The Blackmentos Beauty Box

Monday, 2 April 2012

Quick look: Dior Addict Ultra Gloss in 732! (swatches)

Here's one of the few Dior Addict lipglosses I have! I love them all! Marketed to be filled with hyaluronic acid to keep the lips hydrated and filled with reflective particles these are really one of the fancy lipglosses that live up to the hype.

Continue below for a quick review and swatches!

Dior Addict Ultra Gloss in 732!

Review: Shiseido Aqua Label whitening foam cleanser and cream!

Aqual label is a more inexpensive sister line of Shiseido! I picked these products up last December and have been consistently using them since! I've gotten results and shall be sharing them with you in this post!

Continue below for reviews on the foam cleanser and cream!

Shiseido Aqualabel white clear foam cleanser!

Haul: Very late make up/skin care goodies from Dec 2011! (Pic heavy w Japanese/Korean brands)

Just photos from a haul mom and I did when there were great deals going on store wide in Watsons last Decemeber! Enjoy the photos! If you are interested in anything, drop me a question below and I'll see if I can help!

If you didn't know, it's very uncommon to have deals or discounts at beauty shops or pharmacies in Singapore. So whenever there's a 15% or 20% (which is the norm) that's when people tend to buy more than just one or two products.

In December Watsons had a 30% off sale on most make up and 20% off on most other products in store and it was packed, crazy and people were stocking up like nuts! I love seeing people so enthuastic!

Products currently CANNOT be exchanged or refunded once opened/used in Singapore. This is the same in the UK unlike in the states, so you really have to swatch in the store for make up and research before hand for skin care!

If you like korean/japanese make up, BB creams and such...there's lots of picture below! Enjoy!

Quick look: Maybelline color sensational lipstick in Totally Toffee! (swatches)

This was my first color sensational lipstick from Maybelline and it's a favorite of mine! Been loving brown toned nudes to tone down the brightness of my naturally very pigmented lips!

Continue below for a quick review and before and after pictures!

Maybelline color sensational lipstick in 215 Totally Toffee...

Review: Hada Labo AHA/BHA Exfoliating Face Wash (Japanese skincare)

I picked this up in early January after having done research on AHA (alpha hydroxy acid) and BHA (salicylic acid) properties. How the chemical exfoliates may be best for sensitive skin. Hada Labo is famous for their hydrating line of skin care and especially their hyaluronic acid.

I'm not buying into the 'lock the moisture' into your skin thing, especially if you're after long term benefits but I saw this and decided I needed to try a new defoliator as my skin really needs consistent exfoliation to keep bump free.

Hada Labo AHA/BHA exfoliating face wash

Special: 100th blog post featuring Too Faced Natural Eye Kit!

So happy to say this is my 100th blog post! To celebrate here's photos of something I attained a month ago which I am in love with!

This is just one of the things I got from the States through someone my brother knew.

It's avaliable here at Sephora but is more than double the price, although after seeing photos of the newest Summer 2012 palette I wouldn't mind paying full price!

No swatches sorry, Karla Sugar and many other blogs have excellent swatches of the all the shades and since there isn't much product in each smaller shadows I hope I don't hit pan too soon on any of these because they are amazing!

Continue below for more photos and a quick review!

Too Faced Natural Eye Neutral Eyeshadow Collection.....so gorgeous!

Blog update: 99th blog post! (Spaghetti, scallops, roasted greens!)

To celebrate my 99th blog post, here's what we had for dinner some weeks ago! Just one more to 100....

Thank you for anyone visiting, reading or following my blog!

Pictures all in XL because delicious food must be seen in detail!

Delicious home cooked dinner! Pork steak, roasted greens, butter scallops and spaghetti!

Mini Haul: Skin Food nail polishes & eyeliner brush! (swatches)

Here's a mini nail polish haul I did a while ago...I rarely buy much nail polish but I'd actually finished a bottle of my favorite gray shade from skin food.

At the same time I chose a couple more and picked up another eyeliner brush for gel lining which I featured and reviewed in my Kate gel eyeliner post here!

The majority of my nail polishes are from The Face Shop or Skin Food, I've got a couple Sally Hansen, Revlon and some cheaper asian brands.

The Face Shop and Skin Food products are Korean and are all made in Korea.

Continue below for the review and swatches!

Nail polish haul from Skin Food!

Shopping Haul: Clothes from EXPORT in Phnom Penh (during visit)

Hello all! Another thank you to new followers! This is great motivation to continue blogging through the busy times!

I've got two big deadlines this week so tonight's probably the last posts until this weekend or next week!

This is a haul of all the casual clothes I got when I was in Cambodia visiting my classmates and staying with my best friend during my January school break.

I bought everything here at a franchaise shop there called "EXPORT", they sell goods from brands like Abercromie & fitch, hollister, target brands, jc penny brands, dockers, ralph polo, kipling...just big names...a lot and much of these brands produce their goods in cambodia, vietnam, thailand before it's shipped off to be sold. I'm assuming some maybe slight rejects but most are not, they even have the tags for selling in store overseas.

Now with shops like this it's great for tourists to pick up casual and for men, formal and work wear at much cheaper prices than regular, if you need something altered like pants shorter....it's just a dollar at the local market that'll take a short while.

Cambodia uses US dollars so all costs are so. I spent about $120 US for all this! I would've bought more but I didn't have enough on me!

Clothes haul from Export in Phnom Penh Cambodia!

Quick look: Revlon Colorburst Lipbutter in Brown Sugar! (swatches!)

It's official! I spotted Revlon colorburst lip butters just about two weeks ago at Watsons, Gaurdian and at Revlon stands in NTUC! I grabbed a copy of the advert pamphlet laying tucked away at the side!

The bad news is that we only have 8 shades out of 21! Boo hoo!!

I picked up 020 Brown sugar with a 20% off at Watsons so I paid about $12 SGD instead of the U.P. of $15.95!