Etude House Magic Any Cushion Review Part II

Hello! I'm back with Part II of my Etude House Magic Any Cushion review! Like I mentioned in the previous post, the Magic Any Cushion is now an integral part of my make-up routine and I'm happy to show you how I werk it ;)

On a clean & bare face, dab a little of the Magic Any Cushion in Peach. Peach is my chosen color because it matches my face color and flatters me best. Fair-Medium skin tones like mine should go for Peach, whereas Fair ladies should chose Pink. Green should only be applied on red spots/area.

I use my Magic Any Cushion very sparingly on my face. A little goes a long way, and too much would make you look fair!

The Magic Any Cushion in Peach is applied all over my face as a base.

After that, I'll dap a little bit of Green on red spots & on the sides and bottom of my nose, where it is a little reddish too.

And Pink under the eye area to brighten it up a little more. Pink has a slight white tinge to it and it's the best color to highlight your cheekbones/under-eye area.

After the color correction steps with all three colors, I apply another light layer of bb cushion as my foundation. The Magic Any Cushion only color corrects and doesn't help to conceal much. Dabbing everything lightly also helps your foundation to appear light and natural, just the way I like it!

I don't know about you but I really like my foundation light! In our humid (& terrible) summer all round weather, applying too much foundation only clogs our pores and when it starts to melt when we sweat... ugh, that feeling is horrible!

Swipe on some blusher (I love to switch between Bobbi Brown's or Benefit's Rockteur), and some lipstick to add some color. I look really pale without lipstick so I'll always like to have some color.

Ta-da, my complete look! :) This is my every day go-to look that's both natural and easy to apply. The entire application can take less than 15 minutes! Of course, for an easy one-step color base application, I'd solely use Peach! :)

Here's a color swatch of the three colors (it looks slightly faded here though, sorry!) I applied the color liberally on my arm so you can see the color, and of course you should never dab this much on one part of your face to avoid looking white! 

The color differences between Pink & Peach isn't very obvious in this picture but you should head down to any Etude House store to swatch it for yourself against your face to see which color suits you best! Koreans love the Pink for the perfect fair K- effect! :P

This is after smoothening out the color. Peach really blends into my arm's color.

Here's a better color swatch for your reference! :)

I must say, this is by far one of my favourite Etude House product. Only because of how it does so well to brighten up my skin tone, making me look much well-rested (even if I'm not), hehe! My cheat trick, really!

 Go test for yourself the brand new Etude House's star product, available at all Etude House's store. 

The Magic Any Cushion retails for S$29.

(P.S: This entry was written and shot while I'm suffering from a 38 deg fever, so do pardon me if it's lacking in any way! :( )

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Etude House Magic Any Cushion Review Part I

Hello from TOKYO! :)

Updates have been lagging on my dear blog because of the overwhelming work I had to settle before flying off, but I try to keep it up on Instagram with more on the go updates! Follow me at @littlemissann ;)

I love how Etude House makes it a point to constantly revolutionise its products, and its extensive product range is always changing and updating to be better. 

Magic Any Cushion: Etude House's star product is a new addition to my make-up routine. I've been using it every day since I've received it, and can immediately see its effects for myself! I'm in love ever since and I can't live without it now, really.

Magic Any Cushion is a cushion base that is customised to your skin tone. It tones up your skin magically (really, really, magically. I have no idea how it does it!).

With a 6 in 1 multi functional formula including skin brightening, tone correction, sunscreen, cooling moisture, whitening, wrinkle care, it's an all in one formula to ensure that you're all set for the day!

Etude House really puts in the most effort in the design of their products. Don't these look like little macarons? :)) 

Just like a BB cushion, Magic Any Cushion uses the same technology but with a revolutionary color tint to make you look a lot healthier, and brighter with a few light pats on your face. 

Magic Pink - Smooth out your pale skin into a healthy and vibrant skin

Magic Mint - Hide your blemishes and minimize redness into toned up smooth skin

Magic Peach - Brighten up your dull skin into natural toned up skin

Magic Peach is my personal favourite, suiting my moderately tanned skin like a veil! Here's me with only the Magic Any Cushion on the right side of the picture. Cringing at how I look in the picture, but I must must show you how it worked on me. There's no need to dab a lot of product, because it'll make me really fair (woes of a fair-medium skin tone), but just a light touch of Magic Any Cushion all over your face will make it glow. I left all the blemishes there, and no filter/touch-up whatsover.

Another picture with Magic Any Cushion in Magic Peach all over my face. I don't have flawless skin, so I'll still need another layer of light foundation. Credits to the wonderful sunlight & the Magic Any Cushion, that made my skin look heaps better than it actually is, haha!

Snapped these few pictures before heading out to the Etude House Event with Keline!
We were slightly late and we missed the make-up demo session, but we had a nice walk at the Dhoby Ghaut's colorful and princessy themed Etude House store.

So so in love with BB cushions because they work for me! I need something that I can apply quickly and without the crazy thick texture on my face! It makes me feel uncomfortable, really. BB cushions are light, and natural looking, and they give me a comfortable medium coverage. This can be applied after the Magic Any Cushion.

The Pinks are in! At least for me. Soooo tempted to snag these off the shelves.
The Etude House lipsticks I own are one of my favourites! ;)
They have everything from glossy textures to matte, to balms and lipstains!

Their nail polish collection... gosh, just look at that rainbow of colors!

I'll be doing up a make-up look in my second review of the Magic Any Cushion in my next post, and how I incorporate it into my every day look to create a glowing look that brightens you up. Really helps when I'm overworked or tired, and my skin turns dull and lifeless, hehe, so yes, it definitely has to be in my make-up routine now!

Magic Any Cushion now retails at all Etude House Singapore stores for $29.

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A breather for the sane

Phew, I've just ended one cycle of madness! Work on Lace & Ebony, work for my usual events, spending as much time with my family & G before they embarked on their individual holidays, etc etc. I barely had time to do a proper entry let alone keep up with the pace of all the events happening around me. 

This weekend is finally some time to catch up on everything properly. Proper rest & finding my sanity. Thankful, really. Rest does wonders for an ailing body, always remember that!

Work hard, play hard, and rest well.

Here's a feature on two Lace & Ebony outfits that I've picked out to wear recently. You'll catch me a lot more on Instagram, I promise. That is the sole social media platform I am most frequently on, teehee. I get what it means to be a busy working woman and I am lapping up every moment of it ;)

Dress: Lace & Ebony Mayche Tulle Pleated Dress (Yellow) 

Clutch: Preorder coming up on Lace & Ebony

Dress: Lace & Ebony's Kalent Abstract Zip Dress
(now available on backorder)
Bag: Preorder coming up on Lace & Ebony

G is away in Japan for his awesome grad-trippin' and I am green with envy from the pictures he sends me!
The nature, the serenity that I want to so badly embrace. 

Can't wait to reunite with him again in about a week! :) :) :)

Just look at this view?? It is AMAZING I don't even know where to begin. 

I want to surround myself with sceneries like these and zen out from the buzz of city life.

But till then, it is high time to work my ass off!

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

Dance like a Swan

Upcoming Lace & Ebony Mesh Top

Lace & Ebony Maeden Tulle Midi Skirt

G & I took the camera out for a spin on Maundy Thursday. It was his last lesson of school too (wow we are growing up) and I really needed a break from work, so we went out for some food therapy. I felt really rushed, flustered the entire day, and it was hard for me to put down work & my worries... until he pointed it out. It felt like I was not quite at our date. I turned away my devices, and set out to put everything behind for a while, to try and get a bit of myself back.

Well, that happens when you run a one woman show!

I really love this particular pairing. The Maedan Tulle Midi Skirt is a longer version of the Minn Tulle Ballerina Skirt, and it looks like the midi trend is here to stay for a bit! I'm caught up with the monotones this Spring. What a surprising change from the usual colors / florals :)

Lace & Ebony has just launched yesterday. Shop our new arrivals!
www.laceandebony.com

And of course, the gorgeous classic necklace is provided by none other than Xanna Reis, whom I've had the pleasure of working together with. Andrina, owner of Xanna Reis, has been one of the kindest people out there! Eternally grateful for the people who are so nice. It's truly something that's underrated in this society :)

Before heading to church for an hour of silence (something that I was yearning to get), G & I grabbed some dinner at a Korean restaurant, followed by a cake to share because I've very specially requested to have some cakes, and specifically, to try Lady M.

I've heard so much about how wonderful their desserts are and I was dying to try some for myself. 

We picked the Matcha Crepe Cake to share because we were so full from dinner but greedy enough to stuff some desserts in.

My wonderful date for the day. Your patience, understanding & support is something beyond amazing. Thank you for being the wonderful light in my life :)

And YES. The crepe cake was lovely! I would very much love to try more varieties from Lady M. Perhaps a dedicated tea-time date sometime maybe! ;)

xx