Review: Maybelline New York Baby Skin Pore Eraser.

Hey guys. So today I'll be doing a review on this Maybelline Baby Skin Pore Eraser. This baby is a primer. I bought this primer for RM26.91 at Watsons Palm Mall Seremban. It's very cute and it has turquoise color. It comes with a transparent box. Instructions, ingredients and all details about this product is on the box. I'm gonna list down the details here down below.

INSTANTLY

On contact, translucent gel melts on skin and instantly erase pores, imperfections, lines and creases. Skin looks instantly transformed into a perfect smooth canvas.

 ALL DAY

 Skin is shine free, even and baby smooth. No burden to skin.

GUARANTEED

The secret? Cherry extracts, known for their antioxidant properties.

Ingredients:
DIMETHICONE, DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, STEARYL HEPTANOATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, SILICA SILYLATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAISOSTEARATE, PRUNUS CERASUS EXTRACT / BITTER CHERRY EXTRACT, [+/- MAY CONTAIN CI73360 / RED 30, CI 77492 / IRON OXIDES]. (F.I.L. B54240/1)

Instructions:
Apply all over face or on concerned areas. Suitable for all skin tones and types. Mistake proof. No mirror need. Does not clog pores. So light, you forget it's on.

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I have tried this on my face and applied it on my problematic areas which has open pores of course. Before I give my comments / reviews on this product, I wanna talk about the consistency of the product. I never bought any primer before because I usually prep my face using aloe vera gel or my Nano White Fresh moisturizer before makeup. So I do not know and never seen the consistency of liquid in primer. Well, the liquid in Maybelline Pore Eraser has the consistency of gel. Yea I know most of the primers has the consistency of foundation liquid thing and sometimes in cream. Right? This is the rare one product.

Ok now let's jump to my comments / reviews section. Honestly, I don't like the smell. It has a strong silicone smell. It is very greasy after I put it on my face and it became greasier when I applied my foundation. Well it says it can erase pores, but not for me. I still can see my open pores around my cheeks. For your information, I have combination skin but more to oily. I have open pores around my cheeks and on my forehead. I have whiteheads and blackheads too on my nose and around my mouth.

Maybe the product doesn't suits and tolerates well with my oily skin. Some of the reviews I've read, it is best for dry skin. Yea it's my fault for not doing a research before purchasing it in the first place.

So I think I'm going to let go this Maybelline Baby Skin Pore Eraser. If you happen to read my post here and interested to buy it from me, please leave your comments on the comments section down below or you can email me at zayyou07@gmail.com. And if you have Twitter account, you can follow me and DM me there to know more about this product personally. That's all for now. For the next post, I'll be doing a review on drugstore products which is Sendayu Tinggi (ST) primer, since now I am searching for the best primer. Happy Ramadhan Kareem to all Muslims. Happy fasting everyone!

Beauty Slang Terms You Need To Know

Halo selamat tengah hari. Hari ni rajin nak update mengenai Makeup Terms yang orang dok sebut-sebut tapi awak tak faham satu apa pun. Sekarang mana-mana MUA Malaysia suka guna makeup terms in English. Lagilah peningkan. Jadi, update kali ni sesuai sangat bagi beginner yang baru je berjinak-jinak dengan makeup/beauty. I hope these will help you to clear out your confusions. 

1. Eyes Area

Let's start with the word crease. Apa tu crease? Haa kalau guna Google translate maksudnya berkedut/lipatan. Tapi dalam makeup term ni di mana ayat crease tersebut di gunakan? Of course ler di bahagian mata. Crease ialah bahagian lipatan mata awak. 

This photo explains evvvverything. Some of the times, we start our eye makeup look by blending or applying the eye shadow on a crease. Macam I juga. I always start on my crease first and then my lid. But one thing you have to not forget, which is blend out the eye shadow on a crease. Jangan biarkan eye shadow bertompok, tebal or looking sharp on a crease. No girl! You look like someone punch you in a face. Rules  nombor satu dalam makeup ialah BLEND. Foundation kena blend. Contouring pun kena blend. Eye shadow lagi lah kena blend sebab kita berjumpa dengan orang guna mata. Kalau orang lain tengok mata awak yang eye shadow tak blend tu, boleh mengganggu fokus seseorang itu. Malah, nampak tak cantik. 

Kemudian, eyelid. Eyelid semua orang tahu tu apa. I explain the common things yang MUA selalu sebut ok, so the rest I just skip. Next is waterline. Awak akan confuse dengan 2 perkataan ini between waterline & lower lashline. OK. When it comes to waterline, you have to remember it is WET. Maknanya dia dekat garis mata yang basah tu. Simple je! Dan kalau lower lashline, obviously lah dekat garis bawah mata yang kering. 

Inner corner & outer corner awak akan selalu dengar di mana-mana makeup tutorial video. Biasanya inner corner ni MUA akan menggunakan brush yang kecil sahaja. Sebab apa? Sebab bahagian inner corner tu sangat kecil dan dalam so, brush yang kecil pun sudah memadai. And they use highlighter powder or shimmery powder on inner corner to lighten & brighten your eyes. For those who want to look natural with less makeup on, just put the highlighter on your inner corner. Awak akan nampak segar dan mata you berkilau sangat. Outer corner pula di bahagian luar kelopak mata. Kat mana tu? Boleh bayangkan tak? Ha atau pun di bahagian 'winged liner'. 

Tu dia winged liner iaitu garis celak yang bersayap atau senang nak bagi faham, yang tajam tuuh. Itu lah dia area outer corner. Tujuan letak eye shadow di bahagian outer corner ialah untuk menghasilkan efek smokey eye. Haaa. Dan untuk besarkan mata. Sesuailah untuk orang yang mata sepet atau mata redup.

2. Preloved & Swatch

Biasanya di laman Twitter @twt_kecantikan ada slot #prelovedtk untuk sesiapa yang nak jual/lepaskan barang yang telah digunakan pada orang lain. Itu maksudnya 'preloved'. Dan kebiasaannya sebab-sebab melepaskan barang tersebut terdiri daripada salah shade foundation, terlalu gelap/terlalu terang, tak sesuai dengan keadaan kulit; oily/dry/acne-prone dan etc. Swatch ni apa pula? Swatch is when you apply any liquid comes from foundation, lipstick or any beauty products on your skin. Tu dia swatch. Kalau orang cakap "Ive swatched this lipstick 2 times." Maksudnya dia dah guna sebanyak 2 kali sahaja. Simple as that kan? 

3. Dupe

Dupe is an abbreviation of duplicate. Contohnya Maybelline Fit Me Concealer selalu dikatakan oleh MUA atau vlogger YouTube sebagai 'dupe' kepada NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer.

Haa kesimpulannya, Maybelline concealer ni copy kepada NARS concealer. That's why some of the vloggers or MUAs like to compare these two because they look the same, also the texture of it kinda same. 

So, dapat apa-apa input daripada kelas hari ni? Haha. So today, I manage to explain only 3 terms to you. I will continue with another makeup or beauty terms on another day, in shaa Allah. TQ for reading. Baii. 

Review: Nature Republic Aloe Vera

Hello guys. Yap for the first time, baru nak buat review. So sorry for taking a lot of time to post. Okay so now, I'm going to review a Nature Republic Soothing & Moisture Aloe Vera 92%. I know some of you already know the benefits of the product. But I think I wanna share my experience using this product. And yup keep on reading!

I never tried or bought this product before. This was my sisters'. So, I think I just want to use a lil bit for me. At first, yeah it feels normal & nothing after I applied the gel on my skin. But I was surprised after I use it on my dry skin around my neck. It really works! My dry skin is getting better. 

Let me tell you the story the day I got dry patches around my neck. I was in my college that day. Dan......air paip di kolej sangat kotor. Macam air berkarat. It was normal for me. Biasalah duduk di Selangor memang selalu mengalami ketiadaan air or worse, air kotor. Kami, students, memang tak tau akan berlaku air kotor pada hari tersebut. Bangun-bangun je nak mandi, air berkarat. But we just took a shower despite of the dirty water. One of my housemates said she had dry patches on her face and she claimed that it was from the dirty water. But then, I realized I had dry patches too around my neck the next day. Banyak sangat. Merah-merah, bersisik, kering.....semuanya sebab air kotor tu. Tapi kat muka tak kena dry patches. Just around my neck. So masa tu baru tahu, kalau I allergic dengan benda-benda kotor, usually my neck will get dry patches or pimples. Muka jarang.

*taken from Google*

So I pun letak lah ubat sapu from Shaklee if I'm not mistaken, and let it do their work but it doesn't work at all. Then my housemate gave me her some kind of oil, argan oil if I'm not mistaken. It didn't work too. Pastu, I pun baliklah rumah for the weekend. At home, I saw this NR Aloe Vera in my fridge and I think I would like to try it. It worked like magic! Merah-merah macam dalam gambar tu dah takde! Kering bersisik dah hilang! Fuuhh. I was very happy it finally worked. 

Mula-mula I sapu gel tu around my problematic area at night then I went to bed. Dia dah getting better the next day. So I nampak positive reaction di situ, I kept applying the gel at night before I went to bed. In 2 days dah elok! My dry patches back to normal. Since then, I looooove this product. This is my holy grail.

Not only that. It really works to get rid of zits. Everytime there are new zits, I applied the gel on top of it. 

Look how my zits & scars faded. But my scars didn't fully faded. It takes time and depends on how frequent you apply the gel. Instead you can use any ubat jerawat or bio oil ke untuk parut fully faded. OK? Aloe vera ni membantu keringkan & kecutkan jerawat. Kalau untuk parut, for the first week dia dah start faded. Tapi dia tidak hilang sepenuhnya. So that's why I sarankan pakai macam bio oil terus.

Lagi apa ya benefits aloe vera ni? Ok lagi satu nak bagitahu. Last month, I had small cuts on my finger. It happens when I did my house chores. Tak silap I tengah bersihkan tandas rumah hahaha. Setel bersihkan toilet, I straight to the sink to wash the dishes. Tiba-tiba rasa macam pedih, sengat kat jari pehal tah. Bila godek-godek, terluka rupanya. Tak perasan lah kalau terkena benda tajam ke apa. And it was on my right hand. 

Then I put the aloe vera gel on top of it and let it be. Tapi untuk lebih berkesan, letak gel before going to bed. So that the gel can do their work while in a sleep. 

Dalam beberapa hari, luka semakin kering dan dia menggelupas sikit. Rupa dia sangat tak cantik masa ni sebab kulit sedang menggelupas. It looks dry. 

In a few days, you will get your own skin back. Just keep on applying the gel. Gebu gebas kulit kauuu. Kahkah

So that's it about my review on NR Aloe Vera 92%. Banyak sangat benda kita boleh buat dengan benda ni. You can use this product as your daily moisturizer. The texture of the gel is water based and it has matte finish after you apply it on the skin. And one thing you must know, you can use this product as your tinted moisturizer. Hari tu, I mixed the gel with my concealer. Make sure nisbah gel tu tak lebih, nanti terlalu dewy/moist. 

My advice is put the gel on a fridge. Bila nak taruk kat muka, sejuuk je rasa fresh. Dan of course, beli yang original from Nature Republic store. Kalau takde yang NR ni, The Face Shop pun ada. It's just, I never tried the gel from Face Shop. So I don't know whether it works the same as NR. 

Ok see you on the next post.