Victoria's Secret VS Graphic Liner Pen

Also among my Victoria's Secret clearance buys was VS Graphic Liner Pen in Blackest Black.

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

This is a felt-tip liquid eye pen, very much along the lines of Clio Waterproof Pen Liner. The difference here is the pen tip: Clio is chubbier at the base, then taper to a point, whereas VS is quite skinny throughout with a longer pen tip. You can get a fine line with both, but it's probably easier with the VS pen since a slight tilt of the hand with Clio will produce a thicker line. I usually make a dotted line, then go over in one stroke to connect the dots.

Victoria's Secret VS Pro Lasting FX Eye Shadow Primer

Picked up a few things from Victoria's Secret semi annual sale this past June, including this 7g/0.24oz tube of VS Pro Lasting FX Eye Shadow Primer. I haven't tried an eye primer from Victoria's Secret before, so I was curious to say the least. The fact it was about $5 helped a lot ^.^

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

This primer is packaged in your average tube with a doe-foot applicator. It's unscented, and comes out of the tube a firm cream with a slightly oily feel, very much like Nature Republic Botanical Eye Primer. I sort of had that oh-great gut reaction the moment I swatched it, because the Nature Republic primer was a dud and this VS one feels like it's heading in the same path.

Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil

This High Pigment Pencil is the second Bite Beauty product I own, with the first being the Lip Shine in Vintage, from the previous Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Lips 2012. I like that lip gloss a lot and carried it around in my bag for a while, so I was excited to try out this lip pencil from the Give Me Some Lips 2013.

Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Lips 2013 edition set includes (as pictured on the outer packaging) Buxom Full-On Lip Polish Dolly, Laura Mercier Lip Glace Bare Pink, Fresh Sugar Rose Mini Tinted Lip Treatment, Tarte LipSurgence Lip Luster Glitzy (will review later), Nars Lip Gloss Turkish Delight, and this Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil Rhubarb. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Suave Professionals Natural Infusion Macadamia Moisturizing Shampoo

This Suave Professionals Natural Infusion Macadamia Moisturizing Shampoo was a 59mL/2fl oz. travel size I took on a road trip with hubby, while we were traveling back and forth for our move. It was a bundled freebie from the Almond + Shea Butter Moisturizing Shampoo.

Suave Professionals Rosemary + Mint Invigorating Clean Shampoo

I have fine but lots of straight hair and an oily scalp, although I don't use any styling product. My way of "styling" is just to brush and go, and if I'm feeling really glamorous, I'll put on a headband :P But save for the time hubby and I spent in Japan and Taiwan, for years we've been using Suave Naturals Daily Clarifying Shampoo. I've always incorporated a clarifying shampoo of sorts in my routine, for use just once a week to give my oily scalp a good wash. I didn't review this Daily Clarifying Shampoo because it wasn't anything worth noting. It was cheap, and it got the job done and that's that.

We finally ran out of the gigantic bottle that we started using since before moving abroad to Japan. It was one of those humongous family size bottle, and with one use a week plus a few years stint overseas and it lasted us for years! With our move a month ago, I happily went shopping for a new clarifying shampoo and found myself picking up this 373mL/12.6fl oz. bottle of Suave Professionals Rosemary + Mint Invigorating Clean Shampoo. For a weekly use I wasn't planning on spending a lot, so this suits the purpose.

Shiseido White Lucent Intensive Spot Targeting Serum

This 9mL/0.3fl oz. pump bottle of Shiseido White Lucent Intensive Spot Targeting Serum is the last item of the White Lucent GWP I receive during the Black Friday promotion of 2012. Also, this serum has been replaced with a new Total Brightening Serum on Shiseido USA's website.

Dr.Ci:Labo Aqua Collagen Gel Super Moisture

Using this 10g mini jar of Dr.Ci:Labo Aqua Collagen Gel Super Moisture right now after the Enriched Lift EX version went stinky on me (no really!), and having finished HanSkin Super Collagen Gel within a week!

HanSkin Super Collagen Gel

I cleaned out this tiny 5g jar of HanSkin Super Collagen Gel within one week ^.^ It came from the HanSkin Travel Set, which also includes 25mL each of Hyaluron Skin Lotion, World Foam Cleanser, and Olive Essential Cleansing Oil (haven't tried this yet), and 10mL tube of Super Light Touch B.B. SPF30 PA++, which gave me a bad case of lemmings for other HanSkin bb creams. The good news is that there are a dizzying variety of the bb creams. The bad news is that the sheer number of them sort of scared me away. Where do I even begin?!?

Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Moisturizing Emulsion

Along with Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Softener Enriched, I'm also using this 15mL/0.5fl oz. bottle of White Lucent Brightening Moisturizing Emulsion. There are two current versions of it: the Brightening Protective Emulsion W, which is for daytime use with SPF18, and this Brightening Moisturizing Emulsion W, which is for nighttime use. I have the nighttime version and have been using it every night for the past few weeks.

Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Softener Enriched

In addition to Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Cleansing Foam, I also started using this 25mL/0.84fl oz. bottle of White Lucent Brightening Softener Enriched. This is a moisturizing and "whitening" toner for night use, and the instructions say to soak a cotton and wipe your face with it but I just pat it on instead.

This toner is now called "Brightening Balancing Softener Enriched W," and there are both a "regular" version of it as well as a "Brightening Toning Lotion." The enriched version is for dry skin, the "regular" version is for normal to oily, and the "Brightening Toning Lotion" apparently has a cooling sensation for a "refreshing feel." Right, okay, that totally justifies the $48 price tag per 150mL bottle. Ha.