PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: SEPHORA LIPSTICK

Here's an initial review on SEPHORA LIPSTICK

PRICE: 20SGD (?)

PLACE BOUGHT: SEPHORA, ION MALL, SINGAPORE

OTHER LOCATIONS: SEPHORA STORES

THE VERDICT:

This is not actually mine, this is my mom's. I forgot the name of the shade so I'll get back to you on that.

Here's the swatch on my lips. It's a fuschia colored lipstick. Perfect for that pop of color on your lips.

Swatch on my skin

It does actually smell fruity, which I didn't like. I don't like fruit- scented lipsticks. They make me feel dizzy. Also, it does have a taste, "chemical- ish fruity" as how I would describe it, which I didn't like also.

Here's the lipstick on my lips. It gives a water shine coverage yet it does build up nicely. You can also choose to wear a sheer coverage, depending on your preference.

It just looks pretty natural when applied, despite the shocking pink color.

**Would I buy a Sephora lipstick again? Maybe yes, but I don't like this formulation since it's too watery. I might check the satin and matte variants. Hope they don't have a taste and a fruit scent like this one.

Siswa SMP Al Kautsar Belajar Robot di Teknik Elektro

(Unila): Anak-anak Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) Al-Kautsar Bandar Lampung terlihat antusias ketika melakukan kunjungan ke Jurusan Teknik Elektro. Mereka mendapatkan pengenalan dasar mengenai fungsi kerja robot dan sistem kerjanya oleh pembimbing Tim Robot Elektro, M. Komarudin, S.T, M.T.

Visitasi ilmiah tersebut dilakukan di Laboratorium Digital Teknik Elektro lantai 3, dengan didampingi oleh guru pembimbing dari Al-Kautsar, tim robot elektro dan beberapa dosen pembimbing Laboratorium, Kamis (22/10).

M. Komarudin, S.T., M.T mengatakan bahwa kunjungan ini sebagai bagian dari pelajaran fisika di tingkat SMP pada sub pelajaran pengantar teknologi dasar. Mereka belajar tentang sensor, mikrokontroller, roda gigi, motor listrik dan mekanika. Dan semuanya itu ada didalam sebuah robot.

”Jadi selain berfungsi sebagai pengenalan teknologi. Kunjungan ini sebagai bentuk pengenalan bahwa apa yang telah mereka pelajari di sekolah dapat berguna dalam kehidupan nyata. Sebagai contoh mereka belajar roda gigi, dan itu ternyata bisa diterapkan untuk pembuatan sebuah robot,” jelas Komar.

Ditambahkan Komar, selain kunjungan dari SMP Al-Kautsar, sebelumnya Laboratorium Digital Teknik Elektro sudah beberapa kali menerima kunjungan dari sekolah lain, mulai dari TK hingga Perguruan Tinggi lain. Dan dari beberapa kunjungan tersebut sudah menghasilkan kerjasama berupa pelatihan.

Selain itu, para siswa SMP tersebut juga mendapatkan penjelasan dari jumanjingmu , salah satu Tim Robot Elektro tentang bagan dan perangkat-perangkat dalam sebuah robot. Mulai dari sistem kerja hingga perangkat detektor api (flame detector) dan gerak.

Para pelajar juga antusias meenanyakan robot untuk foto udara dan antena komunikasi data yanag dapat mengikuti gerak pesawat udara.

END OF THE WEEK'S HAUL

Hello Ladies! How are your weekends? It's a pretty tiring day for me cos of a performance in UST but at least I earned 3k today. for just doing some dance routines. Easy money, aint' it? :)

Just realized that I could save a lot from Salon Pedicures and foot spas by having a Pedicure service at home. So I just bought a pretty polish to complete my routine. :)

I just bought the following at First Aid Greenbelt:

ORLY NAIL POLISH IN EVERYTHING'S ROSY

SALLY HANSEN HARD AS NAILS CLEAR POLISH (SALE AT 155PHP!)

GARNIER PURE WASH- OFF MASK PACK OF 2

***WHAT ARE YOU RECENT HAULS MY BEAUTIES? :)

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: MAC MATTENE LIPSTICK IN NIGHT VIOLET FROM THE STYLE BLACK COLLECTION

Here's an initial review on my MAC MATTENE LIPSTICK IN NIGHT VIOLET FROM THE STYLE BLACK COLLECTION.

PRICE: 950PHP

PLACE BOUGHT: GLORIETTA

OTHER LOCATIONS: SHANGRI- LA MALL; POWERPLANT MALL, ROCKWELL

THE VERDICT:

I was really eyeing for this one but the Black Knight cremesheen is such a must- have. A black lipstick is such a unique item and it's perfect for my profession (Theater Actress here :)). I would've chosen the black cremesheen instead of this one. Midnight Media is also a black color but I love the Cremesheen texture of the black Knight. It's like wearing a patent black shoe on your lips! :p

Let's start with the packaging. It's slim and it'll fit anywhere without eating too much space but the rubberized texture of the packaging is a turn- off cos it gets dirty easily, just like Nars' powder blush and Firming Foundation packaging textures.

It reminded me of the Noirs Obscurs collection, But at a cheaper price. It's semi- mat so there's a bit of moisture left after it settles on your lips.

Here's a hand swatch. It's creamy, very pigmented and it has a lighter vanilla scent as compared to the regular lipsticks of MAC.

It's a lovely deep purple shade that really looks vampy and vintage. :) The only problem is, it's quite hard to wear since the color's kinda' hard to manipulate in terms of applying it. 

One con of this would be, it fades of easily and it looked like a gunk of mud on my lips after a few drinks and meals cos it settled on the lines. But at least, even if it's a matte lipstick, it never dried my lips. At all!

Now that's what I call Avant- garde, baby. :)

*What are your Style Black purchases? :)

SHET, ANG GANDA

HINDI BA'T KAY GANDA NILA????

SHADES (L- R): Cosmopop, My Beautiful Rocket, Great Pink Planet, Countessa Fluorescent, Centrifuchsia, Retrofuturistic, D’Lilac, Airborne Unicorn, No She Didn’t and Styletto.

LIME CRIME CANDY FUTURE LIPSTICKS

SHET, ME LIKEY THE UNICORN PACKAGING.

TANGINA, GUSTO KO NITO..

SORRY GUYS, NAPATAGALOG AT NAPAMURA AKO DAHIL SOOOBRANG GANDA AT GUSTONG- GUSTO KO NITONG MGA 'TO. ISANG LIPSTICK LANG OKAY NAKO.

POOL ORDERING NA ITO!!! :P

THIS WEEK'S STYLE BLACK HAUL

So I woke up today as early as I could and by 11:30 A.M., I was in MAC Glorietta already. Unfortunately, the Black Knight Cremesheen lipstick is already sold out. There were only two stocks and it was gone in a matter of minutes said the SA. Bummer, I was confident enough that no one would be interested in a black lipstick but because it's such a unique item, everyone got theirs! Well, only two lucky people got theirs. Even the MES in Young Punk was sold out! The SA told me that there was someone who bought 8 pcs. of the color. :/

I still ended up buying something. I was pretty much eyeing for this lipstick from the Style Black Collection

I ended up buying Night Violet instead. Well, I was actually eyeing this one more than the black knight cremesheen but the black cremesheen is something that I should have since it's so unique. Well, I'll just ask somebody to buy me in the states. :p

**REVIEW AND SWATCHES UPCOMING! :)

DETERMINE IF YOUR BENEFIT POWDER BLUSHES ARE AUTHENTIC!

I've received a call from sis Crissy after my review of my Benefit Coralista. Apparently, she was suspecting that hers was a knockoff so for reference, she asked me to compare hers with my Coralista. And what sucks the most is, she bought it for 1500php, almost the same price of my authentic Coralista priced at 1576php. It's cheaper than the original but I think 1500php is waay to much to pay for a knockoff.

I've stated in my blog before that Benefit Cosmetics are the easiest to replicate. The real nature of the product lies in the littlest details. So here's an entry on how to guarantee that your Benefit Powder is authentic.

MY BENEFIT POWDERS ARE: CORALISTA AND DALLAS. BOTH ARE BOUGHT IN THE BENEFIT COSMETICS COUNTER IN TANG'S, SINGAPORE.

LET'S START WITH THE A SHOT OF THE BOX COVERS. WE'RE GOING TO INSPECT MY CORALISTA AND DALLAS.

SIS CRISSY ASKED ME TO TAKE A LOOK INSIDE THE PEEL- OFF FLAP OF MY CORALISTA. I TOLD HER THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS OF THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION LISTED INSIDE THE PEEL- OFF FLAP AND THERE'S NOTHING LISTED INSIDE HERS. AFTER KNOWING THIS, SHE THEREFORE CONCLUDED THAT MAYBE WHAT SHE HAS BOUGHT IS A KNOCKOFF. BUT SINCE I DON'T WANNA JUDGE, I INSPECTED MY DALLAS FIRST AND SAW THE STRIKING CONSISTENCIES.

HERE'S A PIC OF THE INSIDE OF THE PEEL- OFF FLAP OF MY BENEFIT CORALISTA. IT HAS THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES AND THE INGREDIENTS ARE LISTED OUTSIDE THE PEEL- OFF FLAP.

HERE'S A PIC OF THE INSIDE OF THE PEEL- OFF FLAP OF MY DALLAS. IT ALSO HAS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE POWDER IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES. THE PIC ON THE OUTER PART OF THE PEEL- OFF FLAP ALSO HAS THE INGREDIENTS LISTED ON IT.

**I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS THE GENERAL RULE BUT THIS COULD LEAD YOU TO CONCLUDING IF YOUR BENEFIT POWDER IS AUTHENTIC OR NOT. I'VE COMPARED BOTH AND BOTH PATTERNS ON THE PEEL- OFF FLAPS WERE CONSISTENT, THOUGH THE ONLY DISPARITY ARE THE LANGUAGES, COS APPARENTLY, THE LANGUAGES ON THE DALLAS WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES IN CORALISTA. BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE INFORMATION ON THE FLAPS WERE CONSISTENT. IF YOUR BENEFIT POWDERS DON'T HAVE THESE INSIDE THE PEEL-OFF FLAPS, CHANCES ARE, YOUR POWDER IS A KNOCKOFF.

HERE'S A CLOSER PIC OF MY DALLAS BLUSH. IT'S BROWN AND IT'S MATTE. IF YOUR DALLAS BLUSH HAS NOTICEABLE SHIMMERS, IT IS A KNOCKOFF.

HERE'S A CLOSER SHOT OF THE CORALISTA BLUSH. SORRY FOR THE DARK PIC BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY ORANGE UNDER GOOD NATURAL LIGHTING. TAKE NOTE OF THE WHITE SHIMMERS IN THE POWDER. IF YOUR CORALISTA IS MATTE, IT IS A KNOCKOFF.

I SWATCHED BOTH HEAVILY FOR REFERENCE. DALLAS (TOP) HAS A MATTE ROSE- BROWN COLOR WHILE CORALISTA (BOTTOM) IS A CORAL BLUSH WITH A HINT OF WHITE FROSTED SHIMMER. TEXTURES OF BOTH BLUSHES ARE CREAMY AND ARE VERY PIGMENTED AND EASY TO APPLY.

THE DALLAS BRUSH (LEFT) IS MADE OF BEIGE- COLORED HAIR WITH A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC ON UPON PURCHASE. THE CORALISTA BLUSH (RIGHT HAS) IS MADE OF WHITE- COLORED HAIR WITH A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC UPON PURCHASE ALSO. BOTH FEEL SOFT YET QUITE SCRAGGY AND THEY KINDA' SHED DURING THE FIRST FEW USAGES. THERE MIGHT BE COLOR INCONSISTENCIES ON THE HANDLES BECAUSE WOOD ITSELF HAS UNEVEN TRUNK COLOR PIGMENTATION. BUT THE HANDLES SHOULD BE MADE OF AUTHENTIC WOOD. NOT WOOD- PAINTED PLASTIC.

YOUR BENEFIT POWDERS SHOULD HAVE THIS PROTECTIVE PLASTIC BASE FOR THE BRUSHES (AS SHOW IN THE PIC) THAT SEPARATES THE BRUSHES FROM THE POWDERS TO PREVENT SCRATCHING.

HERE'S A SHOT OF THE BOTTOM PARTS OF MY BENEFIT BLUSHES. BOTH HAVE THE STICKER TAGS OF THE AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS

HERE'S A SHOT OF THE TOP PART OF MY BENEFIT CORALISTA

HERE'S A SHOT OF THE TOP PART OF MY BENEFIT DALLAS

OTHER TIPS TO DETERMINE A KNOCKOFF FROM AN AUTHENTIC:

- CHECK THE GRAMMAR AND WORD SPELLINGS, LITTLE THEY MAY BE, THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE A LOT IN KNOWING IF YOUR ITEM IS AUTHENTIC OR NOT

- IF THE POWDERS ARE CHALKY, CHANCES ARE, YOUR PRODUCT IS FAKE. TAKE NOTE THAT BENEFIT'S POWDER BLUSHES HAVE CREAMY TEXTURES, BASED FROM MY TWO BLUSHES AND FROM MY TESTING OF THE OTHER POWDERS WHEN I WAS IN TANGS.

- IF THE PRICE IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, CHANCES ARE, THESE ARE KNOCKOFFS. BUT IF THEY'RE PRICED AT APPROX. 1500PHP, (WHICH IS THE COST OF EACH OF MY BENEFIT POWDERS) AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACTUAL PICTURES, DEMAND FOR ACTUAL AND CLEAR PHOTOS OF THE PRODUCTS IN TWO TO THREE DIFFERENT ANGLES. IF THEY WON'T AND CAN'T, THEN IT'S TIME TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER SELLER. DON'T BASE TOO MUCH ON RATINGS BECAUSE RATINGS CAN BE MANIPULATED AND MADE.

*SAVE YOURSELF FROM BEING FOOLED BY EQUIPPING YOURSELVES WITH THE KNOW- HOWS ON HOW TO SPOT KNOCKOFFS!