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Unboxing Nylon X VanityTrove Box December Box

beauty product 1/12/2016

All good things must come to an end. Finally it is time for us to unveil the last Nylon X Vanity Trove Box for December 2015.

I am getting so excited, and I can't wait to show you what I've gotten.

This box some how gives me the feeling that it has a colour theme of white and light pastel green. It looks empty when you first uncover the items.

THEFACESHOP Chia Seed & Natural Sun Eco Sebum Control Deluxe Kit pops right into my face as it was a box, in a box. There were also other cute miniature sample items.

THEFACESHOP Chia Seed & Natural Sun Eco Sebum Control Deluxe Kit which has four items in it, mainly:
– Chia Seed Fresh Cleansing Foam (20ml)
– Chia Seed Sebum Control Moisture Water (20ml)
– Chia Seed Sebum Control Moisture Cream (10ml)
– Natural Sun Eco Sebum Control Moisture Sun (20ml)

Chia seeds is known to be very beneficial for the body when taken. Now you get to use this whole range of products and apply some of them on your face. This is such a cute and neat set.

Illamasqua Matte Veil (3ml) , the veil had a very light neutral shade, pleasant and floral scent so you can use this as a base before you put on your make up. It works quite well to even out my skin tone.

Bioderma Hydrabio H2O (20ml), CNP Laboratory Invisible Peeling Booster (25ml),
Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief (7ml)

I am a big fan of Bioderma cleansing water which you may already have known by now, so I was really glad to get my hands on the other miniature version of it. CNP Laboratory Invisible Peeling Booster on the other hand, seems like a rather interesting product to try as this product acts as an exfoliator to remove dead skin cells, yet it comes in a clear and watery formula containing the PHA acid, and it doesn't cause irritation. You don't even have to wash off afterwards.

Next, the Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief seems to be calling out to my thirsty skin. I like the moisturizing products as we tend to get a very dry skin being under an air conditioned environment for prolong hours.

ETUDE HOUSE Petit Bijou Baby Bubble Trial Kit
Includes:

– Petit Bijou Baby Bubble Soft Body Wash (30ml)
– Petit Bijou Baby Bubble Moisture Body Lotion (30ml)

These products looks so cute. Can't wait to try them out. They smell really good,(it reminded me of Johnson's baby shower in the legendary clear blue liquid) and has moisturizing properties too.

Philosophy All-Over Skin Perfecting Brightening and Hydrating Emulsion (7ml) is another face moisturizing product. I would certainly like to brighten my day by looking at the bright side.

Items included in the Dec Trove:

1. THEFACESHOP Chia Seed & Natural Sun Eco Sebum Control Deluxe Kit
Includes:
– Chia Seed Fresh Cleansing Foam (20ml)
– Chia Seed Sebum Control Moisture Water (20ml)
– Chia Seed Sebum Control Moisture Cream (10ml)
– Natural Sun Eco Sebum Control Moisture Sun (20ml)

2. ETUDE HOUSE Petit Bijou Baby Bubble Trial Kit
Includes:
– Petit Bijou Baby Bubble Soft Body Wash (30ml)
– Petit Bijou Baby Bubble Moisture Body Lotion (30ml)

3. Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief (7ml)
4. CNP Laboratory Invisible Peeling Booster (25ml)
5. Philosophy All-Over Skin Perfecting Brightening and Hydrating Emulsion (7ml)
6. Bioderma Hydrabio H2O (20ml) OR Sensibio H2O (20ml)
7. Illamasqua Matte Veil (3ml)

If you are interested in getting this box, do head over to VanityTrove Shop .

Wait no more, go on and purchase your very own box now @ $38! You can quote "pearly10" to enjoy 10% off your Vanitytrove X Nylon box as well.

Do also visit VanityTrove facebook page for their latest news and updates.
Thanks VanityTrove and Nylon Magazine for pampering me with your boxes.

Be Confident, be yourself.

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Unboxing Nylon X VanityTrove Box November Box

beauty products 1/05/2016

Its time to unbox the November's Nylon X Vanity Trove box. Beauty products can never come late and there can never be too many of them. One word of advice thou, use the products soon as they are still new and fresh, rather than keep them for later use (which later, often never comes or only comes when the product has expired).

November's box has about 9 brands in it. Spotted something interesting which is The History of WHOO Gongjinhyang. A box in a box, pretty awesome isn't it?

History of WHOO Gongjinhyang, it is my first encounter with this korean brand. It reminds me of Sulwhasoo because of its elegant packaging. This is a whitening special set that has a skin balancer, whitening lotion and moisture cream.

Bioderma Sensibio H2O is a decent make-up removing water that is suitable for the sensitive skin. I have always used this during my sessions at beauty salons. I love it that the sample was in a 20ml bottle.

While the Decorte Lipsome is a treatment lotion that enhances the cell structure for maximum absorption and retention of ingredients, it also clarifies and plums up your skin.

Here comes Shiseido with the Hair care Luminoforce mask to pamper my lovely tresses. These products are usually salon grade, so we are very luck to get it in the VanityTrove.

Next up is the Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Gel which I have reviewed before and is well loved and raved by many fellow bloggers. This small bottle makes it handy for bringing to the office or short trips.

The Laneige Water Bank Essence.EX is also a popular moisturizing essence which will work to give you a hydrated skin. Intercosmo Ilmagnifico is an interesting hair mask spray that offers you 10 benefits:
-It repairs your frizzy hair
-It repairs your damaged hair
-It protects your hair from heat
-It gives your hair shine
-Protect the colour of your hair
-Gives it volume
-Prevents split ends
-De tangles your hair
-Keeps your hair folds longer

The MegRhythm steam eye mask in Chamomile-ginger is a scent that aims to reduce and relieve stress. It has heat properties to have you relief your eye stress from overworking. I love this and find it rather relaxing. Feel free to check out my previous review.

Items in the curel package is from their moisture range which consist of, The moisture lotion, face milk and intensive moisture cream.

Items included in the Nov Trove:

1. Intercosmo Il Magnifico Mask Spray x 2 (12ml)

2. LANEIGE Water Bank Essence_Ex (10ml)

3. Curél Moisture Lotion II (8ml), Moisture Face Milk (8ml) and Intensive Moisture Cream (4g)

4. Bioderma Sensibio H2O (20ml)

5. Shiseido Professional The Hair Care Luminoforce Mask (50g)

6. Cosme Decorté Liposome Treatment Liquid (14ml)

7. Bioré UV Aqua Rich Watery Gel SPF 50+/PA++++ (15ml)

8. MegRhythm Steam Eye Mask (1 piece)

9. The History of WHOO Gongjinhyang: Seol Whitening Skin Balancer (20ml), Whitening Lotion (20ml), and Whitening & Moisture Cream (4ml)

If you are interested in getting this box, do head over to VanityTrove Shop .

Wait no more, go on and purchase your very own box now @ $38! You can quote "pearly10" to enjoy 10% off your Vanitytrove X Nylon box as well.

Do also visit VanityTrove facebook page for their latest news and updates.
Thanks VanityTrove and Nylon Magazine for pampering me with your boxes.

Be Confident, be yourself.

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Unboxing Nylon X VanityTrove Box October Box

bbox 10/23/2015

Ladies, are you as excited as I am in unboxing the October Nylon X VanityTrove box?
So, here we go...

The familiar black box is here again.

The outside "book" cover.

The actual VanityTrove box inside the slip on book cover.

The Neogence Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Lotion was too huge to be fitted into the box as it was a full retail sized item. I tend to look out for retail sized items whenever I receive my beauty boxes.

One glance at it and I spotted quite a few products which I had used before and some popular brands spotted include VDL, ZA, Senka, Shiseido, Biore, Curel and Benefit Cosmetics.

Tsubaki Extra Moist Shampoo and Conditioner, I love great smelling hair products like these. They keep my hair smelling good all day long. My husband was thinking if we are running out of shampoo because he had been seeing sample sized shampoo in the bathroom so much recently.

The truth is, I like to try out different products before I decide which is the best for us.

Recently I have been showered with assorted Shiseido Professional products in sample sizes. I shall try this scalp care after my hair wash today.

The Neogence Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Lotion reminds me of the Hadalabo SHA lotion received in my previous Vanitytrove box. This retail sized bottle makes the vanity trove box so worthwhile. Hyaluronic Acid is so good for the skin. I can't wait to try this out.

CNP Laboratory Anti-pore Black head Clear Mask

Perfect Whip Foam and Watery Oil from Senka. I've seen this brand around for sometime now, but yet to get a chance to try them until now. These are good for my upcoming trip.

Bottega Verde Body Cream With Red Grape Extract, something new which I've not seen around.

Benefit POREfessional, got the exact sample previously from my glamabox. Loved how it covers my pore effortlessly, with a smooth velvety texture to prepare my skin, covering my proes for my foundation afterwards.

Za True White Ex Essence Lotion, VDL Beauty Cleansing Foam Moisture and
Biore Aqua Jelly. You can read about my love for the Biore Aqua Jelly.

I brought the VDL Beauty Cleansing Foam with me to my recent trip and I love the smell and its foamy texture. I love it so much that I am going to bring it along with me to my next trip.

I have reviewed items from the Curel Sebum Trouble Care range before. I love this range of products because they are made specially to control Sebum production and they work perfectly on my sensitive skin.

Items included in the Oct Trove:

1. Bioré Aqua Jelly Makeup Remover
2. Bottega Verde Body Cream With Red Grape Extract
3. CNP Laboratory Anti-Pore Blackhead Clear Kit
4. Curél Sebum Care Lotion and Moisture Gel
5. Neogence Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Lotion
6. Senka Perfect Watery Oil
7. Senka Perfect Whip
8. Shiseido Professional The Hair Care Fuente Forte Toning Serum
9. Tsubaki Extra Moist Shampoo and Conditioner
10. Za True White Ex Essence Lotion
11. Benefit POREfessional
12. VDL Beauty Cleansing Foam Moisture

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Unboxing VanityTrove X Nylon Box August/September Box

beautybox 10/17/2015

Dear Readers, You should know by now that I am a big fan of beauty subscription boxes. I have tried various different boxes and this time round we are going to un-box the VanityTrove X Nylon box for the month of September/October.

I love the classic black packaging cover which makes this look like a book.

Look at all these awesome goodies. The better news is that it does not contain a single sachet. All of these items are reasonably sized properly packaged. No leakage, no unpleasant or nasty first impressions.

I spotted at least 10 brands straight away and there are things for the hair, for the face, and something to make you smell good.

I see brands like, John Freda, Etude House, Belief, HadaLabo, Infinity Kose, Astalift, Bedhead, L'oreal and some others. Items that are mostly new in the market to help me feel good and look good!

First up, for the Face.

Belif face products which consist of the Hungarian Water essence and aqua bomb. Belif is recently doing quite well in the Singapore market. We are no stranger to this popular korean skincare brand.

HadaLabo Hydrating Lotion.

My recent skincare regime consist of this popular and natural product from Japan. Did you know that the lotion is made from eye drops, that is why it is so gentle to the skin? I only knew that after i attended one of their events held recently. I was surprised.

INFINITY KOSÉ Pure Advanced Deep Clear Mask

If you recently noticed an increase in visible pores, this is a sign that your skin is beginning to change due to aging.

Taking countermeasures before they start to cause wrinkles and sagging will be necessary.
Pure advance cares for pores that have opened due to dryness, sagging pores, and blackheads caused by sebum and dirt, creating hydrated elastic skin that appears pore less.

I am surprised to see big brands like Kose in this box. Its great to get samples from big brands as they can be very costly, and if they don't suit you it is rather wasteful. So samples like these really helps determine if they are suitable for me. Besides, they are great when traveling.

Illamasqua Lipstick and Hydra Veil

I am quite surprise to receive a lipstick in purple...now what should I do with it?
These highly-pigmented lipsticks have intense colour payoff that last all day and are enrinched with Vitamin E. Lips now stay soft and kissable throughout the day. For a satin finish, go for Glamore Lipstick, otherwise, finish your look with a strong matte lip.

Illamasqua Glamore Lipstick and Matte Lipstick, Retailing @ $34 each.

Etude House Moistfull Collagen products. Another popular brand from Korea. I have used Etude house products before and they are amazing. I am sure these will work really well too!

Make Over Mask by BRTC. I have never tried this brand nor seen this before so that is something worth trying! Will update the space when I finally try this.

Astalift Moisture Foam and a $10 voucher.

Next, we have products for the hair.

This is a strong hold, buildable hairspray which is suitable for all hair types.
This powerful finishing spray gives relentless hold and control that dries instantly and can be layered for extra hold; the more you use, the harder it gets! Hard Head also gives a subtle shine to your finished style, whilst lightly conditioning the hair.

Ideal for any hair length, style or texture, Hard Head gently conditions and repairs the hair with a blend of Hydrolysed Wheat Protein whilst a blend of Polymers deliver a strong, flexible and relentless hold to ensure your style remains flawless all day long.

Did you know? Hard Head has a fruity Citrus Berry fragrance which entices the senses.
Bed Head Hard Head Hair Spray, Retailing $32/400ml.

I am not really a fan of hair sprays but my husband is, so will most probably pass it to him after trying out once haha.

John Frieda Brillant Brunette colour protecting Moisturising shampoo and conditioner. I love the hair products from this brand. Tried them previously and still using them. This one is for colour protecting, suitable for people with dyed hair. Will pass it too.

L'oreal Elseve Extraordinary Oil. I have always wanted to try out this hair oil. Finally have the chance now.

Follizin Cleanser and moisturizer, scalp and hair care can now be done at home. The product originates from USA, i've never seen this brand before. Initially i thought these were facial products as they were interestingly labeled as Cleanser and Moisturizer.

Last but not least, for your Body, the Adidas Climacool a 48 hour body spray to keep you cool all day long and keep your perspiration away.

The list of items in the box includes the following:

1. ASTALIFT Cream OR ASTALIFT Moisture Foam OR 1 x Lunamer Brightener - Deluxe / Travel Size
2. $10 ASTALIFT Voucher - One Piece
3. Adidas Climacool Antiperspirant - Travel Size
4. Belif Hungarian Water Essence - Deluxe Size
5. Belif The True Cream - Deluxe Size
6. BRTC Make Over Mask - Full Size
7. Etude House Back to School Kit (Contains Moistfull Collagen Sleeping Pack, Moistfull Collagen Peeling Wash and Real Art Cleansing Oil - Deluxe Size
8. Follizin Cleanser - Travel Size
9. Follizin The Moisturiser - Travel Size
10. Hada Labo SHA Lotion - Travel Size
11. Illamasqua lipstick - Full Size
12. Illamasqua Hydra Veil - Travel Size
13. 2x Kosé Pure Advance Deep Clear Mask - Travel Size
14. John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Colour Protecting Moisturising Shampoo - Deluxe Size
15. John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Colour Protecting Moisturising Conditioner - Deluxe Size
16. L’Oréal Extraordinary Oil Gold OR Extraordinary Oil + UV Protection - Deluxe Size

If you are interested in getting this box, do head over to VanityTrove Shop .

Why wait? Go on and grab your own box now @ $38! You can quote "pearly10" to enjoy 10% off your Vanitytrove X Nylon box as well.

Do also visit VanityTrove facebook page for their latest news and updates.
Thanks VanityTrove and Nylon Magazine for pampering me with your boxes.

Be Confident, be yourself.

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Product Review: Pearlywerkz X Preloot Receive beauty samples with zero subscription fees

beautybox 7/10/2015

Dear Readers,

Video Credit: Preloot

I believe the concept of beauty boxes, sample boxes and the idea of trying before buying is not new to anyone of you. Let me share with you more about this new kid on the block, Preloot.

Image Credit: Preloot

Like most beauty subscription boxes Preloot allows you to select beauty samples at a stated price and get it delivered to your home for free.

Image Credit: Preloot

What are the characteristics of Preloot ?

1. There is no monthly subscription fees. Register now for FREE!
2. You are able to select the items which you want, 5 items for $8.99.
3. You can write reviews after you have sampled the items to earn some loot points.
4. Purchase the items you like in full size.

Image Credit: Preloot

Thanks to the kind people at Preloot, I am able to receive one of their sample boxes for my review, which consist of 2 brands namely, Flower2Grass2 and Basic Theory.

Visit Preloot to start shopping now!

My loots from Preloot consisting of samples from Flower2Grass2 and Basic Theory.

First Up, products from Flower2Grass2.

Credits: Flower2Grass2

Products from Flower2Grass2 are 100% handmade and natural, the brand is from Hong Kong and is distributed exclusively by Preloot. Products are also free from parabens, non-colorant and non-sulphate.

Read my reviews on the following products which I have received :

One for All - Regenerating night cream smells lovely with rose scent. The cream is creamy and thick in texture yet it is not oily. It gives me a silky and soft feeling when applied on my skin. The cream is suitable for all skin types, even on eczema, sensitive or acne skin and rashes.

Berrily Me - Anti aging Eye cream is strongly scented, slightly oily but suitable to be applied on the eye area as an under eye moisturizer. It feels slightly oil and gives me a spa like feeling with a cool sensation to sooth skin irritation near the eyes.

The Freshen Up - Seaweed Collagen water cream feels like a light water mask that produces water droplets when applied on my skin. It can be used like a mask to lock in all the moisture on my skin. It brightens and moisturizes my skin.

The Blessingly Pick Calming Day cream has a light floral essential oil scent which is non-greasy, moisturizing and the smell of cream produces a calming effect. It is fast absorbing and has a healing effect too.

The Savory Organic rose water smells full of roses, feels refreshing upon spray on and acts like an instant perk me up. It leaves my skin silky and smooth.

Next Up, Basic Theory.

Basic Theory is a home grown company founded in April 2015, previously known as Scrubidoo Official. They are focused on presenting products which are natural, vegan and non-animal tested.

Credits: Basic Theory

The Just Coconut Polish smells like grated coconut, and is made of small sugar granulates. It feels moisturizing, though slightly oily as Shea butter is added.

I love the Earl Grey Polish as it smells very unique with the earl grey tea leaves, I love the scent and the feel of scrubbing it on my skin.

Beautiful toner with lavender fragrance, only a pity that it was not in a spray bottle since it has the 2 in one, facial toner and face mist properties. This is for combination and oily skin.

Lovely refreshing floral scent, light and absorbed easily by my skin. Also a pity that it was not in a spray bottle since it has the 2 in one, facial toner and face mist properties. This version is meant for the normal to dry skin.

Like any of the products? Purchase the full sized item or any other full sized item from the loot store, at 5% off from the loot store by quoting "HI5PEARLY" valid till 31 December 2015.

Cheers,
Be confident, stay beautiful.
Pearly

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