[REVIEW] Holika Holika Jewel-light Blusher in 06 Banilla Pink

Hello from Melbourne!

I've pre-scheduled this post to appear while I'm away. (I love this schedule option so much!) To those whom will miss me, do give me a text on my whatsapp before I change my number to a temporary Aussie number. For those who can't reach me, it's ok! Just text me on facebook and I'll try my best to get back to you right after school hours. 

As for today's review, I'm working on Holika Holika Jewel Light Blusher in 06 Banilla Pink (I got my translation from an online store selling these blusher).

I wouldn't really call mine as a blusher. It's more of a highlighter from the range of blusher. I haven't had the chance to take a swatch on my hand but will do it once I find the time to do so (do remind me!) The packaging is very similar to those of Canmake's blusher which is a little flimsy (sad to say).

Colour wise, it worked well enough. I don't have to apply lots of layer to achieve what I wanted. The shimmer effect was good and wasn't too bright or pinkish. Lovely.

Price: $14.90 (I think...)

Pros:

• Not too shimmery, works just well
• Portable
• Just one layer is sufficient

Cons

• Nothing

Would I recommend it?

Yes, for the price and quality this is a steal!

[REVIEW] Etude House Eye's Cream Vanilla Moist Eye Cream

3 days to Melbourne

During my last spree from Etude House, I bought another eye cream which totally caught my eye because of it's super cute packaging. (Yeah, I'm a sucker for cute packaging too) Anyway, I needed an eye cream cause' the previous one wasn't suitable for me. Here goes the review!

Interior of the box when opened up. It's so cute and pretty!

Exterior of the box

Eye cream in stick form

When I was looking out for an eye cream to replace the last one I had, I was looking at things that were really creamy (thus eye cream right?) The last one I had came from The Body Shop, Nutriganics Smoothing Eye Cream, which wasn't bad at all. I had to changed it after my colleagues told me that it was too strong for someone my age. 

Attracted by it's cute packaging (and also the awesome discount from my friend!) I picked up the Vanilla Moist version. It also comes in another 'flavour'(?) or rather scent which is the Mint Cooling version. For me, I needed something which provides moisture to my the area under my eyes, so I went for the moisturizing one. When applied, it's cooling and it felt like it had melted into your skin.

Price: Below $20. I can't recall the exact price. >_<

Pros

• Does it's job of moisturizing my eyes area
• Small and handy to bring around (if you need to)
• Stick form, clean and hygienic

Cons

• Not suitable for aging skin
• light effect

Would I recommend it?

If you are young (which I mean by below 25), it does it's job of keeping the eye area moisturized to prevent fine lines from forming. So go for it!

If you are above 25, I think this wouldn't have much effect since it's light and the moisturizing effect wouldn't be as strong as what you would require.

[REVIEW] Clio Waterproof Brow Mascara in Brown

5 days to Melbourne

Hello people! I apologized to the clipping of the image above as it looked 100% ok on my camera. Anyway, it's down to my final week at home in Singapore. Although I'm currently complaining about the humid and warm weather in Singapore, I'm bound to miss it's warmth over there in Melbourne. 

 Clio Twistup Brown Eyebrow Mascara

Today's review would be on Clio Waterproof Brow Mascara in Brown. I bought it when it was on 20% sale in Watson. At first I thought it would worked as well as the brand's eyeliner but to my surprised, it didn't turn out well. It was drier as compared to the other eyebrow mascara I've used previously and the colour won't colour the eyebrow nicely. Although I used lined my brows with a pencil liner, the colour from the mascara is just faint and doesn't work well on me. 

It comes in 2 shades, black and dark brown. So for girls who have light brown hair should stay away from this product. 

Price: $20+ after discount from Watsons

Pros

• Light coverage
• Dark brown colour which is more suitable for Natural Brown hair girls

Cons

• Very dry, hard to colour onto the eyebrows
• Only comes in 2 shades
• Colour not suitable for most people
• Price similar to another brand which is more worth it

Would I recommend it?

No. Not worth the money even after the 20% discount. But do try their range of Auto pencil liners, which works really well. 

[REVIEW] Etude House Sweet Recipe Eye Shadow Brush

10 days to Melbourne

Hello my lovlies, I'll try to post up all my reviews before I leave for Melbourne. During then, I'm afraid that I won't be able to blog (often or worst still, at all!) so please be patient! I'll try my best to do my blogging when I'm back after 3 weeks. (School for 2 weeks in Australia and travel for a week in China, bless me.)

Anyway, this time round I'm reviewing on the newest eye shadow brush from Etude House! This comes from the sweet recipe range, together with another eye liner brush. (Which I'll review on shortly) 

I totally love their design and packaging for this brush! Firstly, I am a big fan of pocky sticks, so anything relate to it will naturally attract my attention. Secondly, it's plain CUTE! AHHHHH!

 How awesome is it? It looked like a pocky stick!

Tip of the brush 

The tip of this brush is thinner for a more precise application of the eye colours onto your eye lid. Definitely very different from the flat brushes that I usually used for my eye colours.

Price: $8.90/piece

Pros

• Precise tip for application
• cute design
• pick up colour nicely
• very portable
• cute additional to a cute makeup pouch

Cons

• slightly overprice (but it's cute!)
• doesn't have a cap to keep the dust or dirt off

Would I recommend it?

GO BUY ONE NOW. 

[REVIEW] Holika Holika Pig-nose clear black head 3 step kit

11 days to Melbourne

Hello there people! I've been good on schedule for these few days on my blog. *Hehe* One big round of applause please. Haha, kidding! I'm actually quite amazed at myself today, I've been to school, to work and I'm home blogging away now :D

I received another 2 parcels from Qoo10 (former Gmarket) today! Finally it's here! :D *jumps around* Ok, moving onto my review! 

Next up, Pig-nose clear black head 3 step kit from Holika Holika. To be true, I became their fan just recently! When they had a shop of their own when they were in Singapore 2 years back, I already liked their  cream eye shadow, but during then their price wasn't really cheap and affordable for a student like me. 

A few weeks back, I went back to take a look at their section in Isetan and found out that they were so much more affordable now (or rather I'm willing to spend much more since I'm working part time or the fact that Chewy paid this for me :P )! 

Anyway, the really friendly shop assistant (the only male staff there) recommended this to me! (Y)

 3 step kit

Instructions on the back 

Personally I found this working quite well for me, especially the nose strip (step 2) that I actually went back to get another pack. 

Step 1 comes with this nose strip soak in serum that supposedly makes your blackhead comes up to your nose surface. It didn't stayed on my nose and keep slipping off, so I took it off immediately   once the time was up.

Step 2 was the normal nose strip, which I particularly likes a lot. It isn't too sticky after you remove it and doesn't leave the black residue like those black nose strip. And it does pull out all those blackhead like the drugstore brand ones.

Step 3 was something that close up the pores after the black head are removed. Once again, this thing doesn't stay on my nose as it's supposed to. I guess my nose was too flat :(

Price: $3.90 for a kit of 3 nose strips (3 steps)

Pros

• Step 2 nose strip does the job of pulling out all the blackheads.
• does not have any unpleasant smell
• does not leave residue 

Cons

• Doesn't stay on my nose :(

Would I recommend it?

Yes! Although 2 of the nose strips doesn't stay on my nose, but I think it's a good kit to find out which one of the product from the range would be suitable for me. I felt that the step 2 strip was good and went back to get a full pack of it. 

[REVIEW] THE FACE SHOP - the smim Radiating Moisturizing Cream

12 days to Melbourne

That's less than 2 weeks now. So you can guess that I'll be rather slow on my blog updates (as usual) since I'm down with lots of school work to be done before heading over to Melbourne. This time round I'm reviewing on a facial cream that came along with my Etude House purchase. 

The outside of the packaging. I really like the pink :D Like soft and
feminine.

The texture of the cream is slightly creamier and oily. It does have a slight pink tint to it, which I guess helps to illuminate the skin. The colour of it is very similar to The Body Shop's Vitamin E Illuminating Moisture Cream.

Price: Not sure, I got it as a sample :P

PROS:

• Does help to illuminate the skin
• A little goes a long long way
• Good moisturising effect

CONS:

• Slightly oily for my combination skin

Rating:

2.5 out of 5

Would I recommend it?

Hmm.. Not for me. If you have dry skin, you might want to try it. As for me, I don't want to add more 'shine' on top my super oily face. :P

[PERSONAL] Something Special for Someone Special

17 days to Melbourne

I'm excited and sad at the same time about my trip to Melbourne. Excited that I'll be able to explore another beautiful city that I've never been to before and visiting all those little street cafes and not forgetting about another wonderful shopping experience. But on the other hand, I will be able to see Chewy for 2 weeks. :( And to add on, his new school term will start on the same day as my classes in Melbourne. 

So I decided to give him something special for our 19th months together, which I think he might need for school (soon). 

A sketchbook and box full of pen and pencils!

Haha! I feel like a mum... Hopefully he'll find them useful enough for him. I had to travel to different places to gather those different parts for one of his pen. There was something like a mechanical pencil lead which you can place it into one of the slots in the pen and viola! it becomes a pen&pencil in one thing. I hope all these efforts doesn't goes down the drain. 

[Review] The Body Shop Mango Lip Butter

18 days to Melbourne

A little review on one of my favourite, the mango lip butter from The Body Shop!

This thing have always been my favourite since I was young (like 12?) to even now (10 years and counting!). It comes in many other flavours, but I'll go for mango. 

One thing I really love about this is the sweet tangy smell of mango and the sweet taste of it. As compared to other lip balms I definitely find this more moisturizing and buttery as compared to those lip balms in stick form. I usually use it at night before I go to sleep as a lip moisturizer, and when you wake up you have baby soft lips. 

On the down side would be that it's a little tricky to apply it on, at home you just need a clean finger and smear it onto your lips directly from the pot. But if you are outside, you will need a lip brush to apply it. Also, it doesn't goes well if you want to use it before applying lipstick, the lip colour doesn't goes on well onto the layer of lip butter. 

Price: SGD $10.90 for 10ml

PROS:

• Sweet smelling and tasting
• Moisturizing (good for overnight lipcare)

CONS:

• Not convenient to apply onto the lips
• Slight stinging effect on the lips when too much are applied

Rating:

3 out of 5

Would I recommend it?

Yes, if you like mango and using it for lip care at night, but no for those who would like to use them on the go.

Paul Bakery With Le Chewy

19 days to Melbourne.

Last Friday (5 April 2013), I went out on an AWESSOOOOOOOOOOOOOME date with Chewy! Haha. Ok. Awesooooooooooooome is used too often, maybe... SUPERB? We finally visited Paul Bakery in Ngee Ann City together! I always wanted to go there ever since my date out the girls and to bring him there to try the Chocolate Macaroon Shake,which I fell in love with the first time I drank it. (Sadly, we were too hungry that we didn't even had the chance to take a photo of it.)

This was mine, which I had forgotten it's beautiful name =x 

Ok, I'll edit it again once I find out. But this thing is good. It's served with tomato, mozzarella cheese and nuts. The tomato slices were juicy and melt in your mouth with the cheese. The nut were an added point to it, which makes the dish soft and nutty at the same time. I like it.

Only thing bad was that the bread was too hard, and I couldn't enjoy it properly without hurting the ulcers in my mouth. D:

And next, Mr Chewy's Halibut fish.

It was really tasty, but the serving was really small and the price wasn't cheap too. It tasted a little fishy as compared to other grilled fish, but it was delicious when you dip it into the sauce that came along with it. (Y) The vegetables (hidden under the chunks of fish) were cooked just nice, not too soft nor too hard. Just the way it should be.

We were there for dinner but the food serving size were really meant for high tea (after all it's a bakery). I guess I'll be back soon to try their breads really soon.

Taste of food?: 8/10 The bread was too hard and the fish was a little fishy for me.

Price worthy?: 5/10 Slightly higher than average, ranging from $2.80 for a simple pastry to $26 for a main.

Would I visit again? Yes, but for tea and chilling sessions only.

On the plus side, Chewy went shopping with me after dinner. Haha! Which is good for me to forget some unhappy stuffs that happened this week. Anyway, I finally got my Petit Jelly BB cream from Holika Holika! OH YEAH! Chewy said he wanted to show me some surprises (Which I'm still waiting to know...), although it might not be something big, but still, its the thought that counts.

That's all for now people, I had a wonderful dinner with my loved one and it's time for you to do so soon!

Almost a year...

20 days to Melbourne.

Hello there people!

Time really files! I mean, looked at how long it's been my last post. Haha! I really wanted to revive my blog months and months ago, but due to the busy schedule (and tons of procrastination), I was unable to do what I really wanted to. 

After my Sydney trip last year, I got into Uni and was really busy with school and personal life. Once again, I'll be leaving for Melbourne in another 20 days for school trip. This time round, Chewy not's coming with me but my fellow roommates will be! (Wheeee!)

I had a few awesome dates with Chewy this weekend before I'm gone for another 3 weeks. I'll definitely miss him :( 

I guess that's all for now!