The Stuff I'd Used

I really love this formula. It's so far the most long lasting lip product I'd ever used. So this is my go to product for events. It just leave behind a very pigmented stain so it looks as if you are wearing colour. No touch up is needed.  It's also a very pretty matte hot pink. It looks almost red, so it's really nice for night time. It just brighten up your face. It transfer a bit, but that's it. Just a bit. Really worth the $12 I got this for.  I wish this is not discontinued. I wish this can be bought in Singapore. 

Sugar Crush is a very light scent as compare to the rest of the S&G scents. I guess it is suppose to be lime, lemon kind of scent. But it really is just very light. The body wash is like a moisturiser. It is creamy white and feels like a body lotion. It lathers slightly, so you know that you are using body wash and not lotion. This is a 500ml bottle, and I have to use about 3 full pump for my whole body. Still it will last quite a long time, but I was hoping that this has a stronger scent. As I feel I put this on, but it just doesn't make me as refreshed as I should be. At least it is moisturising so it wasn't a waste. But S&G is quite on the pricey side. I mean it wasn't bad. But I compare it to the UK and SG is overpriced. Oh well, at least it has a pump.

After using for 3 days, I can see that there is some improvement. My heels are still dry and cracked. But it's better.  The thing about this is that it's sticky on your hand. But when you put on your feet, after a few seconds, it was fine. It wasn't sticky anymore. But it's still sticky on your hands. So it's ok for a heel balm.  I also like the fact that this doesn't smell like peppermint. Most foot cream smell of peppermint. At first it looks like it doesn't have any scent. But it actually has a very faint scent. It's quite pleasant. As in you can't really smell it unless you are looking for the scent. So ya, it wasn't bad at all. 

This is in the shade GLG788 Elude. It's a milky pink. It's a nice sweet colour. It will be perfect for anyone wanting that baby face girly look.  People compare this to the Too Faced Melted which I can understand why. The formula, the creaminess, the texture and finish is similar. It's just the packaging that is different. Too Faced has a sponge so it control the amount of product that ooze out. This one is like a balm, so it can gets really messy. Plus it's not that nice when directly apply on the lips. I got this for about $7.60 on sale. Therefore the price is good. No complain really, especially if using a lip brush to apply this. 

So this is targeted for Asian skin. Not sure Asian is the Chinese or darker skin girls. The thing is it's actually quite good. Cause this is moisturing probably more suited for normal to dry skin even though it says for all skin type. It's not overly oily on my skin. Maybe only around my nose when I wake up is a bit oily. When I use this in the morning, I use a setting powder, so I have no problem on it.  I do like this. It has the Dior scent. Very floral, can be annoying for some. But it has that luxurious feel. The scent doesn't linger so it's fine. This is only 5ml but lasted me for a week. Not bad, but it's just not something I will purchase in the full size. 

I never knew the compact foundation and compact powder could be so different. The foundation is much better. They both are in powder form, and like powders, are all on the sheer side. Granted foundation has a better coverage. They both are meant to be mattifying. But, the powder is really quite useless. I feel like it just coat my face for a couple hours then that's it.  The colour is also a bit different. The foundation is more yellow tone. I think the only nice thing about the powder is that it is much smaller. There is no sponge, no mirror. So basically you have to use your own brush or sponge to use. So it's also not good to bring around. Ya, I wouldn't recommend this. 

I only had this for less than 3 weeks and I'm in love with it. I've been using it a lot. I like that it's like a liquid gloss but it's not glossy. I guess the proper term is that this is a lip oil. It's $36 a pop, so quite pricey to me. But I love it. It feels so nice on the lips. It's light but it gives colour. I like shaking it when the pigment and oil seperate. But if you use it constantly, it won't seperate.  It's not drying on the lips. It's not sticky. It doesn't run. It doesn't stain the lips, which is a slight pity. But it makes your lips look so juicy but natural. It's like you look good without having to try hard kind of vibe. Plus the shade Piece of Cake is so neutral and beautiful. It is describe as a terracotta nude. But I feel it has more pinkish mauve undertone in it. Like a dusty rose shade. It's perfect for everyone though.  The bottle is small, so it's easy to use your thumb and forefinger to shake it. Then you t...

This is quite strong. It doesn't feel like at first. But use it two days, and my face get really dry. I mean, it's suppose to dry out the pimple, but when you use this you sort of apply around the spots too. And despite using normal skin moisturiser, my skin still gets really dry. In term of removing spots, some really dissappear after 2/3 days.  It hurts when applying this. A good kind of hurt - those type of sting. I enjoy that too much I think. Anyway, the lotion is not a hard cream. So it spread easily. It is also quite affordable. $3.90 for 10g at SwanSton. The caution sign said that if this is too strong, use Oxy 5 instead, but I find that Oxy 5 is not that good. Oh well, you have to see what is it you want. Strong ones or ones that is less drying. 

SPF30 Easy to blend Light to medium coverage Covers redness This is in the shade Natural Fair which seems quite light when swatch. But the colour kind of blend into the skin, so it wasn't as bad. As long as you use a bit, no problem. Too much and the cream doesn't seems to blend right. I have to set this with a setting powder to make it look more matte. And it will last for about 6 hours till I look quite shiny around the nose area. For a moisture surge CC cream, it wasn't very moisturising as even after a thick moisturiser, my skin still looks quite flaky. Not sure how I feel about this, but is not something I will repurchase. 

I got this like in 2014 and I'd kept it in its box till last month. I actually wanted the Riri Woo but it was sold out super fast. Then I was watching DivaMakeupQueen and she has the same skin tone as me (NC35). She was saying how this is the perfect red for people with her shade. And I bought it.  It's a really beautiful red with a frost finish. I don't see much frost but it's like as if it has tiny specks of glitter in it. It's not glittery but it's just very nice on the lips. It's glossy and pigmented. The only thing I find is that you have to really carefully apply. It will go out the line so you have to line your lips first I feel. I don't know. I cannot get a clean line. But even without liner, this doesn't bleed. So it's nice.  This shade is suppose to be on the blue red side. I guess depending on the lighting, it will be quite obvious. It's also comfortable on the lips but at times you can feel the dryness. I love the packaging though...

I got the shade medium and I bought this at $48 from Sephora. Quite pricy, but I heard this is quite good. The reason I wanted this cause if you buy two It Cosmetics item, you get the free bundle which consist of the mascara and the bye bye under eye concealer. So instead of getting the concealer I got the corrector instead.  It's really good. It's a peachy shade that is perfect at covering under eye dark circles. It's so good that I've been using this almost everyday since the day I got it. I just love how it really covers and brighten up my face. The bad thing is that it doesn't last as long as I would like it to be. I guess I should probably add on a concealer on top. But really this covers so nicely I don't feel the need to add on.  So I give this a 80% rating cause of the fact It doesn't last as long. But for $48 and only 5ml, I gladly repurchase. 

I always like the beachy look. I also happen not to know what to do with my hair most of the time. So I got this just to get that after beach waves. I can use a mixture of water and sea salt and spray it on my hair, but oh well.  This is good and gives the messy waves pretty fast. You just have to spray it on to your dry hair. Crunch it a bit and you're set. It gives a nice tousled look. It smells good. Unlike seawater. So I don't regret buying this. As 75ml is quite small, but it last forever. Plus the spray is quite steady and not hard to use. The full size is probably not worth purchasing. As bigger bottle, albeit plastic, still will not hold as well on the hand. That's what I think. 

  I am one of those people who love apocalips. I don't mind the scent and I like the pigmentation. This is the nude one, and it's lighter than my skin tone. If applies more streaky than the rest of the colours. I guess cause this is too light. But with careful application, it will look normal. The shade is surprisingly quite alright on my skin tone. It can look a bit wash out, so it really depend on the day when I use this. On the days I can pull this of, it's a good nude shade. Wish it was a stain though. But this can't be worn on dry lips. It just makes the dryness very obvious. If I can rewind time, I will not purchase this. 

I always like the Art Deco Masks from Pure Smile. They are just so cute. I tried finding out more about this one. And the only thing I can find is that it is for moisture. So we shall just stick to that. On the packaging it does state collagen, hyaluronic acid and vitamin E. So I'm thinking it's all in this mask.  This one is very wet. It has a lot of essence and it's quite messy to apply. Even after almost 45 minutes, the mask still doesn't dry out. It's still rather wet. After, my face is quite sticky. It's not bad. But it's really full of moisture. I guess this will be good for those dry months. At least for overseas. Singapore is just sunny or raining, humid all year round. So it doesn't really do much for us.  But overall it's just a fun mask to have during sleepover. 

This can be use a cold cream to remove makeup and cleanse the face with a tissue or cotton. Or you can use it as a cleanser on wet face and remove with water. And this can be used on face or body.  Not a big fan on the soap kind. It doesn't foam up as well and it just feel like putting lotion on the body. For cleanser, it's slightly better cause the face is smaller. So you basically just have a smaller area to focus on. It leathers alright. It foam up a bit, and it's super gentle. Whether I like it enough, the answer is no. I like the size of the bottle. It's good for traveling, but the product even though it's dual usage, I don't really like. 

I like the ombré deep purple packaging. It has a good magnetic closure that makes opening and closing the lipstick really satisfying. Anyway, I got one in the shade Thelmadora, which is a neutral mauve shade. It's quite pigmented and looks really nice on. But you can also wear this sheer as lightly going across the lips will be gives a lesser pigment payout.  I like the colour on me. I like the pigmentation and ease of application. I like that it's nice and comfortable on the lips. But to be honest, I prefer MAC lipstick. MAC feels nicer on the lips. The application is better. I guess the bullet form is much more steady on the hand. It just is nicer to apply.  But oh well, I got this at sale for $20. So it's much cheaper than MAC. No regret. 

I gotten this for Christmas two years ago. It's still pretty brand new. I kept switching my eye brushes, that sometimes these do get neglected. I usually only use the shader lid, shader crease and blending brushes. My personal fav is the blending. It's the right size for my eye socket.  This is a 8 pieces eye brushes set that is made slightly smaller than the normal Sigma eye brushes I believe. It's like the pro version and it's meant for creating more detail and precise eye looks. I like this cause it's just smaller so everything fit my lids better. I think it's quite good for people with smaller eyes. Ignore the price, it's a good quality set.  The brushes I hardly use are the eye liner, which I think it's the same as the normal eyeliner brush, tightline and waterline. I didn't know they got like different design for different line. Cause the way I see it tightline is slightly broader than waterline liner brush. But ok  the work really well. The ti...

After sale I got this for $24. It's really quite pricey for such a small pan. I never expect it to be very small. It's only 3g and the size is slightly smaller than a pingpong. I don't know what shade to get. So I choose nude. It's like so close to my natural skin tone. It's too light for contouring. I mean it should be too light as a blush too. But it can work. A highlighter blush. But this is matte. So it's more of a brightening one. 

I've been using this as I wanted something to hydrate my skin. Toner is just a toner to me. But this claim to help reverse noticeable skin discoloration and restore hydration level. Plus to improve the overall skin clarity. I was hoping this will help maintain my face. I've been trying a lot of different acne solutions, so far nothing really works. So this toner is suppose to help with the the skin clarity. So far, I see nothing from this. It's just a toner and help to tone my skin. Helps to remove extra residue left on my face. But nothing special about this. 

The first few layers are quite dry. The sheets are big enough but it's just good for removing face makeup. One side has a raised dots so it's nice gentle exfoliation action too.  So the next maybe about 10, the bottom half, are so much better. The wipes are really damp.  It's really good at removing mascara. It doesn't irritate the eyes. Usually one wipe is enough for the whole face. For a normal day makeup that is.  The price is quite too much I feel. I bought this at $10? I am not really sure, but it's not cheap. For the price I don't think it's worth it. It's just a wipe, nothing really special about it. 

I don't really know why I got suckered into buying this. I don't really care much about mineral makeup. I don't really fancy loose powder products. But I just got suck into buying this.  So this come with 2 foundation shades, a blush, shimmer powder and 3 brushes. The swatches are as followed. Shimmer in 8 Tease, foundation shade in MF2 Sandstone, blush in MB5 Terra Cotta and foundation in MF5 Cappuccino.  The shimmer is quite standard. A pretty shimmery golden neutral. Can be use on its own or as a top up.  The blush is more of orangey shade. Looks good on a tan. It's pigmented and not powdery. I kind of like it, but you have to be careful on the way you apply. A stippling blush will be good as you don't pick up a lot pigment.  The foundation shade, Sandstone is way too light. Cappuccino is way too dark. Even missing the shade, it's still a bit too dark. I have to add a few more loose powder from different compact. Also the powders are not fully matte. But it d...