Lupa Bee

With Mother's Day just around the corner, I know most of you, like me, are searching for gift ideas for our precious mother. Even though Mother's Day, here in Canada isn't until May 11th, I know other countries celebrate it earlier, so I thought this would be a good time for this post. Every day should be a Mother's day, I really don't think we need one specific day from the year to let her know how much we love her. We should make our mothers feel loved and special everyday, because no one in the world can give us the unconditional love and support like our mother can. In Islam, we believe heaven lies under the feet of your Mother, so we should treat her well everyday. I normally don't do anything for Mother's Day or Father's Day just because it's not part of my culture or my religion but I been wanting to get my mum something for a while and since its Mother's Day around the corner I thought I'd just do whatever I want on that day. I'm also on a budget, so I can't really splurge as much as I want to.

Hello my beautiful! Firstly, I apologize for not being consistence with my blogging. As from the title you already know what this post is going to be about. I know I have a lot of trouble trying to find my shade in foundation, especially if I'm doing online shopping or even drugstore shopping where you don't have the option to try it out on yourself before purchase m. My first foundation was from the drugstore when I was 13 from Revlon, but I ended up not using it (that's another story for another time), so I don't really consider this as my "first" foundation. I consider my MAC foundation that I bought when I was 18 to be my real first foundation, because that was when I really started to get in to makeup. I'm a NC 40/42 in MAC's Pro Longwear Foundation and I used that to find my colour in other brands.



I used temptalia's Foundation Matrix and from there I gathered all these foundation colour from brands that are common and well known to me. Since I'm in the colour NC 40/42, I will do only for this shade, so I can also refer back to it whenever I need to instead of searching through millions of different brands from temptalia's Foundation Matrix.



If you don't know your shade from MAC, you can also use any other brands foundation shade that you know to search for other brands (if you go on the website, it's pretty self explanatory) . If you don't know your colour for any foundation, because you're new to foundations then I suggest you go to your local makeup store and ask one of the cosmetician to help you find your colour.

Foundation Shade (for MAC NC 40/42) In Other Brands

Check out these posts for more foundation match:

MAC PRO-LONG WEAR FOUNDATION NC 30 | HIGH END FOUNDATION

MAC PRO-LONG WEAR FOUNDATION NC 30 | DRUGSTORE FOUNDATION

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Update May 2019: *Disclaimer - something happened to all my old blog posts that most of my pictures have been deleted, therefore the pictures used on this blog post are not my own.  Click the image for original source. For the sake of the posts I gathered the pictures from the internet since I no longer have these pictures (and products). I'm sorry if i'm referring to my old pictures and the review/post doesn't make sense. I'm sure you can find more info on the product/item on the website. If I'm using you're image and you'd like me to remove it, please let me know via email at lupabee@gmail.com . Thank you!

MAC Lipstick Dupes 

If you've read my beautyjoint haul post, you'll know that I ordered some Wet n Wild Megalast lipsticks. I gave one (Just Peachy) to my friend and now I have six. I been trying them out lately and I think it's time to do a review on them.

 I hope this was helpful, if you have any questions, please leave them below in the comment section. Thank you for reading!

Just yesterday I said I was going to give shopping a break but then today my mum took me out and how could I resist not buying something from Shoppers Drugsmart? I felt like everything was calling my name and asking me to bring them home because they felt so lonely and needed a home. I tried my best to avoid them but these two lippy's were like, "you need us!" So I had to get them! I'm going to stop doing these haul type posts because I been doing them a lot lately, and do more of reviews and looks posts. So I got the Rimmel Kate Moss Lasting Finish matte 104 (my first lipstick from the Kate Moss collection) and 038 In Vogue.

I'm always on the hunt for a good drugstore foundation because I want to move away from using my high end foundation everyday. I think it's good to have a combination of both, high end and drugstore foundation, so when you only need to wear it for a few hours, you can use your drugstore foundation and you're not wasting your expensive products. While I was placing my Beautyjoint order, I randomly selected the Rimmel London Match Perfection Foundation SPF 18, just to give it a try. I didn't really check or read reviews about it before ordering it, like I normally do. I even selected the color with out looking at swatches from reviews. After placing the order, I did look around to see what other people had to say about this, at this point it would've been too late even if I decided to not get it. After reading and watching some reviews on youtube, I was disappointed that I didn't read around before placing the order because everyone said, they don't recommend this for oily skin and I have really oily skin. After receiving it, I gave it a try and this was my experience...

Before I get started, I just want to say, this is how this product worked on me, It might have worked differently on other people.


What it is: It's a full coverage foundation, that is buildable. It has a very runny consistency. Gives a luminous finish. Lasts all day, and has SPF 18.

What it promises: "Traceless coverage foundation with Advanced Smart-Tone technology for perfectly flawless skin under any light. Enhanced with Sapphire Radiance for illuminating glow. Lasts all day. UVA/UVB protection."

Does it work: Now thats quite a promise for the price tag of $7.99 ! Question is does it really work? Absolutely! I was really afraid it would make me super oily so after applying I did use my MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural to set the foundation and it worked just fine. It lasted through the whole day, I didn't have to touch up. I got it in the colour 130 True Ivory, which seems like a very light colour for my skin tone, but after applying, it wasn't that light. It did match with my skin tone, however, if I purchase this again I will get one shade darker for sure because I do like my foundation with a yellow undertone and this had more of a white under tone. I love the fact that it has SPF 18, I wont need to worry about applying sunscreen and it smells amazing!

Packaging: I like the packaging. It's in a glass bottle, which looks pretty expensive. I know some have the pump, but the one I got didn't, so i'm a little disappointed, but over all the packaging is still nice for the price.

Overall: I'm really impressed with this foundation. For the price, I think it gives great coverage and can be worn for a long time. For those with oily or combination skin type, you must use a setting powder, or else you will get oily. I think, for now I have found my favourite drugstore foundation. I will most likely look for another one that would be better with my oily skin but for now, I think this is fine. I'd give this a 4/5 .

Re-purchase: Yes! I wouldn't mind re-purchasing this. I think it's perfect for the price and it gives everything that I need unless I find another drugstore foundation that works better for me.

That was all for now, I hope this was helpful. Thank you for reading!

What is your favourite drugstore foundation?

Sephora Jumbo Liner 12HR Review!

With out a doubt I had very low expectation for any Sephora Collection products but I was really surprised after I made some purchase from the Sephora Collection. I always avoided buying anything from their collection because I thought they would be like drugstore products with a high price tag than drugstore products. One day however, I was desperate for a face primer and didn't really know which one to get, as I walked over the Sephora Collection section, I randomly picked up the Sephora Collection Anti-Shine Foundation Primer and thank god that I did because that is like my holy grail primer right now and this was how Sephora Collection won my heart and I fell  in love with their collection. After buying the primer I wanted to try more of their products so I purchased their crayon jumbo eyeliner and lipsticks, which is also my holy grail and I'll talk about the lipsticks in a future post but for now I'll talk about their crayon jumbo eyeliner and how impressed I am. I picked out three that I felt I would use the most: 13 Marine, 08 Gold, and 21 Pink Glitter.

How to get 50s inspired makeup look:

Since my last post was on the legendary beauty icon Marilyn Monroe, I'm in the mood to create a 50s inspired look. 50s was all about looking feminine and enhancing your feminine features, like the rosy cheeks, the bold lips and wider eyes. I feel that this look is very easy to do and it always looks great, whether it's for a everyday look or for a special occasion because it almost looks natural. You are just enhancing everything.


In the 1950s, it was all about soft curls, bold lips, rosy natural cheeks, defined eyebrows and a little bit of winged eyeliner. Ultimately you want a really matte finish. Below is a list of products and ways that you can use to achieve this look. This is just a random collection of products that you can use but obviously these are not the only ones and there are many others ways to achieve the 50s looks. So please don't feel this is the only way. This is just how I do it.


Products:  MAC Cosmetics- Pressed Powder, NARS Blush Desire - cotton candy pink, MAC Cosmetics Lipstick - Russian Red, Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomad, No Bleeding Lips- Secret Lip Liner, Benefit Cosmetics- BADgal Lash Mascara, Sephora Collection Long-Lasting 12HR Wear Eye Line.

How to Create the 50s Makeup Look.

Celebrities in 50s Inspired Makeup

Marilyn Monroe, truly is the definition of "gone but never forgotten".  It's been 56 years since her death on August 5th, 1962, and even today, she is still one of the most influential person in our history. Even after so many years, she still remains as a famous beauty icon. She said "imperfection is beauty" however, she never failed to achieve the perfect look for herself . People are so inspired by her, even the young generation of today. It seems like no one ever stops obsessing over her. We often see big stars always re-creating her signature looks. It feels as if she never left the popular imagination, since she is always brought up when someone talks about beauty icons or even the 50s.