L’Oreal Extraordinaire Hair Oil

Filed under hair care by on May 13, 2013 at 11:18 am {16 comments}

Hello all,

Today I’m going to introduce a new hair product from L’Oreal Paris. The brand has recently launched L’Oreal Extraordinaire Hair Oil islandwide in Singapore. I am a big fan of L’Oreal hair products. The products work well on me and the price is affordable compared to some other brands.

So what makes L’Oreal Extraordinaire Hair Oil different with other hair oil?

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The Extraordinary Oil- the ultimate solution to perfect hair that is Richly Nourished and Intensely Protected from damage while providing Brilliant Shine, Sumptuous Smoothness, and an Ultra-Lightweight, Non-greasy Finish.

Aren’t hair oils heavy and greasy?

Not if we are talking about an exquisitely formulated product like The Extraordinary Oil. We have designed it to suit all hair types, and created it using the most lavish oils of six flower extracts – Flax, Tiare, Rose, Lotus, Chamomile and Marticaria. This potent combination of precious oils is realized into a transversal, ultra-caring formula that nourishes and protects hair for a silky, shiny finish that is soft to the touch and light as air.

If you need more convincing, let’s take a leaf from communities of women in India and South Asia who have been harnessing the power of hair oils for generations – a beauty ritual passed on from grandmother to mother to daughter.

The Fragility of Hair Fibers

Hair fibers are normally coated with natural oil. But even at its best, normal hair needs to be properly nourished because of constant exposure to harsh conditions – washing, UV rays, dry air, pollutants, heated styling tools and chemicals. As time wears on, hair becomes dry, dull, limp and prone to damage, breakage and hair fall.

Anyone can indulge in The Extraordinary Oil

Whether you have dry, frizzy, curly, straight or thin hair, you will enjoy our infinitely indulgent and unbelievably lightweight Extraordinary Oil. Because it’s so light-weight, we suggest to start with two to three pumps per application, and to layer on as needed.

The Extraordinary Oil can be applied at multiple steps of the hair care process:

  • Before shampoo and conditioning: Apply 10 minutes before washing to restore, richly nourish and prep hair for shampooing and conditioning
  • Before blow drying on towel-dried hair: To intensely protect hair from damage before styling
  • Throughout the day: As a finishing touch that leaves hair with a glowing shine and sumptuous smoothness without weighing it down

Retailing at $23.90 for 100ml of product. Retails in supermarkets, pharmacies, and departmental stores island-wide starting April 2013.

The above information is extracted from L’Oreal Extraordinaire Hair Oil press kit

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When I first saw the packaging of this hair oil, I must say that I’m intrigued to try this product. The bottle is made of glass which feels heavy and looks beautiful. The product is beautifully packaged for such affordable product.

The hair oil feels lightweight; It doesn’t make my hair feel oily or greasy at all. In fact, I love to touch my hair as it feels soft throughout the day. I usually use 2-3 pumps after I wash my hair in the morning and I apply it at the end of my hair. L’Oreal Extraordinaire hair oil helps my hair to feel lighter the whole day. The scent is not over pouring; just a touch of sweet flowery smell.

Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is given to me at free of charge for review purposes. However my review is always genuine, honest and unbiased. 

So what’s your current fave hair oil? Share with me :)

Thank you for reading.

By: Meryl

L’Oreal Miss Candy Collection – Haul + Review + Swatches

Filed under creme shadows, eye shadow, lip gloss by on August 3, 2012 at 12:14 am {8 comments}

Lately I have been a very bad girl for my wallet. I have been shopping quite a lot, I blame the pretty fall collections that have been launched lately. Moreover L’Oreal is launching Miss Candy Collection too! I have been looking at this collection in the beauty blogosphere and been waiting for so long until it hits Singapore. Finally this collection hits Singapore stores last week YAY! But I didn’t buy until few days ago when John Little is having 20% discount across all L’Oreal product (including this new launch)

If you have been following my instagram (@memoiselle), I have been posting pictures that I snapped in Guardian. The products that I saw in display were 3 new infallible eyeshadows and 4 new lipgloss.

Firstly the infallible

I think these eyeshadows are special compared to other L’Oreal Infallible that I have in my stash.. You can see that there’s some tiny freckles on the pan. I think it looks very cute and pretty. Although it doesn’t  look as pretty as Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill, I think these colors will be enough to make me happy considering this retails for S$14.90 and ETK retails for S$41 each :)

036 Naughty Strawberry

It’s a shimmering pink color with tiny gold freckles. The name screams cuteness! naughty strawberry :) I think this is a pretty good name to describe this cute pink color.

032 Sassy Marshmallow

I have been taking many pictures to make sure that the color captured comes out as close as possible in real life. Unfortunately it always comes out as a silver. This is a blue toned grey with tiny pink freckles in it. I think this is the most wearable color among all three eyeshadows. It’s a pretty grey color that can be used as a base for smokey eye color.

031 Innocent Turquoise

a very pretty turquoise color with very tiny gold freckles. The color mixture in this eyeshadow is the least compared to Naughty Strawberry or Sassy Marshmallow. I am sure those of you who loves pop color will love this. This looks flattering on many skin tone; fair skinned asian, dark skinned and western fair skinned. a very summery color :)

Now to the lipgloss,

I didn’t plan to get any of the lipgloss but I ended up with two. I have never seen such a cute lipgloss. The packaging is just perfect! Can you see the pretty swirl? Oh my  I can’t stand looking at these cute little lipgloss without bringing them home with me and keep it in my everyday bag.

703 Miss Marshmallow

This one looks least flattering to me in the display. This is a combination of shimmering nude and a pale pink shimmer with glitter. It looks dull on the tube but when I swatch it on my hand it looks very pretty. It’s a shimmering pale pink color with glitters. You know I love those kinds of colors :)

706 Miss Orange

I know I will be getting this one when I saw this on the display. This is a combination of orange and a coral pink. When swatched, I see this color as more of a coral pink rather than orange. I bring this everyday in my bag, it’s too pretty to be neglected in my lipstick stash.

It’s very hard for me to capture the shimmer in Miss Marshmallow. You can see that there’s some pretty tiny glitters there but in real life, you can see more of them. Miss Orange looks identical to what I see in real life. As I said above, this looks more of a pretty coral pink rather than orange.

Final Thoughts:

I am glad I got my hands on these products. They are too cute to be missed. Moreover L’Oreal infallible eyeshadows texture are amazing. For S$14.90, you can get a similar texture to Eyes To Kill. Although this is less creamery than Eyes to Kill, but this is very good enough. The pigmentation is superb and this is long wearing too. The lipgloss are also great find. The color is very sweet and versatile for everyday use. The best thing of this is the swirl, I just can’t resist these cute little things. If you like sweets, candies, macaroons, cakes etc i am sure this collection is for you :)

What do you think of this launch? Do you like it :)

Thank you for reading.

YSL Summer Look 2012 Pure Chromatics #8 Earthy and Eye Pencil in #8 Luminescent Gold

Filed under blush, bronzer, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, FOTD by on July 26, 2012 at 1:02 am {10 comments}

Summer is almost over but this does not stop me from buying summer make up. If you have been following us on instagram (@memoiselle) , I have posted photos from my Jakarta trip. I went back last week for my grandma’s birthday and I bought few items during my trip. I bought Pure Chromatics #8 Earthy, Eye Pencil #8 Luminescent Gold, YSL Touche Eclat and YSL Rouge Volupte in #7. 2 of the products I bought are part of YSL Summer Look 2012. Not everything I show here are mine, some are my mom’s :)

I have reviewed YSL Rouge Volupte #7 Pink Lingerie in my previous post. In this post I am going to review the Pure Chromatics and the Eye Pencil. This post is going to be picture heavy :)

 

Pure Chromatics #8 Earthy 

Pure Chromatics eyeshadow can be used wet and dry. That’s the reason why I love this range. #8 Earthy consists of 4 shimmering color. I like 3 colors from this pan. The upper left color is a nice color that can be used as a base. It’s a nice neutral color that won’t look too much for my skin (MAC NC20). The upper right color is the color that I least liked from this pan. It’s just a shimmering color that can be used as a highlight. The lower left color is very pretty too. This can be used as a base for a darker skin tone color or as a crease color for a fairer skintone. My favorite color from this palette is the lower right color, it’s a gorgeous khaki shade. I am surely using this to create a soft smoky look. The color is great for smokey look as this is not too dark for a daily use.

I swatched both dry and wet for you to see. The color shows much better when it’s swatched wet. Look at the pretty khaki color :)

Eye Pencil in #8 Luminescent Gold

At first I was not impressed by the color of this eyeliner. But after trying it on my inner corner, I gave up and get this one. In my opinion, great eyeliner must be soft, pigmented, smudge proof, waterproof and last for more than 6 hours. This eyeliner is very soft and pigmented, the color shows up easily. It only need one swipe to show the gorgeous color it has. Sadly this is not smudge proof; I swiped this on my hand and I smudged it after 3 minutes and I can see that some colors are scattered.

Then I did a waterproof test on this eyeliner. This product scores very well on this. I took this picture on my sink after I did the smudge test and you can see that the color stays there, it does not smudge because of water.

On the picture below, I am using #8 Luminescent Gold on my inner corner.

I am not going to review the touche eclat this time as it is my mum’s so I could not use it for few times before writing a review.

Anyway I am going to show my FOTD on my grandma’s bday. I curled my hair on special occasions and thought I would love to share the picture with you.

Products used:

Base Makeup: Avene Sunblock, YSL Touche Eclat in shade #2, MAC pressed powder in NC20

Eyes: Urban Decay Primer Potion, Urban Decay NAKED Palette, L’Oreal Infallible in Eternal Black, Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in black, Lancome Eyebrow Pencil, Ardell False Eyelash in Daisy Black.

Cheeks: Burberry Summer Glow, Lunasol Glowing Powder Cheeks in EX03 Pure Coral Pink

Lip: Chanel Rouge Coco in #20 Rose Comete and Chanel Glossimer in #151 Aragonite

 

If you like YSL Pure Chromatics, I have previously reviewed YSL Pure Chromatics in No 3 , that’s a gorgeous palette too :)

So can you guess which product(s) belong to me and which one(s) belong to my mum? :p

I am very happy I can share this long post with you. I hope you enjoy this post. Leave me a comment below to let me know what you think :)

 

 

 

Chanel Illusion d’Ombre in 88 Abstraction and 89 Vision | Review + FOTD

Filed under creme shadows, eye shadow by on July 14, 2012 at 12:41 pm {10 comments}

Chanel has released two more Illusion d’Ombre; a gold one called Vision and a pink called Abstraction. I have seen the swatch of both products for about 1-2 months and immediately fell in love. However these things has just hit Singapore last week. I grabbed these items while Isetan is having 10% discounts in the pas few days. These retail at S$52 in Singapore.


Abstraction

This is a shimmery peachy pink that’s sheer  but also can be worn opaque. It’s a color that I like because it’s easily can be worn as a base or a highlighter. This pink looks good on my skin tone as it does not create a striking pink look on my eye. I like to use this eyeshadow combined with a taupe or a dark purple. Moreover this color can create both sweet look and glam look.

The swatch above is taken under indoor lighting. I applied a thick amount of illusion d’Ombre on the left side and a light amount on the right side. I tried this eyeshadow on my eye with Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Purpura #3. I am sorry that the falsies look a bit messy there.

In the picture below, I have looked some pink eyeshadow in my stash that looks pretty similar to Abstraction. I am quite surprised that Dior Sunset looks pretty similar to Abstraction. L’Oreal Forever Pink and ETK Sweet Fire are a little bit more toward pink and have less peachy undertones.

Vision

Vision is a gold sparkle that’s more to sheer. For me, I’d rather use this as a eye highlighter rather than a base. It would be too sparkly if I would have to wear it as a base. I think this eyeshadow is a bit too glittery for my liking. It’s quite hard to control the glitter that can be messy. In my opinion, the texture resembles Chanel Illusion d’ombre in Fantasme.

The swatch above is also taken under indoor lighting. You can see that even I have applied quite a thick amount of it, it still looks very sheer. In the picture below, I did a look with Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill in #1 Blast of Blue and I topped it with Vision. I applied a sheer amount of vision on top of Eyes to Kill. I don’t want to have a too sparkly eye look on that day.

I have looked my stash and found out that most of my eyeshadow lean towards beige or peach. I don’t have many gold hence I don’t do a comparison for vision.

Final Thoughts:

As a big fan of Chanel Illusion d’Ombre, these range never disappoints me. The texture is really smooth and easy to blend. Moreover Chanel’s sparkles is one of the best among most brands. Abstraction attracts me better than vision. Abstraction can be worn as both base and highlighter. Vision is a little bit too sparkly for my liking but I have no regret in collecting this baby. As far as I know, this is a limited edition. If you’re a fan of Illusion d’Ombre, these items worth your every penny and you better go and grab them before they disappear forever :p

Thank you for reading and leave me a comment below to tell me what you think of these products :)

L’Oreal Infallible Swatch, Review and FOTD

Filed under creme shadows, eye shadow by on June 15, 2012 at 12:22 pm {4 comments}

I am sure that most of you would have heard about L’Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow. These products have been very famous in the beauty blogsphere. Last christmas, Watson has brought few Infallible eyeshadows for a very short period of time. Worst is, I missed them ALL! When Watson bring in these eyeshadows again, I know I should never miss this again. Currently retailing at SGS 14.90 and now they are giving a promotion at an introductory price at only SGD 11.90.

Here are the colors I picked:

002 Hourglass Beige

004 Forever Pink

006 All Night Blue

012 Endless Chocolat

014 Eternal Black

015 Flashback Silver

The texture of L’Oreal Infallible is very similar to Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill. It’s very buttery, pigmented and easy to apply. Currently I am falling in love with these eyeshadows and have been wearing them very often. From these 6 colors I picked, my favorite is Flashback Silver. It’s really gorgeous, and goes well with mostly anything (especially on smokey eye look). I also love Eternal Black for its pigmentation and its silver glitter. Sometimes when I am very lazy to apply make up, I’d just apply Eternal Black and smudge it all over my lid. It looks great and it doesn’t take lots of effort.

Here’s the swatch of those 6 eyeshadows:

In the picture above, the glitters don’t really show up. But trust me, it looks amazing in real life. The rest of the colors look almost 100% identical to the color in real life.

In the picture below, I am doing a look with 015 Flaskback Silver and 006 All Night Blue

Eyes:

Firstly I applied NARS Smudge Proof Eye Shadow Base all over my eyelid. Then I applied a thicker layer of 015 Flaskback Silver on my eyelid then as I apply more to the top, I smudge it bit by bit. Then I applied  006 All Night Blue on my outer corner of my lid and I blend all the colors together to create the blue gradation. I also want to make it more dramatic, so I applied a little bit more of 006 All Night Blue with my finger on my outer lid and just blend it a little bit (just to even out the color). I don’t want to use highlighter on that day so for my under browbone I applied MAC single eyeshadow in Chamomile (You can see the swatch here from Temptalia).

I want my eyeshadow to be the main attention of this look, so I only applied my eyeliner on the upper tightline. In this look, I am using K-Palette Real Lasting Eyeliner . I don’t want to have a too heavy eye look so for my lower lash line, I applied Shu Uemura Pencil Eyeliner in Grey. To finish the eye look, I applied Lancome Hypnose Mascara.

Face and Cheeks:

I love pinkish cheek! For this look I am using Guerlain Meteorites Travelling Pearl in Teint Rose. On my lip is Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet in La Distinguee

Have you picked any L’Oreal Infallible? Which one is your favorite?

Thank you for reading

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