Review of Fairy Drops & Maybelline Volume Express

Happy Belated Halloween!

Sorry a day late to wish you all. Anyway, hope you all had an enjoyable night last night. As for me, i have been bitten by the flu bug. So, had to stay at home to nurse my flu away. Seems like i am always falling sick lately.

Moving on to something i did today, had time on my hands and utilized it to do a review of Fairy Drops against Maybelline Volume Express.

Fairy Drops on the left and Maybelline VE on the right. (I just found out that FD is under Mandom)



The description on FD cover



The unique wand (this reminds me about Rimmel's mascara)



Maybelline VE wand



My bare naked eyelash


I don't use any primer or curler before applying the mascara. Here are the results:

As you can see, FD doesn't really lengthen the lashes as much as VE.



Side View
Both don't really curl the lashes too. However, if used with curler, it should give a good result.


Top View

VE is so obviously longer than FD.


Front view

With this review done, i can definitely say that Maybelline Volume Express gives good volume and lengthening effects. FD is not that clumpy as compared to VE. This can always be solved with a lash comb. Both are are not that easy to remove maybe because of my lousy eye makeup remover (from Missha). Anyone can recommend a good one to me?

All in all, i love both mascaras eventhough FD fall short of my expectation. I still like it because of the pink packaging. Haha! I've been using VE for a while now and am loving it. I do have other mascaras like Lancome, Sasa and Rimmel which i don't find as good as VE. I have a new one from Body Shop which i have yet to open. It's blue! Shall do a review on it some day. Hope you guys find this review helpful.

Update: I just saw the tube of VE, it states 'Hypercurl' but it didn't really curled my lashes that well.

He Qi Crystal Designs New Moon Giveaway

Spread the word! He Qi Crystal Designs is having a New Moon Giveaway. Go take a look and join in!

Last Haul Before November Comes

This is my last haul before my next pay day! Some stuff i got from Watsons:


Palmer's Olive Body Butter & Good Look hair mousse

The body butter has a really refreshing smell which i liked a lot. Initially wanted to get some lotion but saw this and thought of trying it. It is really moisturizing and has anti aging peptide complex (whatever that means). The hair mousse is really affordable, only $5.90 as compared to other brands like L'oreal, Sexy Girl, etc, which are usually above $10. However, it doesn't really hold my curls and tend to make them frizzy. Boo..I'll just stick to my styling gel (will post a picture of it next time).

Some face products: Activa Brightening Mask (less than $3), Fairy Drops Mascara (!!) & Biore Cleansing Oil Cotton Sheets.


The Cleansing Oil cotton sheets really work wonders. I usually buy the small packet as it's more convenient and i can just toss it in my gym bag. It's cheap as well. Around $3.

I really really like the packaging of Fairy Drops coz it's pink! The wand is unique, as you can see on the cover. I have not opened it yet, but have tried the demo at Watsons. I think it's pretty good. Perhaps i could do a review of this against another brand of mascara.


Ending my post with a NOTD. This is done with one of the $1 nail polish. This color is really sweet in person (i mean the color, not me, hehe).

Without flash


With flash

The texture is bad, not smooth at all, creates streaks and worst of all, the polish in the bottle is drying. This is just the first application! That's the result of $1 nail polish i guess >.<

Nail Polish & Magazines Haul

I got some really cheap nail polishes at Tg Pagar MRT station on Wednesday. The polish was going for $1 each!! I also got a base, top coat, nail art pen and glitter nail art polish.

The base and top coat was $5 for both. The nail art pen that i got could create 3-D type of design, which is something new that i learned about. From the photo it looks like blue but actually it's purple. The glitter polish was in gold.

The $1 nail polishes:


Look at this bottle, with a big diamante on top. Kawaii!


The SA also recommended this Cuticle Revitaliser Oil, which i find quite effective. Although the brand on it states OPI but i doubt it's original. It costs only $10 for 3 (i got it together with the other 2 nail art polishes).


It came with a Stila Lip Glaze type of brush, which is quite neat! No spilling.


Some magines with GWP.

Chic Magazine, only $2.80, with a nail polish GWP:


I chose the color Star Coral 12077:


Sweet Japanese Magazine, with Charlotte Ronson makeup pouch and matching scrunchie in leopard print ~ Lurve

Really 'sweet'~~


Finally, a Hello Kitty mook, it is so so so adorable!


I have not opened it yet, so just took a close up photo of how the bag looks like:

I really should stop spending anymore $ this month. I am very broke now. This happens to me whenever mid/end of the month approaches. =(

Make Me Blushhh First Year Anniversary Giveaway

Make Me Blushhh is having a first year anniversary giveaway. It's interesting because she has divided into a series of giveaways so that more people can win. It's so thoughtful of her. This is the first one:

The Prize:

• OPI Nail Polish
• LUSH Snowcake Soap
• Dior DiorShow Mascara sample

How To Enter/Win:

• Leave a comment telling her the kind of makeup/cosmetics products interests you the most (i.e color makeup, nail polish, skin care products etc)
• Your comment will count as 1 entry

Extra Entries

• Being a follower earns you a extra entry
• Mentioning this giveaway on your blog (include the link on your comment)

In total you can earn up to 3 entries by doing all of the above. She will randomly choose a winner among all the entries. Giveaway ends October 26, 2009 at 12:00AM



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The second giveaway:

The Prize:

• The Face Shop nail polish
• Flowery nail decals
• Glittery nail deco pack

How To Enter/Win:

• You must be a follower of the blog or a subscriber
• Leave a comment recommending her a nail polish shade for the winter, include link if possible, i.e. Essie Chinchilly
• She will select the winner based on the shade she like best
  

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Basically the prizes are awesome. I am totally joining both but first, i need to research on some winter nail polish colours!

Review: Watsons Bird's Nest Essence Facial Mask

Hi. As promised, this is my review about the Bird's Nest Mask that i got last week, especially done for Pris. =) I've never done any review before, but i do hope this will help you to decide whether to get this mask.

Photo of the product:
Ingredients (sorry couldn't get it in 1 photo, so separated it into 2):

I like this mask as it has a plastic sheet which comes with the mask, ensuring you don't have to unfold the mask in a mess, you know, with the essence dripping. Once i put it on, it gives a cooling feeling even though i did not put it in the fridge beforehand. Usually i do put my mask in the fridge to cool it first.

It recommends to wait for 15 to 20 minutes before removing it. After that, there will still be some essence on your face, which you need to gently massage into your face.

I would say it doesn't really have an immediate effect that you can see with the naked eye. Although my face is the oily type, it doesn't make my face oilier, which is a good point. I can't think of any con of this product. On the box, it states that it will leave your skin silky smooth, with a natural radiance. There are 6 pieces in a box, which could last me for 1 month plus i guess. Would i repurchase? Yes of course unless i find a better mask to replace this. Hehe..

Never Ending Haul

Happy Deepavali! Before the weekend started, i've already bought some stuff which i kinda regretted. Anyway, the damage has been done, sadly. I was passing by Raffles Place at Chevron House when i chanced upon the Lancaster roadshow. It reminded me about the SMS that i received about the goodies bag. So, i went over to ask about it and as always, it's already fully redeemed. =( I was going to leave when i saw the Retinology was on display there. To make a long story short, i went away with a bag filled with Lancaster stuff.


I had a sample of this product previously from a magazine freebie. It was quite good as my skin looks smoother and brighter with continuous use of the product. It states that it lifts your face, making it look younger. I don't feel that though. The one i bought is 30ml which is quite ok considering you only need less than a pea size of it per application. Let's hope it will justify its price, $138! To me, it's quite pricey. I got some freebies though.


Also dropped by Watsons to look around and they were having a promo. Buy any 1 box of their in-house mask, get 2 pieces of masks free. I bought the Bird Nest one and got the Rose Water& Chamomile for free.


Had been wanting to get a red color lipstick for awhile now, and thought this Maybelline one looks ok.


Swatch - not very nice boo


Other random stuff i picked up.


Today, went to Orchard to meet my mom after her work and got some magazines from Prologue, a book shop in Ion. Wanted to get them coz of the GWP! Read about this from Haru's blog.


Elle had 3 freebies - The Body Shop Love Etc EDP 2ml, a pouch and a Biotherm White D-tox Nuit. Super worthy! Amica came with one i nouvi Liptreat. This is not bad too.


After reading so much about Etude House, i finally know where to find it in Singapore. The place is really quite hard to find if you are not familiar with Orchard area. It's located near to the MRT exit to CK Tang from Ion. Today they had a free mask for every person who walked into their store, i think even without purchase.

These are some stuff i got:

O2 White Mask Sheet is the freebie, while i got the Pomegranate mask, a couple of nail polish and a pink eyeshadow. The eyeshadow is really shimmery. Forgot to do a swatch though. Hehe..


Ending my post with a NOTD:

Gold Shimmer from Majolica Majorca

I think my post seems a little advertorial today. Haha..but no worries, it is not. I am simply a girl who cannot control the shopaholic inside her. I wish i was more of a 'save-aholic'!