2010 Favorites

Here are my 10 fave products throughout 2010!

Nexcare Acne Patch

(review here)

I already have a few backups for this acne patch, that's how much I love it. It's an essential for me now period.

The Face Shop Post-Acne Nighttime Spot Eraser

(review here)

It really needs patient to use this product. It's not a miracle worker that could erase acne scar in just a few days, but after using this for months, I realize that most of my acne scars are less visible. Love it!

Cellnique Paramedical Advanced Bio Renewal Masque

(review here)

This exfoliator plus mask really makes my skin feel smoother, not to mention that it smells yummy as well!

Daiso Nose Pack

(review here)

My nose saviour! It's the best one I've tried to pull out dirty gunk out of my nose and it's super affordable as well!

Biore UV Perfect Face Milk SPF50+ PA+++

I love how it really keeps my face shine-free when I'm using this. And the fact that it has high SPF, I feel that my skin is protected!

Biore Cleansing Oil Cotton Facial Sheets

An essential for traveling! This makeup wipes clean really well and come in very handy to bring with.

Shiseido Mascara Base

After hearing very good reviews for this mascara base, I decided to get one and I'm really glad! It really makes different to my lashes esp when I'm using non-waterproof mascara. It lifts my lashes all day long!

The Face Shop Nail Base Coat

This nail base coat dries fast and makes applying nail polish become so much smoother, definitely a fave for me!

Facial Wash Net

I've been using this wash net ever since I tried it for the first time and now I feel really weird when I don't use it. Thanks to Kay who had introduced this to me! See her very thorough post about this wash net here.

Daiso Sponge Detergent

before and after pics

My sponges just love this! Need I say more? :D

Hope everyone had a great year!

Review: Nexcare Acne Patch

I haven't done any reviews for so long, so today I'm going to review one of my favorite beauty product ever! :D

Do you ever feel irritated or even frustrated when you see a big red pimple on your face but you can't do anything to make it go away? I did! But not anymore since I've found Nexcare Acne Patch. I'll let you know why :).

Packaging and Description (on the box):

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*Warning: Pics below might gross you out*

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Pic #1                             Pic #2

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Pic #1: Before
Pic #2: With the Acne Patch on
Pic #3: The next day
Pic #4: After two days with the continuous uses of the Acne Patch (I changed it everyday)

My thought:

The result is amazing, huh? I'm really glad that I've picked it up and tried it, now I can say that I can't live without it! :D. It's not really hard to get as it's available on Sasa.com. I got my first Acne Patch in Taiwan, fell in love with it then got the back ups in Singapore. If I'm not wrong, I remember that it's cheaper in Taiwan like SGD 3 less than in Singapore. I bought it for around SGD 7 in Singapore, I think it's also around there on Sasa.com. It comes with different sizes, 12 patches x 12 mm and 24 patches x 8 mm. I like it with the different sizes as I wouldn't want to waste the patch if my pimple is too small for the patch :D. I've never tried other Acne Patch from different brand so I can't compare them.

Pros:

- Works effectively

- Affordable (around SGD 7 or USD 5)

- Travel friendly

- Comes in two sizes

- Easy to get (in some drugstores or on Sasa.com)

Cons:

- Not available locally (for me)

Rating: 4.9/5 

(Yes, I love this that much if not 100% :D )

Repurchase: Definitely!

Disclaimer: The product was purchased by me. I am not affiliated with the company I mentioned above. This is my honest opinion, product that works on me doesn't mean it works on you and vice versa.

Weekend in Singapore

Last weekend, I went to Singapore with my sister as she was going there to submit her university application. Of course I wouldn't want to miss the chance to tag along with her :D. We went to a couple of our fave restaurants there with our cousin and enjoy the food. Here's the food porn :p.

(Warning: long post & pic heavy)

One of my fave western restaurant.

Grilled chicken baked rice, yumm!

Beef Lasagna

Marble cheesecake, one of the best cheesecake!

We're trying out this Asiankitchen. It turned out to be a Taiwanese restaurant.

Stewed pork rice (lu rou fan)

Glutinous rice

Oyster rice noodle

Fried chicken with apple

One of the best Japanese restaurant in town!

Fresh salmon sashimi

Soft shell crab roll with fish floss

Ebi don

Ebi soba

Chicken Teriyaki


Of course I didn't get home empty handed, grabbed some stuffs that I've been curious about :D

Mentholatum Acnes Point Clear - I'm trying this out for my frequent blemishes.
Etude House Hand Cream - I've heard good things about it.
L'Occitane Green Tea Hand Cream - Can't resist green tea scent and the BOGO promotion, share it with my cousin.
Muji Cleansing Oil - Have heard great things about this too.
Nexcare Acne Patch - Back up, I really love it!
Cure Natural Aqua Gel - Was raved by Bubzbeauty

I also got The Face Shop White Mud Nose Pack and Olay Regenerist Eye Cream but I forgot to take the pic :p.

Have a great day everyone! :)

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!