Etude House Color Lips-Fit

I'm back with my Etude House feature of the month, and this April, it's all about the lips! Lips makes for an important feature of our face (besides the eyes), and a dab of color can do wonders to your entire look. For me, it helps me to look less pale and makes me look complete. I can do without falsies, eye make-up, but not the lips. Never the lips!

Etude House has released a revolutionary product called Color Lips-Fit. From a liquid type lipstick, upon application on your lips, it transforms to a powdery matte texture. Fitting your lips seamlessly, without any weight or uncomfortable feeling, tried & tested!

I've gotten the PK003, BE101 and WH901 to try.

PK003 is a girly pink, BE101 is an orangey beige, and WH901 is a clear gloss.
Guess which is my favourite? ;)

Here's the full range that Etude House offers. With the current K-trend, a lot of bold & strong colors are incorporated into this collection.

The applicator for the lipstick catches the product well but do dab sparingly on your lips to avoid too much product only on one side.

A swatch of the colors and the texture when I first take it out of the bottle and applied it on my arm. You can tell the texture looks like a normal tint lipstick from here.

A few seconds or minutes later... It turns into a powdery matte lightweight texture. How cool is that! ;)

(This picture is more true to color)

Swatched it on my lips as well, but not before applying the clear gloss (WH901) to my lips beneath. Do remember to shake the bottles well before use.

I find that the clear gloss works brilliantly beneath and over these Lips Fit Lipsticks! Especially for girls like me, whose lip lines are pretty obvious. I don't get dry lips very often, but they do appear chapped at times, hence a good lip moisturiser is needed to bring out the condition & color of my lips better. WH901 works wonders, really! I loveee it.

PK003 appears a tad more neon in real life, but it's a lovely K-Pink, which of course, stands for a bold girly pink that is all the rage now in Korea!

BE101 is a light orangey-beige, a very unique color that I slowly grew to love. You'll see why after I post the full face pictures ;) And yes, this is my favourite shade!

PK003 on my lips is a tad less subtle on camera and when I apply the clear gloss beneath, so it turns out a brilliant pink here, as shown in the pictures.

The BE101 in a full face shot. The BE101 just seems so flattering! It's such a unique shade of beige and I love it so much ;) Plus, it doesn't pale you out too.

 However, something to note is, this lipstick requires touching up! It transfers to your cups, utensils pretty easily. One way to touch up brilliantly is to wipe your lips entirely clean, and reapply from scratch. This way, you'll be able to wipe off any dead skin on your lips as well and do a nice smooth reapplication and you'll look as good as gold!

Head on down to all Etude House stores to swatch it for yourself this weekend! ;)

xx

Mary Kay CC Cream: A Review

I am a hugeee fan of foundations. If there are two make-up items that I'm extremely guilty of splurging on, it's foundations & liptsticks. I have tons of them at home and it has grown to quite a collection now! :P

I am very kindly sponsored the new CC Cream from Mary Kay! Well, I'm sure you've heard of BB creams, but what about the latest revolutionary CC creams? They have been raging on the markets recently, a while after BB creams were introduced. It may seem a little confusion trying to differentiate the two, but it boils down to very simple facts. 

CC creams are complexion corrector creams that simply colour corrects your skin tone. Like BB creams, CC creams come with a bit of sunscreen coverage, but in my opinion, CC solely corrects color. It does not provide sufficient coverage for blemishes, but it evens out the color on your entire face. Giving you quite a sheer-light finish, if you prefer light make-up.

Now that that's clarified, here's more about the Mary Kay CC Cream!

It boasts of SPF 15, providing minimal protection against the sunlight, and aims to give you the "easy out of the door option without that made-up look". It's light-weight, and slightly moisturizing, and acts very much like your tinted moisturiser.

With 8 benefits, it ensures that it's got you covered in one product. It brightens, protects, corrects with lightweight coverage, minimizes redness, conceals, hydrates, reduces visible signs of aging & defends. Wow, quite a handful huh, hehe! It works by dispensing via a pump tube, but at times it dispenses a little more than required.

Oil-free, fragrance-free, non-comedogenic, dermatologist-tested and tested for skin irritancy and allergy. Suitable for and tested on Asian skin. Also suitable for all skin types including acne-prone & sensitive skin.

I was given both Light-Medium & Medium-Deep shades to try, and the Light-Medium shade fits me like a charm. However, the Mary Kay CC Cream provides a really really sheer coverage, hence, you'll still have to add an extra step or two to cover your blemishes. 

Here's a swatch of the Light-Medium & Medium-Deep Shades:

Light-Medium has a slight pinkish undertone, while the Medium-Deep was slightly tanner / yellow.

Gonna show you how the Light-Medium color works on my skin tone ;)

Spreading the color out with my finger... 

It blends in REALLY WELL. I really can't tell where it starts/ends, haha! But yes, coverage is sheer, as you can tell. It's perfect for ladies who like their make-up light!

I've added on concealer & loose powder (light blusher & lipstick), to give that natural, not so made-up look.

It did really help to even out my skin tone and made me look healtier, but I still need my concealer for difficult spots!

Click on the link for more information about Mary Kay's CC Cream.

It's available in 4 shades, and retails at S$37.

To locate a consultant, call 62266888, or visit www.marykay.com.sg 

Thank you for sending over the CC Cream, it's been so fun experimenting to new foundations, something I really have a soft spot for! ;)

Bath & Body Works Singapore

Just last week, Keline invited me to go along with her to the opening of Bath & Body Works in Singapore! :) 

Bath & Body Works is pretty renown in United States, and it's finally here in our shores, at Marina Bay Sands! Fans of the brand would rejoice with the huge selection of products available here.

Such a colorful store! The colors are already making me feel super happy!

Look at their dessert table!!! Keline & I were wide-eyed with their selection of cakes, sweets, and savoury tarts.

Pretty pastel macarons!

Plus they had a rainbow cake toooo. Yums! :))

The array of products they carry. From body lotions, shower gels, perfumed sprays, to candles! They even carry products that help you to relieve stress with aromatherapy, from head to toe!

I am a huge fan of scented body lotions! I own way too many scented hand creams in particular, heehee, soft spot for them! Can you imagine my excitement when I went through the store? I felt like a kid in a candy store! 

Picked out a few of my favourite scents in store after smelling almost every series! Each scent comes with a body lotion, shower gel & fragrance mist. My top few favourites are: Be Enchanted, Paris Amour, and a few others which I really can't remember!

I realised that I like sweet scents most. But it shouldn't be overpoweringly sweet too!

Grabbed the chance to camwhore in store too with the superb lighting, heehee!

Thank you for asking me along, Keline!!! *throws hugs & kisses* So sad that we only have time to catch up during events like these!

We had a go with their photo booth too!! :P Girls & cam-whoring, lol! The picture of us is sightly overexposed here though. Bath & Bodyworks also very kindly gave us something small to bring home. I got the scent that I liked: Paris Amour's Shower Gel (sweet floral scent with fruity notes), Coconut Lime Breeze Body Lotion (fruity & refreshing scent), and Caribbean Escape Hand Sanitizer, all in travel size. Great for bringing them around in my bags or when I travel ;) 

We spent a really long time browsing the entire store because everything looked so good! Hee, we were both late for our respective dinners too because we were shopping & catching up :P Thank you for having us over, Bath & Body Works. I'll be sure to head down to replenish my body lotions, and pssst, these work really well as gifts too! With the extensive selection of scents available in the store, you're sure to find one, (or a few just like me) that you'll love!

Bath & Bodyworks Singapore

The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

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Etude House Play Color Eyes Palette #1 Review

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! 

❤ ❤ ❤
  Today is a celebration of love. For your partner, for your friends and for your family. I relish in such an occasion, only because there's so much love everywhere! Everyone's wishing one another, all the symbols of love and everything else just comes together on this one day. Of course I don't really support the marketing gimmicks of hyped up meals, flowers etc. Love shouldn't only be shown on this one day to your partners and everyone else. Love should be celebrated everyday. BUT, if you've been especially busy at work/school/life, here's your chance to take a break and let your partner know he/she is loved :)

Today, I want to touch a little on make-up, and to be exact, eye make-up! Introducing a new eye-shadow palette from Etude House: Play Color Eyes. I've received the #1 So Hot Play for the month of February. I've been using it for a while now, and even during the recent Chinese New Year visitings! 

#1 So Hot Play helps you to create a everyday look, or a dramatic smokey eye look with the selection of colors available on the palette. After testing the colors on myself, I realised that the colors are highly pigmented and long-lasting. The colors are easily blendable and you can layer for a stronger look if you prefer.

Colors from L - R: 

Party Gold, Burning Red, Temptation, Naked, Pony Tail, Modern City, Chic Blue, All Night, Snow Queen and Military Khaki

A good selection of natural nude colors, brown, navy, grey, black, white and a shimmery beige color!

Darkened the picture slightly so you can see the shimmers on the first block. The shimmers look so much prettier in real life and goes on well on your eyes. It helped me make my eyes pop! One of my favourite colors on the palette ;)

Here's my five favourite colors from the palette, which I stitched together in a collage!

Looks so pretty right, heehee! :P

I've tried a simpler girl next day look on a date recently with G, layering on Naked (4th from left) and Ponytail (5th from left) and finishing with Party Gold (1st from left) in the middle of my lids. I didn't layer on too much nor too dramatically because I was going for a simpler day look.

Besides putting on eye make-up occasionally on dates, I'll have to put on stronger make-up for studio shoots because of the strong lighting. Here's a look from one of my most recent shoots!

I'll be trying a fuss-free day to night look with minimal products because as busy modern women, having to rush from work to play is no easy feat! I'll be relying solely on the eye make-up for my eyes, and of course, my trusty false lashes. I've chosen a thicker and more dramatic one for my photo shoot, but it's too thick and heavy for normal wear.

Day Look

Again I've used the same colors as mentioned above (though you can't quite see the shimmers here I apologise!) but layered on Ponytail (the brown color) a lot higher than usual for a dramatic effect, and making it a lot darker by adding on more layers.

On Lips: Etude House Dear My Jelly Lips Talk JPK002
(which I love to use during my studio shoots)


Night Look

My eye looks like it has a lot more depth now because of the All Night (2nd from right) added near the lashline of my eyes. I've applied it such that it follows the shape of my eyes to give it a slightly more dramatic look. No eyeliner required, just a simple stroke that would perhaps take you less than 5 minutes to apply and to touch up your powder, allowing you to go from work to dinner/party! Apply a darker shade of lipstick for that sultry look ;)

On Lips: Etude House Rosy Tint Lips #1

The blending & application techniques I used on myself may not work for every individual eye shapes because I have hidden double eyelids and the ends of my eyes are slightly hooded too. Even I find it challenging to apply eye shadows on myself in the past. But practice and lots of Youtubing for tutorials helps for you to find a technique that suits your eye shape best!

Play Color Eyes retails at S$37.90 and is available at all Etude House outlets!

Have a very lovely day and weekend ahead everyone!

x