Shimmer Shimmery Pappady Do! Review: Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in Watemelon

Ahh lipbalms. How I adore them. They were my first discovery into the land of beauty at the tender age of 13. I remember pooh pooh-ing the idea of lip balm and golly.. How wrong I was, n years later. 

Now my lip balm collection is out of control, with the last check being around 100+ lip products, inclusive of balms, gloss, stick, butter. I am genuinely afraid to count further. Anyway, less babble and onto today's review.

Enter Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in Watermelon.

I apologise for the lack of swatch pictures beforehand. My camera just managed to capture a decent enough picture, (the one above) and after that it just refuses to take any other pictures. I will try my best to describe the colour as accurately as possible.

Where do I start? Right.. Product Information

Name: Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in Watermelon

Weight/Price: 0.09 oz/ 2.6g / USD 4.99 

Packaging: Twist up lip balm with cap. Note: Don't over twist the lip balm. It doesn't come back down!

Repurchase: Not very likely. I have a gazillion more to go through!

The lip shimmer is best described as a frosty light rose lip balm. On my lips it leans towards frosty pink. Applied onto lips it has a slight tingly/minty taste which I like and also apparent in my other Burt's Bees lip balm. As a lip shimmer I say it would have worked up to its claims, being shimmery and being coloured. But for its moisturising properties, I have to comment on the lack of it. Applying it on is a dream, with just enough slip when you smack your lips together but it is not as moisturising as an ordinary lip balm would. This would be the trade off between having colours on your lips and having a moisturising lip balm I gather. I like this lip balm on days where I go out at night because this doesn't have SPF. 

Overall, this is an alright balm with nothing much to really write home about. I bought it purely because I liked the colour and nothing else. It gives a nice colour to my lips and its not as reflective on my lips than it is on my hands but I can't see myself repurchasing this lip balm simply because I have a gazillion more to go through. Note: This contains lanolin and carmine.

Ingredients are as below,

Ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, helianthus annus (sunflower) seed oil, beeswax, euphorbia cerifera wax, methe piperita (peppermint) oil, lanolin, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, copernicia cerifera wax, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, fragaria ananassa (strawberry) seed oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, ribes nigrum (blackcurrant) seed oil, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, sambucus nigra (elderberry) seed oil, tocopherol, canola oil, glycine soja (soybean) oil. May contrain: mica, iron oxides, carmine, alumina and titanium dioxide.

Review: Help! My gel eyeliner has dried up.. Fret not! Inglot Duraline to the rescue!!

Happy Thursday everybody! For Chinese around the world who will be celebrating Mooncake Festival today, happy mooncake festival y'all!

I remember when Inglot Cosmetics opened up in Sunway Pyramid. I told myself that I will purchase their much raved AMC gel eyeliners. Alas, the many times I visited Sunway Pyramid, I did not exit the store with purchasing the gel eyeliners.

Fast forward a few years, I was rummaging through my make up stash and realise most of my gel eyeliners has dried out before I even opened them. Exasperated, I turned to the almighty Google for answers. And they did. Google directed me to Inglot and I exited the store with Duraline.

Product Information:

Name: Inglot Duraline
Price: RM38/9ml
Packaging: Clear glass bottle with a dropper on top.
Repurchase: No. I don't think I can finish this in my lifetime!

So did it actually 'activated' my dried up eyeliner? Yes it did. However, I think I added a little too much product onto the gel eyeliner and it became very watery. Within an hour or so, I ended up with two eyeliners, one on my lash line, one on my lids. LOL.

Therefore, I do not recommend using most than 1/4 of the length of the dropper. Anything beyond will be an overkill and you might end up with two eyeliners, and on a date as well!

According to the SA, Duraline does not have an expiry date but based on the box its good for 9 months. I personally won't adhere to the expiry date because I believe that as long it does not sting my eye or give me infections I will still continue using this. And I can foresee Duraline lasting me a very very long time. Oh! And do you know it transforms eyeshadows into gel eyeliners as well?

So, ladies.. When you're gel eyeliner dries up, where you going to go? Inglot! (Hehe, I think I had a little bit too much sugar. My apologies)

Here is a swatch of Coastal Scent Sky Line's dried up gel eyeliner mixed with Duraline.

That's all folks! Hope to see you guys next time. Cheers!

Hello!!

Hello everybody!!! Rest assured I'm not dead.. Just taking a loooooong hiatus and now I'm back permanently! Oh I do miss beauty blogging so much and now I'm back :)

Watch out for the new beauty post coming up soon!! Hugs & kisses!

A Haul and.. what's in my travelling bag!

Happy New Years again peeps!

Since I haven't been posting much of late, today I decided to spoil you guys with a haul and what's in my travelling bag.

I don't know bout you guys but I'm extremely curious about what's in other beauty bloggers makeup bag, and probably makeup alley the beauty items and buy it. Ok. Temptations temptations! So here goes!

November/December Haul.

Christmas presents/birthday gifts!

Vichy Thermal Spray, Soap & Glory Peace Hand Love, Toki Doki Roller Ball Set, Lanolips in Mulberry, TBS Cranberry Love & Wild Cherry Lip Balm, Hurraw Lip Balms and Crazy Rumors Candy Cane & Gumball & Hibiskiss Range.

Next on, what I bought in my travelling bag for a recent trip to Penang. I'm pretty sure I gained 10kg in Penang from all the eating there but the food, oh-so-nice!

My addiction lip balms. I'm really fickle minded this way cause I'll go, I need a lip balm with colour so I'll bring this. This one has no SPF, then I'll take another one, and I need one for night time with no SPF, and I will take this one. Fickle minded much?

1. Hurraw Night Balm

2. Hurraw Sun Balm Review here: http://ohmy-reviews.blogspot.com/2011/07/hurray-for-hurraw-sun-protection-balm.html

3. Hurraw Green Tea Balm

4. Crazy Rumors Hibikiss

5. Maybelline Lip Smooth

6. Lanolips in Mulberry

7. ElishaCoy Water Drop Sun Cream

Onto makeup; there are the few I stash in my bag

1. Red Earth Perfect Line in Mahogany

2. Elianto Gel Blusher in Berry Pink

3. Skin79 The Oriental Gold BB Cream

4. Garnier Light BB Eye Roll-On

5. BeneFit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in R.S.V.P

So there you have it :) I hope you all enjoyed this post and have a great weekend ahead!

xx

Happy New Years!

Sorry for my lack of posts this year, been busy busy!

So for this year's new years resolution I shall blog more, one week twice minimum :)

Happy New Years everybody,

I hope this year is better than the last,

Health & wealth to be in abundance,

Luck & love to come

and

tonnes of happiness in your live :)

xx,

Biianca

MWS Awards 2011

Should stop, procrastinating!

I'm rushing for an assignment right now and since I'm stressed to the max, I figured why not blog just to release some of the stress out? So here I am!

Anyway, this is a really backdated post cause MWS Awards was held on the 29 October 2011! BOO! But still, better late than never eh?

Here I want to extend my thanks again to Paris_B for the invite for the awards, I met other beauty bloggers and shared tips on makeup and skin care. Overall I enjoyed myself during the awards and glad to be part of the party :)

No pictures of the actual awards though, silly me forgot to bring my camera! ):

Here are the pictures of the goody bags, my are they a lot!

I separated them so for easier reference when I review them, so here goes!

Do let me know via comments or e-mail which item that you would like me to review ya, stay awesome! It's midweek already!

Quotes

Oh my, it's been a week since I've last updated.

Eeks. How time has flown! The last week was melodramatic (for me at least) and during this time I've read lots of quotes and also learn to look at the brighter side of life. Here are some of my favorites;

"Let the right one in. Let the old dreams die. Let the wrong ones go." quotes__x

"The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses, it's time to change. It's time to live life at a new level!" ROMEOandJULIET

And,

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like" - Will Smith.

and also,

"Buy what you need, not what you want." - Anonymous.

This month's project 10 pan will be slightly delayed because I have some things that are finishing up (few more washes!) and I'm ready to post them up! Expect them soon ya!

Have a great weekend everybody!

Project 10 Pan.. Updates (1)

I realised over the course of project 10 pans, the items that I usually finish are skin care items and moisturisers and an occasional lip balm. Rarely are there makeup items and therefore I think I will draw up a list of makeup items that needs to be finished here.

Ready, Set, Go!

1. Clinique All Over Color in Peony

2. Beauty Treats Mosaic Highlighter

3. Lioele Waterdrop BB

4. Estee Lauder eyeshadow in Sand Dollar & Brown Sugar (already hit pan but focusing on finishing the shadow entirely)

5. Red Earth Perfect Line Eyeliner

6. Shu Uemura Lip Duo Tint & Gloss (had this for ages!)

7. Maybelline Lip Smooth in Cinnamon

8. NYX Round Lip Gloss in Whipped

9. NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight

10. Dunhill EDP in 51.3N

11. EGO QV Lip Balm in SPF 20

This does kind of sound like the things I use daily and I guess you're right because I'm always pressed for time and my makeup is usually done the same way because I know it will make me look good on the go. I even just put this items on the desk and touch nothing else until one of them finishes. It's kind of great cause you don't get distracted and use something else and forget about a makeup item and most importantly, not disrupting the rate of your makeup items finishing! :D Genius eh? *Pats self on back*

I know it's pretty hard to stick to one product but what gets me motivated is when I finish this item I can go to my stash and open another similar item! ie: When I finish a bottle of foundation I go to my stash and open another foundation to play with :D

Oh and that achievement feeling when you've finished a product? I thrive on that to keep me motivated too!

Alright. That's all for today's post. What are your ways to be motivated to finish off your products? Do share!

Review: Nivea Creme

Look at how time flies eh, it's mid October already! And fast forward a few more weeks we'll be looking at the end of the year and singing Auld Lang Syne to this year (That's why I do every year end :D) and fret about getting a year older and all.. Man I miss this year already!

And yes, sorry for the long disappearance again and there is no excuse I know. So here I am with a treat for you guys, a review on Nivea Creme!

Credits Here

The iconic blue tin and creamy white cream has been around for so long that they are passed through generations. I remember the smell of Nivea Creme in the house in my younger days but it wasn't until recently when I was looking for a pick-me-up after a long jogging session that I picked this up after debating whether I really need this or just buying it cause I need a pick-me-up.

Needless to say I pick it up.

I have the biggest conflict about this cream, my hands love it and I don't fancy the smell. I mean it's tolerable because I just slap it on and go to sleep. But that is exactly what is stopping me from repurchasing the cream. I like my moisturisers that I use on my body daily to be non scented or lightly scented and Nivea's.. is kind of heavily scented for me ): So that's a minus one.

However.. my skin, or rather my hands love it and I always wake up to beautifully soft skin the next day or when you've been drinking and your whole body is dried up like a prune? I slap on Nivea Creme and my hands just drink it up and becomes softer. So it does work! And works fast too! And because of Nivea Creme, I don't have dry scaly hands anymore! So that's a plus one.

Hmm.. so does this make me want to repurchase this creme? Considering I've just finished it yesterday.. Hmm.. Maybe not. I still have tonnes of moisturisers to go through so it'd probably be awhile before I come around to repurchase this.

Have you ladies tried Nivea Creme? What's you take on it? Do let me know in the comments! Thanks & have a great day! :D

Poll: Do you put dates on your makeup?

Okay, hands up for people who does the same thing as me? Like stick dates of opening on the bottle of the makeup on a certain date to know how much is left, and measure again after a few days how much usage is already used? Or writing dates of opening on the item? Anybody? Please don't tell me I'm alonee )):

Going Through - Beauty Treats Mosaic Highlighter

Recently, I have became a fan of highlighters and along my highlighters craze, I have acquired Beauty Treats Mosaic Highlighter, which is in powder form. This is the first time I've came across a highlighter in powder form, all my other highlighters are in cream form.

The highlight has a combination of different colours, all with a common purpose of highlighting the face, the areas where light hits to make your face features more prominent. For me, I use my ELF powder brush and mix all the colours to give my face a nice, subtle glow.

Oh well, since I've just started using this highlighter less than a few days ago, I can't comment on anything else yet besides giving my face a nice glow. Do check back for a more detailed review soon yeah :D

Have a nice day, peeps!

September Round Up of P10P

Hi guys! It's been ages since I've posted up something regarding p10p yeah? There are times where I don't finish up anything because items like foundations etc take a looooong time to finish up so for makeup its going really slow. Which leads to one question.. In an attempt to finish off products for the end of the month round up, do you guys put on more stuff that you usually need? Do let me know in comments, don't worry I won't judge you because I do that sometimes.. sometimes! :D

Anyway, round ups for September's P10P. Quite a good month I'd say though 2-3 items from the finished items are full sized.

L-R.

Top: Cleansing Cream - Bought from a blogsop. Not a fan of cleansing creams so probably won't repurchase.

Clinelle Lip Balm with SPF - I'm on the fence about this one, I like the fact that it has a high SPF, but I don't like the thickness of the balm. Will probably repurchase for the SPF though.

Clinique Pore Minimizer Serum - I like this, despite the fact that I need to use a lot to cover my whole face. Maybe my face is big? Pores are covered and provides a good canvas for makeup.

TBS Tea Tree Oil Cleanser - Love the tea tree scent and helped keep my blemish in check. Least likely to repurchase as I am not blemish prone, and .. it's not exams yet ;p

Clinique Clarifying Lotion in No 3 - Don't like, a little bit too strong for my liking. It's like your skin is drinking alcohol.

Bottom: H20+ Body Balm in Clearwater & Poolside - Highly moisturising and non-greasy. Will repurchase the big bottle once P10P is over. I liked it so much that I even cut the bottle into half to 'properly' finish it off.

Kanebo Blanchir Superior Serum - This is supposed to be brightening serum because it wipes away old skin cells or melanin-containing old keratin and gives a brighter translucent skin. I don't detect any brightening maybe because I wasn't using enough (I use this only at night) so I don't see any brightening, so I doubt I'll repurchase.

L'Oreal Pore Genesis Serum - I have this in the US version, not the Asia version and I would say, I love this!! The scent is really nice and it covers my pores perfectly. I use this at night because it contains retinol and man.. my skin was smooth to touch after applying this serum ;p So yes, repurchase!! Heee.

That's my figure for this month. What's yours? Do share!

What I Put On My Face At Night - Yves Rocher Hydra Specific Night Cream

This is how my night regime goes - Lotion -; Serum - ; Moisturiser -; Eye Care

As skincare benefits are better reaped at night when the skin is able to absorb the active ingredients in more, I usually don't hold back on what I put on at night. For night time, I prefer more hydrating things because my skin might be oily on the forehead, but it's really dehydrated on the cheek area *fine lines. check*

My night time moisturiser, Yves Rocher Hydra Specific Night Moisturiser which promises deep replenishing night care. And deep replenishing night care it gives! And the Hydra Specific range is specially for hydration purposes.

I'm a big fan of Yves Rocher's skincare products because it's all natural, albeit on the heavy cream side. And the smell, oh the smell. I think the French like their things heavily perfumed but I guess it's okay by me because the smell goes away after awhile.. Considering the benefits that it's given me all this while.. I'd say forget about the smell!

The cream is packaged in a clear 50ml jar which I love. I love jars, anything that comes in jars, although unsanitary, *coughs*. I tend to gravitate to anything that comes in a jar packaging because I can dig onto the very last bit unlike tubes that I have to cut them open to half and finish the remaining products.

The colour of the cream comes in white and the texture is pretty heavy, like I say and caution to oily skinned ladies, do apply a pea size amount on your face cause anything bigger than that, will sort of makes you 'sweat' out. Not good, not good. Especially in our humid weather.

The cream is absorbed fairly fast into my skin, especially after I team it up with my serum, the cream just gets absorbed into my skin quickly! As in no greasiness at all, anymore! Yay. And its a bonus point that I wake up with baby soft skin, I kid you not!

I was on a trip a couple of months back and I didn't bring this gem with me.. and thanks to cabin air and everything, my skin was flat out dehydrated and when I came back I immediately put this on and voila! I wake up in the morning to baby smooth skin again!

However, because it's relatively heavy, (it's cream), I sometimes tend to skip this moisturiser when I know I'm not going to bed immediately (I do wash my face sometimes in the evening) because of the humidity levels here, it will make me sweat out ):

But apart from this little complaint, the cream is fine and moisturises my skin fairly well, and I might repurchase this when I run out, during my birthday because Yves Rocher has a buy one free one policy during your birthday month, woohoo!

:D

Yves Rocher Hydra Specific Night Cream can be bought at Yves Rocher retail outlets.

My fav things in the mornings; (especially when I'm running late!); Lioele Water Drop BB

It's midweek already! How's the week been going along for of all you pretty ladies out there? I hope it's good. I finally had the chance to watch Smurfs yesterday (very delayed I know) but it was such a good movie I would watch it again! Gosh. How I wish I could take one Smurf home with me! :D

But let's not get off topic shall we? Today I will be talking about my favorite things in the mornings, you know when you're still sleepy and you roll around for another snooze and the next minute you know you're running late for class and yet you can't walk out of the house barefaced.. Well! Then this BB is for you! :D

Lioele Water Drop BB.

Just as the name suggests this is a moisturising BB which have waterdrops in it to moisturise your skin. The thing that I really like about this BB is because it's sheer. I know it's a pretty weird thing to say because uhhh, shouldn't I want better coverage etc etc? No. Not for me at least. I like the natural look that this BB gives and when you're running late there is no need for too much blending because it's sheer it doesn't make you look as if you've done your makeup in a hurry.

Despite this being a moisturising BB, it does not make me feel like a oil slick! Yay. I have no idea why, but my skin reacts better to things that are high in water content. Perhaps my skin is dehydrated? Hmm.

And yes, the price. This BB retails at Sa Sa at RM95. Worth it? Well it's alright for me. Its a good product to use when you are in a rush or looking for a more natural look, but I prefer something with more coverage when I go for events.

Ingredients: Water, Phenyl Trimethicone, Titanium Dioxide, Cyclopentasiloxane, Alcohol Denat, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor, Talc, PEG-10 Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Witch Hazel Bark/Leaf/Twig Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Peach Fruit Extract, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 dimethicone, Cl 77492, Sodium Citrate, Methylparaben, Chlorphenesin, Butylparaben, Cl 77491, Cl 44799, Fragrance, Cyclohexasiloxane, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Disodium EDTA, Ethyl Methane Carboxamide, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Hexyl Laurate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Citric Acid.

photo credits to: buybbcream.com

Short Break -

Hi peeps! How are your holidays going?

For all my Muslim readers, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and hope you guys have fun during Raya and drive safe along the roads!

For my readers who are not celebrating Raya, hope you enjoy this long holidays!

As for us at OMR, we're taking a short break this week and will be coming back after the Raya holidays. (:

We'll see you then, shall we? :D

Project 10 Pan.. Updates

Hi everybody! How's the week coming along? Good I hope.

Alright, here are some updates on my project, (sorry no pictures cause they're all in the recycle bin already. Hate keeping things too long, I always tend to forget and not throwing and make my room messier than it is already is. Hee.)

So far I've finished 2 moisturisers (Vaseline & Johnson & Johnsons), one lip balm and one day moisturiser. I know its going slow especially on the makeup side but I'm trying my best to bring up the tally, especially on lip balms and foundations cause they take the longest to finish off and cause I have tonnes of them lying around. Resisting the urge to buy makeup is difficult but I know it will pay off when my collection is on an acceptable amount & its also kinder to me wallet! Hee.

How are your projects coming along? Do share!

NYX Rouge Cream Blush in 05 Glow

Been on a blush craze lately, and have stocked up on NYX's cream blushes and am in a love hate relationship with the blushes. Read on to find out why!

The packaging looks like MAC, or so I've been told when mum mistaken the blushes for MAC cream blushes. The blushes come in 3.5g and trust me, it can last you for a long time! The pictures I took does not do a true justice to the blush because in real life it's darker, more of a coral shade.

The blush is creamy and all you need is a little dot, when I said little, I mean really little. I always made a mistake of taking too much and looking like Bozo the Clown. Not a good look ):

Apart from that, this blush gives a real good deal for your cash because you need a little bit only for the apples of your cheeks and the lasting power is pretty good. 5-6 hours before the heats get to me and my whole face looks red ): Oh, and did I mention this is not available locally? Boo! ):

NYX Cream Blush retails at USD 6 and is available at cherryculture.com, nonpareilboutique.com.

Just Curious: What do you do after your hauls?

I know, they said curiosity killed the cat.. But I'm just really really curious! What do you guys do with your hauls? Especially major ones, like in some of my previous posts.

Do you..

Immediately rip them apart and test drive and proclaim that you want a few dozen more of the same thing?

Put them aside and wait until you finish up the existing one and open them up?

Or put them aside and forget about them completely until you found them somewhere?

For me,

I'm a mixture of the first two, especially if its lip balms cause like they say, a girl can never have too many lip balms! :D Yes, that would explain why I have 3 in my bag at the moment.. Hmm. And a gloss.. And a lip stick. And a few dozen more that are opened lying around..

For other items that take quite awhile to finish, ie foundations, eyeliners, I wait until I finish the current one then only I open up another one to replace the existing one.. but sometimes itchy fingers.. you know ;)

I have a friend who rips open everything she buys but she's not a hoarder like me, thank god or else she would have to throw away more stuff than she could manage.. Maybe that explains why she doesn't haul as much as I do.. Which is good I guess. I'm running out of storage space as we speak so I'm pretty selective on my purchases now, which is a good thing.. as far as my purse is concerned. Hee.

Anyway, do let me know what you ladies do with your hauls? I'm curious! :D

Not so latest haul & a mini review

Probably from 3 semesters ago, judging from the books beside the haul. Well, better late than never & a tiny review on it!!

L-R : ELF Bronzing Powders, ELF Studio Lip Stains, ELF Studio High Definition Powder, ELF Studio SPF 45 UVA/UVB Protection Powder, ELF Studio Blush in Berry Merry, ELF blushes, Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse & Stila Made in Your Shade in Medium

ELF Studio Lip Stains - The colours give a matte finish which I absolutely love love love! However, the formula can be a tad too drying if not layered with the clear gloss that comes along with it.

Stila Hydrating Primer SPF 15 - I like it because it has SPF but other than that, not too much to shout about I guess. Oh, the smell.. is horrid. ):

Stila Sheer Colour Tinted Moisturiser SPF 15 in Medium 03 - Ok I like this, which doesn't feel heavy on my skin and is good for those lazy makeup days. Just put this one and I'm ready to go!

Maybelline Smooth Dream Mousse in Creamy Natural - Exact match to my skin!! It was more of a lucky guess because they don't have Creamy Natural in Malaysia and I looked through tonnes of swatches before deciding on purchasing it. Smooth and a dream to blend. I like cream foundations and I usually use my fingers because it's faster. Yay.

What's your latest haul been like? Do share!

Look What I Found..

in Genting Highlands.

A rather unexpected find really, cause I never expected Bath and Body Works to be available in Malaysia, let alone in Genting! So I happily tested the body butters and bought them. Reviews will be coming up soon!

PS: I bought them at Bum City, Bloop Counter for RM38 for one.