Showing posts with label Asian brands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asian brands. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 January 2012

Hello Kitty fake eyelashes?!!

So, I did a teeny bit of hauling a while back (and I mean a while, these took FOREVER to arrive) I had to stock up on an essential and then decided to treat myself to the cutest eyelashes ever!

Apologies for the quality of some of the images, these were taken (with flash) at night time...I've been wayy to busy during day time to take pictures recently :(
How adorable are these lashes?! There are various styles that you can buy in this packaging. I bought "no. 3 Volume Up Eye". These cost just under £7 (including postage from Hong Kong) and you get 2 pairs, I've actually worn one pair so I'll pop up a post soon, if you want?
I thought I should buy a Hello Kitty eyelash case to go with my new eyelashes! This is really cute and even comes with a little mirror inside. I previously used a Dollywink one but this has more space inside for lashes/glue. This also cost just under £7 including postage.
I don't know why the packaging looks so grubby!
Finally, the essential that I needed to repurchase! Since discovering Dollywink Eyelash Fix, I've not used another adhesive for fake eyelashes. This is amazing! I'll make a separate post about this soon as it's achieved HG status! This cost just over £10 including postage.

What I love the most about Asian beauty products?! The packaging, it's all so cute!

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Skinfood Creamy Smoky Crayon -, cute but is it any good?

I bought this Korean eye liner because not only can you not really have too many eye liners but also I loved the cute cupid design! I bought this off Rowena's blog sale for around £3.50 (I think). I have this eye liner in the shade "2" which is black but with what seems to be the slightest hint of olive colour with really fine and subtle glitter particles. It's a lovely colour, something which I wouldn't usually buy (as you may have noticed I'm very boring where colour is concerned) however it's so subtle that you can use it as your every day eye liner!
As you can see from the swatch the colour isn't quite black (and you can see the subtle glitter if you look really closely - squinting might also help). 
This eye liner is called "creamy" and at first I wasn't very impressed because it didn't show up very well and wasn't at all creamy however once warmed up on the skin it is extremely creamy and nice to use, so if you were to buy this I'd advise allowing it to soften before deciding whether or not you like it!

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Jill Stuart Blush Quad "04 Hot Cherry" Review and Swatches

This blush is so pretty looking;
It's beautiful there's a brush attached (I will get on to this later) there is - like the lip balm which I reviewed - a little pink crystal on the casing! I think the main attraction with Jill Stuart make up is the packaging it's just so beautiful!
On to the actual product (because that's what it's all about right...not just looking cute?) So this blush swatches awfully I was so disappointed when it arrived and I swatched it;
These were swatched repeatedly to get this level of colour (at least 5 times) 1 colour - the first one - which is a highlight shade is hardly even visible. Can you even see it at all?
However don't let this put you off because when mixed together and applied to the face it leaves a very pretty and natural finish.
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Sunday, 22 May 2011

The nicest, prettiest lipbalm ever made?! Jill Stuart Fruit Lip Balm 01 Tint

Okay, so lets make this clear the above picture taken by me does not do this product justice:
The promo shots however do! The lip balm looks exactly like the promo shots above (for some reason the picture taken by me makes the colour of the product look like a hot pink - it's not it's the exact bubble-gum kinda pink in the promo shot). So now you are able to appreciate the sheer beauty of this product I shall get down to business.
I love it  - so I may be being a little bias because I like cute things, crystals and pink so this product was pretty much made for me! However it's actually a lovely product. I get super dry lips and so I'm a bit of a lip balm fiend and since buying this beautiful creation I've not used another lip balm! 
It melts on your lips, which I love because you don't need very much at all and it feels amazing! You get 7g of product and although I've made a large dent in the product there's still around 50% left and I've had this for months!
It works too, not just a pretty face it seems to have instant healing powers and it's extremely hydrating! 
I have quite pigmented lips naturally and in the above photo I am only wearing the lip balm, it does have a slight tint on the lips though I imagine this will look different on everyone depending on the natural pigmentation/colour of your lips!
So, in total this cost me around £15 including shipping but it's completely worth every penny - I love this product!


Friday, 13 May 2011

Majolica Majorca "Puff de Cheek" Review

I bought this purely because it's so adorable, but it's actually a nice product too! Majolica Majorca is an Asian brand not available in the UK I bought this from the ebay seller alphabeautyuk. I think this cost about £13 including shipping which is really quite a good price!

The colour that I bought is PK303 which looked like a hot pink in the photos supplied but it's actually a lot more subtle as shown in the photo below:

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Fibre Mascaras, the ultimate lengthener?!

Dawn and Marilyn (L) Primer and (R) Mascara
I've never before tried fibre mascaras so when I saw these for just £6 each (cheaper than most hightstreet/drugstore brands) I had to try them! 
The packaging is beautiful, I've truly never seen a prettier mascara in my life!