Finished Products in October 2010

I didn't manage to finish anything on the month of September. But fortunately I managed to finish a few products, two body products and two lip products to be exact. Here they are:

The Face Shop Blooming White Rose Body Sunscreen SPF30 PA++

This sunscreen has the best sunscreen scent ever! I really like the mild rose scent and it lingered quite a while on me. It absorbed really well and didn't leave any stickiness on my skin. Even though the SPF is enough for daily uses but I'll need higher SPF for some occasions. I'll definitely repurchase this body sunscreen if I can find it cheaper or when I'm in Korea because it's quite pricey at here.

 Bath & Body Works Body Lotion P.S. I Love You

This is my first B&BW products but I'm already hooked with it. I  really like the scent and it moisturized my skin pretty well. Plus the travel size comes in very handy. Thanks to Nic for letting me to try this! :)

 Canmake Lip Essence [01]

I really love this lips essence! I used it as a clear lipgloss.  With a hint of golden sheen, it looks really great both on top of lipstick and even on its own. It's very moisturizing and not too sticky which is great.  And I love the mild cherry scent in it. The only thing that bothers me is when it's almost finished, it's very hard to reach the essence on the bottom of the tube. But still, I'll happily repurchase this!

Carmex Green Apple Moisturizing Lip Balm

To me this is just an OK lip balm. I'll still prefer Burt's Bess lip balm over this one. As the name suggests, it's apple flavored. I love apple and that's the reason why I picked up this lip balm, but the scent is too artificial to me. It moisturized my lips decently, but it's not enough to use on night. I don't think I'll repurchase this.

Till next time!

Apopofkawaii.com

Two months ago Nic Nic from Bang Bang She Shoots hosted a grand giveaway to celebrate the opening of her new store, Apopofkawaii.com, and I was one of the lucky winners. I've received the parcel few weeks ago and never got a chance to post it (Sorry Nic Nic!). Here's the prize that I won:

All the stuffs were packed really well!

She added a cute HK blotting papers as extra :)

Majolica Majorca Lash Enamel Glamour Volume-On in VI606

Canmake Cheek Gradation in 01 Pink Stripe

Swatches with no flash.

(Sorry I forgot to take the pic with flash)

I've been wanting this cheek gradation for so long and finally got a chance to try it. The pigmentation is pretty good although it might have to take a few swipes to show the colors. Overall, I like this blush! :)

Coffret D'or Jewelcious Eyes in 04 Amber Beige

Swatches on arm.

I was thrilled when I knew that one of my prize is Coffret D'or shadows palette! The packaging is really beautiful and of course the eye shadows too. The texture is really smooth and the colors are quite pigmented. I love this palette to bits :D.

Thank you Nic Nic for the wonderful prizes, I love them all :).

And please do visit and support her store, Apopofkawaii.com.

Have a great weekend!

It's a Thank You!

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Yes, I want to thanks each and everyone of you for always making my days. So, as a thank you and marking 400 followers, I'll do this little giveaway. I know it's not much and it's just a little appreciation from me :). Okay, here's onto the giveaway prize:

Masks

Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus

Majolica Majorca Blooming Dream Eyes LE in 02 Midnight's Dream
Canmake ShimmerJelly Eyes in 02 Sugar Milk Tea

Canmake Nudy Gloss Rouge (Your choice)

Canmake Cream Cheek (Your choice)

*All are Brand New!*

It's very simple to win these, all you have to do is just to be a public follower (so I can check) and leave a comment below (anything you want to say, for example: What's your fave post on my blog?) before 21st July 2010 but only one entry per person please.  I'll choose the winner randomly. And it starts.... NOW!!

Good luck!

Swatch: Canmake & MAC

Canmake Cream Cheek & Nudy Glow Lip Gloss

I've mentioned on my previous post that I got two Canmake products from my Taiwan trip, which are:

Canmake Cream Cheek #01 Peach Dream & Canmake Nudy Glow Lip Gloss #04 Sugar Milk Tea

Here are the swatches:

I really love the Cream Cheek, despite the name is peach dream, the shade doesn't really turn out to be peach, it looks more pink-ish than peach-ish. Although it looks shimmery on the swatch, but when you apply it on your cheeks, you can barely notice it. It also makes my cheeks look natural and glowing. I think I'll get more shades from this Cream Cheek :D.

The Nudy Glow lip gloss is very pigmented. I'm so glad that I got this too cause I haven't had any lip gloss that as creamy as this one. This sugar milk tea shade looks naturally nude on me and I can wear it alone without applying lipstick first. Amy has done a very great review for this Nudy Glow lip gloss, check it out here.

MAC Viva Glam Lady Gaga

This is a very belated birthday present for myself :p. When I saw a lot of bloggers rave about this particular lippie, I just can't resist to get one for myself as I've never had this shade before. I think I don't have to bother to describe this as you all must have already seen tons of reviews for this lippie.  I'm thinking of getting Viva Glam Cindy too :D. Here's the swatch on my arm:

Speaking of lipstick, I still remember that when I was young, my siblings and me used to play my mom's makeup. We were not playing it like really doing a makeup on our face but we were using it just for fun. Like there was one time my sister applied one of my mom's lipstick around my bro's eyes to make him look like a panda, LOL. The thing is the lipstick that she used was a relatively new lipstick. Of course my mom got very angry when she found out about it cause the lipstick's shape had become so weird and she could hardly use it anymore. I think I will be mad, like really mad if someone does that to my lipsticks too, esp. if it's my fave one. Hehe...

Haul from Taiwan

As I've said on my previous post, I went Taiwan by joining a tour group so I've expected that I won't get much time to shop. But nevertheless, I still got to grab some beauty stuffs there :D

A bunch of MBD masks that I bought to share with my sisters and friends. They were doing a promo in Cosmed for buying five packs of any kind of MBD mask from natural line, we'll get one pack of White-tea Peony from luxury line for free. They told me that this promo will last until May. I think it's a pretty great deal.

Of course I didn't want to miss FaceQ masks that from the same company of MBD masks. I got all four of them :D

(Green: Luffa Adlay, Blue: Ocean Aloe, Red: Red Pomegranate Co Q10, Purple: Grape Seed Green Tea)

Last haul from Watsons. I only went to one Watsons store there, and was disappointed that it didn't have some stuffs that I wanted. But still, I got to buy some stuffs from my list.
 

First row: Cleansing sponge, Kawae oil blotting sheets, Mentholatum Acnes UV Tint, Carmex lip balm in green apple.

Second row: Hadalabo Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Mask, Nexcare Acne Dressing, MM Lash Expander Frame Plus, Canmake Nudy Glow Rouge in 04 sugar milk tea, MM Honey Pump Lip Essence, Koji eyelash curler no.71, Canmake Cream Cheek in 01 peach dream.

 

I didn't buy the Hadalabo Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Lotion but my sister did and she's loving it right now. Instead the lotion, I got the masks. Haven't tried them though. 

I was going to check out the Lush store in Taiwan but sadly it turned out that Taiwan's Lush got some problems (read here) and all of their retail stores were closed on the exact day when I was in Taipei. Sigh... What a coincidence...

That's it for my Taiwan trip's posts :) Till next time!

Swap & Secret Santa's Packages

Swap with Nicola

Nic and me decided to do a swap months ago. when i said i wanted to let go my Peach Sake Pore Serum on one of my post, Nic told me she's interested with it and asked me to tell her if i decided to sell it or swap it. so, as you all know i decided the latter one :). I've got her package since last month but she just got mine today. i was waiting her to receive the package before posting this. So, here you go!

These are what i asked for:

Ecotools Brush Set, Urban Decay Trifecta, Smashbox Lip Gloss, Anna Sui Liquid Eyeliner and Smashbox Lipstick.

and the extras she gave me!

isn't the pouch cute? and the scented pen too! :D

i really love everything i got from her. the UD eyeliner, Smasbox Lipstick, Wet n Wild Blush etc. i use them most of the time when i go out now. Thank you so much Nic! it's a pleasure to do my first swap with one of my favorite blogger, ever! :)

Swap with Karen (Sizbelle)

i told Karen i was interested with some of BeautyMaker stuffs when she said she could easily get them. and remember that my sister went to HK? i asked Karen what stuffs are the must-buy in HK as she just went there not long ago too. She helped me a lot with the list and she also asked if she could tag along with a few stuffs she forgot to get in HK. of course i said Yes! so i suggested to do a swap instead.

what i asked for:

BeautyMaker Deep Cleansing Gel, BeautyMaker BB Mineral Concealing Cream, BeautyMaker Love Pu Pu Cheek, Majolica Majorca Jeweling Eyes.

and the extras!

i just love every single one of the stuffs from her. and she's really sweet to add some notes for all the stuffs she included. Thanks Karen :)

Swap with Onic

Onic was supposed to join our blogger meetup (me and Verina). as we already decided to swap on the meetup, she sent it through mail instead. Thanks Onic!

love her sweet note! she's really creative. and how do you know i want to try new BB Cream, Onic? :)

Secret Santa

i joined a Secret Santa that was hosted by Kay of Bihadadiaries. and my Secret Santa is Eve! She sent me some goodies from UK that i will never find in Indonesia.

i officially got my first Barry M now! haha... Thank you so much for being my Secret Santa, Eve! :)

wow, i just realized i got so many loves from all over the world! USA, UK, Singapore and Indonesia. seriously, you all bloggers are spoiling me with all the goodies. my makeup collection is suddenly growing so much. i'm wondering when will i get to use them up :D