Cosmetics Reviews
Lorac Visual Effection Collection
I received this Lorac Visual Effection Collection mascara set for a gift from a friend. This isn’t something that I would have bought myself because of the brushes that these mascaras come with but I was of course excited to get this as a gift and give them a …
St. Ives Daily Hydrating Vitamin E Body Lotion
This is the only lotion that actually works on my skin in a very long time. Since I came to the US five years ago, I had a hard time finding a body lotion that my skin loves. I’ve tried several brands-from expensive to cheap ones, hoping to find …
Sephora brand Color Play Palette
Only available from Sephora, the Color Play Palette is a huge assortment of colors for eyes, lips, and cheeks. With all the colors and choices, you can create thousands of different looks. I found that the cosmetics in the set are not the absolute highest quality; to some extent, …
Noxzema Bikini Shaver
I have used Noxema products pretty much since I hit puberty and got my first blemish at the tender age of twelve. I was surprised to even FIND that Noxema released any kind of shavers, much less a bikini shaver, but was happy to be able to try it. …
Avon mineral Gems Luminous pearl hand Cream
This is new out in the Avon books just now, and since I am a fan of other items in the same range I ended up buying it.
It seems a bit expensive priced at £3 for a 75ml tube of Hand Cream, and probably in the grand scheme of …
Neutrogena anti-oxidant eye cream
This is the new and highly innovative eye cream product from Neutrogena that I recently discovered, this anti-oxidant eye cream became the solution of my long standing dream of having puff circles around my eyes.
Two years ago, I was shocked when I found out some crow’s feet visible at …
Crabtree and Evelyn Goatmilk Soap
I have always loved Crabtree and Evelyn’s bath products and their Goatmilk line is one of my favourites. I especially like their Goatmilk Triple Milled Soap and I usually buy the pack which consists of 3 individually boxed 100g soap bars inside another box. At 1200php, it’s not exactly …
Mark Mist Opportunity Multi-tasking Refresher
This is really a neat product to use daily. It refreshes your skin with just one spray plus so much more. Every since I tried this product , I have not left home without it. It is my secret weapon during the day against runny makeup. I literally keep …
Queen Helene Mango Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion
Because my skin tends to be dry, I dread hot weather and the summertime. It does not matter which product I use in the morning, my skin tends to look ashy and dry only a few hours later. I hate having to reapply lotion at least four …
Urban Decay Pocket Rocket lip gloss
Urban Decay is known for many things, but they’re probably most well known for having the most artistic packaging to their products. Urban Decay is a very fun and festive brand of cosmetic that stands out from the rest. They’re also know for quality. They have several popular products, …
Caruso Steam Hair Setters
I’ve known about these steam curlers for several years now and was super hyped when a friend offered me an almost new set. I have to admit that I was skeptical but I couldn’t turn down the freebie. In the end, I will probably give them away. I wanted …
Hard Candy Ginormous Mascara
I am always trying new mascaras. I have a drawer full of mascara, some of which I love, and some of which I don’t know why I bother to keep at all. I like to have different mascaras for different occasions. For going out at night, …
Listerine quick dissolving strips for Whitening
I really didn’t like either of my couple of experiences with the Crest whitening strips and I hated that they always moved around on my teeth no matter how it said they were no slip strips. Plus, crest was just way too expensive and wanted way too much money …
Chanel Precision Lip Definer Nude
I can say it is the perfection in a lipliner. The color is gorgeous, it looks like a mauvey-brown color mix with a rosey hint. The only word I can think of to describe it is special! I find it so smooth, soft and so blendable, it makes me …
Physicians Formula Powder Palette Multi Colored Blush
I just started using the Physicians Formula Powder Palette Multi Colored Blush in the shade Blushing Natural and to my surprise I actually like it. The shade is a light rosy color and adds a nice pop of color to my skin without making my cheeks looks like they …
Personal Care Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter Scented
I have recently been finding a lot of uses for petroleum jelly. I ran out of the container that I had and had to find another one before I ran out. I went to the local Dollar Tree store and purchased a 4 ounce jar of the Personal …
Cover Girl Outlast All-Day Lipcolor
I am dedicated to Cover Girl, so if Cover Girl has it, I am going to try it. I have always found Cover Girl to create products that last long and have great color. This is what I’ve found with the all day lip-color. I love to apply lips …
Marks & Spencer Coconut Milk Cream Bath
This Marks & Spencer Coconut Milk Cream Bath was sent to me from my cousin who is working in Dubai. I’m in the Philippines so I think this product is really rare here from where I live because I don’t see this cream bath in the market or in …
Johnson’s Baby Oil
During one of my casual routine a few months back, I happened to set my eyes on this product called Johnsons baby oil with Aloe vera and vitamin c in the baby care section of the shopping mall. Although I had seen this oil quite a few times earlier, …
Paul Mitchell Shampoo One
My grandma started buying this shampoo for me a little while back, and she would give me a bottle at each Christmas and birthday. I think she saw that it was the same brand as the Awapuhi Shampoo that I used to use but couldn’t find the Awapuhi at …
Revlon Sheer Rose Nail Polish
I love sheer nail polishes, especially sheer pink nail polishes. However, to add a little variety to my sheer nail polishes, I also like to wear sheer beige or nude nail polish. I only rarely have a professional manicure done and I feel that sheer nail polish …
Biore Ultra deep cleansing pore strips
Biore Ultra deep cleansing pore strips claim to remove “stubborn pore-clooging dirt” as well as blackheads. If this product actually achieved what it claims to do, it would be an affordable way for many people to free themselves from these ever popular, unwanted conditions. Unfortunately, the search …
Clean & Clear Advantage Acne Cleaning Astringent
I did not have any serious acne when I used Clean & Clear Advantage Acne Cleaning Astringent. I only bought it for $2 from a retail store a few months back because I wanted to clean my face when I needed it, and to avoid some blackheads as well, …
Wet N’ Wild Ultimate Brow Color and Set
I have always been conscious about how my brow looks like. I always have a hard time fixing and setting my brows because they are not that thick and there are gaps everywhere. And whenever I manage to use a brow pencil to do it, it appears very fake and …
Personna Mystique Womens Razor
Needed a razor on a trip after forgetting to pack mine, so I grabbed one of the shelf at Walmart. It was the Personna Mystique razor, I like the color (purple) and the name, plus it was only $4.00. Got back to the hotel and jumped in …
Cellbone Prep Skin Refresher
This product is an astringent from Cellbone Technology. I got this online for 400 Php ( around 18$ plus ). The product comes in a simple and transparent bottle. This is a facial toner which claims that it can help exfoliate your skin. I never used toners this much before …
Ecco Bella Hair and Scalp Therapy Conditioners
My scalp can get dry and itchy from time to time. This especially happens in the summertime when I am out in the sun a lot and my head is exposed to a lot of sunlight. I have a sensitive scalp that always seems to burn or just get …
The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer Highlighting powder
This is going to sound corny, but I’ll go ahead regardless. I was watching a show at home in which a close-up of an actress’s face, apparently unknown to me, appeared illuminated by the uncanny glow of her cheeks. The look imbued me with enchantment —“ that …
John Varvatos Hydrating Face Moisturizer
I also purchased a moisturizer from John Varvatos after I have tried their facial wash. I am was impressed with the quality of their facial wash that is why I decided to buy this. Again, my complain is that this product is expensive. For 2.5 oz, it costs 65 …
Nivea Deodorant Roll-On Extra Whitening
In all honesty, I find it hard o find products that would really suit my body, specially if it is about hygiene. And being the vain girl that I truly am, I make sure that the products I use are really of quality. But then again, I don’t want …
Nars Lips Glosss Pot
After working at Sephora for a few months and meeting with the representative for Nars Cosmetics, I decided to try one of their lip gloss pots which is called Nars Lip Lacquer due to it’s thick texture.
If you are looking for the absolutely PERFECT nude lipstick/lip glodd, Nars …
Sinful Colors Professional Bleeding Heart Nail Polish
I wanted to paint my fingernails a cherry red color for the holidays so they could be pretty I came across this nail polish called Sinful Colors Professional Bleeding Heart Nail Polish. It was just the bright red colored nail polish I was looking for and I was …
Clinique High Impact Lip Colour in Red-y to Wear
In the past, I didn’t find so much interest in putting a red lipstick because I was bad at using a lip liner to define lip contours. Contrary to most views, I think lipsticks aren’t the most convenient to work with. But after sitting down with a …
Better Botanicals Facial Refining Mask
I was experiencing a terribly oily skin filled with blackheads a few months back. I also had some big pores. It was not bad at all but I wanted to get rid of these blackheads and big pores without having to use any pair of blackhead remover and other …
Estee Lauder Perfectionist Anti-Wrinkle Lifting Serum
Stress can make a person feel old and worse. Lately, I’ve been very stressed because of my work and at the same time, taking care of my family. After years of doing this, my work has finally taken its toll on my body and my appearance. Wrinkles that look …
Garnier Anti-cellulite Rollerball
I am really obsessed by the cellulite, I have it and I hate it. I used to practice sport 3 times a week for 2-3 hours and I had some cellulite but it wasn’t bad. But than I went to University and I neglected all the sports and dedicated …
Blinc Kiss Me Mascara
I have probably owned at least one mascara product from every makeup manufacturer known to man. That is how obsessed I am with mascara. To be quite honest, I probably haven’t gone a day without wearing it since I first learned how to back in high school. It is …
elf Studio Stipple Brush
A few months ago, I purchased the elf Studio Stipple Brush online from the elf Cosmetics website. I didn’t use this brush very often immediately after it arrived, but when I did use it, I don’t remember having any complaints. I do remember focusing on how soft the bristles …
Lavshuca Liquid Rouge Lip Gloss RD-1
I am fan of Japanese cosmetics so I usually grab what I can when I go to Hong Kong and go to the Watson’s store. They carry the Kate brand, the Lavshuca brand and the Majorica Majorca which are fashionable brands of the high end Kanebo and Shiseido. I …
Covergirl Lip Perfection Lipstick
I happened to stop in Shoppers Drug Mart with a close friend of mine, because we wanted to browse through the makeup products. In my area, Shoppers is the best place for this. I came across this lipstick brand “Covergirl Lip Perfection” and I noticed it was on sale …
Tresemme Flawless Curls Mousse
I don’t curl my hair that often but I have quite a few curl hair products for when I do, some of which I even use on my straight hair and they work just as great. I bought this Tresemme Flawless Curls Mousse when my local HEB was having …
Wet and Wild Mega Plump Waterproof Mascara
I tried this mascara when my favorite brand run out of stock. This was one of those episodes that you resort to something you don’t often use. Because it was highly recommended by my friends, I once tried a brand from Wet and Wild mascara, made in the US …
Fruttini Cranberry Chocolate Body Butter
I first purchased a much smaller package of this body butter because I thought it looked cute. It was one of those little things I picked up along the way to the cash register that I didn’t plan on buying on a particular shopping trip. I grabbed it because …
Veet 3 minute Hair Removal Cream
Veet is the next generation of hair removal creams, developed from their sister company Neet. I have tried several different hair cream removers, and while I have generally found that they do indeed get rid of unwanted hair, they usually smell so terrible they make my eyes run! This …
Nivea sun Light feeling sun lotion high 30
I’ve always love Nivea products and trusted this brand for a long time which prompted me to start using their sun lotion as well as compared to the other sun lotion I’ve been using over the past year. The sun lotion I’ve got has a high SPF 30 which …
St. Ives Green Tea Face Scrub
I have acne prone skin and will do whatever to get rid of the acne. I’ve heard of green tea’s properties being good for the skin, especially skin that has a lot of red marks since the green counters them and makes the skin look balanced. But green tea …
Academy Of Cosmetology
Today I went to the Academy of Cosmetology to get my hair done.
The school is easy to locate at 1900 W. William Cannon #143, in South Austin.
The Academy of Cosmetology is a beauty school which does offer services to clients on walk in basis. Usually the students do …
Lancome Color Fever Lipstick in Mademoiselle
Lancome’s lipsticks may not be competitive at price point given that it’s firmly rooted near the top of the lipstick index, but the brand certainly knows how to seduce their patrons —“ count me in. I was confused between the color fever and color fever dewy shine varieties, …
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