Empties: September 2013

 

Hi everyone! It's been a crazy couple months for me. Just to give a quick update, I'm currently working at Lush Singapore and it's been busy busy busy. So since I'm working there, I'll try to do more review on Lush products since I'm trying new products from there.

 

Anyway, moving on, it's October already! So of course, here's my empties for September!

 

 

(YAY) Garfield Baby Wipes 100pcs

It has a slightly rough texture but I find that it removes makeup from my hands very effectively. This is my HG everytime I put on makeup and make a mess on my hands and table.

 

(YAY) ELF Booster in Sheer

Good if you want a sheer, light finishing powder.

 

(YAY) MBD Black Pearl Mask

This mask claims to brighten and whiten. I think it does brighten and moisturise, doubtful about the whitening part, or it might be that I do not use it frequently to see the results. But still, a happy girl because I'm a sucker for masks.

 

Daiso Natural Pack Black Peel Off Mask

 

(YAY) Biore Pore and Oil Clear Facial Foam with Micro Scrub 

Cheap and it works pretty well for me. Gentle on my face even with the scrub.

 

Lady Speed Stick in Shower Fresh

 

(YAY) Guardian Hydrating Face Mist

Works pretty much like its sibling; the nourishing face mist. However, I find this smells more pleasant. I like to use this to refresh my face after a wash or just to set my makeup. I think Guardian has discontinued its face mists though.

 

Guardian Nourishing Face Mist

 

(YAY) Opto-Pharm Buffelin Eye Drops

Definitely without a doubt a yes for me. A cheaper alternative than my previous P2 eye drop and works just as well. I'm a fan.

 

(YAY) Hello Kitty Raspberry 2 in 1 Shower Gel and Shampoo

Sweet raspberry scent. It makes my body AND my hair smell nice. This is a fun product to have!

 

Essence CoverStick in 01 Matt Sand

 

(YAY) Simply Active Deep Cleansing Facial Wipes 30pcs

This is suitable for all skin types and costs me like $1!! This is effective when use together a makeup cleansing product, and it makes my face feels refreshed. It does not remove makeup effectively alone, but again, for $1, it's no wonder. Overall, I'm still pretty happy with this product.

 

  

Refer to July Empties:

MBD Chocolate Truffle Sheet Mask  

 

Alright! So that's all for my September empties. Surprisingly, I'm pretty happy with the products I used up in Sept (:

 

 

xoxo,

April

(NAH) Double Review: Clean & Clear Clear Fairness Compact Powder in Natural and Blooming

 

 

I got this Clean & Clear Clear Fairness Compact Powder in Blooming for free as I spent over a certain amount at Watsons during their sale. They only had this shade so it was not up to me to choose the shade. This shade was unsuitable for my face as it goes towards the orange tone rather than my yellow tone. I have been using this as a blush, and boy does it looks so natural on! It's like a very natural peachy flush to my cheeks!

 

One thing I dislike about this was that the powder in the compact got ugly 'bubbles' after I start using it. I never had this problem before with other compact powders. Also, this makes my face patchy and disgusting when I use it to touch up my makeup. 

 

For this Clear Fairness Compact Powder in Natural, each came together with 2 Clean & Clear Deep Action Daily Pore Cleansers. Again, same problem as the above, it got ugly 'bubbles' and makes my face patchy when re-touching my face. It also gives very poor coverage alone.

 

This is not a compact powder that I will be interested in.

 

xoxo,

April

Haul: Sasa

 

This is pretty much a collective haul, I think from 3 trips to Sasa! Some were bought from its store and some were from its sale event at Plaza Singapura Atrium.

 

Ok lets get started! First up, Sally Hansen Airbush Legs in Light Glow, Shills Aqua Skin Moisturising Spray, Dot Dot Compact Waterproof Flawless Foundation in Ivory White, Shills Bemishless Pores Hide and Heal Cream, Dot Dot Gel Eyeliner in Shimmering Black, Sasatinnie Super Dolly Powerful Curling Mascara in Black, 2 Sasa Creamy Soft Miracle Makeup Bases in 02 Balance, 2 Sasa HD Perfect Foundations in 02 Warm Ivory, 2 Color Combos Bodycare Ginger Slim Up Body Scrubs.

 

As you have noticed, I have each of the Sasa HD Perfect Foundation, Creamy Soft Miracle Makeup Base and Color Combos Ginger Slim Up Body Scrub missing. That's because I've actually used up all of the 1st bottles! I will be giving a reviews on these! Do watch out for these!

 

xoxo,

April

(NAH) Review: ELF Complexion Perfection Powder

 

He looked so pretty in the pan! He also has nice and sleek packaging with a big mirror. Too bad our relationship did not work out. He was quite useless to me.

 

1) I applied this all over my face first, it makes the application of my liquid foundation hard

2) So, I tried applying this over my foundation so that the sticky base can hold this powder, it leaves a white cast

3) I tried using these individually like applying the green powder on the red areas on the face. It does nothing to them

4) I feel they just leave a cast. They don't correct my skintone well and zero coverage

 

As I'm a good girl who try not to waste products, I ended up shattering this ELF Complexion Perfection Powder loose. Taking my ZA foundation powder that is a tad dark for my skintone, I shatter it too. Upon mixing the lighter complexion powder with the darker ZA loose powder, I came up with a loose powder that is near my skintone! Talk about being creative. Hehe

 

I'm enjoying my loose powder now. It correct my skintone (in the least possible way) and gives me coverage too! Sometimes, I use it as a finishing powder.

 

But that does not mean I like this product because using it alone just does not work for me.

 

xoxo,

April

Haul: Taiwan Trip 2011

 

As this trip consists of 5 guys and 2 girls (including me), it's hard to look more into beauty products because I wanna do activities that allow us all to do together. That being said, let's get started on the small haul I got from Taiwan!

 

The first beauty product that first came to my mind when I decided to go on a trip to Taiwan is My Beauty Diary Masks. Since there were so many different types to try, why not get a box containing all the different types!

 

Next I came across the travel sized tubes of the Maybelline Pure Mineral 8 in 1 Skin Transformer BB Cream in SPF 26. It was about 1SGD and buy 1 get 1 free. Oh yeah, picked it up of course

 

Ok, Heme skincare for 4SGD each? Hell yeah!

Green - Pore Perfect Refining Night Jelly

Purple - Sparkling Diamond Instant Lift & Contour Firming Night Jelly

Blue - Snow Lucent Whitening Night Jelly

Pink - 24hr Hydrating Detox-White Night Jelly

 

The surprising thing is that Taiwan's 7-Eleven sells quite a variety of beauty products unlike our local ones. All the above can be found at their 7-Eleven stores!

 

Then I dragged my girlfriend into a 2-level store near Xi Men Ding, while the guys went to watch movie. The first floor sells beauty products while the second floor sells products like food, clothes and etc. I think I stayed on the first floor easily for more than an hour.

 

I got myself this Berry Kiss Victoria's Secret Body Mist with notes of Wild Raspberry, Praline and Rose. It's about the same price as Singapore but I've never come across this scent at our local VS stores.

 

The two Skin79 BB products came in a set. The middle one is The Oriental Smooth Sun BB Pact in SPF 25 PA++, while the other one is the Dream Girls BB in SPF 30 PA++.

 

xoxo,

April