Black Opal

Swatched: Black Opal Luxe Cream Liners & Baked Blush

Swatched: Black Opal Luxe Cream Liners & Baked Blush

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Gel Liners and Pink Blush

Black Opal has recently added some new color products to their line up. Black Opal’s Luxe Cream Liners are are long wearing, high pigmented cream liners that glide on smoothly. I love how the rich jewel tone colors make brown eyes pop. They also make great bases for a smokey eye. 

Black Blue Purple Gel Eye Liners
“Onyx”, “Imperial Plum”, “Royal Navy” 
Black Purple Blue gel eyeliner swatches
Black Opal’s Baked Blush Powder is a highly pigmented blush with a slight sheen to give the skin a healthy glow. Unfortunately mine arrived broken from transit in the mail :-(. Regardless, Tulip applied smoothly and is the color is very buildable. 

Shimmery Pink Baked Blush
“Tulip”
Shimmery Pink Blush swatch

Review: Black Opal True Color Pore Perfecting Liquid Foundation

Review: Black Opal True Color Pore Perfecting Liquid Foundation

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Brown Foundation
“This lightweight, oil-free liquid foundation seamlessly blends to provide flawless coverage with a high definition finish. Exclusive poreless technology helps minimize the appearance of enlarged pores, controls excess oil and renews skin natural radiance. Oil, fragrance and paraben-free formula. Suitable for all skin types, including sensitive” ~ Black Opal 
My Thoughts: 
The foundation has a great shade range but because I didn’t pick mine up in store I picked from the two colors that looked the closest to me online, Hazelnut & Beautiful Bronze, and prayed for the best. The foundation gives medium coverage and feels lightweight which makes it great for everyday wear. I don’t have large pores but I feel like the foundation glided on really easily and made my face look smooth. The finish on me was very dewy, it reminds me of my beloved NARS Sheer Glow but with less coverage. I love a dewy-glowy face but if you have oily skin you may want to powder oily areas so you don’t look greasy. I got about 8 hours of good wear out of this foundation on its own (no primer, no powder, no setting spray). 
The only thing that I didn’t like about the Pore Perfecting Liquid foundation is that I experienced some oxidation with Beautiful Bronze. Beautiful Bronze when first applied was the perfect match for my skin, a nice medium brown with yellow undertones. By the end of the day I noticed that the foundation had oxidized slightly darker and redder. It didn’t look horrible and probably wasn’t noticeable to anyone else but I noticed it. Hazelnut is a very similar color to Beautiful Bronze but with slightly redder undertones. I didn’t experience any oxidation with Hazelnut. Overall Black Opal’s True Color Pore Perfecting Liquid Foundation is one of the better drugstore foundation options that I’ve come across. 
Brown Foundation swatches
Available at BlackOpal.com ($10.95) and local drugstores