Friday, 9 January 2015

[ REVIEW ] MAYBELLINE NEW YORK Pure Concealer Mineral Healthy Natural Concealer #1 Light Beige

If you see my haul from Malaysia two months ago, you probably noticed this product.
It's an essence concealer from Maybelline, and yeah, I just noticed that too when my sister bought this.
It's available in Malaysia guardian!
guardian in Indonesia really sucks man, honestly... There's only mascara, eyeliner, blush on, powder, but not concealer -_- it's really important, isn't it? Especially if the packaging is so handy like this that I'm going to show you.


Actually, my sister bought it first, and then she accidentally tried to use it in front of me. And then I asked her where she bought it, and in that time we were already in the airport, about to return to Indonesia, waiting to fly. Turns out she told me that she bought it in guardian nearby. That time, I had no time anymore to look around up and down, so she gave me hers and asked me to pay, while she was still waiting for 3 or 4 hours, so she can get another one..

What a tiring tour we had that time in KLIA 2. That's probably the most tiring one.

So, back to the concealer....




I've been using this quite often, and it's really nice. If we are not sweating so much, it won't fade.. And it's almost the same like lip gloss..
I personally adore the brush, but, as the picture above show you, actually you don't need so much amount to cover one blemishes or acne, you only need a little.

Talk about the size, I also have the similar product that has the same size. Well, people might get confused when they grab this from my pouch, they will thought this as a nude lip gloss or lip cream, hahahaha




Yup, similar with my NYX Xtreme lip cream, whom I loved the most! Hahaha.
Oh yeah, these days I put the concealer in my bag, in case may be I need it when I have no time to go home or when I travel somewhere.
These pair probably the best for you!

No box. No Explanation. Geez...
Just know this as a concealer and that's it!

Just like what I mentioned in the title, it's #1 Light shade. I usually always choose any product, mostly powder pact or concealer or BB cream in natural shade, but my sister told me that I have to use brighter color on my face..
Take this as a reminder.

So, check this out!


You can't help it. The brush probably will have this amount when you pull it out. This amount probably enough to cover a lot of blemishes on your face, including the area under your eye.

The texture is creamy, less heavy than my ETUDE HOUSE's BB cream. Almost... no smell.




What I did is, let say that the color of eye brow pencil I drew on my hand is the blemishes. I put some on my hand and then spread it. It will ends great if you spread it well, okay..


And.... It's done....!!

Next, I was trying it on my face...

Before

Just apply it like this. Three dots under your eyes are definitely enough. I've tried this before and it's really enough!
Look, my chin currently has quite numbers of blemishes because of acne's scars or whatever, so usually I take quite a lot of concealer to conceal that part.







And then... It's done!!

After

I purchased this for only RM19.90 or minus the 90 cents.
It's so cheap!!
And yeah, I've seen that ETUDE HOUSE, but some of bloggers said that they don't really like the brush. It's awful! LOL no kidding, I mean the brush is not like this, even from the picture, I know it, hahaha.



PROS:
1. Covers blemishes perfectly
2. Cheap
3. Last longer if you are not sweating!
4. I..... definitely love the brush!
5. Easy to carry. Doesn't take a lot of spaces. Suitable for traveling or touch-up


CONS:

1. The brush takes too much of it when I pull it out, like I mentioned above, but that's not really a problem for me I guess.

 


DO I WANT TO REPURCHASE?
 

Yes!!!!

RATE: 5/5

[ REVIEW ] Drawing Eye Brow #01 Dark Brown by ETUDE HOUSE

Honestly, I'm not so into taking care my eye brow yet, but looking at every make up tutorial in Youtube or wherever, they all use eye brow pencil to draw on it and make it in an even shape. Essential thing, I guess.

I really cannot draw on my face nicely!! That goes to eyeliner too.
So anyway, this is my first time buying an eye brow pencil, and it's from ETUDE HOUSE, because they are very cheap.
It's Drawing Eye Brow...





The color of the pencil is the same with the shade in it. So it's dark brown. You can still differentiate it with the other color. Based on this picture, on the right side is the brush, while the left side is a pencil.
Note that it's still brand new and I just open it for doing this blog.

A little bit of story about eye brow, among the women in my family, I guess I'm the only who can't draw my own eye brow.. I'm almost 20 and I only began my experiment in make up around one year ago. My mom and my sister said it's so easy and that's why too.. their eye brows look more even than mine.
Oh yeah.. more than 10 years ago, when I was still a kid.. I banged into a sharp corner of a wall in my house. It was bleeding so much and... I cried a lot after that happened. It happened because I was playing hide-and-seek with my brother, and I had to hide somewhere. So, I covered myself with a blanket and crawled to nowhere, and I can't see what is in front of me... and then.. BANG! Almost torn my right eyebrow and left scars till now. And.. so, that's my story.
If you look at my photos in previous posts, you can see it, CLEARLY!

Moral of the story: Play hard, but not too "hard"







The moment I opened this and took a picture, it was probably the first time I'm holding an eye brow pencil to draw my own eye brow. So, I'm really sorry if doesn't look nice like you wish, LOL
Actually at first, I was only planning to draw it on my hand, but it didn't come really well like I expected, so I decided to draw on my left brow.



After convincing myself, okay, this is it, the first time to do this only with the phone as my mirror, because I'm currently in college library, because the lighting and brightness are perfect!! than my toilet.. LOL

Right, almost forgot, this pencil doesn't come out with box and without clear English explanation or direction.


Before
In progress......

After
I go to campus not for attending class but sitting on the library, doing my blog and assignment. LOL. This place is the most comfortable in my campus. That's why I'm completely bare-faced today, only applied BB cream and powder pact..

So, that's my story about eye brow.. Hahaha
Anyway, why I chose dark brown shade instead of black, because the black was not available.. Hahahahahahahahha
*lame




PROS:
Everything is great! Packaging, color, price, etc. May be it's because I'm still a beginner~


 

CONS:
 -


DO I WANT TO REPURCHASE?

Yes! Why not? It's so cheap!


RATE: 4.5/5



Wednesday, 7 January 2015

[ REVIEW ] Milk Calcium Nail Pack FACE it by The Face Shop

When it comes to Korean skincare, there is always something weird they offer, which you can never imagine, and think, "Why do I need that". That goes to this thing too. Back then, I was surprised to find that ETUDE HOUSE and may be most of the Korean brand have a mask, but not for face.. they have it for mouth, hand, nail, and even foot!
So, may be they indirectly tell you, "Hey, buy this thing instead of going to spa or massage service! Defitinely cheaper!"
And, yeah that's true. Last time I tried their foot mask and hand mask from ETUDE HOUSE, and that was really good, but you need to ask someone for a help.. massage.


This is... Nail mask, but anyway I've tried it before and I purchased another one. This one, doesn't require any help, because you can massage your fingers by yourself, well, can you?
Okay, this mask is from The Face Shop. It has 3 different main ingredient for different function.


 I've tried Lemon and Milk, but I wasn't really aware with what the function is, so, I just simply took it without knowing what it is for..
So, this time is Milk Calcium, for strength and prevent cracking.


Definitely what we always need. When our hands and nails are always dry, then dry cuticles can lead to cracking and exfoliate. That probably the most painful thing.






I purchased this in their store. Well, The Face Shop has a lot of offline store especially in Indonesia, a lot more than ETUDE HOUSE.
Actually I don't really like using The Face Shop product, but one time, I was unconsciously picking this just because they will give me a free face mask sheet for Rp100,000. Silly. For Indonesian, still too expensive, or they were just smart enough. Most of their product in an offline store mostly are above Rp50,000 or Rp70,000, even for a little stuff like cutie, little hand cream.
Almost no one sells this online.

So, let's check it out..
The direction and everything are written with Korean.
Only a sticker there, and written with Indonesian..

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Face it 01 Milk Calcium Nail Pack
Function: Treatment concentrated on finger nails and cuticles, which contains calcium to strengthen nails.
How to use: Apply to the finger nails left and right hands that have been cleaned, massage gently for 10-15 minutes

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You can do this treatment, may be.... once in two weeks or once a month. It's unnecessary to do it 3 times in a week just like a face mask.
After using this product, it's better for you to use hand cream right after. Your hand will experience the great thing.. unimaginable, hahaha.. I mean, moist and smooth.
And then, it's better to use this at night, may be when you are studying or after shower. It's really great! You can save up some pennies by using this instead of going to saloon or massage center.

So, end! This review is a little bit short, 'cause I have no more to talk! But, hey! If you got an experience of trying this, let's share together!



PROS:
1. English translation please....
2. Does a good job if you take it as a monthly routine.
 
CONS:
1. Expensive




DO I WANT TO REPURCHASE? 

No more from The Face Shop, 'cause it's so expensive in the store. I heard that ETUDE HOUSE has this too, but hardly find it online.


RATE: 4/5

[ SHARE ] Hand Cream!

Hi ladies and beauty readers!
Long time no see!
Owh.. anyway.. Happy New Year too!!
I'm so sorry for not updating this blog for more than a month I think, 'cause I got final exam and then holiday, and then Christmas, New Year, and then.. I'm back again to college, LOL
Another chit-chat will be continued next post!


Let's talk about hand cream today!!
Many girls don't realize this. Even though their faces are oily, but when it comes to your hand, the majority will be that type of dry skin. It's just my theory, but I think is true, right? Because our hands do a lot of work and sometimes it gets exposed to sunlight, air-conditioner and dust more often, and we know that the skin on our hand is so thin compared to the opposite site (white/bright side)

Anyway, after I knew about ETUDE HOUSE, around 3 to 4 years ago.. I began to take care every little thing about my skin, which also including my hand. At first I found that it's quite useless, because it's almost the same like body lotion, but no~! The ingredients are different, even though now I couldn't tell it where, but I can feel the difference when I apply the body lotion or when I apply the hand cream onto my hand.

I gave my best friends, cousins, and MOM! a hand cream as a present for their birthday! And they just LOVE it!! Wanna know what kind of hand cream I gave them?
Okay,

First, let's just begin with me..
I've been using this hand cream these few months, and I put it at my closet for daily use, usually before I sleep at night.


I just love this a lot! Because it works with my nails too! My nails are not.... in a good condition may be because I always do a lot of polishing, once in two weeks or once a month, just not that healthy.
And I can feel that my nails are becoming more and more healthy every time after I use this! It is also contains almond, but actually doesn't really smell that nice. I thought it is going to be like chocolate smell, LOL but however, this one is really perfect for daily use, and they have small size too for traveling.


And then,
Second, is the hand cream in my bag, for traveling or whatever.. It is only 30ml.



I bought this before in Malaysia like on 2011 or 2012, and then I bought this, the same again last year. I just completely love it! It contains Shea Butter and I really love the smell! Just perfect to moisturize my dry hand after being exposed to sunlight or air-conditioner too often, well.. because I love to stay in a air-condition room. If you don't know what is She Butter, you can look up on the Google, but based on my little knowledge, Shea Butter is perfect to moisturize your dry skin, that's why if you aware of ETUDE HOUSE Alphabet Mask, there is one with Shea Butter. If your face is easily dry or whatever dry happens, Shea Butter is really recommended for you!


Moving next, to the one I gave to my best friend for her birthday..


Not all the four! Just ONE! It's Don't Worry I'm on Your Side, the yellow one. You know what when I saw this kind of hand cream? IT'S FLIPPING CUTE!!! Look at the rubber shoes they are wearing! I can take it off! Just like a barbie shoes!
My best friend was really happy when she got this. This line is completely adorable! You can give this for your whoever if it is still available in the store LOL. At least this thing can cheer you up with its word behind. I read it last time but I forgot, something like this I guess, "When you have nobody around you and you feel lonely, hold me tight and let me warm you with this...cream.." and... yeaaahhh.. just like that, the rest you can check it up on Google!



Next, fourth one, is from another adorable line!!



My Castle Hand Cream I think successfully wins the all the girls' heart with their captivating looking!!
Look how adorable and cute is that? It's a cube! Just like a house, you can see some reviews on Google, and I guess girls really love this line!
I bought 2 of this first, for my another best friend and cousin, the Pink Wish (pink) for my cousin and the Sweet Cookie (brown) my best friend. My best friend said it has a smell just like a chocolate cookies. And when I gave the pink one to my cousin, she just really really fall in love with this, that she never let anyone keep it but her LOL
I'm planning now to purchase the purple and the turquiose, and give it one to my other cousin and I'll keep the other one for myself. So tempting isn't it?
Good news is, review will be up in future!
Just wait.. Hahaha


So, lastly, is my present for my mother last Christmas. The Body Shop threw a quite great sale and gift set in town, and I just can't help but purchase it for my mother, because she never have use hand cream.


This is the I purchased. It has 3 different smell of hand cream in it. Well, I can't really tell you a lot how it is, but seems great, my mom really loves this. It is also suitable for hand massage LOL. But honestly, I prefer to have chocolate or milk or butter smell rather than fruity or whatever, 'cause the smell just a bit terrible. There is one in this gift set smell a bit weww... complete misery man.. But If you don't care about the smell AT ALL, then I guess it's recommended for you.


Okay, so, that's it about my hand cream story.
These days I've been taking care a lot of my hands, especially my nails. What a miserable life they face hahaha!
What I can really say is hand cream is different with body lotion. Hand cream stays for a long time after I apply it and my hands are completely moist for the time being, while usually body lotion just last for 10 minutes or whatever, and then it is being absorbed by your skin, and then your hands are dry again.. That's just how I feel..

Hand Cream ROCKS! Definitely!

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

[ REVIEW ] Oh! M' Eye Lash Slimcara Volume & Curl by ETUDE HOUSE

Long time no see beauty bloggers! It's finally December and I haven't update my blog after I think more than a week.
So, straight to the point.This review is quite short anyway..
My review now is about the mascara from ETUDE HOUSE, but it's not an ordinary mascara. Like from the name, "slimcara", it's unbearably slim, unlike their mascara collection.
You can  click here for My Haul! to check about it..
I bought this for RM19.90 in ETUDE HOUSE Malaysia, 'cause I always wanted to buy it in Indonesia, but not every online shops have it.



So, this mascara comes without box. Is other mascara from ETUDE HOUSE like this too? Comes without box, which makes me quite insecure, 'cause may be it's not new anymore.
I asked the sales girl too, to make sure that it's new, and she said yes and show me the seal too, but in this picture I already threw it away.

So, this mascara mainly is not for your upper lash, because the brush is so tiny.. you will mostly used it for your lower lashes.
I find this thing cute though, since I only began wearing mascara and eyeliner around this year on July. So, still a beginner huh? LOL. If you also find a similar mascara like this with a tiny brush, please do let me know.. Thanks..

Back to the point, let's see what's inside..


I can't focus properly, sorry. My hand was very shaky.
The brush is just like this..

and.. I did compare it with my MAYBELLINE Mascara Magnum Volum Express  too, which I used it so often. And the comparison was, wow!




Such a big difference huh? LOL



I only put it on my right lower lashes (pic: left) to see the difference.
Actually the picture taken around 1 week ago or around 10 days may be. I forgot, I think I already put the MAYBELLINE mascara on my upper lashes, but whatever..

And... It's done!!


I think I put too much though. The first picture was only 2 times, and then since I can't see the difference, I did more until around 5 times in the end.. LOL


So, girls.. The function of this mascara is not for upper lashes, or to make your lashes become thick! NO! And then, it does not really volume your mascara..
It only helps you to blacken your lower lashes, because if you use a big brush for that.. You know.. You can end up messing your other make up around your eyes.. End up erasing your blush or whatever under your eye and redo again and again..




PROS:
1. CHEAP
2. Finally you have the way to blacken your lower lashes without messing your under-eye make up!!!
3. Does not really takes space (Ofc! That's just a freaking tiny mascara!)



CONS:
1. I can't really see whether the contain is still full or not, because the brush is hardly picking up the contain -_- That I have to stir it and then whatever.....
2. NO BOX. Please 'BOX' your mascara, ETUDE HOUSE!!
3. Does not really volume, when they said it is to "volume and curl"




DO I WANT TO REPURCHASE?
No, not really. I find that I waste my money just for mascara if I have to purchase this.. Actually you can do that with other mascara too if you have your own way. This thing is only for you who loves make up and unique stuff, and that just like what I said, do not really want to mess up you make up~


RATE: 4/5