Hello my friends,
hope you are having a great summer so far.
Today Beauty.com is giving a bottle of Caudalie Beauty Elixier($18 value) for free with purchase over $30 on that site.
It seems like a good deal to me.
But sadly,
seems like the deal is sent in email form to me and it only works for one purchase. Since I already redeemed it, I cannot reenter the deal and share it with you.
So sorry for that..
But if you subscribed for deals from Beauty.com, you should get it too.
But on the bright side,they are also having a deal which gives a deluxe sample sized Urban Decay primer potion for free with over $18 purchase on Urban Decay products.
I have been eyeing their 24/7 eyeliner in Sebbath for a really lone time,
it is a dark navy eyeliner.
My eyes are usually quite red due to lack of sleep and sensitivity. Blue is supposed to counteract the redness in my eyes and make me look more awake.
HollyAnnAeree raved about this particular liner on her youtube channel and I went ahead to Sephora and swatched it right after I watched her video.
It is very creamy and dark.
Leaves a slightly shiny finish.
I think it would be so pretty in summer when you don't want to use colors that are too deep and dark.
But I wasn't sure if I need another eyeliner pencil since I have so many.
And now on Beauty.com they are giving me a free primer potion,
hell yeah for that!
For this deal, you can find it on the home page on Beauty.com,
all you have to do is to click the redeem button.
And they are also having 20% on all products from the Body Shop on that website.
BTW, I failed to resist the temptation and bought the shimmer brick in Bronze from Bobbi Brown when I was in Oregon. So far I love it, and I'm planing to review it very soon.
So stay tuned for that.
Finally,
I wish you all have a lovely day. =]
Friday, June 21, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Best Mascaras For Monolids
Hello my friends!
I am showing you my favorite mascaras today.
So I have monolids and I have asian lashes that are short and points straight down.
And it's even worse when my thick eyelids cover part of my lashes and makes them look even shorter and droopier.
When it comes to mascara, I tend to be very picky.
First of all, I like my mascara to be lengthening because my lashes are quite voluminous, so I would love to make them longer.
Secondly, I should not smudge on me. Mascaras are very easy to smudge on me, even waterproof ones because A I have oliy lids and my eyes are watery, B my eyelids pushes my lashes down and make them touch my lower lash line every time I blink.
Thirdly, it has to be able to keep my lashes curled. Like I mentioned before, my eyelids somewhat pushes my lashes down, so a mascara that holds curl would help a lot and make my eyes look wide open.
And lastly, I would love it a lot better if it is easy to remove. Now, I do know that waterproof mascaras tend to keep the curl the best, but I just find it so hard to remove. I like to use a water-based eye makeup remover like Bioderma or Camomoile Gentle Eye Makeup Remover from the Body Shop just because they are a lot more gentle for my sensitive eyes. Plus I hate it when I use an oil makeup remover and when I open my eyes they got all blurry.
With that being said, it is extremely hard for me to find a good mascara. However, I did find several good ones to share with you.
Top 1: Dejavu fiberwig mascara in extra long (Sadly I ran out so I cannot show you my own tube here)
1)Lengthening and volumzing. Can be built up from natural lashes to full lashes.
2)Don't smudge at all. May flake a little bit after 10 hours of wearing.
3)Holds a pretty good curl. So like skyhigh curl, but as you can see the curved wand really helps.
4)Super easy to remove. Warm water alone can remove all the mascara away.
This can be purchased at Amazon and other online asian cosmetics store like sasa.com
Top 2: Combination of Kate macara base plus volume glamour mascara ultra-volumateur from bourjois
I bought them in Shanghai and I am sorry that they are hard to get here in US, but honestly they work the best for me so I want to show them to you. Also, this is kind of cheating because there are two products, but again, I find them work the best together. And I will list some alternatives that are easier to get in US.
Kate is a Japanese makeup brand. I think it is ran by the same company who produces Shiseido, so this Kate line is a more affordable Japanese drugstore version of Shiseido products.
This works as a primer. It has white fibers on the brush, and you brush it onto curled lashes before mascara. It lengthens my lashed and make them really really curled.
Bourjois is a French drugstore makeup brand that are widely available in Europe. They have amazing foundations, baked blushes (often compared as a dupe for Chanel blushes) and mascaras. This mascara works good on its own. It is so smooth to apply and lengthens and volumizes, but it does not hold curls.
1)But when I apply this mascara onto my primed eyelashes, it enhanced my lashed sooooo much. My lashed look so long and full.
2)Smudges a tiny little bit after 8 hours. With covergirl's nature luxe mousse mascara it can hold up to 10 hours.
3) I lashed look so curled!!! My friend who's got naturally long and curled lashes use this mascara base too, she said with this mascara base, she doesn't even need false eyelashes anymore.
4) It is a bit harder to remove. But a water based makeup remover and use a facial cleanser afterwards should do the trick.
I highly recommend you try using a primer and then layer a smooth mascara on top, because you already have fibers in the base, another fiber mascara would make your lashes too stiff. However, the primer should be able to keep your lashed curled.
Dior's lash plumping serum and Shiseido's nourishing mascara base are the two best alternatives. And I would also use Covergirls's nature luxe mascara and also Benefit's they are real mascara as alternatives. All of these could be purchased at Sephora except covergirl.
Top 3: Fairy Drops Volume Burst Mascara in waterproof version
The tube is in purple and it's got some cute drawings on it. The packaging is just so cute. =P
Fairy Drops is famous for its curvy wand, and it grabs my every lashes and curled them very nicely. It looks wierd but it actually applies like a normal mascara wand.
1) Lengthening: did a pretty good job in making my lashed look long and volumized.
2) Smudges a little bit after 7 hours, but could be wiped away easily.
3) Curls up my lashed like crazy!!! It gives a straight sky high curl if I apply it after I curled my lashes.
4) Of all my favorite mascaras, I spend the most efforts in taking this one off. But it's not too harsh compared to maybelline waterproof mascaras. I press my Camomile Gentle Eye Makeup Remover from the Body Shop against my eyelids for a few seconds and wipe them off. Most of them will come off, and after repeating the same motion two times, it's pretty much all gone.
There's also a little trick to take off waterproof mascara easier that works for me. I first apply a thin layer non waterproof mascara and then go on with the waterproof one, in that way the waterproof one doesn't cling onto my lashes. Hence it is easier to get off.
I did a in depth review for this one as well. Click here .
This mascara can be purchased on Amazon and sasa.com.
Top 4: Clinique's Bottum Lash Mascara
I use this only for bottum lashes.
It's got a tiny wand and it works so well on me because my eyes are quite small and also..my bottum lashed are short..So this one really grabs every baby lashes and lengthens them. Plus they are super easy to work with.
1) Lengthens very well. I don't use any other mascaras on my bottum lashes any more.
2)Does not smudge or flake AT ALL.
3) I guess it does not matter if my bottum lashes are curled or not lol
4) Super easy to come off. Warm water and a little cleanser will get rid of it. If you rub you lower lash line when you're washing your face, it'll be gone like that quick.
You can buy this mascara at Sephora.
Now a few tips for monoliders when we are putting mascara on:
Wow this is a long blog post..Anyways I hope you enjoy. =]
Oh and also remember, when it comes to beauty, be experimental and be confident!
I am showing you my favorite mascaras today.
So I have monolids and I have asian lashes that are short and points straight down.
And it's even worse when my thick eyelids cover part of my lashes and makes them look even shorter and droopier.
When it comes to mascara, I tend to be very picky.
First of all, I like my mascara to be lengthening because my lashes are quite voluminous, so I would love to make them longer.
Secondly, I should not smudge on me. Mascaras are very easy to smudge on me, even waterproof ones because A I have oliy lids and my eyes are watery, B my eyelids pushes my lashes down and make them touch my lower lash line every time I blink.
Thirdly, it has to be able to keep my lashes curled. Like I mentioned before, my eyelids somewhat pushes my lashes down, so a mascara that holds curl would help a lot and make my eyes look wide open.
And lastly, I would love it a lot better if it is easy to remove. Now, I do know that waterproof mascaras tend to keep the curl the best, but I just find it so hard to remove. I like to use a water-based eye makeup remover like Bioderma or Camomoile Gentle Eye Makeup Remover from the Body Shop just because they are a lot more gentle for my sensitive eyes. Plus I hate it when I use an oil makeup remover and when I open my eyes they got all blurry.
With that being said, it is extremely hard for me to find a good mascara. However, I did find several good ones to share with you.
Top 1: Dejavu fiberwig mascara in extra long (Sadly I ran out so I cannot show you my own tube here)
2)Don't smudge at all. May flake a little bit after 10 hours of wearing.
3)Holds a pretty good curl. So like skyhigh curl, but as you can see the curved wand really helps.
4)Super easy to remove. Warm water alone can remove all the mascara away.
This can be purchased at Amazon and other online asian cosmetics store like sasa.com
Top 2: Combination of Kate macara base plus volume glamour mascara ultra-volumateur from bourjois
This works as a primer. It has white fibers on the brush, and you brush it onto curled lashes before mascara. It lengthens my lashed and make them really really curled.
1)But when I apply this mascara onto my primed eyelashes, it enhanced my lashed sooooo much. My lashed look so long and full.
2)Smudges a tiny little bit after 8 hours. With covergirl's nature luxe mousse mascara it can hold up to 10 hours.
3) I lashed look so curled!!! My friend who's got naturally long and curled lashes use this mascara base too, she said with this mascara base, she doesn't even need false eyelashes anymore.
4) It is a bit harder to remove. But a water based makeup remover and use a facial cleanser afterwards should do the trick.
I highly recommend you try using a primer and then layer a smooth mascara on top, because you already have fibers in the base, another fiber mascara would make your lashes too stiff. However, the primer should be able to keep your lashed curled.
Dior's lash plumping serum and Shiseido's nourishing mascara base are the two best alternatives. And I would also use Covergirls's nature luxe mascara and also Benefit's they are real mascara as alternatives. All of these could be purchased at Sephora except covergirl.
Top 3: Fairy Drops Volume Burst Mascara in waterproof version
1) Lengthening: did a pretty good job in making my lashed look long and volumized.
2) Smudges a little bit after 7 hours, but could be wiped away easily.
3) Curls up my lashed like crazy!!! It gives a straight sky high curl if I apply it after I curled my lashes.
4) Of all my favorite mascaras, I spend the most efforts in taking this one off. But it's not too harsh compared to maybelline waterproof mascaras. I press my Camomile Gentle Eye Makeup Remover from the Body Shop against my eyelids for a few seconds and wipe them off. Most of them will come off, and after repeating the same motion two times, it's pretty much all gone.
There's also a little trick to take off waterproof mascara easier that works for me. I first apply a thin layer non waterproof mascara and then go on with the waterproof one, in that way the waterproof one doesn't cling onto my lashes. Hence it is easier to get off.
I did a in depth review for this one as well. Click here .
This mascara can be purchased on Amazon and sasa.com.
Top 4: Clinique's Bottum Lash Mascara
1) Lengthens very well. I don't use any other mascaras on my bottum lashes any more.
2)Does not smudge or flake AT ALL.
3) I guess it does not matter if my bottum lashes are curled or not lol
4) Super easy to come off. Warm water and a little cleanser will get rid of it. If you rub you lower lash line when you're washing your face, it'll be gone like that quick.
You can buy this mascara at Sephora.
Now a few tips for monoliders when we are putting mascara on:
- I think it is important for monoliders should use bottum mascara. Because our eyelids are so heavy that when we blink, the product we put on our upper lash line may touch our bottum lash line a lot.After a few hours the eyeliner, eyeshadow and mascara will just transfer to bottum lash line and that is why we see smudging. If I wear mascara on bottum lashes, I find that it works almost like a barriers. My makeup on upper eyelids will not touch my lower eyelids directly now(lower eyelid..sounds weird.. but you know what I'm talking about right? =P). So the smudging problem got a lot more improved this way.
- Also, it is very important to really curl your lashes if you have monolids like me. Because if we curl the lashes very well, it will make our eyes seem wide open and the mascaras we use are less likely to smudge.
Wow this is a long blog post..Anyways I hope you enjoy. =]
Oh and also remember, when it comes to beauty, be experimental and be confident!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Review/Rave: Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Cream
Hi guys.
Can you believe it's Thurseday already?
Weekend is coming soon!!
I'm doing a review about my absolute love: Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Cream
I got the shade in White Russian, and I really really love the way it looks on me and the way it feels.
The tube contains 0.14 onze of product and retails at $19 in Sephora. It looks like a large tube, but actually it has less product than drugstore lipglosses like revlon superlustrous lipgloss (0.2 onze).
The shade is called White Russian, which is a pinky nude in cream finish. The doefoot applicator carries the right amount od products and when I apply the lipgloss, it does not appear to be streaky.
Here's a swatch and how it looks on my lips.
As you can see it is quite opague, but not opague enough to completely cover my natural lip color and hence it doesn't make me look "dead".
So this is the perfect natural nude color for everyday.
The lipgloss absolutely fantastic.
It is just like the name implies: it has a cream finish, meaning there's no shimmer in it at all. It feels tingling on the lips, which someone may not like it, but I adore it.
To me it's more a cooling lipgloss.
Whenever I apply this, I feel so cool and chilled.
Staying power is standard.
I have to reapply it every 2 hours to keep the color vivid.
However, the tingling feeling lasts more than 2 hour on my lips without reapplying.
In other words, the color may fade before the tingling feeling goes away completely.
It just feels so good on the lips and very weirdly, I find it makes me feel better especially in hot weather.
I got so addicted to it that once I have it on, I have to make the tingling feeling continue.
Plus it feels very creamy and moisturizing, which is always nice.
This product also plumps up my lips a little bit, which is what Buxom is famous for.
However, for me, it is the nice bonus (the tingling feeling) it comes with that attracts me the most.
Bottom line is, I highly recommend you to try these out in your local sephora and see if you like the tingling feeling or not.
To me it is the holy grail. The feeling, the texture and the color are just all perfect.
They have several brighter shades in their line as well but I think this color looks the most flattering on me.
If you don't like tingling feeling, there is also a lipgloss that plumps up your lips without any weird feelings from Buxom which is called Full-bodied lip gloss, and you can also check them out in Sephora.
Can you believe it's Thurseday already?
Weekend is coming soon!!
I'm doing a review about my absolute love: Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Cream
I got the shade in White Russian, and I really really love the way it looks on me and the way it feels.
As you can see it is quite opague, but not opague enough to completely cover my natural lip color and hence it doesn't make me look "dead".
So this is the perfect natural nude color for everyday.
The lipgloss absolutely fantastic.
It is just like the name implies: it has a cream finish, meaning there's no shimmer in it at all. It feels tingling on the lips, which someone may not like it, but I adore it.
To me it's more a cooling lipgloss.
Whenever I apply this, I feel so cool and chilled.
Staying power is standard.
I have to reapply it every 2 hours to keep the color vivid.
However, the tingling feeling lasts more than 2 hour on my lips without reapplying.
In other words, the color may fade before the tingling feeling goes away completely.
It just feels so good on the lips and very weirdly, I find it makes me feel better especially in hot weather.
I got so addicted to it that once I have it on, I have to make the tingling feeling continue.
Plus it feels very creamy and moisturizing, which is always nice.
This product also plumps up my lips a little bit, which is what Buxom is famous for.
However, for me, it is the nice bonus (the tingling feeling) it comes with that attracts me the most.
Bottom line is, I highly recommend you to try these out in your local sephora and see if you like the tingling feeling or not.
To me it is the holy grail. The feeling, the texture and the color are just all perfect.
They have several brighter shades in their line as well but I think this color looks the most flattering on me.
If you don't like tingling feeling, there is also a lipgloss that plumps up your lips without any weird feelings from Buxom which is called Full-bodied lip gloss, and you can also check them out in Sephora.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Review/Rave: Tarte Glamazon Pure Performance 12 Hour Lipstick
Hello everyone,
I am peeking up to write you another review today.
My finals are not over yet but I'm almost done!
Today I am raving about a lipstick I purchased last week,
and it is the Tarte Glamazon Pure Performance 12 Hour Lipstick in Bold.ph
I had my eyes on this because my friend Isabelle recommended it to me. She told me that the lipstick lasts a really long time.
So I went to sephora and swatched some colors.
And man I'm in love!!!
The color called bold looks really good on me.
It is on the pricier side ($26), so I wasn't sure if I really want it.
However, after trying it out in Sephora for two times and getting complemented every time I put it on, I decided to buy it.
The texture is so creamy when you first apply it on and the color is so saturated that it is actually more vivid than the color you see in the tube.
What's even better is that the lasting power is excellent! I only apply it after I eat and I good for the day.
AND I got so many complements when I wear it, so of course I LOVE it!
Now let's get on the product itself,
The lipstick contains 0.07 oz of product which is not a lot and it retails at $26.
The tube is made of bamboo and plastic, and you can see the color on the tube. The packaging doesn't feel very sturdy to me. The cap is not very easy to clasp on, you really have to push the cap. So far it holds up pretty well. However, for the price I paid, I wish the tube could feel sturdier.
So this is the lipstick in the color BOLD, it is a pretty redish coral. Not too pinky. It is pretty bright, but definitely not scarily bright. It is actually perfect for natural everyday look and I think it works particularly well in spring and summer. Plus it complements my medium skin with yellow undertone very well.
This is one light swatch of the color, as you can see it is true to the color in the tube, after two layer, it will be a lot more vivid than the color in the tube.
The texture is very smooth, it glides onto my lips when I first apply it. After half an hour it dries down, and I don't really have the lipstick feeling anymore. I would say it feels more like a stain after a few hours. The color would stay vivd until I have a meal. The color does sink into my creases a little, but it is definitely much better and less noticable than YSL volupte. It I feel it is too drying, I would put a lipbalm over it.
If you are like me, who has pretty dry lips and likes a creamy lipstick, but is still on the hunt for a long lasting lipstick, this might be the perfect one for you.
If you like corals but you think the coral in the market are either too bright or too chalky or pinkish, this might be the perfect one.
I am peeking up to write you another review today.
My finals are not over yet but I'm almost done!
Today I am raving about a lipstick I purchased last week,
and it is the Tarte Glamazon Pure Performance 12 Hour Lipstick in Bold.ph
I had my eyes on this because my friend Isabelle recommended it to me. She told me that the lipstick lasts a really long time.
So I went to sephora and swatched some colors.
And man I'm in love!!!
The color called bold looks really good on me.
It is on the pricier side ($26), so I wasn't sure if I really want it.
However, after trying it out in Sephora for two times and getting complemented every time I put it on, I decided to buy it.
The texture is so creamy when you first apply it on and the color is so saturated that it is actually more vivid than the color you see in the tube.
What's even better is that the lasting power is excellent! I only apply it after I eat and I good for the day.
AND I got so many complements when I wear it, so of course I LOVE it!
Now let's get on the product itself,
The lipstick contains 0.07 oz of product which is not a lot and it retails at $26.
If you are like me, who has pretty dry lips and likes a creamy lipstick, but is still on the hunt for a long lasting lipstick, this might be the perfect one for you.
If you like corals but you think the coral in the market are either too bright or too chalky or pinkish, this might be the perfect one.
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