REVIEW: Snoe Shoo-Zit Dont Bother Me! Wash Away Those Zits Deep Cleansing Acne Wash

Heeeey! I won't be making excuses of why I was absent for the month of May -- I've been lazy and depressed hahaha. So , let's just jump to the review of my current favorite face wash.

Snoe Shoo-Zit Dont Bother Me! 

Wash Away Those Zits Deep Cleansing Acne Wash

Price: 349php (100ml)

Bought from: Snoe stall at the BDJ BOX Fair

I have been suffering from super nasty breakouts and I was searching for a good cleanser to use. Before using this Snoe product, I have been using the Shiseido cleanser from my February BDJ Box and it really worked for me but I didn't have the resources (a.k.a. moolah, I'm so broke OTL) to get another one so I landed with the Snoe Wash Away Those Zits Cleanser. It's not that expensive and I really wanted to try a Snoe product (proud Pinoy!). 

Here's a description of the product from its box. 

Ingredients and other Information

I've been using this face wash for a couple of weeks now (probably about 2 months already) and I'm about to finish it hihih. It has a gel-ish liquid consistency and it doesn't foam a lot when I use it on my face. I usually wet my face first to get the amount of suds I want from the cleanser and I feel like my face is cleaner that way. Also, I use this every morning and night since I got it.

What I like about this product:

• It is very easy to use with a pump to get the product out.
• I can use it for a long time (2 months and counting) since I only need about 3-4 pumps per use.
• It WORKS! I have experienced fewer episodes of pimple breakout since I've used it. I still get pimples from time to time especially before and during "that time of the month" (my hormones become crazy b*****s at these times, ugh) but whenever I do, it will all dry up after 2-3 days (of course, with the help of another snoe product which I will make a review on another post).
• It has a distinctive smell, at first I thought it's a little funky but I got used to it and I'm loving it now! ♥
• It's only 349php!!! 

What I don't like about this product:

• Maybe it's just me but I like cleaning my face with a lot of suds and I have a hard time getting the amount of suds I like from this product. So, as mentioned above, I wet my face first (as in tsunami wet, I needed to splash a lot of water to my face first) before using the face wash and voila! I get my suds and I'm happy! hahahaha

Overall, I LOVE it!!!! I am giving it a 4.5/5 score! I recommend this product to girls (or guys) who have acne problems like me! I hope it works for you too just as it worked for me!

You can buy this product on all Snoe outlets and stores or online at SnoeBeauty. :)

I'll be buying another bottle of this soon! heheh How about you guys?  What facial cleansers do you use? I'd like to know especially the ones effective on acne hihihih Thanks! :D

© Photos were taken and watermarked by me, 

product photos were edited via Photoshop CS3 with 

OhMyLittleGirl's action Dreamy Vintage.

On Excitement

I got my tickets today!!! I'll blog about it later since I'm too excited to even form a coherent thought right now hahahahah. I just want to share my happiness, woohoo! :)

REVIEW: L'Oréal Magic Smooth Soufflé

Heeey! I'm back! hihihi

I have been using this product for a while now but recently I only seldom use it since it's soo hot, I usually prefer my Lioele BB Cream when I go out.

Anyway, today I'm going to talk about my L'Oréal Magic Smooth Soufflé. This was given by my aunt to my mom but I asked both of them if I can have it instead hohohohoh. Anyway, I'm not sure if it's available locally but I've done my research and it would have cost about 650php ($15.95) or higher if it we're sold here. 

 L'Oréal Magic Smooth Soufflé in Nude Beige

"Every stunning look begins with a gorgeous foundation. L’Oréal’s Magic Smooth™ Soufflé creates a flawless, silky, even-toned finish. Apply it daily to achieve smooth, poreless perfection. Available in a wide range of tones, Magic Smooth™ Soufflé is versatile enough to beautify every skin type."

First off, this foundation is air-whipped, I was actually surprised when I first opened it since it was the first time for me to encounter a foundation which is not as "liquid" as the usual ones. It promises to be lightweight and with breathable coverage. 

It has a grainy texture which you will see more in the following photos. Here are my swatches, a bit blurry though, I'm having trouble steadying the camera with only one hand, I'm sorry OTL haha. I did not edit the following photos except adding my cute(haha self-proclaimed :P) watermark. 

I've used a spatula to get the product from the pot since I think it'll prevent bacterial contamination more instead of using my fingers. The grainy texture is more visible here, right?

Even though it has a grainy texture at first, it blends easily on my hands and face. At first I thought it'd be hard for me to use but it was really easy, definitely noob-friendly. :)

IN-DEPTH

Applying it was really easy for me especially while using a brush to blend it on my face. I haven't tried using my fingers to apply it because I don't like how it feels in my fingers after hehehe. It actually provided a lot of coverage on my face since I have a lot of post-acne marks right now.

This is how I looked like with just the foundation on (with primer). There are still some spots which are not covered but those were the really dark or bumpy ones on my forehead, so I think this foundation still aced my coverage test. By the way, I did not use any concealer on this photo, I just put on another layer of the foundation on my problem spots especially on my eyebags and scars.

Then I just added the rest of my makeup to add color to my face hehehe.

I have used the foundation both indoors and outdoors to test it out. On both times, I felt oily on my T-zone area after a few hours and I needed to re-apply a powder to stop the oil-fest on my T-zone. BUT! I can say that it had done a great job on my cheeks. Even after hours of wearing it, my cheeks felt smooth and supple. So I'd probably recommend this to people with normal to dry skin because I think this would be an awesome foundation for them. I think it can still be used by people with oily skin since we can just apply powder from time to time because even when it felt oily for me, my face still looked okay. It wasn't shiny, it just felt oily and I have an oil-blotting sheet for that hehehe. 

Anyway, this is one awesome foundation and I think I'd probably use it more during cosplays since it really has a good coverage and it looks good in photos hehehe. 

Things I love about the L'Oréal Magic Smooth Soufflé:

• It's noob-friendly as it's easy to blend especially since I'm using a brush to blend it.
• It only takes a little amount to use on my entire face and neck.
• I can skip on concealers with this because I can just add another layer on top of my problem marks.
• It feels awesome on my cheeks, seriously!! I cannot emphasize it more! hahah
• It's relatively cheap if it's available locally (I will research on this and find out and update this hehe)
• I haven't experienced any break-outs from using this (which is AWESOME!)

However, I do have a list of the things I don't like with this foundation:

• It's in a pot and I needed to use a spatula to get it out.
• It gets kind of messy when I use the spatula hehe.
• It doesn't have SPF and I don't like putting so much on my face so I tend to skip on my sunscreen when there's SPF on the product already.
• It's a little heavy with its glass container and it might be hard to travel with it.

Overall, I'd give this product a 4/5 score and as the product promised, I can say that it is light-weight and has a breathable coverage. Thumbs up! :)

And because I'm feeling vain and I'm loving this new camera app with awesome filters, here's another photo of me hehehehhe

© Photos were taken and watermarked by me, 

product photos were edited via Photoshop CS3 with 

OhMyLittleGirl's action Dreamy Vintage.

Apologies

I'm sorry I haven't been posting lately. With the project deadlines and final exams and my lazy self, I haven't found the time to post something.

I am sarreh! 

Anyway, I promise to be back next week with a new review and a wishlist hihihihihih

'Til next week! Make sure to hydrate a lot since IT'S SOOOOO HOOOOOOT!

Btw, these emoticons were taken from the new Facebook app from the App Store, it's sooo cute hihihihihih

Also, while waiting for next week, here's another photo. New nails! ♥

New Nails

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REVIEW: Lioele WaterDrop BB Cream

I love BB Creams! It's easy to use and totally lazy-friendly hehehe.

Anyway, here's a review of the BB cream I'm currently using and for now, my most loved BB Cream hihih. Since I started obsessing about makeup, I have tried five six (including this one) BB Creams from different brands and I never managed to finish all of them (except my first one) since they just don't live up to my expectations.

This BB Cream, on the other hand, is awesome! 

Lioele is a Korean cosmetics brand which started in 2003 and is now making its mark in the beauty market. I learned about this brand from Jen of From Head to Toe. (She's my ultimate beauty idol. hihih). The brand isn't available in boutiques locally yet but there are already distributors here in the country -- there's a number of mall outlets and official online sellers already. If you're interested, you can check out LioelePH's site. I bought mine from Zalora though.  

Here's a preview of the product from LioelePH's site:

Anyway, I love love this product. My face feels extra smooth after application and it is also refreshing especially on hot days. It feels like I'm not wearing any makeup at all. Its light, its cool and hydrates my skin too!

Note that I have the older packaging version of the product. I recently found out that it has been redesigned. So, to not confuse you guys, here's a photo of both versions.

A closer look..

Lioele's WaterDrop BB Cream comes in only one shade. I was actually a bit hesitant in buying the product but decided to go against my doubts instead. Good thing I did though because this one's a keeper! hehehe

It easily blends with my skin and adapts the right shade for my face. 

As stated from the above preview, it forms water drops while you're blending it. The small white spots in the photo are actual water drops formed while I was blending it on the back of my hand.

And when I was done blending, my skin was instantly smoother. I love the feeling of a powdery finish when I'm done and it lasts long too. I was able to commute (bus --> lrt under the heat of the sun) to class, stay for 3-hours in an air-conditioned room and go back with my face still feeling smooth even when I got home that night. It has SPF 27 and has a good coverage too -- it covered a lot of my blemishes (and everybody knows that I have a lot of that! haha), although not entirely (but that's asking for too much hihih) and after a few hours, the coverage has diminished compared to when I first applied it. Anyway, for this product, my score is a 4.5/5. I wanted to post a photo of me with the product on but I wasn't able to do it -- I'll try to post one as soon as I can! :) 

I'm planning to buy more Lioele products soon. I think I'll post a Lioele to-buy-list next time hihihih. I promise another blog post by next week -- I'm planning to make this atleast a weekly thing hihih.

 © Photos were taken and watermarked by me, 

photos were edited via Photoshop CS3 with 
OhMyLittleGirl's action Dreamy Vintage.

© I grabbed some photos from the net, 
please click the photos to go to their respective websites.

Sick

I'm sick and I have projects due at the end of the week :/

Anyway, I'll be making a new product review. I might post it on the weekend, got to rest first! :D

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REVIEW: Shiseido Maquillage Essence Glamourous Rouge & Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick

Hey!! I'm back hahahah. Sorry I haven't been able to keep my promise about posting last weekend hihihihih

Anyway, here's my review of the two Shiseido lippies (Is that even a word?! eeh, meh) I got from BDJ hehehe

I'll be reviewing these two:

 Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick in RD142

 Shiseido Maquillage Essence Glamourous Rouge in RD 396

Before everything else, I just want tell you guys that I was never a fan of lipstick before these products. My lips tend to dry a lot and I was comfortable to just using a lip balm and a tinted lip gloss (and RARELY use lip tints too when I feel like I want more color on my lips than usual). The only time I get to wear a lipstick or any other lip products is when someone puts it on my lips for me, as in when I am being given a makeover for whatever event in my life that's going to happen. I haven't even used the lipstick palette from a Clinique makeup set I have (actually it was my mom's but I literally begged her for it, telling her I needed it more hahaha). So trying these products is definitely a big deal for me.

I was actually really excited to try them out. I've had some reservations too, since it's my first time to willingly use one but when I did try them I was really relieved and very happy with the results. 

I got this one from my February BDJ Box. It's a sample size of the Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick in RD142. I loved it already the first time I saw it! It's perfect for travelling, it's handy and can fit anywhere I want it to. I first tried it when I was at home, so that when my lips dry up I'd be in the comfort of my home and I'll be able to do something about it. Imagine my happiness when after a few hours of wearing it, my lips haven't shown even the slightest indication that it'll dry up. It felt natural on my lips and I felt as though I wasn't wearing anything on my lips at all. 

And have I already mentioned before that I am a perpetual lip biter? I tend to lip bite when I'm nervous or when I'm thinking -- actually I tend to do it more when I'm not thinking hahah. But even with my habit of biting my lips a lot, I could still see the color on my lips by the time we had dinner that day and I've had the lipstick on since early afternoon. It faded a lot by dinner but the color stayed a lot longer than I expected it to. That counts for a lot right? 

All in all, I'd say that my first lipstick experience was made awesome by the Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick. I would say that it's almost perfect but to be honest I was afraid of the shade that I got -- still afraid of it actually. I have natural dark lips -- darker than most girls -- and the shade I got was a matte red, I think (gaaaa sorry, I'm really bad with colors -- my boyfriend sometimes tease me about being color blind OTL). And I was worried that it'll come too strong on me since I'm not particularly in love with shades of red on my lips. So I'm saving this one for special events, maybe night outs with my family or friends. I would have loved to use it everyday but I don't think I'd be able to pull it off. I thought it actually looked good on me when I tried it, my boyfriend says so too but I think I'd be too self conscious to even be comfortable on wearing it on a daily basis. I think this lipstick a 4.5/5 product.

Next is the Shiseido Maquillage Essence Glamourous Rouge in RD 396. I got this weeks after the first one -- won it from the BDJ/Shiseido 7-day challenge (yay!!). I did some research on it and I learned that the Maquillage is a Shiseido sub-brand that caters for a more natural look on its users (if I'm not mistaken, please do correct me if I'm wrong). The shade RD396 is a relatively new shade added to their Essence Glamourous Rouge, which now has 10 shades to offer. 

What I first loved about it was its packaging. It's cute and classy hihihi. Next is it's shade -- it's perfect! I love love love it so much I wanted to use it everyday (though I'm saving it for when I go out during the day hihih). Again, it has a very lasting effect on my lips, though you won't notice the shade once it fades out, it lasted for a good 3-4 hours when I first used it. My lips felt smoother and plumper. My lips dried a little after it faded out but reapplying it was good enough to save my drying lips. What's more is that it's easy to apply, it has a unique applicator that makes it very noob-friendly!

I tried it both with my lip balm on and without. Honestly, I liked wearing it with my lip balm. It felt a bit too sticky for me when I didn't apply my lip balm first but that's just me. I like the perfect rouge lipstick better but the shade of the maquillage I got scores a lot more but that's just because I think I could use it more during the day because I rarely go out at night heheh. Overall, I think this one is a 4/5 product. 

Here are the swatches of the two products, the one on the right(R) is the Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick and the left(L) one is the Shiseido Maquillage Essence Glamourous Rouge.

LEFT: Shiseido Maquillage Essence Glamourous Rouge |

 RIGHT: Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick

Whew, that was long. So that's it with my review. I'll be doing a review of my current favorite BB cream next, maybe in a week, if I'm not so busy or lazy hahah.

 © All photos were taken and watermarked by me, 

photos were edited via Photoshop CS3 with 
OhMyLittleGirl's action Dreamy Vintage.

© All products are from BDJ BOX and Shiseido PH

See you at the first BDJ Box Beauty Social on March 24!

I’m counting down the days to the first ever BDJ Box Beauty Social at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium on March 24! I'm going with a friend! yay! I might be a bit late though but this definitely deserves a mark on my planner!

BDJ Box is a beauty product discovery subscription service for women. Brought to you by the makers of the Belle de Jour Power Planner, BDJ Box aims to help every Filipina unbox her own beauty. For P480 a month, subscribers receive a mass-customized box with at least 5-6 of the best beauty products delivered to their doorstep. I tried it once and it made me soooo happy! Subscribing is very easy, the instructions were easy to understand and follow, the boxes arrive early and their staff are awesome!

I’m psyched to try each and every activity booth at the Beauty Social! I find myself squealing over the thought of going to every booth and trying to choose which of them is my favorite BUT it's so hard to choose, I just can't wait to try everything! :)

The BDJ Box Beauty Social is open to everyone but only pre-registered girls will be allowed to participate in the talks, get a loot bag and have their picture taken by the pro photographer. Slots will be given on a first come first served basis. I sent my email already, can't wait to listen to the talks. Aaaaand loot bags! Who can say no to that??! *Edit* I got in at the 3pm and 4pm talks, yieee so excited! I wanted to listen to all the talks but I should probably give chances to the others who are as eager to attend the talks as well as me hehe. See you guys there!

Register now! :D

To pre-register for any of the talks, 

simply email hazel@belledejourpowerplanner.com the following:

Subject: BDJ Box Beauty Social Reg

Name:

Mobile Number:

Your answer to the question: 

What's your "I honestly can't live without it" beauty product?

Top 3 choices for talks

For more details check out their Facebook Page: BDJ Box FB

To get your very own BDJ Box, visit their website: BDJ Box Site

Be Happy. Stay Pretty. See you at the BDJ Box Beauty Social!

© Thanks to Ms. Rissa for the hi-res photos I used in this post. 

If you want to, please email rissa@belledejourpowerplanner.com 

to get the original hi-res copies. See you on the 24th! :)

Highs and Lows

This week has been an emotional roller coaster for me. Let me tell you why..

High!

I was always reluctant to join any contests (especially the ones with raffles) because I never win. However, I've recently been active in the social networking community because of my obsession for makeup and beauty. There's just something about makeup that amps my confidence and how I feel about myself. Anyway, I've joined lots of online contests this year, even more than the times I've joined in the past years put together -- and it's only the 3rd month of the year, whew! 

One of those contests was the BDJ Box/Shiseido 7-Day Challenge, I was actually planning not to join because it was a very busy week for me but I decided to go for it and made 2 blogs in the middle of the night. It was a little embarrassing too since I had to show a photo of my huge zit but I really thought that I had to do it since it'll prove a point. It turns out that it was all worth it because I WON!!!! hihihihihi

Look! There's my name on the photo hihihihihi

I was so happy when I saw my name, I even checked about 2-3 times more to make sure that it was my name on the photo. hehe I didn't really believe it until I checked my email and saw that I really, truly won. I actually screamed (not so loud to bother the neighbors but loud enough to startle my mother hihihi). Two days after, I got the package with my prize. I was expecting just the full size Shiseido White Lucent Intensive Spot Targeting Serum in the package but I was surprised with another full-sized product. I was giggling the whole time I was opening it. 

Shiseido White Lucent Intensive Spot Targeting Serum 

  Shiseido Maquillage Essence Glamourous Rouge in RD 396

I got these two as my prizes, awesome!! I'll be writing a review for the Shiseido Maquillage Essence Glamourous Rouge next time. I'm planning on a review of both the lip items I got from Shiseido and BDJ in one post -- I might post it this weekend, I hope hehe.

Thank you BDJ Box and Shiseido PH!!! I am now a very happy fan girl!! :D :D :D

Low!

Before the week ends, I felt that since this is my lucky week, I might as well try my luck on some other aspect in my life and my mom has been bugging me for quite some time about it. To start of, let me explain some things about my life. I am a full-time graduate school student, meaning I am unemployed and my only focus is on studying so I mostly loiter around the house when I don't have classes. Recently, I've been thinking that I should get at least a part-time job to shoulder my obsessions (makeup, skin care, and etc.). I've found a really great one the other day and I immediately grabbed the opportunity. I sent an email and was requested to go to a screening the next day but I went home sad and disappointed because I didn't get the job. 

I think I might have taken it for granted, never really prepared for it and even slept really late that night before the screening (but that was because I was so nervous, I can't sleep. meh -.-). Anyway, I decided to just move on and keep looking for one that I can adjust my schedule with. I'm just glad that at least I've learned something from this experience.

So that's it for my week heheh. I'm mostly busy with school projects but I'll try to post my next review this weekend. :D 

 © All photos were taken and watermarked by me, 

product photos were edited via Photoshop CS3 with 
OhMyLittleGirl's action Dreamy Vintage.

© All products are from BDJ BOX and Shiseido PH

SampleRoom/Shiseido 7-day Challenge

This is another Shiseido 7-day challenge, but this time it's in collaboration with SampleRoom. 

(Check it out!) 

Anyway, I got these samples for FREE!!! I just paid for the shipping fees and it was delivered straight to my home (how cool is that?!). It is really amazing, the sampleroom is and I've been a fan since I read them on a blog (forgot whose it was though, sorry OTL). They have excellent customer service too! I love it!

Going back to the topic, I got a Shiseido White Lucent Intensive Brightening Mask, a 9ml sample of  Shiseido White Lucent Intensive Spot Targeting Serum and a sample of Celeteque MakeUp Remover Cleansing Facial Wipes (haven't tried this one yet since I'm saving it for later).

I started the 7-day challenge on Feb28, that was the day after my first 7-day challenge heheh.

As usual, I've used the spot serum in the morning after I wake up and at night just before I go to sleep. Sometimes, when I have to leave in the middle of the day and put on makeup, I also use the serum just before applying my makeup on.

I only have to use a small amount of it to cover the spots on my face -- take note that I really have a LOOOOOOT of dark spots on my face -- so I was really happy that I could still use just a little bit of the serum for the oh-so-many spots.

It's a little on the viscous side so I had to apply it on fast since it tends to dry up fast.

I used the mask on the 7th day. I cannot stress enough how much I love this mask. It is really refreshing and I think it dries up my pimples too (to an extent hihi).  It fits perfectly on my face and I can move around the room without being scared of it falling off. It is truly an awesome mask!

Since, I had issues the last time I used the mask, I made sure I was really careful with it this time. I left the mask on for 15 minutes, and place the remaining liquid onto a clean jar. I massaged my face with the remaining serum and left it on to dry. It was a huge help that I was really tired and very sleepy that day that I didn't make a fuss on how it felt on my face. When I woke up the next morning, my face felt amazing! Oh and I forgot to mention that I had this huge zit (again!) on the night of Day 7 but wait 'til you see my Day 8 photo. I super love this mask!  

Day 1(Feb 28) and Day 7(Mar 7)

The scars were significantly lighter by Day 8. 

I'm very happy with these products and will continue using it as it proved to be very effective on my sensitive/combination-oily skin. Did I mention that I especially love the mask?? It's so awesome and I'm loving it more with each use :D 

The scars on my chin were almost completely gone too. Yay!

Thank you Shiseido and SampleRoom! :D

Excuse my crappy photos since I forgot to charge the camera's batteries

 and opted to use my phone's camera instead. I've been really busy lately and 

I blame it on my school projects that I finally got to pass earlier aaaand 

playing Pokemon Black 2 hihihi.

 © All photos were taken and watermarked by me, 

only the product photos were edited via Photoshop CS3 with 
OhMyLittleGirl's action Dreamy Vintage.

© All products are from Sample Room and Shiseido PH

Pokemon <3

I'm currently playing Pokemon Black 2, finally!! hihihihi I'm so excited, I've been staying up for an hour more than my usual sleep time since I got it hihihi I really love Pokemon, it makes me so happy hehe I can't wait for Pokemon X and Y to be released, too bad I don't have a 3ds yet but I plan to save a lot this year to buy one. *crosses fingers* :D