These days I find myself slowly shifting back to the comfort of liquid foundation but not before bringing you a review of this BB Cream that I loved during my fuss-free phase.

About that fuss-free phase, while the compact powder was the main focus I did revisit my BB Creams and used them like a base since it allows the powder foundation to adhere better. I was mainly using my Skin79 BB Creams until I dug up this Elisha Coy Diamond Shiny Pearl BB Cream and decided to give it a go.

It impressed me enough that I started using it more frequently and made room for it on my vanity. Most products that I'm trying out get a spot for a day or two and go back to cardboard boxes scattered around my room. Sad life cycle isn't it?

This Diamond Shiny Pearl I have was from a little set of 3, hence this is not the full size.

What attracted me most about this compared to the other two in the set was really just the name, Diamond Shiny Pearl and boy does this name reflect the product (no pun intended).

The product itself comes out a beige, leaning faintly on pink-toned, and feels creamy in texture. It doesn't feel runny but yet it isn't thick at the same time. It blends and smooths over the skin like butter and has a slight stick after blending out, typical of most BB Creams.

One thing I noticed while cropping the image below is this BB Cream actually has very sparse and faint shimmer particles in it. It doesn't show up on your face when you apply it though, fret not. Like I said, I just realized!

The BB Cream is swatched on the right in the above image and I'd say the whitish cast could be the effect of SPF and camera flash not being on good terms.

COVERAGE
I would rank it about a medium in terms of coverage and that's considerably high in the bb cream world. Prior to this I was using Skin79's VIP and that has close to 0 coverage so this was a pleasant surprise.

There was one point inwhich I started to set this BB Cream with translucent powder (what I normally use for liquid foundation) instead of my compact powder because I didn't need that extra coverage.

Here's a photo of one of those days:

Before you raise the 'neck and face color' red flag, hear me out!

PRODUCT SHADE
One slight downside for this is that the shade just barely fits me. If I went under the sun and got a smidgen darker then I would not be able to wear this. Upon initial application (like above) the BB Cream tends to look a bit pale and off on me but after giving it awhile it does tone down and match my skintone. Oxidation maybe?

Either ways I've checked myself when out in various lightings and it doesn't look like I have that obvious foundation line taboo, so that's good.

Fairer ladies probably wouldn't have to worry about this, if you are a MAC NC30 you're in a grey area and if you're darker then it might be too fair on.

PEARLESCENT GLOW
One thing I absolutely love about this, aside from the coverage is that pearlescent effect. It really does brighten the skin once applied and not quite in a way that makes you fairer but just more radiant and glowy but not quite dewy?

If I could compare it to anything I'd say it's the idea of Lancôme's Teint Miracle about a glow but on the pearlescent side. I wore this out and had been asked twice (by relatives and friends) what skincare I was using because my complexion seemed brighter and fairer.

That calls for a mental shout of "score!" if fair and brighter complexion is what you are going for.

HOW IT WEARS
The BB Cream helps to control oil and shine pretty well but nothing miraculous. I still blotted my face every 4 hours or so because it feels oily to the touch but one plus point is that it doesn't look too oily. That might also be attributed to the product already having a glow and shine on its own so maybe it's hard to tell one from the other?

Here's a shot of how it looks after 6 hours of wear without blotting.

You can see the oilies making an appearance most prominently on my nose and forehead.

After blotting, this is how it looks, everything seems good as new... almost.

Impressively the coverage and even-ness of the BB Cream stayed intact after blotting and the only signs of wear would be around the nose. In comparison to the cheek area, the nose seems to be duller and not have that pearlescent effect because the BB Cream has worn out there. I find it's quite normal for foundation to disappear on my nose at about the 4 hour mark.

SCENT
Scent-wise it reminds me of Skin79's offerings, that hard-to-place scent but yet is pleasant and not overpowering on.

In conclusion.

Overall, I found myself really liking this Elisha Coy Diamond Shiny Pearl BB Cream because it seems to have more coverage then the average BB Cream out there and the pearlescent effect is also a nice change from the norm of dewy BB Creams. Anything that covers well and does not make me feel oilier quicker then I should is considered good in my books. On top of that, the creamy texture and lovely pearl finish makes me recommend checking this one out if you're into BB Creams.

But that's it, I've heard that Elisha Coy is available at John Little so I'll have to go hunting. Since I'm almost out of this lttle tube I'm considering of getting the full size if it's available.

Thanks for reading!

Disclosure:
Products were provided to me for review consideration.
I am not affiliated to them and all opinions expressed are my own.

A few days back I had attended a Skin79 workshop. I was invited by Pearlin and the event was held at The Icing Room, 313 Orchard branch. The venue/layout of the shop and the brand was pretty much a perfect girly tea-party match.

I have talked about Skin79 on my blog before, when I attended a preview session organized by StarAsia (distributor of Skin79) a few months back.

Skin79, is a leading Korean BB Cream brand and is ranked number 1 in sales in Taiwan, Japan and of course Korea itself. They carry different ranges of BB Creams and products, each range differing in product ingredients to meet different needs.

If you are not too sure what a BB Cream is, refer to this introductory post.

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This time around, we were invited to preview a specific Skin79 product range -
the Diamond Collection I & II

What is the difference between this range and their other ranges? Well as mentioned, Skin79 ranges differ primarily in their ingredients.

The Diamond Collection contains ingredients like Diamond Powder, Jewel Complex powder consisting of ruby, amethyst, coral, tourmalin and pearl. All these are meant to brighten the complexion, sooth and soften the skin, promote blood circulation amongst other benefits. One key ingredient I did like the sound of was Pearl, which is meant to revitalize dull complexions. Sounds promising, yes?

But it does not stop there. The Diamond Collection is divided into 2 collections.

The Diamond I Collection

The products in the light baby pink packaging are from the Diamond I Collection.

The Diamond II Collection

The products in a darker hot pink packaging are from the Diamond II Collection.

Both collections contain the ingredients mentioned above. The main difference is the Diamond II Collection is an upgraded formula that contains an extra ingredient - Flora Bouquet Complex. This Complex is a mixture of Peach Blossoms, Orange Blossoms and other extracts. It is meant to protect and further sooth the skin. The price range in the Diamond II Collection is slightly upgraded as well.

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I had played around with some of the Diamond Collection products (amongst others) at the Skin79 event I had attended earlier. You can read some initial observations and such on this entry. During this particular workshop I managed to reswatch some of the products and take photos of those I did not play around with earlier.

Diamond Collection Luminous Pearl BB Cream

I had swatched this before and remember it as a product I intend to get my hands on in future. It does not work as an all-over BB Cream, unless you're going for that disco ball effect! This product contains a good amount of sheen and shimmer, perfect for highlighting purposes. The brush applicator is also detachable for cleansing - thus making this product very sanitary.

Diamond Collection Star Glow Ball Powder

I did not swatch this product at the event purely because it looked shimmer-scary but what I know is the different colored balls don't show up multi-colored on your face. Phew to that! It all blends together to form a very pretty (and shimmery) luminescent pearl shade. The different colors make it slightly multi-dimensional with the pink helping to brighten up the skintone etc.

Diamond Collection Perfect Cover BB Concealer

This product is a concealer with skincare properties, like whitening benefits. So when you conceal acne scars, you are lightening them at the same time. The major downside is, as you can see, this only comes in one rather limited shade. There are two colors in the palette, meant for you to mix them to your ideal skintone however both shades are pretty light. I do however like the consistency of it. It's uber creamy when swatched but smooths out to a nice powdery finish, not sticky at all.

Diamond Collection All Day Sun Powder

I have mentioned this product before and I am actually taking a liking for it. It is pretty much a loose setting powder jam-packed with SPF protection (SPF30 PA ++), perfect for those who like me don't like how sunblock feels but still want sun protection. I did not swatch it the last time, but doing so now, this powder has a slight pinkish hue. It does not have glitter, that stray glimmer you see was from something else. It has an extremely minor shimmer to it, almost un-noticeable. This would work on medium to fair skintones but on darker skintones it might leave that dreaded white cast as it's not completely translucent.

If loose powders aren't your thing, you would be glad to know Skin79 carries a pressed version of sun protection.

Diamond Collection UV Perfect BB Pact

Equipped with an SPF value of 30PA ++, this pressed powder from the Diamond II Range helps protect you from the sun while setting your BB Cream. I never did swatch this so I do now know if it swatches more pink or beige. However you can find out about how their other compacts react in my earlier swatchfest!

To finish up the briefing section, we were informed that Skin79 is currently having an offer for their Hot Pink and VIP Gold range. In each bundle you get the Beblesh Balm along with it's complimenting Powder Pact for a promotional price.

Here are the prices for the Diamond Collection products (SGD - retail prices at Watsons):

Diamond I The Prestige Beblesh Balm - SGD39.90
Diamond I Star Glow Ball Powder - SGD39.90
Diamond I UV Screen Beblesh Pact SPF22 PA ++ - SGD39.90
Diamond I Luminous Pearl Beblesh Balm - SGD35.90

Diamond II Crystal Pearl BB Cream - SGD42.90
Diamond II UV Perfect BB Pact, SPF30 PA ++ - SGD43.90
Diamond II Perfect Cover BB Concealer - SGD39.90
Diamond II All-Day Sun Powder SPF30 PA ++ - SGD39.90

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Since we were at The Icing Room, of course there were bound to be cakes and all that yummy confectionary.

Sometime into the session, we were provided with ingredients to decorate our own little muffins. This also brought about a impromptu Best Muffin Decoration contest.

Cupcake decorating or photo-snapping under way

This is the aftermath of the cupcake decorating session, remember how the icing bundles came nicely arranged from before?

This is my final muffin design along with the other muffin designs for the judging session - I have no idea what the design is about, I just let the icing and my hands do the job. ha.

I totally was not expecting it but somehow I managed to get the impromptu Best Muffin Design though everyone's muffins were really pretty too. Turns out decorating a muffin isn't as simple as it seems!

Thanks StarAsia for the super cute tiara prize! The one on my head is the prize, not the one I'm holding. That one is the resident crown of Skin79.

And here are some more photos from the event

Tiphanie and I

Tiphanie, Joyce and I

Christy and Chantana

We all left the place with a goodie bag in tow filled with some products from the Diamond Collection.

We were given the:
• Prestige Beblesh Balm - I was super excited about this. I had listed this in my wishlist from before and I'm glad I got it now :D
• Star Glow Ball Powder
• Pefect Cover BB Concealer - I'll try this out once but I'm presuming it's really light for me to do anything with it. Would probably end up passing it to my mom since she's fairer then I am.

Since I had featured these products from before I shan't do individual shots and flood this entry more. I still haven't gotten a review of the Hot Pink Beblesh Balm up yet, but that is coming soon, I promise!

Thanks for reading and thank you Skin79 for the lovely evening.

Disclaimer:
Sadly I do not own all the products mentioned here, goodie bag and yummy cakes were provided.
I am not getting paid for this and all opinions expressed are my own, I am not affiliated to Skin79.

This is part 2 of the Skin79 Dinner Party and Product Launch event. In this part I will primarily be talking about the products I had played around with at the event - beware it's going to be quite long and picture heavy. Head over to part 1 if you haven't to find out more about Skin79, what happened at the event and some preliminary findings about the goodie bag items!

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This was the army of products we were presented with at the event.

To date Skin79 has more than 100 different products available, however StarAsia Singapore (the brand bringing in Skin79) aren't going to launch the entire range just yet. I believe what you see above would be the first batch of items to be brought in.

We were told that the price for Skin79's products at Watsons will be similar to how much it costs over in Korea (after conversion and all). Thus no worries about overly jacked up prices. I do have prices of several products on hand but Mag (makeupstash) has provided a rather complete price list so you may hop over to check it out.

We were given a disc with all the information about pricing and product descriptions but apparently that disc isn't Mac-friendly - thus I can't read the info on there.

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I'll start off this swatchfest with something that is unique to Skin79.

Aside from just offering BB Cream, Skin79 also promotes complimenting compact powders (powder pact). As BB Cream is a cream-type product, to ensure it stays on longer and to prevent it from melting off (especially in this heat), it's best to set it with a powder. True to the brand image, Skin79's compact powders all look very girly and chic - see for yourselves!

Of course you can mix and match compact powders and BB Creams from different ranges, the complimenting factor is just a guide.

A quick overview of all their compact powders

• Powder feels finely milled in all compacts, very soft and velvety feeling.

• When used alone, these powders have little to no coverage or color

• When layered over a BB Cream, that's when you can really detect the product and it seems to lend a bit of coverage that way along with a slight tint of color.

• These compact powders are not 2-way cake foundations, they do not offer as much coverage.

Hot Pink Sun Protect BB Pact SPF30 PA ++

One thing I noticed about this powder was that amongst all swatched, this one actually turned a little pinkish on my skin after a little while. The bright pink compact was quite attractive for a lot of girls at the event and the high spf factor is a boost.
Price: S$35.90

Hologram Pearl Pact BB (VIP Gold Collection)

The shape of this compact reminds me of MAC's sheer mystery powder compacts (think: Baroque Boudoir & Monogram) but not as heavy weight. It does reflect the whole VIP status. Though this is one compact I will never think to purchase because it is littered with shimmer! It didn't turn pinkish on me though.

Probably a good body powder product for clubbers, performers (dancers), or just events where you want some bling. I can't imagine who would use this as a face powder on a regular basis. The reason for the shimmer according to Lorraine is to give the skin some glow since the VIP range is for Dry/Combination skin. But I think glow and shimmer are two pretty different terms!
Price: S$35.90

Diamond BB UV Screen BB Pact SPF 22 PA++

I didn't swatch all the compact powders but this is probably my favorite because it was the most natural color to my skintone. It didn't turn pinkish on me and it's a nice soft natural shade. Doesn't provide a sheen or a matte finish, just a very natural 'skin' finish. The silver sponge that comes along with it is also very adorable.
Price: uncertain

The Oriental Smooth Sun BB Pact SPF25 PA++

This is from Skin79's The Oriental range which is supposedly a range targeted at mature skin though the Powder pact itself has no mention of that, the skincare line does. But anyway, this compact does turn slightly pink on my skin though it is very slight (not as much as the Hot Pink compact). Personal preference, but I didn't really like the cover of the compact, felt that it seemed a little bulky.
Price: S$35.90

There was one more compact powder but I didn't swatch it. My best advise would be if the Watsons counters provide testers *I'm guessing they do?* try to swatch the powder on your arm (preferrably over a BB Cream) and walk around for awhile to see if they do turn pinkish or stay true to your skintone.

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Next up I just swatched some various other products they had including other BB Creams and some skincare items. Sadly I didn't manage to swatch everything that was available, but here is what I covered:

Dream Girls BB Cream SPF30 PA++

This product was recommended for teenagers primarily because of it's light coverage. Of course, don't let the age get in the way. If you're looking for a tinted moisturizer type thing and you're a fan of BB Creams, this might be good for you. The coverage is only enough to even out the skintone, and the formula is probably the most liquid BB Cream I've ever swatched.
Price: S$26.90

Diamond Collection Luminous Pearl BB Cream

I highly advise against using this BB Cream over your entire face. This product packs a pearlescent sheen and slight shimmer to it. When used all over it might be too much and give that greasy effect. However when used strategically as a highlight (above the cheekbone), the sheen it provides would give an amazing luminescent glow to the face. Pictures really don't do the swatch justice at all, this product is amazing and the brush applicator is really soft!
Price: S$35.90

Diamond Collection The Prestige BB Cream

Now this is a BB Cream you may use all over the face, and while the swatches makes it seem like there are shimmer particles, I don't remember there being any. This BB Cream gives a satin finish with a super gorgeous sheen. The sheen is obvious in the 'blended out' swatch picture. I can't describe it but it's not a dewy sheen, nor is it a highlighted shimmer. It's just that sort of evened-out sheen that gives your face dimension, super pretty!
Price: S$39.90

Intense Classic Balm SPF35 PA ++

The swatch picture for this didn't turn out good so you'll just have to trust me on this one. This BB Cream is from their 'Treatment' line hence the slightly different and more toned down 'kiehls-styled' look. This contains plant extracts and all to sooth the skin while concealing at the same time. Yes, concealing, which means this BB Cream actually provides pretty good coverage! I tried demonstrating it, covering this wound of mine, but the picture came out blah. This can also be used for spot concealing, since it treats while it covers, 2 in one! This (I think) is also one of their cheaper BB Cream ranges.
Price: S$26.90

So far that's all the BB Creams I have covered with my swatch session, now a couple of skincare items

All Day Sun Powder SPF30 PA ++

I did not swatch the powder so I am not sure how that feels, but I like the idea of this product. It's pretty much like sunscreen in powder form. I dislike wearing sunscreen as it seems very heavy on and often times sticky and thick, so this product sounds like a pretty good alternative to traditional sunscreen.

The Oriental Lifting Eye Controller

This is simply said, an eyecream. I don't know how well it works, but I am quite fascinated by the way it dispenses; You hold it up against your undereye and press down on it and you get a blob on your undereye. No need to squeeze it on your fingers before applying it to your eye. Though you have to be cautious and control your pressing strength else you might get way too much. I don't know how effective it is, but it felt quite moisturizing on and had a nice scent. It could be a little greasy-feeling for some people though. The texture is like a cross between gel and cream.
Price: S$26.90

The Oriental Total Power Cream

This is an anti-aging cream and one thing from the The Oriental line I would say might not be suited for people with younger skin. Mainly because it is very rich, and slightly greasy. People will mature skin or dry skin will appreciate this product a lot more. One thing I noticed is that it has an odd scent to it. A mix between a scent common with The Oriental series along with a waxy-almost scent? I didn't really like it.
Price: S$32.90

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And that is everything I managed to swatch! This entry must have gone on forever. Just to sum it all up, here are some products that made it to my wishlist after the swatchfest.

Now this is provided I don't break out from the BB Creams.

I have only tested it out once thus far, the Hot Pink one, I'll post initial opinions and such maybe mid-week when I find some time. I have read reviews where some people say they don't break out from Skin79 though they break out from other BB Creams. I hope I am one of those exceptions since I do love the concept of Skin79 products - the whole look and feel of the brand and the way the products work.

But of course BB Creams often boil down to what works best for your skintype, I found this rather informative chart off of Skin79's Facebook page.
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Once more if you didn't catch it the first time,
Skin79 will be launching in Watsons on the 26th of April!
It will be in 40 Watsons outlets. Some sure locations are Ngee Ann City, Parkway Parade and Bugis.

Thank you all so much for reading this insanely long post, hope it helped some of you!

Disclaimer:
Sadly I do not own the products mentioned in this entry - yet!
I am not getting paid for this and all opinions expressed are my own, I am not affiliated to Skin79.

Skin79 is a Korean BB Cream brand that I am pretty certain majority of my readers have heard of, including a good handful who are familiar with it. If you are not too well-versed with the brand, fret not, that was exactly where I stood before attending this product launch.

I have heard of the brand Skin79 and have briefly browsed their products online, but I am not very familiar with what they have and their history. It's no surprise since they are a BB cream brand and I had reported that a prior experience with BB Cream (namely Rojukiss BB Cream) has left me nothing but a negative impression of the BB family. However I am wiling to try and see if that impression will change with Skin79.

After all, Skin79 is a highly raved and sought after BB Cream brand, ranking No. 1 in sales in not only Korea but also Japan and Taiwan! Talk about impressive.
Here are some little tidbits about BB Cream and also Skin79, if you aren't too familiar with either or want to find out more.
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One unique selling point of Skin79 that sets it apart from it's BB Cream brand competitors would be: Skin79 carries a wide range of BB Creams to cater to many different skin types and needs.

This is a quote from Damien, who is a Chief Operating Office at StarAsia Singapore, the company that brought Skin79 to our shores.

So regardless your preference be it shimmery, dewy, natural, full coverage, light coverage etc, Skin79 has different BB Creams to cater to those different preferences! I know this sounds right out of an infomercial script, but I kid you not, they do have a variety of BB Creams to choose from.

As with all BB Creams, these (sadly) only come in one shade and might not be suitable with certain skintones (namely MAC NC/NW 40 and darker). Someone should come up with darker BB Cream tones too, now that would be revolutionary.

At the product sampling event we got to play around with a good number of their products - swatching and snapping photos. I will be posting swatches, initial opinions/findings of the products we had played around with in a seperate blog entry, so as not to plonk on too much information and make this entry way long.

In the meantime, here is coverage on the event and of course the lovely goodie bags we received.

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The Dinner Party event was held at Essential Brew, a restaurant in Holland Village (right beside The Body Shop, for reference). We were being ushered into this private room upon arrival. The room had also been decorated with helium-filled ballons to create a girly and decked up feel the Skin79 brand has, it's definitely paying attention to brand image here!

There was also a little 'center piece' or rather display of the Skin79 products:

As dinner commenced, Lorraine (Brand Manager of StarAsia Singapore) talked to us about the brand Skin79, along with product information and all. She also helped answer our questions throughout the entire session.

(and that's Damien right there on the left!)

Since this is a Dinner Party, how can we not feature some food along with the blog entry?
This is the menu we were presented with once we had settled down, we were asked to pick our desired main course from the list.

Our starters. These were shared dishes and the baby potatoes (the center dish) were so good!

My main course - Cajun Dory.
The fish was really nice. The rice wasn't too bad but the sauce on the rice was quite.. unique (for lack of better word). It was sweet and that was just a bit odd.

But that is it for food. We destroyed the dessert the minute it arrived, didn't take photos of that.

Back to the makeup....
As I said this session was pretty relaxed and fun, we sat around and chatted while having dinner and swatching makeup at the same time. I forgot to mention earlier but some of the bloggers present were: Chantana, Joyce, Mag, Iris, Tiphanie, Clara and Christy. It was awesome meeting up with familiar faces again! There were 10 bloggers in total, but I didn't recognize everyone.

The following are just photos of us swatching and playing around, or doing our 'job' I suppose.

I sat closest to Chantana and Joyce so we ooh-ed and aah-ed at stuff together. Mag came over to chat and Clara (who sadly left early) sat close by us so we had little photo-ops together.

Joyce looks so cute here!

And here is a super cute photo of Chantana. We were joking about how much we loved the products and that we wanted to bring them home.

She didn't take anything of course! But it's a super cute shot.
Chantana has tons more fun shots from the event, I didn't take that many since it was hard to self-cam in the dim lighting (results in blurry photos). Can't wait to see her post, I'm sure to be snagging some photos for my facebook page.

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As wth most events, we left with a goodie bag in tow!

I know this entry is getting way long, I'll get this part done with quick. Imagine if I put in the mad swatching session we did at the resturant. It would take you a year to finish this blog entry (I exaggerate...).

With the goodie bag we received two full sized BB Creams:

VIP Gold Super Plus Beblesh Balm - dry/combination skin ($36.90)

Hot Pink Super Plus Beblesh Balm Triple Functions - oily/combination ($36.90)
And yes! Jolin Tsai is going to be Skin79's celebrity ambassador.

I would want to rave about how cute the packaging is but I'm sure you all have noticed how pretty and quirky the packaging is. It almost looks like a soda can to me!

Lorraine reports that the Hot Pink seems to sell better then the VIP Gold BB Cream. Aside from the pink packaging being generally more attractive to girls, I can understand why the Pink one might sell better. First off, the skin type would be the main reason since I assume most Asians in this region tend to have oilier skin then dry skin?

Following that, I did a little swatch documentation of both BB Creams, though I don't know what for since on camera it looks indifferent.

I have found that the consistency of VIP Gold is a little thicker then Hot Pink. Hot Pink feels almost wet, not watery but smoother and easier to thin out. VIP Gold isn't a lot thicker, but it doesn't feel as 'wet' as Hot Pink is. Hot Pink might be easier to blend out and use on a daily basis. VIP Gold is said to be a more intensive version of Hot Pink, hence the minor thickness.

Here's how they both look completely spreaded out. I can't judge the coverage since I have nothing to cover on my arm. I'll leave that for next time.

This is going to sound insane since you can't really see a difference in the photo (click to enlarge, the quality is better) but Hot Pink gives the skin a nice reflective sheen. Not very obvious but it does have a slight natural look. Almost MUFE HD Foundation-esque.
VIP Gold on the other hand provides a satin almost-matte finish.

I guess you could consider those mini reviews! Speaking of mini, within the goodie bag we were also given a little travel size BB Cream along with a cute charm.

Each charm was customized to match our initials and mine was an 'S', S for Sara!

Bling bling!

I am pretty excited to try these BB Creams out, they feel nice when swatched on my arm and they have a nice scent too. Never thought I would be this excited about applying foundation.
But anyway that would be it. Phew~ That was quite a long post!

I don't think I've mentioned this all important detail yet!
Skin79 will be launching in Watsons on the 26th of April!
It will be in 40 Watsons outlets. Some sure locations are Ngee Ann City, Parkway Parade and Bugis.

Thank you so very much for reading! Head on over to Part 2 where I feature swatches, opinions/feedback on texture and all that jazz of more Skin79 products we managed to play around with at the event.

Disclaimer:
The yummilicious dinner and goodie bag were sponsored by Skin79.
I am certainly not getting paid for this and all opinions expressed are my own.

This is another sort of survey segment I am adding to my blog. It would be filed in the same category as the polls, for those who are particular about filing (as I am, lol). I am often very interested in hearing different opinions about a certain matter and while polls are good and direct, I am never great at listing options. I will still have polls, but I feel these discussion sort of stuff gives you more freedom to share. So with that intro done, let's get to it.

What do you think about BB Creams?
Love them, hate them, don't get the hype? If you do love using them do you have any brands to recommend and which ones to steer clear off?

Photo credit: http://kimoko.livejournal.com

My say:
I personally haven't had positive experiences with BB Creams thus far. I have tried it a couple of times and I close to always get some sort of irritation and slight break out from it. I can get away with wearing it once every week maybe but more then that, my skin would definitely start to rebel. Due to the hype I am still interested in the product though sadly it might not be compatible with my skin.

Side info: I was chatting with Mel about BB Creams and she mentioned that some BB Creams contains Marine Collagen which some people are allergic to. People allergic to Marine Collagen are also said to be allergic to shellfish. While I am not exactly allergic to shellfish, I can't eat too much of them - especially prawns (because of my eczema). So for other people who break out from it too, this could possibly be one of the reasons - not the only one though!

Edit// Has the term 'Your Say' been used by a fellow onsugarette yet? I find it so familiar, but I tried searching around and noone has it yet. If anyone knows of anyone who has used it before, let me know and I'll change it!

So as mentioned in the Collective Christmas Haul - Part 1 entry, how I am affording all these stuff would be because my relatives had given me some Christmas Money since they didn't know what to get me. I mean, it is practical enough to give people cash if you don't know what to get them. Maybe not the most traditional, but I'd rather this then get another bag of socks or underwear or whatever.
You know... aunts.

So, anyway, this 'Part 2' thing wasn't initially part of the plan as what I had done with the money my relatives gave was split it in half.
One half to get makeup (as seen in Part 1) and the other half to get any other miscellaneous item I wanted such as clothing or whatever.
After hunting through a few malls, I've managed to pick up a beanie at F21 and also a new skirt from Pull And Bear, but that was about it.
I literally had nothing to get anymore because I'm honestly not too big on shopping for clothes. I feel my wardrobe is as crammed as it is, even if my boyfriend keeps urging me to get more clothes and be normal.
Apparently spending on makeup seems adnormal to him. But in the end, I decided to use the remaining cash to get some more makeup, since that is totally what I need right now. Ha!

Here's an overview and a link to the Haul video is at the bottom of the entry.
Also, some of the stuff pictured here were not mentioned in the haul because I conveniently placed them elsewhere and forgot about them.

L-R: Clinelle Moisture Glow, Clinelle Eye Bright, Clinelle Eye & Lip Makeup Remover

LA Girl Blushes (name of colors mentioned in video)

L-R: Sanctuary Eye Gel, Optrex Eye Drops (I accidentally photographed this twice, so you will see it again, but it's the same one)

L-R: Canmake Clear Mascara, Canmake Lash Essence, Canmake Brow Liquid

L-R: Pore Putty Pressed Powder, Pore Putty Concealer
These weren't mentioned in the video

L-R: Maybelline Mascara, L'oreal Lipgloss, Canmake Lip Concealers

L-R: LA Girl Varnish in French Kiss, Sally Hanson Varnish in First Blush, Revlon Varnish (forgot the color, mentioned in video)

L'oreal Makeup Removing Stuffies.

L-R: Rojukiss BB Cream (Not mentioned in video), Witch Cleansing Wipes

Makeup Sponges. (same eyedrop as before)

LA Girl Liners (colors mentioned in the video)

Quick swatch of the LA Girl Liners.

So, here's the link to the haul video:
SEE// Collective Christmas Haul - Part 2

So that's it,
if you wish for me to request anything, simply just drop me a comment and give me a bit of time ;)
Thanks for reading!

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