Liquid Eye Liner ($18.50) at $220.24/ ounce and Urban Decay's 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner ($19.00) at $327.59/ ounce. Therefore at $160/ ounce, Illamasqua's Eye Liner Cake is definitely not too expensive to play around with compared to liquid eye liners from similar high end brands.

Illamasqua Eye Liner Cake

Let me know in the comments below what you think about Illamasqua! I'd love to read about it!
And don’t forget to check out the The Beauty Database here:

Foundation

Concealer

Illuminator

Bronzer

Blush

Eye Brightener

Eye Shadow

Eye Liner

Mascara

Eye Primer

Eye Brow

Lip Gloss

Lipstick

Lip Liner

Lip Balm

Other

Illamasqua Cosmetics Price Per Ounce

And check out the The Beauty Database here:

Blush

Eye Primer

Eye Brow

Bobbi Brown Pink & Red Collection Spring 2013

In the spirits of February and Valentine's day, I thought it would be appropriate to add Bobbi Brown into The Price Per Ounce Beauty Database especially since they came out with the Pink & Red Collection. Their Spring 2013 collection is simple yet totally hits the mark with the month of love!

The Pink & Red Collection features ...
Sheer Color Blushes ($26.00):
- Sheer Cherry
- Sheer Pink

Nail Polishes ($18.00):

-Pink Valentine
- Valentine Red
Creamy Lip Color ($24.00):
- Heart
-Hot

The Creamy Lip Color Lipsticks work out to be $200 per ounce, the most expensive lipstick in the database at the moment. It contains 0.12 oz of product, the same as a MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick ($16) but 0.02 oz more product than a regular MAC Lipstick ($15).

Lip Gloss ($24.00):

-Cherry
- Pretty in Pink

Bobbi Brown Lip Glosses work out to be $100.00 per ounce, which is the middle range of lip glosses in the database at the moment. It is considerably more expensive than Benefit's Ultra Plush Lip Gloss at $32.00 per ounce but much more affordable than MAC's Cremesheen Glass at $243.75 per ounce.