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Korean Beauty: Memebox's Pony Effect Cosmetics + Beauty Products

Memebox recently sent me some more cosmetics and beauty products from Pony Effect. I'm in Korean Beauty heaven! For those of who who don't know, Pony is a makeup artist and K-Beauty icon. She's the Creative Director for Pony Effect and designs makeup products that are really cutting edge and so gorgeous. The packaging is so beautiful. I love the rose gold for the palettes. See below for more details on the products shown above.

Pony Effect Customizing Lip Palette ($30 at Memebox)

Can we talk about this Pony Effect Customizing Lip Palette? I have never seen anything like it. It came in a large palette with 5 base colors (white, black, purple, blue and yellow) and 5 neutral, warm, and cool colors. There's a handy mirror and applicator brushes (dual ended with one silone end for mixing and lip brush for applying) and a small "window" where you can open so you can hold your palette like an artist's palette. The kit also comes with a sheet of really cool stickers. Don't think you are going to straight up wear yellow lipstick. You mix one of the base colors with one of the lipstick colors and create the right color tone of lipstick that works for you. Just like how an artists mixes their colors. The lipstick possibilities are endliess. I am going to play around with this so much this holiday season.

See their You Tube video that shows you some examples of the color combinations:

Pony Effect Radiance Glow Hydrating Starter ($21 at Memebox)

You can wear the Radiance Glow Hydrating Starter alone or under your makeup as a primer. This gives your skin an illuminating glow. I used it this morning and decided not to wear my cushion compact over it because I felt like my skin had a natural healthy glow to it and I wasn't really going out. It's very light feeling and hydrating. It also has a nice soft scent. There are also anti-aging properties in this product to take care of fine lines and wrinkles.

Pony Effect Strobing Luminizer ($21 at Memebox)

The Strobing Luminizer is a liquid highlighter. I had never used one before this and I really liked how it absorbed well into my skin. This has a nice champagne glow that's really flattering to my skin tone and I'm looking forward to wearing this for holiday events. It's currently sold out but hopefully be back in stock soon.

Pony Effect Favorite Fluid Lip Tint ($16.50 at Memebox)

I'm addicted to lip products and this lip tint is wonderful! It is glossy and doesn't clump or feel too gloopy. The color lasts I have it in the color #Be Agape which is this fantastic red with pink undertones. Right now on the Memebox site, there is this color #Fatal Allure which looks beautiful too!

Pony Effect Conceptural Eyes Quad ($29 at Memebox)

I have the eye quad in #Be Romantic (see photo at the top of this post) and I love all the colors. They are soft rose colors with some warm gold tones. Right now on their web site they have the quad #Embrown but it's currently sold out. Hopefully these will be back in stock soon because I really love the formula and colors for these shadows. They are also really affordable too.

Review products provided by Memebox

Chanel Beauty Collection Libre Gel Eyeliner + Rouge Coco Stylo

I was a little underwhelmed by the holiday makeup "Collection Libre" by Chanel. The Architectonic eyeshadow palette inspired by architecture featured glittery light and concrete grays and dark blue. I watched a few You Tubers test it out and for $80 it wasn't worth it for me. (I ended up getting the Dior holiday palette which I will share soon.)

But what did intrigue me was the Calligraphy De Chanel Longer Intense Cream Eyeliner ($35 at Chanel.com). I tried this on the morning I received the box and I am surprised at how long wearing it is. It lasted me from 10am to 8pm when I cleaned off all of my makeup. What I love the most about this eyeliner is the accompanying tiny brush. It caps like a pen so it's easily stored in your makeup bag. The brush is really sharp so you can really get a good line that's close to your eyelashes. I also found it easier to make that cat eye wing shape at the ends because of this brush. Previously with other eyeliner pots, I have been using my Chanel Ultra Fine Eyeliner Brush #13. That works ok to get close to your lashes, but this small brush lets you do your eyeliner quickly as well as precisely.

I have been carrying around really small bags lately and loved using my Chanel Rouge Coco Stylo ($37 each) in Message. It's a bit more color (red) than what I want to wear for everyday so I picked up two more neutral everyday colors. I love that this basically is the size of a pen and fits perfectly inside my mini bags. I bought 218 Script, a nice nude and 216 Lettre, a soft rose. What I love about this formula is that it feels super light on the lips and has a really pretty shine so that I don't need to add (and carry) a lip gloss.

Here is a swatch of the colors. At top is 216 Lettre and bottom is 218 Script.

Order Chanel beauty or fragrance on Chanel.com right now and get it beautifully wrapped for the holidays. I love seeing the pretty Chanel box under the tree. You also get to pick two free samples!

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Korean Beauty: Memebox Pop Up in SF

(Photo: Courtesy of Memebox)

Memebox Pop Up
119 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA
Until 12/24/16

This summer I did extensive research on where to buy Korean beauty products in San Francisco for Racked SF. Now add another cool store to the list, even if it is just for the holidays. Memebox the curated online shopping destination for Korean beauty products has a holiday pop up in Union Square at 119 Ellis Street. From now until December 24th, don't miss the chance to buy some of the most popular Korean beauty products out there.

The pop up will feature Memebox’s in-house color cosmetics and skin-care brands: I’m Meme, Pony Effect, Nooni and Bonvivant, and bestsellers from third-party brands such as SkinMiso, Elizavecca and Cosrx. Prices range from $1 for individual sheet masks to $150 for gift sets. Promotional items found online such as Meme Vault Boxes loaded with products at a value price will also be in the mix at the store.

I tried some of their products from my RANBonuBox this season so go read my reviews on some of their items. I love my Pony Effect gloss and want to try some of their other cosmetics.