Etude House Play 101 Pencils (Part I)

Introducing the much raved series from Etude House : Play 101 Pencils!

I was extremely excited for it to reach our shores after watching Pony's videos on how she utilised these versatile pencils to create different make-up looks. These pencils can be used on our eyebrows, for eyeshadows, eyeliner, highlighter, blusher and lipstick! It's amazing how this can be used for so many different purposes, and it's definitely lightening our make-up/travel make-up pouch now! ;)

Etude House Singapore brings in 13 colors (out of the range of 50 colors available),

but fret not as we've gotten quite a bit of basic colors!

The entire list of amazing colors of the Play 101 Pencils (not all available in Singapore at the moment).

It's crazy but I wish I had them all!! :P

They come in different textures, of glossy, glitter, creamy, and matte. Despite the different textures, all the pencils are soft, so application of these must be gentle! 

Here is a guide to some of the make-up looks created with just the pencils, and frankly I was so hooked onto it even before it arrived, simply after watch the make-up tutorial videos. The possibilities are endless.

I'll be featuring 15, 20, 26, 28, 50 in my next post! I've been using them to create more comprehensive make-up looks when necessary, and I love how they aid in replacing my actual lipsticks, eyeshadows, etc and are so portable. The colors can be pretty pigmented too! *thumbs up*

My favourites are 20, 28 and 50 and they are best for even day-to-day make-up looks.

Now available at all Etude House Stores in Singapore for S$12 each.
Head on down to do a swatch test of the colors. I highly recommend it! ;)

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

Etude House Chocolate Kiss Review

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! :)

It's been a crazy hectic period for Lace & Ebony during Chinese New Year with lots of exclusively manufactured pieces to launch over the month. Plus lots of other lovely new arrivals specially for Chinese New Year. I must say, I am really in love with the new designs (L&E Label, and non) and I hope that every customer that has purchased it will love it as much too. Kinda glad that the holiday season is over and I can get a good rest. It's been a long time coming!

A happy news to start my 2014, I'm extremely thankful to be blessed with an opportunity to be one of Etude House Ambassador Bloggers! I can't express how happy I am to be given this chance to work with one of my favourite brands, ever. I am already a fan of their products to begin with, and having this chance to try their new products monthly is really exciting! Btw, they have new innovation products every month, so do check out their ever expanding product range!

Introducing Etude House Chocolate Kiss range which is here specially for Valentine's Day. 

1) Perfumed Spray ($13.90)

2) Nail Polishes (with a nail sticker) ($12)

3) A set of Perfumed Hand Cream (Lily, Cherry Blossom, Rose) ($17)

4) Perfumed Lip Set (Peach Kiss & Pink Kiss) ($16 each)

Chocolate Kiss Perfumed Spray:

A light refreshing fragrance that can be spritz on your hair and body, leaving a light and floral aroma. It works great when you would like to catch a refresher, or after this Chinese New Year steamboats/bbqs!

Chocolate Kiss Nail sets: First Kiss (L) & Mint Chocolate (R) 

(Each comes with a nail sticker on their own)

A range of vibrant colors that goes on smoothly on your nails. The colors are slightly more true to the product pictures than the ones on my nails. Brighter & lovelier in real life. I especially love the Pink & Mint! Only the Yellow & Chocolate Brown color required a second coat to make the color even.

The nail art stickers are so cute & spunky! It'll help you to create a playful set of nails ;)

Chocolate Kiss Hand Cream in Lily, Cherry Blossom & Rose. 

It comes as a set of three and are miniature enough to fit in your make-up pouch! It comes in really handy for me because I'm especially a fan of hand creams that smell really good. I love how the smells can be therapeutic and at the same time, your hands become softer and well moisturised. My favourite smell is the Cherry Blossom!

Chocolate Kiss Lip Set in Pink Kiss (L) and Peach Kiss (R).

Lip Tint in the Pink Kiss set

Lip Essence in the Pink Kiss Set

Lip Tint in the Peach Kiss set

Lip Essence in the Peach Kiss set

Color swatch of the Perfumed Lip sets: 

(Top - Bottom)

Peach Lip Tint

Peach Lip Essence

Pink Lip Tint

Pink Lip Essence

My favourite is of course the Pink Kiss Set. Primarily because of how well Pink goes with my skin tone. However, I'll find myself reaching out for the Peach Kiss set when I don on a playful & colorful outfit, looking for a fresher look. It's a peach-pink color and it would be really easy to match with asian skin tones as well.

The lip tints are perfumed and they smell delightful! It's great knowing that you can moisturise your lips and look good at the same time. Tint for the color & moisture (it feels a lot like a lip balm), and essence for the shine.

I've used the Pink Kiss set here and it gives me a natural pink color on my lips & knowing that it wouldn't dry it out makes me more confident knowing that I would not face people having dry & chapped lips. It works great with every outfit and gives me a feminine aura with the pink. Loooove it :)

It makes for a great Valentine's Day little gift for yourself! Who says girls needs to be pampered by the boys? We can pamper ourselves all the same with a little beauty therapy to doll yourself up!

Etude House Chocolate Kiss range is now retailing at all Etude House stores.

xx

Etude House: &Rose Makeup Collection

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I'm extremely grateful to be able to review one of my favourite make-up / skincare brands ever - Etude House! It's a huge privilege and I'm secretly very excited because I have been an ardent fan of their BB cream, foundations & masks. Besides being one of the better & affordable brands around, their packaging is always soooo pretty! It's cute & girly and wins hearts everywhere I'm sure! :P

Today, I'm going to share with you two of Etude House's newest products - 'Rosy Tint Lips' & '&Rose Flowering Nails' (Yes, there's a & before the Rose! (: ) I loveee lip products because they are a simple touch to make you look complete. Without lipstick, I can look pale very easily and I don't come off as healthy in pictures. Picture taken below is me with make-up but nothing on my lips! PALE RIGHT!

Super super excited to try on the whole range! The colors look really good and I've always wanted to try bolder colors like, Orange & Burgundy! Not my usual lip colors.

The full range of shades available! From Red to Orange, Fuchsia, Pink and Beige

A poorly done swatch of the colors, hehe

So... here's a better illustration of the colors + a description for you!

I've chosen 3 colors to swatch on my own lips to show you the colors better!

The colors are #2 Sunny Flower, #5 Baby Peony, and #8 After Blossom

The first color I tried on was #5 Baby Peony! It is such a lovely pink I couldn't resist!!

There's a sponge applicator and I didn't quite fancy the sponges because you have to make sure your lips are really clean before application which makes reapplication after mealtimes not so convenient. BUT... With these lip tints, you hardly need much reapplication!!

I AM IN LOVE WITH THE PINK!! It's really girly & pretty!

The lip tint goes on really creamy to form a velvety texture on your lips. I'm quite surprised that a lip tint would come in a cream texture but this is a good thing. No more sticky feeling! This goes on like second skin on your lips, truly! I prefer lip tints & lipsticks to lip glosses because I don't like how sticky glosses can be, and how hair easily sticks on your lips with glosses, but no such problem now, hehe.

Removed the first color thoroughly and on to the next - #2 Sunny Flower

It's a gorgeous vibrant orange color. A crazy popular color with Koreans and I've long wanted to try it on myself. Here's my chance! ;)

The color goes on really well! I've always thought that it'll fare better with girls with fairer skins, but I thought it didn't look too bad on me, right? Hahaha! I really love how pigmented these tints are, and like I've mentioned, minimal reapplication is needed. Unless you really licked it off your lips during mealtimes, or wiped it all off vigourously.

The last color I've picked to try, and also the boldest/darkest color - #8 After Blossom

It didn't go on as dark as I expected it to, but it still gave me a feminine and slightly sultry look. I can see myself pairing it with darker colored clothes and it'll make it work so well together (:

I absolutely adore the whole range of lip tints and I'm not just saying it because I'm sponsored. I truly am a fan of lip products and these are one of the best ones I've tried with an extremely affordable price tag! The colors are varied nicely and it's well pigmented, providing you with a good color for your lips. I love how it isn't sheer like how some lip tints are. This gives you a true color while adhering to your lips like second skin! <3

(P.S. You can also apply this as a cheek tint! Dispense a small amount on your finger and very gently dot on your cheeks, blending it quickly with your fingers!)

The next product to feature would be the &Rose Flowering Nails:
Watery Rose (left), Velvet Rose (right)

Watery Rose Set comes in 2 colors (Rosy Blossom [L], Dewy Rose [R] + 1 White lace nail sticker sheet.
You can create a gradient nail easily without it creasing!

Velvet Rose set comes in 2 colors too! Rose Garden (L), After Blossom (R) + 1 Black lace nail sticket sheet

Hydrated Silica formulated in the base naturally removes the glossiness of the nail color and leaves it velvety matt on nails. You need not layer it on top of a base coat or finish off with a top coat to let the velvety texture show!

I've personally haven't had the time to sit down to paint my nails because of the huge workload over the week (L&E flash sales/collection launches which call for massive manual workload), but here are some inspirations from Etude House to get you started on your nails!! I can't wait to try ;)

I've hope you enjoyed this Beauty review from Etude House's new collection very kindly sponsored by Cozycot (Thank you so much, Ying Xiu!!) and sorry for the incessant postings of my face hahaha!

The lip tints are a must-buy, I love them so much I've really been wearing it a lot when I'm out these days! Lots of thumbs up for these ;) Collection is already available in stores!

xx