Review: NYX Round Lipstick - Milan & Hot Pink

Helllooo guys,

After so long, I am finally able to make another review. Had crazy months btw.

Anyhoo,

I am currently in love with these babies.

• NYX Round Lipstick - Milan
• NYX Round Lipstick - Hot Pink

They are darn adorable and yiiissss it's so cheap (yet good, compared to other brands).

both

tada!

the code

So, let's see the comparison on my hand first;

Top - Hot Pink
Bottom - Milan

With Flash

I certainly think there are not much differences between flash and no flash. So what about on lips?

nyx milan

This one is Milan, on hand, it looks brownish, here it looks pinkish. In real life I would say it looks brownish. On my lips it looks like I barely wear anything. Too bad I don't have another proper picture. I guess I'm gonna update it later. Moreover Milan is the one who wants a nudy lip, make it less pale but not overwhelming. Oh please don't mind my mustache.

And on the other hand, Hot Pink:

nix hot pink

Crazy. Yeah I know it's crazy neon pink. In real life it doesn't look like those crazy neon, but yeah, still, crazy lol. But still wearable though. I actually don't know how it will look like on a someone with tan skintone. I think this kind of color will suit fair skintone well.

I tried this one yesterday on a date.

And it looks like this:

just after applied

Super super in love with the color! And it stays well too! I had a lunch, and drink regularly, it looks like this:

after drink and mie ayam :P

Not crazy neon, but still there. At least. Lol.

So yeah, I love those both, but due to my preferences of colors, I used Hot Pink more often than Milan.

Let's sum up!

• Price? Oh yes it's around 65K rupiahs each on store and I bought 48K each on NYX OLshop online shop on Facebook. It's worth the price, every single penny.
• Is it stayed there after few sips of water? Hell yeah, it's even still (a bit there) after I ate Mie Ayam lol. You don't have to re-apply that much, even more, if you love baby pinkish color, use this and blot with tissue one time, and voila, you'll have lovely baby pink lipstick and yes, it stays long enough.
• Does it slide easily on your lips? Yes, no need to re -apply over and over again. A little goes a long way. 
• Does it make your lip dry? No, it does not. Though it's not making your lips moist and plump.
• Cons? Well, I would say the lipstick is a bit mushy, I am concerned that I will break this one someday and my sister's NYX Orange Soda was broken on a shipment. So, yeah, just be careful. Another cons, I love this one so much I might be using it daily, and it will run out fast!
• Will I purchase? No need to say no anyway!

Hope you find this helpful.

Thanks and have a good day!!

Namira-who recently in love with hot pink and fuchsia.

Review: Lime Crime - Opaque Lipstick - Babette

Hooiii..

Lime Crime Lipstick review is finally up!
Iya, ini lipstick sebenernya udah lumayan lama nongkrong di meja rias sejak temen gw pulang dari US, tapi males bikin review nya hahah *ampun.
Akhirnya setelah menghilangkan kemalasan yang melanda *plus udah awal tahun juga, gw bikin juga nih si Lime Crime - Opaque Lipstick in Babette Review.

Posting soal awal mula Lime Crime udah pernah gw posting di review sebelom nya di sini.
Sekedar mengulang, kosmetik brand US yang ngaku Vegan Cosmetic dan Cruelty free ini emang lebih mahal daripada brand US pada umumnya (Cherry Culture, NYX).  Meskipun ada juga brand yang lebih ngga nahan mahal nya kaya si Urban Decay atau yang baru-baru ini lagi hits, Emcosmetics by Michelle Phan.
Lipstick nya sendiri ada 3 macem. Yang Opaque, Velvetiness, dan Carousel Gloss. Yang terkenal banget dari Lime Crime adalah Lipstick Velvetiness nya: Red Velvet. Sumpaaah yang demen pake lipstick merah pasti jatuh cintrong ama Red Velvet nya Lime Crime. Tapiiii, karna gw lagi demen yang pink pink gitu, gw putuskan membeli si Opaque Lipstick - Babette.

Anyhoo, mari gw perlihatkan penampakannya:

Lime Crime Opaque Lipstick - Babette

As usual, benda-benda Lime Crime emang packaging nya ungu dan ada gambar Unicorn nya. Girly dan lucuk banget :D

Gw pribadi sih demen sama packaging nya, mengingatkan gw sama lipstick boongan yang ada di mainan dandan-dandanan waktu gw kecil.

Lime Crime Opaque Lipstick - Packaging. Unicorn nya ada di Lipstick nya juga :D

Bagian bawah. Ada code Babette nya

Ingredients Lime Crime Opaque Lipstick nya. Kebaca ngga ya?

Alamat dan claim kalo Lime Crime itu Vegan & Cruelty Free Lipstick

Okeh, begitulah packaging nya. Berikut swatch nya:

with Flash

no Flash. Swatch Lime Crime - Opaque Lipstick Babette. Yang kiri itu sekali ulas, yang kanan tiga kali

Based on swatch, yang kiri itu duma sekali ulas, agak ditekan sedikit. Hasilnya memang opaque banget. Yah namanya juga opaque lipstick -,-. Yang kanan itu udah 3 kali ulas, di foto emang warna nya lucu banget, antara Pink dan Orange yang muda, tapi kalo udah di bibir, bener-bener warna ini untuk yang kulit nya putih. Soalnya kalo ngga hasilnya kaya Oompa Loompa. Kalo kata pacar sih, kalo pake lipstick ini tebel-tebel gw mirip Chris Tucker -,-

bare lips. bare face juga, jadi mohon maap sama bekas cacar itu -,-

So, ginilah di bibir, gw pake 3 cara.

• Normal Usage. Ulas beberapa kali seperti lipstick biasa. Alert: Foto berikut mungkin membuat kalian berpikir gw adalah Oompa Loompa -,- 

Harus hati-hati pake nya biar ngga lebay. I wonder kalo gw pake lip primer dulu. Mungkin warna nya bakal beda lagi. Apalagi kalo pake Lipliner dulu bisa lebih rapi pasti hasilnya. Ini ngga pake flash, warna nya emang gonjreng banget.

• Less-Usage: Gw pake ini caranya cuma di totol totolin aja di bibir. Cara ini lumayan sering gw pake karena ngga over dan jadi lebih natural di bibir warnanya.

Sukaaa.. Sukaa banget kalo warna nya lagi kaya gini. Natural dan sangat lucu. Selain itu warna kaya gini juga bisa didapatkan dengan pake lipstick ini dengan cara biasa, terus di 'transfer' kelebihan nya ke tisu. Hasilnya bakal sama, tapi produk yang kebuang lebih banyak *pelit hahhhaha.

• Yang terakhir adalah yang hampir setiap hari gw pake. Ini sebenernya combination sih, jadi ngga murni pake Lime Crime Babette aja. Gradient lips ini cocok pake kalo base nya pake warna yang agak pucat macam si Babette. Gw combine dengan lipstick merah nya Maybeline. Other red lipstick will work I guess.

That's all. Gini nih overview nya:

(+) Opaque, sekali oles langsung keluar warna nya, jadi bisa hemat

(+) Awet. Gw pake lipstick ini kalo cuma minum ama makan ringan-ringan mah sampe sore masih ada warna nya. Ngga perlu pemakaian berulang-ulang.

(+) Ngga bikin bibir kering, dan untuk bibir sensitif kaya bibir gw, ini oke dan ngga bikin bibir gatel.

(+) Vegan Lipstick, dan free Animal Cruelty. Jadi aman :D

(+) Warna lipstick nya yang lain itu super lucuk. Next time gw pasti repurchase dengan warna dan tipe yang berbeda.

(-) Ini entah temen gw, ato emang rada empuk, tapi Lipstick nya agak goyang gitu loh, jadi seakan-akan pernah patah terus kesambung lagi, tapi gw cari patahan nya ngga ada. Jadi kalo pake (khusus punya gw) harus pelan-pelan, oglek-oglek. Takut patah -,-

(-)  Tapi mahal dikit, cuma kalo dipikir-pikir dia hemat yah jadi even lah. Harga nya Rp 210K, tapi karna gw ngga tau beli dimana kalo di Indo, jadi cuma bisa titip. Kalo mau beli di amazon, ongkir dari US super mahal -,- Lipstick udah mahal, ongkir bisa lebih mahal, mau nangis rasanya.

(-) Kebanyakan pake jadi kaya Oompa Loompa/Chris Tucker alias orang african yang kulit nya lebih gelap dari warna bibir.

Soooo, will I repurchase? Definitely. Tapi nanti kalo pacar gw ke US, ato pas kebetulan gw yang kesana :D

Hope this help yah!

xoxo

Amiya

Review - Burt's Bees Citrus Facial Scrub (and *mini* night routine)

Holllaaa…


First and foremost,
Why on earth I want to post this? Because I cannot find a proper Review about this product, especially in Indonesia. So yeah, here we go. Review for Citrus Facial Scrub by Burt's Bees.

Meanwhile, Burt's Bees is an American Brand. They are a skin care line, famous for their Lip Care Product (e.g Beeswax Lipbalm), you can go here for Burt's Bees Official Website.
Anyway, as you know that I am a youtube fanboy. No, not literally a fanboy but I do have some specific interest related to Youtube Beauty Gurus. I always (yes I said always) try to buy and search for the products they're using.
For example, this baby, Burt's Bees Citrus Facial Scrub. I saw this product on one of Kandee Johnson's video about Night Routine. Kandee somehow presented it so well, I trusted her! :D
She mentioned about scrub that she's using almost everyday. She claimed that it's so soft and not harsh to be used on a daily basis. So, when comes the time I have an opportunity to order this from US (and give it to my friend whilst he's back there), I bought this on Amazon and have it immediately when my friend is back.


They have a very simple packaging. They don't provide us super cute and colorful box. They provide us just a yellow box with a very brief description about what Burt's Bees Citrus Facial Scrub is, they tell us about how to use it, and also a very believable ingredients list with a huge impact of: 99,96% Natural. Now the question is: Is this baby working like they claimed?

A glass jar of Burt's Bees

It should be full jar, but I used it and never posted :P

A granular and fragrant scrubs (like a pumpkin spice pie or cinnamon!).

 Yeah so, after we saw how it looks like, let's try this one on! Since they claimed they are safe enough to be used as daily basis, I do use it as daily basis. Well, not that daily, but I use it around 2-3 times a week. This is me, I just got home from work with a bunch of junk in my face :D

me, with junk on my face

 Now, I splash my face with water and use a small amount of Burt's Bees Citrus Facial Scrub (I'll call it CFS now, just my own abbreviation). Yes, it looks very harsh, but trust me, it's not. It's like using literally Pumpkin Pie Crust on your face, it feels harsh at the first time, then melted once it contacts water. So, as you can see, this is just the beginning.

1. splash your face with water, add CFS

2. Scrubs it slowly, no need to do it harshly

When you are scrubbing your face (and massaging it maybe), you will smell a very sweet pumpkin pie, or cinnamon. I don't quite sure. haha. But for me, it's quite pleasing.  Also, once you rinsed it off, it will leave your skin soft and super smooth. I swear by this product that your skin will appear brighter, your tone is more even, and your pores appear smaller! Just remember, DON'T SCRUB AROUND EYE AND LIP AREA. But ssstt, I do. I mean, when I scrub my face, I love to add more splash of water to make it more slippery and gooey. Then, I could use the gooey part to massage and clean my eyelid :D It works very well for any waterproof makeup.

3. rinse it off, pat it dry and tada!

Previously I try to find this stuff here in Indonesia, but somewhat I couldn't find it. Until I decided to order on Amazon and send it to my friend. But lately, I found an OL Shop that open PO and have the stocks ready here in Indonesia. I am just not quite sure that I can trust them, so I won't put any information about that for now.

Since I mentioned on title that this will be a night routine post as well, I'd never be boring to let you know that I use my SK-II Facial Treatment Essence after cleansing my face.  Get 2 or 3 drops on your palm and pat it gently on your face and neck. This is a truly holly water for me. Check my review of SK-II Facial Treatment Essence here.

Sigh.. Almost finished product

After using my FTE (another abbreviation :P) I sometimes using The Body Shop Beautifying Oil as my night cream. I am not a big fan of Night Cream. So honestly I am never really searching a very good night cream for me hahha. But trust me, the dry oil (TBS Beautifying Oil) really makes my skin plumps in the next morning. I should do a separate review for that.

So, yeah, that's my post about the Burt's Bees Citrus Facial Scrub. I hope this one helps! :D


**Disclaimer: I didn't get any money from any particular brand/product. Every skincare/product may give a different result depends on skin condition.

Overall review: **** out of *****
Price: $12 (around 120K Rupiahs, if you want to buy from Amazon directly you will have International Shipping around 150-200K *sigh, the shipping is more expensive than the product itself)
Smell: Heavenly, like cinnamon/pumpkin pie.
Re-purchase: definitely
Perks: make your skin appears brighter, makes the pores look smaller, smoothen your skin, and non comedogenic on me.
Cons: none from me



Until then, tata for now!


Big hug and kisses :*




Namira Amiyaa

Review: Pasjel Everbright Blue Body Cream is here baby! (UPDATED)

Haloooo..



Just a really quick post. I just received my Pasjel Everbright Blue from sista julykittyy (her Line account). Do you know what I was doing first? I checked the authenticity of the product. Sigh, they said there are so many fake products from China distributed. And I am pretty sure I got the authentic product, I read the seller and she has a good feedback I guess.
So here's some quick photos: (I took this with my cellphone right before I have call with the clients hahaha).


Update will come soon!

Pasjel Everbright Blue Body Cream

Ice cream-like Pasjel's Packaging

their ingrediend FDA Code (registered)

did you notice they have japanese kanji/language there?

another cap for double protection, when pasjel falls off

A really Blue Bright Cream! 

Swatch between using and not using

Update:

I've been using pastel for a whole week. Shame on me I don't have any before picture. Well let's make this one-week picture as a future before picture.

These are my legs. On the let side, I used Pasjel Blue, and the right side, I didn't. You can see pretty much differentiation between those legs. Yes, indeed Pasjel makes my skin appears brighter, yet still acceptable and not fake at all. I love that!

after a week using Pasjel Everbright Blue Body Cream

After 9 days using Pasjel Everbright Blue Body Cream

Those last two pictures are my feet and my arms using Pasjel Everbright Blue Body cream for 9 days. 

I'm not going to say that it works really well. Just for you to notice, my skin had different tone, previously between the inner arm and the outer arm because I got tan from hanging out on the beach around 2 months ago. (Oh my hands look awkward here. Sigh..). But now, it's the same tone, so it improves very well on me. It doesn't make my skin brightens very well but definitely equalize it! :D Also, my hands don't have that much different with my legs. Which is mean, this cream is working!

And I'm pretty happy with it :D

For now this is my review:

(+) Do brighten my skin, even out my skin tone (this is a huge point for me)

(+) Cute packaging, ice cream look-alike

(-) Expensive, sigh.. I got this one 300K rupiahs for only 100 ml. (I think this will last a month or so)

(-) I don't like how it smells. Too much for me.

This post will be updated.

Until then, tata for now!~

Love and kisses

Amiya

Review: Lime Crime - Uniliner - Blue Milk

Hola!

Setelah kemarin bikin initial post, dan somehow banyak yang minta supaya Lime Crime - Uniliner nya gue review duluan, jadilah ini post (setelah berbulan-bulan nongkrong di Draft): Review Lime Crime - Uniliner - Blue Milk.

Waktu itu gue lagi baca-baca blog nya Kandee Johnson. gue nemu seorang cewe dengan dandanan super quirky, namanya Natasha Lillipore, dan gue end-up di tumblr nya dia .
Gue juga found out kalo ternyata si Lillipore ini adalah seorang founder dari brand kacamata, HerTinyTeeth.

ini orang keren dan quirky banget yak?!

Long story short, Lillipore pernah membahas soal Lime Crime. Gue tadinya ngga pernah denger sama sekali soal si Lime Crime. Dari semua beauty guru yang gue tonton di youtube bangsa nya si Michelle Phan, Kandee Johnson, Bubzbeauty, ItsJudyTime, Promise Phan, ngga ada satupun yang pernah mention Lime Crime. Pernah sih si Kandee Johnson, itupun setelah gue beli Lime Crime, jadi udah ngga penasaran-penasaran amat. Dengan segala bentuk ke-penasaran-an gue, gue menemukan website nya: Lime Crime Makeup.

Logo Unicorn Lime Crime memberi kesan girly dan dreamy banget. Gue ngiler ngeliat semua makeup nya. Warna nya Bold dan berani. Daring banget pokoknya. Gue cari cara gimana biar bisa beli. Searching di forum dan google, mungkin aja ada Online Shop terpercaya dimana gue bisa beli. Tapi pada waktu itu gue ngga nemu.
Kebetulan, seorang teman kantor lagi ada di Amerika. Jadilah gue pesen sama dia. Tapi karna dia cowo, dia ngga tau beli nya dimana dan yang gue mau apa, akhirnya gue end up beli di Amazon.

Jujur pilihan pertama gue adalah lipstick Lime Crime yang Limited Edition, Velvetiness. Alamak, ini bentuk nya kaya Lip Gloss, tapi setelah di apply hasilnya super matte dan stain forever :*
Tapi karena dia limited edition dan udah abis dimana-mana, akhirnya setelah cari-car di Amazon, gue mengurungkan niat karna penjual yang punya Lipstick itu menjual dengan harga sekitar $32 itu belum termasuk ongkir. Darn. Gue ngga bisa ngabisin duit segitu buat lipstick yang ngga tau cocok atau ngga sama bibir gue. FYI Lipstick yang dipake Natasha Lillipore di foto atas adalah Lime Crime Velvetiness - Red Velvet

Pilihan berikutnya jatuh pada Uniliner. Warna nya super bold, berani, daring, menyala, keren! *Heboh
Gue bimbang antara beli yang warna jingga, kuning, ungu atau si biru muda (blue milk). Setelah menimbang dan memilih, pilihan jatuh pada Blue Milk. Akhirnya gue beli di Amazon, seharga $13 dan ongkos kirim ke tempat temen gue $2 (tokonya ada di New Jersey, temen gue di California)
Sepulang nya temen gue dari US, dia langsung kasih gue pesenan yang ini :D



sumpah itu kecil banget loh.

cuma segini lah, dan tangan gue itu kecil loh

Kardus warna ungu dan ada logo unicorn nya membuat kesan kalo si Lime Crime ini emang High Brand banget deh. Cuma gue kaget banget dong, ternyata ukuran nya super mini. Kecil dan ramping banget deh uniliner nya. Bawaannya sayang mau pake, soalnya mahal, dikit, dan susah dapetnya hahahhahah :D

Berikut Swatch nya di tangan:


No Flash guys, sorry.

Foto diatas itu adalah swatch setelah gue apply ke tangan dalam sekali oles. Oh iya, salah satu pertimbangan gue beli Blue Milk adalah dari seri uniliner ini dia yang paling opaque, sekali oles langsung keliatan, sementara yang lainnya butuh 2-3 kali oles. Uniliner nya BUKAN WATERPROOF. Cuma awet aja, ngga gampang ilang, tapi kalo digosok pake air ya gampang ilang nya.

Kayaknya sih Lime Crime ini udah mulai ada yang jual di Indonesia (by PO), tapi gue belom nemu yang bisa gue percaya -,- Setelah gw posting soal si Lime Crime ini di Female Daily, ada beberapa orang yang message gue langsung dan bilang mereka jual Lime Crime. Cuma gue belom berani.

Oke begini hasilnya:

Lower eye

Yeah, so, yang ini adalah aplikasi pads lower eye. Which is butuh kesabaran extra karma butuh tangan yang steady kan? Itu pun harus ditambah liner hitam lagi karna jadi terlalu pale warnanya dan malah kurang pop kalo di pake sendirian. Akan lebih oke kalo bisa ditambah bulu mata. Gue ngga pake bulu mata, atau mascara karena emang ngga suka :P

Upper Eye

Oke, on right side, adalah pemakaian di upper eye, dan tetep harus dipake bareng sama black eyeliner, or else mata keliatan makin kecil dan kurang oke.

Yang gue contohkan disini adalah gambar untuk pemakaian sehari-hari. Buat orang yang ngga terlalu pengen menor, tapi ada sentuhan pop yang bisa bikin hati happy :D

Setau gue, uniliner yang warna nya stand out gini bakal lebih keren kalo dipake barengan eyeshadow yang super pop juga, misalnya kaya gambar yang gue search di google:
*NONE OF THIS PICTURE IS MINE.

pake Lime Crime Lazuli Uniliner

yang ini pake Lime Crime Orchidaceous Uniliner

Fine, as you can see ya, yang bikini stand out selain eyeshadow adalah bulu mata sodara-sodara. So yes, bull mata salah sati hal yang wajib diperhatikan kalo may lake Uniliner lucu2 dari Lime Crime. Even so, Lime Crime juga ngeluarin warn normal seperti Hitam (Quill) juga. Cuma menurut hue agak ngga worth sih segitu duma dapet eyeliner warna hitam.

Oh sebelum lupa, tekstur nya ngga terlalu kental dan ngga terlalu cair. Gampang dipake dan just fine pokonya. Harga dan ukuran doang sih yang bikin hati menangis. Overall, I love this!


Rating: 3 out of 5
Price: around RP 140K
Re-purchase: maybe


P.S: Lipstick Lime Crime yang gue titip sama temen gue bakal segera tiba, tungguin review nya ya.
P.P.S: Kalo ngga sibuk  :D




Love love, big hug!
Amiya