Hits and Misses: Reviews of stuff bought over the first half of Sem 1 AY13/14

So here are some products I bought (acutally only 3) over these 6 weeks and my review on them. I'll start with those I like first, followed by those I dun really like

Hits:

1. Soap & Glory Hand Food

Why I love this product: it totally hydrated my hands. It did! It got visibly better and doesn't feel as dry! This tube is also very very very big. I wonder how long it would take to finish this product.

2. K-Palette 1 Day Tattoo Eyeliner

I would say this is better that Maybelline's hyper sharp liner (review here, and I loved it). The tip is sharp (as sharp as Maybelline's one if I am not wrong). And it's really really smudge proof (like a tattoo). I didn't have any problems with my Maybelline one, but my sister said it smudges on her. Ok I cheated a bit here, I actually bought this 8 weeks ago, not during the sem. It was for my concert (where my Maybelline liner was coming out thin and fading, and a fellow lover told me to try this). I pity the guys, cause they were trying to get it off their faces until we introduced them to the makeup remover.

 Misses:

  1. NYX Butter gloss

I bought this is shade BLG02.Eclair. The shade is nice, but it feels quite heavy on your lips. It also doesn't apply smoothly on the lips, something like the picture below that I got from google (by googling the same product):

Considering that I love other NYX products, I will still buy NYX products, but not this one... It's just not for me.

Crabtree & Evelyn - Evelyn Rose Hand Cream Review

Hello!

This is my second blog post review on the Crabtree & Evelyn hand cream collection. The previous one review 4 other 'flavours' - La Source, Citron Honey & Corriander, Lavender, and Lily. Click here to go to the previous blog post.

Right now, I'm using Evelyn Rose in the office! :)

 

The colour of the tube suits the 'flavour' it contains. Not to mention it's a very sweet colour!

As usual, I dislike the smell of it (maybe it's because I dislike fragrance in general). But I think compared to the others I have tried, the smell is not as unpleasant. It does smell like Rose though.

And its' super moisturising! I noted that it said "ultra-moisturising hand therapy" on the tube itself.  I took a photo of my hands before and after a single application:

Before:

I'm not sure if you can see some flakes on my hand. I've got really old hands...

After:

Instantly looks so much smoother, and feels hydrated. :)

I can't wait to try the other Crabtree & Evelyn hand creams! :)

Crabtree & Evelyn Hand Therapy Collection - Review of Citron Honey & Coriander, Lavender, Lily and La Source

So I have extremely dry hands. And my ex-colleagues and friends have been nice enough to gift me some hand 'cream' from Crabtree & Evelyn. :) Because my set isn't complete and it came randomly, I googled for the entire collection and managed to find the picture below with the 12 'flavours'.

Photo credits: http://evonnz.com/

I am currently (more than) half way through my Citron Honey & Coriander tube:

The tube gets ugly once you use it, but who cares. It's what's inside that counts. :)

So here's my review of the first 4 'flavors' that I used:

Citron Honey & Coriander: I'm currently using this in my office. I absolutely love the smell! It more of less instantly moisturize the skin. However, I'm not sure if it's just my skin now but my skin is still dry (I've been applying this for 3 weeks, but not constantly too). Maybe it's just me. I shall finish this tube before picking another one to try.

Lavender: Initially I though lavender would be a nice smelling once but I couldn't stand the smell of it, and the smell is too strong for me, and it smells weird too. I gave up using this after two times, and I think my sister hates the smell too. I'm not sure what happened to this tube since it was left around in the house. :p (update: I found the empty tube on my sister's table. apparently she forced herself to finish it)

Lily: Currently using this at home. The smell is nice (and not too strong)! I personally prefer this to the citron honey & coriander one. It moisturizes almost instantly too.

La Source: I had two tubes of this, one before the revamped the look (the picture of the old tube is as shown below) and another after (which also comes a set gifted to me by my ex-colleague). :) It's definitely moisturizing. Don't really like the smell, but it doesn't bother me too much. Though my dad says it smells like Frangipani.

Their gift set is so nicely wrapped! I think I still have the 'wrapper' somewhere in my house.

After I finish my citron, honey and coriander one, I'm thinking of trying Rose. Will do another review when I start trying out the others in the collection. :)

Update: Tried and Reviewed Evelyn Rose. Click here for the review. :)