November 2011: NicaBell Avon & Watson Haul

Boo-Hoo!!! This is a late November Haul and this time I bought stuffs from Avon and Watson.

I was busy with my things and I was trying to move my blog from Wordpress to Blogger and all. Well, I can list out a thousand pages of reasons but it doesn't give a fact that I shouldn't apologize for my late blog entry. Therefore, I am sorry peeps!!!

I didn't buy much on November. I only bought 3 items from Avon and boy, they are AWESOME!!!

Avon Toiletteries Bag,
Avon Ideal Shade Tinted Makeup base,
Avon Clearskin Blemish Clearing Advanced Spot Control

First of, I will introduce you to this love red toiletries bag. It have 3 outer zippers, another zipper in the large compartment for a small pocket and 2 pocket which also in the large compartment.

A small zipper compartment to put some small stuff and a loop to hang the bag to a hanger.

2 sides compartment which can fit in a whole large tube of the St. Ives Apricot Scrub.

Front view wear you can see that there are 2 pocket inside the main compartment.

A big space for you to fit in your stuff!! 

Next, is the Avon Ideal Shade tinted makeup base in Mint (Green). 

This makeup base is not meant for the whole face. I only apply this on area that has redness like on the blemishes, nose area, and around my mouth. It has a sheer formula but I can still see greenish tint on it. It is absolutely not thick nor it is runny, satin finish but not shimmery. To be wear under foundation. I wore liquid & gel foundation, BB cream and loose powder and they all look good. It is not oily, it doesn't breaks me out . It has weird smell, though not overwhelm enough to irritate me nose. But do aware that if you have oily slickly skin like mine, do avoid using this with dual powder foundation. It looks like the powder foundation cannot blends in to the makeup base on my skin after 3 to 4 hours of application.

25g net wt. Simple tube.

I like the shape of the mouth of the tube.
I believe that it does help me to control the amount of the product that I need.

I am not sure if you can see this.
It is minty green tinted.

Last but not least, is the Avon Clearskin Blemish Clearing Advanced Spot Control.

I love this product. It is my daily routine to put on topical medication for my blemishes. I cover my whole face with a thin layer of this product. It contains 2% of Salicylic Acid and also helps to reduce blemish size, swelling and redness. I use this with the DHC Salicylic Face Milk so that my skin would not dry out. This helps me a lot to control my acne. 

25 mL with improved packaging. I forgot how the old bottle looks actually.

Small mouth to control the amount of product that the user needs.

Clear formula. If you leave the prodct to long on a surface, it would evaporate. So spread only the amount that you need and put it on the area that you would like to ASAP!

I rarely have the chance to use the tinted makeup base for long wearing. But does look good with the Revlon PhotoReady Foundation. And the Clearskin Blemish Clearing would not mattify your face on makeups as wll. So do be aware. 

For the Watson Haul, I only bought 3 items also, so here we go! 

Watson Haul

Nexcare 3M Acne Patch

I have good things to say about this product. I really work but you just have to give it times to do its job. It adsorb secretion or should I say the puss from your acne. I have tried many times and it really works great on Nodules, pustules and cystic acne. It says that it also work on whiteheads and blackheads, but it did not. However, it does helps to prevent infection after squeezing your acne though.

Nexcare 3M Acne Patch 36pc

Rexona Women - Shower Clean 

I have been using this brand for deodorant since the start of my pubescent and it helps me a lot for my body odor. I used to use the one that called 'White' because I like how it smells and change back and forth with the other Rexona which has purple cap. However, Rexona widen their range and launch the Shower Clean which I been hooked on till now. I usually buy the spray one but I just bought this one because they were on sale!

Rexona Women - Shower Clean (Twin Pack)

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation - 008 Golden Beige
This is an amazing product from Revlon!! I used to use foundation from Maybelline NY but I found my new muse in Revlon. I use to think that Maybelline is for the hip young adult while Revlon is more for the older/ matured adult. Boy, how wrong I am. It is definitely not about how young or how old you are. It is more about what is your style and which type of product suits you. I cannot used most Maybelline product solely because my skin cannot accept them. The only Maybelline that I was able to use is the Clear Smooth AQUA Gel Foundation. The rest is just unacceptable. May be it was my wrong technique on applying or whatever it is. Revlon PhotoReady Foundation is definitely a must have drugstore brand foundation. It is affordable, it won't break you out, great coverage and blend well on my skin!

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation - 008 Golden Beige

I am done for the November haul and stay tune for the December haul!!

See ya!

xoxo
NicaBell

October 2011: NicaBell Watson, Black Queen & Daiso Haul!!!

(Copied from my old blog iamnicabell.wordpress.com. I am moving my blog!!!)

I got early pay this month so I am uber-excited for shopping!!

So I got a menstrual pain on Friday morning. It was so bad I had to call in for a medical leave. Then around noon, boyfie, who just found a new job in the government sector, pick me up to bring me to the clinic in Centre Point(CP).

The doctor (a female) is really nice. She genuinely made me feel at ease to tell her my problem. It's been 2 months since my last period and made me breakout a lot. I have cystic acne under my eye, my nose, chin and all over my neck since few weeks ago. So I asked her if she could provide me any oral medication for my acne problem and this is what she gave to me.

Doxycycline Capsule 100mg~

I hope you do me good^^

Oh wait, I ate your "friends" before so, I know, YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOOD ^o^

I was also given some mild painkillers for my menstrual pain. Damn, it is hard to be woman. Sigh~

After paying my medical fee, boyfie and I went to the CP cafeteria. I had soto ayam. I ate my meds and went on my mission alone as boyfie need to go back to his office ASAP!

I stop by Watson Store first and found out that they were restocking/rearranging their stock around the store. I was really dissapointed at the time. Not because how hectic the store looked but how the Rimmel Section was not updated. There were samples on the rack last time I went to see it but there were not on Friday. How do you expect people to buy without giving us to try out the tester like the other brand do? I demand an explanation Watson! Ooops! My inner dive got out! :P

Well forget about the Rimmel, even the staffs (some) were too busy talking to each other or touching up their face. I mean, you should have serving me if you want your pay to be higher at the end of the month. lol! Only one Watson staff was nice enough to come up to me and really made an effort to recommend me one brand new stuff that they have on their shelves.

Anyway, these were bought in CP Watson:-

 It's been so long since I bought these kind of tissues.

 

St Ives Apricot Scrub - Blemish & Blackhead Control 170g

I think it is time for me to have a proper scrubs, rather than using brown sugar with my daily cleanser. This Apricot Scrub help me rid the hassle. I must warn, this product is not to be used daily. The scrub is obviously not micro and quite harsh. I would advise everyone to use a soft/mild circular motion. I am not a fan of product with fragrance but I am not worry by this one cause it only have some mild apricot scent in it. Good news about this stuff is that it is Parabens & Phthalates free

 Rosken Skin Repair Dry Skin Cream 7ml

Boyfie has been saying how good this cream is when he has troubles with dry skin years ago. So I really want to try this for my cracked heels. The formula felt more like lotion than cream and my skin can easily absorb this product. It has some mild medicinal scent but you can hardly smell it though.

Nexcare Acne Patch 18pcs

I already saw this product since long time ago and I was always skeptical of it. I don't know if it could work on acn but it seems that they were always finish on the shelves. So now, I decided to try on this.

IN2IT Eyebrow Liner

I was introduced to this babe by my mom. She kept saying this is a good stuff. Since I have just started learning to use eyebrow liner, I might as well buy one of this. Guess what peeps, I broke my Cyber Color Auto Eyebrow Pen (the lead actually). I didn't even realize when I broke it. I never drop it before either. Oh well, I got a new one so no worry, no worry.

EyeMo Moist Eyedrop

This one is for boyfie. When he was outside, he always said that his eyes is burning because thy were dry. So I bought it for him.

 

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser 237ml

I have been using this and the other one that for oily skin back and forth.

This is a great product no matter what skin you are. I know some of you out there would prefer cleansers that foams. But too much foam could stripped off the natural oil on our skin. You should consider to try on this. If you feel like it does not do the cleaning for you who have super oily skin, try blotting it with blotting paper before wash.

 DHC Salicylic Face Milk

This is the product I am most excited about. It's a moisturizer and it also helps to fight acne! I must say this is quite an awesome product after using it quite some times now. It is moisturizing enough for me for I have oily combination skin.

Ahh~ my favorite mouth freshener.

This is the Eclipse Mints

2 tablets are enough to freshen your mouth before the interview^^

And next, DAISO!

 Here we go:-

 

I love love love love LOVE Daiso Store.

Daiso Store is also known as the 5 Ringgit Store where you can buy practically everything for RM5/ea. Everything in this store is from Japan (at least that is what I was told). I often went to the basket/case/plastic box/plastic strage section whenever I am in Daiso. There something about storage boxes that fascinate me. lol!

Black Queen is (I think) a local chain business in KK that sold women's accessories for low prices. You can find wigs, false eyelashes, hairbands & hair accessories, manicure sets & accessories, make ups and etc. But I won't buy those make ups. The make ups that were sold were extremely cheap but that was not a case for me. It's just that I don't know the origin of the product that they sell. And I have acne prone-combination-sensitive skin and it quite hard for me to be convinced enough to use products with brand that I cannot recognize. Anyway, these are what I bought in Black Queen.

 

Black Queen staffs annoy me a little. I don't care if you are a S***k (I don't  discriminate); I don't care if you  are an immigrant (I understand why there are  immigration in any country); & I don't F care if you are busy chatting with your friend  while you  work. (I work in a retail store before and I understand how boring it can be  to work  alone in a big store.) BUT, when you kept busy chatting with your friend and  you know  you are working alone while your friend went for a lunch and there is a  customer in  your store looking for stuff then the customer would like to purchase for the stuff that  she want to bu, she kept calling you and you were too busy chatting and laughing with you loud mouth friend,. Any customer will be annoyed. I know I am. But I just kept smiling and I know you are annoyed with my fake smile too. so suck it up. har har har har har~

So many picture this time huh. I guess it will take time to load for you who had low speed internet.

This is my first time in 4 years that I shopped alone in a shopping mall. My menstrual pain cured cause I was completely forgot that I was in pain. lol!

I am trying the 3M NEXCARE Acne Patch. I will post my review in the future. And regarding the tablet that my boyfie won, I just saw the winner list in Digi website. I can't wait for it to arrive!!! YAY!

I guess I'll stop here then. BuhBye^^

xoxo

NicaBell