Dr Jart+ BB Cream Silver label review

For those who don't know what is a BB Cream, you can just click HERE to have an idea.
WARNING:
What doesn't work for me might actually for you, so i suggest you do more research & not based your opinion just because of this post,ok?

I have said before that i won't be trying BB Cream for the time being because i'm afraid that it might aggravate my acne (which thank God is controllable now). But i can't help myself since i was given a full set of the Dr. Jart+ BB Creams when i attended the product launching. My blog is dedicated to let everyone know what my thoughts are about a certain product, to express what i honestly feel & all the blah blahs. So, i'm telling you in advanced that i got this for free, but it doesn't mean that i'll be singing praises even if it didn't do a fig on me,ok?

I have tried it for a couple of months & my verdict is "IT MAKES ME BREAK OUT" (yeah! in caps!) I have made a little note about the effect of BB Creams on me HERE. Sadly, i would have to add this BB Cream in that list.

Let's get to know the product first.

The Rejuvenating BB Cream (Silver label) perfectly conceals blemishes with a matte finish. It has a sebum controlling function that addresses excessive oil production & albutin that also gives the skin a brighter skin tone.

I would love to be able to let you read the box but Charlie ravished it days ago..hehe

This is how it looks like
(wow!i can't get over how i can now take close-up pics like this when i upgraded my cam! i can even see my fingerprints)

If it's blended....

Now, let's have a bigger 'canvas' so you would have an idea how it looked like when applied. I applied a generous amount even though you really just need a pea-size when you are actually using it.

Upon blending it on the skin...

BB Creams would adjust to your skin tone, you just have to wait it out...

See how good it looked afterward?
Need a close-up?

It's good that you almost can't see where it starts & where it ends for it just naturally blends to your own tone.

Time for you to hear my story why i don't like it. This is one post that would make you see how stupid i can be. But i think this is going to make you laugh...

I misplaced my Revlon Colorstay foundation when i saw the box of Dr Jart+s at the side of my table. I thought that since i am not breaking out as much as i do before, then maybe i can go back to using BB Creams & even hoping that it would be beneficial to my skin already... 

So i happily looked for the Silver Label since it is meant for oily skinned individual like me. I slather it on my face all the while thinking something like...
"i want BB Creams to be my skins' friend" or
"this time it IS going to work" or
"i want to be in the percentage of the girls who swears that BB Cream is THE solution"
I had it for the whole day & was actually quite happy for it really gives me a great finish.

A great dewy look minus the oil, plus it really made my face naturally pretty.

I feel like i was Cinderella, with a simple tap of magical wand transformed from the dowdy girl to a beautiful princess, little did i know that i was really Cinderella on that day!

As what the saying goes, what comes up must come down for after being a princess for a couple of hours i was turned back to the ugly old me when the clock ticked 12 ... because after a day with it making me look like an angel it made me a she-devil look-alike the next day (exaggeration of course!).


The next day, i had 2 huge zits on my temples that it's so big i feel like i'm going to grow horns any moment! hahaha! LOL

Click the pic for a close-up inspection.. XD

oh! & this was taken with my bare skin..as you can see, i have somewhat recovered from my acne,ne?

Kimochi Warui!

Here I was telling everyone how i broke the breakout cycle..tsk tsk tsk... bad product for me! As you can see my right temple got a whole load of zit army preparing to shoot canons, whereas my left temple got one saying hello for everyone to see...

I have never broke out like this for a while now that it shocked me knowing how easily my skin reacts to BB Creams. What is it really about BB Creams that made my skin go berserk?!

But then again, me being a bit of adventurous & never wanting to waste products until i have fully tested it, just waited until my skin is better then i tried it again. Yes, i can be stupid at times! But hey, i won't be posting reviews on my blog until i have really tested a product,ne?

It was Sunday & since Sunday is BF day for me, i was thinking that maybe in a way if im happy then my skin would react differently.. happy hormones it's time to shine! I was so desperately trying to find a way to make it work. You have to applaud my foolishness, ladies. hehehe

Well, after a couple of hours i removed it because i don't want it to stay in my skin for too long & i noticed little red bumps at the upper part of my jaw line. *sigh*

Oh well, at least it didn't really develop as zits... just in time!

So from that time on, i just wore BB Cream when i would have to have a cover up for my skin for a short period of time... like a quick stop at the grocery, or making make-up looks & the likes. I don't let it sit in my skin for too long because it would really make me break out!

The last time i used it was when i made an entry for Nicole's contest. I don't see myself reaching for it for the time being.

Oh, & i forgot to add, another thing why i don't like this is because it makes my face sweaty upon application. It seems like seconds after application, the top of my nose & upper lip would have a fine mist of sweat. I do sweat a lot, but with this on is ridiculous! It's like it envelops my face in a plastic that my skin can't breath!

I tried putting it on an oil film to see how much oil there is... So, i did...

Hmmm..compare to the The Face Shop's Quick & Clean BB Cream , this has less oil.

I still have a couple of the Dr. Jart+ BB Creams with me & seeing that i won't be using it i'll just be including it in my giveaway. I gave the Gold Label to my mom.. I'll interview her sometime to ask about her experience with it. Maybe my mum have better luck with BB Creams that i do..who knows?

Pros:

• great finish
• locally available
• have different variants for different needs
• economical
• spf 35/pa++
• has whitening & moisturizing abilities

Cons:

• makes me break out
• makes my face sweat more
• expensive ( i know BB Creams are expensive & this one is no exception..it's Php 1,780)

Suffice to say, I will not be trying out BB Creams anymore. That's final. I have tried my very best to make it work for me, but to no avail. Once is enough, twice is too much.

Now you know my story.
Have you tried this one? Let me know if you had a good experience or not..

Hope you all have a great day!
Jaa ne~!
^_~

ps:
join my giveaway,ok?
Just click the one at the top that says giveaways

~giveaway~

I want to thank YOU for being a part of my blog & i hope that you could join my giveaway. Nothing special with the prize though. Just click the 'giveaway' page at the top to join. I'm doing a giveaway just because..

No need to make a blog post
No need to follow
No need to be nice (LOL)

All you need to do is BE YOU!
^_~


Will be waiting....

Sedona Lace your Face with NV Beauty Contest Entry

I haven't joined a make-up contest for a long time & i thought to myself that i probably won't be since i don't seem to have the passion for make-up like before. But when i read about Nicole's contest & saw all the lovely pictures to be used as inspiration, the artist in me awakened.

Isn't this just a very inspiring picture?
Mother Nature is still the best painter ever for this sunset is really exquisite!

I originally wanted to paint it, but then i remember that i ran out of my supplies like the brushes & turpentine so i can't, but the longing to paint it is still with me. I will paint this is time, but for the meantime using make-up would do.

This is what i came up with

BB Cream is really great in giving that dewy finish! Too bad i can't let it stay in my skin for long....

The look is wearable..well the eye make-up that is...
A burst of color in the beautiful sunset with pink, magenta, blue, purple & lots more!  Sorry about the other eye, i guess i wasn't able to fully blend the light yellow together with the highlighter when i added more... But it wasn't that obvious in real life i guess it's because the quick frost pigment is not really that visible unless light would be reflected on it.

I just added the decoration to add more colors & i actually like the combination...
Pastel colors against the dark patch from the mountains below... The combination of purples & pinks gave that nice warm feeling as the bids goodbye to the sun. The hint of blue gives the feeling of calmness as dusk slowly engulfs the bright sky.

Not as good as the pic though..but still..hehe

If you notice, my cheeks look different with each other. I applied blush on the other half of my face without the decoration, whereas i left the other side bare.

I left my lips bare so as not to overpower the colors that i have on my eyes.

It was fun being able to open my palette again, seeing all the colors in it because it has been a long time. I felt like a kid swatching colors on my arm looking for the perfect color to be used for this look. It was then i realized that the passion that i had before was still there. I guess work & other things just took most of my time so i wasn't able to give as much time as i do before to play with my palettes.

But i think now, i'll be doing more looks as much as my schedule would allow me.

I was outside holding the clothesline when i took the pic, hence my hands are raised.hehe
I had a great time doing the look. If you want me to do a tutorial just tell me.

PRODUCTS USED

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

88 eyeshadow palette

MAC Quick Frost pigment

MAC Woodwinked

Fashion 21 liquid eyeliner

Fiberwig Mascara

Ardell False Lashes 110

Face:

VMV Hypoallergenic Monolaurin Gel

Dr Jart+ BB Cream Silver Label

Maybelline Pressed Powder in Honey

Maybelline Mineral Power Blush in Soft Mauve II 

Lips:

Etude House Lip Concealer

MAC Blankety

Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Jaa ne~!
^_~

too poor to buy brush guards for all your brushes?

Well, i am!

I understand the need to use Brush Guards especially for brushes that have natural bristles for those are usually the one that doesn't retain it's shape whenever your drying them, but i think it's not practical to actually buy Brush Guards for all of your brushes especially if you have a lot of brushes,ne?

I got this tip from one of my favorite Youtube guru Dustyohunter. He made a video about this trick. And it dawned on me.... 'why did i not think of that before?'...well, considering that we get hyped up whenever we see/hear new products, it's not a surprise that i never did that before.

So, what can we use instead of brush guards? Look on...

Yep!
A simple wad of tissue will do the trick. Another reason to love Charmin,eh?

It's actually just pretty easy..just wrap the tissue on the brush to absorb the water at the same time retaining it's shape. However, same with brush guards, it will take a while for it to dry compare to just laying it on a towel, that's why i only do this with brushes that has natural bristles (for the reason that i said above).

So, let's try it...
I have here a couple of brushes that i cleaned... all dried & ready for drying.

Laying the brushes on a towel can indeed dry them but it would lead to the bristles flying away in the opposite direction where it's supposed to be. Add the fact that dense brushes, like kabukis tend to be flat on the part where you laid them on to dry, which distorts the shape of the head. We don't want that,right?

Here's how i do mine...
Pardon the nails. I forgot to take it off for i was doing some random nail designs before i washed my brushes.

Once done, just put it in a container where it can stand upside down so that the water will go down to the tissue...

 Then this is what i do for my kabukis...

Feel free to use the tube of the napkin or anything as long as it can support the shape of the kabuki while it dries.

There ya go~
All done!

Of course i transferred the rest of the brushes on a different container  for keeping it in a cramped container will make the drying time longer since air can't circulate around the container.

Hope this post is somewhat helpful!

Enjoy your day,hunnies!
Jaa ne~!
^_~

ps:
Sorry if im lagging with my posts. It's just that i am just getting used to Windows Vista plus the fact that cropping & watermarking pics takes a lot of time which i don't have the time to do so... But one day, i'll find time to do everything so that i can have 2 posts up every week...

On the other hand, Charlie hates Mitchie-chan, but he can't do anything about it so it's constantly noisy here in our house... *sigh*
Anyway, my brother was playing with my camera the other day & was surprised when i saw these pictures...thought i'd share them to you to make you smile.

I think this is a nice picture for it seems like Mitchie-chan is smiling,ne?

Ok, another sleepy Charlie picture..
All he do is lay around here looking like he is always tired. Look how cozy he is here with the blanket all over him... He is alwayyyyyyyyyssssssssss sleeping! A sleepyhead!

who's the lucky lady?

Sorry if it took me a long time in announcing the winner. I was tied up with a couple of things... the one that really took most of my time is getting my pc settled for i have a lot of programs to install since i switch from Windows XP to Vista. I hate it at first because i seem to have a hard time with it, but now im getting used to it & am actually beginning to like it especially the Windows sidebar!

Ok, enough about the Windows Vista blah blah... I have already choose the winner.. uhhh...actually, it wasn't me who chose the winner but i let 'someone' to do it for me.

I decided to have the classic way of picking out the winner...it's more fun this way,ne?

have to cut up the pieces...

snip... snip.... snip....

have to put everything on the small wooden bucket... classic,eh?

Ta dah!

Meet the newest member of our family... It's Mitchie-chan!

So she will be the one who will help me in choosing the winner...

Okiru,Mitchie-chan!


Hmmm.... she had to play with the bucket for the meantime for she just woke up..

Then i had to just nudge her from her position & let her take a look at all the entries inside.

After much of clawing the entries, she came up with 1 paper...

Still playing with it..i just hope that she won't eat the paper...
Yamete kudasai, mitchie-chan!

I'm pretty sure that she can turn the paper up so that we can get to see it, but to make sure that she won't chew it off before we see who she picked, i had to turn the paper for her...

Dekita!
We have a winner already!

Congratulations to~

Eileen/aileengirlreyes@yahoo.com

Mike of SkinCareRX will get in touch with you & you have to respond to his mail within 48 hours else, we will have to draw another winner.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest. If you did not win, don't worry for i will have another giveaway coming very soon. Just make sure that you read my blog regularly for often times i don't announce my giveaways.

Hope y'all have a great day,hunnies!

Jaa ne~!
^_~

Giveaway CLOSED

Thanks to everyone who had joined my giveaway. Any entries that are posted now will be disqualified. I'll be announcing the winner next week since i'll be busy tomorrow for it's BF's birthday celebration then i'll be reformatting my pc too. I shall be quite busy later & maybe even the day after.

A big thanks to Mike for giving me a chance to be able to host this giveaway for my followers. Thanks,Mike!

Hope you all have a great Sunday!

Jaa mata~!
^_~

ps:
Again, make sure that as soon as Mike contacted you, you have to reply back asap.

Last call for my contest!

Today is the last day for my contest.

Tomorrow will be the day when the winner will be chosen so make sure that you get your entries in today. I'll be following MY TIME so for those in other countries that are behind my time, make sure you get yours in NOW.

Click the pic for more info.

Good luck,hunnies!
^_^

on brushes & cleansers....

Last friday i went on the hunt for the elusive Neutrogena Facial Bar, but it was a total failure! I went to 3 malls but i wasn't able to find it. *sniff* So, as my search goes on, my eyes wandered too which is bad for it made me buy some things that wasn't in my plans at all....

When i dropped by at the department store, i saw the Marionnaud brushes.

I have seen it before in Watsons but i didn't buy it. I was actually surprised by these brushes because they are really soft! The brushed that i bought are foundation brush, concealer & a pencil brush.. They are synthetic, but they are softer than the ones that i have like the Ecotools & Elianto. Remember my Ecotools foundation brush? This one is waaaayyyyyyyyyy better & cheaper than that!

Foundation brush - Php 139.75 - (approx $3)
Concealer brush - Php 69.75 - (approx $1.50)
Pencil brush - Php 89.75 - (approx $2)

I dropped by at Etude House because i was looking the Cleansing Water but they don't have it on stock. I saw this Sun Guard & tested it, it was better than the blue sun guard so i decided to buy it together with the Teatime Cleansing Wipes.

As i can't go back empty handed, i decided to buy the Acne-aid cleansing bar to see if it could be a good alternative for my favorite soap. I'll let you know after a couple of weeks what i think about this soap.

There you go...
I decided to not haul as much as i did before & i have actually just set a specific amount for spending on beauty 'wants'.

More posts will come as i try to complete my list of products to review.
Hope y'all have a great day/evening!

Jaa ne~!
^_^

Giveaway update

 I would like to thank everyone who had already joined my giveaway. I think this is a really good giveaway hence i keep on promoting this on & on in almost all of my post.

If you haven't joined my giveaway please do so for it would be a great chance to win yourself a GC to buy products that you would want to try for yourself. Contest will end this 19th of June (my time), so keep the entries coming.

Click the pic to be diverted to my giveaway.

Hope to see your entry!
^_^

Good luck!

~the power of baking soda~

Thanks for joining my giveaway. For those who haven't joined yet, please do so.

It's time to update my favorite label on my blog..the home remedies!

How many of you really uses the things that are in your kitchen for beautifying yourself? I have always preferred to use stuff that is as effective as others, but cheaper in price. One of that is baking soda.

I always make it a point to have a baking soda handy. Whether it's in the bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, family room, etc. Why? It is a good cleansing, odor-removing, deodorizer, disinfectant & antiseptic all rolled into 1 powder that not many people know about.

Sodium Bicarbonate more commonly known as baking soda has been around for years & years. It is a staple not only in baking but also for cleaning as well.

It is an alkaline that neutralizes acids & break down proteins, therefore it is a good tenderizer.  It is used in baking mainly as it releases carbon dioxide to make the dough rise. I said that it is a good tenderizer & yes, it is! It can make the meat more tender by rubbing it in then rinse it off before cooking.

Without much ado, let's enumerate the beauty uses of this stuff.

~FACE~

• You can use this a substitute for those expensive scrubs that are too abrasive. Scrubs that are too abrasive can cause damage to the skin without you knowing. Be gentle to your skin, use something that is less abrasive, but can still get those dead skin cells. Since baking soda is a neutralizer, it can balance your skin's PH level. So go ahead & use baking soda!

~LIPS~

• I prefer using this as a lip scrub compare to using sugar since i find sugar to be abrasive. This one gently exfoliates without that numbing feeling that you experience when using sugar scrubs.

~HAIR~

• I said before on an online networking that i use baking soda as a way to get rid of the excess build-up in my hair. As im sure all of you know that no matter how much you shampoo your hair, residues would build up. In my case, i just sprinkle baking soda in my shampoo to get rid of those nasty build ups. If it is too much, then i use an anti-dandruff shampoo with baking soda & voila! All im left with is a nice, shiny & clean hair & scalp.
• Did you know that you can also use it as a substitute for dry shampoo? When you are in a hurry & do not have the luxury of time to wash your hair & ran out of your dry shampoo just sprinkle it on your hair, then comb it through using a paddle brush then fluff it using a blow dryer.

~NAILS~

• Dull-looking cuticles? No problem! Sprinkle baking soda on your wet cuticle brush & scrub your cuticles for great-looking nails.

~TEETH~

• Im sure you know that some of those toothpaste that can whiten your teeth has baking soda as an ingredient.

 ~SKIN~

• Again, it's a good exfoliator
• You can use it as a deodorant. It will not actually stop sweat, unlike commercially-available deodorants, but it will act as a deodorant. I use baking soda when im at home..which is most of the time. Give it a try..it's natural & it doesn't cost much..

I can enumerate a lot more, but i'll stop here. These are just a few of the uses of this amazing product.

If you're interested in knowing more, just google it & im sure you'll be able to find more! Again, this is a staple for me. I make it a point to buy a few boxes of these whenever i go grocery shopping. Based on what i've tried Arm & Hammer is the brand that has the finest baking soda.

Do you use baking soda for your beauty ritual?

Hope you'll have a great weekend!
Mata ne~!
^_~

ps:
oh & i forgot, i use baking soda in cleaning my make-up brushes as well.  Yes! You read it right!
^_~

I mix it with water then i wet the dry brushes with the solution.

For face brushes that i use for applying liquid foundations, i let the bristles soak on the solution to get rid of the foundation before doing shampooing it. I use Revlon Colorstay & it's really hard to remove the residue of that foundation.

 Then i twirl/tap it on the bowl while soak in the solution to get rid of the residues.

See how it was able to remove some of the residue already? Just make sure that you rinse it well or else the powder would stay on the bristles,ok?
 

Such a cheap but effective solution!
^_~

small haul~why are majolica majorca's mascaras packaging so cute?!

I'm so glad that i was able to make the thumbnails appear on the blog list again. I never did imagine that tinkering with the feed address & feedburner can mess with it. I was really getting annoyed that the thumbnail for my posts are not showing on the reading list. After a couple of days trying to figure out why, i was able to finally solve it! Thank goodness!

Lesson learned - never mess with the settings unless you really know the technicalities of it.

I have been into mascara craze lately since the eye area is the only part of my face that i take time in doing whenever i apply make-up. But then since i have tried using fiberwig (which im currently loving right now), it makes me curious about trying out different japanese mascara brands.And yes, i only want to try Japanese brands, since i know that their mascaras are great & is really meant to address lashes like mine. I have been visiting Sasa.com & Cosme-de.com for quite sometime now & was already on the verge of buying a couple of mascaras.

Since i said to myself that i don't use make-up as much as i did so there's no point in buying it, but i can't help myself from looking up every now & then at different sites. Up until i stumbled at Updated Trends that sells Majolica Majorca at such a low price that i decided to grab it.

Yesterday, i got it & boy was i glad!

Sis Czen is so nice to include a freebie. She included a Cyleina Carrot & Pineapple organic soap.

I bought the Majolica Majorca's Lash Enamel Glamour Neo with the tagline  Hope My Lashes Are Full & Smooth...this is 1 very wordy mascara. I did not even know what to call it since the only thing that i see on the tube is hope my lashes are full & smooth then everything is written in japanese already. But the packaging is to die for!

Totemo Kawaii!

It's so elegant looking! No wonder they are really expensive. This is the cutest tube of mascara that i have ever owned. I used to think that Lancome's mascara tubes are elegant-looking, but this one is elegant & cute at the same time. Kudos for the packaging!

As for the Shiseido Lash Curler, i already have the Shu Uemura Curler but im so curious about this one too that i decided to buy it. I'll be making a comparison between the two sometime.

You ought to visit Sis Czen's multiply for she is selling awesome stuff on her clearance sale.
I'll let you know about the Majolica Majorca mascara once i've tried it.

Hope y'all have a great day!
Jaa mata~!
^_~

PS:
Join my giveaway,ok?
^_~

eyelook gothic

Ha! Finally!

I was able to make an eyelook after months. It seems like i haven't touched my eyeshadows for like forever. Funny thing is, i haven't really felt like playing with colors ever since i started to get fascinated in gyaru-looks, but the other night, as i was checking what games i could play again, i saw Silent Hill 2 (which is on my next playlist as soon as i cleared the extra missions in Fatal Frame 3... im a perfectionist!). I just had this urge to get to try the darkest eyelook that i have yet to try. So i ended up doing a gothic look.

This is my first time doing such a look that i had a hard time sporting it, but it was nice to be able to accomplish something that i have wanted to try before but just haven't. My skin is acting up so it ended up looking weird. As what i said before, i do make-up look in the evening..hehe. Sorry about it, let's just concentrate on the eye make-up,ok?

I was supposed to do a full gothic look, but ended up just doing the eye make-up since i don't feel like sporting an even darker lip color.

It's easy doing this look, all you have to do is apply a black base, black eyeshadow, dark brown color & a highlighter. I did it Fran's way. Fran is the first youtube make-up guru that i watched & i really look up to her.

Make sure you apply a black base allover your lid. It would make the black eyeshadow stick to your lid better & would make it appear more vivid. In my case, i just used an eyeliner. I don't have a gel liner so the eyeliner would do. I applied it using a brush instead of applying it directly to make sure it is even.

Just follow the steps in the video.... although in my case, instead of using a purple color, i used dark brown to soften up the edge of the black color. Make sure you curl your lashes & apply mascara. You don't want your lashes to close your eyes since this is a very dark look. You want to open it up as much as you can so go ahead & apply a mascara that will hold the curl of your lashes well.

I don't look good in super dark eye make-up like this, but it was still fun being able to do something that i would never be able to wear.

It's really hard to take good pictures when you do it at night,eh?
hehehe

Anyway, i used the Dr.Jart+ BB Cream (Silver label) as my face base, Physician's Formula's Powder Palette in Blushing Natural for the cheeks & Mac Blankety lipstick to finish the look.

Well, there ya go!
My first feeble attempt to do a gothic look. I really should have done this in broad daylight to have better lighting...shoot!

Anyway, have you tried sporting a gothic eye make-up?

Hope y'all have a great day!
Jaa ne~!

^_~

ps:
don't forget to join my giveaway,ok?