Nyx Roundlippies Review

Hi pretties! huhu I've been a bad blogger, haven't login to my page over the weekend thus the lack of posts. Anyway as I have mentioned in my previous post here is my say on my Nyx Round lipsticks: Tea Rose and Circe. I have seen a number of bloggers that own the Tea Rose and I thought they really look pretty on it so I ordered it hehe. It is a pink shade that is not that loud, IMO you can wear it everyday especially when you are on a date, that you want to look sweet or pa-tweetums hehe. I am glad I have it because the hubby said it is nice and it looks pretty on me. :) Here's a swatch of it.

Tea Rose

 

 Now ladies be ready to be scared, here's me sporting my current fav pink lipstick: Nyx rd lipstick Tea Rose:

 

 

See it's not a pink loud color on me, doesn't look nude or natural either just the right shade of pink. In this FOTD I used the Ellana concealer that I got as a free sample and the Ellana Foundation as well, I love them because they made my skin looks flawless in this picture without whitish cast on the camera's flash.I also used my In2it Blush in Denial just to give a natural look. 

Now the second Nyx Round lipstick that I got was Circe, a pretty nude shade. It's a bit lighter than other nude lippies that I swatched before but that is on my skin I think. So here's the swatch of it:

Circe

 

I have to swipe it like 3 times before it will create a visible color on my lips. I can say that this shade is truly a nude lipstick, hehe look at the color on me:

(Warning: Picture is really scary!)

Took this on a Natural lighting since I really look like a zombie with the flash on

Sorry for the eyebags!

 

I hoped the swatches and FOTDs helped you on seeing the shade of the lipsticks.  So here' s my review on the lippies:

Yehey! Factors:

 

• very affordable (160 pesos for each tube)
• creamy texture, so the application is a breeze
• love the staying power, I ate and drink that time and it stayed the whole afternoon, didn't bother to retouch since the Tea Rose still looks good after lunch. For Circe I retouched it after 4 hours
• didn't dry my lips
• For Tea Rose, 1 to 2 swipes will gave my lips the fab look already but for Circe it took 3 to 4 swipes, so I guess it depends on the shade you will use
• there is a shade indicator at the bottom of the tube so you'll know the color of it without opening or reading the label

Boo! Factors:

• my number 1 will be the scent, it's like a flowery scent that really annoyed me, but good thing it disappeared after a while like 15mins I don't smell it anymore maybe because I put Carmex before the lipstick
• IMO I don't like the packaging, the color is nice it's in black but I don't like that the label is on sticker. Well taste is subjective right? hehe
• not available locally, I have to order it online and have to rely on swatches online
• Very creamy that I think it will tend to melt if not stored poperly

Overall, I think the cons are not that major except the scent, hehe so I love the lippies. I recommend it to everyone it's worth a try if you still haven't.

I will end this post with my eBay haul, I received yesterday:

My revlon blush and blemish concealer

 

Super excited to use them. Will review them after a week of usage hehe, will do another FOTD as well so I hope you don't get annoyed of my face..hehe

Mahalo :)

My newly acquired lippies

Hi ladies! I hope everyone's enjoying their vacation and of course don't forget to pray, have more time with God. Well, sadly I am working in an American company so we don't have holiday. Zano (the hubby) is working in a BPO company so no holiday as well. :( I am just thinking about the double pay for these holiday on my next pay out. Normally during Lenten season we go home to Pampanga wherein there is a big 'Prusisyon'. I really love Prusisyon in the provinces specifically in our home town they are really different compared to cities. For Zano, during Good Friday, his family goes to Tagaytay to visit the 'Pink Sister's Monastery'. Last year we were lucky to go to both, Pampanga for the Prusisyon and Pink Sister's at Tagaytay, Tabachuchay was just 2 months old back then. Now I guess will be just staying at home then go to church in the evening. I am just blogging my sentiments for this Holy Week. Anyhow as you can see the title of my post is about lipsticks hehe so here it goes. Pretty Ladies I want you to meet my newly acquired babies:

Nyx Round lipsticks: Tea Rose (left) and Circe (right)

A new addition to my mini stash. Again forgive me for the blurry photos. :( Got them on Digital Traincase online store again. Before I just ordered Nyx lipglosses so last week I availed their famous round lipsticks. Will do a review together with a FOTD using these two this weekend hehe have to prepare myself for that. So that is the good news, on a not so good news, look at what Tabachuchay did on one of my favorite Natural shade lipstick:

 Avon Moisture Rich Sheer Liptick in Sheer Mauve

Poor lipstick. huhu! This is actually the second time, the first one was my Nivea Lip balm. Well lesson learned: When you are busy doing your make up, make sure that your kit is unreachable for kids like Tabachuchay. After what happened, Zano and I bought her, her own lipstick:

Tabachuchay starting her love for lipstick! hehe
 

It is actually a whole set of Kikay kit toys, it will be her starter kit hehe! So there you go, watch out for my review for the Nyx round lipsticks.

Have a blessed holy week pretty ladies!

Mahalo! :)

I love Sample Packs: Ellana and Mario Badescu

Last week I availed Ellana 's free sample packs online, I just paid the shipping fee. Isn't that great? hehe I'm such a sucker for 'free stuff', well who doesn't?! Ms. Coney the distributor of Ellana products in our country was nice, I just emailed her once and she replied right away and even gave me all the details for the courier etc and that's another great thing not to mention that I just ordered the free sample pack. hehe. I am so excited to use these already, I have tried the concealer on my under eye area and I was amazed, will do a FOTD with them.

Here's my sample pack. They are in a ziplock plastic and an Ellana brochure :)

Consist of 3 Foundation, 1 blush, 1 concealer and 1 Finishing Powder

Yesterday I received these:

It's my package from the beautiful Janet. Click her name to visit her blog, be sure to follow if you haven't yet. hehe. I got the Mario Badescu sample pack from her when I joined her giveaway last weekend and the sweetest thing is she has included some goodies and a cute letter. hehe

And of course the star of the package:

My Mario Badescu sample pack.Consists of the following: Drying Cream, Seaweed Night Cream, Flower & Tonic Mask, Super Collagen Mask and Cucumber Cleansing Lotion. Yehey super excited to try them as well. I have a big zit right now and last night I used the 'Drying Cream' from this package and it dried my pimple. Indeed it is a drying cream, hehe. I promise will do a review for these wonderful products, I wish they will do wonders on me just like what it did on Janet's. By the way thanks a lot Janet for the MB products and the whole package, hope you read this. :)

It's holy week already and I hope everyone will enjoy their vacation and don't forget to pray.

Mahalo :)

* Sorry for the blurry photos, my camera is acting up again, I guess I need a new one. :(

My lips' secret

I have been battling for more than a decade (a bit exaggerated lol) on my dry chapped lips. Especially when I was in High school wherein we were in the country with extreme weather. Yes, we were in Saudi Arabia before with my Mama and Papa then I just went home for college, but that's another story. The weather in Saudi Arabia consist of summer and winter and when I say extreme that means when it's summer it's really hot, you can probably leave an egg outside then after like 20minutes it will be hard boiled egg already. haha Well, I guess the hottest temperature that I experienced there was like 40 Celsius degree but of course we don't stay outside so we don't feel that. After 6 months of summer, winter will enter and it's also extreme wherein I wear 4 garments all at the same time, thick garments huh haha! Oh I miss Saudi. Anyway I am not here to talk about that! So on to my lips, considering the changing of weather in Saudi Arabia before it affected my skin and my lips as well they were really dry.The condition of my lips didn't change even when I was here but my skin did it became really oily. As I've said I had dry chapped lips since like forever so I always look for lip balms that will solve this problem. I have tried bunch of them, both expensive and not, some are okay but did not last that long, I mean they don't satisfy me. They will work for a while and then after sometime it will stop. When I got into the beauty blogosphere I have read a lot of raves on the Carmex lip balm.

I got the Carmex Lip Balm in tube

I bought this hoping that it will answer my prayers, hehe. Yes this product is okay, it moisturizes my lips and I love the minty effect of it plus the very affordable price but I need to reapply it every 10 minutes because the good effect doesn't stay long. Nevertheless I still use it so that I won't waste my 99 bucks. Then one time when I was in my 'suking' parlor I saw their display of Human Heart Nature Products and these were not new to me since I have read great reviews of them. So I got their feminine wash and Human Nature Lip Balm in watermelon.

 I got the watermelon

When I used it I fell inlove with them right away, it tastes yummy and wow my lips were super moisturized and noticed that they are not dry and chapped anymore. Yipee! I observed on how long will this result last on my lips and guess what they are still moisturized after 3 hours working in the office. When I use this, I swipe it on my lips for like 10 times hehe I think that does the trick but then I wanted my lips to look glossy and healthy at the same time because with this my lips look pale it is great if I put lipstick on but I am not used into putting lipstick when at the office or at home, so I use the HHN lip balm then topped it with Carmex and in my surprise they jived well into my lips, it gave the most moisturized lips and healthy looking as well, not the pale dry chapped lips anymore. I used these two then I just put what ever lipstick or lip gloss that I prefer and it doesn't dry my lips. Now I can say that my lips have found its soulmates hehe.

Mahalo :)

*Pictures were taken from google images. Sorry wasn't able to get pictures of them since I am still in the office and I really want to share the lip balms with you pretty ladies..hehe

A good haul

Don't you just love it when you get discounts or great deals from department stores or anywhere? I just want to share these few items that I got that last Monday. You might think that the blue bag is a freebie for the celeteque products lol. Nope, I got them separately, I bought the blue bag at Robinson's Department store for only 50 bucks it was discounted from 150 pesos, what a great discount right?. It's not that big but it's perfect for my growing stash of make up. I put my make ups on 3 different pouches so this is great, I can put them all in here. Then the Celeteque moisturizer. I have been on a hunt for a moisturizer and this was on a buy1 take1 promo for only 129 pesos. Thanks to Kikay si Maria and I saw that they were on a promo. I've been using it since I bought it, and so far so good, hehe. Crossing my fingers that my skin will love it. Will post a review soon. That's it pretty ladies, been very busy this week here in the office so I can't make any sensible post hehe.

Let me end this with my red notd

This shade is one of my favorite aside from 'Pussy Red' hehe. 

Hope you had a great week ahead ladies.

Mahalo :)

Masking On

One time I visited Purederm  website and I answered one of their Quiz I can't remember the exact title of it but it was like about your skin type. Then the result was: "You have oily skin". There you go, haha actually before I took that quiz I was really anticipating for that result since I know I have oily skin which sucks big time! Well, life must go on, that is why we have a lot of beauty products to live by and  to conquer this oiliness situation. Let's go back to the quiz, hehe let me share with you the result and some helpful tips from them:

From the email sent to me:
Quiz 2 Result:

It’s likely you have OILY SKIN.

Generally, your face appears shiny. You often feel the need to wash your face or touch up with face powder. Oily skin may be prone to acne and blackheads, but it is also least susceptible to wrinkles. That means you have a higher chance of aging quite gracefully!

Make sure you go for non-comedogenic products: they feel light on skin and won’t clog your pores. For quick cleansing, bring along Acne Wash Cleansing Tissues: they contain tea tree oil, aloe vera, and salicylic acid which help get rid of pimples. To keep your skin supple, treat yourself to a Strawberry Yogurt Pack, a quick and easy wash-off mask that purifies and prevents breakouts. Also, try Aloe Nose Pore Strips to unclog pores and remove blackheads.

See? Not a good result I think, huhu but good thing there were suggested products and some tips to help me. As an obedient student, lol I bought this:

When I saw it in SM beauty section I didn't hesitate to buy one because of its affordability, it costs P49.00 only for a 10ml pack unlike other masks that would cost way higher than this. So I tried it, just followed the instructions at the back (sorry didn't get a picture of it). Apply it to a cleansed face, massage gently and leave it for like 5-10 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Tabachuchay: "Mommy what happened to you?!" lol

I love the smell, strawberry of course, I am not fond of that fruit but the scent was really delicious it make me want to eat it hehe. After I massage it on my face, I felt a bit of a stinging effect and there were parts that it was itchy but I just ignored it. It also gave me a feeling of that when you are having a hair hot oil treatment but this time on my face, it was warm. Because of these I just left it on me for less than 5 minutes. Then the result:

Sorry for the scary eyebags and acne scars. :(

Good thing, the result was okay, it left my skin moisturized and it gave a me flushed look, which is okay for me 'cause I don't have rosy cheeks hehe!

Yehey! factors:

• very affordable
• loving the scent of delicious strawberry
• the 10ml pack is too much to cover the whole face, IMO you can use it twice
• love the moisturized effect it gave me
• I have used it last weekend and I until now it had lessened my oiliness
• it has English instructions (some of imported masks do not have)
• did not have allergic reactions

Boo! factors:

•   this is just me, it gave me stinging feeling at first so I thought it was harsh

Overall, I love it. Inexpensive yet very effective. I would definitely purchase again.

Mahalo :)

Review: Myra Vitaglow Tinted Moisturizer

I have read tons of great reviews for this product. Since it's inexpensive and available locally I grab it right away at Watson's. I love the sheer coverage of it, there's a special glow on my face when I put this on. It is my best bet during my lazy days which is like everyday hehe I use this then the powder. I really like this product, you can use it everyday and not that dangerous in my uber oily skin hehe. I mean it doesn't oil me up right away. I just retouch with my powder then everything's okay again.Then the sensitivity of my skin took over and broke me out. :( (Sigh) So I stopped using it. After 2 weeks I tried it again because I really want this tinted moisturizer to work on me but again it broke me out.  :(

Yehey factors:

• inexpensive
• super easy to find, can buy it all SM Beauty corners, watson's, Mercury Drug, convenience store etc.
• moisturizer and a little coverage in one product
• safe to use everyday
• very light on the face

Boo factors:

• it broke me out :(
• there's a bit shimmery effect
• gives whitish cast on photos
• gives very light coverage but I think tinted moisturizers are like that, I dunno please correct me! (This is my first tinted moisturizer hehe)

So there you go, this is one product that I want to love but my skin won't let me. Still it is a good buy. I've read a lot of bloggers who fell inlove with it and didn't break them out.

I want to buy a BB cream or try other tinted moisturizers, any suggestions pretty ladies?

Mahalo :)

My favorite lip gloss

Aside from natural shades of lipstick, I am now starting to like shades of pink on me. Last month I got my hands on this Nyx round lipgloss in Baby Pink. I have been reading a lot of great reviews about Nyx products, although they are not available locally, we can still get our hands on them thanks to local resellers.

Pretty ladies, presenting Nyx Round lipgloss in Baby Pink: :)

At first I was quite hesitant to put it on, I was really afraid that I won't pull it off. It is so light with shimmers on it. But when I tried it on,  I fell in love with right away.

So on to the short review...
Yipee! Factor:

• you will see the color right away in one swipe
• not drying
• cute packaging
• inexpensive (200 +, oh my I already forgot)
• sturdy doe foot applicator
• easy to apply with the doe foot applicator
• transparent tube so you will see how much of the product is still there

Boo! Factor:

• not available locally but thanks to Ms. Sol for making Nyx products readily for us
• there is a scent that really bugs me, I dunno it's like plastic
• it is quite sticky though I can't really compare it to other lip gloss since this is my 2nd lip gloss aside from Avon simply pretty lip gloss which is not that sticky
• staying power is not that long just stayed on me for about less than 2hrs but you can blame me hehe I keep on biting my lips

Enumerating the cons of this product will make you think why I still like it, well the pros still outweighs it. I just love the color it gives on my lips, with the shimmer and the right shade of pink, I feel like I'm a sweet lil' girl LOL!

Let me end you with a FOTD of me with my favorite pink lip gloss (as of the moment hehe!)

A vain shot of me in our office's ladies room haha, forgive me please!

Girls, I swear my contact lenses don't appear like that in person, it just turned blue because of the camera's flash..huhu! When I bought the lenses, my suking optical shop had ran out of my usual transparent lenses, no brown as well, they only have green, blue, gray and violet and that's violet by the way! (haha nag explain!) It just looks normal in person not that bluish hehe! 

Anyway if you want to get these Nyx round lip gloss or any other Nyx products you can visit Ms. Sol's online store at Digital Traincase. She is very accommodating with super fast transactions.

Until next time pretty ladies.

Mahalo :)