What They Say:
All Bases Covered Foundation: This
lightweight, creamy foundation offers light to medium coverage, evens out skin
tone and protects.
RRP: $30 (30ml) – Available from Paula’s Choice
Brow-Defining Cream Duo: Show off those brows like never
before. With two mixable shades, you can create your perfect eyebrow colour for
fuller, thicker-looking, smudge-proof brows.
RRP: $31 – Available from Paula’s Choice
Illicit Lash Maximum Impact Mascara: I’m shutting my eyes on clumpy
lashes. Sweep this smudge proof mascara on with the specially designed rubber
brush for long, beautifully separated lashes.
RRP: $21 – Available from Paula’s Choice
Gentle Touch Makeup Remover: Give old makeup the rub, without
the scrub. This dual-phase solution takes off even waterproof mascara quickly
and gently. Reduces puffiness too.
RRP: $20 (127ml) – Available from Paula’s Choice
What I Say:
I’ve heard a lot about Paula’s Choice products from overseas
bloggers, but never had a chance to try any of the products myself. So when the
products launched in Australia and I was offered to trial a selection of their
products, I happily accepted. 
The All Bases Covered Foundation is a foundation that is
designed for dry to very dry skin, and I have to say here that technically it
is not the right fit for my combination skin. However, I still like this
lightweight foundation that absorbs quickly into my skin and gives it a nice
dewy finish and a natural look. It is easy to apply and blend with your
fingers, and it has a good coverage, covering minor pigmentation and redness,
leaving my skin looking more even. The coverage can easily be built up to
medium with an extra layer on the required areas. However, with increasing
pigmentation (not helped by being pregnant) and some old acne scars, I do feel
I still need to use a concealer to cover these areas, as well as darker circles
under my eyes.
The foundation can supposedly be used on its own, without using
a serum and moisturiser prior, but I have to say that even with my combination
skin, I wouldn’t skip my daily moisturiser. The foundation also has a mineral
based UVA/UVB SPF 25 to protect skin from the sun’s damaging rays.
The All Bases Covered Foundation doesn’t seem to make my skin break out,
and lasts fairly well on my skin without settling into fine lines, although I
do need to ‘powder’ my nose and t-zone area by the afternoon – but again, I
think that is mainly due to my combination skin, so I am sure it would stay put
better on the normal to dry skin types as it is intended.
The Brow-Defining Duo is a cream duo intended to be used to
fill in sparse brows and make them look fuller and more defined. To be honest,
I haven’t always used brow products, but years of over-plucking means that my
brows now are thinner than I like them to be, so brow products are not a part
of my daily routine too. The Brow-Defining Duo comes with two shades, a lighter
and a darker shade as well as a double-ended brush with an angled brush in one
end and a small spoolie in the other. The angled brush is perfect to use to apply
the cream definer, and you can either use the shades individually or combined
for the perfect colour match. Here after you use the spoolie to help shape and
brush the brows into place.
The Brow-Defining Duo is easy to use – although I do admit
to using a ‘mascara-style’ brow product on the days where I’m in a hurry – but
in saying that I do like the more refined results that this duo gives my brows.
The cream seems to have a bit of wax included too, so your brows stay in place
all day, as well as the colour of course stays put too, without running or
smearing. 
The cute little compact also comes with a small mirror so
you can apply, or touch up on the go if you like. The only other thing I could
have wished was included would be a small brow stencil, which would have been
very handy for a brow novice like me!
Next is the Illicit Lash Maximum Impact Mascara. I have very
sensitive eyes that easily gets irritated and water, so in general I tend to
wear waterproof mascaras to avoid the panda look occurring during the day. The
Illicit Lash Maximum Impact Mascara isn’t waterproof, but claims to be smudge
proof, which I can vouch for as it did stay put even after my eyes had been
watering. It has a large flexible rubber brush that makes it easy to reach and
coat every single lash, even the smallest of lashes in the corners of your
eyes, and it nicely separates and defines the lashes without any clumps. I also
like that it keeps the lashes feeling soft, unlike many other mascaras. 2-3
coats of this mascara gives your lashes a nice look, with both volume and
length and a touch of curl, but I wouldn’t go as far as to call it Maximum
Impact as the name of the mascara suggest – however, still, it is a great
mascara for every day wear, and it doesn’t irritate my eyes and stays put all
day with is a great bonus.
Finally, the Gentle Touch Makeup Remover is a dual-phase
makeup remover that you shake before use, and then apply to a cotton ball
before removing your makeup. It claims to easily remove even waterproof mascara
quickly and gently, as well as reduce puffiness! I did find that it was
struggling a little removing a waterproof mascara, and that I had to go over it
a few times for my lashes to be completely clean, but in saying that, it easily
and in just one swipe removed the Illicit Lash Maximum Impact Mascara and the
Brow-Defining Duo. I am also not really sure about it reducing puffiness around
the eyes, but I also don’t really expect a makeup remover to be able to do so,
rather something I’d expect from an eye cream! However all in all, I do like
this makeup remover. It is quite gentle, and doesn’t irritate or sting in my
eyes, and doesn’t leave my eye area feeling greasy or sticky. 
All in all I am enjoying these products from Paula’s Choice.
They are all of a high quality and at the same time very reasonably priced. The
standout product for me is definitely the Brow-Defining Duo, which I am really
enjoying, although in saying that, I do enjoy the other products as well. So I
certainly wouldn’t mind adding a few more makeup products to my collection, and
particularly love the look of the Blush Palette and the Nude Eyeshadow Palette…
Have you ever tried any of the products from Paula’s Choice?
Any recommendations?
* Some products may have been kindly provided for consideration, and have reviewed in accordance with my Disclosure Policy.