January 2013 ipsy glambag

This month's glambag theme is "a true star will always shine". I expected a cute makeup bag to switch out my current one, but was quite disappointed when I saw the plain black bag.

This month includes the following items:

•soho eyeliner brush
•josie maran 100% pure argan oil
•sexyhair big sexy hair spray
•nailtini nail polish in bloody Mary
•pacifica tusan blood orange body butter

My favorite product this month has to be the nailtini polish. I have been so busy recently, my nails have been bare for a few good months already. I'm so excited to use this new polish and knowing the quality of my previous nailtini polish, I just know I'm going to love this one as well.

Can't believe its almost 3 weeks in the new year already! Definitely need to step up and work on the plans that I have for 2013!

Ciao!

January Ipsy Glambag

pacifica tusan blood orange body butter: smells amazing

josie maran 100% pure argan oil

soho eyeliner brush: I like the quality of these soho brushes but I always think they are too big for me. This eyeliner brush does not create a line that is as good as my other eyeliner brush, but this is good for an angled shadow look.

sexyhair big sexy hair spray: it holds my hair up... for like 30 minutes, before my hair gets weight down by the grease from excessively washing, haha. Not the spray's fault tho!

nailtini nail polish in bloody Mary: Love love love this! Such a beautiful red color! Just perfect for Chinese New Year. I will post up a picture of this polish on my nails.

Ipsy- December glambag

The December glambag came in earlier than I thought this month. But I was so busy with work, I didn't have the time to post up a review.

This month's bag includes...

•urban decay- 24/7 glide-on eye pencil (in zero)
•Mai couture- highlighter papier
•Mirabella- prime for face & eye
•NYX- loose pearl shadow (in mocha pearl)
•bombshell- hot mess lip gloss

All of these products are amazing. Especially urban decay's eye pencil. I actually already own one in black already and I cannot express enough how much I love that product. It's just so good!

The bombshell lipgloss is also a perfect color. I have always wanted a bright red lipgloss and just happened to never got one until now. I'm planning to wear this next time!

The highlighter paper is interesting too. It just makes highlighting so much easier.

Keep up with the good work, ipsy!

November- ipsy- MyGlam: party perfect

Hey all!

The long-waited November glambag arrived a while ago but I was so busy with life, I didn't have a chance for me to post the pictures up!

Another month and another great bag!

This month's bag includes the following 5 awesome products.

• •theBalm: meet matt(e) eyeshadow palette, in black
• •Starlet: intense eyeliner, in black
• •Nailtini: Nail Lacquer in Millionaire
• •bareMinerals: Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss, in DareDevil
• •Chella: Defining eyebrow gel

Some people may have recieved the Benefit they're real beyond mascara. I have seen quite an amount of complains saying that they don't want the eyebrow gel, but in fact, I love the eyebrow gel and don't mind trying a new product!

I love the lipgloss from the bareMinerals. It's a dark berry color and it gives a very sexy mature look. The eyeshadow is in very good quality... I mean, it's a product of theBalm, duhh! Haha.

Can't wait for the December bag!

Another end of another year and I wonder what I have achieved. Hmm... I got promoted, took an exam and failed it, spoke my mind for one last time, fallen sick, struggled through personal problems, went through and still going through family crisis, etc. Compared to last year, I'm not sure which year is more difficult. 2011 was at least good for the first half, and 2012 has pretty much been down, down, and down, well, one or two ups from here and there. Now all that I hope for 2013 is to cure this neuropathic pain in my head and simply just be a little bit happier and a little less tears than now.

October ipsy (former MyGlam)- glambag review- hello, bombshell

I thought I wasn't going to receive my bag until next Tuesday but seems like life does want to give me a break so when I came home from hanging out with my bestie (1st time in 4, 5 months), I saw this beautiful hot pink envelope sitting in my living room, and I instantly cheer up.

This month's bag continues with the MyGlam awesomeness.

This month's awesome bag include 5 different products.

•the Balm- what's your type? "the body builder" mascara
I have used the Balm's products before and I'm excited to try this one out. I have heard reviews saying that this mascara does not hold curls (which is very bad for Asian lashes because that weights down our lashes).

•minernesse.com- lip bomb glossy lacquer stain in red
Another lip product from MyGlam. Not exactly the color I want but it's a nice color. I wanted the dark red color (knowing it's this season's trend) but this lovely one is quite awesome. Good for a long day out.

•couture colour pequi oil treatment
Hair product makes my mom happy! Another product for my mom to try out!

•coastal scrents- eye shadow
Not so sure how to use the yellow shadow without looking like a clown... The other 3 colors are greenish color in different tones, not my color either. I have dark brown eyes and I don't think green (and yellow) compliment my eyes...

•be a bombshell- eye liner
This eyeliner is amazing! Love it, love it, love it! It lasts for the whole day without any smudges (usually my eye corners would smudge the eyeliner there). Though, the eyeliner tip is a little big, so gotta be extra careful with narrow corners (I have deep double eyelids, so I have to be extra careful with my inner corners.

Oh, and how can I forget about the cute makeup bag that I received as well? Very cute bag and also very nice materials!

Keep it up, MyGlam. Though not all of this month's products are the perfect fit or right color for me, for 10 dollars, this is still quite awesome!

September MyGlam- glambag review

MyGlam continues with their awesomeness this month. This month's bag has 5 amazing products!

This month's bag includes:
•London Soho New York smudge brush- this brush is soft but a little too big to be a smudge brush! Funny thing is I was actually looking to buy a smudge brush, I guess I won't need to now.

•Jane sparkle gloss- another lipgloss from MyGlam. I'm starting to get bored of lip products. This lipgloss comes in a bright pink color with glitter. Although this color is something that I would use, but I already own more than 15 lip products so I'm looking forward to seeing some other products from MyGlam.

•circus by Andrea's choice nail polish- a very bright neon purple! I absolutely love this nail polish set from circus by Andrea's choice. I'm looking to buy the other 2 that I didn't received.

•carol's daughter monoi repairing split end sealer- I'm not a big fan of hair products so I gave this to my mom. She loves this product and is asking me to get her this product in full size! Seems like MyGlam knows how to cheer my mommy up!

•Mirabella eye shadow in brown- a brown eyeshadow without a closable container. I'm glad that I finally received an eyeshadow from MyGlam and I'm glad that this is a color that I can use. But the only thing is that there's no container for this eyeshadow so I'm having a little headache as to how to store this.

Oh, another note, absolutely love this month's bag (the actual bag). It's a black wristlet with gold zipper! Very classy and re-usable. I'm looking to do a little DIY project on this cutie! I have so many pending DIY projects waiting for me in October, can't wait!

Looking forward to October!

August MyGlam- endless summer

I absolutely love this month's glambag. It came with 6 products and I love each of them. Along with the samples, discount codes were also included in order for glammies to buy the samples in full size in a discounted price.

This month's bag (August) includes the following products...

• eclos- moisture therapy regenerative cream
• This regenerative cream has a very refreshing lemon smell and I love how fast my skin absorb this goodie; I am using my discount code to buy this in full size
• eclos- cellular activator facial serum
• I don't quite like the smell of this serum... It has a very weird fishy smell and it's not very pleasant; but on a good note, this serum works very well on me and I love how my skin feels after application
• Demeter- Roll on Perfume Oil (in Clean Skin)
• Not the type of perfume that I would use on a daily basis but I keep it in my purse for any emergency or any occasions that I forget to apply perfume (usually when I run out of my house in a rush)
• S.A.L.T.Y. cosmetics- Glama-ZOID! eye shadow
• Very nice pigmented eye shadow in a light pink glittery color. I may consider making a color of my own because I'm still in debate what kind of tone I would want to create.
• Circus by Andrea's Choice (in Spectacle Nailcolor)
• Love, love, love, love this color! It's a very bright neon orange and I joke about how I need to wear my sunglasses to look at my nails! I also love how these nail polishes are vegan polishes!
• Glam Gloss- Baby Pink?
• I was wishing for the red color but I still love how wearable the baby pink is! This is a special thanks from MyGlam for all the appreciations from the glammies! 

 

MyGlam has improved a lot since it first launches! Their bags rarely disappoint me. Keep it going, MyGlam!

MyGlam- July Glam Bag

This month's bag arrived a little later than usual because the warehouse has recently moved closer to the east coast. And in result, west coast bags were shipped out first in order to have all glambags arrive to their owners around the same time.

This month's bag has a beach theme and I absolutely love everything that came with the bag.

This month includes a few 'or' items and these are what I received.

•Green Apple SPF 15 Moisturizer: Absolutely love this moisturizer. It smells very good and leaves me with smooth protected skin. I use this beneath my makeup.

•Nume hydropunch Hydrating conditioner: I used this product a few times and I don't think it's the best hair product for me. My hair is dry because I wash it too often and because of the frequent wash, my hair builds up grease/oil by middle of day, which makes me wash my hair even more often. And this product seems to have made the oily dry problem even worse. I have stopped using this already.

•yes to cucumbers on-the-go facial towelettes: love this! I bring this with me for a sleep-over and although it burns my skin a little on my first use, it cleans all my makeup off with one sheet! No other cleanser is necessary!

•buxom big&healthy lip polish: I was wishing for the lip stain instead but after using this, I can't be more glad with this product. I got this product in color Leslie, which is a natural nude color. I was looking for a nude color lipgloss/ lipstick before, so this color is perfect for me. This is a plumper so it leaves your lips a little tingly but it doesn't burn. I love this product and I'm looking to buy more in other colors.

•circus by Andrea's choice in white: I'm not so sure about this nail polish. I got it in white. It looks like I painted my nails with white out. This polish dries very fast but also chips very soon. Mine chips after one day. Meh about this nail polish.

The bag that came with this month is very cute. I love it so much I'm using it as a makeup bag in my purse to work. I put a eyeliner, a mini brush, bronzed, blush, and a small continer with foundation powder!

Great job, MyGlam! Improved so much and as always, I looking forward to August's bag.

Speaking of August... I'm having a very bad heartache and I know it will only get worse when September comes.

June's glam bag- MyGlam

I received my June's glam bag quite early this month and luckily there is no mistakes this time in the bag so there's no more back and forth with e-mail like the past 2 months.

This month's bag is a little different. It isn't the usual zipper makeup bag, but instead it's a clutch purse. I am quite disappointed with the amount of glitter that falls off the clutch purse and it smells disgustingly like dead fish. Re-using this clutch purse is almost impossible, or at least impossible to avoid having glitters all over clothes, floor, hands, and face. Although the bag is gorgeous to look at, but the practical use of it is almost zero. Big no-no on the bag this month.

Let's look at what's inside the bag this month.

• Top-Left: Living Proof- Nourishing styling cream ($26.00US for 4oz., this is a 2oz. sample size)
• This product is a good experimentation for me. I rarely use any products on my hair and I would love to see how this product can improve the dryness of my hair.
• WARNING: the container is extremely sharp on the top. When I opened it for the first time, it gave me a very deep and long cut on my finger. ouch!
• Top-Right: philosophy- take a deep breath oil-free energizing oxygen gel cream moisturizer (Sample size-- price unknown)
• Very long name but this product is amazing. It leaves your skin with a very "light" feeling after application. It doesn't give you the oily or thick feelings like most of the other moisturizer. This product is very good for the humid, sweaty, and oil summer weather.
• I may consider buy this in full size after this.
• Bottom-Left: NYX- Round Lipstick, in color Chloe ($4.00)
• I love the color. It's the bright pink that is just in fashion at the moment. Very smoothing for my lips as well.
• I am looking to buy the other colors as well.
• Bottom-Right: MARBELLA- Permanent Eyeliner Pen ($19.00)
• According to the product introduction card that came along with the bag, it says that this pen is waterproof, smudge free, and long-last semi-permanent. It also says "don't use with lenses" on the product, which scares me because I am constantly wearing contacts.
• I haven't tried this product yet but it seems like the reviews are a mixed of both negative and positive. While the positive reviews claim the eye liner to be long-lasting, the negative reviews say that the long-lasting is.. way too long-lasting.. it's almost impossible to remove it.

This month's products has a worth of approximately ($13+$4+$19)=$36 with a sample size philosophy moisturizer which I'm unable to give it an estimated price.

Great improvement, MyGlam! Can't wait to see July's glam bag!

xoxo

May's Glam Bag- MyGlam

Life has been quite busy recently. My May's Glam Bag arrived a long time ago, the fact that it's already June and I still haven't post a review about May's bag tells you how busy I have been.

Scroll down and look at all the goodies from May's Glam Bag.

A kissy glambag!

Love Sweet Love perfume by philosophy- sample size

An eyeliner brush and a lipliner brush

Nail Art- 20 pieces

Studio Gear Lipstick- in color "Joy"

I am extremely satisfied with this month's bag. I absolutely love the lipstick and the nail art stickers. I already own a eyeliner brush but it wouldn't hurt to have an extra one. In addition, both brushes are very soft. However, the perfume sample- love sweet love by philosophy- is a little too sugary for my taste.

This bag has a worth of over 10 dollars, so I will give it a good in overall rating! The Studio Gear Lipstick is just so amazing, although I may need to get a little tanned to use this color.

P.S. I have also become a subscriber for sample society by beautybar.com for $15 a month. My first box will be shipped early July. Can't wait!