tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26644688444899252052024-02-20T16:58:09.244-05:00Fishball's corner!!A blog that is all about DIY, crafts, beauty, cooking, and many more^^Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-68344222855111276532013-09-02T13:03:00.003-04:002013-09-02T13:03:41.389-04:00So Lonely in Gorgeous is having a huge giveaway...So please drop by her blog to participate.... <br />
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And her prizes consist of wonderful hard to get Japanese department store brand goodies:<br />
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2 Addiction Eye Shadows (your choice).<br /><br /> 2 Addiction Cheek Sticks (your choice).<br /><br /> 2 THREE Flash Performance Eyeliner Pencils (your choice).<br /><br /> 2 Laduree Pressed Cheek Color (your choice).<br />
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(and you know you cannot resist Addiction, THREE, and Laduree!!!)<br />
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All beauty addicts, you need to go over there now!Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-50719697260189580512013-04-27T11:37:00.002-04:002013-06-06T11:41:42.363-04:00SUQQU 2013 Fall A/W collection<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today my usual source, Tiziana, has updated me with the list of SUQQU 2013 Fall products.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It seems like SUQQU is coming up with some interesting color combination like purples, blues and greens! And all of the above are limited edition, as suggested with their "EX" prefix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I do not have the images with this extension collection but Tiziana told me she would send me the images once she receive them from the corporate office, so girls/guys, stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://rougedeluxe.blogspot.com/">Rougedeluxe </a>has updated her blog with visual ads for this 2013 Fall release on<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">「和の美」</span>(Japanese Beauty). Please check out <a href="http://rougedeluxe.blogspot.com/2013/06/suqqu-fall-2013.html">this link</a> for her post on the visual!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have lemmings over the lunchbox duo case after seeing it on Beauty QQ's video, thinking it is so sleek and compact, so I have ordered the shimmer cream texture eyeshadow in 02 Glam Bisque and pearly texture eyeshadow in 223 Dark Chocolate.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However 02 Glam Bisque was back ordered. Initially I was told that it will take a few weeks for me to receive it, but weeks turned into months. It was not until recently that Vidi Vici Korea has informed me that they have received the shipment from their Japanese manufacturer (yay, after so many months!!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So viola, here it is!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Vidi Vici's single eyeshadow came in as a refill like packaging inside a clear plastic resealable bag and a plastic case (similar to that of the older Shu Uemura's single eyeshadow packaging)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gives your eyes a chic and luxurious look through the infusion of fine shimmer and sparkle.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Has a creamy texture even though it's a powder.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Its soft-blended formula goes onto your skin softly, leaving it looking velvety smooth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">223 Dark Chocolate is a color just like its name. It has minimal pink and bronze glitters (very subtle) that is hardly noticeable, and the chocolate color is a warm kind of brown that is very pigmented, and the color you saw on my hand is only 1 swatch.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The base of the luncbox duo has a small magnet to snap the back of the metal pan of the single eyeshadows so they stay nice and tight there, without the use of any glue or such (the glue that some singles came with can be quite messy to deal with!!!):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It does look chalky in the picture but when applying to my skin, texture is like whipped cream and feels very luxurious to touch. Absolutely no fall out. It's a different kind of luxurious feeling to touch it, compared to SUQQU, both are very very high quality eyeshadow products!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was never a Chanel makeup kind of girl, but since last X'mas where my lovely beauty pals from Singapore sent me a lovely Joues Contraste blush in 56 Tea Rose as my late birthday/X'mas gift, that started the "fire" and it kept burning....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To date I have 5 Chanel Joues Constraste blushers, a bronzer, and 2 nail polishes. I still have to work on trying their eyeshadow. I guess my collection will keep expanding (and my wallet is crying at the same time??)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From left to right:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">65 Espiegle</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">69 Fleur de Lotus</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An interesting thing is I noticed that "Rouge" came with a black plastic cap over the blush dome as it is part of a limited collection while the rest has transparent plastic cap.... but my 56 Tea Rose comes with 2 plastic caps!! What a weird bunch I own!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All of these JC blushers comes with a distinctive floral/rose scent. To some people that cannot take fragrances in their makeup, this is not a blush for those, but it does not bother me at all.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Close up of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">65 Espiegle (left) and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">56 Tea Rose (right):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">65 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Espiègle</span> is being described as a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">soft luminous light peach with gold shimmer and the slightest hint of pink. It would look lovely on paler skintones, but sadly it barely show up </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">on my cheeks at all :( I would give me <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">2 out of 5</span> (being Chanel does bring in some points but been too sheer, I can't really use it at all!)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">56 Tea Rose is a pretty pink with a slight tint of peachiness to it, and it's a bit on the sheer/matte side, however, this is a fool-proof subtle side I can use on a non dramatic everyday look for me. This is a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">5 out of 5</span> for me!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">69 Fleur de Lotus is an Asia Exclusive limited <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">as part of the Spring 2012 Le Blanc Fleur de Lotus makeup collection</span>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It is described as intense <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">warm pink/coral color with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> a shimmery finish (but not too over). It appears to be much softer when swatched (please scroll down to see swatches) I would give it 6 out of 5 (yes, I love it that much!)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">67 Rose Tourbillon is a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Nordstrom Anniversary 2011color that is a candy pink confection of a blush. It is a fresh pink tending to the cooler pink side, also it has a refined texture, and there is a beautiful glowing and natural quality when applied. I rarely go for cooler pink blushes as warm peachy pinks look more flattering on my NC-25 skin. I would give it <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">4 out of 5</span> (just mainly because cool pink is not my kind of color)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rouge is from Chanel Byzance collection back in . It is a very, very intense <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">darkened scarlet red with a satin sheen, it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">appears as a true bright red with pink shimmers in the pan, but on the skin the shimmer is less noticeable</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">. You will need a VERY light hand with this blush, or you will risk yourself becoming a clown's face, or in my terms, a monkey's butt. I am still trying to find the best way to apply Rouge, but I just like getting bitten on both sides of my cheeks... very hard to achieve a natural look with this blush. I will give it a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">3 out of 5</span> because it's hard to give a nice application due to its intensity.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lucky Stripes Iridescent Powders for Eyes and Cheeks is part of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the 2012 Spring Las Vegas </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">de Chanel collection. According to Temptalia, Lucky Stripes "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">($95.00 for 0.53 oz.) is described as a highlighter for both cheeks and eyes. It’s part of the online exclusive (and at select boutiques) Las Vegas de Chanel collection and easily the pricest piece of the launch! It has six stripes of color, though the medium orange and gold shades seem to have been done twice, which resulted in four unique shades."</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of course I cannot justify spending a whopping $95+tax for a purely collection item, but my eyes were set on those pretty pressed star patterns.... As many of my beauty pals know I have a thing for special pressed pattern or spray-on... so most likely this will be one of those collection piece for admiration :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't have any swatches for this palette, but those interested can refer to<a href="http://www.temptalia.com/chanel-lucky-stripes-iridescent-powder-review-photos-swatches"> Temptalia's review on her blog for more swatches</a>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The orange colors is a close dupe to the Esprique eyeshadow:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally to the most exicting part of this blog post, swatches!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Under natural light in my study room:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And changing lighting angle by the window:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you can see, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">65 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Espiègle and 56 Tea Rose are on the light side, and in particular </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">65 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Espiègle is barely noticeable on my NC-25 skintone. Out of these 5 JC blushes, I love 69 Fleur de Lotus the most, it's such a lovely peach color that show up nicely on me, followed up 56 Tea Rose for a subtle blushed look.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">And when blending these swatches out, this is how it looks on me:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">65 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Espiègle and 56 Tea Rose just totally disappear on me. I still love </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">69 Fleur de Lotus, it's definitely the champion within my JC blusher collection!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">I hope you will be finding this post interesting, thank you for reading!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I still remember last summer I was having a difficult time deciding between the 2 eyeshadows, 03 Matsukasa and 05 Sakurakaba... and in a matter of a year, my collection ballooned into 8 quads, 2 blushes, 1 face powder and 1 foundation (pact)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I still house my precious little SUQQU's in their original pouches and boxes (I do like the idea of a "complete" set) and when laying them out, they are indeed quite a view:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As part of my collection, I like those limited edition releases from X'mas coffret sets, as they have special patterns apart from the normal glossy piano like casing material:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For a review of specific products shown above, please check them out by clicking the following links:</span><br />
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<a href="http://cutiefishball.blogspot.com/2012/08/suqqu-face-color-palette-ex-01.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">EX-01 Face Color Palette</span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://cutiefishball.blogspot.com/2012/07/suqqu-nuancing-cheeks-ex-03-akanemizu.html">EX-03 Akanemizu</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This concludes my current SUQQU collection review. I hope my collection will keep going on and SUQQU will continue to release impressive make up items!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-7674158533934553852012-08-27T09:00:00.000-04:002012-08-27T09:00:02.879-04:00SUQQU Face Color Palette EX-01<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">SUQQU Face Color Palette in EX-01 is part of SUQQU Fall 2011 collection and it was a limited edition. This palette has 12.4g of products and consists both a face contour pressed powder and blush.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">When I heard about this release I have asked my friend Momo-chan to grab one of this gem for me from Hankyu Department Store in Uemeda. However it took quite a while to reach me since my friend got very busy with her volunteering job at her kids' school (PTA committee).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The size of this face palette is a little smaller than the regular eyeshadow quad, but a bit thick than the usual duo blush because it has 2 levels of compartments.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The top compartment is used for housing 2 very top notch quality face and blush brush:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">These brushes are made of very high quality horse hair and are very soft to the touch. Somehow I wished these are a bit bigger for easier application, but hey, maybe it's their strategy to lure customers to buy their full size brushes?? (But I cannot justify myself to spend $168 GBP (~US$260) for their full sized face powder brush??)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Back of the case, with details of the product, image courtesy of <a href="http://theblackpanties.blogspot.com/2011/09/suqqu-face-color-palette-ex-01.html">the black panties</a>:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">A: A nudy face color color that may show up better with skintone of NC-20 or lighter. It barely show up with my NC-25 skintone, however the powder is very fine and smooth to touch.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">B: A matte highlighter color that I think is similar to the base product included in every SUQQU eyeshadow quad. I can see myself using it to highlight my C-curve area but I doubt if it will even show up on me, but regardless of that, the I can use this finely milled textured powder as a base for my blush or even brown bone area.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">C: A pearly highlighter with a slight sheen to it. Perfect to highlight the nose bridge area for a 3D effect. When compared to another highlight powder I own (Guerlain Meteorites) this is far superior and looks more natural on me, and the powder is much finer and the lasting power is far superior.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">D: The narrower blush strip with a cool tone fushica pink kind of blush color with noticeable shimmers, but with a very buttery texture to it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">E: Matte warmer pink color that is very flattering to most skintone of NC-25 or lighter. Non-cakey or powdery at all.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lips: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Coffret D'or Bright Up Rouge Creamy Long Lasting lipstick BE-201</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This blog basically concludes my SUQQU collection up until this point in the summer of 2012. Please stay tuned for an updated blog post about my current SUQQU collection as of summer 2012!!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-66993039064975663672012-08-20T09:00:00.000-04:002012-08-20T09:00:04.888-04:00SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-06 Usuchaori<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span class="Apple-style-span">SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-06 Usachaori </span><span class="Apple-style-span">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">淡茶織)</span></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">was actually a limited edition shade from the <a href="http://cutiefishball.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-package-mini-haul-from-japan-pic.html">Xmas 2011 Coffret Set B that I have received back in December</a> from my lovely pal from Japan Kazue^^</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">EX-06 Usachaori </span><span class="Apple-style-span">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">淡茶織)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> embraces the meaning of "cashmere, the precious gem in the world of woven textiles," and indeed the ultra smooth and silk texture of this high quality palette is a definite luxurious treat to my eyes!! And the reason I chose this over Kit A EX-05 Usumomokurumi </span><span class="Apple-style-span">(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">淡桃包)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">is because I am a huge neutral brown freak and I see myself reaching neutral browns for my everyday makeup than a cool smoky shade.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Other bloggers have blogged about with excellent in-depth reviews and swatches, please refer to <a href="http://drivelaboutfrivol.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-holiday-2011-swatches-suqqu-jill.html">drivel about frivol</a>, <a href="http://www.atouchofblusher.com/2011/11/holiday-2011-makeup-review-suqqu-2011-christmas-makeup-kit-b.html">a touch of blusher</a>, and <a href="http://www.fruitylashes.com/suqqu-christmas-2011-makeup-kit-b-swatch-review-look-with-blend-color-eyeshadow-ex-06-usuchaori-7169/">fruitty lashes</a> for more information/swatches!</span></span></div>
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A very light color grayish-beige toned taupe, with very fine gold-toned shimmers. To my NC-25 skin tone, I call it a borderline shimmer/satin sheen that will work on me as highlights at the center of my lids/inner corners of my eyes/lower lashline. Texture of this is extremely smooth, and no fall-outs
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<span class="Apple-style-span">B: A pigmented peachy gold color, with noticeable pearly shimmers in it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> The
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lovely and versatile color that I will see myself reaching out a lot for a nice nude eyes everyday look.</span></span><br />
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A very pigmented and rich medium to dark taupe, and it has very pretty fine pink/bronze shimmers that compliment color "B" very well, and it works on my NC-25 skintone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">In terms of texture, this palette again meets my expectations with SUQQU, which is smooth and silky, and application is very easy without any fall outs. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">I truly think this palette is very appropriate for work with a subtle balance of pigmentation and shimmer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The color combination of EX-06 Usuchaori is a fool proof neutral brown that will work perfectly for low key office lady look, however, I do understand that some people may find the colors a tad too light on the pigmentation but honestly I do not mind it, because I have other eyeshadows I can go to if I want pigmentation. I do love the naked eye look that this palette offers!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Eyes: SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-06 Usuchaori</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Brows: B&C Labo Browlash EX Eyebrow pencil and liquid (grayish brown)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Face: base-Sofina Beaute whitening sunscreen SPF50 (moist), foundation-SUQQU Frame Fix Foundation</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Cheeks: ADDICTION cheeks in</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Lips: </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Coffret D'or Full Styling Rouge Glow RS-244 and Jill Stuart Jelly Lip Gloss in 29 sweet azaela</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I am glad that I made the decision asking my friend in Japan to haul this limited edition coffret set for me. Not only the eyeshadow is totally "my cup of tea" in terms its usability on everyday makeup for the office, I also get to try the skincare range and the most important is the limited edition gold powder spray on the casing!! Lame I know, but I am always a sucker for limited edition packaging! Now my SUQQU collection has another member joining the family! LOL!!</span></div>
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Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-80886344739003750372012-08-13T16:55:00.000-04:002012-08-19T23:50:42.731-04:00SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow 07 Komorebi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Getting 07 Komorebi was totally unexpected because I was such a big brown neutral freak... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(But actually before I was in this total make up phase which started at about 1.5 years ago, when I was still in my early stages in college, I did love putting on wild colors like greens or yellows or both as my eye makeup staple! *blush* on no knowledge of proper makeup!!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have long heard my fellow blogger Sue Lynn raving about Komorebi and a while ago I spotted this little gem going for US$50 on ebay. Knowing SUQQU palettes retail for 7140 yen (~US$90) or 45 GBP (~US$70) I immediately knew this is such a great deal that I should snatch it. I am glad I did!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A closer look at 07 Komorebi:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">07 Komorebi, along with 08 Mizuaoi was part of a limited edition set in early 2011 (with a EX prefix) but shortly after that in Fall 2011 they became permanent items in the line up.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What does Komorebi 木漏日 means? When I did a search online, this is what I get:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">木漏れ日(komorebi) means sunbeams streaming through the leaves of trees, we show this meaning one word (vocabulary ) in Japanese.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Actually this is quite a poetic name for a palette, which is very typical with SUQQU's naming convention. I think the green color is this palette has a lot to do with the leaves and the play of light and shadows are reflected in the palette's shimmers and neutral shades.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beauty blogger Sue Lynn has a detailed review post with swatches <a href="http://suelynn76-beautyblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-suqqu-blend-color-eyeshadow-07.html">here</a> and Sunny May has her full review, swatches, and EOTD looks <a href="http://sunnymay.pixnet.net/blog/post/29646326-%5Beyes%5D-%E6%9B%BE%E7%B6%93%E7%9A%84%E9%99%90%E9%87%8F%E3%80%82suqqu-2011-%E9%99%90%E9%87%8F%E2%86%92%E5%B8%B8%E6%85%8B-%E5%9B%9B%E8%89%B2">here</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in Chinese. Another Chinese blogger reviewed Komorebi in Chinese <a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a44253fc0100yor5.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you can see both color "A" and "B" are gleaming with pretty micro shimmers from the 2 images above. They are just so pretty to just look at them!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">: A shimmery peachy pink shade packed with micro gold and pink shimmer particles which are not chunky and I didn't experience any fall out from these shimmer. I think this color will look much flattering for ladies with paler skintones, but nevertheless I love this kind of peachy pink colors(reminded me of the peachy shades from 05 Sakurakaba and 11 Himesango as well). Texture of this is extremely smooth.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">B: A shimmery lime/mint green kind of color, with slightly smaller shimmers than "A". Hints of gold and green flecks of shimmer. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">C: A very pigmented and rich espresso brown color, which also contains the slightest coppery sheen to it. It works beautifully on my NC-25 skintone.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">D: A matte off white primer/base color, typical of SUQQU quad palette.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Texture of this is extremely smooth, and no fall-outs during application. The the level of shimmers is very subtle but I am getting cautious on the green color as I fear </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">piling too much of this shade on my lids will result in a frosty kind of finish... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Final thoughts. The price I paid for this palette is definitely a steal but I still need more practice on how to make this palette work out for me as I am usually more comfortable using warm neutrals are part of my staple makeup. I am sure if this palette combination will look great on me once I master the right application because I know from the swatches there are great potentials with the pink and green shades. I just need to practice more with this palette, as always, practice makes perfect! Stay tuned!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow in 05 Sakurakaba was one of two I was deciding betwen when I was about to get my very first SUQQU palette (the other one was 03 Matsukasa) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I decided to pull the trigger, all the contacts I know that have access to a SUQQU counter in UK, Japan and Bangkok report back to me the counters are all out of this color (DISCONTINUED). The next thing I know, I was searching high and low for it through blog sale and such, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">at last found it in a Taiwanese auction site and it was the last I can ever find in aftermarket.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I admit that I fell in love with the novelty of its name, as with most of SUQQU's palette, the name embodies a meaning/story behind it. For instance, when I googled sakurakaba (桜樺), this is what I have:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So the meaning of Sakurakaba has strong reference to the actual Japanese cherry tree, and I can see why with the 4 colors in the pan, which ties back with the colors of the blossom and the subtle hues of its tree bark:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Other bloggers have long reviewed this palette, for instance, A Vain Woman has reviewed it <a href="http://avainwoman.blogspot.com/2011/12/suqqu-blend-colour-eyeshadow-in.html">here</a> (she has much paler skin than me, hence the swatches looks more flattering for her) and the black panties has reviewed it <a href="http://theblackpanties.blogspot.com/2011/07/suqqu-blend-color-eyeshadow-5.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hikitsu (chinese blog) has a full review of the entire collection from SUQQU Fall 2010, along with swatches and videos <a href="http://hikitsu.pixnet.net/blog/post/27076507-%E3%80%90suqqu%E3%80%91%E7%BE%8E%E3%81%97%E3%81%84%E8%BB%B8%E7%9C%BC%E5%BD%B1%E8%A9%A6%E8%89%B2">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The color combination is a fool-proof warm neutral that is very appropriate for office lady. I did not attempt to try a tonal smokey look with this palette as I am afraid the coppery reddish brown color "B" will look too muddy on me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally, ending with a FOTD (heehee, my very first attempt with a full face FOTD!):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eyes: SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow 05 Sakurakaba</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It has been a long journey trying to get hold of this SUQQU palette and I am glad I did. Along with Himesango, Sakurakaba has this appeal to me with its naming novelty. Though I know for a fact that ladies with fairer skintones will be able to pull off a better look with this pale pink/peachy combination, I still love the colors in its pan. I don't think I will turn into a snow white anytime soon, but I can still make this color work for me, especially this is a great office appropriate palette to have!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-43137928848216134702012-07-30T09:00:00.001-04:002012-08-19T23:50:01.616-04:00SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow 04 Keshizumi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a much delayed post since the release of Keshizumi last fall, but I would like to blog about it anyways because I would like to share </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my thoughts and feelings about how this palette works on me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SUQQU Keshizumi was realeased in part of the Fall 2011 release and it is basically a cool gray wash color kind of palette. Reika has review this palette throughly in her blog Front Row Beauty <a href="http://www.frontrowbeauty.com/suqqu-keshizumi-blend-eye-color-review-swatches-fotd/">here</a>. Drivel about Frivol also has a detailed post with swatches <a href="http://drivelaboutfrivol.blogspot.com/2012/01/suqqu-blend-colour-eyeshadow-quads-04.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As with most SUQQU palettes, the naming has poetic reference and Keshizumi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">滅墨</span>(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kanji) means faded ink, which is well reflected with the choice of its 4 taupe/gray toned colors in the palette.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However I was wrong. When I looked at swatches, this palette offers a very lovely cool taupe color that has sparkled my interests. For a short time this palette was pulled off from Selfridge's website, so when I saw it back for purchase, I immediately asked my friend in UK to snatch it up for me. I am happy that I did. Let me explain why here in my blog :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interestingly I wasn't too interested in this palette from the beginning because I thought they look more grayish on its web photo, and thinking it will be more suitable for those with fairer skin. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In terms of the total weight of the Blend Color Eyeshadow series, it has 6.5 worth of products. Compared to the newer Blend Color Eyeshadow 09, 10, and 11 from this Spring 2012's collection which has only 5.5g of product, you are getting more bang for your buck.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moving on to a closer look of this awesome eyeshadow quad 04 Keshizumi:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The colors that this palette offer is actually a cool taupe with a slight hint of shimmer on the top two shades in the quad. But compare to the newer SUQQU eyeshadows, this palette is is not as shimmery and the colors are more subtle, hence more work appropriate.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A closer look at 04 Keshizumi:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">: Moderately shimmery silver that is perfect for highlighting. This cool silver is slighlty cloudy when swatch and the colors looks more metallic in the pan than when it is swatched. Texture of this is extremely smooth, and no fall-outs during application.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">B: A pigmented, slightly warm taupe color</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">, slightly satin in my opinion, which is packed with fine micro refined shimmer, with a slight hint of silver. This is quite a lovely shade and I find it very appealing with my NC-25 skintone.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">C: A very pigmented brownish-plum </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> this color is the darkest in quad, which is use for the outer V or tightlining</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">D: A matte white base color (a true white photo quality copy paper kind of white) which is very typical of SUQQU's powder primer in every bottom right in each quad palette.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In terms of texture, this palette again meets my expectations with SUQQU, which is smooth and silky, and application is very easy without any fall outs. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I truly think this palette is very appropriate for work with a subtle balance of pigmentation and shimmer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The color combination turns out to be on the cool gray side for me and it does remind me of Lunasol's Ocean Scene Eyes in Smoky Ocean to me. I did not create a dramatic smokey look with this palette, but I know this palette is fully capable of creating that... I may try on a smokey eye look later at some point when I have a chance :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Overall I am very happy that I add this purchase of Keshizumi palette with my SUQQU Spring 2012 collection haul, as they are very high quality and never fail me.... I particularly enjoy the the warm taupe shade "B" and the over grayish tone is a nice departure from my usual warm tone neutrals. It's nice to try something out of your comfort zone once in a while!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Matsukasa is actually my very first SUQQU palette given to me as a present last year from another Japanese friend of mine who lives in Himeiji in the Kansai region of Japan. When asked for which SUQQU palette I would like, I had a hard time deciding between this 03 Matsukasa or 05 Sakurakaba, but as my very first SUQQU palette, I opt in for a safer choice, which is a fool-proof neutral brown palette. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SUQQU Matsukasa (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">松球)</span></span> was realeased in part of the Fall 2011 release and it is basically a warm brown color kind of neutral palette. In fact, the kanki characters <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">松球 actually means pine cones (with matsu=</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">松=pine, and kasa=</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">球=ball). Look at this image full of pine cones and you will see how the color of Matsukasa can be related to a gorgeous range of warm toned browns:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Drivel about Frivol also has a detailed post with swatches <a href="http://drivelaboutfrivol.blogspot.com/2012/02/suqqu-blend-eyeshadow-quad-03-matsukasa.html">here</a> and Reika of Front Row Beauty has her full review <a href="http://www.frontrowbeauty.com/suqqu-kakitsubata-matsukasa-review-swatches/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I first receive this quad and see it in person, I was thinking the browns are a little more "reddish" and warmer than what I saw from the official pictures from SUQQU site. I am particular worry about the upper right color "B" that the red tones of it will make me look like a set of punched eyes in the face.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">C: A very pigmented and rich chocolate brown, and it's not as red toned as color "B", leaning towards a dark chocolate (the kind you can eat) color.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The color combination is a fool-proof warm neutral that is very appropriate for office lady. I did not attempt to try a tonal smokey look with this palette as I am afraid the coppery reddish brown color "B" will look too muddy on me. However, Drivel about Frivol has a beautifully done EOTD tonal brown smoky gradation on her eyes:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As my very first SUQQU palette, I am very happy that I got Matsukasa. I need to move out of my comfort zone and try on a smoky gradation that Drivel about Frivol did with her EOTD look. Though I have a hard time to decide between this 03 Matsukasa and 05 Sakurakaba at that point, I ended up finding a way to lay my hands on 05 Sakurakaba in the end because these SUQQU palettes are so good in quality that they will never fail you! Stay tuned!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a muggy and hot Saturday afternoon (yes, we are being struck by countless heatwave here on the East Coast!!) and we met at Radiance Tea House, a small place tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Manhattan.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She has document our first counter fully <a href="http://www.beauty-box-online.com/meeting-a-fellow-blogger-in-nyc-haul-pix/">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's how it all get started:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, I have been following Yu Ming's blog <a href="http://www.beauty-box-online.com/">Beauty Box</a> for about a few months when Nic Nic of <a href="http://bangbangsheshoots.blogspot.com/">Bang Bang She Shoots</a> recommended me over to check out Yu Ming's awesome reviews on Japanese BB creams (for those BB cream fanatics please go over to <a href="http://www.beauty-box-online.com/">Beauty Box</a> to check it out!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My first impression of her picture from her blog was, will it be possible I found someone with a slightly "healthier" skintone, or a tad tanner than the normal snow white Asian lady, as Yu Ming mentioned she is a NC-25 as well...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After reading her posts, she indeed sparkled my fire on getting varies Japanese BB creams that matches her skintone and to my surprise, it matches me pretty darn well. And it just happened I just learnt that she will be visiting NYC shortly so about 3 days prior to her trip, I suggested to meet up with her.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To be clear, I don't normally ask for meeting up people especially I have not really know "her" for that long, but when I think about how I met my husband (from craigslist) I told myself to trust my instincts that Yu Ming gotta be an awesome blogger to meet. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And I was correct!! Yu Ming is such a soft spoken and elegant lady!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had great time chatting with her (and my hubby too) and time really passed by quickly and we gotta go to my hubby's appointment. I felt I have a lot of connections with her, and interestingly makeup and skincare wasn't the only thing we chat about.... Cultural issues like how we were originally born and raised in another country now building a place we call home now are the common thing I felt I am bonded with her in a special way...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope to make way down to visit NYC again once our schedule opens up and I hope I can spend more time with her chatting more beauty related issues while she is still in NYC! (or I will have to fly to Tokyo to see her?! Not a bad idea after all for my JP makeup haulage??)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Though we agree before meeting that we won't be doing any kind of swap (due to lack of time prior to meeting) but she kindly gifted me a sample gift bag with some paper masks for me to try:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deluxe samples from the 美思 line from Missha (their deluxe anti-aging line), a lipstick sampler by Shiseido, various sample sachets (dying to try Dr. Ci:Labo, heard great things about them) and various masks (how did she know I know MBD's Earl Grey Tea mask? I have stocked them up recently!!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the same time, I also know that she is "on the move" so I packed a little "beauty box" filled with samples from varies brands so she can try out certain brands and perhaps pick up full sized for the ones she really like prior to returning to Tokyo.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I gotta start planning with my second encounter with wonderful Yu Ming!!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-59956917520558449342012-07-16T09:00:00.001-04:002012-07-17T00:39:40.510-04:00SUQQU Blend Eyeshadow EX-06 Maiyuki<a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5232/7223708460_47b13ffa29_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5232/7223708460_47b13ffa29_z.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SUQQU Blend Eyeshadow EX-06 Maiyuki is part of SUQQU 2009 holiday collection makeup kit A. Maiyuki in Japanese Kanji is 舞雪 [</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">舞</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">=mai, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">雪</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">=yuki], roughly translate "dancing snow", just as when snowflakes start to fall, they are being drifted by the wind and appear to look like they are dancing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The poetic name "Maiyuki" is reflected on the design of the snowflakes design on the SUQQU palette:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Note that because Blend Eyeshadow is from an earlier collection, SUQQU palettes were a bit different back then. The material of the palette is still the highly glossy lacquer that resembles that of a piano veneer, but the more current ones from 2010 onwards are purely black glossy veneer. This older version is a deep burgundy kind of color, shown side by side here in a comparison picture:</span></div>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The older Blend eyeshadow palettes has a total of 6.7g of products while the newer Blend Color eyeshadow palettes has a total of 6.5g. While the newer ones from this Spring 2012, numbers 09, 10, and 11 have only 5.5g of total product! We are getting less and and less product while the price kept going up!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And another difference is the base color at the lower right has a slightly smaller footprint and the lower right liner color has a vertical imprint of "SUQQU" on it:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The colors that this palette offer is actually a cool taupe with a slight hint of shimmer on the top two shades in the quad. But compare to the newer SUQQU eyeshadows, this palette is is not as shimmery and the colors are more subtle, hence more work appropriate.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">B: Cool taupe color<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">, which is packed with fine micro gold and silver shimmer(barely noticeable, with a nice sheen, in various iridescent hues of taupe, grey, with the occasional hint of cool brown</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">C: Cool brown<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">, a pigmented satin with extremely fine gold and bronze micro-shimmer occasionally scattered throughout, this color is the darkest in quad, which is for tightlining</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">D: Off beige white with a golden champagne/slivery sheen, that goes on chalky at all, perfectly smooth and silky</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A very soft cool taupe hues that is non powdery or chalky, and is very wearable and subtle. As </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">always, I love how smooth and silky SUQQU eyeshadow can offer... and no issues with glitter or liner color fall out... which is very work appropriate! I can see why SUQQU is targeting professional woman as their main audience.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Overall I am very happy that I have the chance to score this discontinued SUQQU palette as they are very high quality.... but the price point has always been a turn off, but again it's hard to resist and as they are not readily available, and it makes them more precious and so collectible!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Along with SUQQU 2012 Spring collection Blend Color Eyeshadow #11 Himesango, I have also hauled one of their Nuancing Cheeks in EX-03 Akanemizu. This my second SUQQU blusher. Akanemizu in Japanese Kanji is 茜水 [</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">茜</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">=brilliant red, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">水</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">=water], roughly translate "a watery brilliant red", which is quite a vivid imaginary painting concept in itself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">EX-03 Akanemizu is an extremely wearable and non-overwhelming warmed toned blusher shade that works in perfect harmony with my NC-25 skin tone. When it comes to blush I tend to like those that are not overwhelmingly pigmented (to avoid looking like a monkey's butt when I am applying blushers at a hurry), nor too sheer or it will not show up on my NC-25 skin tone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The blush compact comes in the usual SUQQU black lacquer packaging, which is a super fingerprint magnet but very sleek and sexy to look at. The included blush brush is of very high quality and probably one of the best brush included in any palettes that I have ever owned. The bristles are made out of horse hair and it is so soft upon application---it is non-scratchy and after using for a few times, there is no issue with any bristle shedding. And it does its job very well, by picking up the right amount of blush and blending it evenly on my cheeks.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SUQQU Nuancing Cheeks retails at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">£38</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> each and contains 3.8g of product. Overall a very good buy given the price and how long a blusher can last me. Unlike Chanel, SUQQU's blushers does not come scented. Quality and color are the two most important decision making factors when it comes to blushers.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The left rosy pink color appear to be more like a satin and have subtle shimmers throughout, while the right coral pink color is more of a satin matte with very sparse occasional flecks of shimmers (and larger as well) in the pan. But again these shimmers are very subtle and unless you put a direct spot light over the blush duo, you will not see the flecks of shimmers. When applying to my cheeks, there are some noticeable silver sparkles, but not dramatically overwhelming. The tone of this warm coral blush compliments well with my complexion and a with a light hand it warms up my NC-25 skin tone nicely. Lasting power is decent and it lasted me over 8+ hours for the entire day out.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eyes: SUQQU Blend Color Shadow #11 Himesango reviewed <a href="http://cutiefishball.blogspot.com/2012/06/suqqu-blend-color-eyeshadow-11.html">here</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Along with my haul for SUQQU Blend Color Eyeshadow #11 Himesango, which is part of SUQQU 2012 Spring collection. Himesango in Japanese Kanji is 姬珊瑚 [</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">姬</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">=princess, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">珊瑚</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">=coral], roughly translate "Coral Princess", which is quite a novel idea. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I particularly love the taupe shade on the upper right and the peachy shade (though I am pretty sure it will not show up on my NC-25 skin) and this color combination is similar to #05 Sakurakaba, a palette that I regret not picking up. I think both Himesango and Sakurakaba are sisters, they belong to the same pretty pink and warm neutral group!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reika of Front Row Beauty has her full in depth review and beautiful EOTD look of this awesome palette <a href="http://www.frontrowbeauty.com/suqqu-spring-2012-blend-color-eye-shadow-11-himesango-review-swatches/">here</a>. Iris of Rouge Deluxe has her share of this wonderful palette <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44404023@N03/7329257342/sizes/z/in/photostream/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The older Blend eyeshadow palettes has a total of 6.7g of products while the newer Blend Color eyeshadow palettes has a total of 6.5g. While the newer ones from this Spring 2012, numbers 09, 10, and 11 have only 5.5g of total product! We are getting less and and less product while the price kept going up!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Instead of the usual 4 colors in a pan that SUQQU offers, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">the spring collection comes with 5 colors with an additional strip of deep liner color at the lower left pan . Other than being attracted to such a novel name "Himesango," as a taupe and neutral palette junkie, I went for this palette. SUQQU always deliver the highest quality-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">densely pressed and smoothly milled eyeshadows, and t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">he pigmentation of this range in particular is richer and more vibrant than its previous quad collection. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">When comparing the texture, Himesango is super buttery and velvety... what a luxurious sensation!! As usual, SUQQU offers a matte highlighter shade which is the ivory white in the lower right, but this has a slight sheen to it. A picture from Rouge Deluxe's post best capture this sheen:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">This ivory white shade is non-chalky at all and provides a very good base/canvas for the following color application. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">The other 3 colors (top row and bottom left) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">are shimmery shades that glides on to my eyelids silky smooth and contain the finest micro-shimmer.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SUQQU palette, as usual, are of exceptionally high quality.... and I was very grateful for my friend who has helped me CP this well sought-after palette from Selfridges. Though SUQQU's price point is high, the warm neutral colors offered in this palette is really well composed and suitable for any day or night occasion. In the end, I would still save up and add it to my stash of prized collection. And not to mention, I love the novelty of the naming of this palette, Himesango!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SUQQU released their spring collection sometime earlier in February and I was lucky enough to ask a dear friend in UK to order them from Selfridge. It was a much delayed post but I would still like to post my loots here to share with everyone!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In around April I have asked my friend to purchase Blend Color Eyeshadow #11 Himesango and Nuancing Cheeks EX-03 Akanemizu (limited edition blusher) from Spring 2012 collection, as well as Blend Color Eyeshadow #04 Keshizumi from an older collection from Selfridges in UK and mail them over to the US.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As expected, SUQQU is the highest quality makeup that I have ever encountered, with its finely milled pressed powders and subtle color that can be layered on nicely without creating a dramatic statement.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To do them justice, I will be dedicating a seperate post for each eyeshadow and blush palette. Please stay tuned to follow these amazing little gems!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-25841889017225250312012-06-11T09:00:00.001-04:002012-06-11T14:18:58.553-04:00Skincare routine (late spring-early summer)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have been having a mild winter so far but it wasn't until recently that temperature is rising up to the 80's, so my skincare focus on lighter creams and gels for easier absorption but at the same time provide enough hydration.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First step of my skincare routine, I use <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid with Salicylic Acid</span> with the help of the cleansing mode in my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Hitachi Hada CRiE CM-N1000</span> machine:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For those interested in a full length review of the beauty gadget Hitachi Hada CRiE, please check out my earlier post <a href="http://cutiefishball.blogspot.com/2012/05/review-of-hitachi-hada-crie-cm-n1000.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After my face is properly cleansed, I move on with [1]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Phyto-C Phyto Plus-Gel</span> and [2]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">B-5 Gel</span>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will first use the Phyto Plus Gel which provides treatment for hyperpigmentation, then I will layer it up with B5 Gel for hydration (and also suggested by the Phyto-C to use B5 gel after Phyto Plus Gel). So far it is quite effective with my stubborn acne marks that was caused by a sudden out break from a few months ago. Also, the texture is watery and very easily absorbed, which is perfect for warmer weather. However, the only downside is the price of these 15ml bottles. But since it's something that works, I will repurchase again!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then I will use Laneige pore tightening essence on my nose and check areas:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's a huge bottle of 35ml and everytime I use I just need a small pump, and this bottle has lasted me for over 1 year already.... and I heard Laneige has already this amazing pore essence, so I will need to look for a replacement after I am done with this!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After I have completed the above steps, I will move on to blow dry my hair while waiting for the skincare items to absorb into my skin. Typically, I will be waiting for about 5-10 minutes...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then I move on to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">SK-II Facial Treatment Essence</span> with the moisturizing mode of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Hitachi HADA CRiE CM-N1000</span>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After patting down the SK-II essence, I move on to applying <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">HABA White Lady whitening essence</span>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On days that I have more free time, I will pair this essence up with the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Haba G-lotion</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Haba Ion Machine</span> along with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">My Beauty Diary sheet masks</span> for a nice treatment. The main function of this Haba Ion Machine is the "refresh" mode, which is the same as the 4th mode "refresh" in the Hitachi Hada CRie CM-N810 model. I tend to do it 2-3 times a week:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then my skincare is followed by my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Caudalie Premier Cru eye cream</span>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interestingly I used to think this eye cream is a tad too oily for me. But since I have started using the Hitachi Hada CRiE machine, heavier creams tends to absorb better, and by that I mean this once too heavy eye cream does not feel greasy after I massage my way in.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Final step in my skincare routine is the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Creme de la Mer moisturizing cream</span>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yea, I know this cream is super duper expensive, but a little goes a long way. I just need to use a tiny bit every time and it used to be too moisturizing for me. But since the use of Hitachi Hada CRiE, this cream is perfect for me, even in this warmer weather! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since Hitachi Hada CRiE has become so important in my skincare routine, and it has helped tremendously with the absorption of all the above skincare goodies. My break out conditions has greatly lessen, but I still need to wait till the peak of the summer to see whether this Hitachi Hada CRiE machine will help me with preventing acne!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So occasionally I still have small acne, so to treat these occasional break outs, I will use <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Naruko T-Zone Blackhead Remover</span> (as a leave on mask for spot treatment) and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Naruko Tea Tree Acne and Oil Out Targeted Treatment</span> (for immediately relief):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And as part of my beauty regime, I have been enjoying the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Fekkai Glossing shampoo, conditioner and cream series</span>, they make my hair so soft and shiny! I know they are not the cheapest shampoo out there, but since I love Japanese shampoo and they cost a bomb to be shipped to the US, these are better and easier alternatives I can get in the US:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope you have enjoy my skincare routine. I will constantly update my skincare routine as I go, let it be discovery in new products or a change in the weather. So, stay tuned for more!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-86550684226211574222012-06-06T09:00:00.000-04:002012-06-06T09:00:02.829-04:00Sneak Peek of SUQQU Fall 2012 collection「大人専用ピンク」<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Momo-chan has been my very resourceful buddy from Japan and have been helping me to source different Japan exclusive items and ship them to me. We have been exchanging swaps for quite sometime now. However, since she has been volunteering in her kid's kindergarten, she has been extremely busy and had pushed off sending things to me for quite sometime.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then out of the blue I received her package!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Inside the box there lay a pretty shopping bag with some lovely hand-written notes. She mentioned earlier that she got me some yummy chocolate lucky bags (福袋) and here it is... so cute!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From SUQQU, the fall 2011 face powder and a discontinued palette from Japan Yahoo Auctions, along with generous foundation samples from the counter:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ADDICTION blush in Gorgeous and cream cheek stick (can be double up as a lipstick as well) in African Sunset, heard a lot of great things about this line that is so similar to NARS. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">ADDICTION (a JP department store brand, not a drugstore brand) was started by Miss Ayako who used to work for NARS as their international makeup director. This is probably one of the main reasons there are a lot of NARS similarities amongst the offerings from this brand.</span> Though NARS has decent color payoff in their lineup, I don't really like their rubbery finishes to all of their packaging. I like ADDICTION because it has a sleeker design, well, all things Japanese to me always sound better!) Can't wait to try them:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And a lipstick from Lavchusa (BE-6, a beige tone, my favorite lip color!), L'oreal eye contour Revitalift (I think we have a similar range in the US, but interesting to see the JP version and see if the JP version is better...) and the SANA Hadanomy facial mist in a limited heart shape bottle edition (I have been loving this mist and woot for the limited edition!) and a Country Stream Eau de Toilette in Muscat note, a very refreshing scent for summer months:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now moving to the sweets section, Mary Chocolate lucky bag, it was highly recommended to me, as Momo-chan said it's absolutely delicious:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Momo-chan's mama was also very nice to send me a very pretty chirimen coin purse with my favorite Sakura print:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then there is this orange bag from Kiddy Land. I have been to Kiddy Land when I visited Tokyo and I absolutely love this store as they have plenty of cute toys and stationery and even I am a grown up I still love these things!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Much of the items in this bag was from Momo-chan's previous stationary haul for me in one of her recent trips at Uemeda, as I have blogged about it <a href="http://cutiefishball.blogspot.com/2011/09/momo-chans-live-report-in-umeda-suqqu.html">here</a>. She added the neko (kitty) calender in, as I had a 2011 baby kitty calender before and I absolutely enjoy watching cute kitties on my desk everyday!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope all of you have enjoyed my sharing for a recent love package from Momo-chan! If any of you have used any of the products mentioned above, please let me know how you think about those products! Thank you for reading!</span></div>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-48063602708371285422012-06-04T09:00:00.001-04:002012-06-04T09:00:13.076-04:00Love Package from Bangbangsheshoots^^ Woot!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nic Nic from Bangbangsheshoots emailed me a few days ago that she dropped off a package to me from Japan and it showed up in within 3 days!!! That's some uber lightening fast EMS speed!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyways, I have been following Nic Nic's blog for over a year now and when it comes to makeup, the rule of "the grass is always greener on the other side" always apply.... She blogs about her findings of little Japanese drugstore makeup gems and was curious on all the youtube raves over the most talked about Revlon lip butters or L'oreal Infallibles eyeshadows.... But I still think that Japanese drugstore are far more superior...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was not until lately that Nic Nic spotted some 8 shades of Revlon lip butter that showed up at her local drugstores retailing at 1575 yen (US$20+) while we have 20 shades here with a retail of $7.99 plus occasional buy one get second one for 50% off.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So we decided to do a mini swap, and I don't even remember what I sent her... I just grabbed the best the drugstores has to offer here (based on my own reviews because unlike Japan, we don't have testers out there so it's basically a hit or miss). As Nic Nic has a ton of fans she has collected quite a few lippies or infallible shades while I was in the process of compiling a swap package for her.... and once the summer infallibles color (Pink Sapphire, Imperial Gold and 408 Gleaming Bronze) showed up in store, I immediately grabbed it and send over to her in a separate mail so it reach to her soon! Oh and I remember I stuffed a Fekkai shampoo in and she was sort of freaked out at how heavy (like a baby) my package was when it reached her.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So when Nic Nice is trying to get items from Japan, I didn't really know what I would like and I basically told her anything you think work for you will work for me, and if there are some limited sets from the drugstore, that will be great. But interestingly there aren't much "limited" items release this summer, compared to previous months! But Nic Nic manage to get me very cool items!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyways, cutting my crap and moving on to Nic's package. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw my favorite postman stopped by today with a package from Japan that I need to sign for. And it's looking a big bag of makeup goodies!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Peeking into the package:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nice and carefully wrapped... my heart's pounding, so excited:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Layout of the contents of this love package from Nic Nic:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That seems to be a lot of goodies stuffed away in this little package?!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She sent me a lot of masks and the cute sexy look masks from Hello Kitty! And I have heard great things about Neutrogena masks. Interestingly though Neutrogena is a US brand, we don't have the sheet masks range here, it seems like it is an Asian only line:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Which coincidentally, Momo-chan sent me another one in the pink SANA Hadanomy Collagen Mist limited edition version to me in a separate love package:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There was a small story behind this SANA Hadanomy mist. Shortly after Nic Nic dropped off her package at the post office she got a call from the postman asking what the spray is about.... perhaps the postman in Japan is very good and efficient in what they do, and luckily she was able to resolve it by saying it's not alcohol/aerospray liquid.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And this is something new, Kiss My Eyes Glamorize Shadow in BR-1. I find the name funny as I immediately thought of "kiss my a$$" (sorry, I just had a terrible encounter with a weirdo a few days ago, and I have been moody since!):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And Nic got me Lavshuca Pure Blossoming Eyes Limited Edition Set for me, and Musing of the Muse has a thorough review <a href="http://www.musingsofamuse.com/2012/05/lavshuca-pure-blossoming-eyes-set-review-and-swatches.html">here</a>. I think the eyeshadow packaging looks very similar to my existing Lavshuca palettes with a different swirl pattern for the eyeshadow layout and floral prints all over the outer casing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the lip gloss and eye pencil department. I was immediately drawn to the kitty eyeliner.... awww so cute (the can it be any cuter kind of look)!!! I never seen it! And Nic raved about the K-Palette 1 day Tattoo a lot in her blog, I can't wait to try it!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And finally, the base department. I have always wanted to try Anessa's BB cream and here it is, Nice sent over hers to me because it's a tad too dark on her... I actually dont mind it at all because I would like to find good homes to my base products that doesn't work out for me either..... I am so excited to try this new BB cream! (but I still have lemmings for the new Hada-Labo and Nanoce BB creams too!!!! oh no!!!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So the above concludes the makeup swaps. It will take me a while to try and review everything single item, but I plan to do it over the course of this summer. I know for a fact that the first thing I will be trying is the Anessa BB cream!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you Nic Nic, you have open up my eyes to brands that I cannot get from US based websites or ebay stores that sell Japanese drugstore. Particularly the brand Kiss My Eyes, I can't wait to review them and try them out!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Thanks Nic, <3</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-87132053154374574472012-05-29T09:00:00.000-04:002012-06-05T06:59:10.194-04:00Sneak Peek of Lunasol Fall 2012 collection 「透輝浄化」featuring Modeling Glossy Eyes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I was browsing online last night, I came across some interesting sneak peak photos of Lunasol Fall 2012 makeup collection!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Line up of 9 makeup items with 32 variations, for sale on Aug 17th. Are you interested in any colors?<br /><br />(The range is repeating the Lunasol's norm of wearable OL colors, but actually I am interested with the lower left quad with the black color in the pan. Lunasol rarely have something that deep in color that is almost a black, however it maybe a dupe to the ocean scene eyes in 04 smoky ocean, my first ever lunasol palette!)<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since I missed out the mini rose petal blushers from Laduree's opening back in late January, I cannot let this opportunity to go away. I will be relying my sources to help purchase this lovely mini rose petals for me!!! Gotta start saving up for the spurge!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-25593961163930828362012-05-28T09:00:00.000-04:002012-08-22T08:03:27.087-04:00Review Of Hitachi Hada CRiE CM-N1000 – Japan’s No. 1 Beauty Gadget<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">This latest version of facial massager by Hitachi has put the competitors to rest.<br />The
“Hada Crie” is a facial cleaning and massage system that will change
and improve the way you take care of your face. This hand held cleaning
and massage head performs better than ordinary manual cleaning methods.
With ion power, it cleans deeply into pores to remove more dirt and
penetrate moisturizing ingredient to horny layer and helps to keep
moisture. “ Hada Crie” has 4 different modes which are Cleanse,
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such beauty gadget does not come cheap. Retailing for 357,00yen in
Japan, I found a cheaper option for about US$230 on Ebay. I bought mine
for about $190usd shipped from Japan via a Japanese CP :)</span></span></div>
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a $200 investment on a beauty gadget is really on the steep side,
however, it's a machine that is "Made in Japan" (see above image on the
lower right corner) so it's well worth the investment. To justify my
purchase, I'd figure visiting a facial spa twice can be over this amount
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economically it's not sustainable for my wallet!) so this seems to be a
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within the box includes the machine itself, cable cord, 2 plastic
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Front
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some of you may not understand what the manual is talking about, I have
found an English and Chinese manual online. The only difference the 4th
step, where CM-N1000 has a "Cool Este Mode" rather than CM N-810's
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">he model I have decided to pull the trigger on is the CM-N1000 model. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
main difference between the popular models CM-N800 or CM-N810 model is
the 4th mode is "refresh mode" on the CM-N810 model and "cool esthetic
mode" on the N-1000 model, as well as the CM-N1000 come corded (meaning
the unit needs to be connected to the plug with the cable during
operation) while the 810's model come wireless with a charger (each
charge will hold enough charge for 10 uses). Another major difference is
CM-N1000 uses a 100V but CM-N810 is pretty much universal voltage of
100V-240V. CM-N1000 is a tad heavier (100g) because of a bigger motor
for the cooling function, but the cooling function enables the
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保湿サポート器 : 仕様一覧表</h1>
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CM-N1000</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">保湿サポート器<br />
CM-N810</td></tr>
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<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">本体希望小売価格(税込)</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">オープン価格<sup style="font-size: 10px;">★</sup></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">オープン価格<sup style="font-size: 10px;">★</sup></td></tr>
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<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">充電表示/完了ランプ</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">-</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">LED(赤)点灯→LED(緑)点灯</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">切替ボタン</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">モード切替、強弱切替</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">モード切替、強弱切替</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">充電・モード・強弱表示</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">-</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">LED点灯</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">モード・強弱表示</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">LED点灯</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">-</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th rowspan="5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">モード</th><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">クレンジングモード</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">ミクロパットモード</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">モイストアップモード</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">クールエステモード</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">-</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">リフレッシュモード</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">-</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">●</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">オートオフ機能</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">5分間使用後自動停止<sup style="font-size: 10px;">※2</sup></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">5分間使用後自動停止</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">色</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">パールホワイト(W)</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">パールピンク(P)</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th rowspan="3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">外形寸法</th><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">幅</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">5.0cm</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">4.7cm</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">高さ</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">16.0cm</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">13.3cm</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">奥行</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">5.6cm</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">3.7cm</td></tr>
<tr align="center" valign="top"><th colspan="2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">質量</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">約170g</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;">約85g</td></tr>
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○ペースメーカーなどの体内埋込み型医用電気機器○心電計などの装着形の医用電気機器</dd>
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心臓に障害のある人○急性(疼痛性)疾患の人○有熱性疾患の人○血圧異常の人○感染症疾患のある人○結核症疾患の人○悪性腫瘍のある人○顔面神経痛の人○
妊娠中の人○生理中の場合○アトピー性皮フ炎の人○アレルギー体質の人○特に肌が敏感な人○血友病疾患の人○歯の治療中の人○ステロイド系ホルモン剤の長
期使用や肝臓機能障害で毛細血管拡張を起こしている人○飲酒している場合や薬を服用中の場合、疲労が激しい場合</dd>
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整形手術をした部位○眼球および上まぶた○傷口○顔面黒皮症○口の中等粘膜の部位○ニキビや吹出物で炎症を起こしている部位○痛覚、知覚障害を起こしてい
る部位○皮フの下に金属、プラスチック、シリコン等を埋め込んである部位○かゆみやほてり、物理的刺激などによる病的なシミのある部位○化粧品等で皮フ炎
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">クレンジングモード: Cleansing Mode</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">強/弱: Strong/weak intensity to be used within the cleansing mode and moisturize mode.</span></span></div>
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of the Hitachi Hada CRiE, with a metal part on each side. You are
supposed to touch both metal parts (along with you're not supposed to
wear any jewelry during the operation of this unit) so positive/negative
ions can be circulated within the body:</span></span></div>
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of the unit indicated its serial number, along it is produced in year
2012. "Made in Japan" is also written back there, which ensures
quality... as it's quite common to find electronics made in China or SE
Asia countries. One thing worth mentioning is that the unit works on
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">[<b>Thoughts after my first few uses</b>]</span></h2>
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can overwhelming initially, especially with the 4 modes along
with the combination of strong and weak mode, AND also what kind of products to use in conjunction with the different modes.... but after a week of continuous usage, I have
figured out how to master the <b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hitachi Hada CRiE </b>to incorporate into my daily skincare routine and make the best out of it.</span></li>
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micro-pat, and moisturizing mode are programmed for 5 minutes and stops
automatically when completed. Cooling Este mode is programmed for 3
minutes. The entire process will take 18 minutes for all 4 modes. 18 minutes is a nice relax break from a long day working!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unlike the CM-N810 model that has rechargeable battery and no cords, it means I cannot use my <b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hitachi Hada CRiE</b> CM-N1000 everywhere. I need to be near to a power outlet during the treatment</span></li>
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<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hitachi Hada CRiE</b> has
built-in sensor on the metal pad so if you’re not gripping onto the unit properly (ie, the
metal parts along the side, or left the machine idle for a few seconds), it will not work and it will stop when the head
is not touching skin. In that case I know if the unit is working properly on my face.</span></li>
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and the result samazes me even more when I discover that my normal
cleansing routine with Clarisonic brush are totally inadequate at
removing all traces of makeup residue and dirt!</span></li>
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designed for daily use, once a day, with in cleansing water or toner
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And for cotton pads, I use<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> Naruko white illuminating cotton pads </span>that has a knitted texture surface for minor exfoliating over my face</span></div>
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pad position in place with the plastic ring locking the pad in place.
The unit also comes with an extra replacement ring (I just hope they
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designed for daily use, along with a clean piece of cotton pad soaked
in a moisturizing non gel-based toner, personally I use it with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">SK-II Facial Treatment Essence </span>and the absorption is phenomenal!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">SK-II Facial Treatment Essence </span>does
not necessarily comes cheap, I chose a thinner cotton pad I have at
home and it's also smoother so it's easier to glide over my face.
Moisturizing mode in action:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooling Esthetic mode</b> :
designed for daily use, when this mode is turned on, the metal piece
becomes ice cold and it's supposed to shrink pore sizes (around nose
area) with continuous use. And it will be an excellent cooling device in
hot summer months too! I normally use this mode after I pat on
moisturizer, the final step of my nightly skincare routine.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[Small note</span>:
for both the cleansing and moisturizing modes I notice the cotton pads
are starting to feel a tad dry after the 3rd minute. When the cotton
pads becomes dry, it is increasingly difficult to glide the machine
around my face.]</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">[<b>How dirty is my face?</b>]</span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
didn't know my face is that dirty.... and given that I cleanse my face
with Clarisonic pro in the shower daily.... beware of some disgusting
dirty cotton pads below!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Left-most: a brand new clean piece of cotton pad</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Middle: normal manual toning with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA liquid with salicylic acid</span> after regular cleansing with Clarionsic pro</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Right-most: Cleansing mode with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hitachi Hada CRiE </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">along with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA liquid with salicylic acid</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">GROSS!!!!</span></b> See
how much dirt junk it is hiding inside my pores.... manually cleaning,
even with Clarisonic is not that effective! And no wonder I still have
breakouts from time to time!</span></span><br />
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instructions online and in the manual for this CM-N1000 model is all in Japanese,
you can refer to the manual of CM-N810. I love the function that it
knows when the metal part is not touching my skin and it was stops or resume depending on the contact.</span></span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">U</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">sing <b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Hitachi Hada CRiE</span></b> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I was able to see how much dirt and grime was captured in the used cotton pads (see above image) It is quite disgusting but at least you know the dirt is on the cotton pad that you are planning to throw away, but not on your face!</span></span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia; padding: 0in;">I hate how sometimes cleaning with the clarisonic </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia; padding: 0in;">made my skin felt it was being over-exfoliated or the very tight and taut
(dry) feeling on your face – T</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia; padding: 0in;">he cleansing mode effectively pulled dirt out from your face, minus the abrasive effects of the clarisonic. The latter steps allow you to moisturize is a plus too, I love how clean and balanced it can be!</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia; padding: 0in;">Since
using my <b>Hitachi Hada CRiE</b>, the possiblity of breakouts (even hormonal) reduced, and sometimes with breakouts I used anti-acne products that can be too drying, but this machine keep the dry areas moisturized. When using my
Creme de La Mer prior to using <b>Hitachi
Hada CRiE</b>, the cream is a tad heavy and my skin tends to be a little
greasy. With <b>Hitachi Hada
CRiE </b>I notice using Creme de La Mer is no longer greasy on me, a good
indication that my skin is absorbing the good stuff. Appearance of fine lines
and pore sizes are gradually improving!</span></span></li>
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wish it has the refresh mode as well. But I figure out I can use my <b>HABA ion machine</b> for that purpose
and that is exactly why I didn't opt in for the CM-N810 model. But the light
weight and wireless ability is really tempting!</span></span></li>
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HAS ALREADY BECOME MY HOLY GRAIL! I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ALL!</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">[UPDATE]</span></b></span> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After 15 days of continuous use (about half a month), these used cotton pads reflect the results:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yeah,
I know it's kind of disgusting to collect all these used cotton
pads.... but for the sake of documenting the effectiveness of this
device, I have collected these for a while.... and if you look closely,
day 1 is particularly dirtier (and it's my first use afterall).... while
I do not expect my used cotton pads will look purely white overtime,
after all my face does produce greasy and dirt from the atmosphere will
keep coming to clog my pores, I notice the bottom row is definitely
"less dirty" (not as gray) than the top row.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bravo! Let the quest for a healthier clog-free skincare routine begins!</span></div>
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Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-12994212964580642432012-05-21T09:00:00.001-04:002012-05-21T09:00:17.538-04:00Operation use it up^^<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do not mistake me as a hoarder, I collect empties for a reason...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kiehl's has a empty recycling program that I have enrolled in, but it is limited to bringing back empties from their own brand with some restrictions, such as trial sized bottle does not count towards this program.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So over the 3-4 winter months I have been using up the above products (and yes a big part of my routine is my all time favorite Naruko!) But why am I collecting them?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It does comes with some kind of "reward"...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Origins Earth Day's special - bring an empty in for a free moisturizer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is my loot on the Earth's Day:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Actually this year's Earth Day is a bit different from the past few years where only Origins free standing stores participate in the recycling program. Instead, Origins counter such as those in Macy's and even Sephora participated in this year's program so visiting a mall with 3 options already guarantee 6 gifts (assuming my almighty assistant+chauffeur=my hubby) is going around with me on this mission.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(and Earth Day here in the Atlantic North East has been a dreary raining day, which maximizes my chances of getting the free moisturizers. I know friends in California that has absolutely no luck at all because of the overwhelming responses. The freebies are all gone within minutes after 10am when most malls open that day)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With that said, it's impossible for me to finish up all 10 tubes of the moisturizer. I am going to give them away to friends that unable to get these themselves or friends that are seriously in search of good natural moisturizers. I do not have need for all 10 of them!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As an FYI, I will be updating my skincare routine later as some bloggers have been curious which products I have been using and which products work on me. Stay tuned!</span>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664468844489925205.post-25557336896063768592012-05-14T09:00:00.000-04:002012-05-16T16:56:29.619-04:00Love package from Gracious Glamour of Singapore^^<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grace, also known as Gracious Glamour on youtube, is a very very sweet girl that I know via her youtube channel (please visit her channel here, her videos are so cute and awesome). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I came across her youtube videos about a year ago when I started my whole makeup craze, I was searching for Jill Stuart makeup items and it lead me to one of her haul videos. And faith bonded us together when I won her birthday giveaway last year. Since then we exchange emails and eventually I was so attracted to her cute personality and I sent her a love package to Singapore.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's how we "hit it off"... and then recently I have received her gracious love package from the land of shopping, Singapore!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, here's some love from Singapore, express mail-ed to me (and yet took about 10 days):</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As usual, if any of you are familar with Singapore as a "Fine City", you won't be surprised seeing so much "Dont's" on printed on the mailing carton:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interesting, huh?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So when I open up the package, it was packed full of cuteness!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Full lineup. Grace always pack her goodies in cute wrappings.... which are so rare here in the US:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Along with her cute theme, she sent me a few exclusive Asian sheet masks... and they are too cute to be used... maybe it will end up in my collectible stash!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And Grace was soooo considerate. She know I have a craving for Asian snacks and she sent me a bunch! The large packet to the left is a famous pork jerky maker Bee Chang Hiang. Anyone who travels to Hong Kong or Singapore will definitely knows about this brand!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She is so thoughtful that she sent me a McDonald's fries mix. I had that once a long time ago when I was in Hong Kong and it really makes french fries up another notch! Even came with a paper bag! Thanks Grace, you are sooo sweet!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And these are the much anticipated green tea kit kat chocolate bars. In the US we just have the normal orange wrapper kinds and the Japanese kit kat have so many variations. I think because they are coming from a super hot climate during transit, these bars have melted and that explains its deformed shapes in the wrapper, but they still taste very good to me! Now I am hooked and I am looking for ways that I can find them in the US!! (so far I have seen US$196 for a box on Ebay which is insane!!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And on to the makeup department. Grace sent me real nice goodies including blushers from Chanel and Anna Sui. They are really expensive gifts and I will cherish them! And also a limited edition K-palette liquid eyeliner. I have heard good things about K-palette liners compared to Kiss Me and Dolly Wink, so I can't wait to try... and hey, it's limited edition! Which girl doesn't like limited edition stuff?!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anna Sui blush has very pretty rose imprint designs... it's too pretty to use and it may become one of my admiring "untouchable" blusher collection!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know that the Chanel Joues Contraste Blusher in Fleur de Lotus is an Asia exclusive shade and its pink works well on my Asian yellow skintone! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am super loving this blush! And I will be updating my Chanel Joues Contraste blusher collection I have with swatches shortly in my blog. Stay tuned!</span></div>Cutie Fishballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044236935322645380noreply@blogger.com2