PeLips Colouring Pack 1260yen
Do you like weird yet innovative Japanese beauty products? If you do, you will love this product. It's a lip stain that you peel off. It was my first time to try out a product like this, and I had never heard of anything like this before, even.
How to use : First you wipe off your lips to make sure there is nothing on your lips. Then apply it on your lips. Wait for 5 to 10 minutes. Then peel off when it's dry.
Do you want to see the result?
So this is how my lips look without anything on.
It looks like Ally McBeal having a lip injection (do you remember the episode, anyone? Or am I too old here?) but don't worry, it will dry out after 5 minutes. It has this strong scent of peach which I am not a big fan of, but I can live with it. Oh, and you have to be careful not to close your lips while waiting, as it gets stuck together.
My lips after the weird procedure! It gives this blue-toned-pink tint to my lips and it looks quite pretty. Because it's stained completely, you can wear a lip balm instead of lipstick and still look like you're wearing something on your lips.
It lasts for a few hours or even more, and you can control the intensity by applying one more coat. It's not something I would do on a weekday at 7am when I'm rushing to go to work, but I would use it on my day off before going out with some friends for example. It's really good not to have to be worrying about reapplying lipstick throughout the day, isn't it?
I hope they will come out with some other shades as well, like beigy pink and coral as well as rosy pink. What do you think of the product? Would you want to try it?
Natura Patte Primer
I remember I didn't have ANY visible pores on my cheeks nor my nose when I was 18. My skin was silky smooth that looked like a porcelain doll's that I didn't need foundation at all. If you are 18 now and thinking exactly the same looking into the mirror, you should try your best to maintain it somehow, by moisturising and nourishing your skin every single day, and not to rub your skin too much with muslin cloth or cotton pads. If you are like me, having quite visible pores on the cheek and nose that you cannot cover up only with foundation, you need this primer. I have been loving this primer since I got it to review in February, especially paring it with Rimmel Stay Matte Mousse Foundation that I wrote about the other day.
What is special about this primer is that it's suitable for dry skin. I found some primer that mattifies the skin and hides pores tend to be drying and emphasises dry patches around my nose especially. With this primer, that never happens. It's got this unique texture that I cannot even describe. It's like a mixture of clay + silicone + mousse that creates a beautiful, smooth and clean canvas on your skin.
Once you try to blend it out, it becomes patchy like this. First I thought "What the hell is going on with this primer, it's going to make my whole face while and zombi-liike!" but don't speak too soon, the patchiness will be completely gone once it's completely blended out. I should actually apologise to the primer for cussing it. Sorry.
Voila!! It hides everything that you don't want to be seen through the foundation without drying out your skin. I only dab a little bit on my cheeks and nose, and a tiny bit on my forehead before applying my foundation, most of the time it's the Rimmel one I mentioned. The foundation glides on smoothly and it creates such a flawless look.
There is another version of this primer in a blue tube as well, and I believe that one is for mattifying gel for oily skin that I might need that one for summer! I think it's around 1000yen mark which is very affordable, and such a good price for the quality. I recommend it to anyone who wants to cover up their pores without drying out the skin!
What's your favourite primer? Any recommendations?
Plante System Urgence Eau Micellaire 2400yen
When I saw the packaging of this micellaire water at PLAZA a few months ago, I thought it was Bioderma because it was in the exact same bottle with white, blue and red lids just like Bioderma. Then I realised it wasn't, and I suspected that it was a Japanese company that made a knock-off. But actually, it's made by a French company that was a leading company of botanical research. I have no idea which company came up with the micellaire water first in this specific bottle, with the lids in 3 different colors, but they look identical except the label design.
So this one with the blue lid is for dry and super dry skin. The red one is for sensitive skin and white one is for any skin types. All of them contain Sea-buckthorn, Olive and Green tea. This specific one called Urgence contains macadamia oil to nourish the skin.
It doesn't have any fragrance in it but it has this herbal scent that many people don't like apparently. I personally don't mind at all, because it smells like Coke to me for some reason! It's not the smell that I cannot stand putting on my face, it's just not particularly pleasant.
So, how's the performance? Here are some makeup stuff hard to remove including lip stain, waterproof eyeliner and eyeshadow.
I gently wiped the right half and as you can see, it doesn't remove the eyeliner completely. I did the same using Bioderma too, and it DID remove everything in one go! With this Micellaire water from Plante System, you need to rub your face with a cotton pad quite a lot to remove eyemakeup especially, and it feels a little bit harsh on the skin. It does feel moisturising afterwords but Bioderma doesn't dry out my skin anyway which leaves no reason to choose Plante System one over Bioderma to be honest.
And you know what, this one is 2400yen whereas Bioderma is sold for around 1800yen online here in Japan. It's not a bad Micellaire water at all, but sorry, Bioderma is too good.
What's your favourite Micellaire water?
