My GSS grabs

Product 1
Laura Mercier Shimmer Bloc – Pink Mosaic
Effects : Light-reflecting to give your eyes, face or body a healthy glow. Contains pearl, unlike other shimmering powder that leaves the face looking metallic and frosty.
Price : SGD$89.90
Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Rave!

Product 2
Shu Uemera Silver Painting (Eye) liner
Effects : This glittery eye liner cream is easy to use and glides onto the eye lids fairly easily. It is excellent when used as a base to bring out any other eye shadows which you put on top. The glitter may be a bit unevenly spread out, giving an impression on queer silver specks on eyelids
Price : SGD$34.00
Verdict: ♥♥ So-So unless you like to makeup like disco princess

Product 3

Dior Waterproof Crayon Black eyeliner
Effects: Very easy to glide on lids. However, I find they are not smudge proof, hence may lead to panda eyes. Pack some Q-tips in your cosmetics bag as a precaution.
Price: SGD$33.00
Verdict: -♥ Disappointing

Product 4

Fasio Gradation Deep Eyes, Eye Color Palette - Blue
Effects: Comes with instructions on how to use the 4 colours. The #3 turquoise blue is gorgeous! Texture is fantastic, and color is long lasting!
Price: SGD$24.00
Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Wow! Cheap and Good!

Product 5
Fasio Gradation Deep Eyes, Eye Color Palette - Green
Effects: Comes with instructions on how to use the 4 colours. The #3 green is nice. Texture is fantastic, and color is long lasting!
Price: SGD$24.00

Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Wow! Cheap and Good!

Product 6
Clarins Double Fix Mascara
Effects: This waterproofing Seal for lashes and eyebrows is used before and after mascara to elongate, protect the lashes, and *ta-dah* prevents mascara from bleeding and smugging! Works great with my Lancome Oscillation
Price: SGD$39.00
Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Rave!

Product 7
Silky Girl Blockbuster Color Palette – Browns
Effects: 4 shades of eye shadow brown that allows you flexibility. I mix the last 2 darker shades to fill-in my brows. The first 2 lighter shades can be used for highlighting.
Pricet: SGD$13.90
Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Wow! Cheap and Good!

Product 8
Watsons Battery operated Heat Lash curler
Effects: A Gem! Helps to curl lash to dizzy heights! Easy to use too!
Price: SGD$9.90
Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Rave!

Phyto Phytojoba

Since my previous post about Loreal Hair Spa, I have been getting alot of questions about whether this product really does marvels to the hair texture. Whilst I feel that the scent of this Loreal product is really heavenly and uplifting, the after-effects is not as lasting as I had hoped. The good news is that it is really luxurious if you have the treatment done in a salon, and the hairstylist can mix it with other treatments (e.g. for scalp, etc..)

Well, my latest tried-and-tested home care therapy product is the Phyto Phytojoba Intense Hydrating Hair Mask. This is a deeply hydrating mask for dry hair (like my poor hair ends!)

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:

• jojoba oil - extremely healing and hydrating for the hair

Scent: Essential oils of South African sweet orange, angelica seeds and root extracts, smells like yoghurt!

Effects: My very dehydrated hair feels soft & silky to the touch right after wash. It even starts to get back a tinge of healthy glow.

Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Rave!

So clean you can lick my face!

I am truly impressed. My search for the ultimate best BEST makeup remover is over. I have found THE one and it is *tadah* Fancl MCO (Mild Cleansing Oil) (SGD$33).

Not only does it satisfy my first criteria of having some of the "toxic" ingredients eliminated (free of preservatives, sterilizers, petroleum surfactants, fragrances, mineral oil), the texture is light and fragrance free. 2 pumps is all you need, and it spreads easily over the entire face.

I like to do this just minutes before I shower, so that I can just rinse if off in shower. The oil upon touching water emulsifies (turns milky) and washes off easily. I tried to dab my face with a piece of tissue after the wash and my face is squeaky clean!

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
Meadow Foam Oil, Green Tea Catechin Oil, Rosehip Oil

• Meadow Foam Oil - aids in the removal of keratin plugs over time for a clear, smoother complexion.
• Green Tea Catechin Oil - Catechins is a kind of tannin found in green tea leaves, which has 100 times more antioxidants than Vitamin C, 25 times more Vitamin E and twice the benefits found in red wine. Catechins oil-soluble extracts are suppose to be more stable than water-soluble counterparts.
• Rosehip Oil - Easily penetrates skin, hydrates skin

Tip: If you are going to Japan, stock up! It retails much cheaper there! (3360 yen is for 2 bottles of MCO works out to be approx SGD$26 per bottle).

Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Rave!

New hairstyle needs new products

I finally got tired of the curls, and opt for hair straightening using cosmic cream at Shunji Matsuo (Level 3 Century Square). Due to intense layering, my hair looks a bit wispy at the bottom, so I’m in dire need for a product to tame the tresses!

So, the following day, I started “interviewing” a couple of hair stylists from salons in Tampines Mall/Century Square – Reds, Hair Mechanics,

Hair Inn. I’m finally convinced to try this product in weird-looking-packaging called Shaan Hong/Rosemary & D-pathenol Protein cream.

The hair stylist tried a sample on my hair and the effect was quite obvious. Before application, my hands can’t even comb through my hair (gets entangled). But after the application, I can easily comb through my hair with my fingers! An amazing performance that even Simon Cowell would drop his jaws!

PLUS !!

At SGD$28.80 (there’s a 20% discount now), it’s WAY cheaper than the Keratase products which the other saloons recommend, and the application is so much easier! (Works on both dry and towel-dried hair). Great for lazy nachos like me.

PLUS !!

This miracle cream is also endorsed by podders at

CozyCot.

Ingredients:
‧Rosemary - Anti Bacterial, Accelerates blood circulat-ion, Normalizing effect on metabolism.

‧ D-Panthenol ( Vitamin B5 Complex ) - Repairs &recondit-ions scalp & hair .

‧ Silk Protein - Nourishes and repairs split ends and damaged hair shafts .

Benefits:
● RD - Protein Cream contains Rosemary to nourish the hair and scalp. Vitamin B5 to strengthen the hair strand and increase elasticity.
● Silk Protein combines with the hairs natural Amino Acids releasing the hairs natural moisturemolecules and creating a fine natural protective film on the hair. This film protects the hair from environmental damage caused by the wind, sun and salt water. It also acts as protection from chemical damage due to perming, colouring or chlorinated water.
● RD Protein Cream increases the hairs ionic bonds thus strengthing the hairstrand and preventing split ends.

Verdict: ♥♥♥♥♥ Rave!

Skin Care Makeup goes GSS

For over 10 years, I’ve been a loyal fan of Skin Care Cosmetics. My logic is, if you are going to makeup on your face everyday, why not pay a bit more and choose one which actually contains ingredients that treat the skin at the same time!
If you are worried about your cosmetics having the top 15 Dangerous ingredients in Skin Care, try safe products like Averine, Dermalogica, Origins:

- Non Comedogenic (does not clog pores/cause blackheads)
- No Mineral Oil
- No S.D. Alcohol
- No Artificial fragrance
- No Artificial Preservatives

Here’s Averine's offer for GSS (Great Singapore Sale)

My favourite: Satin Smooth foundation (S$76.50), Silky Smooth Loose Power (S$53), Skin Caring eyeshadows ($60.20)