Etude House x Disney 's Minnie Wink Lash #01 Up Lash

I got the Minnie Wink Upper Lashes from my Sasa haul a while back. They cost USD $ 3.90, but retails for around NZD $10 on Ebay last I checked. :O 

The lashes came out from the Etude x Disney XOXO collection last year. 

They have the criss-cross pattern and are actually brown false eyelashes. 

It makes a huge difference having them on.

Here's a picture of the lashes on.

Side view.

Final verdict : Natural and cute lashes. Can be worn to achieve the droopy-eye effect. They're lightweight, easy to put on. The lash band is clear. Pretty flexible. I feel like it will get worn out easily. :| I like them! Would recommend them to a beginner!

XOXO

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First Sasa.com MiniHaul!

I'm back today with my first Sasa.com Haul! 

Sasa has physical stores around Asia but was originally from Hong Kong. They're pretty much an Asian Sephora that offers heaps of asian beauty products. I've bought some cheap-as-pretty nail polishes from their store at The Spring Mall back in Malaysia. 

They had the special free shipping above purchases USD $ 39 so I was like, why not? And they had better prices for some of the Dolly Wink eyelashes. That's much more reasonable than getting overpriced cosmetics here. PPssh.

Anyway, here's my purchase.

That's around NZD $ 48 which is pretty reasonable since they're probably be outrageously priced when they get here. I actually went to the asian beauty store at Church Corner and they had the same Dolly Wink eyelashes for NZD $ 25 each. :(

3/5/2014

Placed my order.

5/5/2014

Order was dispatched from Singapore.

14/5/2014

Arrived at NZ Post. Signature was required, but was not at home to collect it.

15/5/2014

Picked it up at the post office.

I couldn't help it. I had to unwrap it in my car.

Package was bubble-wrapped nicely and the box was filled with those plastic peanuts thingy. 

Here's my Mini Lash Haul! Shall review them soon!

Taken from Instagram @joanneeelim

My verdict :

My experience with Sasa.com was pleasant. Hassle-free. They have special free shipping offers from time to time, so that's good if you're from overseas! I'll probably recommend on doing smaller purchases if you do not want to get taxed because Sasa states the exact value of the package. 

I've already done my second order from them! Til then, I will be saving up until I get back to Malaysia and head to their physical store and go nuts!

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The thing about cosmetics : Etude House's Precious Mineral Cotton Fit BB Cream in Natural Beige Review

Your search for Yellow Undertones Korean BB Creams is over!!

*Drum Roll*

I've always wanted to try out Etude House line of BB Creams, not because my sister told me about Dara being one of the endorsers, but they are one of the few company (I know of!) that does the yellow undertones for BBs. So, I ordered the Natural Beige samples on Ebay.

And this is how they look.

Swatch'd onto my arm.

Blending time.

And now, onto the face.

Details on the Precious Mineral BB Cotton Fit (What was advertised by EtudeHouse):

• SPF30/PA++


• Whitening & Anti-Wrinkle & Anti-Darkening


• Paraben Free ( :D!!! ), Artificial dyes Free, Benzophenone Free

Face in Contact : Natural look.

• Skintone - Yellow/Orange


• Consistency - Light on the skin, Velvety, Easy to blend, Matte Finish


• Coverage : Medium, buildable.


• Not moisturizing enough.

Long-lastingness level : 5ish hours without primer

• The oil control is probably not bad. I usually put this on when I have work (kitchen area) and it did not seem to ooze a lot of oil out.

 Scent : Smells like yeast.

• Not a big fan of the smell. :<

Price : NZD $ 6.03 for 10 samples, The 60g pump bottles costs around NZD $15-17 on Ebay.

• Pretty affordable.

Overall thoughts :

It wasn't one of those things that I fell in love with at first. But in time, I grew attached to it. I use it almost everyday for work. I learnt that this one actually fits MORE closely to my skintone when it oxidises. It did not break me out badly. But, the downside is - I can see flaky skin when I apply it on my dry skin (upper T-zone area again!!). I never had major problems with flaky skin, but recently maybe because the Yes to Cucumber wipes has been exfoliating my skin when I wipe the BB off my face. I should stop using those make up wipes. Sigh. Or maybe I should get a new moisturizer.

If it wasn't for my dry skin. Damn. But yes definitely a go to BB Cream for fairer skintones with yellow undertones!

Great BB Cream for the natural ulzzang look. :P And yes, I did use this BB Cream in my previous post.

xx

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