Pond's Cold Cream - Makeup Remover - REVIEW

when i was a little girl, i have already seen this jar. my mom has been religiously using this and the tradition has passed on. and now i know why! it's just the best thing to use for removing makeup!

even when it's best to wash your face, sometimes my eyeliner and mascara hurts my eyes while i wash, this makes it effortless!

one of the biggest makeup sins we commit is sleeping with makeup on! i always do this though. haha.  which i know is a big NO-NO! anyway, read on for more info about this jar!

HOW I USE IT:

1. i scoop out an ample amount on my fingers and then spread on my face and neck. especially around my eyes.

2. i let it stay on my face for a few minutes (i think this moisturizes and softens the makeup more)

3. wipe off with tissue (facial tissue works best) on half of my face using outward strokes. starting with the face, nose, neck and lastly, the eyes. (you don't need to wipe off too hard!)

- and VIOLA! make up free and moisturized!

also- for removing lipstick!

erased makeup on half of my face! no mascara and eyeliner today tho, i'll add in how well it works with eyeliner and mascara soon!

WHY I LOVE IT:

- for nights when i'm just too lazy to wash my face, it's so easy to do even when lying down on my bed and i'm good to sleep!

- won't sting my eyes. remember that Eskinol feel where you can't even open your eyes yet until it dries? doesn't happen with this jar!

- MOISTURIZING effect! my skin feels loved even until i wake up in the morning! i cannot stress this more. moisturizing is the most important step everyday. i'm obsessed with moisturizing. even when it's so humid in the Philippines!

WHERE TO BUY:

Watson's, Local Drugstores

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269g for P400+

xoxo,

Karla

MAKE-UP SPONGE

two cute sponges from etude! bought ag ETUDE Ayala Center Cebu for P80

LIPSTICK OF THE DAY - Naturactor Magical Lipstick #01

🌸💄 NATURACTOR - Magical Lipstick #01 😍😍😍 i've been curious about these lippies since batch1! and i finally got to order them to try on for you girls! (daw) kasi add na naman sa collection pala 😂

anyway, since i found a new love for orange lipsticks, i wanted to try on this shade, it didn't disappoint!! 👏👏 and it's as an HONEST review, i'm in love! AGAIN! 💋 VERDICT: glides on easily, buildable since it has light-medium coverage, and as u can compare on the top pic, i have a dark untertone on my lips but it blended out perfectly after 1 minute and got this just-bitten but orange tint on my lips! finish has a little sheen, like after you eat a lollipop, but it's not too glossy at all!! 😍😍

👍👍 very long lasting! although the effect is staining, it lasted me the whole day!

LOTD - Lipstick of the Day

MAC - Tart & Trendy

All About Orange Collection - 2013

🍊 this lippie is my current favorite! i owned it by accident! while taking a picture of it, it fell on my notebook and damaged the tip. i couldn't possible sell it damaged so, i swiped it on. and it's like serendipity! i never knew i wanted this lipstick! 😊

MAKEUP FOREVER AQUA BROW #25

WHAT I NEED:

Angled Eyebrow Brush 

- i think ANY works well with this tube of love! althougjh i recommend a dense / hard one. a softer brush would be harder to use for application. 

1. I put a little and i mean VERY little on the tip of the brush, a drop is actually too much for me because it goes a long way. it's very concentrated aka espiso ;) i try to squeeze and spread it along the tip slowly lang. 

2. i draw on the bottom outline of my brows. in find it easier to adjust the upper outline if i follow this one first. 

3. then i draw on the upper outline

4. fill it in! blend properly to cover and shade inside the outlines. 

5. i decided to go with the LOVE LINER WAYERPROOF EYEBROW MASCARA for today. 

SHU UEMURA EYELASH CURLER & S CURLER

in a nightmare where i can only choose ONE make-up tool i would use for the rest of my life, i wouldn't hesitate to say it would be the EYELASH CURLER. I wasn't blessed with thick and long eyebrows, even if my mom said she trimmed my lashes when I was just months old, (an old Filipino belief), it didn't work for me, i'm not sure if it's true for others.

I already owned one since high-school, and it always has been a staple inside my kikay kit. I strongly believe that EVERY girl should own one. it is a MUST HAVE in a kikay kit. I also believe that the lashes make a HUGE impact on your whole look! :)

I never really used to care about what brand on eyelash curler i use, i have been with nichido, fanny serano, all other drugstore and department store brand as long as i had one, it still does it job, anyway. but curiousity got the better of me and i finally gave in to the hype, and discovered how and why SHU UEMURA is the best selling eyelash curler.

first, and foremost, the CURVE. i didn't realize it has such a big difference between my old local curlers, it's bigger! and i don't know how it works, but, it doesn't hurt my cheeks, (when you press on, and it has captured the right curve since we do have cylindrical eyeballs. =P

and it comes with one free replacement rubber in the box, i'll figure out when i'll need to change them.

here are my lashes before anything.. they're flat and straight and not too long.. i already applied naturactor 140+151 on my face and K-Palette BrowEX

SHU UEMURA Classic first!
what i do it hold and press for 20-30 seconds.
release gently. sometimes i tilt it back.

next, my favorite mascara in the world, benefit! They're Real!
see the big difference where i only put it on my right eye vs the left eye :)

i will swear for this mascara! i have been a fan of Maybelline Falsies for a yesr now and i don't regret splurging on this. it lasts me the WHOLE DAY. with no clumping, no running and it just stays put and volumizes and lengthens!!

THEN - the S Curler!

the NEW GENERATION!

okay, at first i wasn't quite sure what to do. of course you won't finish the job in one "pressing" because you have to work your way around the corners of the eyes where the original can't reach. and amazingly, my lashes can still reach greater heights! i used it around my corners and it still lifted up my lashes.

PROS:
more control over where i want more lifting

CONS:
needs a lot of practice!
i'm no expert but it does take a little while to get used to, if you don't have the original, i think it would also take a lot more time to use.

i think of it as the follow-up curler!

i would recommend using it AFTER putting on mascara. 😊

and look!

RIGHT - Shu Uemura Original + benefit! They're Real + Shu Uemura S Curler
LEFT - Shu Uemura Original + benefit! They're Real (WITHOUT S CURLER)

you can really see a difference where i can actually see my upper lid waterline! it just lifts my lashes, up! up! up!

and there, that's me with my lashes! ;) hope u girls enjoyed my first post! 😊

if you wanna grab one for yourself too, u know what to do 💋