Showing posts with label Kanebo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kanebo. Show all posts

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Chicca Mesmeric Wet Lip Oil

Here's a super belated post for Chicca Mesmeric Wet Lip Oil--it was buried deep in my draft folder. This brand has been long discontinued, and this product has been discontinued for even looooooonger, and long forgotten too because it was been in my bag for years until I did a clean-out recently and found it. I did use it quite often when I first got it, but then forgot about it months later. By the time I found it again, it had gone stale and was tossed.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Sunday, August 18, 2024

Coffret D'Or Essence Lip Base

Ooops. Had this 7g tube of Coffret D'Or Essence Lip Base at my desk for a few years now but totally forgot the post in the draft folder. And Coffret D'Or as a brand was discontinued just this June 2024, so this post is already outdated.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Muo Cleansing Oil

This 150mL refill pouch of Muo Cleansing Oil was yet another one I finished recently, just last week actually.


 
This one had a light and runny texture too, although nowhere near as runny and watery as The Face Shop Rice Water Bright Cleansing Oil. It did the job ok. I didn't like it as much as I did the SkinFood Black Sugar Cleansing Oil, probably because of the texture. It was unscented though, so for those whose skin is  sensitive with fragrances, maybe this is worth a try. I won't repurchase though. Would much rather move on and try other new things.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Chicca Mesmeric Lipstick Part III

In my last Chicca Mesmeric Lipstick post, I declared no more unless they came out with something special. Well, they did. The last collection Chicca released before Kanebo discontinued the brand had a couple of colors that caught my eyes, so I picked them up and then some: 44 Sweet Talk, 46 Soft, 47 Red Fir (I'm actually not 100% certain if it's Red Fir or Red Fur ^.^" Please correct me either way!), 48 Burgundy Gold, and EX15 Lucent Red Pure

All pictures taken in natural light without flash. 


Saturday, August 5, 2023

Hadabisei Moisturizing Facial Emulsion

Some time last year, I became a little obsessed with emulsions and milks and bought several bottles from Amazon JP. This 130g Hadabisei Moisturizing Facial Emulsion was one of them. I hadn't planned on using this emulsion so soon though. Rather, the whole order arrived in terrible shape and while this bottle wasn't the actual casualty, it's also the only one that's not factory sealed and had its outer packaging destroyed in transit. Which is to say I had no idea whether its content had leaked, making it unsuitable for storage. That was how it jumped the queue. 

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Dear Beaute Himawari Oil In Shampoo & Conditioner

Been really enjoying this Dear Beaute Himawari Oil In Shampoo & Conditioner! There are three types, the brand new Smooth & Repair, Rich & Repair--this is what I'm using, and Gloss & Repair. This was a recommendation from Julia way back in 2017. When my sister did her international pharmacy rotation in Japan, I asked her to lug home for me a set of two 500mL pump bottles of shampoo and conditioner, two 360mL refill bags, and a 200g tube of Oil In Treatment. When she came home the summer of 2018, I was in the middle of moving house and, like many of my other bath and body stuff, they were misplaced among all the moving boxes, until now =.="

Shampoo

Conditioner

Treatment

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Snack Time

Since last fall, dear friends in Japan have been sending me care packages with snacks and other goodies. The first giant package I got in November was from sweet Julia who sent me a whole lot of everything I love: adorable printed masking tapes from Daiso, sweets, snacks, tea, hand cream, and lippies! How am I so lucky, I've no idea, but let's just say the sweets and snacks and the tea didn't last past the month. Good thing I took notes as I ate (and drank) them ^.^

Monday, May 20, 2019

Chicca Mesmeric Lipstick Part II

I really liked the Chicca Mesmeric Lipsticks I have and picked up another four colors late last year: 23 Garnet, 39 Carnation, 40 Rose & Love, and 41 Red Blueberry.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Lavshuca BB Lip Essence SPF21 PA+

Had these Lavshuca BB Lip Essence SPF21 PA+ since our Tokyo days but totally forgot to post about them. Woops. Actually, now that we're settling down a bit and I have some time to slowly unpack (still... =.=") and go through our things, I found I've neglected to post on a bunch of stuff even though I've been using them here and there. So you'll see more woops-I-forgot posts.

Anyway, this lip gloss generously comes with 8g of product and in two "colors," 01 Princess Pink and 02 Queen Red.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Chicca Mesmeric Lipstick

So Citrine tempted me to try Chicca, and I picked up four Mesmeric Lipsticks in 06 Lucent Red (the shade she reviewed), 19 Red Rose, 32 Tangerina, and 35 Grape. Now before I go on, I should tell you that I also tried a Chicca eye palette, the Mystic Powder Eye Shadow in EX36 Fuchsia Island, and it was possibly the shittiest high-end eye shadows I've ever touched. Needless to say, that experience dampened my excitement for these lipsticks a bit.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Friday, December 22, 2017

Chicca Mystic Powder Eye Shadow

I blame Citrine for giving me lemmings for the Chicca Mesmeric Lipsticks, which I'll review next (which may mean a few weeks...). But when I was buying these lippies I spotted this Mystic Powder Eye Shadow in EX36 Fuchsia Island. It was pretty, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Honestly, I'm not sure what this brand is all about. It started out aiming for ladies in their 50-60's, but according to their official website, "chicca" is Italian for "cute." I have to wonder if women in that age group would really describe themselves as "cute," but okay, whatever. Nowadays, their spokesmodel is a much younger gal so I guess they realized they needed to do some marketing research after all.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Coffret D'Or Premium Stay Rouge Comparison Swatches

Just this past March, Coffret D'Or released a brand new line of lipsticks, Purely Stay Rouge currently with 8 colors and 4 more set to be released in June. I've seen the swatches at Cosme.net and they all look sheer and translucent, just like every other Japanese lipstick out there. Bleh. What's the point?

I do wonder whether the new formula is any better than that of Premium Stay Rouge, but the new square tube packaging looks bigger and bulkier for sure.

Packaging: Purely Stay vs. Premium Stay.
***Photo from this Japanese blog.

Monday, May 8, 2017

Coffret D'Or Rouge Essence Comparison Swatches

These Coffret D'Or Rouge Essence have disappeared from Coffret D'Or's official website, which I take to mean they've been discontinued and are gone for good. They haven't had any new colors for a long time now anyway.

So here's my tiny collection of four colors, RD-198, RD-204, RD-208, and RS-282. There were more colors available when I was still in Tokyo, but none of them really interested me. I preferred the mostly jelly and cream-jelly formulas for the Premium Stay Rouge anyway. Enjoy the swatches :)

All pictures taken in natural light without flash. Click to zoom.

Monday, May 1, 2017

Suqqu Extra Glow Lipstick Comparison Swatches

Here's my growing collection of Suqqu Extra Glow Lipstick, missing a few new spring releases which I suspect I won't be able to get to for a while.

I'm really happy that Suqqu has been releasing bright colors for this lipstick line. I feel the Creamy Glows, Creamy Glow Moists, and the Bright Ups have too many neutrals, nudes, and my-lips-but-betters. These Extra Glows are actually differentiating themselves among other Suqqu lipsticks, which is great!

Top row: 03 粋桃 (Suitou) Aquatic Pink, 04 彩珊瑚 (Ayasango) Bright Coral, 05 冴杏 (Saeanzu) Orange Red, and 06 紅茜 (Beniakane) Madder Red.
Bottom row: 07 瞬朱 (Syunake) True Red, 09 宵果実 (Yoikajitsu) Deep Midnight Berry, 10 映華 (Haebana) Blooming Pink, and EX-03 蜜柘榴 (Mitsuzakuro) Juicy Bordeaux.
All pictures taken in natural light without flash. Click to zoom.

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Suqqu Extra Glow Lipstick Part III

Towards the end of December, my direct order with the Suqqu UK counter at Selfridges arrived, and I got a hold of two more Suqqu Extra Glow Lipsticks in 09 宵果実 (Yoikajitsu) Deep Midnight Berry and EX-03 蜜柘榴 (Mitsuzakuro) Juicy Bordeaux.

These photos are from early January, so while I'm all caught up with all the Japan stuff, I'm still almost 4 months behind when it comes to makeup photos. See, not running out of things to post about anytime soon...

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

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