Shu Uemura Tokyo Lights Palette

Filed under eye shadow by on April 18, 2013 at 1:38 pm {15 comments}

Hello everyone!

Have you ever wanting a practical & cute design for your everyday eyeshadow? The eyeshadow palette that will fullfil your everyday eye makeup needs? If so, you need to read my review of Shu Uemura Tokyo Light Palette :)

Today I bring you a Shu Uemura eyeshadow palette in Tokyo Lights. I believe this eyeshadow is a Japan exclusive, however this is also available on Singapore Airlines Krishop or Cathay Pacific Marcopolo. I bought this palette when I travel with Cathay Pacific. I doubt this palette will be featured on the inflight magazine for a long time, so I suggest that if you know that you or your friend are travelling with Singapore Airline/Cathay Pacific, go and get it :)

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The Packaging:

Shu Uemura Tokyo Lights comes in the usual Shu Uemura eyeshadow case. The design of this palette is very cute; it looks very kawaii! I love the pink prints of Tokyo towers and that twinkling lights. It reminds me of the beautiful lights in Tokyo at night. The palette does not comes with any mini brush or sponge. The design of this palette is just simple and practical.

 

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The Color & Texture:

This palette has a beautiful combination of 6 neutrals eyeshadow shades. The colors are mostly shimmery  but the darkest brown is a matte shade. The palette consist of a matte brown shade, a shimmery dark chocolate brown, a shimmery champagne pink, a shimmery soft woody brown, a glittery gold and a glittery white shade. The shade

The texture of the eyeshadow is very soft. There’s a minimal amount of fallout which doesn’t really annoys me. I really like the softness of these eyeshadow. The feeling of swiping my finger on this eyeshadow pan is like touching a velvet pouch :) No, I am not kidding! This eyeshadow is REALLY SOFT!  It is also very buttery and smooth. The pigmentation of this eyeshadow varies among the shades. The glittery shades are leaning more towards sheer. The rest of the colors have great pigmentation; the color shows up even in just one swipe.

Swatches

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As you can see, the shades are so beautiful. They are nicely pigmented, buttery and super smooth. I have lots of neutral eyeshadow palettes on my drawers, but I dare to say that this would be one of my all time favorite! The packaging looks so cute yet not too big for my make up pouch. I can bring this on my every day make up bag for my day and night eye look :)

 

Final Thought:

To sum everything up, I just can say that I am totally in love with this eyeshadow palette. I know it might me difficult for many of you who wants to get this eyeshadow. I hope that this eyeshadow is still available on Singapore Airline/Cathay Pacific Inflight Magazine. If you know anybody is travelling with these airline, you might want to ask them to get this for you :)

 

So what do you think of this eyeshadow?

 

Thank you for reading :)

 

By: Meryl

Kiehl’s is Growing, Prices are Shrinking!

Filed under miscellaneous by on April 17, 2013 at 1:39 pm {3 comments}

THANKS TO OUR CUSTOMERS

Thanks to our worldwide success, Kiehl’s is now able to offer lower prices for the same efficacious formulas. That’s the Kiehl’s heritage, to give back.

Kiehl’s Since 1851, the iconic New York purveyor of fine quality skin care and hair care is announcing they are dropping their prices in Singapore effective 1st April 2013.

We can make these changes now for two reasons:

  • As we have grown our business through the years, we have been grateful and delighted by the enthusiastic response we have received from our customers, which have enabled us to continue to open more new locations around the world.
  • Additionally, as a result of our global expansion, we have gained efficiencies in the costs of doing business.

It is therefore our great pleasure to share some of Kiehl’s worldwide success with our customers in Singapore in the form of these new lower prices for 21 of our best selling products, including Ultra Facial Cram, Calendula Toner, and Crème de Corps Body Lotion, as well as best sellers like Dermatologist Solutions Powerful Strength Line Reducing Concentrate and Ultra Light Daily Defense SPF 50 PA+++.

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What a great news! So what’s your favorite Kiehl’s product and what’s your next purchase?

 

Thank you for reading

 

Real Technique Core Collection & Expert Face Brush Review

Filed under brush by on April 13, 2013 at 7:35 am {13 comments}

Hello all!

I am sure most of you are familiar with Real Technique brushes by Samantha Chapman. You might have read tonnes of review about these brushes and I hope you don’t mind if I write something about this :)

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I bought two sets of Real Technique brushes; the core collection and the expert face brush. I have read many positive reviews on these sets. So let’s start with the review of the Expert Face Brush.

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According to Real Technique website, this brush is

Ultra firm and broad for application and blending of cream or liquid foundation

look pixel-perfect even in harsh light

ultra-plush, synthetic taklon bristles are hand-cut and 

100% cruelty-free

self-standing for easy storage

extended aluminum handle is light and easy to use

Firstly the design of real technique brush is simple; a rubbery feeling stick at the end and the body of the brush is made of very light metal. Expert face brush is unique; it has an oval shaped brush. Most of my foundation brush is either flat kabuki or a thin flat brush. The synthetic brush feels very soft and doesn’t feel harsh on my skin at all.

I tried blending few of my foundations with this brush and the result is awesome. It leaves a very smooth looking finish. One thing I notice with this brush is that this brush does not take in my foundation too much – which is great. Some brush takes quite a lot of product while blending the foundation, but I notice that expert face brush does not do that.

Core Collection

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Create a perfect canvas with this collection of coverage essentials:
includes 4 full-size brushes + case:

detailer brush: precision cut to effortlessly conceal problem areas; or, use with lipstick for long-lasting shape and definition

pointed foundation brush: Use with liquid foundation to build custom coverage

buffing brush: ideal for full coverage application of powder and mineral foundation

contour brush: delicately applies highlighter to contour or create sheer, soft-focus finish

panoramic brush case is a 2-in-1 case + stand
look pixel-perfect even in harsh light
ultra-plush, synthetic taklon bristles are hand-cut and 100% cruelty-free
extended aluminum handles are light and easy to use

Buffing Brush: 

I have to admit that one of the reason I am getting this set is because of this brush. Many people are raving about how wonderful this brush is. Now I know why people are loving this brush a lot. This brush blends my foundation beautifully. The hair is really soft and feels fluffy on my face.

The difference I see between the Buffing Brush and Expert Face Brush above is that buffing brush is more suitable for ladies who prefer a light foundation. I do feel that this buffing brush takes more product compared to the expert face brush. Hence, I feel that expert face brush is more suitable when I want to have more coverage whereas buffing brush is more suitable when I prefer to have lighter coverage.

Contour Brush:

At first I was quite skeptical on the shape of this brush. Most of my contour brush has bigger shape than this brush. After trying this brush to contour my cheek area, I realize that the shape of this brush fits nicely to contour my cheek area. It creates a nice deep dimension on my face.

Pointed Foundation Brush:

Honestly I don’t really use this brush so much. I am so satisfied with the buffing brush and the expert face brush that I don’t really use this one so much. I tried it once on my face, only to cover certain places that needs more coverage. Other than that I rarely use this brush.

Detailer Brush:

I use the detailer brush multi purposely. I use it to cover small spots that needs a more detailed attention and sometimes I use it as a lip brush too. So far this brush works fine with me, I don’t rave it a lot and I don’t have any complain with this brush too :)

Brush Cleaning:

I have cleaned the Expert Face brush, Buffing Brush and the Contour Brush. I experienced no shed at all. I usually clean my brush with a regular shampoo and I clean my brush once a week. Cleaning these brushes is not a pain, it doesn’t take too much of my time. As much as I love my Sigma F80 flat kabuki brush, I really hate the cleaning part. Cleaning my Sigma F8 brush takes so much effort and the drying time takes so much longer compared to the Real Technique brushes.

Final Thought:

I am very happy with my purchase. Real technique brushes are affordable and the quality satisfies. What more can I say? I love it and you should try it if you have not! :)

Have you tried Real Technique brushes? What do you feel about it?

By: Meryl

a One Stop Face Palette: Urban Naked Flushed

Filed under blush, bronzer, highlighter by on April 8, 2013 at 1:15 pm {12 comments}

Hello everyone,

I’ll be doing a quick review on Urban Decay Naked Flushed. Recently Urban Decay has launched quite a number of new products from Naked Basic eyeshadow palette, Oz The Great & Powerful – Theodora & Glinda Palette (Monica has done a review of both palette here ) and this Flushed palette.

When I first see this palette revolving in beauty blogosphere, I have been so excited to get my hands on  this palette. I think Urban Decay has once again come out with a smart product. Combining three products into one palette! a blush, highlighter and bronzer are necessity for me. Urban Decay Flushed  retails for S$ 40-50 in Sephora Singapore. Now let me stop rambling and start the review :)

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The Packaging:

Urban Decay Flushed comes in a simple packaging. It’s handy in size. The casing is made of plastic material and it is in brown color. Just like most Urban Decay’s product, there’s nothing fancy about the packaging of this product. It doesn’t come with any brush or sponge. Flush packaging looks just nice functionally and very simple.

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The Texture & Shade:

Let’s start with the texture of the bronzer. The texture of this bronzer is decent. It does not wow me because it’s a bit dry for my liking. The pigmentation is just fine. It not too pigmented so it’s not easy for you to over contour your face with this product. The shade is not my favorite shade of bronzer because it looks a bit orange for my liking. Compared to my favorite bronzers such as Nars Laguna & Burberry Sheer Summer Glow, this bronzer leans more to orange rather than warm brown.

The highlighter has a very nice texture – it is soft, buttery and the pigmentation is very nice. When swatched, it glides on beautifully on my skin. The highlighter shade is something that I like; it’s a soft beige with a slight pink tone. I can see myelf using this highlighter a lot especially on my browbone and upper cheek bone.

Now onto the blush –  I love the shade of the blush, it’s a very nice pink with a slight coral tone. It has a very soft metallic sheen which is not too much. I think this is a friendly shade for ladies who don’t like shimmer. It  makes your cheek looks brighter without adding too much shimmer in it. However I find the texture is a bit hard for my liking. It doesn’t feel as smooth as the highlighter, but still it’s better than the bronzer.

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Final Thought:

Urban Decay Flushed is a very nice palette to own. It’s like a one stop face palette with bronzer, highlighter and blush in it. Although I am not that satisfied with the texture of the bronzer, the blush & highlighter are good enough to make me feel happy. For its retail price, getting this one stop face palette is really worth your money :)

 

Are you considering to get Urban Decay Flushed? Share with me :)

 

Thank you for reading

 

By: Meryl

 

 

 

 

Dolce & Gabbana Blush in Provocative

Filed under blush by on April 4, 2013 at 8:03 am {18 comments}

Hello!

This review has been sitting for few weeks as a draft and finally I had the time to finalize the review of this product. Provocative is my first ever Dolce & Gabbana blush, so I am really excited to try whether I’d like this blush. My experience with Dolce & Gabbana eyeshadow quad has been very positive, and I hope I’d have the same feeling with this blush too. You can read my review of Dolce & Gabbana quad in Vulcano here. 

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The Packaging:

The casing is made of gold metal casing that looks reflective. There’s a Dolce & Gabbana written on it. The casing feels heavy and it’s prone to finger print. It also comes with a black velvety pouch and a mini size brush. I like the packaging of this blush as it feels luxurious and elegant. Although it’s prone to finger print, I really like the gold metal casing of this blush. It looks regal, royal :)

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The Shade & Texture:

Provocative is a matte bubble gum pink. There’s a hint of blue undertone in this blush. The texture of this blush is pretty good and finely milled. Although it feels soft enough, I don’t think that it feels buttery to me. It’s not as buttery as Burberry’s or Illamasqua. The pigmentation is good but not the best.

I have tested quite a number of blushes and if I would have to compare D&G blush with other brand, I’d say that D&G blushes is good but not the best for me. Burberry blushes and Illamasqua are by far my favorite brand for blushes. Those brands never fails to wow me. D&G feels on par with Le Metier de Beaute or Chanel. I love Le Metier de Beaute & Chanel blushes, but still my fave is from Burberry & Illamasqua :)

The Swatch & Look:

When swatched on my hand, you can see that it’s a really pink blush. However when I apply it onto my face, you can see that it leans more to coral pink. I applied this blush using my Tom Ford Cheek Brush very lightly. This blush is buildable, so if you want the shade to be true to pan, you  can always add another layer.

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Firstly I contoured my cheek with NARS Bronzer in Laguna  and I topped it off with thin layer of Provocative.

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Final Thought:

Provocative is a beautiful bubblegum pink shade that’s lovely to own. I won’t say that this blush is a must have but this is definitely a must for blush collector ;) I just can’t resist the luxurious feeling of having this blush :)

 

Thank you for reading!

By: Meryl

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