Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Best Concealer. Ever. Or Maybe that I've ever used.

So I have an acne problem. No biggie. Well sometimes they are kind of big but you know what I mean. On a daily basis I have to conceal my acne because it's red, bumpy, etc. The thing about concealing acne is that while you don't want people seeing it you don't also want to be clogging up your pores while you conceal them thereby making the situation that much worse. Which is why I look for concealers that conceal and heal. Say it with me now, "CONCEAL AND HEAL."

Day before yesterday I was out for dinner with a friend in Empire Shopping Gallery and we stopped by the high end version of the Sasa stores. Lo and behold they were carrying TheBalm make-up line which is famed for having the best under eye concealers. I have a pretty decent undereye concealer so for now I'm not tempted.

The SA tactfully noted that I might be interested in their Liquid TimeBalm Spot Concealer with Tea Tree Oil because well you know... my face. SO I am so beyond getting offended when people suggest acne targeted makeup and skincare so I was like yeah ok, I guess I'll try it and guess what? It was amazing. The shade Honey is literally an exact match for my skin and the texture is a dream especially when compared to the shitty Clinique concealer I've been using.

Here it is in all it's awesome TheBalm glory:



So cute, right?

And I've been using it for two days now and literally I've had people telling me that my skin has completely cleared up. And I'm like no, actually, I just got really good makeup. But who cares right? And not only that the Tea Tree seems to be working because the skin on my face just doesn't feel as tight and unhealthy and the acne seems to be getting better.

So the verdict - this is freakishly good for people with acne. BUY IT!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Shu Shame

About two weeks ago I decided that the usual lady who does my brows wasn't cutting it anymore. My brows had lost their shape and one was definitely smaller than the other and I just needed a change, ok?! So of course I decided I had to visit Shu Uemura's RM30 a pop brow shaping Brow Atelier. Because let's face it, I can really appreciate the finer things in life. I found out about this service after reading a couple of blog posts about it.

Anyway I went to the new Shu Uemura boutique in KLCC and walked up to the first SA I found and was like, "I want brow shaping!" In retrospect, she actually seemed quite taken aback but you know, whatever. So she spent like a half hour plucking, shaving and cutting my eyebrows because I am a neanderthal and was like see! And I was like AH! It's too thin. So then she got me this brow gel stuff and this hard pencil which were both brown and proceeded to make my eyebrows look perfect. Like 60's movie star perfect. So I was like man, ok I'll buy them. Which meant spending about RM140.

See here's the thing, if you spend RM250 in Shu Uemura they give you 2 free eyebrow shaping sessions, 2 free makeovers and you become a member... for life! I mean you see I just kind of had to... ahem. So ANYWAY, I was like alright I need a purple eyeshadow and she proceeded to rub this beauteous eyeshadow on my hand and I was like right. So that's RM65. And then I was like ok, give me an eyelash curler which is RM60. Which was RM265, so perfect right?

But then the SA was all like hey it's 12:00pm so our happy hour has started. You can buy a small cleansing oil and get an eyelash curler free! So for just RM40 more (since the cleansing oil is RM99) you can get BOTH things! I wish I could say that I didn't take the bait. But I did because I wanted the iconic cleansing oil DAMMIT.

Here's my loot:

Brow Manicure - which started the whole mess



Hard eyebrow pencil - you actually need to go in to the store to get it resharpened



Super gorgeous purple eye shadow



And since my picture was quite shit, I got one off the internet:


The ICONIC Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler - I've tried it once, it's quite good really.



The High Performance Balancing Oil Fresh. I can't figure out whether this is overrated or really good. Because it's supposed to make your skin way beter. It is amazing at taking make-up off though. Like almost magical. Kind of sucks with eye make-up though.



The total damage was RM304. which was RM274 more than I was supposed to spend. But I totally made peace with myself when I bought it because you know I deserve it, I work hard. Well kind of hard.

But that didn't mean that my parents would understand so when i came home I



brought home a Kinokuniya bag



inside which was my Shu bag



TADA!

I did tell them about it eventually. Well I kind of had to since it was charged to a supplementary credit card.

Ahem. So anyway I wore the lovely eyeshadow I bought to Tina's Hen's Night which was mad. Here's a blurry picture of me in the mirror. Dunno if you can make it out but that's a lovely dress I got at Dorothy Perkins:



Anyway that was my long post after a longer hiatus. Hope to be back and blogging regularly!

A Perfect Saturday

1. Lazy breakfast of a hardboiled egg and lovely thick raisin toast.

2. Got my hair washed and had a complimentary neck massage to go with it.

3. Ate lunch which consisted of yummy crab curry and fried okra.

4. Finished reading chick lit book of the moment.

5. Blogging about the perfect day :P