Benefit Eye Bright: Multiple Ways on How to Use

This cute little pencil really does wonders! before I thought that I can replace this with a white eyeliner pencil, but using white eyeliner pencil makes it look really white, so scratch that. though white eyeliner pencil is great for lining the lower middle waterline (only in the middle, it mainly to give contrast to the brown area of your eye) enough white eyeliner, I read and watched a good amount of reviews for this tiny pencil and I thought that I can also use this for other areas of my face not just in the lid or inner corners of your eye!

Draw a fish around your eye. Put less on the eyebags area, you don't want it to look too white. Remember to blend (semi tap and semi smear)

This is what I usually do to really touch the outer corner of my eye, with less strokes!

Lower waterline. It gives more brightening effect to your eyes, makes it look more awake.

Pat a little under the brow bone. SPREAD! Again, you don't want it too white.

On the side your nose. This area usually gives unflattering shadows to your face.

last but not the least! I sometimes also use this as a highlighter, dabbing it just above the cheeks (some highlighter gives me that oily effect by mid day, and I hate it), not too much. Just to give an ample brightening effect because it has micro glitters! :)



Let me know what you think!

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My Undying Benefit Love

I'm sure you ladies are waaaay over hearing raves about the new benefit Cosmetics store in Greenbelt. I'm sure everyone of you knows that you can grab your favorite fixes there! I've been a fan of Benefit since the day I laid my eyes on their counter in Harbour City in Hong Kong! It was their first branch at that time there, being a BIG fan, I was blown away! I totally hoard! and I wasn't satisfied, I went back before we go home to Manila! We stayed at the Marco Polo Hong Kong, so it was just a walking distance to the mall (Thank you Lord!!) I still remember this because I didn't go shopping for clothes or other stuff, I just literally bought Benefit products!

Hearing that they will open a branch here in our shores, made me giddy and excited! To think I only get my Benefit fixes when we go to Hong Kong, but now?! Ha! I'll go straight to Makati! With my busy December schedule, full of bazaars and delivery ek ek, I never got the chance to visit Greenbelt. Not until yesterday! Uhuh! Well, this time no need for hoarding. It's not good to speend too much since it's Chinese New Year.They say it's bad luck to spend on New Year. Oh well. I still spent..a little :) haha!

The items I got, Porefessional, Bathina and Eye Bright

Eye Bright testing

Eye Bright when blended, tilted my hand so that you can see that there's a 

minimum amount of glitters / shimmer

 Porefessional --uber love this! it give you a velvet matte finish! you can use 

this on top (gives an airbrush finish) or under your makeup

 Bathina, sa sobrang tuwa ko, nakalimutang kong kunan ng picture :/

New addtion to my kit!! Darn my Shu Uemura Glow On is smashed :(

Sorry forgot to take Bathina's picture on skin! But I swear! it's nice! At first I don't want to buy this because It's just a waste of money, I can use a lotion with glitters or a large brush and dip it to my highlighter powder and brush it to my legs to give a wonderful sheen. But by the time I tried the tester, I bought it immediately haha! it's different than your regular highlighter, it doesn't have large glitters, it gives a dewy shiny look that's really sexy when applied to the legs! It's one of their best sellers too! and I chitchatted a MA before and swears that Bathina is what celebrities (like Kim Chiu) uses. Diba Chikadora?!


Other Benefit Cosmetics that I tried:
Posietint
Ooh La Lift
Dandelion
Georgia
Badgal Eyeliner
Lemonaid
Erase paste


Lemming for:
Watt's Up
Hervana
Stay Don't Stray (read a lot of nega reviews, will still do more research)



I do have some not-so-lovely purchases from Benefit, I'm really sad about this because they are NOT CHEAP! they're like more expensive than MAC. Although their packaging is a plus for me! the 50's (or 60's? 70's?) themed going on is so awesome!


Will post my not-so-lovely Benefit purchases on my next post.

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Holy! Tony Moly!

If you've been following my posts, you must already know that I'm still hunting for the RIGHT, NON-SMUDGE, LONG LASTING, WATERPROOF, EASY TO GLIDE eyeliner. Yes! I'm that icky-picky! I was strolling with my friend last week in Megamall, when I chance upon a Tony Moly store, I didn't know Tony Moly is here in Manila already! Seriously, I really don't know! That's how outdated I am. And I think it replaced Etude House. (I think) I'm not in anyway thinking of buying anything in Tony Moly,but I just went in and "survey" the place. HA! When I see something in the corner of my eye, eyeliner in different colors and tried the black one with GLITTERS. GLITTERS! The SA said that it's really waterproof and smudge proof, well, syempre ang lola nyo kailangan i-testing! I test it on the back of my palm and walked around Megamall and try smearing it with my fingers after 5mins or so. GUESS WHAT?! It didn't budged in my hand. Before you know it I'm back in Tony Moly and bought the eyeliner! The great thing about it, aside from the non-smudging, it has glitters, did I already say glitters? Anyway, I don't have any glitter blackeyeliner, so this is really something for me, it's nice when I blink there's glitters in my eyes, not just a plain black line sitting on my eyelid diba? It add ooomph to my peepers!

 Perfect Eyes Eyeliner

 

Daylight

 

Fluorescent light

 

I MUST SAY, I LOVE IT!

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My Not So Red Lipstick For The Ber Months

Phew! Long title isn't it?! I don't know how do you call that kind of color..berry shade maybe? Anyhoo, Autumn and Winter season is here! Well atleast for some countries. :P I want to get into the Holiday cheer, though I don't really feel the Christmas cheer this year, If feel that it lessens year after year (sad). Since December is just around the corner I want to feel Christmas-y, so I went to do my business wearing my not-so-red lipstick! what's great about the color is that it's not overpowering and great for daytime use! It  adds a little spark to anyone's face. My fave shade is NYX's Midnight Dinner. Oh and the color's buildable.

Oh there's my driver!

What's that on my neck?!

 

 Love it? love it!!

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Laneige White Plus Renew

I just finished a bottle of eye cream and it sucked big time! I've spent P2,000+ on it and it didn't do anything! Zero! Walang wala! It moisturized my eyes, but that's it! A waste of money! - I'll review this next time. Now, I'm on the hunt again for an eye cream and a good friend of mine recommended to try Laneige products. I was kind of iffy at first because I haven't tried ANY of their products and I haven't read any review about them. I just usually pass by their store and just gawk at Song Hye Kyo's pretty face. From the looks of it their items are not cheap - at first impression. They don't really have uber-wide range of products like The Face Shop that you don't know what to get with so many options! That's just another reason why it didn't attract me of going inside and just look around.

So anyway, out of curiosity and because of my friend kept raving about it, I tried testing products and totally out of my impulsiveness, I bought White Plus Renew Essence and White Plus Renew Eye Serum (as you can see I'm a sucker for whitening products!). I don't like to buy it at first, but the saleslady sales talked me! She told me that one of their frequent clients told her that she saw the results in just 1 week! and I was like "weeeh? di nga? You're exaggerating much miss!". Eventually I gave in and bought the 2! *shoot me!* I can feel my wallet wailing.

Tada!

 

Have A Hollywood Celebrity Skin!

Do you know anything about glycolic acid? well, I don't. I don't know anything about it. Then I search it in our handy-dandy internet and.. voila!

Glycolic acid is a compound derived from the chemical group ’fruit acids’ also known as alpha hydroxy acid (AHA). However in simpler everyday language glycolic acid is simply a colorless and odorless chemical found in a variety of fruits.

Ugh so what does it do?
This wonderful natural beauty enhancer for perfect blemish free skin. *awesomeness!*

How??
Over time as we expose ourselves to the sun there is a slow but steady reduction in the rate at which our old skin cells are shedded and replaced by fresh revitalised new skin cells. As our exposure to the elements increases over time is a layer of dead skin is formed that causes our skin to appear rugged, worn and aged.

Glycolic acid was made from alpha-hydroxy acids or AHA. These AHA chemicals when applied to our skin, loosen the rubber like substances that hold our old worn down skins cells together on the surface of our skin. Thus the AHA’s allow the old weather worn skin cells to be shed and our new healthy skin cells can shine through.

And the result?
The result is revitalised and positively glowing (ooh I love this!!!) skin. Overtime with repeated exposure to these skin nourishment products the deepest layers of your skin will be exposed to the age slowing AHA’s. The result? Soft smooth skin that has been subject to a collagen and elastin regeneration and reinvigoration process that banishes those dreaded fine lines for good.

HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY SKIN daw! uuyy gusto ko yan!!

*This shortened article from aboutglycolicacid.com

Hi Natalie!!

The Face Shop's Clean Face White

For like 4-5 months I've been using The Face Shop's Clean Face White line. I'm a big fan of the Post-Acne Brightening Serum, Post-Acne Nighttime Spot Eraser and the Clean Face White Blemish Patch. I've used the patch for a couple of weeks only. This is probably an impulse purchase, probably because of the Korean celebrities with their oh-so-perfect face!! I've been tempted! *grr* though I would not want to waste money on just any Korean products because I'm sure NOT EVERYTHING will be effective on me. I wanted to try Face Shop's product because most of them looks promising, I've ask around and also inquired in branches of The Face Shop for their best seller, their clean Face White is one of their top selling products.

Ooops! GUILTY!!

Actually it says it all in the product name. The serum has a nice light-feminine scent to it, it's not overpowering that will give you ultimate headaches later on. It's consistency is liquid-y, it's not sticky and light, it can be easily massaged to your face. While the spot eraser is a bit semi-thick in consistency. it doesn't give that oily feel after putting it on. last but not the least, the patch is actually transparent and matte (you can use this on day time too, it's not obvious unless you talk to people 3 inches away from your face).



HOW TO USE (NIGHTTIME)

1. Wash your face. 
2. To make the product more efficient,  I usually scrub my face using a wet cloth while it's still damp.
3. Wait for it to dry completely.
4. Place a pea size amount Post-Acne Brightening Serum on your fingertips and massage it into your forehead (a little goes along way, you don't need to put a lot) wait for it to sip in before moving on to other parts of your face.
5. Wait for it to sit 20-30mins. then go crazy with  the Post-Acne Nighttime Spot Eraser. This is supposed to be a spot treatment, but I use it all over my cheeks and even on the wide area of of my forehead, just to cover all area.
6. Place the Blemish Patch where you want it to lighten more. The leave it overnight.

**I use the Post-Acne Nighttime Spot Eraser also in the morning under makeup.
**I use this products even though I have a pimple, I specially place the products on top of the pimple to lessen the post-acne mark. You might be worried that the pimple might get "fresher" *euuuw* LOL, just dab a small amount of Panoxyl on TOP of it (like this big "o").  Use 5% or 10%, it's upto you.




THE VERDICT?
Like I've said I've used this 3 products for how many months and the effect is not that visible right away (Pag may tiyaga may nilaga). I've used the serum and the spot treatment for a month or so before seeing the results. I like the spot eraser more because I can visibly see the effect. Before my acne marks will for 2 weeks or so without any whitening creams, now it's just cut into half about 5 days or so, it's less visible.

THE PRICES?
The Brightening Serum and the Nighttime Spot Eraser is ranging from 750-900 pesos not going over (forgot the exact price). The Blemish Patch is below 300pesos (there are a lot of patches in the pack, around 50 small round patches). For me the price is worth it, it's in the middle range. good for student and young professionals.

YAY OR NAY?
YAY for the Blemish Spot Eraser. If I haven't found a very effective one for spot treatments I would definitely repurchase the Blemish Spot Eraser.

RATINGS?
A A A A A - Utterly Amazing!
A A A A - Liked it!
A A A - So so (Neutral)
A A - There could be better!
A  - Not worth it!


Post-Acne Brightening Serum - A A A A
Post-Acne Nighttime Spot Eraser - A A A A
Clean Face White Blemish Patch - A A A


I hoped this review is helpful. Let me know what you think! Don't forget to leave me a comment :)

Toodles!
-A