Alice In Wonderland fever!

Tim Burton's upcoming movie, Alice In Wonderland, has created a makeup craze & suddenly there are many Alice In Wonderland inspired makeups.

Not a big fan of the movie but these packagings are pretty overload.

O.P.I

Urban Decay

Paul & Joe

Cute packagings eh?

Ridiculously cheap good eyeshadows

Was shopping in The Mines (Seri Kembangan) and found this shop 

'Sera Cosmetics' (next to Hot Market, 2nd floor)

selling amazingly good eyeshadows in array of 

colors for RM 5 each pan!

They even throw in a free sixer refill palatte (to hold the pans) if you purchase 6 colors or a free 12-colors pan refill palette if you purchase 12 colors.

All these plus a free clear lip gloss!

OMG!

It cost the same as Elianto's normal eyeshadow pan but this is 10x better.

It's very pigmented, creamy, shimmery (even without base) and stays on all day.

So if you are just experimenting or looking for alot of colors to play with, but are too poor (like me, sob) to purchase branded ones, this is heaven sent!

Creamy, very pigmented, shimmery eyeshadows

I know the logo is kinda fugly, but oh well, it's free!~

Mineral Makeup Sample Storage

If you have gazillion of mineral makeup samples

that comes in ziplock baggies or in lil' jars like mine,

why not store them in a Pill Box Storage Case?

This way, you don't have to waste time digging or searching for a particular colour in a pile.

After tranferring,  stick the stickers that comes with it so you'll know what's in it at a glance.

Cute eh?

Your lil' mineral makeup palatte.

Toc Toc Mascara

Toc Toc Swing Touch - Magical Length & Volume Lash (again, the long title...)

Description

Mega volume and extreme length with just a few sweeps, this glossy non-drying formula does not clump, is smudge-free and removes easily with soap and water. This unique packaging has a see through window to reveal how much formula is on your wand.

Price RM 59.90

Advantages

• The separate formula is in the wand itself, so it doesn't dry out quick
• Can be quite long lasting, you only need to dispense a little
• Lengthen and voluminous lashes by approx 5 sweeps - looks natural, not dramatic
• Doesn't clump
• Decent brush
• Easy to remove
• Waterproof

Disadvantages

• Not a quick drying formula, as a result, when I blink (after waiting for good 30secs), a mess!
• At the end of the day (after about 6 hours) I notice some slight smudges

Recommended? Not really, the slow drying part is a big turn off, this mascara has been deserted and replaced by my fav Estee Lauder mascara (love!).

Toc Toc Illuminator/Blusher

Toc Toc Glowing Cheeks Face Illuminator - Rasberry ( I wonder why they doesn't just name it blusher??)

Description

A highlighting all-over face colour that brightens up the skin, giving it a healthy out-of-the-shower glow. Light reflecting pearlescent pigments give bone structure 3D definition and dimension without the greasy shine.

Price RM 36.90

Advantages

• It really does what it claims! Sheer and buildable, perfect for face highlighting.
  
• Gives you that just-been-pinched kinda cheeks.
  
• Quite long lasting.
  
• A pretty good brush.

Disadvantages

• Ugly packaging?
  

Recommended? Totally!

Toc Toc BB Cream

Toc Toc Whitening & Wrinkle Repair Blemish Balm Tinted Cream - High Coverage, SPF 30 *fuh, quite a mouthful*

Description

A skin-caring moisturizer with UVA/UVB protection, this lightweight cream contains arbutin and adenosine to lighten pigmentation, plump up wrinkles and fine lines, calm and soothe redness and inflammation, foster cell repair, and strengthen skin's elasticity and immaturity to environmental aggressors. The nude tint has higher coverage on darker pigments and blemishes and instantly brightens dull complexions with a clear-skin finish.

Price RM 59.90

Advantages

• At 1st I was worried that I would look ghastly in this because of it's grayish pigment but surprisingly it's pretty natural on skin.
  
• Breeze application because of it's gel-like formula.
• Good oil-control given if you use primer or make up base before the BB cream.
  
• Gives a pretty natural look unlike Gowoonsesang that I've tested on which is quite thick and murky.
  
• Not sure bout' all the goodness it claims, but so far I have not break out at all while using this.
  

Disdvantages

• Quite sheer, you need concealer to cover redness & dark circles.

Recommended? Yeap

Weekend loot!

Went shopping with RacH & Nally girl to hunt for Gowoonsesang Brightening Balm BB Cream (when my Skinfood Aloe BB cream finally finishes! Woot!) and end up with all these! How on earth did this happened??

O yeah, lazy girls who wanna look pretty like me (yes it is possible :D ), use BB creams! You can save alot of time and these stuff are supposed to be good?

• Skinfood Milk Shake Point Make Up Remover
• Beauty Talk Oxymask (damn expensive ok! Im still feeling the heartache! sob...)
  
• Toc Toc Swing Touch Magical Length & Volume Lash
• Toc Toc Whitening & Wrinkle Repair Blemish Balm Tinted Cream (no, i don't hv wrinkles! :D )
• Skinfood Kiwi Yogurt Mask (got this for free!! me love freebies!!)
• Toc Toc Glowing Cheeks Face Illuminator
• Skinfood Peach Sake Pore Minimizing Base
  

Toc Toc stuff is available in all SaSa outlets and currently running a promotion where you purchased the BB cream together with the blusher/illuminator,(which I don't need but I bought it anyway, sob... I have like 10 other blushers and tons of mineral blushers samples. Some I've never even touch it b4! omg...how to save money???) you can purchase the mascara for RM 9.90 only! Original retail price is RM 59.90 (now I feel all better...)

Let me do a review later on all my stuff, so you girls don't have to waste your hard earn moolah on some of the useless stuff I have wasted on *heartache*

I shall refrain myself from buying more skincare, bodycare & makeup stuff, only when they are depleted.
Yes I am serious!!
(God help me!)

Buff'd Cosmetics

It's been a while since I've done some girly review!
Here are some Buff'd Cosmetics samples which I ordered ages ago.
After a month long of anticipation and no mail in sight I emailed their customer service about it.
Apparently my loot got lost in the mail but the kind Jennifer from Buff'd mailed me back again what I've ordered.
O yeah, I ordered from SheSpace also. No luck on that one... they got lost in the mail too, wtf! but Heather prefer to send me back my cash instead. So no piggies for me to play with :(
Oh well, I swatched the Buff'd samples that I've ordered.

They came in this lil' ziplock baggies.
10grams for all foundations (all in concealing formula), 4 grams for that 'Mint' color corrector, 4 grams 'Coral' mineral setting powder and 3 grams for 'Bouquet' mineral blush. (setting powder & blush are free! me love free stuff ^^) click for larger view

I think I have my match in Wool & Sungrass or maybe I should mix this 2 up and see what new shade I can get :D
They are pretty concealing and waterproof!! I tried to wash these stuff with water from my wrist and it just stay put!! Not bad aye!
The mineral setting powder, Coral, is not for me. I don't like orangey stuff, they made me look.... weird.
The Bouquet blush is so pretty! I love pinks and it contains silvery shimmer too.

I also have tons of other new stuff that I 'should' review on? OMG why am I so lazy???

White Eyeliner

Black eyeliner tends to make your eye too made up or dramatic.
For a more natural look, try white eyeliner.
It totally brightens up the eye.





This is how it's done.
Avoid drawing a hard line.
It detracts from your pretty eyes.
Line the inner conner of the eye (where your tear duct is) & also the lower lash line.
Blend.
Voila!

I use : Skinfood Flash Light Crayon in White (Glitter) RM18.90

Mineral Silk

update

Mom emailed them again & they had agreed to send over the stuff which they have missed!
Now we don't have to make any 2nd purchases to get back the stuff!
Yay!
Well, at least they replied & kept us happy :/

Mineral Silk

con't

I am absolutely pissed off with them.

BAD customers service!!

My mom emailed them regarding my missing Sahara eyeshadow from my sample pack (which I had PURCHASED!), our Mineral Makeup Brush Kit and a Full Size Satin Finishing Powder which is a free gift since we have bought over USD100 on May 8th & they are offering it for Mother's Day.

This is what they have stated on their website:

Mothers Day is almost here and we have a little something you
can share with Mom or I guess you could also keep it for yourself!
Just place an order which totals $40.00 or more (before shipping)
and we will send you a Mineral Makeup Brush Kit and a Full Size Satin Finishing Powder so you can introduce your Mom to the Wonderful World of Mineral Makeup!

No coupons needed for this special offer!

Just place your order between Saturday May 3rd and Saturday May 10th to receive your Free Gift worth Approximately $28.00

This Offer Expires at Midnight on 5/10 EDT

Okay, this is what they replied:


----- Original Message -----
From: "De Nelson" <de@mineralsilk.com>
To: "'Joanne'" <joanne@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com> (mum's company email addy, p&c)
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:39 AM
Subject: RE: Order Update #8337

Greetings Joanne,


I am sorry to hear that your order was missing the Sahara and the Moms Day
Gift. Our records show that the Gifts were all giving out that day as all of the
paper work matched with the order counts and the kits that were made up.
Instead of shipping another Brush Kit (it would be the same as the one you
received in the Mineral Makeup Kit), here is a coupon for you to use on a future order.
Again my apologies and I do hope that you are satisfied with the items you
received. Also add a note in the comment section of your next order and I will be happy to add
your Satin Finishing Silk and the Sahara Sample Shadow.

Thanks
De
DeAnna Nelson Owner & Creator
Mineral Silk Inc.
Balance Skincare

I DON'T CARE IF IT IS THE SAME BRUSHES!!!
I already knew that! If not, why do I bother ordering?! Duh!
The Mineral Makeup Kit are my mom's.
The free brush kit & Full Size Satin Finishing Powder is for me.
Now I ain't getting it!!
I'm so pissed!!
Summore want me to buy another batch of stuff from them in order to get what I'm supposed to get by now?!
Pure gimmick!
I think they do this on purpose!
To force innocent people (like me) to purchase stuff from their web AGAIN in order to get back the stuff from our 1st order that they had conveniently forgot.

If I were them, I would send back the items that I've accidentally missed out to my clients.
Now, that's GOOD customers service.
Not assuming my clients to order again and then only returning stuff you had miss out from the first order.
I would rather fork out the shipping fees (which is my mistake, if I had missed it out on the first place) rather than having my clients bad mouth and trashing my company.
Exactly what I am gonna do now!!
MINERAL SILK SUCKS!!!
www.mineralsilk.com
The buggers' website.

Ive only tried their Real Silk Powder.
Seriously, it is no difference to Everyday Mineral's 9g Silk Dust.
You are better off with EDM's Silk Dust 9g ($12) rather than
Mineral Silk's Real Silk Powder 3g ($11.97)


Their lip balms are okay.
Love the yummy scents.
But it looks cloudy on lips.
Looks like unnatural wax.
You are better off with applying Vaseline instead.
Gives you the right clear sexy sheen.

Too pissed to try the rest of the stuff.

Oh well, I won't do any second purchases! Don't know bout mom tho'.
I'm gonna warn everyone!

Mineral Silk

My mum & I just received our Mineral Silk loot today!!

Kinda disapointed coz my Sahara eyeshadow sample, Mineral Makeup Brush Kit and a Full Size Satin Finishing Powder are all missing??!!!
Mom's gonna email them tomorrow.
How can they missed it out??

The samples potion are like damn friggin' little lor.
I know it is stated 1/4 and 1/8 teaspoon but
I don't know how much that is?
Compared to Everyday Minerals samples... this one is definitely very stingy.
Have to pay for it summore.
Anyway, their little pots are winner! Like little ices... so cute.

Oh well...
I've got almost all of their sample packs.

Blushers

Brown & Berry Collection

From L to R : Terra Cotta, Peachy Keen, Raisin, Maple & Summer Glow

Pink & Rose Collection
From L to R : Blossom, Garnet, Pomegranate, Rhubarb, Petal Pink


Eyeshadows
Eyeshadows for BROWN eyes (1st row from L to R) : Amethyst, Pink Diamonds, Silver Dollar, Millionaire, Sweet Tea, Coral
Eyeshadows for BLUE eyes (2nd row from L to R) : Charcoal, Denim, Dark Chocolate, Copper Shimmer, Dark Copper, Plum
Eyeshadows for HAZEL eyes (3rd row from L to R) : Medallion, Pink Diamonds, 24 Karat, Olive, Smoke ( & my missing Sahara eyeshadow..arrrghh!)
Gossipy Grape - a add on that I've purchased

Foundation for FAIR skin tones (1st row from L to R) : Cashmere, Soft Rose, Oatmeal, Sand, Honey, Praline
Foundation for MEDIUM skin tones (2nd row from L to R) : Hazelnut, Ginger, Caramel, Toffee, Natural Buff, Radiance
Finishing Powders (3rd row from L to R) : Afterglow, Candlelight, Cherub Dust, Diamond Dust, Satin
Correctors (4th row from L to R) : Light Bisque, Medium Bisque, Matte Primer, Suck It Up, White Highlight

I've also purchased it's Real Silk Powder & Lip Balms.
See if it's any better than Everyday Minerals.
Will try all this later & review on them :)
Next haul! Silk Naturals! Buff'd! LureBeauty! Urban Decay Primer Potion!
Yea, I know.. it is bad...
But can't help it...
Coz a girl needs to shop!

Everyday Minerals

While the mineral makeup madness is reaching to Malaysia's shores, it has already been in the US for some time back. The brands that has mineral makeup line now in Malaysia is still very limited tho'.

I come across Everyday Minerals in some forums. They provide free samples of 3 foundation, 1 concealer & 1 blusher, so what the heck, I ordered it right away. I did my research alright, and most of it is good. So I ordered my sample kit & throw in a kabuki brush. You only need to pay the shipping fees for the sample kit which only cost USD5.99 (about RM20?). Okay what right?!

This how their sample kit looks like...can't turn it over coz' I had already finished using em'.
Haha . Aren't they cute??

So I decided to order another batch..full size! If you order their custom kits, you can save up to 57%!! Damn good deal huh!

I am EXTREMELY impressed with the speed of service- I ordered on Wed night and the package arrived next week Tues. 7 days only! Awesome!

Here's what I ordered:

Eyeshadows : In The Garden, Floating Feathers, Good China & Mystic Night

Foundations : Sandy Fair, Fair Neutral & Olive Fair, all in Intensive formula

Finishing Powder : Natural Reflection Fair & Silk Dust ( i luvluvluv Silk Dust, but it has a tad bit of a funky smell.. turn off =_=;)

Concealer : Sunlight & Multi-Tasking

Blusher : Waffle Cone, Nick Nack, Corner Office, Walkee Talkee & Summer Stroll ( these two blushes are free!)

I have found my holy grail! Not only it makes my makeup look natural, it lasted all day too!! I don't blot as often anymore coz there's nothing to blot! haha...me love! \(^o\) (/o^)/

Oh, I also have their Long Handled Kabuki & New Flat Top brush. Damn soft! Definitely worth getting them. Cheap at price but high in quality. I also bought Pressed Powder in Fair Pink. Haven't try it yet. Will order another batch ( Im such an addict!) & I'll be doing some swatches so you can see what it's like on skin.

According to the Everyday Minerals website, "Everyday Minerals contains only 4 inert ingredients: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, and Zinc Oxide. This is 100% all natural mineral makeup - Free from oils, preservatives, fragrance, talc, and all other binders that cause skin irritation." So apparently it does not contain talc or bismuth oxychloride.

Highly recommended! Check it out here >> http://www.everydayminerals.com

Classifieds : O.P.I and Crabtree & Evelyn -SOLD-

Hippie Hotties by O.P.I -Sold-

Colors description (Left to Right):

• Strawberry Fields - You're sure to get psyched about this 1960s hot pink!
• Just Groovy - The color of your favorite bell-bottom jeans.
• Peace, Baby! - A tranquil shade of pure white.
• Make Love... - A sweet light pink that's perfect with love beads.

- It retails at RM 70; selling at RM 30
- I have only used Peace, Baby! once before, the rest are still unused


Crabtree & Evelyn India Hicks Island Living - Spider Lily Body Polish -Sold-


- For dramatically smoother skin
- It is infuse with avocado, grapefruit, orange, lemon, sugar cane, soybean & aloe vera
- As you can see, the seal is still intact & this is really brand new!
- Selling it at RM 30

If you are interested, email me at vivhikki (at) gmail (dot) com