#Review# Hada Labo SHA Moisturizing Eye Cream and Hydrating Lotion

“One drop locks an ocean” is the tagline for Hada Labo. It simply means giving deep hydration to the skin from their products.

Hada Labo products have always been well-known for its Super Hyaluronic Acid (SHA) content, providing deep hydration to the skin, maintaining the suppleness of the skin.

One of the key products is the SHA Hydrating Lotion. I have tried a few bottles previously, so far so good. The only con is that the skin feels sticky if excessive amount is poured out. I always try to keep my skin hydrated using 1-2 drops.

Fact about Hyaluronic Acid (HA): 1 gram is able to hold 6 litres of water, effectively locks-in moisture on skin.

The difference between normal Hyaluronic Acid (HA) and Super Hyaluronic Acid (SHA) is that the latter contains 2 times the moisture the former has. For this reason, Hada Labo SHA Hydrating Lotion has been in great demand in Japan: 1 sold every 2 seconds!

Recently, Hada Labo has made a slight change in the formulation in their products.

“The new Hada Labo ‘Nano’ formula penetrates deeper for a fuller hydration.”

With ‘Nano’ Hyaluronic Acid in Hada Labo products, we can now expect a greater boost in the hydrating power to the skin. The new ‘Nano’ Hyaluronic Acid molecule is said to be 1/20 the size of the normal Hyaluronic Acid’s. With this, hydrating power from the ‘Nano’ HA can penetrate deeper into the skin, while the normal HA and SHA help to hydrate the skin closer to the surface.

With the combination of Nano HA, SHA, and normal HA, Hada labo products promise a deeper and fuller hydration for the skin.

Here’s the highly raved new Hada Labo SHA Hydrating Lotion with ‘Nano’ formula.

Other than the new formula, the hydrating lotion is basically the same like before.

Texture is also the same, I still use 1-2 drops. Recommended amount from the brand is 2-3 drops, followed by clockwise and anticlockwise patting to ensure full absorption of the lotion into the skin.

There is also a new product introduced into Hada Labo products range.

Hada Labo SHA Moisturizing Eye Cream which also contains the new “Nano’ Hyaluronic Acid fomula.

Comes in a pump-bottle which I like. I don’t really like those eye creams where I have to use my fingers or a spatula to dab on. The hassle of cleaning the spatula and resulting in contaminating the eye cream.

Plus points for Hada Labo SHA Moisturizing Eye Cream:

• 3 types of Hyaluronic Acid (Normal, Super and Nano)

• ACITFLOW ingredient increases blood circulation, lightens dark circles and puffiness.

• Jojoba Oil smoothens fine lines around eye area.

• pH Balanced.

• No fragrance, mineral oil, alcohol, colorant and animal derivatives.

How I use is take 1-2 pumps of the eye cream, using my 4th finger tip (recommended because our 4th finger asserts the least strength as compared to the rest) and dab under and around my eyes area

The eye cream feels light on the delicate skin. Skin feels less tighter than before.

I don’t see much improvements on my dark circles and puffiness. Fine lines are still visible. Hoping to see good results after finishing one bottle.

*fingers crossed*

Here’s your turn to try out the new ‘Nano’ SHA Hydrating Lotion from Hada Labo! You will just need to fill up your particulars at their facebook page HERE!

#Bestseller, 1 sold every 2 seconds in Japan.

Try it to experience “mochi-mochi” skin!

The Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Eye Cream (15g) is now
available at all Watsons nationwide at $21.90.

#Review# Pola Signs Solution Eye Zone Mask

Most of eye masks which I’ve seen are targetting on undereye areas. Pola Signs Solution Eye Zone Mask has an additional benefit of taking care of the cheeks area when comes to using eye mask.

Sharing with you my review on Pola Signs Solution Eye Zone Mask, made in Japan.

Each sachet contains a pair of eye masks. Instead of the gel-like material, Pola Signs Solution Eye Zone Mask is made of soft and gentle cloth-like material for the delicate skin.

The pair of eye masks are heavily soaked with essence inside the sachet. Despite the thick essence, there’s no sign of essence dripping from the eye masks during masking. The whole masking process was messy-free and I can move around with the eye masks placed intact on my skin.

The pair of eye masks can be separated easily without any tear. The cloth-like material seems to be of high-quality and pretty durable.

I place the eye masks under my eyes area, with a little distance away from my eye line.

I like how the mask sheets are able to mask my cheeks at the same time. During the 10-minute masking, I experience a bit of tightness on my skin. It feels like the eye masks are giving the skin some lifting and firmness.

There is quite abit of essence left on my skin after masking. Instead of a simple massage, I give the eye zone and cheeks area some light patting for the essence to be absorbed.

When comes to eye zone, patting will be a better alternative to massage because it involves less pulling and tugging of the delicate skin. Always remember, the skin around eyes area is 5 times thinner than the rest of the skin on the face. Patting also help to firm up the skin.

Here are the before-and-after photos. It’s amazing how Pola Signs Solution Eye Zone Mask has reduced the puffiness on my eyes by just one application.

Before:

After:

Notice how much my fine lines have turned less deeper than before?

My eyes area feels very moisturized after masking. There’s no need for me to follow up with an eye cream after that.

Pola Signs Solution Eye Zone Mask is to be used once a week, at night before sleep.

If you are keen, you may want to pre-order at AllDealsAsia.

This blogpost has also been posted at AllDealsAsia Fun Blog.

Bifesta Bloggers’ Party!

Mandom Corporations held a Bloggers’ Party at their office, demonstrated to us some of the beauty brands which they carry.

Mandom Corporation carries quite a number of highly raved beauty products from Japan.

In this blogpost, I am including reviews on some of the products from Mandom Corp, so it’s going to be a long blogpost. Breathe in deep before you continue reading!

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Ready?? Here it goes!

Starting with haircare!

Hair Styling brand Lucido-L!

Lucido-L believes for beautiful hair and style, the inner care-oriented customers are looking for a “product that can essentially improve hair from within”.

Hair texture (moisture, softness) is more important that its shape!

So Lucido-L came up with Hair Make Supplement, an oil-based hair serum which contains +CMC, a CMC-like ingredient.

CMC stands for Cell Membrane complex and exists inside our hair follicles. CMC works like stem to transport water (moisture) with the hair follicles. When the CMC is broken, water transportation breaks and parts of the hair cuticles and cortix lose their strength due to lack of moisture, and finally hair becomes dry and damaged, split ends occur.

Lucido-L understands the importance of CMC and hence came up with a CMC-like ingredient to be formulated inside their Hair Make Supplement, so as to compensate for the broken CMC inside hair follicles.

In this way, hair moisture is maintained and improved, hair becomes more manageable and healthy. And because it is oil-based, the treatment oil coats the hair surface to prevent water loss.

Hair Make Supplement comes in 2 types, one (pink) for straight hair, another one (orange) for permed hair.

Review on Hair Make Supplement for straight hair
(Recommended to be used on washed towel-dried hair for better results.)

Felt so sad whenever I saw the dryness on my hair ends… =(

Hair Make Supplement is recommended to be used on washed, towel-dried hair, infact most hair serums are to be applied that way. But for this blogpost, I decided to try it on my dry hair to see what the results would be like.

I picked the pink bottle to try it out. The bottle looked so cute!! It had a shape of a supplement pill!

I took about 3 full pumps.

Smells niceeeeeeeeeeeee!

The nice fruity with abit of floral scent from the Hair Make Supplement made me feel so rejuvenated!

Upon application, I tried to spread the light texture heavily on my hair ends, and some remaining amount all the way up to my mid hair length.

Check out my hair ends, they looked so smooth and healthy!

After applying my hair ends, I believe my palms still had some residue of the product, so, I just brushed through my hair crown with my palms.

Surprisingly, the frizzes on my hair top were tamed! Less frizzes as compared to before.

Hair Make Supplement is non sticky and non oily on my hair.

It’s so light on my hair that I felt my hair had nothing on at all!

I’ve also tried the product on my washed, towel-dried hair. My hair felt smooth and very manageable when it’s dried up after application. The fruity scent tend to last longer that way.

Hair Make Supplement is available in 2 types (straight hair, permed hair) at Watsons ya!

Hair Treatment Water

After applying hair serum on the hair, it’s still not the end. Incase you aren’t aware, hair moisture tends to evaporate be it under the hot sun, or inside an airconditioned room.

Introducing this  hair mist from Lucido-L!

I carry this handy-sized Hair Treatment Water (hair mist) around to moisture the hair at all times! Usually at the end my working day, my hair looks tired and dull.

Hair Treatment Water saved my hair from looking dead! Just 1-2 sprays, my hair becomes alive with the a healthy shine.

Just like our face and plants, hair needs to be moisturized at all times!

Next, Heroine Make!

Kiss Me Heroine Make Series are also brought in by Mandom Corp. I totally dig this makeup range, particularly the liquid eyeliner and mascara!

Inside the brand name “Heroine Make”, the word heroine refers to a lady in a movie. In general, a heroine is supposed to remain brave, confident and beautiful under all bad circumstances that happened to her. Even when she cries, her beauty remains. Heroine Make series is specially created for ladies who inspire to be a heroine.

Check out the cupcakes specially baked with Kiss Me Heroine Make as the main theme!

Inside Heroine Make Series, there are mascara, eyeliner (NEW improved versions), falsies, eyelash serum (NEW pdt), eye tape tools (NEW pdt), bb cream!

Heroine Make series aren’t nothing new to me, infact I have already been using them since last year.

Here are my REVIEWS for Heroine Make products!

[My first buy] Kiss Me – Volume & Curl Mascara – How To Use: http://sassyd0ll.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/kiss-me-mascara/

[Review] Heroine Make – Volume & Curl Mascara, Heroine Make Mascara Remover:
http://sassyd0ll.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/review-heroine-make-volume-curl-mascara-mascara-remover/

[Review] Heroine Make -  Long & Curl Mascara
http://sassyd0ll.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/review-heroine-make-long-curl-mascara/

[Review] Heroine Make – Smooth Liquid Eyeliner
http://sassyd0ll.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/review-heroine-make-smooth-liquid-eyeliner/

[Review] Heroine Make – 2 mascaras being used together! Volume & Curl x Long & Curl
http://sassyd0ll.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/review-heroine-volume-curl-and-long-curl-together/

[Review] Heroine Make BB Cream
http://sassyd0ll.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/review-heroine-make-bb-cream/

More BB Cream to try!

[Review] Heroine Make – Fake Eyelashes No. 03
http://sassyd0ll.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/review-heroine-make-falsies-03/

More falsies to try!

These falsies are from 2010 series, and there will be new ones coming end of 2011 or 2012, be sure to keep a look out for them at Watsons stores!

The above reviews are from 2010. For the liquid eyeliner, right now there are two newly revised version ones, Smooth Liquid Eyeliner N and Impact Liquid Eyeliner N. Both are more intense in terms of blackness, more long-lasting as compared to the earlier versions.

Differences between Smooth and Impact liquid eyeliners:

My recommended must-try items if you are a newbie to Heroine Make:

Long & Curl mascara – Long-lasting, waterproof, smudgeproof, dramatic lengthening.

Smooth Liquid Eyeliner N – Enhanced blackness, waterproof, resistant to tears, sweat, water and sebum, easily removed by warm water.

Other than the 2 improved versions eyeliners, 2 newly launched products from Heroine Make are the Eyelash serum and Proof Eye tape.

Eyelash serum

- Rich texture acts as a protective coat to add firmness to the eyelashes.
- Concentrated oil-rich formulas to ensure eyelashes are moisturized and stay separated from one another.
- Soft brush is designed to apply the serum well even to the tips while separating the eyelahes.

Proof Eye Tape

- Elastic fiber-like tape that is almost NOT noticeable even from close distance.
- Tapes are so fine that we hardly feel that we are having them on out eyelids. Comes in 2 fine thickness, 1mm and 0.07mm.
- Strong adhesion, resistant to water and sweat, long-lasting.
- Skin Patch tested, do not cause skin irritation.

Heroine Make products are available at selected Watsons stores!

Finally, after applying the makeup, we will also need special care to remove them!

Cleansing Express, the well-known and highly popular makeup remover, was also brought in by Mandom Corp. Cleansing Express has renamed to Bifesta recently.

Bifesta! The word simply means Beauty Festival!

Under Bifesta, there are 7 different types of makeup removers to cater to individual needs and for the different purposes.

Review on Bifesta Eye Makeup Remover
I tried out this makeup remover on my waterproof eyeliner and mascara.

Bifesta Eye Makeup Remover is a waterbased product. Its formulation was derived from toners which contain oil dissolving moisturizing agents. Oil contained in makeup is lifted up quickly without tugging and rubbing on the delicate skin. Bifesta Eye Makeup Remover moisturizes the eyes area during eye makeup removal.

Bifesta Eye Makeup Remover is bi-phase, it consists layers of water and oil. This formulation ensures stubborn eye makeup can be easily removed.

Here’s my eye makeup with waterproof eyeliner and waterproof mascara before product application.

Give the eye makeup remover a shake before use.

Poured an appropriate amount onto cotton pad, be generous ya, at least ensure half to two-third of the cotton are soaked.

Wipe gently onto the eyes. Rubbing is not required as Bifesta Eye Makeup Remover works by lifting makeup rather than melting it away.

For waterproof eye makeup like my scenario here, hold the cotton pad onto the eyes for awhile before wiping it off.

During my first wipe, I wasn’t generous with the product and I didn’t hold the cotton pad onto my eyes for awhile before the wipe. It resulted that my first wipe wasn’t very successful.

So I poured more onto the cotton pad during my 2nd wipe, this time I made sure I held my cotton pad onto my eye makeup for a few seconds before the wipe.

And true enough, most of my eye makeup came off!

There were a few smudges on my bottom eyeline, I folded the cotton pad and used the clean area to wipe the rest of my eyes area, the smudges were removed very easily.

No stinging on my eyes, mess-free and fast way to remove eye makeup.

See how effective the Eye Makeup Remover is!

GIVEAWAY!

Thanks to the big generosity from the Bifesta, the nice folks from Bifesta are now giving FREE bottles of 30ml Cleansing Lotion Sebum to for everyone to try!

What you need to do is…

1. “LIKE” Bifesta facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/Bifesta.SG
2. On the left column, click on the “Free Sample” link to go the app to redeem your sample, which is a 30ml Cleansing Lotion Sebum!
3. Enter your particulars and under the Password field, type “Sassyd0ll” and viola, prepare to receive your trial-sized product!
4. Spread this love to your friends, fast!!

Enjoy using the product! <3

Thanks to Mikki and Yunwen for inviting me to the party, it was fun and very informative!

#Review# L’Oreal Paris White Perfect Micro-Vibration 3-in-1 Eye Brightener

Won this Eye Brightener from L’Oreal Paris sometime ago, mentioned in the blog post HERE.

Targets on dark circles, eye puffiness and pigmentation

This eye brightener comes with an eye cream, a roller which helps to improve blood circulation during the massage and also acts like a massager using the micro vibration mode!

It operates on battery.

Why micro-vibration?

It produces 130 micro-vibrations per second! I am convinced that it is able to promote blood circulation. Despite the 130 vibrations/second, they are pretty gentle and in no way can hurt my delicate skin.

For the eye cream, it contains Melanin-Vanish™, extracts of Tourmaline Gemstone, and caffeine to achieve a brightened-up pair of eyes.

Squeeze out the appropriate amount of the eye cream and apply 4 dots under the eye area.

Switch on the vibration mode and start the vibrating massage!

I chanced upon this youtube clip casting 范冰冰, with a little demo on how to use the White Perfect Micro-Vibration 3-in1 Eye Brightener.

Been using it for like a week, haven’t seen much improvements on my dark circles, but I’ve noticed the reduction in puffiness.

I just love the way the micro-vibrations gave to my eye areas, my eyes feel very relaxed during and after the massage.

[Review] Ginvera Star Products!

Yea, got selected to be one of the 100 bloggers who were sponsored with 2 Ginvera star products!
Ginvera Marvel Gel & Ginvera Jade Roller.

Ginvera Marvel Gel has been around in the skincare market for many many years.
It’s like one of the skincare product which grows up with me!
It’s one of the earliest product which helps to remove blackheads in the easiest painless way.
I find the name rather interesting, "marvel", like marvelous, superb, reminds me marvel comics!

Not to forget their Green Tea’s New Endorser, Michelle Chia!

[Review] Talika – Lipocils – Stengthen & Darken Eyelashes!

Registered myself for a 28-day challenge with Talika Lipocils Expert sometime ago!

Before the challenge, bloggers are to attend the workshop to learn about the product and what benefits we can expect from the product.

Our eyes, as the saying goes, "Eyes are the windows to our souls".
That is why eye makeup is so wonderful to every babe.
But we all know that eye makeup is just one of the ways to achieve short moments of looking pretty,
eyecare is still the best (though longest) way to ensure good-looking pair of eyes!
Eye cream, eye massage, eye mask are nothing new to us, what about eyelash care?
Have you heard of it? Eyelash perming, sounds familiar?
Again that’s only a temporary "eyemakeup",
you’ll need a eyelash treatment which can give long-lasting results,
provided you use regularly!

[Review] Heroine Make Volume & Curl Mascara & Mascara Remover

 

 
 

Remember the Volume & Curl Mascara which I have bought from Heroine Make?
I have been in love with it so much that am using it everyday!
Even my SO praised the voluminous effects on my eyelashes!

 

Not only it gives the curl and volume, it gives me length as well! The trick is after applying from the roots 2x, for my 3rd coat, i applied from mid length to the ends. Result was fab!!

[Review] Elizabeth Arden Prevage

4 anti-aging products which I have tried from Prevage, which consists of:-

PREVAGE® Face Advanced Anti-aging Serum
PREVAGE Day Ultra Protection Anti-aging Moisturizer SPF 30 PA++
PREVAGE® Eye Anti-aging Moisturizing Treatment
PREVAGE® Anti-aging Night Cream

Skin79 BB Cream

The Queen of BB Creams has arrived!

Way before the label hit local shores, it has already been making waves in beauty forums like CozyCot – scores off BB cream zealots made trips to Korea and Japan to get their hands on the products, or ordered them during online shopping sprees!
Here’s why:

5 Crowning Factors

#1 Top-Seller in Korea, Japan and Taiwan
10 million BB creams have been snapped up worldwide since its launch. that means 5556 fly off the shelves everyday!


#2 Widest Range of BB Creams
Skin79 has a BB cream for every age group, skin type and makeup preference.

#3 Luxurious Oriental Ingredients
Think gold, pearls, diamonds, caviar and precious herbs – you get the idea? =D

#4 Super Skin-savers
These BB creams pack any many as 10 skincare benefits in a single product – they whiten, improve wrinkle, fend off UV damage, nourish, hydrate, build resilience, protect skin against pollution, control sebum, and provide coverage.

#5 Up the Glam-O-Metre
These gorgeous bottles and compacts will sit beautifully on any dresser.

Reviews On White Glove Extreme

here comes my review for the whole range of White Glove Extreme! i know i am late here when i am supposed to review like 2,3 weeks ago, am very sorry, i was feeling to tired to upload the pics. but here i am now, back with the reviews with pics of the texture for each of the item in this range!
Elizabeth Arden latest skincare range on whitening is the White Glove Extreme range.
it is right now one of the hot topics in the beauty world!
everyone is trying out and anticipating for results!

anyway, to read up more on each of the product in White Glove Extreme, here’s my write up on it. hope it will be useful to anyone of you ya! two main ingredients in this new range, Emblica C Complex and A Marine Mineral Extract.