Carmex Lip Care

I have bought 2 pieces of Carmex Lip Balms, one of them has moisturizing function when the other is meant to heal dry and chapped lips (like mine!! (T___T") ). I bought the Citrus one at Watson and the other one at 7-Eleven. They cost me NT$89 or around US $3 each. That's pretty cheap for a decent brand, aye? This is a US brand and also manufactured in the US. So the ingredients are written in English and French, no Chinese text! (LoL!!)

Each tube contains of 10 grams of jelly textured liquid. It is colorless and scented. The moisturizing lip balm has citrus scent and mint taste, the chapped lips treatment has a super YUCKIE (seriously!!) smell and a hint of mint too. I really hate the chapped lips treatment's smell coz it just smells like an old granny!!

However, regardless the unpleasant taste, I have to admit that the chapped lips treatment has a very good healing properties. I can really feel and see the healing effect in a couple hours! :) The gel texture is thicker than the Citrus lip balm.

In the other hand, tI think he Citrus lip balm is just a common lip care, for daily use, if you don't have any problems with your lips. I don't really like the taste either actually. But it is just much better than the chapped lips treatment.

Now let me think what score I am supposed to give to these 2 stuff? Errr..
4 out of 5 for the CHAPPED LIPS TREATMENT, since it is very economic, has great healing properties and the smell fades away in a few minutes.

And 3 out of 5 for the Citrus lip balm. It is only a "so-so" lip balm and the taste is not that great either.

Revision for the Chapped Lips Treatment:
My chapped lips are getting worse these days and I don't feel this Carmex does heal them. It's so much different with my old Palmer's Cocoa Butter lip balm. Carmex got 1 out of 5 points from me. Money can't lie, it's a BAD quality product!

Beauty Haul: June 2011 ^___^

Hey ya readers,
I've commited such a serious sin this month!! Been spending my salary on these babies (T___T"). Anyway, shopping is women's biggest guilty pleasure, right? :-p

These babies are for my hair. Since I think my hair has been crying for quite a long time :"(( . I've permed it, dyed it and it was then becoming very dry and breaking at the hair-end. However, I think shampoos in Taiwan have made my hair condition much better. I believe the hair products here have MUCH better quality than those in Indonesia. Because my hair fall is less now and my hair feels softer :)

I am now using Kao Essentials shampoo and conditioner. I have also tried Shiseido Ma Cherie Airy Feel Treatment. Since I am satisfied with Ma Cherie Airy Feel Treatment, I was then interested to try Shisedio Ma Cherie End-Cure Milk. I bought it for NT $221 at Watson.

Since I have permed hair, I need a decent styling product to style my hair everyday. At first, I was also thinking to take Ma Cherie styling product, but considering the price wise, I finally picked Lucido-l Wave Hair Mousse from Mandom corp., also from Japan. I bought it for NT $162.

And apparently, I got a sample size of Tsubaki shampoo for Damage Care :) It's such a great gift because the bottle is very handy to bring when I go swimming =D

I hope this is my last sin of the month :(
Today I went to Xi Men shopping area after work. I went there to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 with my friend and her niece. I saw that Etude House was having 30% discount on all stuff in store. So I was tempted to buy this Lip & Eye Remover. I also bought 2 sets of Eyelid Sticker and they only cost me NT $221. Such a great deal for little cuties :)

I have tried the Ma Cherie End-Cure Milk and Etude House Lip & Eye Make Up Remover, but haven't opened the Lucido-L and Tsubaki. I am going to write the reviews very soon. Ciao ;)

Etude House Baby Skin Veiling Pact

Hi there readers!!!

I am sooo sorry for being absent for quite a while! I've been busy with my school and work here (yeah, I got a job already ^___^) and when at home, I'm such a lazy cat! Though I've been absent blogging, I'm sure still continuing my adventure here (shopping adventure!!! :-p )

Actually, I have bought some new babies recently. One of them was ETUDE HOUSE BABY SKIN VEILING PACT. It claims to have SPF 22/ PA++. It's not enough to protect your skin from harmful skin rays, so never forget to apply sunscreen beneath the powder! I was running out of my beloved Enprani Loose Powder and considering to buy a new loose powder. But since I could not find Enprani Loose powder at Watson and Cosmed (they have Enprani skin care and BB cream though), so I decided to try something else.

Anddd.. I finally picked ETUDE HOUSE BABY SKIN VEILING PACT to be paired with my ETUDE HOUSE BABY SKIN FOUNDATION. I chose shade number 2, similar to the foundie. It was my bday month when I bought it, so I got 23% discount for the pact. The actual price was NT $359 (or 399??) . So I just paid around NT 300 after discount.

My first impression to this powder was : CUTE and SWEET. It's so girly but somehow a bit childish! :-p

The casing is made of plastic with slightly hologram pastel pink color and there is an Etude brand carving on the top of the case. However the decoration inside the case is dull. Even the plastic separator is only a thin cheapo plastic. Well, what you pay is what you get anyways.

There's nothing serious to complain about the outer look actually, but my disappointment came when I first applied it on top of my Skin79 Diamond Absolute Total BB cream. It does not glide smoothly and evenly on top of my BB cream!! (>___<") When I wear KATE compact, KATE always covers my skin smoothly, no cakey look, no heavy look! But this Etude compact powder is a HORRID to be paired with my BB!! :"(

The coverage is light but the look that it gives is not satisfying and rather disappointing!!

But then I keep on wearing this powder. But I tried to pair it to the Baby Skin Foundie. And I finally found it quite pretty to wear on top of the foundie :) It gives me a baby looking skin indeed, even during daytime. I usually apply Etude sunscreen beneath the foundie and the compact on top of the foundie. It's not cakey and quite natural. I kinda love it now! ;)

But I won't pair it with BB cream anymore and not even on top of sunscreen (without foundie!). I remember, when I tried to wear it over sunscreen, I ended up looking dull and unnatural after several hours! That was terrible!! I don't think it has oil control function so I don't recommend it to girls who have oily skin.

The powder shade (without flash)

The powder shade (with flash)

I rate this powder 2 out of 5, since it only works well when paired with the foundie. I will not buy this compact powder anymore, even if there is a 50% off! :(