Gadgets

Saying Hello! to the Clarisonic Mia – I hope you’re good to me!

Paris B 88 Comments

Oh lookee what landed in my hands just 2 days ago? 😀

clarisonic mia

Its the much acclaimed Clarisonic Mia sonic skin cleansing tool! The big Clarisonic set is available at Sephora KL for a jaw dropping RM800+ but I wasn’t about to drop that sort of money on something I wasn’t too sure about. So I did some research, talked to some people, and learned that the Clarisonic Mia is quite sufficient to start with.

The Clarisonic Mia is the Clarisonic, just more travel friendly and importantly, cheaper! Ok, cheaper being relatively speaking 🙂

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Talika Light 525 – Skin Lightener : Power of Light over Dark Spots

Paris B 42 Comments

Yesterday, I asked you to take a guess at what this gadget might be. We had a couple of you guessing and many many sleuths so a whole bunch of you hit the nail on the head 😀

In my case, when I first saw it a couple of months back, I thought it was a prop off Star Trek. It was all I could do to stop myself from holding it out like a phazer and try to zap a Romulan or Klingon 😛 Thankfully, no I did not do it. I don’t think Talika America President Mr. Francois Laurent would have been very amused at my antics if I did! 😛 I did concede to say it was very “futuristic”.

Talika Light 525 Skin Lightener

What this gadget is, is a skincare gadget to help lighten your skin of dark spots. Imagine if you will, undergoing colour or light therapy in a salon without salon prices. Man has known for years that light emitted at different frequencies, can help with different problems – you might have heard of chromatherapy – I’ve always wanted to try it in a salon but never got round to because not many places do it at an affordable price.

Light 525 is a new gadget product by Talika. Yes, that very same company that brought us Lipocils Expert. So what is this gadget and what does it do?

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Yet another Vibrating Mascara – Maybelline Pulse Perfection

Paris B 33 Comments

Note: I have tried this and I think its pretty good but here’s my full review on the Maybelline Pulse Perfection.

When is it no longer cool to own a vibrating mascara?

When you start finding it in drugstores.

Maybelline Pulse Perfection Mascara

Maybelline is putting out a vibrating mascara called Maybelline Pulse Perfection that will cost US$15. Expensive by drugstore standards.

The Maybelline Pulse Perfection mascara operates by way of a button on the cap and delivers 7,000 vibrations per minute to coat your lashes with mascara.

Wait a minute. This sales pitch is looking familiar. Where have I seen it before?

*slaps forehead* Lancome Oscillation of course!

I know that Maybelline and Lancome come under the same parent company but wasn’t the technology transfer a little too quick this time? Its been barely a year since Oscillation was launched. Perhaps they needed to get the technology out quickly to the masses so it starts to pay for itself? Not many people would fork out the moolah for a $34 Lancome Oscillation but they might pay $15 for a Maybelline Pulse Perfection?

I don’t know if we’ll see the Maybelline Pulse Perfection here in Malaysia but it will certainly be interesting eh? I don’t know many people who will pay RM60 for a mascara from Maybelline. That said, its half the price of the Lancome Oscillation so… that makes it worth a shot at a bit of gimmicky fun I suppose. 🙂

What do you think? Yay or Nay?

Stay beautiful,

Paris B

Digital Mobility meets fashion with the HP Mini Notebook

Paris B 22 Comments

I am a tech geek. I am forever chasing the newest mobile phone models, the latest notebooks, the latest gadgets… not always catching them, mind you, but chasing them nonetheless. But when I saw the HP Mini 1001 TU Vivienne Tam digital notebook clutch from HP, I knew instantly that I WANT IT!

HP Mini 1001 TU Vivienne Tam

I want it so badly, I’ve spoken to my regular computer guy to pre-order it so I know the minute it comes in. I’m getting some conflicting news about whether its coming into Malaysia and when but I read that its due in Malaysia only in January 2009. I’m told its either RM1699 or RM2800 depending on which store you call. Since its US$699.99 and reports say its S$799 I’m more inclined to believe the RM2800 version. 🙁 That effectively puts it in unattainable range.

I’m not usually swayed by looks but this baby grabbed hold of my heart immediately when I saw it. Being a geek, I checked out the specs on HP and yes, it’s looking good, people! Its essentially the same specs in the more normal looking HP Mini 1000 except the jazzed up case. It comes with Windows XP which is awesome because my Asus EeePC doesn’t – it runs on Linux which takes some getting used to (I have the older version). It weighs about 1kg+ but I’m not sure if that’s with or without battery and a 10 inch screen. Light, portable and fashionable! I don’t carry a notebook for work purposes so I don’t need a work horse – just one that can work when necessary and be portable the rest of the time.

I’m not all that captivated by the peony on the cover, but the red colour and design sorta grabs me and anyway, the peony and colour will look good for the Chinese New Year 😀 Besides this baby looks good carried around – I’d stop my hunt for an oversized clutch once I find this one. I promise! Fashion + digital mobility, can you ask for more?

Of course, the practical side of me kicked in about 2 hours later after the euphoria had died down, to ask “Do you really need another notebook just because it looks good?” And sadly, I can’t bring myself to answer the question yet, because the practical answer is “No” but the impestous side of me says “Yes! By golly YES!” So yeah… dilemma 😛

*whimper* So, this must be how being in love feels like? 🙂

So this is love… hmm mm mm… so this is love….

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