Nivea Skincare for Normal and Combination Skin

When I was packing things into my wash bag, just found these 2 samples that I have tried and forgotten. Although my skin is more normal to dry, this is still suitable for me when I was in Cornwall last April as it was quite sunny and hot, so my skin is slightly greaser than usual.

For the wash gel, it claims 'To keep normal and combination skin fresh & supple all day long, its natural moisture balance should be respected even during cleansing.'  and I agreed with that. It just give the skin a gentle wash without drying up the skin and I personally prefer gel form face wash.


For the day cream, it claims ' NIVEA VISAGE MOISTURISING DAY CREAM is a light, fast absorbing formula that supports the natural moisture balance of normal and combination skin' and I am also agreed with that. haha. It is light weighted, easy to spread and I have to mention their scents, the smell of lotus, i think, as it claims to have lotus extract, is really my taste. I don't like strong scents, but sometimes I just like some floral, citrus-y scent.
Also it is good for a day cream to have a UV filter as it helps protect the skin from environmental influences.  


They are less than £4 each and available at Boots and Superdrugs and other supermarkets.


Score 75/100


So what do you think of them?

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K.

My Travel Bag II

Continued with the previous post.

These are the things that I think I am going to bring. I normally bring samples when I travel, but still just in case I have problems with the samples, I always bring a backup and a lotion to smoothe the irritation. Balm balm Geranium Face balm is the mixture of two. It has beeswax and gernanium essential oil which smooth and claim my skin and also it can be used as a lip balm. I normally bring their tea tree lip balm instead, but this time, for unknown reason, I want to use geranium more. *O*

Garnier Roll on is my stable eye gel as I like their metal ball roll on design. DHC lashes primer is my new favourite which I will write up a review later on.

DHC cleansing oil is my stable makeup remover, as I still haven't enocounter another one that impressed me.

Clinique toner and lotion are my new trial at the moment, so if they are finished before the trip, I need to find something else in the drawer as I still have a range of samples to try out.

Paul Smith Extreme for men is my stable travel perfume too, as it is quite floral and citrus, which I really like.

And for the rest of the samples, wait until I try!

By the way, this is my wash bag that I put all the makeup and toiletries and even underwear. This is extremely handy, you just need to put this out from your suitcase/ bag and can bring it right into the bathroom.

I got this from Lancome 2 years ago, as a gift with purchase and this is exclusive at Harrods.

Inside the bag, as you can see, can put 3+ clear pouches while it is only half filled. All the skincare and stuff are in the yellow pouches and the white one is the Models Own pouch from previous post. The larger and thinner pouch is also come with the wash bag, which I put all the wet things like contact lens and solution, toothbrush, etc.

On the right is my Vivienne Westwood glass case [which is gold in colour!] and the bottom is my bag for underwear and pads.

So catch you up next time.

K.

My Travel Bag

As I am off to Liverpool within 2 weeks time and that I was talking about packing for holiday with one of the ladies on a forum, so I decided to prepack my makeup bag now [though i think i may have to take a few items out as they are my stables *O*]

As it is only a 2 day holiday, I think my makeup bag should be as light as possible as I don't think I will bring a suitcase up.

[Apologise for the bad quality photo, I think I need to bring another camera, as my usual old one went a bit nuts =.=///]

Tool/ Brushes

Bobbi Brown Travel Blush, Eye shadow, Eye Smudge Brushes

No 7 Concealer Brush

Mini tooth brush (the orange one)

Mini Sponge

Smashbox mini Kabuki

Palette

Pixi Eyeshadow -Manage

Sleek Face Contour Kit - Light

e.l.f. Complexion Perfection

Pencil/ Eye

No 7 Eye Brow Pencil

Gosh Velvet Touch Eyeliner - Black Ink

Yves Rocher Brown Eyeliner

Tesco All About Face Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencil

Estee Launder Double Wear Mascara Sample

Base

Cargo One Base Concealer - Foudantion  -light

Estee Launder Nutritious Foundation Sample - 02

DiorSnow Base SPF50

Lip

Yves Rocher Almond Oil Lip Balm

Sleek Pout Polish - Raspberry Souffle

NYX Round lipstick - Pumkin Pie

These pack in the Models Own clear pouch and 2 mini zip lock pouch that come with No 7 or Ruby & Mille brushes. These pouches are really handy as you can even put your cotton bud and cotton pads in a separate one and they are relatively waterproof.

So what do you think?

I will update the 2nd part after I have hang my clothes as they are waiting for me in the washing machine!

Be right back.

kyanvi.

Swap

Argh...! Time is never enough. I was just tidying my photo folder just now, and realised that I have took so many photos for the blog, yet, I am far far far behind with the photos.

I made a swap with Angel last March, and yet, I haven't posted this up.

So here it is, with a few Sleek i-divine palette and Barry M goodies, I swapped for these goodies. All the samples and the tasty japanese candies are bonus from Angel and it's really kind of her. ;-)

K.

Muji Cosmetics!!

As Muji skincare range is getting popular in UK, I want to share my new shopping list that I have just send to my friend who just went back home (HK) this holiday. Thank god that I didn't plan to go back home yet, as my shopping list is already cost me more than HKD$500 (around £40) and muji is one of the main section on my list.

Muji cosmetics are good in both price and quality. Most of them are made in Japan and you only need to pay a high street price.

So my shopping list:

Checked Blush - orange ~ £6

[heard that muji blush are a cheaper version of shu uemura, so really keen to try their new verison. I wish to try the single colour ones, but that I don't use blush that often, so wait until i finish my other ones 1st]

Eye shadow quad - 01 brown ~ £6

[although I really like my sleek i-divine palette, they are far too big for my daily makeup bag, so I want to buy a small, handy palette. Also, some of you may notice, the japanese/ asian e/s are quite different from western ones, they are not that vivid but more shimmer.]

Eye Base ~ £5

[it just me, I love to try more eye base products, and this is cheap. lol]

So what do you think??

Can't wait to see them when my friend is back from hk this Sep!

Kyanvi.

p.s. all photos are from Muji Taiwan

p.s.s. this is good too, but i am not sure whether i should get it or not, what do you think?

Face Powder - Rose ~£8

My eye shadow palette after 7 hours, yes, I really meant it!

I received my empty 28 eye shadow palette today from the postman this morning, and I have been working on this till now, which is around 7 hours! I can't believe it, it actually need to take me that long, as I still got lots stuff to do... sigh...

Anyway, here's my palette

To do this, you need

• a empty palette
• rubbing alcohol - to disinfect the pans and dissolve the powder
• glycerin
• 2 pipettes
• 2 small bowl to hold the alcohol and glycerin as you don't want to contaminate your big bottle of alcohol and glycerin
• small bowl or measuring spoon - a tablespoon size is handy as one teaspoon of the liquid mixture can fit in a 26mm diameter pan perfectly.
• lots of tissues and wet tissues
• small wooden or plastic sticks and spoons
• 1 10p coin
• a muslin cloth or other cloth 
• a huge bowl of water to wash hand and the utensils.

I know lots of people have different method. I used just alcohol before and it was terrible. This time I add glycerin in, just like how you make a mixing medium, around 50:50 alcohol and glycerin. The result this time is much better as glycerin is thick and viscous, so I can make a smoother and thicker paste into the pan more easily.

So what do you think?

I am so tired now with all the work.

See you next time.

K.

p.s. I am off  to Liverpool later on this month, what you recommend that I should definitely go and visit or which restaurant is good?

Urban Decay

Or

(Courtesy of Lipglossiping)

Just saw these blogs on these 2 palettes today, I did not really keen on Urban Decay book of shadow serious, yes, that's included the Alice in the Wonderland one!

But these 2 palette hit me right at the target, as I want to collect brown/ earth tone palette (which I don't know why) and I love smoky eyes (though I have plenty eye shadows and eye liners to do so =.=)

Since I am currently jobless, so I can only wait till I have found a job... sigh... so in the meanwhile, check them out at: I heart cosmetics for swatches for the Naked palette and news for the Black Palette @ Lipglossiping

Oh.. by the way, the Naked palette is £27 and think available in the House of Fraser and £23 for the Black palette, but not sure where to get.

K.

3 Step Skincare by Clinique

I can't remember which blog I saw from, but I saw Clinique has run a new advertising programme called 3 things before 30, and that the 1st 10,000 (i think) people who registered will get a mini 3 step skincare set for free!

By completing the survey online, they can determine which skincare suits you most. From the result, my skin is dry and so they sent me clarifying lotion 1, while there are other 3 alternative.

I have begun my testing yesterday, looking forward to see the result after I finished them, which I think around 2 weeks?! since I am not good at finishing skincare products. lol

So what do you think? The only thing I remembered from Clinique is that their advert has been almost the same all these years and I was amazed when my mum told me that they have the same 3 step set when she was young. haha.

See you next time.

K.

Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner

As I mentioned before, I prefer Prestige Total Intensity eyeliner, but as you can see, I only managed to get hold of 3 of them, with getting 1 from ebay instead of @ Boots.

They are the best eyeliner I have ever encountered, they are long lasting and soft. For once, I have used the black one to draw an inner eyeliner, it managed to stay for more than 10 hours, which I was so amazed.

They have only 6 colours available at Boots for £4.99 each, though they have apparently 8 colours in the US. I wish I can get a hand of that, but don't think I am going back to US for a short while. sigh

Anyway, I managed to find the 8 colours online and for us in UK, we will be missing out the fearless teal and strong slate which are the ones I really want as I am not that interest in fierce blue and powerful purple.

(N.B. these are found on google search engine and belongs to beautyandthedirt.com and vivi-bear from yahoo blog)

Swatch

These swatches are compare with Gosh Total Intensity eyeliner.

2nd line, L-R:

02 Bold Brown

05 Intense Olive

01 Deepest Black

Compare with Black Ink (R1), I think deepest black is much blacker and Bold brown is in a similar case as it is darker than truly brown.

So this is it, I have finally managed to write the reviews for the 2 eyeliners that I like most, and these are the 3 that come after this.

Stila kajal eyeliner - I saw Michelle Phan (a popular youtube user) used the black colour version  in her video, but sadly I didn't manage to get hold of.

Prestige Mineral eyeliner

Revlon  High Dimension eyeliner

- these 2 are quite soft and highly pigmented, the only downfall is that they do not last that long.

These are my favourite at the moment, but I still have a list of eyeliner that I plan to try:

- Urban Decay 24/7

-Mac Powerpoint

-Make up forever

-L'Oreal HIP

and what else??

Kyanvi.