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MAC Bao Bao Wan Lipstick Burmese Kiss | Swatch & Review

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MAC Bao Bao Wan Lipstick Burmese KissMAC Bao Bao Wan Lipstick Burmese Kiss


Recently released MAC Bao Bao Wan collection is inspired by the fellow Chinese artist Bao Bao Wan with her womanly and brazen aesthetic. The whole collection deeply reflects the designer mind and her love for metallic touch.

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At first I wasn’t really keen enough to get anything from this collection but as soon as I saw the product in person I must admit I fell in love with the packaging. The matte brown look yet those teal-ish spark, sand like finish and metallic touch of copper gold melted my heart. I just had to have one in my collection.

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These collection comes with four lipstick. I picked one named Burmese Kiss. This shade is a warm coral pink and matte in texture with excellent opacity. If you are familiar with MAC’s matte then you already know how creamy and smooth they feels actually. Yet to remind you, MAC’s regular matte lipsticks are not as matte as the retro matte range.

Burmese Kiss is a very bright coral shade or I should say it is actually close to neon form. Some says its quite similar to Relentlessly Red but its totally not. Relentlessly Red has coral tone to that but that one is completely in blue side where Burmese Kiss is purely yellow/orange in tone. Sometimes I feel its a pure coral shade.
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MAC Bao Bao Wan Lipstick Burmese Kiss


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Burmese Kiss swatch on hand & Lip:

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Burmese Kiss feels like the perfect shade for spring, I’m sure i’m gonna enjoy wearing it the whole season.

As because Bao Bao Wan is a limited collection by MAC so it’s not going to be available in the market for long. If you haven’t picked your one yet then you might want to hurry 🙂  And if you’re already done then I would love to know what you got from the collection… Let me know 🙂

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NOTE: Bao Bao Wan is already released in MAC store, Malaysia. As far as I know tomorrow(5th march) they will be out in Singapore, USA and everywhere else. The Lipstick retails for 77RM/$17.50.


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Empties February’15 | Hair, Skin, Makeup | Short Review

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Empties


Hello March?! Wish you all have a fruitful month ahead…

In this first post of March I though to share with you few of my last months products that I’ve used up. These are those product that I use on daily basis, some I love, maybe some of them are not much good that i’ll purchase again or I just didn’t get space to write about them individually.  Im actually thinking to continue ‘Empties’ segment from now on every couple of month which will contain short reviews, like two three lines, of the product I’ve used up in past months. Obviously, because I don’t end up with bunch of empties every month 🙂

Do let me know if you would like to read more of this kind of contextual post.

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Hair Care Empties:
I was going crazy with my hair since I’m here in Malaysia. Somehow the my hair wasn’t reacting well with weather here. I was mainly struggling with oily scalp. Therefore, I was experimenting with quite a few shampoo and conditioner. Right now I have these three empties of shampoo and conditioner.

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Loreal Keratin Smooth Perfecting Shampoo:
This shampoo seems to be very popular on market. This was my first time trying it and sadly it completely failed me. It failed to give me clean scalp even after two/three wash. It did provide smoothness and straightened feeling to my hair instantly but that use to last for 4/5 hour only. This product was a total ‘Nay’ for me.

Kerasys Nutritive Ampoule Rinse/Conditioner:
This product claims to repair damage hair with ampoule impact. Whatever the ingredient it has or however the way it works but it did worked great on my hair. My hair felt much more healthy and completely tangle free after using this and the effect use to last for 24hr+. Loved using this and surely gonna be a repurchase.

Pantene Aqua Pure Shampoo:
This shampoo claims to have lot of good side in it but unfortunately I found this as a bogus product with zero cleaning power. It felt like whats the point of using a shampoo when it doesn’t even clean dirt from hair!! This is definitely a ‘No Buy’ product.

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Skin Care Empties:

The Body Shop, Simple, Essence

The Body Shop Glazed Apple Body Butter:
This specific ‘Glazed Apple’ range by Body Shop came up as a special edition of Christmas. Im not sure if its still available in market. I had three tub of this and I enjoyed using every bit of it. This butter is slightly different in texture that other Body Shop body butter has. It’s quite thick in texture and worked wonder keeping my dry body skin nourished for a full day. This butter also smells very fresh citrusy.

Essence PureSkin Moisturizer:
This was my first time trying any skincare product by Essence. Essence has quite a few skin care range variety. This moisturiser is from their pure skin range which claims to be anti-spot. Well, about the ‘anti-spot’ fact I completely do not agree. It doesn’t do anything with facial spot but as a moisturiser it works ok. The product has thin texture which absorbs into skin very fast without leaving any greasiness and keeps skin nourished for hours. I do recommend this product if you like to use a basic and simple moisturiser.

Simple Cleansing Wipes(Sensitive Skin):
Simple is one of my old favourite brand for skin care but trying their wet wipes was first time for me. This cleansing wipe performed well for cleaning yet I’m not quite happy with it. Though I picked the one is for sensitive skin but this wipe felt really harsh and scratchy on skin. Next time I might try other variety of Simple wipes but not this specific one.

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Makeup Empties:

MAC, Bioderma, Ponds

MAC Fix+:
I’m wondering at this point. Do I really need to talk about Fix+, I guess everyone knows about it and whoever loves it they loves it for forever. Well lets talk a bit, MAC Fix+ has been a must have and regular purchase for me when it comes to makeup. In case if you are interested to know how it works and how I use it then let me know, I’ll put up another in depth review on it.

Bioderma Sebium H2o:
This micellaire solution is one of my favourite as eye makeup remover. Its so kind to sensitive eyes like mine and cleanse every bit of makeup without much effort. Love this product but a bit expensive in my opinion.

Ponds BB+ Cream With SPF 30PA++ :
Well well, this BB cream happened to be my most used BB cream ever. I used this same product for one long year regularly. I couldn’t think my daily makeup without this. I guess I’ll have to stop using it at this point because this was my last tube and its not available here in Malaysia. Only one drawback with this BB cream was its one shade that might not go with every skin tone. I never really got time to write about this product which I totally should have. It gives smooth matte finish which last for long and blends into skin seamlessly. If you have oily or combination skin then you’ll also love it. I highly recommend this BB cream.


Hope you liked the first post of ‘Empties’ segment. I would love to know your opinion and suggestion about something new that I can write about 🙂



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Zoeva Luxe Face Brushes & My Thoughts!

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I badly needed to replace some of my face brushes so needless to say, that was my chance to grab some Zoeva brush. Zoeva has various range of brushes but I went for the Luxe range. White bristles attract me always because that makes me clean them regularly.

These Luxe Face brushes I got also comes with different sets. I went for singles just to pick the one I needed. Each of these single brush comes with zip-bag and brush guard. Awesome, right?

Zoeva luxe face brush
Zoeva luxe face brushes

Aren’t they look gorgeous???

Yes, they are also mind-blowing in real. What I love most about Zoeva brushes is their perfect sized barrel. They aren’t short like travel-sized brush yet not even long like other brushes that make you uncomfortable while holding. From the handle to ferrule to bristle every part of these brushes reflect high quality. You can literally say at first look that they are made with care.

Bristles of this particular ‘Luxe’ range comes with mix fiber/ hair. They are so soft yet firm to touch, packs up just right amount of product. I was surprised to see that they are nothing bad but even better if I compare them with my sigma brush bristle. A better option with cheaper price, I’m totally in love with Zoeva!

Let’s talk about the brushes I got…

Zoeva 109 Luxe Face Paint
Zoeva 109 Luxe Face Paint

Zoeva 109 Luxe Face Paint: $18.45/RM57.50

This brush is made of natural-synthetic hair(mix of both I guess). It has a flat precise top which is specially made for sculpting/contouring. I wanted to try this particular brush for long to experiment with my countering skill a bit more. At first use, I felt this brush is a bit smaller in size than I need, for the faster application I needed a bigger size to cover more space. However, that might be just my habit of using a bigger brush. Right now trying to get used to it. I must mention this brush is fabulous shaping nose and such areas.

126 Luxe Cheek Finish Face makeup brush
ZoevaCosmetics Face Brushes 126 Luxe Cheek Finish

Zoeva 126 Luxe Cheek Finish: $21.42/RM67

To me, this face makeup brush seems almost similar to the Face Paint Brush 109. Has the same kind of bristle(mix of natural-synthetic hair) but just the top is rounded and a bit bigger in size. Well, it’s stupid to tell them similarly. They aren’t similar in any way. Actually, it looked similarly sized in website picture while I was purchasing.
Zoeva says it’s a multi-purpose brush. I agree with that. I got this brush for the purpose of highlighter application but it seems to work great for contouring as well.

Zoeva Cosmetics Face Brushes - 127 Luxe Sheer Cheek
127 Luxe Sheer Cheek Face makeup brush

Zoeva 127 Luxe Sheer Cheek: $18.45/RM57.50

This angle shaped brush is made with natural hair. Has perfect bristle length and density. Works excellent for blush and bronzer application, as well as the highlighter. Love it!

Zoeva Cosmetics luxe face brush

I already washed these face brushes twice and haven’t noticed any fallout. They are even easy to clean, doesn’t build any stain either(till now). I must mention, with the cream product they work ok yet as because their bristles are not fully synthetic so they won’t be performing well with the liquid product.

I purchased these Zoeva brushes through Sephora. It was fast and easy as well as cost-effective to buy through them rather buying directly from Zoeva Cosmetics Website. They do offer international shipping. Just check if that includes your country). 

I already made my mind for my next Zoeva purchase, loved these brushes this much!
Have you tried any Zoeva brushes yet? How is your experience?

Benefit Roller Lash Mascara

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If you are a regular reader then you already know earlier this mont I was invited by Sephora to participate their ‘Mystery Mascara Test’ event. One tube of  Mascara(without brand label) was given to me and I was suppose to try and state my thoughts(read here) on that. Unveil party of that ‘Mystery Mascara’ happened last 14th February in Sephora, Starhill. I was honoured to be one of the lucky guest in that amazing party. Thanks to Sephora and Benefit Malaysia. No surprise, that mystery mascara was another new invention by none other than Benefit Cosmetics.

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Sad part first, I forgot to bring my camera at the party so, couldn’t really capture beauty and glam of the event. My phone was my only buddy to help! The Party was full of fun activities and then the launch.

Benefit Rollar Lash mascara launch party


We got to know so many infos and behind scenario and motivation of the Roller Lash mascara. I was surprised to know eyelash curler first invented in 1931 and we, now in 21st century, still depending on that to beautify our eyelash. Benefit says, we needed some easier and modern alternative of eyelash curler, which I totally agree. Therefore, the Benefit Roller Lash mascara comes as an easier and more effective stubstitue of eyelash curler. Hats off to Benefit!

End of the party there was more surprise for us, Benefit goody bag with the mystery mascara AKA the Roller Lash mascara in its actual cute packaging 🙂

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Lets talk about the actual product now…

Benefit Roller Lash Mascara


Like all other Benefit product this new Roller Lash mascara packaging is incredibly cute. One full size mascara contains 8.5g of product. In Malaysia it’ll be priced around 95RM. I was told, from the first week of march Benefit Roller lash mascara will be available in Sephora and Benefit boutique to purchase.

Before saying anything about the quality and performance of Roller Lash mascara I would suggest you to read(here…) my thoughts I stated before when I didn’t even know the brand name. You’ll know my true opinion.

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Ever since I got this mascara I’m loving it like never loved any mascara before only because how it lift up lashes. The hook n roll method of Roller Lash mascara works wonder, curls and lift it gives last long and it is quite easy to remove. However, I found this mascara doesn’t work much to lengthen lashes.

Do I recommend? Yes ofcourse, if you are tired of struggling with eyelash curler you must give this Benefit Roller lash mascara a try. I’m sure you won’t regret.





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Smokey Eye | Day appropriate in Asian Style

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Smokey Eye


Hello there Beautiful’s,
Today I created a daytime appropriate Asian style smokey eye. Since I’m living around so many Asian’s now I’m literally obsessed with their eye makeup. Being a South-Asian definitely my eye structure isn’t same so i did tried to improvise the look. In one side this look is glam with touch of dark smokiness and other side its wearable anytime anywhere.

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Smokey Eye

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Tutorial Video:

Smokey Eye


Product I’ve Used:

For Face…
*Maybelline Baby Skin Pore Eraser
*MAC Matchmaster Foundation in shade 5.0
*MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in shade NC35
*The Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer
*Tarte Breathless Blush
*The Balm Mary-Lou-Manizer Highlighter
*MAC Mineralize Charged Water Revitalising Energy
*MAC Fix+

For Eyes…
*Essence I Heart Stage Shadow Base
*Downfall for lid and Truth for highlighting brow bone from UrbanDecay Vice 3
*Peace(teal blue) and Zero(black) from UrbanDecay Deluxe Shadow Palette
*Lakme Eyeconic Kajal in Black
*Catrice Eyebrow Set to draw brows
*Essence Clear Mascara to set brows
*Benefit Rolar Lash and They Are Real Mascara

Lips…
*Nars Audacious Lipstick in shade Anita


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Smokey Eye

I used a kajal as my black base here but you can also use any gel liner, that will work the same. Hope you liked the look. You can change the teal color if you want and create more variation of this look.

If you have suggestions or you want to me to create any particular look in future, do let me know in the comment box below 🙂


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Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor | Review & Swatch

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Hello there beautiful’s,

Hope you all doing well. I have already individually reviewed few of Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolors I got. Today though to bring them all in one post. Hoping this post will help you to match and compare colors easily.

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Wet n Wild has vast range of color selection in their MegaLast Lipcolor range. I have six of them. They are (left to right)…

1. Dollhouse Pink
2. Pinkerbell
3. Cherry Picking
4. Sugar plum Fairy
5. Purty Persimmon
6. 24 Carrot Gold

Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor

 

 Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor’s Packaging is just basic and simple yet lid is somewhat not that user friendly. It is quite impossible to close the lid without poking the lipstick itself.  The lipsticks smells almost nothing.

Texture of these lipstick are semi-matte, non-drying. Color pay off is outstanding. Darker shades leaves strong stain in lips. These lipstick transfers quite easily, they last around 4/5 hours on lip if you don’t eat or else.

Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor’s are already very popular for its price and quality however after using them for long I have slight different opinion for them now. I won’t say they are bad in anyway but it feels quite heavy on lips unlike other lipstick I’ve used which I’m not liking anymore. Probably, its just my conscious, you might not feel the same!

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Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor

 


Swatches on hand:

Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor

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Swathes on lip:
Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor


24 Carrot Gold:
The shade is quite similar with the color of carrot but with a bit pastel touch in it. Its an orange but there is some coral tone. This shade might not be suitable for everyone yet whoever loves orange shade I’m sure they can pull it off.

Purty Persimmon:
Purty Persimmon is also mentioned in the label as Reflect Orange. In my eyes its a bright orange toned red. Yes its not any orange, its a Red color but with warm orange tone in it. Color might vary in lip tone. I guess, anyone having fair complexion will find Purty Persimmon more vibrant and orangish!
Check my detailed review here…

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Sugar Plum Fairy:
This color is some kind of dark coll toned plumy or berry fuchsia though varies on light effect. Has strong blue undertone in it. People says it right, this shade is a perfect dupe of the famous MAC Rebel.
Check my detailed review here…

Cherry Picking:
This shade is quite a perfect cherry red but with a very strong pink undertone which makes it somehow deep fuchsia specially with white indoor ligh you will see nothing but a deep fuchsia color. However, in day light its a cherry/cool pink toned red.
Check my detailed review here…

Pinkerbell:
Pinkerbell or Tendre Rose(as mentioned in the packaging) is slightly coral toned pink. The color tone is soft but quite loud, bright and pastel, way more vibrant when you put it on lip.
Check my detailed review here…

Dollhouse Pink:
Doll house Pink is  mentioned in the label as a rosy purple. In my eyes its slightly blue toned baby pink, an opaque dolly pink or somewhat lilac-pink. Color is way more bright when applied on lip. Pastel in texture.
Check my detailed review here…


Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipcolor




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Color Clash | Valentine Makeup Tutorial

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Color Clash | Valentine Makeup Tutorial


Hello there Beautiful’s…
Hope you all doing well. Here I’m after long with a makeup tutorial. I call it Color Clash because in this look I played with so many  intense color. And ofcourse, as valentine day is almost here so I dedicate this look for valentine day.

Let’s make this valentine clashed with colors 🙂

Color Clash | Valentine Makeup Tutorial



Tutorial Video:

Note: Presenting my first official(!!!) makeup tutorial for youtube.
Doing makeup is easy(!) for me but making a video of that wasn’t easy at all. I’m a primary learner so I would really appreciate your constructive opinion and suggestion.



Closer snap of eye makeup:
Color Clash

Product I’ve used:

For Face…
* Makeup Forever Skin Equalizer Base Mattifying Primer
* Bourjois Healthy Mix Correcting Concealer in shade 53 Dark Radiance
* Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation in shade 5.5
* The Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer
* Tarte Bashfull Blush
* MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Soft & Gentle
* MAC Mineralize Charged Water Revitalizing Energy
*MAC Fix+

For Eyes…
* Maybelline Color Tatto in shade Inked Pink for base
* Urban Decay Vice 3 Paletter for all colors except neon pink in inner corner.
* Sleek Acid palette for the neon pink I used in inner corner.
* Maybelline Gel liner in shade Black
*Maybelline Colossal Kajal Turquoise
* Benefit They Are Real Mascara.
* Catrice Eyebrow Set for brows
*Essence Clear Mascara to set my brows

Lips…
* Jakelin Lipliner in shade Natural
* Too Faced Melted Lipstick in shade Melted Fuchsia

Color Clash | Valentine Makeup Tutorial


Hope you liked the look. You can always change the lip color to make the look soft or more bold. Don’t forget to share your thoughts. If you try this look then you can share that with me in instagram by hash tagging #GreenStoryblog. I would love to check your re-creation 🙂




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#MyDreamCurl | The Mystery Mascara Test

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Mystery Mascara Test
Sephora Malaysia Gave me this amazing opportunity to participate in a Mystery Mascara Test. Yes, Sephora got it right, we beauty obsessed people love to try and discover latest must-haves.

In this event I received a mascara tube with no label in it. Sephora artist was there to teach me how exactly I’m suppose to apply this mascara. Then It was given to me to try out and share my thoughts. The point of this Mystery Mascara Test was to try product without knowing the brand so that I can share my fresh thoughts without having any brand influence.

Sephora also mentioned this mascara is going to worth around 95RM. The mascara will be unveiled in Malaysia this coming 14th of February. Needless to mention, I already fixed my date with Sephora for this years Valentine day 😛

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My thoughts on this Mystery Mascara:
Mystery Mascara


The mascara comes with an unique, a little curvy and thin but sturdy wand. There is some hook like bristle in inner curve of the want and rest are random. As I was told, there is an exception in its application procedure to get maximum effect from this product. You need to hook lashes with those hook-like bristles and then roll the brush as you prefer.

Application procedure is really interesting but you might need a bit of practice to avoid mess. I was surprised in my first application how this wand and hook-roll method lift up my lashes. Honestly, I never got this effect without using a lash-curler.

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Here is my Before & After snaps…
Mystery Mascara Test

I think you can notice from after picture how beautifully this mascara worked on my lashes.

In terms of consistency and pigmentation this mascara meets my satisfactory level. If you can use the wand properly your lashes will be uplifted and curled looking in one application. With second coat it gives length and volume.  I went for a third coat before my 2nd coat was dry and ended up getting clumps and mess. So there is the point you need to be careful, this mascara takes a minute to dry, you have to give it time to rest before loading up several coats.
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This mascara is not waterproof, does smudge if not dry, lashes stays curled and lifted as long as you don’t remove. Yesterday I wore this mascara for almost six hour and I was impressed with it. Didn’t bother me with any eye sensitivity issues either. Lastly, its easy to remove as well.

Overall, I think this mascara is going to be a must have who has natural long lashes. Trust me guys, its amazingly effective on giving your lashes a lift.



So, any Brand Name guess guys??

I simply can’t wait for the launch party to see Mystery Mascara in its official packaging 🙂




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