CoverGirl Perfect Point Plus Eyeliner 200 Black Onyx

This product was a nightmare and horrible to apply. It is a very thick dense pointer which you need a sturdy hand to draw a line onto the eyelids. It doesn't blend easily or smudge nicely when using the attached white sponge at the end of the product. But it does have a turn twist when you need more product instead of sharping the point. The product moves all over the place on the eyes and it transfers. I used it on a 70F sunny nice breeze weather and I kept wiping it off the bottom of my eye area because it kept transferring. Using this product reminds me why I don't try drugstore products since I was in college. I can see this product better for teens or beginners and in my opinion this product might be better for monolids because my double eyelids was a mess. 

tarte Double Duty eye architect liner & shadow black/slate

For those that have used the Tony Moly Crystal lovely eyes, shade color brown beam, about 5 years ago know about this type of product.  This product is definitely a dupe but the liner was entirely dried out for me. Luckily, the liner was dried out because it contains carmine which I'm very sensitive to,I tried to swatch the liner part and the first top portion just fell off and the rest of the liner is so rough to use on the eyelids. Overall, the liner is very pigmented and you need a waterproof makeup remover for it to come off.  I just used the eye shadow part of the product. It is very creamy but rubs off easily; perfect for people "on-the-go". 

Bang Beauty Chocolate Gel Eye Liner

1. Bang Beauty Chocolate Gel Eye Liner - I do like gel eyeliners but I prefer the pencil form and not pot form but I can probably use this for a brow liner too.

This doesn't stay on as eyeliner so I have been using it as eye brow.
As long as it matches your brow, it stays on as a brow. Since it's a pot, doesn't look very hygienic for me.

Repurchase-nahh.

Etude House - ETUDE HOUSE Play 101 Pencil 0.5g #48

Etude House - ETUDE HOUSE Play 101 Pencil 0.5g #48

I love this eyeliner.
Very pigmented and the brown looks very natural.
Very creamy.
I will be repurchasing it the next time I see it in the stores.

HolikaHolika - Pro Beauty Foxy Eyeliner - 0.5g 03 Red Brown

HolikaHolika - Pro Beauty Foxy Eyeliner - 0.5g 03 Red Brown




The bottom brown line is the eyeliner in regular sunlight.
Very pigmented.
Waterproof and smudge proof.
That is all that matters to me with an eyeliner.

The Saem Saemmul Easy Eyeliner (Black)

The Saem Saemmul Easy Eyeliner (Black)- creamy perfect black eyeliner- enough said!

This eyeliner has made it to my top 1 eyeliner bypassing Tony Moly gel and Club Clio.
I was totally surprised about the texture of this eyeliner.
It's creamy and it glides easily.

Macy's Estee Lauder MakeUp and Skincare Package

Macy's Estee Lauder MakeUp and Skincare Package

Recently Estee Lauder had a promotion with Macy for any $35 purchase, you get a makeup trio and skincare duo. My mom is a huge fan of Estee Lauder but I never really brought much stuff from the brand. The only thing I own from this brand is the Deluxe All-Over Face Compact, mascara and a couple of blush brushes and I loved the blush. The blush colors are so pigmented so I know that I wouldn't be worried about the color payoff on the eye shadow that I will be getting.

The primer is very creamy and your foundation looks nice on top of the primer.

I'm not a fan of the mascara because I have used that same mascara in full-sized before and it smudges. The anti-aging creams were given to my mom. Originally I wanted to pink the famous brown colored packaging night eye cream, but my mom wanted this set instead. She even took the perfume-I liked the scent also. The eye pencil was mediocre to me.

But the eye shadow palette!!!!! Gorgeous. When I opened the eye shadow compact - I gasped!!! I never have gasped when I opened makeup-there was a balance of shimmer and matte finished shadows.

And with the eye-chain? I wanted the panda instead but I wasn't given the option to choose :( 

Sephora Play September 2016 Review

Sephora Play September theme is "The UnBasic Basics"
An Anything But Ordinary Assortment

1. Sephora Collection Rouge Shine Lipstick in Love Spell - cute pink and creamy lipstick
2. Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Gel - This is my first Anastasia item. I have been eyeing the Eyeshadow palette in Modern Renaissance which is always sold out.
3. Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation - great moisturizer to bring with my to Taiwan in two weeks for their warm humid weather.
4. KatVonD Tattoo Liner in Trooper - guess I can finally start to learn the cat eye look
5. Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Night Cap Overnight Perfector - smells really nice but not much of a difference with my hair the nice morning.
6. Atelier Cologne Sud Magnolia - If you take a sniff, it smells like a fresh girly floral scent, let's see how this floral scent works on me.

Peripera Saturday night liner 7 Sunday Night and 6 Saturday Choco

Peripera Saturday night liner 7 Sunday Night
Peripera Saturday night liner 6 Saturday Choco

The first time I brought it, I just grabbed it at a sample sale and didn't read what it was. It's a liquid line liner brush. I don't like liner brushes. They were $5 so I wasn't that disappointed. They burn my eye lid when touched, so they aren't friendly with sensitive skin. The Black one has a bit of a glittery look to it. However, after two months of using the black one, I don't think I will be opening my brown one-will be giving that away.

You must wait a few minutes after applying so it doesn't smudge when you blink. It is waterproof and it stays on but I will not re-purchase. You need a method in order to apply it correctly. Don't apply it as while holding the liner parallel from your eyes, hold it perpendicular to get full use of the product. After using it for 2 weeks straight, I really wanted to switch back to gel eyeliners-I still think brush liners aren't for me.

 



 

SKIN79 Kick It Side Fantastic Eyes #MEMORABLE BLACK

SKIN79 Kick It Side Fantastic Eyes #MEMORABLE BLACK

I had some expectations after using the ClubClio gelpresso eyeliners. To be honest, this eyeliner isn't even close to the creamy ClubClio one. It's very dry and hard to draw on your eyelids-or I got one that was dried out?

What I did like is that it's a retractable waterproof eye pencil. This will remain in my eyeliner vanity for a whole summer since I didn't have a problem with it during the humidity and it didn't rub off. One good thing is that it didn't smudge on a Friday night outing, it stood in place like a good boy.

     

General Haul #22 - JKnLee Haul #2

Ah, the weather in NYC was in the mid-50F degrees. I wasn't planning on going today, but the sun was nice and warm and I though to hell with hibernation. After the huge sample sale from JKnLee last month.  JKnLee's Instagram advertised that the store was open this weekend for a mega mask sale. 

I'm not really into sheet masks so I didn't have my hopes up. Plus the NYC subway system was running on a weekend schedule so there were delays and route changes. 

They had cute animal sheets mask (10in a box) for $30- but they were BOGO, so you are getting $15 per box if you buy two. Almost all the masks were $15 a box. I couldn't find any information about that brand "The Cure" online so I decided to pass. Clio Sun spray $15 or $20 - can't remember. Goodal oil, snail cream and toners, BB creams were around that price in the corner behind the entrance door. 

Instead, I got goodal gel creams and some make-up products which I didn't get a chance to see last month in the store. Again, I didn't take pics of the goodies inside the store - my apologizes. The goodal creams, toners, emulsions were 3 for $20 along with Clio gelpresso liners, peripera tint set, Clio eyebrown set and some other Clio products. Now the goodies that caught my eye today were the 5 for $5 which include peripera single eye-shadows, clio tints, clio liquid eye shadow, peripera lip gloss and a few others. 

There were shades that weren't popular like coral or peach, but I think those colors look nice on fair skin especially when spring and summer are on the way. I went around noon and my friend went around 6pm today and the inventory were kinda similar. I'm not sure about tomorrow (sunday-2/21) but I think it is worth a trip if you are around Chinatown.

Here is the store outside: 

Here is what I got: 

1. goodal Phytoain Murumuru Seed Hydra Gel Cream (3 for $20)
2. goodal Phytoain Murumuru Seed Hydra Gel Cream
3. goodal Phytoshine Acaiberry Brighetening Cream
4. Peripera Watery Face Pride Up! cushion pact in shade 2-Vanilla Beige - $10
5. Peripera My Color Gloss in shade 4 - $1 (my mom loved this shade so it went into her drawer)
6. Peripera Saturday Night Liner in shade 6 - Saturday Choco - $1
7. Clio Virgin Kiss Milky-Water Tint Milky Color with Longlasting in shade 3-Virgin Strawberry -  $1
8. Clio Gelpresso WaterProof Pastel Upper Liner in shade 1-Keep Calm - $1
9. Clio Pro Glitter Pigment shade 6 - Dark Wave - $1

I think I'm happier with my mini haul this month instead of the massive haul last month because I was able to control my budget spending ahaha.

Individual reviews coming up soon.

Clio Waterproof Eyeliner #2 Brown

Clio Waterproof Eyeliner #2 Brown

I was scared at first because someone told me that hers dried out when she opened it when she got home from the store.

  So I immediately opened mines, I really needed a brown eyeliner to use right away anyway.
I prefer brown colors on my "off" days when I'm down or just want to relax and not attend any activities or events.
It looks like and feels like a gel liner in a pencil form - loved it!
It twists up and down so you can figure out how much product you need for every use.
I prefer eyeliners over liner that are in brush form.
Color is well pigmented.
It glides on smoothly the first time on dry skin. It's a bit tricky to have it glide on easily afterwards.
I tried it with primer and it glides on smoothly, so use a foundation or primer afterwards.

  

It is a nice color, but it smudges a little (only a little) bit after 8 hours of wear.
I usually draw a thick line (2 lines thick because it is a bit thin for me), I have double eyelids so I might not see it. And 2 strokes is enough for a clean matte finish.
It is waterproof and you have to rub your eyes really really hard for the product to be erased from your eyes.

Clio Gelpresso Waterproof Pencil Gel Liner

Clio gel eyeliners brought in Cosmed in Taiwan

I got three colors - 8(Chic Navy), 5 (Star Purple) and 3 (Golden Khaki). You twist and the product comes out, no need to sharpen it.
I have been waiting for my trip to Taiwan to get these eyeliners in person. I've left the Khaki at my workplace because the color is very casual yet sparkling.
But I guess I had high expectations that this eyeliner didn't really do it for me. It smudges a lot and comes off within a hour on top of BB cream or cushion foundation. The blue one doesn't smudge as much. I think it depends on which color you get. Maybe I got a bad khaki one. 

Not as excited as I thought I would be about this product.

Overpriced? Yes.
Anti-wrinkle anything? Nope.
Moisturizing? Yes.
Gentle? So-so
Suitable for sensitive and breakout prone skin? Yes.
Suitable for oily skin? - yes.
Day or night? Both

General Haul #14 - Taiwan 2015 年度haul

2015 年度haul from my trip to Taiwan

• Can't leave the tropical island without a straw hat and 2 wallets. 

• 14 packs of Face Masks and clothing (2 blouses and a pair of socks) from my first trip at the New Juejiang Shopping Area 新堀江商圈 and 86 shop.

•  iPass card brought at 7-eleven for my bus and subway transportation around Kaohsiung. 100NT for a blank card and 100NT fare added onto the card.

• Green tea mochi&red bean topping in tofu pudding, face mask sheet, and foundation brush. 200NT

• cute skincare hairband - 39NT
• Three boxes of face mask sheets from Cosmed. 595NT

•  At Watson- conibeauty sun spray (169NT) and mask & Daiso green tea candy (49NT) and cute rabbit plate for 200NT and a watermelon-shaped cup pad.

All shopping from my second trip to the 86-shop: 

'miss Hana' cushion foundation (1) warm beige 399NT

'Kose' Sun spray 259NT

'batiste' Dry shampoo 339NT

'Hado labo' anti aging red bottle toner/cleansing water 309NT

'Hado labo' moisturizing lotion/emulsion 450NT

•  Goodies from Military Day in Kaohsiung

• Cushion pads -99NT 86 shop
• Hanaka seaweed mask 95NT 86 shop
• Miss Hana cushion foundation (1) warm beige 399NT 86 shop
• 3 Clio eyeliners -544NT at Cosmed
• Shisedo Anessa essence sunscreen 990NT from Taoyuan International Airport. I couldn't find this anywhere in Kaohsiung, so luckily I grabbed this at the Duty-free airport.

Food (snacks) are a must from Taiwan!

•  Snacks brought in Taidong and Hualien.

  

• 3 packages of pineapple cake (250NT), jelly, Japanese mochi
• Seaweed and sesame rollers

 Snacks from convenient store.

TONYMOLY Perfect Eyes Eyeliner

TONYMOLY Perfect Eyes Eyeliner #1 black - 2500 won

Yes, I am falling in love with TonyMoly products!!
This is my new favorite eye liner and this brand is my new favorite make-up brand. 
All it takes is one swatch on your lids and you are good to leave your house.
Very pigmented and doesn't smear.
This is very similar to most gel eyeliners.
Definitely be repurchasing.

Etude House Proof 10 Auto Pencil - Ash Brown

Etude House Proof 10 Auto Pencil 0.3g BR401 Ash Brown - 3500 won

It isn't creamy; not as easy to apply when you open it, but becomes creamy after a couple of uses. 
Had to swipe it 3 times to get a decent color. 
Not very pigmented when compared to TonyMoly Perfect Eyes liner. 
To me, it didn't smudge, and the "staying-on" color isn't good.
The product easily falls off when you twist for more product to come out, I have waste alot of product this way.
The only good thing about it is that the color does look natural on your eyes.
You don't really need the sharpener at the end because I think the product is very soft and fragile.
I would recommend in sticking with the TonyMoly Perfect Eyes liner. Won't be repurchasing.

TONYMOLY Backstage Gel Eyeliner #02 Brown

TONYMOLY Backstage Gel Eyeliner #02 Brown
4g worth of product and weighing in 28 grams is SO worth the money.

According to Korean women, brown eyeliner is the new black, so I thought I give it a try. I have never used any eyeliner color except for black eye-shadow so I this time I decided to be colorful.  It's so creamy and glides on smoothly, but it smudges and ceases to your upper lid if you have double lids.

So I think you have to close your eyes for a while once you apply it so that the eye shadow cream dries. I love how brown looks natural is calmer than the strict black. Do I like this, yes, but it rubs off easily so I won't be repurchasing, but the product is a lot so I gave it to my family relative.