I used to visit nail salon at least once a month to keep my nails at its peak condition. No chipping nails allowed, no yellow ridges can be seen and of course finished it up with french manicure. It’s always in my top list. One problem that I face would be time and appointment to the salons. Sometimes when I charge the services fee to my credit card, I doubt if this is all necessary and if there is another alternative I can adopt to save my wallet from thinning. And then I found this.

It’s Sally Hansen 5 minute french manicure kit. It comes with base and top coat, the nail colour and a pen kit that touches the last part of the beauty for french manicure. I bought it, I tried it and guess what, I love it. The first few try-outs were tormenting as I didn’t know how to hold the pen and draw on my nails. But then after, I have become an artist myself. Buy it from any Watsons or Guardians store. Most importantly, for an affordable price, you can use it for more than twenty times.

I was so intrigued by this product. I wanted to have a first hand on it but I can’t coz I am scrimping like mad now. This is one of the geniuses’ product by MAC, it’s called Fast Response eye cream and the effect is like what it is named after - almost immediate. So after a whole night of partying, all we need is to slap some on our eyes. It absorbs quickly and repair the dryness in our eyes area. Cool it sounds Can’t wait to get one for myself :p

It’s good to use, easy to apply, refreshed feeling it will leave you after just one wash. The tiny particles in the cream exfoliates and removes dead cells on our skin, almost immediately. The wash is definitely gentle to skin, not coarse. The wash is complemented with its toning effect as it doesn’t leave the skin dry after the wash. It’s a good investment, something you will not regret buying.

Nothing can beat this when it comes to body butter. Slap some on both hands, legs and body to feel its immediate work in moisturizing the dry, thirsty skin. In fact, olive proves its high standing in preserving and restoring youthfulness and beauty with its richness in Vitamin E and antioxidant. The layer of moisturizer stays comfortably on the skin without leaving the waxy or oily texture when we touch our hands. Its fragrance is definitely not pungent with ripe olive but oozing the creamy, soft olive fragrance.

If you’re looking for body lotion, think no further but to walk into any The Bodyshop counter for one of this.

Volume: 200ml

Application: Anytime, best after shower and before sleep. Just apply direct onto the skin and massage it.

Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

MAC has it(a very successful one), MUFE has it & even Bobbi Brown has it. But all these are departmental store brands that some of the students on budget couldn’t afford.

But fret no more as drugstore brand, Loreal is now introducing their new line of cosmetics called High Intensity Pigments or HIP in short.

The complete set for their eye colour range includes

• concentrated shadow duos
• bright shadow duos
• pure pigments shadow sticks
• shoking shadow pigments
• high drama volumnising mascara

As for the face range, it includes

• flawless liquid makeup
• vibrant shimmer bronzing powder
• blendable blushing creme
• illuminating highlighter

Pigments stick

Pigment that comes together with a brush

I really can’t wait for it to come. But as said before, it was out in the US for just a few months. So, I guess we’ll have to wait for at least 6 more months before it hits Malaysia market.

Step by step to creating a basic 3D flower petal.

1. Start out by using a very small brush.

2. Dip your brush into the monomer.

3. Be sure to wipe all excess monomer out of your brush. The brush must be very dry.

4. Dip the brush into the powder. You need very little powder, so don’t hold your brush in the powder for too long.

5. The ball of arylic should be very small and not dripping off of the brush. The ball should appear smooth.

6. Place the ball onto the nail.

7. Using the tip of your brush, drag from the center of the ball to make a point.

8. Using the tip of your brush, make an indentation down the center of the petal. This will create depth, making the petal appear more realistic.

Now, let’s see how it’s done.