Aquamoist Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Cleansing Oil review

I have used quite a few different cleansers in the past and some have been alright whilst others had been a bit oversold and I felt pretty much robbed of my money.

I want to talk about Aquamoist Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Cleansing Oil by JuJu cosmetics. This is one of my favourite cleansing oils for makeup removal.

The website of the product says the following

"JUJU Cosmetics AQUAMOIST Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Cleansing Oil goes deep into skin and melts dirt and make-up in a flash. For mascara and eye make-up that is hard to remove, it also removes thoroughly. It can be used even if your hands are wet. It retains skin moisture after cleansing and leaves skin sleek and luminous."

I have used this product for sometime now and it is one of the best cleansers I have come across. It comes in a pump top plastic bottle and contains a full bottle of the oily product. Most of the packaging is in Japanese since it is a Japanese product, however I bought mine from Sasa.com.

After a day of wearing full face of makeup consisting of liqiud foundation, waterproof mascara, eye liner and concealer, I just want to remove all of it without feeling that I have damaged my skin afterwards. I use 2 pumps of product onto my dry hands and spread it all over my face. Using gentle fingertips to massage my eyes and over my eye lashes. I find mascara is the most difficult to remove since I tend to use waterproof mascara like Maybleine Falsies Waterproof.

The product works with my massages and melts the makeup off. I then use cotton pads to remove the melted residue off my face. Finally I rinse my face with warm water.

The oil smells very inviting with a combination of lemon and grapefruit scent. The oil feels light and easy to massage. It is also very easy to rinse off from the face.

After using this product, my face did not feel dry or tight. However I still use toner and moisturiser after.

Overall great product and will buy it again.

First MAC haul and red lipstick

Recently I went on a MAC Technique Masterclass. After the 2.5 hours of fun with applying makeup, we had time afterwards to have a look around the products and make any purchases.

I have never wore a red lipstick before and during our class, I asked for advise from the MAC artist about which kind of red shade which suit me. Apparently I have a warm undertone and would suit reds which do not have a blue undertone. I was more suited to an orange undertone. This is the lipstick I ended up buying.

I also buying a blush powder which has a more peachy tone.

I heard about the paint pot eye creme colours and hear about how good the pigmentation is, so during my class, I tried a very different paint colour. The paint pot is called Let Me Pop. It is a orange and peach tone which will go very well with brown eyes.

Finally this is the what it how it looks on me, though my eye shadow is difficult to see because of my glasses. I am going to try and take a photo of my eye shadow one day.

I felt that the lipstick is too intense red for me, so I lightened it with a tissue. I think the lipstick is more suited for the evening.

Clinique Lower Lash Mascara review

 

Recently, my colleague introduced me to this product, it is the Clinque Lower Lash mascara. I have really short lower lashes and most of the time, I do not put mascara on them because I find the mascara brushes I have are really big and it cannot reach the lashes. I usually just line my lower lashes to try to make them look like I had lashes.

This product is a small pretty patterned tube, around half the size of a normal size mascara. It has a small short brush. The mascara is waterproof and it was intense black. I found is really easy to apply onto my lower lashes and it can coat my lower lashes pretty well. 

I like this mascara because after you have applied it, you don't really need to line your lower eyes as it looks rather full. I wore it throughout the whole day and it did not move or smudge at all.

(This image is from a budgetblog.com, so credit to them)

There are cons about this product though. I wished the brush was a bit longer because it was difficult to reach the inner and outer corners of my eyes. When removing this from my lashes using a waterproof eye remover, it took a while. It flaked off it bits but it did eventually all come off and it still did not smudge off in the process which is interesting.

Overall, this is not a bad product. To those who have short lower lashes, it is a good item to have and you will feel that you have lashes on your lower eye for a change and not look like you over-lined  your eyes. I wished I have a pic of me with eyeliner and just using this product!

MAC Technique Masterclass experience

It's been a while since I last blogged and I feel like I would be blogging a lot more because I have quite a few different topics which I want to write about. I have been busy with work lately and stressed out. I hope blogging on different things other than thinking about work will help me relax.

Recently, friends invited me to a MAC Technique Masterclass. This is some company offer from my friend and the cost of it is £50. That's a lot, you might think however £50 is in the form of a gift card which you can spend on MAC products, so really it is not bad! I don't really know how much the class is if you were to book it individually though. I have seen similar offers on the discount group sites, e.g. Groupon, so it is worth checking those offers out.

The MAC makeup classes are held weekday evenings, twice a month. They last for approximately 2.5 hours and then 30 mins to chat or look around the store and purchasing any items.

Three of us joined the class which was based at Spitalfields, London. The store was pretty big and as soon as we walked it, there were a lot of MAC staff roaming around and helping people. We were shown to our seats and told to chill and enjoy. They served us drinks and snacks throughout the evening.

The masterclass were split into 3 sessions, however before the class started, we were introduced to the MAC artist who looked after us and helped us pick out our foundation shades. We were asked what we wanted in a foundation. I wanted a medium coverage, not too dewy and blended well with my natural skin colour. We were all give a small sample pot of foundation and concealer which matched our own skin tone. These sample pots were needed for the makeup sessions we were about to do.

There were two models and two different makeup artists at the front of the class doing the demonstrations. One model had fair light skin tone and the other had dark skin. The sessions were grouped into base makeup, eyes and then contouring and blush.

We were talked through how to apply the base, by introducing to us some primers, foundations and concealer. They talked about technique on how to apply the base coat on the face. We were given time in between the session demos to apply the same on our own faces.

Here is a pic of my makeup station.

During our hands-on sessions, we were able to consult with our MAC artist on ideas, thoughts and questions. They were very friendly and helpful. If there were products which we did not have infront of us, they will go and find one which we can use and try out.

The atmosphere was fun and friendly and I think some enjoyed it more than others. There were around 10 of us in this class and roughly the same number of MAC artists. They all were very friendly and helpful. We did not feel any pressure with buying their MAC products at all during the evening.

Here is the list of makeup products I used in the my class.

Mineralise Charged Water - this is to prep and moisturise the face, it felt so refreshing.
Studio Fix NW18 liquid foundation
Prolong wear concealer NW20
Eye brow self sharpening crayon in Spiked.
Paint Pot in Let Me Pop - lovely peachy creamy eye shadow.
Eye shadow in Honesty
Fluidline in black track
Extended Play in Gigablack mascara - nice small brush
Blush in Gingerly
Lustre Lipstick in Cockney

What I learnt that evening?! I think most of things that were said, I have heard before either from YouTube MUA videos or read it somewhere. However I have never had much experience with MAC makeup before so it was an eye opener seeing their products and how they vary. I really enjoyed the evening and time just flew by so quickly. I did buy a few products that evening, which I feel that I am no longer a MAC virgin!