Some time late last year, Hada Labo released a bunch of skincare under the ES series meant for sensitive skin and I have been using several products for quite a few months now. The original line of products, the one made famous by promising ladies bouncy, bouncy skin, wasn’t suitable for me and I have ignored Hada Labo for a couple of years until the ES range came around.
My skin has been very dehydrated and was made worse by an allergy reaction from a sheet mask I tried, which resulted in flaky, bumpy skin. It was also very tight, painful and red. For several days, I had to endure looking like I had the remnants of sea barnacles stuck on my face.
And oh, be prepared for a very long post ahead because I am going through quite a few products and would like to give each of them fair coverage.
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When I found out Clarins released a BB Cream, I was quite excited because most Western brands had already launched their versions of BB and CC Creams and so far, I have not been particularly taken with anyone of them.
Clarins have been waiting in the wings before releasing their BB Cream as they were spending quite some time on R&D to make sure that the product will be something to cater to our needs. I admire that they didn’t just hop on the bandwagon like the rest of the lot.
The version we get locally is the Asia-specific one in a white tube and I’m not sure if the formula is similar to the one released in North America and Europe, which comes in a red tube. Also I was told that although they named it a “BB” Cream, it actually utilises the “CC” Cream technology and coverage (or something to that effect). I’m not quite sure what that means but I’ll take their word for it.
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MAC used to be a store that I would frequently visit many, many years ago. At that time, they were the only “pro” makeup store available in Malaysia and I was so enamoured with the variety of products and colours they offered. These days however, I don’t usually shop at MAC unless there is a limited edition item that I must have. I started finding the huge array of products overwhelming and the limited edition collections, which used to be seasonal (meaning four times a year), have been flying out of MAC nearly every month. It just got a bit much after a while and I couldn’t keep up.
Anyway, in one of the rare visits when I actually perused and played around with their makeup, I came across the MAC Lipstick in Rebel and immediately fell in love with it. I’ve been looking for a deep berry, fuschia lip shade and Rebel seemed to fit the bill.
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They are finally here! That’s right, I’m talking about the Maybelline Color Tattoos, yo. I don’t have to envy those on the Stateside anymore because we now have these bad boys (or girls) locally.
Maybelline Color Tattoos are touted to be intense, long-lasting 24 hour eyeshadows. I don’t usually wear makeup for such extended hours so my experiences are mostly based on 8 to 12 hours of wear time. These are cream-based shadows, something I like to wear on lazy days when I just want a wash of colour over my lids or to use as a base.
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This Spring, Lunasol brings us a bright and colourful collection of blues, greens and pinks themed Vivid Color Purification. The lip and blush products released in this collection were mostly neutrals and the items that stood out most were the eye palettes and nail polishes.
I have a couple of Lunasol nail polishes and really do like them. I honestly wanted to take all five nail polishes from the collection home with me but forced myself to pick only one due to my ever-growing stash. So I chose the Vivid Blue Green because I don’t actually have many teal blue polishes.
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