Event: Benefit Contouring Workshop

I attended Benefit Contouring Workshop yesterday (26 Aug 2015) evening at Sephora Ngee Ann City. 

Workshop held at the makeup desk at Sephora.

It was only a short workshop that the Benefit staff introduce us to simple contouring using Benefit products. It starts from basic skin care then to the full makeups.

Some Benefits makeup products used during the makeup demo.

Benefit Staff's makeup demo desk. Full of Benefit products used in the demo.

The finished demo on the volunteer's face shows a natural, smooth and bright looking skin.  

I learn little tips and new knowledge on contouring makeup and finally gets to know more about Benefit products. As in the past, I only know Benefit got lots of eye makeup. Now I know there are more to only eye makeups.

At the end of the day, each of us goes home with a little bag of goodies.

Benefit goodies bag to bring home.

For more information and promotions, go to Benefit Facebook Page or Sephora Facebook Page.

Disclaimer: I sign up to attend this workshop for new product learning purposes only. All reviews are based on my personal experience. No monetary compensation of any kind was given or received for this workshop.

Review: Nuxe Nirvanesque Yeux 1st Wrinkles Smoothing Eye Contour Cream

Nuxe Nirvanesque Yeux 1st Wrinkles Smoothing Eye Contour Cream (15ml)

Today review is on Nuxe Nirvanesque Yeux 1st Wrinkles Smoothing Eye Contour Cream. 

Much as I love Nuxe products especially Nuxe White range, its sad that I have to say that this Nuxe eye contour cream has no effect on me at all. After using it for months, I did not really see much significant effect on my eye contour. The first Nuxe product I have to say that I will not continue using it since there is no effect on me at all. 

Nuxe Nirvanesque Yeux 1st Wrinkles Smoothing Eye Contour Cream Summary
This eye contour cream does the following:

• Peony and Hyaluronic Acid instantly and visibly smoothes wrinkles
  and lines by helping skin to relax. 
• helps reduce dark circles and brightens eyes.
• appearance of first lines around the eye are reduced for younger-looking eyes.

For more information, go to Nuxe website.

How to use Nuxe Nirvanesque Yeux 1st Wrinkles Smoothing Eye Contour Cream?
Apply after cleansing the eye contour area in the morning and/or at night, smoothing the product onto the skin in figure-of-eight movements. 

My Review
I love Nuxe products ever since I have tried Nuxe Whte Products. So I am quite curious what effect this Smoothing Eye Contour Cream will have on me when the Beauty By Nature staff said that I can use my member's stamp to redeem this product.

Why not! So I decided to redeem and try. /hmm

So what effect it had on me?? Here you go!

The Nuxe Smoothing Eye Contour Cream came in a 15ml small tube. 

15ml small tube.

The eye cream have a watery creamy texture that takes the color of the skin. 

watery creamy texture.

Its an eye cream, the opening is pretty small so that the amount to release is easy to gauge. 

Small opening for easy control.

Nuxe product always have a natural smell that came from its natural floral ingredient. But for this one, I can't really smell anything. :D

The eye cream is easy to apply. I always apply it morning and before bed after cleansing. The cream is not sticky or oily at all. Its pretty lightweight to me. :)

Now I have been using the product for months already. So how is the effect? 

Well I was pretty disappointed. Much that I love Nuxe products, I still have to say sadly and truthfully that it has no effect on me at all. /no

I have pretty bad dark circles and light puffy eyes sometimes due to late night sleeps and long term facing the computer. So its really difficult for me to get good eye products that really show results.

Sad to say, this Nuxe Smoothing Eye Contour Cream couldn't help me at all apart from keeping it moisturized.

Before use.

After used.

Months after used.

From the image, you may say that hey, puffiness did reduce leh. But that was pretty much the anger of how I face the camera. From my dark eye circles, no much significant effect really. /floor

Where to buy it?
Nuxe products can be found in Beauty by Nature Store, John Little, Robinsons, Watsons, Guardian, BHG and Unity.

Where to get samples?
You may go to Beauty by Nature Store to try out the tester or try asking the staff for sample sachet. 

Disclaimer: Product(s) in this post was/were samples or bought for personal use only. Reviews are for the purpose of sharing my honest personal experience only. No sponsorship and/or monetary compensation are offered.  

Review: The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub

The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub (250ml)

Today review is on The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub. 

This scrub not only help to remove my dead skin cell, it keep my skin feeling moisturize and smooth. I like the nice lime fragrance smell that comes with the natural ingredient. After shower, I feel so refreshing. Totally love it. :D

The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub Summary
Virgin Mojito Body Scrub is The Body Shop new limited edition body scrub. 

It does the following:

• Prepare skin for moisture
• Remove dead skin cells
• Invigorating Virgin Mojito fragrance

It contain extract of Caribbean lime and mint. 

For more information, go to The Body Shop Website.

How to use The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub?
Apply to damp skin in a circular motion, then rinse thoroughly for refreshingly smooth skin. For best results, use two to three times a week.

My Review
I have been in love with Body Shop products ever since it helps to make my skin smooth and grow naturally. 

Recently, The Body Shop introduces a new limited edition body scrub. Just nice I have used up my scrub at home. So I decided to buy and try them. 

The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub came in a nice transparent tub. 

The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub

The scrub itself have a gel like texture with small white and green particles. 

Gel like texture with small white and green particles.

Opening the cover of the tub, it gave off a very nice lime fragrance smell. Smell so tasty!!! LOL. 

The Scrub in the tub.

The scrub itself does not feel soapy. But its able to cleanly remove my body's dead skin cell without feeling too dry. Its very gentle to my skin too. 

Not soapy scrub.

After used, my skin feels so smooth and moisturize. I smell good too. :)

Body Shop always never fail to disappoint me and this new limited edition scrub is now my No 1 scrub on my shower list. I so love it!!! 

Overall, this scrub not only help to remove my dead skin cell, it keep my skin feeling moisturize and smooth. I like the nice lime fragrance smell that comes with the natural ingredient. After shower, I feel so refreshing. Totally love it. :D You should try it too. 

Where to buy it?
The Body Shop Virgin Mojito Body Scrub can be bought at all The Body Shop outlet at a retail price of S$36.90 for 250ml tub. 

Where to get samples?
No samples for redemption but you may go The Body Shop outlet to try the tester there. :)

Disclaimer: Product(s) in this post was/were samples or bought for personal use only. Reviews are for the purpose of sharing my honest personal experience only. No sponsorship and/or monetary compensation are offered. 

Review: Lierac SENSORIELLE Sensorial Exfoliator With 3 White Flowers

Lierac SENSORIELLE Sensorial Exfoliator With 3 White Flowers (30ml Sample)

Today review is on Lierac SENSORIELLE Sensorial Exfoliator With 3 White Flowers. 

After using this exfoliator, felt that it is a bit too oily for my skin. After wash, I still can feel the layer of oil remaining on my skin. This feels a little discomfort for me. Not my cup of tea. :(

Lierac SENSORIELLE Sensorial Exfoliator With 3 White Flowers Summary
This deliciously textured gel-oil exfoliates, smooth and tones the skin. Ultra-creamy, it moisturizes the skin while adding warm, sensual fragrant notes.

Body Hydration - 27% sugar crystals, vanilla particles and peach kernels. 

Results:

• Rehydrating
• Smoothing and relaxing effect
• Delicately perfumed skin

Ingredients

For more information go to Lierac Website. 

How to use Lierac SENSORIELLE Sensorial Exfoliator With 3 White Flowers?
Use 1 to 2 times per week.

2 ways to use them:

• For gentle exfoliation: apply on damp skin and it transforms into a delicate milk.
• For more energetic exfoliation (ideal for rough areas like knees and elbows): apply on dry skin.

My Review
This was in the goodies bag given to me when I buy Phyto hair care products. 

The sample size exfoliator came as a 30ml tube. 

30ml sample tube.

sample nicely sealed.

The exfoliator is brown in color with small particles in it. 

Brown in color with small particles.

It feels a little too oily. When rub on my damp skin, the exfoliator turns a little white at first but turn back transparent after a while of rubbing. 

During the rubbing process.

It still feel like there is a layer of oil on my skin after washing off. Also it does not really did an effective job in scrubbing. Sorry to say, the oily feeling is too strong that I don't feel anything else. 

Overall it is a bit too oily for my skin. After wash, I still can feel the layer of oil remaining on my skin. This feels a little discomfort for me. Not my cup of tea. 

Where to buy it?
Lierac products came be bought at Beauty By Nature Store, John Little Store and departmental store. 

Where to get samples?
No sample redemption for this product. :(

Disclaimer: Product(s) in this post was/were samples or bought for personal use only. Reviews are for the purpose of sharing my honest personal experience only. No sponsorship and/or monetary compensation are offered. 

Event: Singapore Blog Awards 2015

Singapore Blog Awards 2015

Its the Singapore Blog Awards 2015. I was privilege to be able to tag along my Cousin who is attending the award ceremony on behalf of her blogger friend Leonny, who is the finalist in the Best Family Blog. 

The Singapore Blog Awards 2015 Ceremony was held on the 23 July 2015 at F.Club Singapore. 

Singapore Blog Awards 2015

Held at F.Club Singapore.

Banners place at the entrance.

Happened that my blogger buddy Rena was also going to attend, so we decided to party together and we are all dress up that night. :)

This is the first time I was at F.Club Singapore. Nice place but well, as we are pretty late, when we arrive, we have only time to faster grab some foods and proceed to the Club's room where the award ceremony is starting already.

Food available to fill our stomach.

Complimentary Drink for the night.

Nice room ambience.

Decorations in F.Club Singapore.

Honestly speaking, I wasn't really paying attention at what the stage is going on. Ops my bad. But seeing that its the guest of honour speaking, I happily dig into my food first. :)

Guest of Honour speaking on stage.

By the time the speaking and dancing ended, I'm done with the food. The first award is given out. who won? Don't tell you!....lol just kidding, will leave it to the end yah. :)

And my bad again, I continue to be not fully paying attention to what was going on on stage, paying attention only when the winners are announce. 

Image of how the trophy looks like.

Collecting the prize on stage for the winners.

Collecting the Certificate and trophy on stage for the winners.

You must be wondering and asking, "You wasn't paying attention the whole night, then what are you doing?" Well, guess because I am not part of the finalist, my mind auto switch to have fun that night. So I was busy taking pictures and chit chatting with Rena and my cousin. hehehe..... :D

Having fun taking pictures.

And the fun continues.....

And after the last award was given out and ceremony ended with a big bang, we proceed to do what we miss just now at the beginning. Take pictures around the f.Club Singapore and at the photo booth. And also ended the night posing and signing off like a celebrity!

Selecting the Best dress award for the night.

Photo taking at the Photo booth.

Pose like a celebrity...hehehe

Signing off like a celebrity...:)

I did have fun and gain some new experience too. And each of us was given a bag of goodies as a token. Thank you. :)

Goodies Bag for each person attending the award night.

And here you go, congratulation to all winners:
Top 10 Most Popular Blogs:

• A Happy Mum 
• theRantingPanda
• 小熊物语－阿宝的日记
• Bumble Bee Mum
• Mum in the Making
• Little Miss Bento
• McDonald's Around the World
• Life's Tiny Miracles
• SG Unfit Runners
• Johor Kaki

Top 10 Most Popular Blogs

Editors' / Judges' Choice: 
Best Family Blog: Rascal Dads | 流氓老爸
Best Fashion Blog: ULIMALI
Best Food Blog: Ms Skinnyfat
Best Health & Wellness Blog: PrisChew Dot Com
Best Individual Blog: @Filmnomenon [Reviews by Eternality Tan]
Best Lifestyle Blog: It's all about valyn
Best New Blog: Kat Eyes
Best Topical Blog: Little Miss Bento
Best Travel Blog: Pohtecktoes - Traveling in the Moment

Editors' / Judges' Choice

Advertisers' Choice:
Best Beauty Blog: fionaseah.com - beauty, lifestyle & rambles
Best Cooking Blog: The Domestic Goddess Wannabe
Most Popular Beauty Blog: because every part of you can be beautiful, even your buns
Most Popular Cooking Blog: The Domestic Goddess Wannabe

Advertisers' Choice

Followers' Choice: 
Favourite Twitter Influencer: Lee Hsien Loong
Favourite Youtube Channel: wahbanana

Followers' Choice

Celebrity: 
Favourite Local Celebrity Instagram: Jeanette Aw 欧萱
Favourite Overseas Celebrity Instagram: Choi Siwon 崔始源

Celebrity Category

Disclaimer: All reviews are based on my personal experience. No monetary compensation of any kind was given or received for this event.

Review: L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream and Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream

L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream and Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream

Today review is on L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream and Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream. 

Overall, these are all nice and effective hand cream that helps to nourish my hand. I personally like the L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream more than the Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream. Reason is that the Shea Butter Hand Cream feel less greasy and natural on my skin with nice fragrance smell like perfume. 

L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream and Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream Summary
L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream

Shea Butter Hand Cream

This is L'OCCITANE best seller shea butter hand cream. 

This hand treatment helps to heal, protect, nourish (Anti-oxidizing vitamin E) and soften dry or dehydrated skin. 

This is a super-smoothing and best-selling synergy of 20% Shea Butter, honey and sweet almond extract, blended with the light and alluring aromas of jasmine and ylang-ylang essences.

For more information, go to L'OCCITANE website. 

L'OCCITANE Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream

Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream

This is L'OCCITANE limited edition hand cream that has been discontinued already.

Enriched with shea butter, this Cream softens and helps nourish hands, leaving skin moisturized and supple.

Formulated with natural floral extracts, hands will be perfumed with the delicate fragrance of soft peony, raspberry extracts and rose.

How to use L'OCCITANE Hand Cream?
Use at any time of the day, as often as necessary on your hands.

My Review
Can't really remember how I get these products. Should be some contest or campaign on their Facebook page sometime back already, only blog it now. While better now then never, right.

Lets start shall we? 

Both L'OCCITANE hand cream came in a small tube, suitable to carry around. 

Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream (left pic) and
Shea Butter Hand Cream (right pic)

Lets talk about the Shea Butter Hand Cream first. This hand cream has a white creamy texture.

It smell very nice, like applying perfume. Smell like floral fragrance to me. The hand cream is not greasy and sticky at all. It leave my skin with a natural feel while making my skin hydrated. 

Shea Butter Hand Cream has a white creamy texture

The Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream has a white creamy texture too.

It has a floral fragrance too but the smell is lighter than the Shea Butter Hand Cream. The hand cream feels a little greasy at first but after the skin absorbed the hand cream, it feels smooth and hydrated. 

Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream has a white creamy texture too.

For me I like the Shea Butter Hand Cream more. Why? It is less greasy, smell nicer and absorb faster by my skin. But both smooth my skin and make it stay hydrated. 

Overall, these are all nice and effective hand cream that helps to nourish my hand. I personally like the L'OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream more than the Marvellous Flowers Hand Cream. Reason is that the Shea Butter Hand Cream feel less greasy and natural on my skin with nice fragrance smell like perfume.

Where to buy it?
L'OCCITANE hand cream can be bought at L'OCCITANE boutique island wide for S$15 (30ml) and S$44 (150ml).

Where to get samples?
Nope no samples for redemption for this. But you may go to L'OCCITANE boutique to try on the tester there. 

Disclaimer: Product(s) in this post was/were samples or bought for personal use only. Reviews are for the purpose of sharing my honest personal experience only. No sponsorship and/or monetary compensation are offered.