I’ve been on a cleansing kick lately. After using Shu Uemura cleansing oil for years, I’m ready for the new forms of cleansing products out there in the market, e.g. cleansing balm and cleansing water. Today, I want to talk about Sephora triple action cleansing water. This year, I feel Sephora has started getting recognitions in the beauty world for its own line of makeup products, their pro brushes, liquid lipsticks and etc., which I can totally see why. But their skin care line…
I always know that you are not suppose to keep your makeup and skincare forever, but sometimes, parting away can get really emotional and difficult. So guilty as charged, I’ve hoarded some, OK, a load of products I REALLY should have thrown away already. The other day, after reading this post on CAREER GIRL DAILY, I decided it’s time to get my sh*t sorted out! After all, as it says, your skin deserves the best, and… of course fresh products. I’m writing this as…
Finding the right hair care products is just like finding the right skin care product: it’s difficult, it’s very personal, and you need to go through many trials and fails before you finally get there. I have had my fair share of fails, and have just recently found this winning combination. Starting with the life changing tangle teezer. Before getting my hands on this, I haven’t brushed my hair regularly for years, really, I’m not kidding, years. Since I have always had curly hairs (digitally…
A bit of self-disclosure, I like shopping for active wears more than for regular clothes. The joy of trying out new workout clothes is one of those drivers that drag me to the gym every week. Typically, I don’t spend much money on the tops, but I do invest in workout bras and pants, because these are the items I think really makes a big difference. After much search, I think I have found probably the best yoga pants, Yes, I mean, I like them…
October has been a great month for me: finally decided to start my own blog (yay!), got lots done at work, enjoyed a whole week of clear blue sky in Sydney, and had a crazy yet pleasant beauty shopping spree – though my wallet would disagree. Cannot believe we are officially at the end of 2015 now, it’s both exciting and scary that the holiday season is literally just around the corner. Anyway, enough rambling, it’s time to share my favorites throughout the month. Nars…
When it comes to my lips, I’ve been quite fancy recently, if I may say so myself. Usually, I would just dab some lip balm or grab an “my lip but better” lipstick (discussed here) and dash out of the door. But I’ve been really into the lipstick + lipgloss combo – lip liner is still a one-off occasion for me, I’m just too lazy in the morning. Two of my favorite combos are: Lipstick Queen Lip Pencil in Nymph + Nars Lipgloss in Chelsea…
I have completely used up the Sarah Chapman intense hydrating booster, like every drop of it. Given how much I enjoyed this product, I feel it’s only appropriate to give it a dedicated blog post. I have tried 3 Sarah Chapman products so far: the overnight facial, the Skinesis Dynamic Defence SPF15 and this hydrating booster. All of them are lovely, but this hydrating booster in particular, is beyond good. I would even go as far to say this is the best hydrating serum I…
Now, it’s going to sound really weird: my skin gets better during the trip, probably because it actually likes the change of temperature and humidity (Singapore is HOT and HUMID all day, every day). But when I’m back from travelling, I usually notice my skin has slightly larger pores, more redness, and dehydrated. In short, a bit confused and angry. So the day after returning, I would always go through this post travel skin rescue routine, which doesn’t involve that many products. It has been…
I’ve been on a self-imposed “no makeup purchase” restriction for the past couple of months, and have been doing it quite well. (*Of course, I saved the money and divert the energy to skin care buys, a Shopaholic’s problem!) So when I receive the email from Tangs (a local department store in Singapore) that says I can pick any given day on Oct to enjoy 12% rebate, I thought it was time to retreat myself. I went in with the intention to just get the Bobbi…
So started about a year ago, I go to gym quite frequently, like 5 times a week. It became very clear to me quite fast that I need a fully functional beauty bag in my gym bag. When I say functional, I mean I need makeup remover, facial cleanser, toner, eye cream, moisturizer, sunscreen (if I go to gym at day time), perfume, lip balm and perhaps a blush, and a lipgloss if I go somewhere after gym. Is this considered high maintenance? Hopefully I’m…
I’m not overly obsessed with lipstick, at least that’s what I thought, until I started counting how many lipsticks I have in my Muji acrylic case. For someone that’s often not bold enough to wear bright or out there lip colors, is X a bit too much? Or maybe it’s not? Anyway, I thought I would share what are the lipsticks I pick up on daily basis: Marc Jacobs Eat Cake: This has got to be my favorite, most used, well loved lipstick. This whole…
Today, I want to take a quick break from all my beauty ramblings and talk about Jennifer Lawrence’s essay. If you haven’t read the news yet, which is all over the internet now, Jennifer Lawrence wrote an essay to talk about the gender pay gap in the movie industry. I read the full essay yesterday, and have to say “Bravo! well said Jen, well said!” As a career girl, gender equality is not an unfamiliar topic, and is something very close to my heart. Not…
Skip my usually long intro, let’s go straight to the point: I love facial oils, but this one, this one, is the cream of the corp. It’s the most potent, most divine, and just the best all-round facial oil I have ever tried. There you have it, my bold statement, and I swear by it. I learned about this oil at Into the gloss, it has an equally, if not more bold title “the face oil to end all all face oils”. Can you possibly…
So this post is one of the main reasons I decided to start a blog, I love honey very much and I sincerely believe every girl and guy out there should add this magical stuff to their daily eating routine. Let me start from the beginning. About 11 or so years ago, when I was about to finish high school and start university, one day, my mom bought a giant bottle of honey from our local farmer’s market and told me that I should start…
Because of my work, I do travel quite often, usually once every other month. And if there is one thing I have learned through all the travels, that will be how to pack a compact makeup bag. When I first started packing makeup for travel, I would always over-pack. For example, I would bring 5 blushes for a week (yes, I have a serious problem with blush), multiple lipsticks, and way too many eyeshadows. In my head, I was planning to create different looks every day…
I started my hunt for a good eye cream around 6 years ago, when it hit me that I actually have pretty serious dark cycles and quite a bit of fine wrinkles around my eyes. Throughout all these years, I have tried numerous eye creams, from high-end luxury brands, to coveted Japanese skincare brands, to drugstore brands. Nothing really worked, nothing. At one point, I believe what I really need is just a good concealer, because the good eye cream I’m looking for just…
It may sound a bit ridiculous and crazy, but I spent practically the entire 2014 on figuring out the appropriate everyday winged eyeliner shape and finding the perfect eyeliner. To me, eye makeup equals winged eyeliner and a bit of mascara, my struggle with eyeshadow is a whole new post by itself. Also, when I analyze my own face (which believe me, I do it a bit too often), I realized eyeliner is one single thing that makes the biggest difference on me. It gives…
Living in Singapore means it’s often a pain to get my hands on the beauty products (especially the ones have been raved and raved on YouTube, how great is that!) that I’m dying to try, the kind of pain that girls in the U.S. will never understand. Of course I can always wait and get them when I have business trips to the U.S., which I do, but sometimes, I just cannot/don’t want to wait! So my search for beauty sites that offer international shipping…
