Packaging: 7/10 - Simple design, but I wish they had done a little more. Compact, but kinda heavy compared to Candy Doll, less bulky compared to Melliesh though.
Pigmentation: 8.5/10 - The color payoff is extremely good! The colour comes off strong and prominent on my skin. Then again, it's a highlight so I suppose it is supposed to be very obvious when applied.
Texture: 6.5/10 - It is not as smooth as other brands like Candy Doll or Melliesh, I do experience some fall outs, thus I think the powder is not packed on pan as well.
Blendability : 8/10 - It blends nicely and does not have patches/ uneven colour distribution on my cheeks. I'm not sure if the way I'm using my brush is technique-ly correct, but it works well with whatever way I am doing now so it might differ for you!
Lasting Power: 7/10 - It lasted for about 4.5 hours before I had to touch up a little; definitely lasted longer than my blush!
Availability: 3.5/10 - It is not being sold in Singapore, and very little people are bringing it in online/ spreeing for it too as it is not exactly the more popular choice amongst local gyarus. I guess because there isn't much hype over the models endorsing it [mizukitty is endorsing though <3] I do help to bring it in if my spree-ers request for it because I first bought it to add to my "Model endorsed" Japan cosmetics collection but after using, I really liked it and so I decided to offer it as a spree item in my shop.
Price: 7.5/10 - Since we are talking about buying it online, price may differ depending on currency exchange rate/ shipping fees/ handling fees incurred. Also, since it is an item less seen/ mentioned, prices of shops who offer this item tend to mark up the price on top of the already pricier tag as offered from suppliers/ auctioners in Japan. Thus, expect to pay more [though it is supposingly to be cheaper in Japan] but still, it is worth it! [4g!] You can join my preorder when I open one HERE
Repurchase: Yes. Really love love love the effect it brings (:
Overall Rating: 7/10
There there, my first highlight review (: Hope you guys liked it!
Note: I have not used blush from other countries [my blush are all from Japan.... except for the 28 bulsh palette from Coastal Scents] so generally, it's a comparison with other blushes from Japan for the scale. [Eg. Canmake, Melliesh, Eyemazing Cosme, Diamond Beauty]
Packaging: 8/10 - Simple design, gives it a very "clean" cut outlook. Small and compact, easy to bring around!
Pigmentation: 6/10 - The color looks light on pan and payoff is good. However, talking about pigmentation here, the colour came off really soft and light, thus to get it to show on your cheeks, you will need to work with it a little more and build the blush on your cheeks.
Texture: 8/10 - Smooth! The powder packed is really fine and smooth, did not experience fallouts/ powder all over the hollows of my cheek.
Blendability : 8/10 - It blends nicely and does not have patches/ uneven colour distribution on my cheeks.
Lasting Power: 6.5/10 - I'm not sure if it's because the colour is really light or it really can't last as long as the other blush from the same line (e.g. Strawberry pin) but I had to touch up after about 3.5 - 4 hours.
Availability: 8.5/10 - It is retailing in Watsons Singapore and I'm sure you have a Watsons near you! You can also get this item online from BlingAlways!
Price: 6.5/10 - Watsons is selling it at SGD $25.90. Online, BlingAlways sells it for SGD $21.90.
Repurchase: Yes. Serves as a good "base" and give the subtle color for a natural look!
Overall Rating: 7/10
For this blush, I do not use it as a sole cheek colour most of the time. I use it as a "base" for my cheek before layering another colour which is more intense [like strawberry pink] when I do gyaru style makeup. The reason why I use a lighter pink as "base" first is so that the transition from the bright, hot pink color to my skin color will be smoother and less harsh [because the contrast is huge].
However, on light makeup/ natural makeup days, I can just slap this on for a very slight/ subtle hint of color on my cheeks and it comes off really natural.
I have not used blush from other countries [my blush are all from Japan.... except for the 28 bulsh palette from Coastal Scents] so generally, it's a comparison with other blushes from Japan for the scale. [Eg. Canmake, Melliesh, Eyemazing Cosme, Diamond Beauty]
I will recommend to head over to BlingAlways to purchase it as of the few online shops that carry it, it is by far the cheapest of them all! Do remember to quote "LoveHimeko" for Free Postage! :3
Finally, the review for product you've been seeing xD Before that, please hop over to my page and "like" it because...... I'm dying to do the giveaway but will only do so when it reaches 100 "likes" So help me with that!
Candy Doll Cheek Color Strawberry Pink 「キャンディドール チークカラー ストルベリーピンク」
It's the 3rd one from the left.
When used on cheeks
Candy Doll Cheek Color Strawberry Pink 「キャンディドール チークカラー ストルベリーピンク」:
Packaging: 8/10 - Simple design, gives it a very "clean" cut outlook. Small and compact, easy to bring around!
Pigmentation: 8/10 - The color is very rich and strong! One swipe and an adequate amount comes onto your fingers/ brush. It might look very intimidating on the pan, but really, when used on the cheeks, it is not that strong!
Texture: 8/10 - Smooth! The powder packed is really fine and smooth, did not experience fallouts/ powder all over the hollows of my cheek.
Blendability : 8/10 - It blends nicely and does not have patches/ uneven colour distribution on my cheeks.
Lasting Power: 7/10 - Last for about 4 hours before I have to touch up. Slightly longer [about an hour] if I've not been exposed to the sun~
Availability: 8.5/10 - It is retailing in Watsons Singapore and I'm sure you have a Watsons near you! You can also get this item online from BlingAlways!
Price: 6.5/10 - Watsons is selling it at SGD $25.90. Online, BlingAlways sells it for SGD $21.90.
Repurchase: Yes! This colour is one that every gyaru needs!
Overall Rating: 7.5/10
Yes, I have finally used it enough to give a review! Originally wanted to give it an 8 but I felt the price and availability deserved slightly more points taken off so it became a 7.5~ It's a plus point that it contains olive oil, jojobead oil and hyaluronic acid which are all good babies for our skin. However, do take note it contains talc [if you are a "mineral only" person and is very against talc, you might not want to try this] I cannot justify reviewing it just after 1 use because it's unfair to the product and I don't think it is very honest given my bias towards Japanese products. this blush is matte, which is the trend from model released Cosme if you realise. Also, I have not used blush from other countries [my blush are all from Japan.... except for the 28 bulsh palette from Coastal Scents] so generally, it's a comparison with other blushes from Japan for the scale. [Eg. Canmake, Melliesh, Eyemazing Cosme, Diamond Beauty] Also, I wanted to try more blushes before jumping into writing a review without knowing much about blushes. This way, I can do a comparison. So I hope you guys understand why it took me so long to do this review as I wanted to do one that is helpful, not just a shallow first impression/ jump to conclusion review (:
I will recommend to head over to BlingAlways to purchase it as of the few online shops that carry it, it is by far the cheapest of them all! Do remember to quote "LoveHimeko" for Free Postage! :3
SO. Karmun & domo both asked me to this Spa thingy. I was having really bad stomach problems, but since Karmun was alone, I decided to force myself there [I ran out of my backup magnesium medicine... Gotta get another 2 bottles for emergencies on monday!] At the event room with Karmun, still quite alive [Sorry I look so hazardous to your eyes, I was not well and doing makeup was not a priority ~.~]
and then I got bored.
bloated face, yay!
Then after 2 hours, we became like this
I shall not talk about the event because I basically did nothing. I was not trying to difficult in my request or anything, but I just felt very unproductive sitting there, waiting and waiting. So they said that they will call us back for a treatment, we will see about it. I don't think I can blog about somethign I have not tried. So we ended up meeting for just a day out~ I don't think I've stayed at Tiong Bahru that long before!
Karmum left early to meet her boyf. So we headed to the Arcade cos ht, domo & Junior wanna play bishi~ [I caught Tsuriki smiling to herself, hahaha!]
I had to laugh when they all stooped down at the same timing once the stage started! All so serious!
After that, went over to have dinner! Tried the potato salad for the first time.
*rapes the salad*
Chawaaaaaa!
After Sakae, Junior left early for her proper dinner. We stayed and chatted at Sakae till 7 ish~ [then we got hinted to leave, talk about service standard my gawd] Went over to Coffee Bean to chillax. Mine mine pure double chocolate! [unhealthy here, oops]
Domo caught eating her whipped cream before taking picture! #oopsguiltyface
tsk tsk. Her pure Vanila with a mountain of whipped cream.
Her face with the "gotta take picture?" face.
"are you done yet.." [I can see her saliva dripping already please!]
Tsuriki's tea cannot look more wrong. *cough cough*
Oh yea, we popped by watson before that and Tsuriki showed me this angel. I FINALLY GOT IT T.T (insert touched face and tears here)
[That's for eyebrow by the way]
I've been hiding my brows because they are so ugly in black, sparse and untidy. They kept staring at me when I said that. #wtfsoshycovermybrows
Well. I wanted to do a eyelash review. So I had to put on makeup to complete the look so I can do some "by the way here are some pictures" excuse kinda camwhore. So I thought, why not use one of my new wigs which is darker than my normal hair colour type. Then the bangs for the wig was not very nicely cut. #annoyed so I side swept the bangs and thought "Hey, this looks very Korean-ish" And my makeup adventure changed into Korean style makeup. I learnt that Korean style makeup only takes me 10 minutes while Japanese Gyaru makeup takes me about 20 minutes. HUGE difference. I think you guys will see me in that style alot once I go back school since I am such a lazy girl. Okay so since I got distracted, I wasted alot of time camwhoring and what yes what not. So........ I'm sorry m(_ _)m But here are some piccies to makeup for it.
Of course, I'm gonna show you the rare once in a century no makeup face. [sorry, my face is an oil production plant! ):]
*palm face* I look so dull and the wig bangs are totally poking my eyes and irritating me.
& after just 10 minutes of light makeup, apparently is akin to Korean style makeup cos their makeup don't use alot of stuff for the regime.
JANG JANG. Why 10 minutes only? cos all I used was concealer [usually I don't do this for Jap makeup, but Korean makeup is all about looking flawless so I had to conceal!], finishing powder, loose powder, blush, lip tint, eyeliner, mascara. that's all! No eyeshadow, highlight, contour, lipstick, lip gloss. [I secretly call this the "lazy" makeup regime xD]
me likey
Damn awesome especially when I always am running late for something!
Before I get to bathing and putting on makeup to take pictures for review, I just wanna get this off my chest.
Though these are not my favourite Kpop groups, I enjoy their dance the most! I think they can captivate you with their dance. SHINee 最高だ!!
New group but I think their charm is there~ Looking at them dance is just so...... I don't know but they kinda suck me into the whole dance routine. [really reminds me of the fresh and happy feeling SHINee had when they just debut]
Okay but all the members in Boyfriend are too young. [I like the twins & minwoo but they are like 16 this year #pedophilewtf]
ok my mcdelivery is here. omg so annoyed, they left out all my condiments!! ARGHHHHHHHHH.
Okay so Handphone case makers are uber biased and only make cute cases for Iphones. This is getting worse these days because they decide to only make cute cases for Iphone 4. SAY WHHHHHUTTTTTTT ):
So first my HTC HD 2 gets condemned [Other HTC phones have casings sold too, only HD 2 is hard to find in Singapore!] Now, even though I keep up with the trend and got a Ipod Touch 4th Generation, I STILL GET CONDEMNED?!
So I decided to import my cases. BLEH #childishmoment I imported this awesome RABITO CASE FOR IPOD TOUCH 4th GENERATION!
I LOVE THIS xD It's damn damn damn inconvenient to bring around compared to my previous case, which I can even put my cards. But it's cute [though I don't see myself using it for long...] Looks very eye catching? The best part is~ I realised that under the strong strong sunlight, the case actually has these shimmer bits on it! This picture can't see though ): [cos obviously, I'm indoors and there's no sun!]
Bought a mirror type screen protector for my HTC HD 2! There are 2 pieces inside too, which I was suprised about since I was expecting just 1~ Awesome cos this means I have a backup! :D
and behold, my favourite cat in the world.
kekeke MADE IN KOREA, my hello hello kitty <3
It's a jelly case for my baby! I really hate my phone at this point, so this case helps to calm me down when my phone is being a bitch (a.k.a oversensitivity thus random auto typing/ pressing which is like 98% of the time) MAD PRETTY RIGHT! Don't be jealous!
So the remaining spree items arrived and I packed everything nicely (: I have 1 extra instock of Diamond Beauty Diamond Lash Blue Tray Celeb. anyone interested, drop me an email [mizuki.himeko@yahoo.com.sg] or leave a comment here. Selling it at SGD $21 [instock, but I decided not to charge extra]
Okay that's all I wanted to show off. Sorry chupa chups, I had to put your grand debut in my blog another entry off again, though you are ready and all glammed up [ok, that was a tad bit exaggerated].
And since I said this is a ALMOST makeup free entry, I am gonna show ONE makeup item I bought.
Hey lovelies. So I've been to movies. Yep, that's a phrase missing from my blog for a nong nong time yo~ So Jane darling had tickets to Dylan Dog & I had the honour to go with her! Sorry dear that I was late, the traffic was such a bitch! Anyway, to cut the chase, the movie was not really nice. Didn't like it. It's kinda like... They mad the enemy too powerful and then it died in the lamest way possible. Yes, typical phail plot. It's like such a forced ending ~.~ Thanks darling for carrying my things for me! We sat at Ion and chatted till almost 11, walked down to bus home together (: So just some piccies: [yes I am lazy to elaborate and I don't wanna give too much spoilers!
I think my eyes kinda.. soul not inside T.T [24/05/11]
Yea, I'm in casual getup! Been long since I donned my jeans.
And of course I intended to blog this entry separately from the Kungfu panda 2 but...... I had to combine both due to my lack or efficiency/ talent to blog about movies. so here are camwhore shots for Dylan Dog day
I think Sesame grey lens is the one that makes my eyes look lost and dazed.
& this is the only pair of grey lens I have too!
So on 25/05/11, I was even lazier. I think I look very sloppy for town but ahhhhhh heck. Made a huge blunder [as usual], I trained to cine cathay when the movie for Kungfu panda 2 was supposed to be at GRAND cathay. Angie.... should..... know...... I'm...... idiot...... Must be clearer with instructions next time for a klutz like me. Kungfu panda animations were superb! though we went for the 3D shot, I didn't feel any 3D-ness [as always] So... But then again, I realise that 3D glass are much better fit for eyes these days so not really complaining anymore. Movie was cute! Hahah, There were alot of "zomg panda is really idiot" moments and you will see LOVE blossoming xD There will be a part 3 I think, from how the movie ended ^^ Looking forward, I definitely recommend this movie! Since I was late, had dinner after movie!
meow meow <3 See what I mean by lazy~
Light makeup because I had no time after work. Ahh.. luxury of time is lost T.T
My hk milk tea~
Must camwhore with it.
Angie's rice thingy [tasted like the rice in ba zhangs]
Random #1 - Angie
Random #2 - Mirai
My food! [which, btw, caused me diarrhea (I was expecting it since I have a bad digestive system. But I didn't expect it to be so bad I think I ran to toilet 5 times, stuck in there once for 1 hour during the very first bombing) and I had to be on MC today. FMLTTM cos it wasn't all that delicious too T.T]
Finally got my mask from Angie! She told me she wanna buy these 2 types of mask but she have about 248923482 mask at home so she asked me to share with her. I never tried this "beauty diary" brand of mask before [I don't like the hype] so I thought, ahh why not.
Chocolate Truffle Sheet Mask [unique!]
Earl Grey Tea & Macaron Sheet Mask
Tried the Earl Grey one last night, fell asleep with it and woke up with the mask completely dried up. *palm face* But I did note that it was really fitting for the face; it hugs the face nicely and firmly which I was impressed about.
& because I love you guys so much, these will be include in the giveaway too (: Remember you have to like my page HERE
More details about the giveaway will be given out when it reaches 100 likes. [you need to like the page because the giveaway will require you to comment on my page wall, which you can't do if you don't "like" it (:]
Finally, I will end off with some camwhore shots [again] I already did the chupa chups swatches, but will blog them in the next entry (:
On a separate note, nienie was so sweet to buy stuff for me on her trip to Bangkok! not expecting it at all~ can't wait for her to come sg~! Been so long since I last saw her, forever saying she will come from Malaysia but NEVER EVER HERE T.T
Once again, thanks to the ingenious minds of Japanese, this surface in the makeup world. kekeke, I remember sucking the lolis during secondary school days~
Just that this one is not for sucking. It's lip gloss ^^
Swatches and review will come soon. Just to show you guys my haul, hah. Oh yes, I bought 2 lipbalms out of the 4 available too. [Strawberry Cream & Cola bought, did not purchase Pudding & Cherry]
Oh yes, bought extra Jill Stuart brush to do a giveaway ^^
Because I love you guys! And I will be opening the giveaway worldwide because I have an equal amount of readers from other countries and Singapore itself [Overseas like US, Australia, etc makes up 45% of my readership for both blogs while Sg makes up the other 55%]
So yep, I will ship it whereever (: Just a quick post to show ya'll since I will be home pretty late tonight. Going for movie with Jane darling. I will do the swatches of gloss when I get home tonight (: [Why an I so motivated to do the post for this line is because they smell and taste so good on my lips so it's not considered a hassle for me xD]
Holla (: Just a quick quick post before I hit the showers [I'm so dirty, I know! T.T] So last Friday, I met up withDomo, Hui Tian and Tsuriki for K session! [check out their blogs, linked! Domo and Huitian share the same blog] Huge pity that Elfaine couldn't make it due to last minute work commitments ): It would have been much more fun with more people! SO we met for dinner at 7 ish~ ごめん〜 I was late, fufufufu T.T We had Go Go Curry! Tried that for the first time! My verdict? Hmm..... The rice tasted good on it's own. Curry tasted good on it's own. Chicken tasted awesome on it's own. Pork tasted nice on it's own. Sausage tasted awesome on it's own. Tempura tasted blah on it's own. When mashed together, I was too busy feeling full and "starched" to detect other sensory indications. [you can punch me nao] Anyway, Tsuriki says that the outlet at 313 Somerset is better, shall go try that place soon! [Reminds me of Yijing & her MUTHU CURRY] Everyone owes me money, I charge $1.00 per picture for photoshop, unlike Yijing. Me more Atas cos Yijing didn't come in the end. Domo commented how the people with "same colour hair" were sitting together. How apt.
do what we do best; pictures.
Candid, cute!
We gobbled our food! [Thanks to Hui Tian who shared with me, she ate like 2/3 xD]
That night, my ears were crazy. Kept hearing things wrongly. [I can't remember what were some incidents already, oops. I only remember something about a rabbit....] Lighting inside was terrible, so pardon the pic spam below. [Not to mention, the service there was, PFFFT! #notheadingbackever]
I ended up with very little photos because after filtering [what to do, we got image to keep, #LOL+PALMFACE]
Others busy singing while I camwhored alone.
#alotofemotions
Domo and Tsuriki missed the "Let's look at each other deep deep into the eyes" moment.
Hui Tian is damn good at spotting camera.
#climaxhere
After that, head over to *$ a.k.a Starbucks to chillax a little. Cake Pop, recommended by Domo [I didn't really like it though~] No points for guessing which I took. [Chocolate V.S Pink, whaddaya think?]
My cuppa! [I don't remember what I ordered.............]
Tsuriki's Hot chocolate [I didn't see the Rose art on top until I ploked the stirrer in and she was like "MY ROSE"] Ooops. [It's still pretty!]
Domo & her obsession with her bag & Cake pop [did you guess mine correctly? xD]
& so I shall abruptly end with my face and a hint to the next post: