Etude House: Baking Powder B.B Deep Cleansing Foam

Hello there!

I was recently in need of a new face wash because I ran out >w<!

I used to use the Clearasil foam face wash which was great, but I felt like my skin was getting used to it, so time for a change!

byebye clearasil!

Hello Etude House!

I decided to use Etude House's foam wash after having a good experience with their foam pore cleanser ^_^ ! Also this was cheap and apparently really popular at the Plaza store so I decided to try~

The 'foam' comes out as white and has little beads in it to help exfoliate and remove dead skin ^^

It has like an orange-ish citrusy smell which is not too strong 

I like that the beads are not too harsh on the skin because my skin is sensitive and I tried a wash where the beads were too strong and it ended up making my skin worse x_x

After my first wash I was incredible surprised! my skin was brighter and my pores were smaller! I wasn't expecting much since the wash was so cheap but wow I had amazing results! 

I now use this wash twice a day (morning & night) and follow with a moisturizer lotion. 

Since this does perhaps take off some layers in order to clean, then it's important to moisturize. It also gets off most of my makeup - which is the purpose of it - but not all..it couldn't get my maybelline eyeliner off, but it could get everything else off!

In Summary~

♡Likes♡

nice smell

exfoliates

brighter skin

smaller pores

skin feels incredibly clean

Dislikes

doesn't get all makeup off

Etude House: Rosy Tint Lips #03 & #04 [Review]

Hello there~!

I absolutely love lip tints! And I always buy them haha >w<! 

so after reading some reviews, I decided to try the Etude House: Rosy Lip Tints! 

using #3

left to right: #3 & #4 (Sweet Poison?)

#03

dotted, slightly spread, slightly padded

#04

dotted, slightly spread, slightly padded

Like all the other reviews I've read, the tube is VERY hard to squeeze which makes it a little frustrating to use, but I absolutely love the color and smell! I love anything that has a nice rose smell ^_^ also I like the direct application..as much as I like other liquid tints with wands, having a direct way to use is much more easier for me.
Another problem I had was the tube's sponge - it can easily collect a lot of bacteria so that made me a bit uneasy to buy the lip tint >< also when wiping off the lip tint as I usually do so it doesn't get on my food and utensils, the color is very light, almost unnoticeable on my lips TwT Also the matte finish somehow highlights the dry parts of my lips..so before application I have to put a colorless lip balm

But other than that I do like this product a lot, also there are nice colors to choose from :)

In Summary~

♡Likes♡
unique design
cute colors to choose from
matte finish
nice smell
easy to apply

Dislikes
hard to squeeze
highlights dry areas

Have you tried this product? What do you think about it?

If not, would you be willing to purchase it?

Let me know in the comments~!

Thanks for reading!
Have a happy day ^_^ 

Too Faced: Natural Face Natural Radiance Face Palette [Review]

Hello my lovelies~!

It's 5:30 in the morning here in tokyo and I can't sleep ^_^

so I thought I'd write a quick review about the 

Too Faced Natural Face Palette!

I was originally looking/hoping for Michelle Phan's contouring stick to be sold in sephora so I could get some points even though there's no sephora in Japan..but sadly she doesn't have her line in sephora :( 

so I decided to find another contouring type thing to try :) I decided on the natural face palette!, it's a little pricey (about $40 x_x) but i have had my share of bad makeup used for contouring (you'll see later) and this was worth the investment! 

I always love the simple elegance look of Too Faced products :)) 

it comes with 3 cards for makeup tutorials, I haven't tried them yet, not sure if I will..these cards were so hard to take out haha, after putting them back in, I'm not sure if I want to even attempt to try to take them out again...

I did try one of the cards ^_^ here~!

So top palette is the palette I used to use for my contouring..and bottom is the too faced palette..

I feel like the too faced palette is a massive improvement to my contouring makeup xwx!

The Too Faced palette comes with: bronze veil, powder blush, creme blush, cream concealer, cream luminize, and finally a cream brightener. For the cream things I use my fingers to apply and I absolutely love it! 

The bronze veil is lighter than what I am used to but it definitely helps the more natural look:)

Again, using the bronze veil on one side, can you see the difference :)?

contouring my nose & face done~!

I don't really care for the blush colors, but I don't really use blush either so I guess it's not really a big deal.. I absolutely LOVE the brighten and luminize cremes! I use them both for contouring my nose bridge and it makes such a difference ! The concealer is not too bad, but since I use this palette mostly to contour I sometimes forget about the concealer haha!

It's definitely on the pricier side but I think it is worth the money. I have a small nose and chubby cheeks so naturally I want to make my nose look higher and my cheeks look smaller, this really helps make that possible, but also very natural! So I'm very happy with this and would definitely recommend!

Have you tried this product? I'd love to hear your experience too! 

Feel free to leave a comment :)

Acuvue 1 Day Define - Natural Shine [Revew]

Hello there my lovelies~!

if you didn't know, I absolutely LOVE colored lenses/circle lenses!

who wouldn't want to have cuter, bigger eyes >w<! 

not saying people that don't use them aren't cute!

but the lenses always make me feel more confident :)

Info on the Lenses 

because the eye doctors were really nice in the Shibuya Biccamera place, they gave me all three colors to try out^_^ however I only have pictures of my favorite one hehe.


The colors that the contacts come in :)
accent style
vivid style
☆Natural Shine☆

My friend Sona really likes accent style since it has more of a grey tinge and makes her black eyes more grayer and she likes it :)
Also I think famous j-pop idol Tomomi Itano uses them sometimes, when I see her commercials or poster ads then I can def see that vivid style ^_^

DIA: 14.2

BC: 8.5

I have brown eyes so I really thought I would have loved the vivid style...but I ended up not liking the vivid style because theres no line that borders the eye, so it looked really weird imo x_x and I just wanted a more natural color that made my eyes pop a bit more x3

hi

Daylight ^_^

right eye has the lense in it no eye makeup ^_^

Indoor ^_^

right eye has the lense in it no eye makeup ^_^

little bit makeup :) 

I have tried quite a few circle lenses because I do admire that dolly cutesy look, but for some reason I felt that the lenses did not match me and it made me look weird >< so I really like these because it is so natural and cute! I also didn't care for the regular circle lenses you wear everyday because you need to clean them often and my eyes would get irritated of them so easily >< but with these, its one pair per day for 30 days! so its great to use and good for the eyes ^_^

You can also check out my Dolly Makeup  using these lenses if you like :)


So far I used the entire 30 day pack and I've had no problems with these :) no complaints! these are great for people who want more dramatic eyes but also a more natural look !def recommend:)

Thanks for reading ^_^ have you also tried these lenses? I'd love to hear about your experience too! please feel free to comment below~!

Etude House: Dear Darling Tint #02 Real Red [Review]

Hello lovely readers~!  Today I want to do a review of Etude House's Dear Darling Tint

I was a little apprehensive about buying an Etude House tint since their first tint (I totally forgot the name lol)..the first tint was the cylinder bottle? yeah I didn't like that one because the color did not stay very well so it was a worthless buy imo. But since this was so cheap (500yen) I decided to try it out! 

That's what I really love about Etude House, the products are cheap, cute packaging, and decent quality! And I must say, I absolutely LOVE this tint! A warning tho, it does not work well with lip concealer..I tried but the tint ending up doing really weird things. Y'know when you try to write on glossy tape?? the ink gets weird..same thing happened when I tried to use this tint with lip concealer..!

-ok it has been 3 hours and WOW this is still on!!!- 

happy happy >w<

Cute and simple as expected of Etude House<3

my lips nothing on them

the new wand is angled! so great!

just like the tony moly tints! 

i think an angled brush is easier to use for lips

Etude House' first lip tint's wand was straight, cute but i didn't like it

one coat, just painted - super super red!

wiped of so we can see the staining power!

after 30min

considering i had my doubts about this product since their first lip tint wasn't so great (I had cherry because I oh so admire red lips!)....this was a great update to their lip tints!!! So happy I've had no problems with this! (besides the lip concealer part, but I don't wear lip concealer too often so no worries there haha). Considering red lips is IN this fall and winter season here in Japan, I plan to wear this as often as I can hehe and at only 500yen! This product deserves 

As always, thank you so very much for reading~! 

Japan Dolly Wink Makeup Black Mascara II - 01 Long [Review]

Hey guys! It's been a while! (sorry)

But I have a review today about Japanese makeup brand Dolly Wink!

It is a makeup brand produced by famous gyaru model Tsubasa Masuwaka!

I normally do not buy makeup that is not waterproof...

but I love Tsubasa Masuwaka too much so I just HAD to have this haha!

It was a set purchase that included Dolly Wink 01 Long Mascara and a cute Liquid Eyeliner.

The selling point of the mascara (written on the package) is that it makes your lashes LONG

and it is easy to remove:) ! which is quite convenient !

The product was quite cheap in my opinion..which is another reason why I really like Dolly Wink

it's a good product and the price is not that bad! About $15-$16(usd) for eyeliner AND mascara!

thats good!

Here is the eyeliner up close, cute packaging right! 

also why i love dolly wink hehe

the top line is when i pressed lightly on my hand

the bottom line is when i pressed the eyeliner with more pressure

the eyeliner is ok, it's pretty dark, but not too dark..

I really like the brush because of its fine tip and it goes on very smoothly 

Now on to the Mascara! super cute packaging right! 

The mascara is supposed to

☆ last through sweat 

☆ be removed easily 

☆ keep your curl

Here is the brush up close! I like brushes like these because it is easy to get the bottom lashes too :)

I prefer the straight brush to any other brush actually..>w<

okay~~let's try the mascara&eyeliner! 

no makeup

curled lashes (no mascara)

here is the eyeliner, i think its like any other type of liquid liner?

but the application is so smooth i love it!

adding in the mascara on the upper and lower lash line!

I don't always do the bottom lashes cus the mascaras I normally use make it too thick

but because the dolly wink one is so light, it coats every single lash lightly and perfectly

I really, really love it!

comparison!

left eye: no makeup

right eye: liner+mascara

can you see the difference >w< ?

overall I really like this product; the packaging and product itself is great so I would rate it 

as much as i love this product, I think i can only wear it in winter time haha! I hope she can make a waterproof ver of this mascara cus I absolutely LOVE IT!

Etude House: Christmas Miracle Nails! [Review]

Helloo~!~! so a week or so ago I did the Mint Frappe Nail review from etude house, well I was so happy about the outcome, I wanted to try another set of 3 colors from Etude :) so, in the spirit of christmas, I bought this! it was about 700yen which is pretty prices 

so the silver and pink are for the tips

or well you can use it however you want but I used the silver and pink (the two on the left and middle) for the tips of my nails and the baby pink (the one on the right) for the bottom part 

1 layer of the baby pink - so light!  

after about 4 layers

SO PINK!

with silver :)

silverrr

with pink

the pink is actually very subtle and pretty much blends in with the baby pink for some reason! 

this was super fun! i really love doing my nails :) I have gotten a lot more compliments for the silver tips than the pink tips though haha, I want to buy a sheer-ish white nail polish and have that with the silver tips, that would be nice wouldn't it?

well anyway, this was just like the Mint Frappe Nails, with the 3 steps which is pretty cool :) it was a lot of fun, what I really like is that there are so many possibilities for the kind of design and style you want to do, I don't think it was worth 700yen but I guess since it's christmas that's the only reason the price was so high :) 

so all in all I really liked this ~!~!~!~! I hope to get another set..haha maybe....

Etude House: Juicy Gradation Nails: #4 Mint Frappe

Living in the fashion center of Japan is quite a challenging lifestyle! So many of the girls I see on the street are super dressed up, you would not expect them to be a university student, the look more like they are going on a date or going out to the mall, and because they look and dress so great I feel I have to do the same! SO i bought this lovely item from Etude House in Shinjuku Station :)!

The instructions are pretty straight forward - no matter what language the instructions are in haha! but nontheless this was super fun and can't wait to do it again :3

so nice they labeled everything :) 1,2,3

after about 4 coats of #1 ! 

after about 3 coats of #2 !

after about 3-4 coats of #3!

FIERCEEEE!!!

I guess it was sort of expected that this project would have to be a lot of layers >< ! not very healthy for the nails but this was pretty cheap around $4.00 :) so all in all it was a super fun project and I couldn't be happier with the result :) i've gotten so many compliments and I would love to try the other colors!

Packaging: 5/5

Price: 5/5

Result: 5/5

5/5 ^___^