Rouge Bunny Rouge Sea of Showers Liquid Highlighter

Rouge Bunny Rouge is a brand I can never sing enough praises of - their products are just high quality and for the most part, more than warrant their high price tag. Their liquid highlighter, this shade in particular, was one of the first products I tried from the brand almost two years ago and it remains a favorite to this day. I am a highlighter junkie which means I have quite a few, whether they be powder, liquid, or cream, in my collection. It's rare that I love one so much that I've used up three-quarters of the product but such is the case with Sea of Showers. It's simply wonderful, read on to discover why.

Per the Rouge Bunny Rouge website:

This multipurpose water-based fluid blends easily with moisturiser, or with foundation, to customise the look - to yours alone. Create an inside-out illumination effect and blend it to a thin, refined wash of pearls. Light fragrance of Cucumber with a touch of Peach Flower will add to your application pleasure. A quartet of shades with Melissa extract to soothe, and Vitamin E to guard against ageing. The highlighting liquid can be used alone or over moisturiser and as a highlighter, over foundation, too.

First of all, this product comes in four shades. There is Sea of Clouds (a pearly white), Sea of Tranquility (an opalescent pink), Sea of Showers (a honeyed beige), and Sea of Nectar (a golden bronze). I own Clouds and Showers and love them both equally, although Showers is just slightly more of a favorite since its warmth compliments my skintone. 

What I love most about this product is the way it illuminates the skin. That is literally the word I would use to describe this product- illumination. It has such a soft, refined glow that can be sheered down to virtually nothing or built up to a gleaming metallic. It's incredibly versatile. I've used Sea of Showers mixed in with my foundation to give a summery glow, used lightly on the cheekbones as a soft, ethereal highlight, or even on my eyelids built up to a beautiful metallic bronze-gold. There is shimmer in the product but the way it's blended into the fluid makes it completely impalpable on the skin. It truly becomes one with the texture of the skin yet gives you a lightly reflective highlight right where you want it. Somehow it manages never to appear greasy, even when I build up the intensity of the shine. The texture is lightweight- a watery gel that blends effortlessly into the skin without disrupting the foundation underneath. 

Sea of Showers also lasts all day on the skin. It doesn't fade nor does the shine migrate. It stays immaculately where you placed it from dusk till dawn. It also smells wonderful, as the description notes- definitely a cucumber-floral fragrance that is only noticeable upon application.

At $55.00, this is an expensive highlight. To be honest though I will repurchase this product as long as it is available. I've had my bottle for years and still have a good amount left- truly less than a pea is enough for a whole face of highlighting. The effect is nothing I've ever worked with in any other highlighting product- hopefully you'll be able to understand it's magnificence from my swatches. Buy it, love it, and realize the search is over for your perfect highlight- RBR has it!

Rouge Bunny Rouge can be purchased from rougebunnyrouge.com, beautyhabit.com, or zuneta.com

Sea of Showers on the cheekbones

T-B: Blended swatch, heavy swatch- direct sunlight

Indirect sunlight

Showers can bestow a soft glow or a metallic gleam

*All products were purchased with my own money for purposes of review. 

Smokey Eye ft. Burberry shadows

Hello darlings!

I, after many months of doing very simple makeup, was inspired yesterday to do a bit of a smokey eye. Every now and then you just need to switch it up, ya know? This is a fairly easy eye to accomplish and I'll walk you through it step by step. All you'll need is:

A black eye pencil (I use YSL's waterproof liner)
A black eyeshadow (I used Illamasqua's Zeitgeist pigment)
A deep brown shadow with shimmer (I used Burberry's Midnight Brown)
A warm taupe shadow with shimmer (I used Burberry's Pale Barley)

Firstly, I laid down a rough base with the pencil, smudging it all over my lid just up to the crease. It did not have to be precise- I immediately smudged the entirety with a shadow brush (RBR's shader brush) in order to soften the edges and blend it slightly into my crease.

Next, I packed a black eyeshadow all over the lid to intensify the inky black color and aid in blending with the next couple of shadows.

As a means to soften the harshness of the black, as well as to continue blending the eye into the crease, I used Burberry's Midnight Brown on a MAC 224 brush right into my socket line. This started to create a nice fade of color that allowed the black to transition nicely into the brown. I also smudged a bit of Midnight Brown under my lower lashline using the side of a MAC 239 brush to give a haze of sexy, dirty, smokiness around the eye.

The last shadow I used was Burberry's Pale Barley. Using my MAC 224, I used Pale Barley on top of Midnight Brown to fade the color towards my brow bone. The key to a smokey eye is just layering colors- light and dark. This creates a watercolor effect sans any harsh lines which should be avoided at all costs. Pale Barley was also used under the lower lash line as well as in the tear duct to highlight.

Lastly, line the eyes with your black pencil of choice and finish off with a few coats of black mascara (I used Tom Ford's Extreme mascara)

I like this smokey eye because it's both easy, effective, and looks more difficult than it actually is to create. All in all this took me about ten minutes for both eyes, making it the perfect night out look for when you're in a rush!

Hope you enjoyed!

The finished look

L-R: Illamasqua Zeitgeist, Burberry Pale Barley, Burberry Midnight Brown 

xo Seth

Rouge Bunny Rouge Metamorphosis Mattifying Primer Review

Good morning all! Hope you had a safe and fun Black Friday/Saturday! I know I did, although I can't say I did any shopping.... I tend to procrastinate. Anywho, on with the review!


Today our featured product is Rouge Bunny Rouge's Metamorphosis Mattifying Primer.

Description per the RBR website:

The feather-weight texture of our Mattifying Primer miraculously gives your skin a velvet matte suede glow; it removes the unwanted shine completely and evens out your skin tone.

The enriched formula, including moisturising and soothing actives such as Allantoin and Meadowfoam Seed Oil, 
smoothes fine lines and wrinkles. Vitamin E fights free radicals and has anti-oxidant and anti-ageing properties.

Pores are tightened without the shocking sensation of a stiffening mask. Instead, you will actually feel the nourishing care of the weightless fluid, and see the transformation promised by many but achieved effortlessly by … Metamorphoses.

Do the RBR descriptions enchant you as they do me? Their products sound good enough to eat! 

I came across this product after using & loving their Aqua Primer but was yearning for something slightly more mattifying as the summer months commenced. As you can see from my half-empty bottle, I have loved the effect this gave my skin! I found that immediately upon application, similar to the Aqua Primer, it has a cooling effect which feels extremely refreshing- especially when my face feels puffy in the morning. It immediately melts into the skin and provides, as RBR states, a "velvet matte suede glow". Not dewy at all, yet not deathly matte. It lies somewhere in the grey area between making my skin satiny and soft as a baby's bum. What I especially love about this primer is the way it makes my makeup last longer, my pores more refined, and my skin velvety without compromising the glow I crave. There is nothing I fear more in the winter than a dull complexion- well fear not my friends, this will make your skin appear alive and fresh. I also appreciate the care RBR puts into their ingredients (which I will include below). Meadowfoam Seed Oil, Vitamin E, and Glycerin hydrate while bee's wax creates a natural barrier, keeping moisture under the skin while making a fabulous base for the makeup. 

I can highly recommend this primer to this with normal, dry, or combo skin. I think especially oily complexions may need something a tad heartier in the oil-control department. Expensive it is, yes, at $55.00, but a pea sized amount is plenty for a full face-I'm five months in and my bottle is still going strong! 

RBR is available at rougebunnyrouge.com, zuneta.com, & beautyhabit.com

Ingredients:  

AQUA, SILICA, NYLON-12, OCTYLDODECANOL, LIMNANTHES ALBA SEED OIL, GLYCERYL STEARATE, PEG-100 STEARATE, CETYL ALCOHOL, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, CERA ALBA, ALLANTOIN, GLYCERIN, PHENOXYETHANOL, TRIETHANOLAMINE, CARBOMER, METHYLPARABEN, TETRASODIUM EDTA, ETHYLPARABEN, BUTYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, ISOBUTYLPARABEN

*All items were purchased with my own money for purposes of review 

Review/Swatch Rouge Bunny Rouge Dazzling Sip Lip Balm

Another Rouge Bunny Rouge review for you guys! Today it is the RBR Dazzling Sip shimmering lip balm. Per the RBR website:
"It's a soothing yet scintillating mélange of exuberance and healing which quenches your lips with richness while glinting them with a light veil of precious pearls. This sumptuously luxuriant balm melts creamily, dispelling cold and fatigue, making your lips as soft to the touch as unopened buds, while also polishing them with a dewy gleam. Your shining smile will sweep everyone around you into the heart of the Water Faeries’ abode, where you can swim unabashed in your own bubble of contentment!"

I have this balm in the color Pinch of Nude. As you can see, Dazzling Sip is packaged in the same tubing as the lipsticks, unlike the other lip balm RBR offers. So far I am extremely pleased with this as well (no surprise lol, everything RBR creates I end up loving!) What I like about it so much is that it adds such a nice peachy-nude subtle shimmer to the lips while moisturizing, which it does so very well might I add. The formulation includes ingredients like rice bran oil and vitamin E to soothe and protect the lips. When wearing this my lips stay moisturized for two hours; while not the most moisturizing balm I've ever used, it is good for daily wear. I prefer a lighter balm during the day and a richer one at bed time.

Below I've included a lip swatch. I love the effect it gives my lips! They looks smooth and soft and the soft shimmer makes them look luscious!

The balm has no noticeable taste in my opinion but definitely has a lovely vanilla scent.

Have a great day!

Review/Swatches Rouge Bunny Rouge When Birds Are Singing... Eye Shadow

Per the Rouge Bunny Rouge website:

"Discover a new powder eye shadow with an astonishing lightweight, creamy touch and unprecedented adherence. This formula creates pure dynamic iridescence while it maintains second skin effect. It has extended 8-hour wear that will stay perfect and look freshly applied all day. Orange-derived Flavonoid improves blood microcirculation, enhances luminosity and serves as free radicals scavenger."

Such attention to detail! Look at the gorgeous RBR signet on the shadows

L to R, T to B: Unforgettable Oriole, Periwinkle Cardinal, Abyssinian Catbird

Solstice Halcyon, Fire-Tailed Sunbird, Volcano Fairy-Wren

These eye shadows are really some of the creme de la creme of what RBR offers. They are smooth, pigmented, and glide on the lid like nobody's business! The colors are true to pan and contain the most magnificent luminosity (unless, of course, you purchase one of the matte shades). These really are some of the best eye shadows you can purchase, in my opinion. They may seem expensive, and at almost 35 dollars a pop they are, but they are twice the size of a MAC eyeshadow and the quality is unsurpassed. I purchased six eyeshadows, and I plan to purchase many more in the future once my bank account allows it lol. 

Swatched left to right: Unforgettable Oriole, Periwinkle Cardinal, Abyssinian Catbird, Solstice Halcyon, Fire-Tailed Sunbird, Volcano Fairy-Wren

Just the names themselves are enchanting! Here are my thoughts on each:

Unforgettable Oriole: A perfect golden toned highlight shade! The shimmer is not over the top, just enough to give a glow to the browbone and tear duct!

Periwinkle Cardinal: A gorgeous ocean teal green, applies very nicely for a paler shade. This would be gorgeous with Volcano Fairy-Wren as a smoky eye!

Abyssinian Catbird: Probably the most well-known RBR shadow, and for good reason! A great green, bronze, gold shadow, all rolled into one! The dimension and pigmentation in this one is crazy! So smooth and buttery, not to mention it makes blue/green eyes look FAB!

Solstice Halcyon: A gorgeous taupey-purple shade. More matte than the other shadows I purchased, but still a hint of shimmer. This is a perfect crease color! It blends fabulously and really fades out darker colors well.

Fire-Tailed Sunbird: A great shimmery peachy-coral shade! Really unique and would be pretty for a bronzey-summery look. This would look especially pretty on warm toned skins. 

Volcano Fairy-Wren: A really great black shot through with silver micro-shimmer! This is gorgeous and perfect for a smokey eye! I am definitely gonna do a look with this blended out with Periwinkle Cardinal and using Vera eye khol to smudge- It's gonna be fabulous! I highly suggest this just because it's so hard to find such a dark, pigmented black that's as blendable as this one.

All these shadows are gorgeous, you really can't go wrong. The do last all day without creasing and the color definitely comes out and stays true to pan. Expensive, but will make you feel like pure luxury every time you apply them!

These items can be purchased at zuneta.com

Review/Swatches Rouge Bunny Rouge Feline Gaze Eye Khol

Per the Rouge Bunny Rouge website:

"A darkly elegant seductive feline? A mystical flower-of-the-hour doe-eyed beauty? A deliciously sinful sultry almond-eyed goddess? Be pure temptation itself, as you purringly write your own manifesto with this eye pencil that adorns you. So soft that it almost melts on application, but will stay put day or night, inviting closer inspection... dancing in the memory of those who met you long after you've left the room and inviting all manner of thoughts."


I picked up two of these colors, Calypso and Vera. Calypso is a dark khaki green with brown tones and some nice khaki/golden shimmer. The shimmer in these eyeliners, by the way, is gorgeous! It's not glittery, just shiny in the most beautiful way. It really lights up the eye! I absolutely love Calypso! It is perfect for blue eyes- really makes them pop! When applied, it is extremely subtle, but it definitely makes a difference to the overall look. 


Vera is a dark black with medium blue tones and a blue shimmer. This would be amazing for a dark blue smokey eye (my favorite!). I love it because it is very dark while still remaining blue- it will not be mistaken for every other black/blue eyeliner in your collection. There is something unique about it that I can't quite put my finger on.

The caps tell you what color it is! What a nice touch!

Very smooth, very pigmented, and very gorgeous! Calypso on top, Vera on bottom

These liners apply very smoothly and do seem to last all day. They are smudgeable but once in play they stay locked on. They apparently contain Vitamin E among other nourishing ingredients to protect the delicate eyelid/rim.

All of these items are available on zuneta.com

Review of Rouge Bunny Rouge Kiss Elixir Lip Balm

Per the Rouge Bunny Rouge website:

"This soothingly rich, Honey-infused and almost edible elixir tingles with a hint of Mint as it glides on, smooth and creamy as butter, to give your lips a subtle shine. The most sensuous of balms, it’ll melt into your lips in a seriously delicious way to keep you beautifully protected and bewitchingly comfortable. Go ahead and invite nuzzling, even in your dreams. We know you’ll love bringing your own kiss bliss alive."


This balm is pure luxury! It is thick, it is heavy, but boy does it moisturize like no other balm I have found. This balm is made for harsh North Eastern winters! It contains no water, so it will not dry out the lips- it does though have various butters and oils to leave my pout perfectly supple and smooth. I love to apply this before bed; it lasts through the night and I wake up to awesomely kissable lips. It smells delicious too! I highly recommend this balm to anyone who suffers from dry lips, it is simply a requisite for winter lip care.

Kiss elixir on bottom; Dazzling Sip Lip Balm on top

All of these products are available from zuneta.com

Review/Swatch Rouge Bunny Rouge As if it Were Summer Still... Bronzing Powder

Per the Rouge Bunny Rouge website:

"We’ve been inspired to re-create this feather-light and creamy goddess-powder so you can let the sun worship you all year round.  Smooth your skin to a natural, even and radiant blissed-out halo of warmth, while the tiny micro-particles dance around you in an enveloping golden aura. This powder is wickedly luxurious and deeply sexy. You’ll want to let yourself sink into it – to be warmed by the hazy molten gold of late afternoon sun streaming through the window. Let your thoughts drift as you shoot your own sunbeams anywhere you choose - a touch on the eyelids, a dab on the tip of the nose, cheeks, shoulders… Dazzling looks by day or by night to transform you into a Sun Angel, even in the midst of the greyest winter."


Another gorgeous product description! Let me just tell you, this bronzer is pure fabulousity. I have it in the shade "At Goldcombe Bay", a lovely golden-toned bronzer that applies to the skin so smoothly and leaves behind the barest whisper of a shimmer. Not even shimmer, just a satin smooth finish. This is akin to NARS Laguna, if Laguna were ten times better! I love this powder to contour under my cheekbones and on my temples; it never looks fake or orange! I really would recommend this bronzer to anyone, and they other shade they offer, "At Neatherway Cove", supposedly works on the fairest of the fair. Check 'em out! 

 Swatched heavily, then blended in.

All RBR products are available from Zuneta.com, a lovely online retailer.

Review/Swatches Rouge Bunny Rouge Loves Lights Highlighting Powder

Per the Rouge Bunny Rouge website:

 "We interpreted the sublimely haunting beauty of this powder and released it here for you. Feather-light and creamy, to softly stroke your skin with pearly velvet light from dusk till dawn. A natural, even and radiant look is yours, while the tiny dazzling micro-particles add teasingly shimmering twinkles. Let the firelight in, to accentuate cheeks, arms, legs... anywhere you dare to bare. With such a bewitching halo about you, those who lay their head upon your warm lap may not want it back." 


How romantic! This powder does not disappoint in my humble opinion. It is not for a dramatic highlighting effect, such as you would receive with a few layers of the liquid highlighter (Seas of Illumination), but it does definitely give a "glow" to the skin. It's extremely silky and lightweight, and feels like buttah when swatched. The color I picked was Sweet to Touch, a pink based powder with small golden micro-shimmers. Very beautiful and definitely a luxurious product to use! You could definitely use this all over the face if you desired a glowing, healthy finish. 

Gorgeous packaging!

Very subtle- you can just about make out the hint of golden/pink glow in the center of my forearm. On the face though, it's lovely!