of Faces and Fingers: ZA Cosmetics

It's been a few months since my last empties post, so here's a check in on what I've been using! I'm happy to add, I have a lot of empties to show you! I don't know about you, but since I'm a beauty hoarder (one of the problems of being a beauty addict, I suppose!), I have way more product than I can ever use up in my entire life (that might not, by the way, be an exaggeration), so I get overly excited whenever I do actually use up something!

Empties! So many empties, including skincare and makeup items of all sorts!

This time round, I have a lot more empties than normal because I decided to consciously use up some of the products that were starting to run low, especially for colour makeup, which I don't always do. I actually set a blush that looked like I could hit pan on it to be my "everyday" blush until it actually got used up, and I couldn't be prouder of myself, haha.

All my empties! Look at how much stuff I actually use up!
Anyway, let's start taking a look at these empties! Empties this time include both makeup (eyeshadow, blush, foundation, lipstick, and more), and skincare (moisturizers, pimple products, eye cream, sunscreen), so there is a lot to cover! Most of these are products I like, probably because I wouldn't even use up products I hate. So I think that the fact that I used all these products up says something!

ZA Cosmetics is a brand of skincare and makeup that can be found in Southeast Asia, as well as other nearby locations, such as New Zealand. One of their star products that has been much-raved about is their Concealer Perfection, a liquid concealer in a tube. I believe this product has won a bunch of awards from various local and regional magazines, so it's got the accolades to prove it.

The concealers are quite light-textured and heavily pigmented, which contributes to their popularity. The closest thing I can think of are the MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer. The shades are simply named 1, 2, and 3, from lightest to darkest.

1 is the colour I use, it's a NC20-ish type of shade, a light neutral beige.
2 is also a yellow beige, but darker. It's more like NC25, or NC30-ish.
3 is a shade that's a deep yellow beige for those darker than NC30.

I haven't done pure swatch posts like this in awhile, so it does feel good to have swatches up again. I just love swatching stuff, and I love seeing swatches too, so with any luck you'll be seeing more swatches around!