LipSmackers tend to be pretty consistent in quality from flavor to flavor, but the Vanilla Creams line disappointed me. I purchased the lip balm from Dollar Tree for $2 for a package of two Vanilla Creams flavors: whipped cream and watermelon cream. I have a weak spot for anything …

I got a bottle of the Bath and Body Works Moisturizing Shampoo from a friend as a birthday gift and I absolutely love it. After a few uses of the shampoo, my hair smelled so nice all the time and it gained this great silky feel to it. She …

I really enjoy spending money on cosmetics, and shower gels are among my favourites - they smell pleasantly, they’re practically indispensable, so I don’t feel guilty about buying them, and they come in so many colours and scents. Therefore, I’ve used quite a large number of different brands and …

Dove is one of my trusted brands of soap. I like Dove soaps because they are not harsh unlike most soaps in the market these days. Dove soaps are all very good so it would be impossible for me to pick a favorite so what I usually do is, …

Mascara has always been an integral part of my makeup. Even when I don’t outline my eyes, I use mascara, since it makes my eyes look bigger and gives a very feminine feel. Until recently, I had been using various brands starting from Cover Girl, Maybelline and others. I …

I have heard many reviews about the MAC Chromagraphic Pencil that I finally convinced myself to know what the hype is all about. I went to the MAC counter in Marionnaud at SM Mall of Asia and I got this for P650.00 or about $14. I was a little …

I ran out of my Farlin’s cleansing wipes which I always use when I want to refresh myself. I needed to get another pack but the health section in SM Manila did not have any stocks at all. I was looking for a replacement that I can use for …

As a certified hair fiend, I have tried countless conditioners before. Some were bad and some were good and healthy. Garnier fructis fortifying cream conditioner belongs to the good ones of course. It’s probably even the best thought it is really hard to say considering the number of favorite …

Summer time is officially over but I still want something that will remind me of the warm summer sun all the time. I was looking for a bold and bright lipstick that I can wear when I go out with my friends or when I hang out with my …

I have tried many ways to remove unwanted hairs on my face. I have tried waxing and threading them but the process was not all that successful and they can get very expensive. Some of the processes that I have tried either did not thoroughly remove all the unwanted …

I really do not like wearing eyeliners because I have very sensitive eyes and it usually does not stay long at my lash line. I do not have a steady hand and I get nervous when I apply eyeliner on my lash line. My eyes would end up watering …

I purchased this for £1.99 from my local boots, a very cheap price for an intensive hair mask. I wasn’t really expecting much from this hair mask and when I used it I knew why.
The texture of the product is quite slimy, however having said that it does distribute …

MAC powder blush in Fleur Power instantly caught my attention while I was looking at some cosmetics in the MAC counter in Marionnaud at SM Mall of Asia. This has caught my attention right away because I thought the colors look really classy and gorgeous for a blush. I …

Deodorant is an important part of personal hygiene and there are so many different types of deodorant that it makes it difficult to choose the right one for you. Aloe Vera have a roll on deodorant now called the Aloe Ever Shield stick and i personally have never used …

Living with someone who has a dandruff problem is not easy. As much as I love my man, his dandruff problem has always driven me crazy. A few weeks ago, he bought himself a tub of Master Hair Styling Gel Dandruff Control that he claimed would help solve his …

What an amazing product, Yves Rocher Spa Energie Silky Contouring Cream. I have always been a very sceptical of creams that promise your skin will look tighter and firmer, mostly because I have used many creams that did not work, but I was desperate. I was not expecting miracles, …

Whenever I wake up in the morning. The first thing I do is go to my medicine cabinet, and grab my anti-perspirant deodorant roll on. It helps me to keep fresh all day long. The one particular brand that I use is Avon feeling fresh whitening. …

I came to the point when my hairs are a complicated combination of stubbornly curly, wavy and straight. I had better say mostly wild and uncontrollable. It can get really, completely dry or utterly wild and frizzy, always very annoying to form decently.
Additionally, my hair suffers a lot …

I was instantly attracted to the color when I saw my friend wearing OPI nail polish in Pink Flamenco because it is a really bold color which is sure to catch attention. I asked her if I could just buy her nail polish because we do not have Sephora …

I was looking for a cheaper alternative to my MAC kabuki brush because the price is becoming too expensive for me. As a student living on a budget, I need to find something that is almost as good as the kabuki brush that I was using. I was strolling …

I have several red lipsticks already but I am still looking for the perfect one because I don’t think that the ones I have are suited for my skin tone. I have a hard time finding a red lipstick which won’t make me look weird or too made up. …

I have very small and thin lashes and I want to look more wide-eyed. I rarely use eye makeup especially mascara because I am always on the go and I thought that it would take a lot of time to perfect it. Even though I love cosmetics, I was …

Being self-conscious, I often look in the mirror during work hours to make sure that I always look presentable. Lately I’ve been noticing that though I perform the necessary beauty rituals, my face still looks dull and have blackheads and large pores. I then noticed how fine my colleague’s …

For face powders, I choose MAC because I trust the brand. I bought the MAC Studio Finish SPF 25 in NC30 because that was the powder that best matched my skin color. I am of Asian descent and my skin is more yellowish than pinkish. I chose this too …

I absolutely love this body wash. It is one of the good ones out there and it doesn’t cost that much either. I bought mine from Wal-Mart in Toronto, Canada for about $3.50 for the smaller bottle, so I thought it was a pretty good price, completely affordable for …

Nothing gives you that “go out and party” glamour look like eyeliner; liquid eyeliner even more so than the pencil kind. It was a fall full of parties and the word “exaggerate” caught my eye. I had never used liquid eye liner before but my girlfriends talked …

I bought the pillow pack version which came packaged in a white plastic. As soon as I opened it, I could feel the scent of the Shea butter, having purchased Shea butter once before and did my research, and I could tell that this smell was the smell of …

The main reason I bought Rexona Skin Light with Sunflower Oil Deodorant is the shape of the bottle. I love the concept of upside-down deodorant bottles because it makes the application much quicker as the liquid is already on the ball. This is an excellent feature as I am …

I would recommend the Garnea Eye Roller. Mornings often found me looking in the mirror and to my horror finding really bad, ugly bags under my eyes. They would not go away. I tried many products and concealers to no avail. I was very self conscious of them …

Actually before two months I was just doing window shopping in a mall near my house and suddenly there was a big voice in one of the departmental store and then I saw that one of the rack which was of this particular Great Shakes Hand Cream …

If this is your choice, you would be considered as best among your friends. Because, this is the perfect brand with perfect color that looks absolutely glossy on you, giving you a rich look. You will begin to use it frequently, and will keep your fingers and toes in …

I had few pimples in my face but I didn’t consider it seriously because I thought that they would simply go away with my growth. Yes, the pimples left but I was really overwhelmed when I saw the black spots that it had left behind. They somewhat look horrible …

I weigh 97 pounds and I report I still have cellulite. It’s not really visible and only have a minor case of this “women’s curse” but it still irks me because I do exercise regularly but still have cellulite. I was on the pill (contraceptive pill) for 3 years …

I have been on the hunt for a good drugstore moisturizer for a couple of months now, and after trying three or four that I didn’t like, I was really getting discouraged. My favorite moisturizer is the Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel, but since that is $24 and I …

For anyone looking for a light body lotion that applies easily and is quickly absorbed by the skin, I recommend Johnson’s 24 Hour Lasting Moisture Body Lotion. At only 150php for a 200ml bottle, it is definitely worth trying. I don’t know how long this product has been …

I am really picky with shampoos and you cannot blame me. I have curly hair so it’s really mandatory to choose a shampoo that does not strip my hair off of its natural oils, or else, my hair would be dry and frizzy.
The problem with curly hair is that …

Having allergies is not pleasant, especially when you have an allergy to an indispensable item like soap. However, I am lucky to have allergy only to glycerin, so a natural soap could be helpful. I have tried many products of this kind and I realized the are not as …

I’m not much of a lip-gloss person but the other day while I was out shopping I picked up the Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss in Grapefruit, a friend of mine had bought it and recommended it to me, she is more or less a lip gloss freak, she buys …

Finding the right product for your skin can be quite excruciating as well as time consuming. I have literally spend hundreds of dollars on numerous products, only to be disappointed to see unsatisfying and poor outcomes of the skin care products. In fact, most of these products turned out …

My friends gave me a bridal shower last month and I was given an assortment of cosmetics. One of the lines I was given was ELF, which is a line that I was not completely familiar with. I used the complexion perfection powder last week when I …

I first learned about Sally Hansen 3 Minute Formula Lotion Hair Remover through a colleague of mine that we travel with a lot. I am in tourism industry and more often I travel locally and internationally. I have a sensitive skin and normally prefer to keep faith with my …

I don’t see the value!
I recently purchased the Tesco Value Antiperspirant Deodorant and was not impressed with the value I received. I did not want to spend a lot of money since I had just left my regular deodorant at home by mistake, so I purchased …

I have natural black hair and anybody with natural black hair will tell you that it’s not easy to maintain. This is because you must avoid as much as possible anything that is sensitive or synthetic. You must at all the times use natural products. One tiny mistake and …

I was first struck by this Amuse - Professional Make Up Kit through my little daughter after she saw it in a cosmetics shop display. We were just window shopping and she had thought it was a pack of water colours or compact powder crayons that they use in …

It is surprising how a shampoo from a particular brand could be so good and its matching conditioner a total fail. Here, I am talking about the Dove Daily Shine Therapy Shampoo and its matching conditioner.
The Dove Daily Shine Therapy Shampoo is my Holy Grail shampoo nothing else …

I used the Gatsby Mandom Styling Wax, Hard & Free when I recently had an extremely short hair cut. I wanted a styling product that would keep my hair in place and yet not make it look too stiff because I don’t think stiff hair looks good on …

This Mederma Stretch Mark Therapy cream has been absolute wonders for my skin. I constantly use it after seeing it on a commercial. Once I received it, I constantly use it everyday and don’t have any regrets. I suffer from really bad stretch marks that I have had since …

Turning into a darker complexion is almost expected for Asian skin. Summer just ended recently and I spent the last few weeks of may in Bali and when I went home I had darker skin. Normally I like it when I would get a tan but since its the …

Do you know how tricky it is to put eye makeup on Asian women? There aren’t enough makeup tips out there to recreate the gorgeous eyes that you see on your favorite celebrities or beauty icons. No matter how skilled the hand, eye makeup on Asian women …

There isn’t a woman in the world with flaws on her face – I defy you to find a woman (without makeup) with a flawless complexion. For this reason alone, cosmetic companies are profiting from suckers like me who want something that is naturally impossible. But nonetheless, …