Dolly Eyes from Diamond Lashes's First Series (REVIEW)

I've been doing alot of research on Gyarus eversince my sudden urge for Japanese cosmetics. Bare in my mind, I'm still very much into Korean cosmetics! :)

Gyaru (ギャル, "gal") culture has evolve eversince the early twenties. Mainstream gyaru make up today is more shifted 'otona', the softer side. One thing you would noticed from the picture is the emphasis on the eyes. See how it pops out with the addition of falsies! Word on the blogsphere, Diamond Lashes produces one of the most popular Japanese falsies.

I actually bought this falsies last year, took me ages to get to them.

These eyelashes were so dramatic that I had to...

Put some lower lash. I don't even have that much lower eyelash to balance it up. I only had the cheap China-made ones at that time so it will have to do. Note to self don't ever get the cheap ones.

Then again, it turned out alright. My first time putting on falsies, not quite what I pictured it to be.

And last but no least, you won't have the Dolly Look until you stare into the camera blankly!

Final verdict : Love it. I wouldn't wear them out everyday tough. Lash band might be a tad bit obvious. They tend to get heavier as time goes by. They're pretty easy to remove. Not much complaint! DEFINITELY GIVE THEM A GO IF YOU ARE INTO FALSIES! 

4 out of 5.

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Cheesie's GEO Rainbow Color Choco Brown Lenses Review

If you don't know who Cheesie is, I would assume that you are not from where I am originally from! HELLO THAR. Thanks for stopping by. Brace yourself for a long as post.

Cheesie is one of the top bloggers in Malaysia. She blogs about fashion and Japan alot. She's like your online personal guide to Japan. Like, seriously. 

Let's get back to the important part. She started her line of cosmetics circle lenses. CLICK HERE for more details. You can find the non-powered ones in West Malaysia's Sasa stores, but I heard they were sold off. You'll have better luck heading to Tokyoninki to buy them, but some of the nicer colors are out of stock tough. I only got to know about her circle lenses when she released the second line of her circle lenses. The 3-tone lenses from her first series look fabber. :((((

After much contemplation, I decided to get them since the site had the BUY 3 FREE 1 package. If Sasa sold them, that means that they are pretty reliable right? Sasa is the Asian Sephora for those of you who don't know already! 

Mind you, I did went a wee bit crazy with my purchase from Tokyoninki. 

What I bought:

BUY 3 FREE 1 PACKAGE , MYR $174.00

• RainbowColor Aurora Ash
• RainbowColor Vivid Brown
• RainbowColor Choco Brown
• RainbowColor Ocean Blue

RainbowColor Earth Brown MYR $29.00

Total cost : MYR $203.00 ~ around NZD $74.00 

Shipping is free when you spend MYR $200+. What a steal if you ask me!  It took one month for me to receive the package tough, even with a tracking number. There were issues with the Postal Service in Malaysia. The package was supposed to be sent to New Zealand but ended up in New York instead. And USPS even redirected it to New Jersey. Chloe, the person from Tokyoninki who I was dealing with, was really nice about it, did follow up with me by sending in a complaint. 

The whole ordeal was a mess and reminded me how I should never used the normal postal service in Malaysia. Sigh. 

On the bright side, I've received my lenses.  

I'll be reviewing the GEO RainbowColour Choco Brown Lenses. 

Manufacturer: RainbowColor

Diameter: 14.2mm

Country of origin: Korea

Life Span: 3 months disposable 

Base Curve: 8.6mm

It was supposed to look like this:

It looked slightly darker on my eyes:

Comfort level : Not bad. My eyes got a little dried after hitting the 3rd-4th hour. May need to pop in eye drops from now and then.

Design : Simple, but the limbal ring makes it more obvious when you are looking at them more closely. You can work this lenses without any make up on. Booyeah!

It looks natural from afar tough.

This photo was taken using the front camera of a phone. It does look like there is slight enlargement in my irises.

My final verdict :

4 out of 5.

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The thing about bath products : Lush's Collective Haul and Reviews

Guess what I was hooked onto - those overpriced Lush products. The picture above was actually from my second visit. :p Staying near Northlands Mall has not been good for my bank account.

What is Lush? Lush is a company that creates handmade beauty products. Their products are made of "fresh organic fruit and vegetables, the finest essential oils and safe synthetics." They are also against animal testing.

I actually first heard about Lush from my mother. One of my cousins bought one of their soaps as a souvenir from the US for Mum. I've only started snooping around Lush after seeing rave reviews about their dry shampoo online. And decided to pop by their store to check it out but the smaller version of the dry shampoo has been sold out. :( Instead, I bought their Jungle conditioner bar.

Lush's Jungle Conditioner Bar are solid conditioners created to 'tame your mane.'

Price      : NZD $10.50

Will I repurchase it? No. This conditioner was a total miss for me. I figured there were no pros that were evident enough. It works the same way as a normal one would work. :s I tried cutting them up to smaller pieces, it just completely fell apart. Felt like it could melt really easily. Not really that solid for a solid conditioner! The other 'ewww' side is that it contains Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. There is enough info about that to push this bar into the gutter! Please do your research before you buy something, Jo! :|  

For my second visit, I went to their bath bars section and picked up Butterball Bath Bomb and Amandopondo Bubble Bar. They look and smell gorgeously harmless compared to the others. I like the idea of explosion of colors, but don't think I like the idea of having them in contact with my skin.

First off, the Butterball Bath Bomb.

This bath bomb is actually my favourite product of my purchases. It not only stays true to its description, was also heaps of fun to play with!

This picture shows the aftermath of letting it fizz in your bath. Those yellow bits are cocoa butter.

I made a mistake of not cutting it, cause it doesn't work the same way if you let it dry after your first wash. :( 

Price : NZD $ 6.50 (lasted for two washes, sadly)

Will I repurchase it? YESYES! Love the vanilla and cocoa butter scent. It is moisturizing enough! IT DOES NOT CONTAIN SLS. YEEEH. The only downside was it was hard as a rock. LOL. 

Last but not least, the Amandopondo Bubble Bar.

Price : $NZD 8.90

Will I repurchase it? No. To put it bluntly, it makes white foamy bubbles. It contains SLS too. Ew.  It didn't really do anything for me.

Total experience : I swear walking into their stores is like entering Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Great presentation skills. Their sales ladies were uber friendly too. Plus, big thumbs up to Lush with being honest with what ingredients they put in their products. I'll probably steer clear away from their products that contain SLS since I tend to get irritated by it. 

Anyway, I'll probably do one last haul before I move back.

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Kpop2 review

Just thought I should share with you all - my experience purchasing from Kpop2.com. Too many sponsored reviews about the site.

Kpop2.com is a online circle lenses shop based in Korea, sells FDA-approved circles lenses with price ranges from $7.99 to $35.99, mostly $10.99 but they do sell toric lenses (they cost more tough). Shipping rate is around $8-10. Free shipping is provided if you spend $80+.

What I bought :

• Eyeteck Misha Lenses (Brown - 30 days) , USD $7.99
• NeoVision Dali Brown, USD $10.99
• Neo Vision Monet Grey, USD $10.99

Shipping : USD $8.00 (Registered mail with tracking number)

Total cost : USD $37.97 --> around NZD $45

All of them were the power of -4.00, sent with free lenses cases for each pair.


Timeline
25/12/2013
Paid via Paypal.

27/12/2013
Order was shipped.

7/1/2013
Package received.

8/3/2013
Realised one of my Eyeteck Brown Lenses was defective, sent a complaint.

9/3/2013
Was asked to sent a picture of it.

12/3/2013
Sent in the picture.

12/3/2013 {Man, they replied quickly.}

Got their reply :

Thank you for contact kpop2. We see your misha brown circle lenses -4/-4.

If you ok, we send again your next order? Because shipping cost is high.

Are you ok? ^^ We want happy with you. Thank you.

12/3/2014

AND! All I could say was :

Yes thank you.

LOL. I'm such an airhead sometimes, I didn't even got to think it through when they said "we send again your next order". 

9/4/2014

Saw Tran's review on Kpop2.com while browsing the net. zomgipanicked.

I emailed them again : 

Would it be possible to get a refund for my lenses instead? Since I had free insurance for them.

SEE WHAT I DID THAR. thankyouTran.

9/4/2014
They replied :

OK! We are refund to your money $7.99

Please check again your paypal account.

If you have a problem, contact us.

Thank you, have a nice day! :)

Got refunded via paypal. YAY!

Honestly, I think I was lucky to get my money back. But if I had been asked to have my refund at first, the problem would have been solved quickly. There were many ways to go about it. -_-

Their engrish *wasn't* a big problem tough. To a certain degree. Expected since they're from Asia.

Then again, why provide free insurance if you can't even pay for your company's shipping? Is shipping to your sponsee much more cheaper than to your customer? I doubt that.

Will I purchase from them again?
No. Not sorry at all. I am a sucker for good customer service. Think about it if they have higher shipping cost, might as well buy from a reputable company who provides free shipping.

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The thing about cosmetics : Neo Vision Monet Gray 13mm Circle LensesReview

After much contemplation and research (of course!), I decided to order some circle lens. Hello to the world of circle lens, here comes a beginner!

I ordered three pairs from Kpop2. They have a pair for USD $10.99 deals going on right now! Shipping was USD $8.00 with tracking number included. They arrived within 10 days! :D

The first pair I'm gonna review is Neo Vision Monet in Grey Circle Lenses.

Overall Diameter : 14mm

Graphic Diameter : 13mm

Moisture Content : 38%

B.C. : 8.6 mm

They look really subtle through the vials.

Here's how they look with and without.

Comfort Level : TBA

Being a circle lenses beginner, I'm used to normal daily contacts. These lenses were actually really thin and soft. I even had a hard time putting them in, it kept coming out on my left eye D: Plus, they were kinda irritating when they were on. So I had to remove them immediately. JUST BECAUSE I had less sleep the other day. :(

Design : Simple and natural, no obvious enlargement

The reason why I got these lenses! Not too OTP.

Overall thoughts :

I'm still wary on these lenses. :< All in the name of beauty. I probably should stay away from them for awhile. Definitely uncomfortable for a first timer.

P.S. What a phail review. I'll update you all with pictures once I get comfortable with them \(◕ヮ◕)ﾉ


UPDATE :
Too uncomfortable for me. So I chuck them away as soon as possible.

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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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