Random makeup updates (Feb-March)

If you have been following me on my twitter account and facebook fan page, you already know that my makeup kit was stolen last month. It really broke my heart. Some of the things that were in the kit include: my Maybelline Pure pact foundation (which I purchased just 1-2 days before it was stolen), Mac in Cherish Lipstick, Etude House Look at my lips #10, Marionnaud Blush brush and Chapstick lip balm. And yes, these were my top products for everyday. So sad, db? But on the brighter side (brighter nga ba?!) …now, I have more reasons to purchase and try new stuff! Lol

With that said, behold my new set of everyday makeup. These are the things I always bring with me.

 Beauty Cosmetics Pink Kabuki Brush. 

Oh goodness! This is my favorite face brush so far!!!!! I love it, you want review? Let me know!

 EOS lip balm in Honeysuckle

It smells so yummy! The egg shape is super cute. It's quite bulky, I know. But I don't mind it at all! However, take note, it wasn't as moisturizing as my other lip balms in the past. Nevertheless, I still love it!

 hihih. Of course, I repurchased my HG foundation from Maybelline! 

 Etude House in Chic Beige. 

The packaging is so gorgeous! I bought it as replacement for my two lipsticks (or as my everyday lipstick). Although, the shade of this is totally different from my Mac Cherish and EH Look at my lips #10. This is a peachy pink lipstick that has more pinkish tone than peach on my lips. It's a little lighter than my gum's color. 

 Other than these, I also bought some stuff last February to March

 Sleek Lipstick in Barely There. 

The color is quite similar to Chic Beige on my lips. However, I don't like the formulation. This tends to settle on the lines of my lips

Eyelashes from Etude House

If you're looking for an eyelashes for special occasions, I wouldn't recommend this since it looks natural on me.

 Elf Eye Primer and Line Sealer

This is my first eye primer. I've used it couple of times already. It does help the eyeshadows to stay intact the whole day. But it doesn't brightens up/intensify the colors of the eyeshadows... :(

 Eyebrow Shaver

I've been looking for this kind of eyebrow shaver everywhere and finally my sister found one at The Faceshop.

 The Faceshop AQUA Tinted BB Cream

This was purchased by my sister, actually. But I'm also using it sometimes. I like how natural it is on skin plus it has this nice cool feeling once applied. It smells good too! The only thing I hate about it is going home looking greasy. This is a great product for people with normal to dry skin but for me, it's definitely a NO NO.

 Venus and Mars Products

You should try La Chica perfume, it smells amazing! The staying power is superb. Mint Espresso is the improved version of my Coffee fame.

 Free stuff from The Faceshop

 Premium Collagen Powder Drink

This is another product that my sister purchased. I just included it here because she highly recommend it.

 Dove Hair Product samples

Dove samples are everywhere! LOL! I've tried the full size hair treatment conditioner, their regular conditioner and the shampoo. All smell amazing! But I still think that for conditioner, Creamsilk is still alot better for soft and smooth hair.

 Easy Brow Pencil and Eyebrow Drawing Refill

I absolutely adore these two. I do alternate them because sometimes, drawing eyebrow pencil is available in store but the easy eyebrow is not or vice versa. Actually, I purchased two drawing eyebrow refill as back-up. Basta, i love these two!

 Etude House Styling Eyeliner

Decided to pick this up  since I want to have a white eyeliner for my waterline. It is so smooth that it glides super easy without dragging it too hard on my waterline. It doesn't last the whole day, though. Nevertheless, I still like it.

 Ever Bilena Dip Liner

Just got it since I never had anything like this before. I'm quite surprised on how easy it is to use. But it's not waterpoof.

 Etude House Lip and Eye Makeup Remover

Etude House changed the formulation of this makeup remover according to the S.A. So, I went home to compare the ingredients. Unfortunately, in the old packaging the ingredients are not written at the back. Anyway, what's funny about it is that they did changed the packaging but the name of the product is still "LIP AND EYE REMOVER" Lol!  

 Celeteque DermoScience Facial Wash

Remember my old review on Celeteque facial wash? You know how much I love it, right? I don't know why I stopped using that but just recently I decided to try it out again since my skin is becoming dry again. Honestly, inspite of being one of the products in their new line called "Dermoscience" I still feels like that the old formulation is just the same as this new one, which is great for me. If you have dry to combination like mine, you should give it a try.

The next few products are some items that sponsors sent to me for review and for me :) 

 Beauty Cosmetics Beauty Blender

You know how much I love this! Check my review HERE . Thank you Ms. Rosenn! 

 Krave Minerals

These were sent by Ms. Katrina for giveaway but she gave the Oil Eliminator and Skin Hydrator to me ;p

 SkinSonic SkinCare System

Ms. Jennifer is so wonderful for sending these 2 skincare system for our giveaway! Yay! 

Mary Kay Samples , bracelet and personal note

My favorite sponsor and friend, Jhia, owner of Red Jhelli Shop sent these items for me together with a contact lenses and Mary Kay magazine! Thank you Jhia, you're the sweetest!

 IWHITE KOREA

Iwhite Korea sent these products for  giveaway and for me! Thank you thank you! I will review it soon! Btw, if you're wondering, you can purchase these items at Watson's store nationwide!

 And ofcourse, I have been receiving alot of mails since February to March for the prizes for our giveaway! Yay. To all sponsors! Thank you so much!

If you haven't joined yet, pls pls do join. All you need to do inorder to gain 9 entries (yes, 9 agad!) is to like all 9 sponsors! Just easy as that! Click here to direct you to our giveaway.

FaceShop: Phytogenic Infinite Foundation (Free sample only)

One thing I love about Korean stores is that they give you free samples. I don’t get why most drugstores product don’t do that. With free samples, your buyers could test the product first. They will know what products will works best for them. Sometimes, we are afraid to purchase products especially if it’s expensive because you’re wondering “what if it won’t works for me??” No matter how cheap or expensive the products, you want it to works somehow. Who wants to waste money anyway? Plus, when buyers receive free samples, they are more encouraged to go back and purchase more especially when free samples did work for them.  

Okay, so the free sample that I got is their Phytogenic Infinite Foundation in NB23.

I think they do have two shades, for fair and medium. Obviously, I’m in medium shade.

I was not expecting that the shade will suits me. I’ve tried Korean bb creams and non really fit my skin perfectly. They are either a shade lighter or 10 shades lighter (haha, okay that’s just an exaggeration). Korean are known to have fair skin and flawless skin so I understand the color selection of their bb creams. The undertone of most bb creams are beige/gray. So, when I finally tried this I was surprise on how strong the yellow undertone is. For me, that’s a big YES! I do have a yellow undertone and this shade suits me!

Since it has a strong yellow undertone, the coverage was good but still, I use concealer underneath to cover my blemishes and my super dark undereye circles.  

I was expecting that it will give me a brightening effect like those on bb creams but i was disappointed that it did not.

The consistency is quite thick and not as runny as Revlon colorstay (for dry skin). When applied on my face, it felt not as heavy as other liquid foundations but you could still feel like you’re wearing a foundation.

I’ve read in some blogs that this never cakes on them. How lucky they are. It does cake on me. It really does. But you could make it works by applying primer underneath. I would definitely not wear it alone. Oh, I forgot. The staying power is good enough. I wear it like 2 pm in school and when I went home at 9:00pm, the foundation is still there but hey, I set it with a powder.

So here’s the swatch on my hands.

 Aw, Parabens! If you don't want your foundations with parabens, you might like to skip this one

Sorry for the lame shots, my camera is not focusing! Really,what happen to my cam? Oh well, atleast the last picture was better., See the yellow undertone. It is stronger in reality.

 Okay, can you guess where is the part with foundation? I'm sure you could actually tell from the pics right. See, I really mean it when I said it's cakey. :)) Spot the difference baby.