Beauté Treasure

Previously I bought a few boxes of Vanity Trove, but as I find the samples in Vanity Trove getting more and more uninteresting, I decided to look for other beauty boxes instead. After doing some research, I found the recently launched "The Little Black Beauty Box" (LBBB). A joint venture by mediacorp styleXstyle and Robinsons, each month, the LBBB delivers to your doorstep a box containing a variety of beauty products in a dedicated theme, all for just S$19.90 (free shipping in Singapore). Online reviews on the past boxes showed the boxes with reasonable sized samples from quite reputable brands, all for a lower price than Vanity Trove. So I decided to try out the August box which happens to be themed "Shiseido" a brand which I am a fan of. LBBB has a nice customer service which calls you up one week before delivery to confirm delivery timing, and finally after a long long wait (I order in early July), it finally arrived! Ribbon wrapped, the LBBB looks lik...

1. Clarins HydraQuench Cream-Gel, 2. Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Balancing Softener W, 3. Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Protective Emulsion W, 4. Bifesta Bright Up Cleansing Lotion, 5. Hadalabo Retinol Lifting & Firming Lotion, 6. The Body Shop Passion Fruit Shower Gel, 7. Clinique Anti-blemish Solutions Spot Treatment Gel, 8. Bifesta Eye & Lip Makeup Remover, 9. Clinique Moisture Surge Extra Refreshing Eye Gel, 10. Shiseido The Skincare Day Moisture Protection, 11. Shiseido The Skincare Hydro-Nourishing Softener, 12. Estee Lauder Hydrationist A whole list of emptied samples as I continued on my moisturizer search. 1. HydraQuench Cream-Gel from Clarins This creamy gel promotes an immediate “cooling” effect that turns into water on contact with the skin. It is non-oily and leaves an invisible, silky film on the skin's surface upon application, but the matte finish is not lasting, and I find my face oiling up after two to three hours of application. Defini...

In this post, I will be featuring two very similar looking foundation brush. Here we have the Perfect Foundation Brush from Shiseido versus the Lesson 01. Circle Face Brush from TheFaceShop. Shiseido Perfect Foundation Brush vs TheFaceShop Lesson 01. Circle Face Brush Both brushes come in a simple plastic box packaging. Both brushes have short handle for precise control during application and portability for travel. Comparing them side by side, you can see that the Shiseido Perfect Foundation Brush is slightly shorter than TheFaceShop Circle Face Brush. Left: Shiseido Perfect Foundation Brush, Right: TheFaceShop Circle Face Brush Looking at the brush from top down, Shiseido Perfect Foundation Brush seems to be a tad denser than TheFaceShop Circle Face Brush. Left: Shiseido Perfect Foundation Brush, Right: TheFaceShop Circle Face Brush Both brushes have their ends tilted at the same angle. TheFaceShop Circle Face Brush is slightly wider than Shiseido Perfect Foundatio...

More products finished for the month of October 2012! 1. Clinique dramatically different moisturizing gel, 2. Shiseido The Skincare Night Moisture Recharge Light, 3. Sephora douche wash in Coco lait, 4. Estee Lauder Hydrationist, 5. The Face Shop Herb Day Lip & Eye Make-up Remover, 6. Baby Sebamed Children's Shampoo First up in the list of products is Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel . Forgive me for being unable to show the close up of the emptied bottle. Must have slipped my mind to take a shot of it while I was taking photos of all the empties. Anyway, it is a staple for my morning skincare ritual since high school days. The oil-free moisture "drink" developed by Clinique's dermatologists is meant for combination oily to oily skin, maintaining optimal moisture balance for skins comfortable in the cheeks but oily in the T-zone or oily all over. Although I have dry combination skin, I find this Gel version good enough for the humi...

Aqualabel has recently launched a new product - Collagen GL Cream, at our local Watsons stores. What it does: Using Aqualabel’s exclusive Aqua Synergy technology, Collagen GL Cream is said to penetrate deeper into the skin layers and deliver moisture as well as effective ingredients into the skin while softening. Touted as a 5 in 1 gel cream, the Collagen GL Cream is supposed to be able to replace your lotion-emulsion-cream-essence-mask in one step ! Which means in one bottle, you get all the following functions: • Lotion-Softens the skin and prepares it for subsequent skincare • Emulsion-Balance the skin’s natural oil • Essence-Concentrated treatment of double hyaluronic acid and collagen to target dehydration and aging problems • Cream-Hydrating ingredients to retain moisture for long hours • Mask-Works as a sleeping mask to lock in the goodness of Collagen GL and Hyaluronic Acid when skin feels extremely dry. Sounds too good to be true isn't it? Imagine the...