-[27/10 Update]-

Hello all,

Just a small update on my blog, my next review will be on Garnier's new Nutrisse Cream [Nourishing Permanent Hair Color] no. 53 -Macadamia- Medium Golden Brown hair dye with 2x more care!

*phew*

That'll be in days-weeks to come once the hair color sets in.

I wouldn't wanna spoil it all now, since I have just dyed my hair this morning.

(my boyfriend does a good job with dye-ing my hair :)

(he's not a hairstylist, he's got some experience with it)!

I'll be posting up an unboxing video on YouTube on my first BJD, Celine, who's estimated to be shipped out by early November (that I can't chicken out now having made it public).

BJD - ball jointed doll -

I ordered her from FairyLand on August 21.

She is a MiniFee girl (MSD size, ~40cm tall)

I purchased her with default makeup (no sleeping face), large bust, cutie legs, a pair of #3 hands and a pair of random 16mm acrylic colored eyes. My boyfriend wanted blue eyes, brown for me, I realised that brown eyes are nowhere to be found on taobao!! plus i got a pair of sky blue eyes aside just in case things don't turn out as planned :)

That aside, I'll be attending this year's Comic Fiesta with LGCC (Lost Gospel Cosplay Community). My boyfriend and I will be doing:

Magica duo (Charlotte Witch x Tomoe Mami magical girl ver.) --Day 2 

and

Otoboku couple (Mizuho x Takako black school uniform ver.)   --Day 1 :)

*(Magica short for - Puella Magi Madoka Magica and

 Otoboku short for - Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru aka "The Maiden's are Falling for Me")

I just wanna say a big thanks to my boyfriend who dyed my hair for me and another big thanks to mom for offering out her help on sewing our costumes for Comic Fiesta :D

not forgetting another big thanks to my little readers that gives me le fire to write! ^w^ ♥  many hearts to share !

KANPAI!!

-Miwako-

CandyDoll Lemonade Pink Lipstick Review

Hello everybody! This is my very first blog post for a lipstick review.

Today I stumbled across a new line of products introduced to a popular brand outlet store known as SaSa :)

I went there to actually pick up some items that were reserved for me as the storewide Pinktober Sales just started yesterday (1/10/13 - 31/10/13).

That aside, I saw a small range of products lined up nicely in the front of the shop with a picture of a girl wearing country lolita attire, the brand name CandyDoll. 

They had 3/4 different colors of lipstick displayed on the rack. Among them was a nudy baby pink lipstick which caught my attention.

I'm a big fan of nudy colored lipsticks for one: it's something you can match easily with anything and two: they can look great for normal occasions and cosplays!

So here's how the packaging looks like:

It has a very cute and vintage look to the cover (with everything else in Japanese)

The back of the package (Japanese) and the price of this lipstick RM58.00

For the price, I would say it IS quite heavy for just a lipstick, but for those who do appreciate the lipstick and are comparing it to other known brands popular for their nudy colors such as :

Bobbi Brown, Dior, or MAC

This is quite a good deal! I will give it ★★★★☆ for those who wanna cut down on spending a lot more on expensive brands like these.

But, for others who always stick to the mid-range brands such as the ones we see in Watsons :

Maybelline, Silkygirl, LipIce ,or china (brandless) brand

This brand will cost twice/trice as much. I'll give it ★★★☆☆  because with the money it can buy at least 2/3 lipsticks in Watsons (with a discount to it as well!)

CandyDoll's price range would definitely fit in with:

DollyWink, KOJI and Majorlica Majorca

So if you are a regular user of any of these brands, then CandyDoll is a perfect match for you!

The lipstick case is probably the most fattest one I've ever encountered in my life.
It has a shiny black surface with golden patterns of the CandyDoll theme on the lid, along with CandyDoll logo.

The katakana words under the word CandyDoll says "CandyDoll Lipstick N Lemonade Pink 3C"

This is how the lipstick looks like. Plain and classy looking.

3 shades of lipstick (all from the same lipstick!)

One thing amazing about this lipstick is that it's a buildable color! and I love how much I can control this lipstick when I'm applying it. It applies on really smoothly, almost like a creamy feel and texture to the lips, plus the coverage is really awesome. It just feels like applying lip concealer with color plus it's not as pasty as lip concealer! Love it!

                                 

Here's a picture of my (uneven colored) lips :) the BEFORE picture.

and here's a picture of my lips with the lipstick. the AFTER picture

I don't know if this was really useful to you guys and you guys are probably gonna brick me for this because the change doesn't look so obvious if looked at in a glance. But you can definitely tell that my lip color now looks even and a little more nudy with a hint of baby pink. It looks really cute! :)

I've worn this all around the mall with me today and I even had my lunch and drinks like normal but this lipstick is really hardy in that sense that there really isn't a need for re-application after all that because the color still remains!

The lipsticks feels creamy all-in-all and somehow has excellent coverage for that kind of color for my (darker colored) lips. It feels like it's dewy yet it's not. It leaves very little on tissuepapers when blotting and yet everything stays in tact!

Perhaps I may be over-selling this product or over-rating it, but this is my honest review on it! :)

In summary:

Design: ★★★★☆
Price: ★★★½☆☆
Color: ★★★★½☆
Wearability: ★★★★½☆
Moisturizing: ★★★☆☆

If you're looking for a good lipstick, and you're a big time nudy color fan I would highly recommend the CandyDoll lipsticks for you!

Have a great evening ahead everyone!

Much love,

-Miwako-