Review: Lorac Skinny Palette in NUDE

Another Viral Palette on Instagram that I spotted 2 months ago, since I followed a lot of beauty instagramer (to get inspired on their look and stuffs) and I really like the NUDE palette by Lorac which is limited edition and it is SOLD OUT everywhere (Lorac website, Zappos, and Hautelook). Luckily I managed to get mine on Hautelook while they re-stocked it (I think mine is the second batch of Hautelook stock), without any further consideration, I purchase 3 of the palettes which is NUDE, NAVY and PLUM

But today I am going to introduce the NUDE palette only, the other two will be in the other post :)

Here is the pic and swatches:

The box and Packing

Love the colors

Close up of the gorgeous color

Swatches (Room Lighting, No Flash)

I only use the Copper Gold color and the Light Brown (3 from Left) as transition color

What I said:

1. Love all the colors esp the Copperish-Gold color (the 3rd from Right), I can use it on its own (very coppery)

2. Less fall out

3. Great Pigmentation esp with eye primer

4. Very versatile palette (DEF my palette On-The-Go)

5. Very Reasonable price

6. Love the packaging, it is so slim (just like it said SKINNY) and light-weight. Easy to carry it around.

7. The only cons is Lorac should not make it as Limited Edition, should keep on producing it. All the color is Gorgeous!

Re-purchase:

YES, if they are still available

Xoxo

Julez 

Review: Miss Hana Waterproof Eyeliner Np. 2 Galaxy Black

It is difficult to find a great waterproof eyeliner which doesn't smudge. But then I FOUND it!


Ta-DA it is MISS HANA WATERPROOF EYELINER.


I found it back in 2011 while I still stayed in Taiwan and I am using it until now. I always ask my friend who come to visit me here in Singapore to buy for me (stock up time). This eyeliner for me NO doubt is the best so far; Long lasting, anti-smudge, anti-sweat, anti-oil and most important it is easy to glide on (NO JOKE since my eyelids get oily easily) haha. Now I have like 8 pcs in stock (can tell how much I love this eyeliner, can't live without it) even though I have The Body Shop, Lancome, Holika Holika pencil eyeliners, most of them only last for the good 5-6 hours, unlike Miss Hana Waterproof Eyeliner, it lasts for good 8 hours.


It comes in 4 shades which are Night Black, Galaxy Black, Choco Brown and Golden Brown.


I always get the No.2 Galaxy Black which is Black color with some glitter in it





It is very dense Black Color


What I said:
1. It is Long lasting, Anti-Smudge, Anti-Oil, Waterproof eyeliner.
2. Lasts for good 8 hours (in my skin)
3. Easy to glide on because of its creamy texture
4. Easy to remove with eye makeup remover
5. Price is reasonable for its great quality
6. The cons is It is not easy to sharpen it, your sharpener must be real sharp or else it will be ruin. And don't even think about sharpen it using cutter, definitely will RUIN it. I think because of the creamy texture so it is not that steady.

So I vote it as The BEST Pencil Eyeliner EVER!!!


Hopefully I can find it in Singapore with reasonable price :P Please let me know if anyone sell it in Singapore


Xoxo
Julez

Review: Urban Decay Smoked Palette

I am back with eye-shadow review again, I am really an eye-shadow junkie. I am not professional makeup artiste or in that industry but I own like almost 10 palettes LoL. I love love love eye-shadow palette, that is why my bff always tell me to stop buying for a while haha, sometimes it is so difficult to resist those gorgeous looking palette. I believe all beauty junkie are same with me, right?? (try to get supporter) haha

Well, today I am gonna share my review on Urban Decay Smokey Palette. My Bff bought this for me as surprise gift! *happy I have this for quite some time but I just feel like doing review on it. 

I L.O.V.E this palette so much because I like to do Smokey eyes make-up and if you do like smokey eyes make-up then this is the one that you can rely on. 

It comes with zipper so it is well secure

Amazing colors and it also comes with the famous PERVERSION 24/7 in Black

Also comes with tutorial book with 12 looks! AWESOMENESS!!!

Here is the color swatch! The colors are so pigmented and pretty

What I said:

1. Smoked Palette by Urban Decay is AWESOME palette if you want to achieve the smokey make-up look
2. Great Pigmented colors and No Fall-off
3. It comes with tutorial book (12 looks) to teach you how to use the palette so beginner won't lost on how to use the palette :) 
4. Comes with PERVERSION eye liner, GREAT eyeliner. No smudge, EASY glide on ( as what its name) and Long lasting. oh oh, also it comes with small eye primer potion (nothing to say on this one, the BEST eye primer EVER!!!)
5. Nice packaging with zipper as closure so it is well secure

Urban Decay never fails me!! Love U.D!

Benefit Brow Wax Experience at Sephora ION

Brow...brow, as Michelle Phan said it is the frame of your face, if it is well maintained and well-drawn, you will look gorgeous and if it is not, it ruins your whole make-up as well.

Last month I got this complimentary Benefit Brow Wax at Sephora Singapore as a gift for my birthday (YEY for SEPHORA-- my heaven on earth). Well, to be honest, I barely do any wax or anything to fix my brow, usually I just do it myself, it is not perfect yet not that bad as well :p :p Since I have this chance to get the perfect brow, I WON'T let this opportunity go away (in Singlish: DIE DIE must go), I did mine at Sephora ION and served by Joanne Lim (she is super nice)

So here it is

Their counter is so cute and neat! As you can see in the picture, on the table, there is thing like cooking pot, it is where the wax is melted and keep warm and the rest are just lotion or toner or remover. I really like the counter, because it is in PINK! :)



Right side is done with waxing, as you can tell from its redness, it is a bit pain for first timer like me but the result is AHMAZZZING! It is soooo neat and def perfect brow! Worth it all the pain hahaha!

Left: Before                      Right: After

See the differences before and after, feel very ashamed of the before picture :( :(

Both brows are finished, it is so perfectly shaped! I don't know how many times I mentioned "perfect" LOL

Zoom: Right side

Zoom: Left side

Both brows are perfect now! After 1-2 hours, the redness is gone

What I said:
1. Benefit Brow Wax is cool, nice and def give you the perfect shaped brow (no more ugly brow)
2. It is a bit pain but still bearable and it is worth it
3. A bit expensive, it costs like SGD 24 per times ( They don't offer any package, sad sad sad) They should tho 

But still I like this experience of brow wax, I will definitely go again but just not that often. LOL!

xoxo
Julez

Review: Baviphat Snail Cure Mask Sheet

Alow~~Happy Sunday and I am back with review. This time it is Mask. Honestly, I don't change my mask brand often, I stick to one brand which is My Beauty Diary mask from Taiwan. There is a reason why I don't try new mask because before I liked to try new mask (cheap and expensive brand) but one day I got this serious allergy where my WHOLE face was swollen, redness and itchy for 3 days (and of course I went to see dermatologist--he said because the mask contains alcohol) after that incident, I was afraid to use any sheet mask up until my ex-colleague told me about the MBD mask then I tried it with ready-to-go-see-doc heart if anything happens (LOL) which apparently not, Thanks God for that. So from that on, I stick to MBD mask for like a year.

Then I moved to Singapore and one day this Baviphat snail mask was given to me as a gift, I like the packaging but still a bit afraid to use it. Then my colleague also gave Very good review about it so I think I must give it a try and I did. It is a good decision to try it! This mask become my one of fave mask now. haha~~ It is a awesome feeling when you can use or find good product on your crazily sensitive skin, isn't it??

Finally, after a long prologue :D here comes the review and how I use it:

How I use it:
1. Put in fridge for 5 mins
2. As usual, take it out and put it on your face
3. Leave it for 15~20 mins
4. Take it off and massage the residue on face in upward circular motion so your skin could absorb its goodness. 

I quite agree with their own description, because I will use it whenever I feel I need some cure to my skin then I use this weapon (haha), it really calms my skin and leave it moisturize.

It said to be able to recover the stability of unbalanced troubled skin due to stress, increases the moisture retaining capacity of skin and keeps the moisturizing skin long-lasting. 

Advantages:

1. Cute design 
2. Aloe Vera Smell instead of the snails' slime we all thot it will be :P
3. It is free from Alcohol (which is good! coz I am allergy to it :( )
4. Definitely Non-sticky after you remove the mask and still have the remaining goodness which allow you to massage into your skin (which is different from MBD mask- after you remove the mask, it is full of the goodness and a bit sticky)
5. Affordable 
6. Free Itchy for me, my skin is LOVING it. YEY!!

Disadvantages:

1. Sadly it contains paraben :(

Repurchase??

Yea, definitely but will only use it if my skin needs extra help. 
Thanks lovelies, stay tune for more and enjoy the weekend :)

Review: 3CE (3 Concept Eyes) Creamy Lip Color No.9 Kitsch Biker

Again, I have been MIA from my blog again. Too occupied by my work and many other things.  Oh well, I am back with some reviews on Korean products. Because my friend went to Korea not long ago, so I asked her to help me buy some stuff. =) =) But today is review on 3CE lip product.

Recently I am so obsesses with lip product esp those with bright color (guess I found myself not really match with the nude or pinkish color =(  even tho I really like the pinkish color, it just not match with my skin tone).

I bought this 3CE lip product not long ago in No.9 Kitsch Biker (orange reddish color). It soon becomes my  on-the-go lip product. Before I was not a fan of lip product (I can go out without putting any lipstick),  I am more to eye shadow geek but now I love BOTH. Lolx

What I like:
1. I love the packaging, it is simple and classy plus has the "Click" sound when you close it (it is like give me the secure feeling that it is tightly close) haha
2. It is moist and for sure creamy as its name which make the application so easy ( I don't need to put any lip balm to moist my lip)
3. It is very beautiful color which match my skin perfectly
4. For me, it is quite long lasting, can last for like 4 hours even after I have my meal.
5. It is affordable only 13.300 WON ( SGD 16.3)

So far, I am so satisfy with this product, haven't found any point I don't like yet. Hopefully won't, haha.
I think I will try the other colors of this collection ( will try to go for more neutral color)  =))

My February 2014 Favorite

February ended so fast, I feel like just finish writing my January Favorite and now it is March already, so it is time for me to write February Favorite :) Time flies...Just a blink of eyes, its already March of 2014. Remember clearly that me and my group of friends just discussing what to do on Old & New 2013. :D Time flies so fast~~

Ok, no more babbling, lets start!

1. Real Techniques - Stippling Brush

    I L.O.V.E this Dual-Fiber Stippling Brush by Real Techniques, I usually use it to apply my foundation and dabbing to my face to get more coverage by building the foundation. It gives the kinda airbrush effect to the finish look. The bristle is real soft and 100% cruelty-free. One more thing I like from Real Techniques brushes are their length of the bristle is perfectly measure, not too short or long, so it is easier to control its movement. Plus, I like the color because it is PINK!!! 

Really RECOMMEND this one if you want to get the airbursh and more coverage in applying foundation. This stippling brush will def my On-to-go brush now. 

Their Bristle is really soft and not too short or too long, so it is easier to control its movement

2. Sigma Brushes : Small Angle (E65) ,Tapered Blending (E40)
     
    Aside than Real Techniques brush, I also in love in SIGMA brush, their brushes are really steady and works really good. I personally really like their Small Angle (E65) brush because with this one, I could get the Winged eyes cat look without any difficulty. The brush is really thin and slim so you can control the bristle and get the look that you want. 

Small Angle E65

The perfect angle to make any eyeliner look

As for Tapered Blending (E40), I like this one because I use it as brush to put my transition color, it gives the perfect finish of my transition color, it blend it real well without any harshness. 

Tapered Blending E40

Their brushes are more expensive than Real Techniques but it is worth investment for Make-up lover :) :)

3. Sephora - Crease brush

    I know it is Crease brush but I use it as Blending brush because I feel like it works perfectly as blending brush for me. Anyone also use their brush in other way as it supposed to do or it just me? :P :P 

I find the brush is quite small so it is perfect for Asian eyes where our eyes are total different and the brush has a bit pointy so I can specifically use it to the parts where I want to blend. It is like I can control the brush to do its job wherever I want. 

4. Boscia Super-Cool De-Puffing Eye Balm

    This product is recommended by my BFF, he is really good in skin care product, I always ask him :P :P

I barely take care of my eye part which I should because I always focusing my eyes make-up and recently I sleep really late so eyes usually so puffy. 

This product will help you to DE-PUFF in the morning, you can see the difference. It is quite cooling while you apply it and in minutes your eyes are perfect to go out. RECOMMEND!!

 

                          

5. The Body Shop - Tea Tree Oil 
    Acne or Pimple is an annoying thing that could ever appear in our face esp it always pop-out on "RIGHT" timing!! Hate it. haha. Lucky I found this Body Shop - Tea Tree Oil. I usually apply it like 2-3 days, the acne or pimple kinda dry out (for the pimple that you don't squeeze it) but it works best after you squeeze it (just small pimple or acne), it will penetrate and works it wonder. Within days, it will dry out and leaves no scar. 

My current Favorite in beating those pimples!

6. Biore - Cleansing Oil-in-Cotton

    There will always be a lazy day when we don't feel like removing make-up, it happens to me quite lot. haha. When those days are around, I just use this Biore Cleansing Oil-in-Cotton Sheet Make up Remover. It just remove EVERYTHING! even the stubborn Mascara, you know mascara can be real stubborn, this sheet just remove it without any effort. Love this makeup remover. It makes my life easier. Biore is really good in their make-up remover product, not only this cotton but also its Cleansing Oil. Biore never fails me! 

It comes with the box and also Refill :)

 What is your February Favorites ladies??

Tutorial: My Look using Lorac Pro Palette-- Simple Sexy Brown

It is about Lorac Pro Palette again, hope you ladies are not that sick with this product, please don't because this one is worth it :) This time, it is not about Review or me blabbing about how good it is, but I will make Tutorial using it. This I think is my second tutorial so bare with me  :)

Here we go:
1. Always remember to PRIMER your eyes so the color will be obvious and Long-lasting whole day. 

2. Line your upper waterline using your favorite Black Pencil Eyeliner. I am using Hana Waterproof Black Pencil Eyeliner.
3. Take any cream pencil liner in Dark Brown Color, Here I am using Holika Holika Jewel-light Waterporoof Eyeliner in shade No.5 and blend it out using your finger. 

Take out your Lorac Pro Palette, it is the time to use it :P Today we are going to use 5 colors: Garnet, Gold, Champagne, Deep Purple & Cream.

4. Apply Gold at your upper lid until middle half and leave the tip part for Champagne. Blend well between Gold and Champagne. 
5. Apply Garnet above the Gold color. Again Blend well so there is no harsh line above the Garnet. 
6. Apply little of Cream color above the Garnet as transition color so it won't be so weird. 

7. Apply the Deep Purple color in the V corner and Blend well into Garnet and Gold. 
8. Touch up some of the Gold in the middle of upper lid. 
9. Now it is the lower lash line time. The sequence of the colors is the same as above just put it in very thin line and blend all those color together. 
10. Apply Deep Purple on outer lash line and Garnet next about 1/4 and then Gold in the middle and lastly Champagne in the inner. 

11. Put your favorite Eyeliner, I am using CLIO eyeliner and Hana Waterproof Eyeliner for Lower Lash Line. 
12. Curl your lashes and apply your Fave mascara, I am using Maybelline Rocket Mascara

And You are DONE!

The Result~~~

CLOSE UP!!!

     

 

 

This is my Simple Sexy Brown Make-up, Love the color payoff of Lorac Pro Pallet, all the application is one 1-2 sweeps and I can get the color I want. This is why I am so IN LOVE with it. 

Product I used:
1. Lorac pro Palette: Garnet, Gold, Champagne, Cream and Deep Purple
2. Hana Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil
3. Holika Holika Jewel-light Waterproof Eyeliner
4. Clio Eyeliner
5. Maybelline Rocket Mascara
6. Revlon 24 Hours Colorstay Whipped Foundation - Shade: 250 Medium Beige
7. Bare Minerals - Matte Powder, Shade: Light
8. Maybelline Cheeky Glow - Shade: Fresh Coral
9. Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain - Shade:030 Smitten Exprise

Hope you ladies love this look as well!! 

Review: LUSH Cream Eyeshadow - SOPHISTICATED

Never know that LUSH has make-up line now, because in my mind, LUSH is all about bubbles, strong nice smell bath soap, and unique bubble soap and all. Up until my friend gave this little bottle to me, I was like "HEIN?! LUSH has Cream Eyeshadow?? I don't know lerrr (in my Singlish mode) :P

My first impression of it without opening or trying it, just by looking, I was like "The color looks nice"; it looks very pigmented and very coppery color which I like. So I definitely will give it a try.

Nice & Cute Packaging 

The Color is quite nice right? Nice shimmery Taupe color 

I found my interesting way in using this cream eyeshadow is to out some of it in your lid and let it sit for like couple seconds and blend it with your finger and the color is more visible than if you directly blend it after application. 

What I say:
1. Packaging is Unique, it looks like some of those chemical bottle which I find quite cute. I really love the packaging ( I think I will give 10 out of 10 for the creativity)
2. It comes in clear bottle so you'll know when you run out even tho it will be quite long, because the amount of this product is quite much. 
3. It quite pigmented and definitely can build it up.
4. Can be used as base color as well
5. It quite long lasting, last from 3 - 8 hours depends on if you use Primer or not. 

So, have you ladies try this? Happy Weekend all