Recent Beauty Items Purchase

Having your office inside a mall isn't easy as you would have to resist the temptation to walk around the mall when you're a little too early for your shift. That is what happened to me the other day. I got there an hour early so I decided to walk around and check out stuff. I had to keep myself from buying a lot of stuff that I saw inside Market Market. I was already holding a bottle of conditioner from Avalon Organics and something from Alba Botanica but I had to control my spending since I just started out on a new job and I'll have to wait a fortnight to get my first pay. So these are the stuff I ended up buying.

Well, this one, I got from GirlTalk. :P

Here are the stuff I bought from Market Market.

ELF Studio Line Blush in Peachykeen and Nichido Mineral Kohl Pencil in Onyx.

The pretty blush! It looks like a golden apricot shade to me.

Swatches:

Reviews to follow! Ta! :P

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Another lippie and an eye liner

I went out today to sign some bank documents for a friend's business. After signing the papers, we had coffee where his friend joined us. After like two hours at Krispy Kreme in Gateway, I shipped an item then went to Watson's. I bought the Nichido Sheer Lipstick this time in Nude. They look pretty much the same except that Nude is more brownish and Bare Lips is a little more on the pink side. I also got myself a Nichido White eye liner. Been lemming for a white eyeliner so I got one. Oh, I also got a nail polish in Carolina Peach.


The swatch on top is Bare Lips and the one at the bottom is Nude. They look pretty much the same, don't they? ^_^ Read more...

My first attempt to contour my cheeks, ELF Sunkissed Bronzer and Bare Lips Review

Since I already have my very first bronzer, I tried to contour my face using it. I just used my Blusche angled blush brush and that's it. I made a fish face and applied it right on the hollow of my cheeks, just below the cheekbones. I dunno if I was successful in doing so or not. Here are two pictures. Apologies for the poor quality.




I hope I did it right. Anyway, on the first picture, I was wearing Nichido's Bare Lips sheer lipstick. It looks so natural on the lips.

Here's my initial review on the product.

Pros:
-very moisturizing, not drying on the lips
-glides on smoothly
-very sheer color, lives up to its name, Sheer Lipstick and the color Bare Lips is so right
-cheap for PHP163 (a little over $3)
-i find it more of a tinted lip balm than a lipstick
-on the label it says it has Shea Butter
-contains Vitamin E
-with sun filter that minimize the harmful UV rays
-a local brand

Cons:
-this isn't the lipstick for those who want lots of pigment

Other than that, this is ablsobloodylutely a great buy! Plus the case is pink! ^_^

Bare Lips on my lips

As for the ELF Sunkissed bronzer, here's my initial review.

Pros:
-locally available
-cheap for PHP129 (a little over $2---the mark up is more than 100% because it cost only a dollar)
-quality's okay for the price (I have no other bronzers to compare it to)
-I only need two swipes to make it show on my skin

Cons:
-cheap packaging (sticky glue is seen at the back of it)
-powdery (I only dabbed my brush on it and I can see powders, product gets wasted)



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Rambling, Cyleina Haul + 2 Others

I had a very tiring evening. What started out as a good day turned out to be one of the worst nights in my entire life. I just experienced verbal abuse from some guy. I couldn't post exactly what happened because he knows the link to this blog but all I can say is that I was so scared for myself last night. I had to tell a few friends what happened to me because it was really that bad and I was sort of shocked. They were pissed with the guy. Who wouldn't be? Yeah, verbal abuse is a big no-no. It affected me emotionally and psychologically. It affected me so bad that I was walking around Robinson's Galleria with tears.

My rambling ends here. X_X

Anyway, so I just had to divert my attention somewhere else and I walked around the mall for a few minutes. I have been browsing eBay for like a week now looking for a bronzer. There are a few but I find them a little pricey because I do not want to spend much on a bronzer. I'm more of a blush fan. I saw on a thread at Girltalk that ELF's (eyeslipsface) Sunkissed bronzer is good. So I checked out the ELF counter and got myself a Sunkissed bronzer. Then I passed by Nichido and I saw one particular lippie that caught my eye. It looked so pretty when I tested it so I got it as well.



Damage: PHP129 bucks for the bronzer and PHP163 bucks for the lippie. Not bad at all.


So when I finally got home, I saw another package. My Cyleina soaps haul. I went up to my room and opened the package. The seller was kind enough to include 3 soap samples.


I cut a piece of each soap to try. The anti-acne soap seems promising and so does the tomato soap. Since it's time of the month, I had two zits -one on the nose, one on my chin. The chocolate milk soap smells so yummy but it sort of reminds me of Rice Bran. Or it's just me?


I also tried the bronzer and the lippie at home. I was able to sort of make the bronzer work for me and contour my chubby face. I think I'm going to like bronzers. ^_^ The lippie....it's so sheer and glides smoothly on the lips. I love it! I found the best MLBB so far! And it's just cheap for PHP163. I want to get the Nude shade too.

I wanted to look for more stuff but I wanted to go home so much. This wasn't much of a shopping therapy but it helped me in a way. Whew! I'll get over what happened last night soon. Soon enough.

Goodnight. Er, good morning. :) Read more...