Skin Food All Over Muffin Cake Finish

I was in Seoul this March 2012. There were so many cosmetics store everywhere and I just had to go into Skin Food. I heard it was much cheaper there than in KL. I was right! It was around 30% to 40% cheaper! And if I hit a certain amount, I'd get my tax refund at the airport.

I got the All Over Muffin Cake Finish - yea, yea, another bronzer! It smelled kind of sweet. I didn't realised that until I used it back home. I prefer a citrusy smell or none at all if possible.

It even came with a brush (at the separated bottom compartment) but, I don't think it'll work well because it's a flat brush. I don't go well with flat brushes.

Rimmel Sunshimmer - 3 in 1 Shimmering Bronzer - 001 Gold Princess

When I was in Barcelona in January 2012, I was at El Ingles Cortes. It is a Spanish departmental store (like Parkson) and I spotted Rimmel's counter!

That's where I searched for bronzers. I'm so in love with bronzers I don't know why. I don't crave the 'fair' look which is and will always be a 'in' thing in Asia. I love being tanned!

Anyhow, I got this Shimmering Bronzer in 001 Gold Princess. I think it was €5.95 after 20% tourist discount. Seems like a fair price.

The 4th swatch is all colours combined

The bronzer is fairly sheer if you ask me because I usually swirl my brush all over to apply instead of picking one of the 3 colours.

So what do you think?

A-England Lady of the Lake

Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been travelling and then coming back and then travelling again. I would be flying off again end of May and hopefully I'll be able to get some scheduled posts up.

This is the 2nd A-England polish that I have.

Again, formula was really thick. I wish they had really given it some more thinning into it as when it is already thick upon first using it, what more will be later?

It's more like a puple holo but I feel that it should have more of the holo particles. Not very sure if I'll purchase any more of their holo polishes. We'll see.

Although formula was thick, it was easy to apply. I did see a 'stray' hair on the brush and i pulled it out and cut it off. Wouldn't want it to ruin my manicure. Drying time was slow, so I had to use Seche's Top Coat.

This is 2 coats.

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A-England Lady of the Lake
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

 With flash under warm lighting

 

 Under warm lighting

Under cool lighting

A-England Tristam

So I took the plunge to order the holos from A-England's website. They are offering free shipping worldwide, so why not?

I bought 2 polishes, both of them holos. Coming right up is Tristam.

It's a blue holo.

But anyhow, the colour is really nice. I like! Consistency is abit on the thick side. The brush is round but I'm alright with that since I'm getting quite good with polishing after doing manicures after manicures - at least once a week. Drying time is a little slow, so I had to use Seche's top coat. Otherwise, I will definately smudge this.... because I need to freaking wash the wok after this.

This is 2 coats.

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A-England Tristam
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

OPI Baby It's Coal Outside

I'm in the 'black' mood lately. Not sure why, it seems to look better with my skin tone.

Here's OPI Baby It's Coal Outside. Quite an old colour but I absolutely love it. Notice the faint shimmer? I love it as it does not overpower the dark charcoal colour.

Application was easy. However, this is 3 coats. It was as opaque as I wished it'd be at 2 coats. Surprisingly, this formula dries up on the nail quite fast.

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OPI Baby It's Coal Outside
CND Super Shiny

Concealer: ELF Studio Complete Coverage Concealer

My current concealer ran out recently. I was using the Averine Cover Spot in Medium for many years and decided wanted to try something else this cost me about RM68. It comes in a lipstick form but, I'll talk about this some other time.

The texture is somewhat creamy but not that creamy. Colour wise, it's OK for me as I have a light tan skin. Apparently, I'm able to use all 4 shades. However, I do mix 2 shades sometimes, especially for the light ones to accomodate my skin colour at times.

Coverage wise, it's covers light redness well but other than that, it's not as impressive as I thought it'd be. It doesn't cover dark under eye circle well as mine is really dark.

Taken under cool flourescent lighting

Taken under sunlight

It's cheap at $3 but I don't think I'll be purchasing a 2nd one. I'm definately going back to Averine's Cover Spot once this runs out.

Sephora Nail Files

After having that fantastic manicure done in Sephora Barcelona, I decided that I should buy those 7" professional nail files. The manicurist in Sephora Barcelona (SB) used this to file down my nails and it seemed really easy to use. Unlike those really thin emory boards - so flimsy and just hate it.

Nails: OPI Espresso Your Style & Tips Zoya Danii

I got this nail file in KL though, didn't think I'd need it until I got back from my trip. However, I'm not very good in shaping my nails yet. I always never able to get it to be square enough, it's already somewhat square-round-ish, if you know what i mean.

There's the shaping side in black and the finish in flourescent orange. It comes in a 2pk. It's around RM16 and I think the price is quite ok considering other cheaper brands also sell this at around the same price. Of course, I'd like to get a really professional brand one but, I'm not a professional manicurist, so yea....

I'll definately be bringing this for when I travel as it's much easier to carry this on-board.