The blurb for the perfume is as follows:

At the beginning of this year, I picked up The Body Shop’s Love Etc, which had top and middle notes that I liked. But once it stayed on the skin all day and mingled with sweat, it started to smell like one of my last perfumes which I fell out of love with. I found my current perfume not long after and found a buyer for Love Etc.

The reason why I’m even blogging about this is because I found the gift box while cleaning out my makeshift dressing table. What is it about product boxes that make us girls hang on to them even if they’re no more use to us?

I decided to toss it out, but I didn’t want to do that before getting a photo of it first. One of those little decluttering tips for things that you have no real use for, apart from unearthing every now and then and thinking, “Oh yeah, I bought that.”

A photo of it will do the same thing. I certainly takes up less physical space!

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Perfume Stories

When embarking on a new project (i.e. declaring Monday a day I’ll talk about make up), it’s good to do an inventory first. So here is an inventory of my cosmetics and skincare.

Skincare

Mineral foundation, finishing powder, concealer and blush.

For the eyes.

Brushes and brush cleaner

For the lips

Forgot. Eyeliner and zit gel.

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Make-up Monday: Stash

Here we have the Super Sharp Liner from Kate, a sub-brand under Kanebo. I picked this up because I got to try Peggy‘s when she gave us a crash course in make up.

I like it because of the super fine tip, which is great for a subtle line. All you need for day wear is a subtle line. It’s also a little easier to handle than a conventional liquid eyeliner. There’s a consistant supply of colour. No re-inking necessary.

Here are some test lines I drew on my hand. The fine lines are a result of working the tip lightly, and the thicker lines is when you apply more pressure on your skin.

It’s quite lasting once it dries. It smudges a bit when you rub it, but this is when it’s on my hand. I do test lines before I actually line my eyes, and that sticks around for a while even then I try to rub it! However, I managed to put it to the extreme test today.

I put make up on because I needed to take a photo to get a new driving license made (which is another story altogether). My dad drove us down to JPJ in 12th Mile and we got it done pretty quickly. Since we had time, we went to Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, just in time to watch orang utans come out for food.

There is a 200m walk through the jungle before you get to the feeding area, so you can imagine how much I sweated in this heat! I thought this liner was waterproof but I guess it wasn’t sweat proof. See what happened:

It transferred neatly to my crease line! And that won’t come off until I used a make-up remover on it.

Well, make-up isn’t for jungle hiking in anyway! But if you’re mostly in the office or do a little running around in the city, it should last just fine.

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Kate Super Sharp Liner