Updates + Weekend Haul
I think I set a new record for being MIA for an entire month.. Hehe~
For the past couple of weeks, I was down with chicken pox, but luckily it was only a mild case with very few pus filled spots (I only found 2 on my scalp and 1 on my arm). My chicken pox was mainly rash-like, small, red and itchy. Luckily, most of the rash-like pox subsided after taking medication and applying Calamol lotion.
Fortunately, my face was also spared and only had the rash-like pox on my cheeks... But even after they subsided, they leave behind dull red-brown marks all over my cheeks. And naturally I wasn't pleased..
So, yesterday was the first weekend I was "released" from my pox, I decided to pamper myself and also to commemorate by getting some new base makeup! Haha.. Just giving myself some excuses to get more cosmetics!
I already had in mind a few foundations I wanted to try.. The Shiseido Perfect Refining Foundation, Lunsaol Water Gel Foundation, Maquillage Light White Powdery UV or the Shu Uemura Sheer Refining Mousse Foundation.
I decided to go for the Shu mousse foundation since I have never tried their base makeup before.
And these are what I got.......
The Mousse Foundation and the famed UV Under Base Mousse. Currently, there is a
promotion, when you purchase a UV Under Base product and a Mousse Foundation, you will get a free 30g mousse foundation.
The BA matched me to 7YR-ML which is medium light beige.
The nice BA tested 2 different combinations for me by using the UV Base mousse and mousse foundation on the right side of my face and the UV base liquid and mousse foundation of the left.
The combination of the two mousse formulas makes my pores looked more refined, evened out the redness, makes my complexion looks smooth and gives a sheer glow to my skin. My main concern now is how my skin will react to this mousse-y combination when I am holed up in the office... Whether this combination will be too drying, whether it will streak, etc...
I do not know why, even though the free bottle of mousse foundation is also in the shade medium light beige, the packaging of the free bottle is a darker beige colour than the retail size...
Moving on, at Kinokuniya, I bought a makeup book written by this famous makeup artist from Taiwan and also snagged the last copy of MORE (a Japanese magazine) and it comes with a free gelato pique tote bag!! Click
here for more pictures.
That's about it! I will on a makeup ban until September.. Gotta save some money for my shopping trip overseas!!!!!
The highlight of my "pox-infested week" was a parcel from
Siany! We did a swap and her parcel arrived first. Thanks alot babe ^-^!! My parcel to her is still somewhere in UK :p.. More on the swap in the coming blog entry.
Thanks for reading! Bye~!!
Labels: Base Make Up, Magazine, Ramblings, Shu Uemura
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