Maquillage Face creator

For my birthday, my dearie Charrisa also gave me another item-- the Maquillage Face Creator from Shiseido! *love*

I originally have another one already (which is no. 33 of the series for natural glow). Got this when it was first released and it has been one of my staple when I see that my face is bloated like a balloon! and it really works to slim the face down especially for photos! Yes, it is an illusion, but who cares! as long as I appear to have a skinny face! I'm sure many gals out there will be nodding in agreement! hehe.. :)




now now, back to this one (no. 66 of the series for the nude look). It looks so sweet and pretty with its glittery bits all over the 5 colors! But I was once again reminded that the glittery bits you see is only at the top layer of the powder! when you swipe your brush a few times over the colors, the glittery bits will cease to exist!! and what you get is just the matte colors that you see in my comparison photo!

The face contouring effect is not as obvious as compared to the no. 33 (on the right) but it does make the whole look less made up. I would definitely recommend the no. 66 (on the left) for day time and no. 33 for night!! its a perfect match this way! no. 66 is also much easier to blend without worrying that you will look patchy and dirty! Dirty look comes from the very dark color which is the one that helps to contour the most! If you have a heavy hand at this, you will definitely look dirty at the outer rims of your face! so do beware! :)

if you are one who wears BB cream, you can jolly well skip the loose powder and jump straight into contouring with the no. 66! i've tried it this morning and it looks indeed very natural and not too powdery (as if you have a very thick makeup on!)

the blush color on no. 66 is also very sweet and shows up well on light colored skin.. :) whereas the blush on no. 33 has the orangey tone which works slightly better for darker skin color to give the rosy and suntanned glow.. :)

Shiseido white lucent concentrated brightening serum

This serum was a gift from My dearest babe, Charissa! Knowing that I'm dying to try it out so i now have one!! Couldn't wait any longer so I tried it out that very night! Yes, I am VERY impatient when it comes to skincare and cosmetics!!

First of all, I was a fan of the white lucent range especially the gel moisturizer! I finished 2 jars! No joke.. It was of a light texture, easily absorbed and made me fairer! But..sadly, it lost it's effect on me after the 2nd jar.. So I made a switch to skII.. Now that they have this CONCENTRATED serum, it tugged at my heartstrings!!! Hee.. This serum's packaging is the same as those in the white lucent range.. Crystal, pink and girly! *love* one thing to note is that it came in a squeeze tube that does not allow air tone sucked back in.. Which means that there could be whitening agents that oxidizes easily upon contact with air (for eg. Vitamin c)..I will go check out the ingredient list and confirm! The texture of this serum is indeed CONCENTRATED! Usually serums are more of a watery texture.. But this was liken to a thick cream moisturizer!I must say that this is one of the rarest texture for serum I came across!

After applying, it seems to leave a thin protective film over the face.. Giving the impression that ur skin is moisturized and make one have the tendency to skip moisturizer! So I guess this texture works well with it's light moisturizer gel in the same range! The skin also feels smoother somehow after the application. I would recommend a light moisturizer with this or simply skip one for the morning if you will be putting on a good bb cream with good moisturising property after that! This serum does not seem to have fragrance like it's gel moisturizer which I didn't mind.. My skin isn't that sensitive to added fragrances..*luckily*

 Will review on it's effect once I'm done with the tube!
 

Shiseido sale 21may2010

Went down to shiseido sale at their office today with mummy and bought back all these! Think I'll never run out of foundation for a long long time to come! 3 majorlica Majorca skin remaker foundation for $18 and a maquillage lasting powdery uv for $20! Also grabbed a za face powder for fun cos it's really too cheap($5)!

 Another of the major buy is the maquillage contrast eyes palette for $20.. But the colour is really lovely! Will do up a swatch when I finally use it.. Oh ya not forgetting my MM liquid eyeliner which only costs $7!*love* overall, they do have quite a decent spread of make up.. Most of the shades for foundation were also still available.. Only thing is that their range of skin care was disappointing! Only have 1 traveling set.. No other ranges were made available as well! Was so looking forward to my white lucent products but *sigh*

Will be reviewing some of the products real soon!