Archives for March 2010

New: Estee Lauder Cyberwhite EX skin care and makeup

March 26, 2010 Paris B 15 Comments

I was an Estee Lauder user from way back (I loved the Idealist and Advanced Night Repair Serum). And way back then, I also started using the Estee Lauder CyberWhite range when it was first launched to address my skin brightening concerns. I found the foam cleanser disappointing but the rest of the range was alright. Then, Estee Lauder and I went separate ways.

Well, years later, our paths cross again, this time mostly because I’m looking to try something new in the concealer department. Yes, under the new Cyberwhite EX makeup range is a concealer. Still thinking about whether to try it – anyone has and has a view to share?

Anyway, there are 3 new products in the Estee Lauder Cyberwhite EX skincare range this year :-

Advanced Performance Brightening Essence – to prevent and act against spots – RM350
Extra Brightening Rich Moisture Creme – extra intensive hydration or night treatment – RM250 (will try this one since I have dryish skin!)
Extra Intensive Purifying Treatment- self-foaming mask – RM230

All products are formulated to target common spots found in Asian skin i.e barely visible spots that give you the uneven complexion, surface spots, age spots and recurring spots.

But coming back to the concealer.
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Take us with you everywhere – MWS goes mobile!

March 26, 2010 Paris B 9 Comments

Note: Mobile service temporarily suspended due to server stress

If you are the sort to surf the web from your mobile on the go, then you might be pleased to know that reading MyWomenStuff.com on your mobile is now faster and easier than ever and you don’t have to do a thing!

Thanks to a suggestion by LeGeeque on Twitter and a couple of chats to and fro, I’ve got the mobile version of My Women Stuff up and running, hopefully without hitches. All you have to do is point your mobile phone browser to www.mywomenstuff.com and we do the rest.

What you will get however is a plain jane look at all the latest posts here, while on the go and without eating up too much mobile data bandwidth 😉 I believe its making commenting easier too via mobile. I can’t figure out yet why there are no photos showing up, but I hope to get something figured out soon.

If you’d prefer to view the site as it looks on a computer, just click for the desktop version right at the bottom of your mobile screen and it’ll take you to the desktop version complete with photos and images.

In the meantime, if you fall down any rabbit holes, please holler so I can get the holes plugged – but not with an Alice 🙂

Happy mobile reading!

Paris B

Asience Shampoo and Conditioner turned my hair to hay

March 26, 2010 Paris B 70 Comments

There are times when trying a sample product turns you off the actual product for good. My experience with Asience shampoo and conditioner was one of them. I was given some sample bottles to try once during their promotional drive.

Now these are the best travel hair products ever. There is enough in the bottles to last 2 weeks of travel (I wash my hair everyday) and they are dinky and cute. I was going to review the Asience Shampoo and Conditioner a while back when I first tried it and I was going to tell you that it was wonderful.

Truly, upon use, my hair felt so soft and tangle free. It was great! I was in love! *cue lovebirds music and cute forest creatures ala Disney* If you see the picture of Yu Kashii above, my hair felt like hers – light as a feather blowing in the breeze.

But after repeated use, I realized that my hair was starting to feel drier and drier after every wash. It did not help when Mom took one look at my hair and said “Why is your hair looking like straw?”

That was the moment of truth.

SK-II Cellumination Essence – So you want Aura Bright skin?

March 25, 2010 Paris B 28 Comments

Last weekend at Isetan, I saw a little “tea party” going on at the SK-II counter. I also saw the new essence at the counter with its rainbow bottle. It reminded me of the rainbow colours on an oil slick – you know that sort of illuminescent rainbow colour?

I didn’t have time to stop by but I looked it up because its been getting a lot of TV time and what caught my ears from the TVC was something about it enhancing your “Aura-lucency”. It supposedly uses the technology of “balance of light on the skin” to deliver a new level of translucency and eveness of skintone with an “aura that glows from within”.

Now perhaps I’m mistaken but isn’t the “aura” intangible and invisible? Doesn’t your “aura” too extend AWAY from your body – some people say for miles even? (See definition of “Aura”) If you believe in the concept of people and living things having an “aura” then you will also know that no cream or lotion or essence can enhance your “aura” bar maybe ingesting it.

Actress Cate Blanchett and Model Qi Qi says it works (I don’t know how they saw their aura getting brighter) but they ARE brand ambassadors after all. It better work for them! 😛 So now apparently, we don’t only have to worry about having translucent skin with even skin tone, we have to worry about our aura being brightened too.

I think this is taking things a little too far off the course because what this new SK-II range is, is another skin brightening product range. Promising whiter, brighter skin is something many brands have been offering us with their whitening and brightening range of products. SK-II too has their own whitening range.

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