Colour me cute!

My skin has been looking awful lately, so I went to the local drugstore and had a very nice lady help me a lot. (Well, actually I went there to get some stuff a friend wanted and to stock up for the last time, as tomorrow is my last day in Japan - for a while. Definitely coming back!) I'm one of those people who get break-outs on their cheeks and chin area, which the nice lady said is stress and hormones. She measured my skin's hydration level again and it was very low this time. I probably over-cleaned my skin when the first pimple showed up some weeks ago, and didn't moisturize properly because the last check showed I was fine without using moisturizer. Uh, well. Actually, this describes my skin's state pretty well, and also sums up what the lady at the counter said. After like half an hour of discussing matters with the SA and fighting with myself, I bought the Sekkisei 25th Anniversary trial kit and a Kosé moisturizer that smells nearly the same as Sekkisei do...

Do you sometimes have cosmetic products where the smell appeals to you so much you wish you had it as a perfume? I really like Ichikami's shampoo and conditioner's smell. I also love Kose's Sekkisei's smell. And Missha's Perfect Cover BB Cream smells heavenly! ... In fact, it smells just like The Body Shop's Sakura fragrance. O_o That's right! I went down out shopping for a bit tonight after I had finished one of the bazillion reports I have to hand it, and I landed in a Body Shop store and tested the Sakura perfume just for fun. It reminded me of the fact that I had wanted to buy it ages ago, and when the inital smell faded a bit, it absolutely started smelling like the BB Cream! I will totally buy this when I'm back in Germany, just not now, because I already have enough stuff to carry home with the Japan-exclusive cosmetics. Do you have any product you'd wish the smell also came as perfume? Maybe not even cosmetics, maybe the smell of your favouri...

Wow, I have a row today! Just wanted to update you guys on some things I mentioned in earlier posts: 1. I still like Missha's BB cream a lot, but I feel like it's a bit too heavy for summer and makes my face look a bit shiny. So I guess since my skin has been looking better lately and I probably won't need full coverage anymore (yeah! Wish me luck it stays that way!!!), I might just switch to concealer and mineral powder once I get back to Germany. Why then? Because I'm having my eyes on a concealer and powder by some natural cosmetics brand from Germany. If you wanna check them out (do I actually have German readers?), they're called Alverde . I might use BB cream again in winter, I guess, or switch to Alverde's cream make -up. 2. As I said, my skin has been looking better lately. I still get nasty break-outs, probably due to the weather (Japan is really hot and humid >___ 3. I really do love Sekkisei's sun lotion, but it does get too heavy for me in sum...

Another eye shadow from Kosé I'd like to review is from Fasio. I actually got this because I wanted something green for my hazel eyes, in hope it would bring out the green in my iris, instead of the usual gold/beige or purple I'm wearing. Plus, Fasio was 20% off at my favourite drugstore. I am actually glad I didn't pay full price for this. Stupid as I was, I thought I could pull of a matte eye colour, which I'm really not good at. Must be my (non-existent) make-up skills or my actual type, but I look better in shimmer. (Maybe because the texture forgives mistakes more easily.) Anyway, as you can see in the swatch (sorry, the light in my room is horrible), the top colour, a yellow in the palette, doesn't really show up, neither with a brush nor the applicator. That's fine, it's only the base, but I am used to uncoloured shimmer bases which have the task of providing shimmer instead of colour, not to no colour no shimmer bases. (It does look kinda shimmery in...

I've been doing a lot of shopping in Japan lately (because I'm going home soon ;__;) and will try to review everything I bought in the next few weeks. Some things need a bit more testing, and I am also quite busy with exams and packing and so on. Anyway, PJ has written about Visée's fall collection for this year in her blog , and has expressed her interest in the new eye shadow palettes, so I will review this item first. You can see a picture of all palettes on their website, http://www.visee.jp/ , if you click on "New Items". Mine is the pinkish one on the very left. The packaging looks very nice, although the case is made of plastic, after all. The shadows have a floral design, too, but of course this one gets destroyed soon as you start using them. The regular price is 1.800 Yen, as listed on the site, but I got mine for 1.100 on a new release discount, I guess. Whereas I really prefer shimmery and sheer colours over matte, intense ones (which is why I didn...

Why does Kosé have all the stars I like for their CMs? First Kuraki Mai, then Matsumoto Jun, and now Sato Takeru! (And yes, guys advertise women's make-up. Don't ask.)

When I first browsed a Japanese drugstore, I came across very beautiful cosmetics and very friendly shop assistants. So now, every week when I'm done teaching German in Harajuku, I stop by at this huge drugstore-like place called Ainz&Tulpe (German?). - tons of lip stuff, e.g. a honey gloss by Majolica Majorca, some other honey-based lipgloss and gloss stick with apple and strawberry flavour respectively etc. - an eyeshadow palette in browns by Shiseido - a foundation by Kao - a mascara by Majolica Majorca (which looks super natural) - the latest mascara by Kosé because of MatsuJun (this one looks rather bold on the eyes) - pressed powder in a really cute box by Majolica Majorca - duo eyeshadow pink/purple by Lavshuca - eye pencil in gold by Shiseido I am tempted to buy more (going shopping after baito is maybe not my best idea ^^;). At the moment, I really want those: - another duo eyeshadow gold/purple by Lavshuca (the colours are super gorgeous, but 1.300 for a duo eyeshadow...