Pink and Undecided

This look really suits my personality well because nothing describes my style better than a youthful, bright, colorful and glitzy look (i would say that this look is perfect for a self-professed Gyaru Mama hahaha!)! Even though i am in my early 30s, i am forever 21 at heart *LOL* and i always have this innocent, naive part of myself that i don't ever want to let go. I love the girly, kiddie part of me (as much as i love the wisdom and knowledge that comes with age) and i don't ever want to let it go-this eyelook gives me an ever cuter (ahem!), more innocent and sweet looking eyes, which really shows the world how i really am inside : forever in awe of the big big world with its wonders, and always believe in the good of people (until proven otherwise!).

Even my hunny, who never really comment much on my makeup, told me i looked very "Japanese school girl" and cute that day, that's quite something alright!

Btw, i really really love these Revlon eyeliners, especially the skinny liquid one! I am not just saying it, but i really mean it! The silver one is just PERFECT. I will definitely review them in more detail (they deserve separate blog posts really!), are you looking forward to that?

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Thank you once again for Revlon and BBlog for the awesome eyeliners!

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#Pink

Anybody missed me yet *say yes (stare with evil eyes) people!*? It's our last full day in Hong Kong, going back to our lovely home tomorrow.. while i'm really sad that this wonderful family holiday (it truly is the best little vacation our little family has ever had so far!), i also somewhat cannot wait to go home to my temperature-controlled room! We're staying at 4-5 stars hotels throughout this trip but none of them have heater installed! Falling asleep has been a fight for me, thank God for Sweet Dreams or else i'd probably can't sleep a wink! It's just so so so so coldddd (keep in mind, we're tropical creatures. Especially me. I don't deal well with under 10 degrees (celcius) temperatures without heaters!

Anyway! Here's my final filler post, i will resume blogging as usual as soon  as i get enough rest (i always need longer holidays from any holiday away *LOL*, don't you?)

Now, i know that the lip butter hype had died down and replaced by craziness for those jumbo lip crayon sticks, but i've only been using them lately *super late on the train due to the fact i've been holding on buying any new make ups for the longest time during the hype, but of course-i was defeated, most probably because i saw a sale sign or something...* and well, apart from the fact that i cannot use anything without having (REALLY have to, i will not be able to rest otherwise!) to review it, i've also been enjoying it too much not to add yet another review of this amazing thing! Warning : You'll see a lot more once-hyped-but-not-anymore stuffs because i find lots of my old stuffs that i also want to review!).

Look at the selections of shades they have! But i'm not sure that we have all 20 shades available in Indonesia though, i don't think we do. I remember seeing quite a lot of shades on the counter, but probably not 20. Anyone knows more about this? Please do enlighten me if you do!

Now, a little bit about Revlon in Indonesia, this is one of the oldest international brand that's been available in Indonesia since my grandmother's era (she's still an avid user up until now, my grandma's around 85 years old! My mum was also quite a fan *in fact, the very first lipsticks she ever introduced to me when i was a tween were from Revlon!* even though she's moved up to YSL, Dior and Chanel make ups by now). It is one of the most familiar brand in Indonesia, so much that plenty Indonesian actually mistaken it for a local brand! I mean, i saw girls mentioning Revlon as their "favorite local brand", when obviously Revlon's an American brand :).

I'm sure all of you are already familiar with this product's packaging! The cap's a semi sheer plastic square with quilted (the trademark of the Colorburst line) patterns in two sides, and patternless frosted matte in the two others. It's light weighed but not flimsy. Some people seems to think that the casing makes them looks cheap, while others thinks the contrary-that they are exclusive looking. As for me? I'm on defence, but i think it looks exclusive enough!

The casing also matched the color of the shade, and i like that very much (for some people that'd be great because if you happen to have multiple of these lipsticks it'd still be very easy for them to find the exact color they want to use by identifying the cap, while for me... Well, i like colorful packaging and i always find packaging colors that mirrored the actual products' shade to be super fun! As superficial as that may sounds..)! Even though i find the packaging to be a little too mature (Revlon's actually known as more of an older audience's brand in Indonesia) because i'm an eternal little girl on the inside, at least it's cuter than their regular, super boring black lipstick packaging! (I love their Kissable Balm Stain's packaging better, of course!)

I tried to use it on its own but my lips was not on the best condition and again, it wasn't very easy to apply evenly. The color was opaque and bold though, just like a lipstick (they described it as more of a stronger colored lip balms-it contains shea butters and all, but i find it more like a lipstick than a colored lip balm for sure!) and it glides on very nicely. Super buttery just like the name suggested. But i do not find it moisturizing, even though it's not very drying as well (much better than other lipsticks) i'd still prefer to use a separate lip balms underneath. Something not as oily and slippery as Vaseline, for sure!

I find it easier to use on its own as a touch up! I mean, after i used it with my lip balm for a few hours and they are gone after i had a meal and wipe off the rest of the residue, i'd touch up with this lip butter and they glide on even easier and very even too! So maybe if you have a very dry lips, you need ot prep your lips sometime before you even do your face and just before you're about to put this lippie on, wipe off the remainder of the lip balm first! If your lips' quite healthy, i guess you can skip the lip balm altogether. I do that whenever my skin's in a good condition hehe (then drink more, #Pink!)..

So, consistency was very soft, buttery and lovely. The scent was very very subtle (some even said it's scentless, but i definitely smell something on mine!) and for me actually a bit like a cake, so it's very nice (a huge surprise because i had nasty experiences with their regular lipsticks which i found to be be nasty smelling-and tasting!)! It doesn't have any taste (YAY! read my previous line!) at all (again, for me!). Staying power's as good as normal lipsticks, they'd still be there until i eat and wipe my lips off. However, like so many been saying, it's very melty! Especially in a tropical country like Indonesia (although it is now quite cold for us since it's the rainy season), i've been bringing it everywhere for the last month and when i wind up the bullet, i realized that the bullet's all melty inside the tube and no longer smooth looking :(. Everytime i used it, some melts to the mouth of the bullet and stays there like a gloop so i have to clean it all the time. Other than that, i really don't have anything to complain about. 

I'm only gonna say this for this particular shade because i haven't tried on the other shades, it's very opaque from the first swipe so it's very pigmented. I heard that Revlon said their lip butters are of a sheer to medium consistency, but i beg to differ-for Lollipop at least-it's actually of a full coverage. Can be used used as a lip tint with dabbing motion, of course!

I'm highly recommending this for people who are looking for a pretty, pigmented, affordable, nice smelling, non-drying lipstick.

Not recommending this for people who are looking for very matte lipstick, those who cannot stand the tiniest glitters (for this shade okay, i have no idea if the others are glittery as well), hates melty lipsticks that can get a bit messy at times *i haven't experience them melting off my lips though, but they sure messed up the bullet!*. 

Would i repurchase this? Hell yeah, in other colors! Is it wrong to want to own every shade? I only have three so far...

Have you ever tried Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter too? Do you like it as much as i do?

#Pink

Hi mah dearest!

How's your weekend? Havin' a blast? We went to watch Lego Movie yesterday with Baby Boy and it was absolutely hilarious (and cute), it's not very kiddish as well so don't mistake it for a "baby" movie okay, in fact i think the adults were more entertained than the kids since most of the jokes were kinda adult-ish. Baby Boy enjoyed it to the max as well, he's a huge fan of Lego and seeing those Legos came to live must be really magical for him. I know i would love to see a Barbie movie where they make the actual Barbie dolls move (not in a cartoon ways like those actual Barbie movies they have now though!)!!! I still hope that day will come *LOL*.

Spent today at home, busy putting freshly (or not so fresh, since i tend to leave my laundered clothes on the baskets for weeks before i actually have to will to store them in the cupboard, i.e : when hunny's running out of undies. LOL) washed clothes inside the wardrobe, as well as stressing on not finding a lot of stuffs that were supposed to be there. We have a huge household, as you know we live in a huge house (lemme count, we have... 9 bedrooms) with my parents as well as my older bro (don't ask), two nephews and one niece. All the guys's clothes are so similar, even though we (reluctantly) scrawled the initial on the tags (like, seriously. My mum mistakenly wrote my hunny's initial in my new Zara top, arghhh!!!!) so they won't be mixed up, they still ALWAYS get mixed up without a fail. 

Latest missing piece : hunny's fave Superman (genuine Marvel one that glows in the dark. My hunny's absolutely obsessed with glows-in-the-dark stuffs) top that he only wore 3 times tops after purchasing it. Now, my hunny's not much of a fashionista and it's always been hard to make him shop for clothes, so it's saying a lot about this tee (it was probably his most expensive tee to date too) and he's super annoyed (me too, because i'm obsessive) that we couldn't find it. Most probably tucked in one of the other's wardrobe somewhere in this house. And there's also a slight possibility it might slipped into one of MY massive wardrobes, now that... i doubt it's gonna resurface for another year or so if that's the case so... ZZZ. Frustrating! Oh, i also finally packed for our trip to Hong Kong on Thursday, excited!

Anyway, that's a mile long rambling before even starting to the core of this entry #badhabit. Let's start now!

Have you ever heard of Fukubukuro? I've been a huge fan of Japanese culture for longer than i can even remember, and ever since i first heard of the word Fukubukuro, i've been intrigued by it. I'm pretty much given up on beauty boxes by now, but a yearly mystery bag that used to be too far out of reach now become readily available via an online shop called Miaw Lens and when she opened a PO for fukubukuros, i simply couldn't resist!

Originally i only ordered one cosmetic fukubukuro. Since this is my first fukubukuro, i have no idea what i'm gonna get inside right, and i've been cosmetics-shopping a lot more than i should, so i decided to get the lowest-priced one. It was either Canmake or Dodo, Canmake is somewhat easy to access (not available in Indonesia yet but i travel at least twice a year now so i can get their stuffs anytime during my travels) while Dodo is slightly harder to get, that's why i decided on getting Dodo Fukubukuro.

I paid IDR 249.000 for this bag, that's considered very cheap for Japanese standard! And while initially i was a bit disappointed of the lack of make up (i have no idea why but it didn't even occur to me that they're going to feature skin cares inside the fukubukuro >.<) in this bag (i was hoping for an eye shadow or blusher, you see) i still think it's very worth it and after taking a second look i realized that everything inside this bag is so pretty!

This nail polish attracted my eyes the most since the first time i pried open the bag, it's just soooo pretty and sparkly! But! It's not Dodo's! According to the only writings i can read (the English ones lah) it's K-Palette (K-Palette makes nail polishes? I had no idea) in shade... errr.... either 21 or 900, i'm not sure. Question is : what's a K-Palette nail polish doing inside my Dodo fukubukuro? Not that i'm complaining, of course! Love the shade and the fact that it's Made in Japan.

All in all, i'm pretty happy with the fukubukuro! Please don't say "That's not enough stuffs for IDR 249.000!!!" or compare it with local beauty boxes, it was imported directly from JAPAN where everything's super expensive, so in my opinion five items (three travel size and two full size) for that price's pretty generous! I'm guessing you'd only be able to get one or two (tops!) items in Japan with that price.

Then i saw Miaw Lens posted accessories fukubukuro and seeing it was pretty cheap (IDR 168.800) i couldn't resist and placed an order as well >.<!

Again, when i first opened the package i was a bit disappointed (seems to be the theme here, yes?) because i saw so many hair accessories (i wear headbands and clips, but that's about all) there, also most of the bracelet seems a bit old fashioned and the ones inside the plastic wrapping looked cheap. I was a bit like "This is from Japan? Looks very China to me". Until i handled them one by one, THEN i realized that all of them were made from high quality materials! Like the furry stuffs are super soft and fluffy, the beaded bracelets are not made of cheap, flimsy, plastic materials but mostly from heavy, good quality beads, and the necklaces that looked cheap in the packaging once taken out from the wrapper shone and showed the great material it was made by!