Archives for December 2007

Review: Skincare: Kiehl’s Lip Balm #1

Paris B 8 Comments

khiels_lip_balmWhen I first saw that Kiehl’s had opened its doors at the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, I was keen to try out their #1 product – the Lip Balm #1.

I’d read a lot about it, and many people swear by it for keeping their lips soft and chap-free.

I bought it for RM29.90 and whilst it goes on very emollient, it didn’t make my lips feel any softer than normal. I then forgot about it until recently, when I fell ill and found my lips dry and peeling.

I picked up this tube of lip balm again to sooth my peeling lips and applied the balm liberally. To my utter chagrin, it didn’t help my lips one bit. They were still as dry and were still peeling. I went back to Vaseline Petroleum Jelly, and my lips immediately felt softer and smoother and all the flaky skin fell off.

So, my conclusion is that this is pretty much just expensive petroleum jelly in a tube, but without the effectiveness of Vaseline. I’ll finish up this tube but I won’t re purchase.

Pros: Emollient, handy size
Cons: Expensive, doesn’t work well

[rating:3/5]

Trying to find that perfect gift?

Paris B 1 Comment

Finding the perfect gifts, especially for women, at Christmas, is never an easy task. But Instyle has come up with a nifty little Holiday Beauty Gift Finder to make things that little bit easier.

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First, determine the category your woman friend falls into:

-The Trendy Friend
-The Classic Lady
-The Fellas
-The Professional
-The Vampy Vixen
-The Free Spirit
-The Jet Setter
-The Urban Dweller

And the gift selector will spew out a range of health and beauty choices which suit the personality. Does it work? Well, it being Instyle and therefore, rather advertising driven I found myself not agreeing with some of the choices. But for anyone at a loss as to what to give, or for gift exchanges or maybe for stocking stuffers, this is a good a guide as any!

Have fun browsing – I know I did! 🙂

Review: Makeup: Kanebo T’estimo eyeshadow

Paris B 3 Comments

Kanebo’s T’estimo makeup line is to be replaced with a new line called Coffret D’or. So, if you are a fan of T’estimo, you won’t have long more before they are phased out totally. It might take a while here in Malaysia though – no one seems to know yet about the phasing out, and that the current T’estimo collection is the last for the line.

Be that as it may, I thought I’d review the single eyeshadows from T’estimo.

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These are the eyeshadow singles I have presently. They come in a transparent square case, rather like that of Shu Uemura. However, you can easily depot it into a palette just as I have done.

The texture of the eyeshadows are slightly sheer but pigmented, and shimmery. The shimmer puts off some people, but I like it because it adds definition and it isn’t so super shimmery as to be glittery. Some textures are slightly more metallic than others but I never got round to figuring out the system.

What I like about T’estimo eyeshadows is the fact that although I use my fingers on them, they never form a layer on the surface like other brands do. So, they never look awful and crusty after a long time, and that’s nice.

I cannot remember the price of a single shadow – it might be between RM30-40 each but I think its worth every sen! I hope Coffret D’or lives up to what I have enjoyed of T’estimo so far!

Pros: Shimmer, sheer, lots of colour choice, doesn’t get crusty, inexpensive

Cons: Being phased out, sheer

[rating:4.5/5]

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