Shiseido White Lucent Review!

Good morning everybody!

I was lucky enough to be contacted by the website http://chictrends.co.uk/ recently and they invited me to do a review on their site. It was perfect timing because I had intended to post my “Shiseido White Lucent” 3 step set review this weekend but instead of posting it here, I’m going to direct you to the comment below. Hope you guys enjoy! Take a look around on their site, it’s pretty awesome ^.^

Here’s the link : http://chictrends.co.uk/chic-trends-special-edition-product-review-shiseido-white-lucent/

Here’s what it looks like incase you were wondering ^.~

 

 

Skincare that didn’t work for me!

Hiii guise!

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend so far. Today I’m going to do a review of products that just didn’t cut it for me. As I’ve said in the past, I’ve got really sensitive, acne prone, combo-oily skin that just doesn’t like many products so I end up either giving or throwing stuff away pretty often. While some people may find them great, the products I have today broke me out or performed poorly. Let’s get to the list!

1:Naruko Taiwan Magnolia Brightening and Firming Serum EX

I really wanted to like this product because I read some really good reviews on it but it didn’t do my skin any good. It has oils in it which broke me out on day one. For being a serum it wasn’t really moisturizing and was kind of runny. It smells amazing though! Weird comparison but smells like Fruit Loops! Haha ^.^ I tried really hard to make this product work by only wearing a bit and like 4 nights a week but broke me out each and every time. Due to that I can’t really say if it brightened or firmed. Retails for $26.99

2: SKINFOOD Peach Sake Emulsion
Here I have this amazing fresh peach scented emulsion. Skinfood products usually break me out but I took a chance because it ‘s meant to help with your pores and my pores are big in the middle of my face. Well it did no such thing. It’s greasy and too heavy for combo-oily skins like mine. Didn’t break me out right away but did eventually. Such a shame because I really liked the scent! It comes in a sturdy glass bottle so be careful because if this falls on floor other than carpet, it will surely break. Recommended for those ladies with dry to normal skin. But maybe only for winter. Retails for $12.25.

3: NARUKO Marjoram and Lavender Brightening Lotion Dew

Another Naruko product. This is supposed to be a brightening lotion dew (or toner as we know it here in the State) but it didn’t work at all. It performs like any other basic toner and for being labeled as a “dew”, it didn’t feel moisturizing at all. I used half of the bottle and still saw nothing new. Instead it made my face feel tight (not firming, but dry tight) and somewhat dull looking. I like Naruko but this product it a total fail. Retails for $10.99.

4: Simple Smoothing Facial Scrub

This is the first product I’ve tried from the Simple line and I’ve gotta say that I’m pretty disappointed. This is a creamy scrub with fine rice granules (which I think is cool since I love rice products) that is suppose to moisturize because it has vitamins E and B5. It broke me out within 2 days use. For being a hypoallergenic product it performs poorly. My skin just didn’t like it and the rice granules did a poor job of exfoliating. This might work for somebody with drier skin and who doesn’t like a heavy exfoliator. Retails for $11.98.

5: Holika Holika Watery Petit Bb Cream Spf25 Pa++ 

What an awful BB cream all around. It has a horrible matte finish (for being called watery, one would think the opposite), it turns orange/pinky within minutes, settles into fine lines, and looks cakey even with one layer! This product didn’t brake me out which I was thankful for but performs horribly. I really wouldn’t recommend this to anybody with a NC15-20 skin color because it will look a strange tint of orange and pink on you. The only good thing about this product is that it smells great! OMG I could smell this stuff all day lol! It’s super cheap, retails for about $5.00.

I hope you guise found this review helpful. I always try to be as honest as possible with my reviews even if I love/hate the brand. Keep in mind that we all have different skin types and skin needs so what works for you doesn’t necessarily work for me and vice versa. If anyone has anymore questions I’d be happy to answer. Also, if you have any alternatives to these products please let me know!

Here’s a complimentary goofy picture of myself. Have a good weekend! ^.^

Baviphat Magic Girl Vita BB & Sugar Girl All in One BB Cream review!

Hello lovely people!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far ^.^ I’m back with yet another BB cream review and it’s from the brand Baviphat. I n the past I had used the “Office Lady” bb cream but unfortunately I was taken away from me when I traveled to Mexico about 1 year ago when I went through customs

Anyway, lets get to the reviews!

So these are the 2 BB’s and I think they are adorable! I’m such a sucker for cute packaging and these definitely had my attention.

Here’s the bigger one out of the 2: The Magic Girl Vita Water BB. It’s main function, as the name would suggest, is meant to hydrate your face. It has Vitamin E for moisture. It also contains and SPF 36 PA++. I can read Korean (but doesn’t mean I understand everything lol ) so the very top part just says what the very first section in English says. There are 50ml which is a great bargain since it costs $11.00!

So here’s the back of the All in One Collagen BB. This one is smaller (30ml) and is supposed to have more benefits than the Vita one. It’s supposed to prime, provide collagen, and act as a BB (kind of confusing but I guess it has a primer built in?).

This are the swatches: top one is the All in One Collagen and the bottom one is the Vita Girl one.

And here is what they look like spread out on my skin. As you can tell with this picture, the collagen BB is a shade lighter but has pink undertones that show up on my skin. The Vita Girl one has very strong yellow undertones and does not suit me at all. You guys know I’m pretty white so I’m not sure any of these fit me well because my face is just as white

I’ll give my pros and cons for both, starting with the All in One Collagen.

Pros:
~Feels extremely light on the skin, like nothing is there
~It has a semi-matte finish for those with oily skin
~Good primer
Cons:
~Super light coverage, doesn’t build up to medium at all
~It has a strong cosmetic scent, not pleasant
~Strong pink undertones
~No SPF
~Didn’t hide my pores

Vita Girls Pros:
~Has SPF 36 PA++
~Good coverage, I’d say almost medium coverage but can be built up
~Doesn’t look cakey
~Somewhat dewy finish, turns silky within 1 hour or so
Cons:
~It’s too yellow for my skin, but will work for others
~Smells like baby powder (I like it but so many people are sensitive so I put it here)

All in all, they are decent BB’s but the Vita Collagen was my favorite of the two. Unfortunately I can’t wear either of them because the colors are so off! I can’t necessarily say I’d recommend the All in One because for whatever reason just didn’t sit well with me. Maybe because it was a matte finish and made my face look dry and had no SPF. I’m hoping the Vita Girl works for me when I get a bit tanner this summer but if not, I’m going to have to give that one away too.

Hope you guys enjoyed my review! ^.^

April favorites! (And it’s not just skincare ^.^)

Good evening pretty people!

So I was browsing through wordpress beauty blogs and saw that a lot of people are listing their favorite products of april so I figured I’d do one too. It’ll be like a mini review of a few things I’m loving this month that go from my current favorite website to a foundation brush! 

Lets start with my current favorite website: Chic Trends UK 

Chic Trends is such a great website that helps fashion noobs like myself. They have such great tips for how to wear current fashion trends and makeup too! I’ve been on this site like everyday and love the fact that you can “Ask a stylist” if you’ve got any questions. I recommend checking it out! http://www.chictrends.co.uk is the website : )

The Hadalabo Shirojyun Arbutiin Lotion ($16.15)

OMG I cannot tell you guys how much I love this stuff! In Japan it’s called a “lotion” but here in the States we know it as a toner. It contains arbutin which helps with spot lightening as well as overall skin evening and hyaluronic acid that helps you retain moisture for young, bouncy skin ^.^ Don’t be afraid that it’s known as a “whitening” lotion; that’s just what they call in Asia what we know as spot or unevenness improvement. Got my bottle on amazon and it lasts forever! I believe I bought mine like in January and I’m only now left with a few drops. Must try!

Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Cream SPF 20 ($36.00)

This has got to be my favorite BB cream out of all of the Western BB’s I’ve tried so far for a few different reasons. To start off, I found it in my perfect shade (not grey, too pink or too orange) which is critical since I’m pretty pale and everything shows up on my skin. It’s not cake at all and looks incredibly natural. The finish is dewy just how I like it and it has decent SPF. Its made without a lot of yucky ingredients including parabens so my skin is really appreciative! 

ELF Powder Brush ($3.00)

Great brush for applying BB cream and foundation despite being a powder brush. It gives you a flawless finish and doesn’t absorb up all of your product like other makeup sponges. It’s also super cheap so I have like 4 of them lol! 

Mario Badescu Whitening Mask ($24.00)

What a great mask. I’ve had this for about 5 months and it’s still half full. It’s meant to lighten spots on your face (in case you were wondering, I’m all about spot lightening : P ) but also hydrate because it’s made with grape extract. I put this on before bed 2~3 times a week and my skin drinks it up. It’s made with no yuckies either so one less thing to worry about!

Hope you guys enjoyed this post/reviews and if you have any questions about any of these product feel free to leave a comment! Also, BIG shout out to SINGAPORE! Many of my visitors come from Asian countries and Singapore has been visiting me lots! ^.^ Love you Singapore!

 

(images take from google.com)

 

 

 

UPDATE!! Honey and Cinnamon for weight loss!

Good evening beautiful people,

As promissed, I’m back after 2 weeks of trying the honey and cinnamon tea for weight loss with the results. So, wondering how many pounds I shed? I lost a grand total of:

2 pounds~ womp womp womppp : (

Needless to say, I’m not too excited about losing only 2 pounds but it’s better than nothing I suppose. I went to the gym like 3 times each week and I was eating moderately healthy (because of my recent sweet tooth cravings) so I guess I can’t be too disappointed since I know I could’ve tried harder to get to the gym. I will say that it definitely suppressed my hunger and for the most part I didn’t snack. It helped in that sense but I’m not completely satisfied with the results.

FINAL VERDICT:

Because I still lost weight by hunger suppression and very minimal effort I will still continue to drink this tea. If anything it’s helping me lose at least a pound per week so I don’t mind putting in the extra effort to making this tea in the morning. I say give it a try and see for yourself if this is something that works for you. It’s all natural and healthy so if anything you’ll have a tasty tea to drink everyday!

Honey and cinnamon for weight loss !

Good morning lovely people!

Hope everyone is doing well despite maybe being at work or school ^.^ Today I wanted to do a quick post on something I found on Pinterest that is supposed to help you lose weight: honey and cinnamon. Many people claim that if you boil 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon in a cup of water it helps you drop the pounds. Apparently it’s been around for a while but since it’s almost bikini season it’s popping up everywhere. I’ve been looking up testimonies online now for a few days and a lot of people claim that it’s true! Most of the ladies that have tried this have said that it helped them lose 10 pounds when taken on an empty stomach in the morning and right before going to bed so 2x a day. 

I’ve always struggled with weight loss as I was a chubby kid when I was younger. Now that I’m a bit older I do my best to eat healthy and go to the gym but there’s also such a thing called life that sometimes gets in the way. Gonna give this a try for 2 weeks starting tomorrow (odd day to start, I know) and I’ll let you guys know if it works!

If anybody has ever tried this drink or something like this please let me know! 

 

(image taken from google.com)

BRTC Vitalizer Laser Aid Multi BB Cream review!

Hello lovely people!

I’m back with another bb cream review. I’m always on the hunt for new bb creams and love that my collection is growing but today I’m very sad to say that I won’t be adding this particular bb cream to my favs. Keep reading to find out why!

Here’s my newest and first BRTC bb cream. It claims to “whiten, protect, and wrinkle improvement” while providing 10% of vitamins for brighter skin. It had the following vitamins:

~Vitamin A for nutrition

~Vitamin E for protection

~Vitamin C for vitality

~Vitamin B5 for moisture and relief

~Vitamin B3 for brightening

~Vitamin E for soothing

This is what the tub looks like. Pretty simple but I don’t mind. 

Here you can see the actual product on my hand. It’s pretty thick and has a strong smell of baby powder! You would think it’d smell like citrus maybe because of all the brightening but it doesn’t.

I spread the bb cream out on the left side of my hand so you can see what it looked like compared to my original skin color.

So here’s my verdict along with the pros and cons:

HORRIBLE! I’ve never had a BB cream break me out so bad! I got and wore it the next day for about 6 hours and at the end of the day I notice my face was a bit red and patchy so I started to worry but it wasn’t until the next day that I saw the extend of the damage. I woke up to a face FULL of small red pimples!! Oh my goodness I felt like hiding under a rock. They didn’t itch or hurt but when I tell you they were everywhere on my face, I really do mean it. Wow, I’ve never experienced such a thing. The product wasn’t expired and it doesn’t contain anything that has broken me out in the past so I really can’t put my finger on what it was.

I took a picture of my forehead since it’s the last to heal out of my whole face. You can see that they’re small but still there. My face is usually clear for the most part and I always take pride in that because I do everything I can for my face to be that way so when this happened to me I felt so upset. I’d never seen my face that way. Due to insecurity reasons I didn’t take a picture when the rash was full on (Sorry, I’m only human ).

I will still give a pros and cons list like I always do so here are the Pros:

~Great coverage, medium to high

~Satin finish

Cons:

~Color. Although it was light enough for me, the undertones are a strong pink color which I stay away from since I have natural pink/red undertones. Not yellow at all as some people have described. I’m pale so I know!

~Scent may be strong for some. It doesn’t bother me and I quite like it but others may be sensitive to it.

~It can look very cakey, very quickly. I don’t recommend wearing more than one layer of this stuff. It’s pretty heavy so it makes you look too done.

~Very thick. Doesn’t spread easily.

Hope you guys found this review useful. As of now I don’t think I’ll try more BRTC products because they’re undertones never suit me. This BB cream suits NC15-20 skins. This product may very well work for you but not for me : (

 

Also, if any of you ladies and guys have Instagram, feel free to follow! I will always follow my wordpress friends back ^.^ You can find me under “callmejagi”, just like my blog!

Best to all of you ^.^

K-Indie Monday with 루싸이트 토끼 !

Enjoy this happy tune called “Go” by Lucite Tokki. 토끼 (tokki) means rabbit in Korean hence the cute bunnies ^.^

Happy listening!

The Face Shop NYC!

Happy weekend pretty people!

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend so far. I just wanted to do a quick post of a few things that I bought when I was in the city a few back. Stopped by the Face Shop and bought a few goodies. Review will be up soon!!

Para mis lectores de habla Hispana! To my Spanish speaking readers!

Hola a toda la gente bonita ^.^

Espero que todos estén bien en esta noche fría. E notado que últimamente e tenido muchos visitantes de países Latinoamericanos y pensé que seria bueno hacer algo para aquellos que no hablan ingles. Mi blog es escrito siempre en ingles pero me gusta mucho ver que gente de otros países lo leen a pesar de que quizás no hablen mi idioma. Quiero tomar este espacio en darles muchas gracias a todos ustedes! Aunque mis top lectores son de EE.UU., Gran Bretaña, Korea y Singapore, mis top 5 lectores de Latinoamerica son los siguientes:

1. Mexico

2.España

3. Brazil (aunque hablan Portugués!) 

4. Argentina

5. Guatemala

 

De nuevo, muchas gracias a ustedes y por favor no dejen de escribirme comentarios en español! Saludos desde la Costa Este de Estados Unidos.

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