Category: Review It!

Previously I bought Garnier Aqua Defense Essence and I’m still going back to it after I finished my first jar because I really like it. I even used it as mask sometimes. Applied a thick layer and leave it on my face for 5 minutes. After that, massage in the rest but usually not much left on my face, that’s how dehydrated my skin is.

I decided to try out Garnier Aqua Defense Refreshing Toner when I finished my previous toner. It’s quite affordable, below RM20, I don’t remember the actual price. I got it with discount price too during year end sale or something.

This is what I got from the bottle:
“…with pure anti-oxidant fruit water to help you lift off impurities and intensively hydrate your skin. Skin is instantly fresh, hydrated with a healthy radiance.”

I really like this toner. No alcohol, no unpleasant smell, not drying instead very hydrating and refreshing. Love the scent too. Most importantly, it didn’t give me breakouts unlike some toners that I tried before.

Usually this is what I do:
1. Soak the cotton pad with the toner and the sweep over the face to remove impurities.
2. Pad the cotton pad on the face to get the goodness of the toner into the skin cells.
3. Sometimes, I will leave the soaked cotton pad on my dry spots as mask for a minute.

I found out that some people actually used it as face mist(pour some into spritz bottle). One affordable toner that can serve many purposes.

Two thumbs up from me.

I’ve been trying to look for pencil liner so that I can line my lower lids. I cannot line my lower lids with SILKYGIRL Precision Liquid Eyeliner. I had one pencil liner from a very reputable brand, it’s not cheap but it failed big time, smudged like crazy even though it stated that it’s smudge-proof! I will blog about it next time.

Then I found IN2IT Waterproof Gel Liner somewhere last year. I drew it on my hand and it didn’t smudge or budge at all! No matter how I rubbed or applied water to it. I decided to get it in January after long procrastination. It cost me RM29+ (if I’m not mistaken), it’s below RM30.

It came with its on sharpener. Basically the package consisted of one gel liner and a hardened steel sharpener.

Usually gel liner comes in a small jar but this is pencil type.

Waterproof, long wearing, smooth, dries in 60 seconds, easy to apply, no smudging, no bleeding, no running are very important for me because I always suffered from eyeliner smudge.

The funny thing was that, I tried to draw it on my hand again after I bought it, it didn’t give me the effect that I experienced the first time I came across it. It smudged after I rub it with or without water -.-” At least it’s not as bad as the other eyeliner of mine.

Anyway, I took the risk and applied it for the first time. It didn’t smudge at all! It lasted the whole day even with very hot and humid weather. I was impressed! These photos were taken after 5 hours of applying it. No editing done to the photos.

However, lately, most of the time it smudged on me, I have no idea why. Why?

Since this is happening, good thing I have black eyeshadow, so I layer my eye shadow on it and it didn’t smudge after that. Then again… This didn’t work 2 weeks ago -.-” ARG!

At least it didn’t smudge immediately, only after 3 hours or so of having it on. Hmmm… Why? Why? Why?

Do I recommend this? Well… If you don’t have oily lids, then just go for it. If you have oily lids, you still can go for it but it doesn’t work all the time.

Another made in Japan product that I bought along with Biore UV Perfect Face Milk. I have no idea why almost all the things that I bought that day were made in Japan.

I had not heard of Mandom Cleansing Express Eye Makeup Remover before this. I was just having too much time and decided to browse around Watsons. I came across a shelf with many products with Japanese words and got curious. Since I have the time, I studied them one by one until I saw this and immediately settled for this.

My eye makeup remover finished long time ago and had been using Loreal De-maq Elixir Concentrate Ultra Make-up Remover for removing all my makeup but got a bit frustrated when removing eye makeup with it especially after having heavy stage or photography makeup. I’ve been trying to get an eye makeup remover but I didn’t know what kind should I buy as I hate eye makeup remover for being oily.

Why I bought it?

It’s below RM25! How affordable! It also stated that it could completely remove water-proof mascara, water based, and with deep sea water. The packing was simple.

Mandom Cleansing Express Eye Makeup Remover wasn’t oily at all! Love it! It also removed my eye makeup effortlessly! Think of fake lashes, eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, make up base, foundation, concealer and more all on the eye area.

I used to dread removing eyeliner and mascara but it’s so easy to remove with this without feeling oily or spend a lot of time. Even the eyeliner in my upper and lower lash line could be removed easily! It didn’t sting my eyes and didn’t blur my vision.

Usually I would spend at least 20 minutes or half hour just to remove all traces of eye makeup especially those special kind of makeup (stage or photo shoot).

This is by far the best eye makeup remover I ever use. Two thumbs up from me.

I’m not sure you can get it at Guardian or not. I bought mine at Watsons, tHe Spring. It’s located at the same row of shelves as Garnier products.

I’ve been using Pure & Mild UV Protector ever since it’s available in the market. In other words, it’s been more than 5 years! I decided to get something else when it’s almost finished. It took me quite a while to decide until I saw Biore UV Perfect Face Milk on the shelf, one last bottle, at Watsons 2 months back as Ann did tell me that it’s quite effective in keeping the face matte.

Since it’s only RM20+, I don’t remember the exact price but it’s below RM30, I quickly bought it.

The sticker there stated “to prevent skin from becoming oily and sticky as it leaves light powdery feel to your skin”.

True to what it claimed. I have problem with oily skin especially on my t-zone, no product could solve this problem. Luckily Biore UV Perfect Face Milk came to the rescue. Usually my skin will start getting oily and sticky after about 2 hours or even less if the weather is hot after my facial wash. With this, I didn’t feel and see that for at least 6 hours. There’s still oiliness at the end of the day but my face didn’t shine so much and didn’t feel sticky like I used to.

I thought the texture was creamy but it’s not. It’s quite watery and surprisingly when I applied it on my face, it felt as if I’m applying powder to my face. You have to shake well before use. It’s also a good make-up base. Not to forget it protects your face from harmful sun damage with its SPF50+ PA+++.

By the way, you can find this at the sun care section rather than face care section. However, I’ve never seen it before until that day. I did try to look for it whenever I remember but couldn’t find it. Count me lucky. I tried looking for it at Guardian and Watsons again few times after buying it and I couldn’t find it.

Oh… It’s made in Japan.

If you have oily face and trying to look for something to stay matte, you can consider Biore UV Perfect Face Milk. I give it two thumbs up!