A few years back, more like 3 (in 2013) to be precised, I started a YouTube channel... I did this because since I first had access to the internet, and consequently to YouTube, I fell in love with that world! 

To be honest, I don't remember my YouTube time before I discover Michelle Phan, then I was completely hooked by the makeup/beauty video world.
The years have pasted and I kept watching and watching others youtubers making videos which I loved, by this time I already had found my ultimate favorite youtuber (Zoella). I used to think about how much fun it must be, just to do what you love, talk about what you love and top it off with the audiovisual aspect of making videos (anyone who knows me knows that I'm an audiovisual child, I think it is a family thing but this is subject to another post)...it was such a cool and exciting world ohhh I can not begin to describe how much it affected me and helped me becoming who I am now.

At this point, around the summer of 2013, I decided to kick my anxiety and shyness in the butt and start to make my own videos...
I couldn't find my old thumbnails but here's a couple of sneak peaks of some of my old videos...

Vlog of when me and my mom went on a small trip to London (2013)

As you may already realized, I truly enjoy exploring new makeup brands and products...so, to do something different with my life, or not lol, me and my good friend Cris went to do some errands, which included to go makeup hunting.

While on the savage hunt for the most cheap and good products, we found ourselves in the Clarel store going through the multiple makeup brands. After carefully analyse the Maybelline, Essence and Catrice makeup stands we crossed with an unknown makeup brand called Basic Cosmetics.

As expected my eyes went directly to the lipsticks where I found the matt ones and, as a typical reaction, I saw the prices and I could not believe.....it was just 2,85€ do you believe it?!
Well, unfortunately it had just 5 or 6 different colors on the range and only three had a tester that wasn't break...however, to be honest, I don't really care since I was immediately drawn to the two red (different kind of reds) ones. It truly was a close fight but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and bring home the bright orangy-red 06 (I understand that this isn't even a real word but bare with me).


For you to understand better this color I compared this lipsticks to most beautiful true red I own, this is the Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipsticks by Kate Moss 01.

Even though this color is way out of my comfort zone I have not a single regret of buying this product. It might not be the most creamy lipsticks to apply but they last so well, they are so incredibly comfortable on the lips (it feels like you have nothing on your lips) and the pigmentation for the price is from another world that I almost forget about that little down side of this product. Just thinking about the fact that it almost don't transfer or the fact that it is a complete matt without drying out your lips for under 3€, my mind is blown away!

I gotta said that I'm definitely going to buy the other red (even though I have enough red lipsticks lol) and check out the other mystery lipsticks on the range!

Check out the links here:
Clarel/Basic Cosmetics: https://www.clarel.pt/marcas/basic-cosmetics/
Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipsticks: https://pt.rimmellondon.com/produtos/lips/baton-lasting-finish-by-kate-moss