[INNISFREE] Glossy Lip Lacquer

By J

If you've checked out our instagram, you'll have seen this picture before!

I posted this up before we went to Japan... and now I'm finally getting round to reviewing it.

I've been looking around for some darker lip colour to use, mainly because I always go for bright colours.
I bought this lip gloss/lacquer mainly as a splurge, and also to hit the $50 target in the last haul, so I could get the free tracking deal that comes with spending $50 in one go.


On the side note, jolse has done this huge overhaul of their site. They're having this 15% off sale on every item, which is pretty awesome. Except for the fact that using chrome as your browser means that you can't actually see any buttons that allow you to add things to cart, or even save the changes to your profile. Such as your password. :/

So back to the main thing in question. The glossy lip lacquer.

It looks really nice the packaging; nothing cheap. It's all sealed up when you get it.

I got mine in shade 5; they label it at the bottom of the tube.

You can see this glittery sort of sheen in the tube when you look at it in the light. This doesn't actually show up when you wear it so I wonder if it's actually just the tube.

Application wise, it's not hard. The wand is quite nice, and it's angled enough that you can manoeuvre it around on your lips.

Opacity-wise, this thing is pigmented. In fact, it looks quite daunting to slap this on your entire lip during the day time, so I've actually just been applying some, then dabbing it out to a slightly sheerer finish.

The bad thing is that it's really sticky. It's breezy in NZ in winter, and I like to keep my hair down as it actually keeps the heat to my neck and head (anyone else find that?). 

The result is something like, either I hold onto my hair to stop it attaching itself to my lips, or every so often I detach my hair from my lips. Not pretty, but for its price tag, I'm sure as heck gonna use this baby up.

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Pros:

☺ Really glossy

☺ Really pigmented

Cons:

☹ It’s really sticky; it won’t stand a chance in the breeze

☹ You can noticeably feel a layer on your lips

☹ Not long lasting; if you eat, reapply

Overall: 2/5 
Verdict: I kinda regret getting this. ):
$9.88USD on ebay.

Look forward to the rest of the Japan blogs, makeup we got from there, and stuff we brought there to use!

Japan Trip 2014 Part 1

It's been over a month since we went to Japan, and nearly a month since we got back D:
So sorry it took so long to write up these blogs QQ

Date: July 1 2014
Destination: Tokyo, Japan, Narita Airport

A little back story to this trip: 
This was a relatively spontaneous trip decided in about a week or two, and planned very quickly (and roughly) during our summer break with two other friends. 
During our highschool years to now we'd all been fascinated and interested in Japanese culture (well, the three of us since one of us is Japanese and grew up in Japan).

So onto the story!

Udon on the plane c:

We arrived in the Narita Airport at around 4pm (jst) and got out at around 5pm. From the airport we took a bus near to our hotel. We were staying at the Tobu Levant Hotel since it offered a free bus to DisneyLand which was our third day's plan.

When we were done hauling our (at the moment, light) luggage down a stretch of the road and arrived at the front of the hotel, we realised how grungy we were LOL.

Tobu Levant Hotel has a pretty impressive entrance and an even more impressive lobby, so imagine 4 girls arriving in 11 hours worth or airplane smell and wrinkle clothing, hair starting to look a little gross, and everyone quite dishevelled from lack of sleep and makeup, into this grand entrance and into an airconditioned (hooray!!!!), marble tiled and marble columned lobby. :D"
It would have been a little embarassing if we weren't so excited to be there.

We sorted out all the admin stuff and were led to our rooms, which we then discovered weren't smokefree even though we'd asked for smokefree. 

Word of advice is, definitely ask for smokefree in Japan if you aren't a smoker/dislike the smell of smoke. Smoking seems to be a relatively common occurence in Japan.

Anyhow. We agreed that we'd wash our faces and then head out to look for some food.
We walked up and down the stretch of road outside our place and decided to have kaiten sushi, otherwise known as a sushi train.

The tap looking thing in the front gave out hot water for your tea.
Thankfully our friend taught us how to use it or else
 I would've gotten boiling water all over my hands ;A;

IT WAS SO GOOD.

K ate the other one before I managed to take a photo D;

Most memorable dishes were the unagi sushi and the scallop one.

For me (J), the scallop was like biting into the buttcheek of a baby cherub; it was so soft and pillowy and dreamy and @O@. It was ambrosia. It was beyond words and I'd give up my right eyebrow to eat another one. 
It was pretty cheap too since K and I shared the plates.

We didn't stay extremely long in there since the air con was so strong that when you scooped up green tea powder to make your tea, you could see bits of the powder blowing off o_o 

Afterwards, we bought some snacks from the convenience store and headed back up for the night.

Some sort of green tea frozen ice-cream/melty thing? It was good. 

Walking to find food

View from our room. We were right beside train tracks
but it really wasn't that noisy.

Day 1's post is pretty long but I promise the other ones won't be as word D:
Also, sorry about the lack of photos; we were just too dead to take any.

[Skinfood] Egg White Pore Foam Cleanser

After 23492308472389 years I have finally decided to write a review, after much whipping from J xD









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I couldn't find a good background so I went with black :c

Test with eyeliner (I actually had to draw the last line back on cause I accidentally washed it off)

Pros:
✓ Gentle
✓ Leaves skin feeling smooth, clean and not dehydrated (though not moisturised)
✓ Removes makeup well enough for people who don't wear thick layers of makeup
✓ Inexpensive
Cons:
✗  Won't remove thick makeup in one go (will need to double cleanse)

Overall: great cleanser for people who don't wear a tonne of makeup! :D
8/10