Friday, 29 June 2012

Project Pan 7!

Now I almost forgot to post this set of empties! Why not in video form? My camera decided to erase my memory card containing the video of the project pan 7 empties and I had already discarded the empty products! So you will have to make do with text and some thoughts about the products.

Project Pan 7


1.       Watson’s baby wipes - A nice set of all purpose baby wipes, handy for cleaning my hands in my dorm room during makeup application. Now that I'm home, it's not necessary but I would repurchase when I move back to the dorm.
2.       Kate lasting eyebrow W in BR-1 - The wrong colour for me as I bought it back when I had milk tea hair. I kid you not. There's a powder and pencil side, and the product as a whole worked pretty well. Would repurchase with the right colour if necessary in the future (though I love trying new products)
3.       LA Girl Mark my eyes - Hated it. It had a blackboard marker tip and thus drew thick eyeliner lines when I prefer the thin eyeliner look. Moreover it was semi-dried out initally and I almost threw it out until one day it suddenly "rejuvenated" itself and the ink flowed out thick and strong. Whoops so much more product that I was not looking forward to using up to...but use it up I did.
4.       Laniege Water Pack Ex - Received this as a Christmas gift 2 years ago. It has a strong scent of alcohol and comes from a company that lists alchohol as a top ingredient in their other mask products!
5.       Lubriderm moisturizer with sunscreen SPF30 - Felt rather oily and has more of a sunblock thick consistency than that of a moisturizer. Towards the end, it seperated into oil and...unknown liquid. No amount of shaking up worked so I used it as much as I could stand it, even cutting it apart, before I finally gave in and tossed it.
6.       Missha 5 GWP Mask - A GWP mask set that I got after being hustled in dropping so much money on Missha products by the saleslady in the Hong Kong Missha shop. I believe its a factory defect set as a) it has cut down the centre so if you pull the mask taunt, it will tear apart in the centre! b) the fit was bad as you couldn't pull the mask taunt, as you should, so it felt uncomfortable, like I had loose skin waiting to fall off. Overall a terrible experience from Missha and I was so glad when I started using My Beauty's Diary masks!
7.       Burt’s Bee Honey Lip Balm - review listed here
8.       Kiehl’s ultra facial cream - Maybe I'm bias but recent reviews have cast in a bad light and I'm not so found of it either. It's ok but rather overpriced and if you have dry chapped skin, this thing will BURN on your face.
9.       Clinica blemish cream - Another item that I got hustled into buying. This brand cost about as much as SKII so you can guess how much I'm kicking myself now. It's not very moisturizing, as it was not meant to be so, but I don't find it doing much of anything for my face at all!
10.   Body shop Hi-Shine Lip treatment - Terrible lipgloss. Sticky, thick, goopy, too much shine and bad colour batch. As an overnight lip treatment? On par with nothing else I've tried! Taking it off in the morning removes all the dead skin stuck to it leaving my skin soft and moisturized. Might quite possibly purchase it just as an overnight cream in the future.

Tally: 13 tossed items, 1 given away,

Used: 44 skincare and 12 makeup
Love,
Tabby

Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Inventory #2: The endless search for the perfect foundation match

*Sorry for the lack of updates, my new laptop is absolutely killing me! It is so nice to type on but the internet connection disconnects after 2 minutes! Even my netbook connects to the internet so much better than this *pissed off* but it's been so long that it's past the return date to the shop...*

Without further ado, let me show you my foundation inventory!

Cream foundations



1.       Revlon new complexion foundation in 03 sand beige 9.9g

2.       Graftobian Hi-Def Glamour Crème in Butter Milk 14g

3.       Graftobian Hi-Def Glamour Crème in Temptress 14g

4.       Bobbi Brown Oil-Free Even Finish Compact Foundation in 4 Natural 9g

Powder Foundations



5.       Diorskin X4 Control Compact foundation in 030 SPF20 PA++ 9.5g

6.       ZA True White Plus 2 Way Foundation in #21 SPF20 PA++  (not sure of the size, probably around 10g)

Liquid Foundation

7.       Rouge Bunny Rouge Liquid Foundation in 025 Almond Milk Parfait 29ml

8.       Lancome Maqui Blanc Miracle SPF26 PA++ in PO-04 30ml

9.       Bourjois Healthy Mix in 53 Light Beige 30ml

10.   Fasio Super Fit&Stay liquid foundation in 410  SPF28 PA++ 30ml

I suppose the siliver lining in the clouds is that I only have 10 foundation…that are all opened.  Thankfully, only the 2 Graftobian, Bourjois and Lancome foundations need to be finished within this year! So now I only need 5 faces to finish all my foundations/BB creams

Edit



Some foundations that I almost forgot!
11.   Max factor Age Renew foundation in 40 Creamy Ivory 30ml (unopened)
12.   Benefit Some kind-a-gorgeous in Medium 1.8g
Love,
Tabby