Giveaway- Perricone MD Advanced Eye Area Therapy

Dr Perricone is a clinical and research dermatologist, who believes that cellular inflammation may be the underlying cause of wrinkles. This inflammation is not the redness that is visible to the naked eye, but microscopic irritation that takes place in your cells leading to cellular damage. He believes that this inflammation is responsible for skin-related problems such as breakouts, wrinkles, and loss of firmness. Dr. Perricone’s holistic approach to aging treats this inflammation in three ways: diet, nutriceutical supplements, and his award-winning line of skin care products and cosmeceuticals, which have been featured in Oprah, Vanity Fair, and Glamour. The effects of this program are not only visible externally, but enhance your life with better health and increased energy.

Coming from a scientific background myself, I think a holistic approach that not only treats the surface imperfections, but the underlying causes of these and improves overall health is bound to have greater results. Therefore, I am happy to organise a little competition giving one of my readers a chance to win one of Dr Perricone's leading treatments- the advanced eye area therapy RRP $95.

The Advanced Eye Area Therapy is formulated with DMAE (an antioxidant membrane stabilizer) and Alpha Lipoic Acid (antioxidant) to help prevent and correct the early signs of aging that appear around the delicate eye area. It minimizes the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and puffiness, while diminishing dark circles and discoloration with Vitamin C Ester (antioxidant).

If you want more information you can check out the Perricone MD site here or watch one of their YouTube videos all about this eye therapy.

Of course, I have to be honest and say that I have not tried Perricone products for myself as I am 23 and feel it is too early for me to start using anti-ageing remedies. I will however be recommending them to my mother as the research I have done online has lead me to believe that this is an effective, innovative line. Being a scientist their philosophy makes a lot of sense to me. After all, surely we all want to treat the cause of our problems, rather than merely their symptoms?

To enter this giveaway (US only) all you have to do is leave a comment explaining why you need a product like this, and telling me about products that didn't work for you.

You have until Monday 30th November to enter. I will then pick the winner at random and message you asking for your details. I will be forwarding your address to Perricone, and they will be posting the product themselves. Once again, Perricone is only shipping to the US, sorry ladies!

Good luck my lovelies!! xxx

More Tights!!! A Rainbow Color Ensemble.

This fall/winter is a season of tights and leggings. Almost everyone wears all sorts of tights or leggings and I saw almost everyone wears a pair of boots too. No matter it is knee high, over the knee high, or even booties,  boots seem to give every girl an instant style and attitude!! I love that!! :) It's like seeing eye-candy everywhere and watching a live runway-to-reality show!!


I bought this pair of interesting hosiery from Anthropologies. I love the red dotted circle against the brown hue and it is just so fun too.  

You know, girls wear whatever a seem-to-be-not-enough- fabric of a skirt or an apparently freeze-to-death light clothes in the winter, they never really feel cold!!! ^O^

I am sure no one would ask if I am COLD wearing such warm/thick tights w/ skirt!! 

I am wearing YSL nude lip-gloss #47!

My ODJ

1. Top:

C&C California fuchsia turtle-neck

Michael Star cashmere blend brown tunic

White cropped short-sleeves coat (Anthropologie)

2. Bottom: H&M gray pencil skirt

3. Accessory:

Heidi Dau's brass ring

Green scarf w/ dotted circle

Brown tights w/ red dotted circle pattern

Hermes' Gris T 35cm birkin 

4. Shoes: Chloe brown wedge boots

The dotted circle on my scarf echos those on the tights!!






So did anyone try wearing TWO fake lashes like me, upper and lower eyeliner??

hha...~ I think I have at least 10 pairs of fake lashes now, I just love them!!

Becca Glossy Lip Tint

Every once in a while I try and step outside of my lipgloss comfort zone and yesterday was that kinda day. I decided to try to introduce a flash of colour to my lips, I wanted a lovely juicy colour and my gloss of choice was BECCA Glossy Lip Tint in Daiquiri... The website describes the gloss as "A long lasting translucent gloss that delivers radiant shine with a splash of colour. Deliciously scented with a hint of strawberry parfait, this luxurious formulation is silky-smooth and completely non-sticky". I can testify that it smells delish! It has a brush applicator which I normally wouldn't like as the brush fibres to to splay out and get messy after a while but this one feels like a really high quality brush...

The colour is a really juicy bright peachy pink which verges more on the orange side...now I would normally avoid orange gloss like the plague...but...this gloss is so flattering and wearable. It brightened up my whole complexion and is a real pick me up on dull days when you know that a touch of bright makeup is the only thing that will make it better. Here's a swatch to show the loveliness...

This gloss has a really nice consistency, not too runny and not too sticky, with slight shimmer that never feels gritty (a pet hate of mine!). It lasted a long time on my lips, it was still there even after I had a cup of tea, which for most glosses is the killer. Impressive stuff from BECCA. If you check the website, you will see that there is a ton of beautiful shades to choose from http://www.beccacosmetics.com/LIPS-Glosses/c6_22/p43/Glossy-Lip-Tint/product_info.html. I now have my eye on Cassis, Coconut Ice and Flirtini! I might drop some hints to Chris for a Christmas stocking filler!

This gloss gave my lips such a lovely sheeny glow of colour that didn't look at all over the top. The colour looks a bit brighter off cam and you can see that from the swatch. I am definitely going to check out more of these glosses as they are an easy way to wear a brighter lip colour without feeling like your lips are screaming out at everyone. So this would be great for anyone who normally sticks to nudes and naturals but wants to try something new. Go on, be a bit daring (ok, so it's not like bungee-jump daring but it's a start!).

Ready for ThanksGiving!!?

We are heading off to LA w/ Yu's family this Thursday!! Friends are all we got in USA and in fact, that's how we celebrate it every year since DH and my family are way back in Asia!! 

Chinese prob: "在家靠父母，出外靠朋友！！"(The best shelter is hiding in parent's house but friends are whom you can rely on when away from home!!)


Indeed, I even asked my church buddy, Linda, to come over to my house to FIX our problem when DH and I had huge fights during in-laws' stay!!!! 


Why?


Too much details to explain what had happened to my parents over the phone and too hard to finish a whole sentence when talking to DH!!! :P


So someone DH and I both respect/trust would certainly be the best mediator!!! 

Now I think I own Linda a huge Thanks and I think I need to Give her my best regards over the phone immediately!! ^O^

 

 

Giorgio Armani Sheer Bronzer

As a lover of bronzing cosmetics and the golden look in general (although I am definitely a hater of the orange look), I like to dip into the bronzer of every brand going just to make sure I'm not missing out on an amazing product. Today I will be looking into Giorgio Armani Sheer Bronzer in Shade no.1. I already have a couple of bronzers that I use on a regular basis and I'm more than happy with them. Although, I believe that you can use different bronzers for different things. Some are better for all over use, some are better for a matte look, others are better for contouring and some are better for a more glamourous night time look etc. The packaging for this product is super sleek, as you would expect. This is a close up view of the Armani bronzer...

Shade no.1 is a really nice light to medium bronzer with slight shimmer through it. Although I don't like to wear shimmery bronzers during the day, however they can really work wonders if you use them lightly on specific areas of your face for a more radiant, luminous effect. The great thing about this bronzer is that it's sheer so it can be built up as desired. It gives a really satiny glow to the face when use on the cheekbones, temples and around the forehead. As long as you use a good mattifying powder to set your foundation, you can avoid the overly shimmery look. It doesn't look orange due to the more reddish/brown tones in it and it doesn't streak either. As you can see from the swatch below, the product applies very smooth on the skin...

The swatch looks quite shimmery but bear in mind that I had to apply it more thickly to get the colour to show up on camera. Because this bronzer is sheer, it doesn't look shimmery or glittery on the skin, it just looks really glowy. I think this bronzer would be really good for girls with fair skin as well as it easier to get a natural look with it. I think this is down to the fact that the product has no orangey tones in it whatsoever and the golden glow you get is just divine, like an ethereal glow. I personally wouldn't use this bronzer as an all over colour on my face as I think it would be too much, but it looks gorgeous when you apply it on your cheekbones,temples and forehead (applying it in the shade of the number 3 on the side of your face, if that makes sense). The only downside to this product is that it's a bit more expensive than your average bronzer, but I can report that I think it's worth it. It's a luxe product that looks and feels expensive and when I have a special occasion, it's product like this that make me feel just that bit more glamourous. Love it!