Some Thoughts and Babbblings Japan, Korea, and Beauty Abroad

I know one or two of you expressed a dislike for Asian product reviews but this blog is made up of alot of different things one of which would be Asian and Beauty Abroad products. Since my reader base has such a large Asian following I do believe that many of my lovely Asian visitors enjoy reading about brand new products available in their country. On top of this my blog got it's start off because of an Asian readership following so I will continue to bring many Asian product reviews to you and when possible tell you the best way to get them.

I've already written a Japanese Online Shopping Guide and a JPmon Tutorial explaining how to purchase different brands available in Japan. I get daily emails and comments asking where to get Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, and other such brands in your local stores and the answer is you probably can't unless you live in a city that is either dominated with an Asian population or has a strong Asian community. Chances are you're not going to walk down to the supermarket and ask where you can purchase some Bird Nest (good for not only your health but your skin as well), Pearl Powder or a KATE palette.

My skin care regime and much of my product application normally follows a somewhat Asian take as well. Yes, I do whiten my skin. Yes, I do keep out of the sun and wear crazy amounts of SPF. In regards to how to whiten your skin I've already written a tutorial about it that you can see here. If you'd like further information about whitening your skin please e-mail as you've been doing and I'll explain further products that can be used. Quite a few base products can be found in local Asian drugstores if you have access that can be used to lighten, brighten, and whiten skin so the trouble of locating the products is simpler than you may think. I get so many e-mails asking me about the process I thought I'd just re-mention about my prior post.

On the topic of products and brands....I have a few friends scattered around this little world who kindly CP for me. CP standing for Custom Purchase, meaning they purchase an item for me and I pay them or I send them something they'd like in return. If you don't have friends that live abroad that shouldn't be a problem. Simply join MUA (Make Up Alley) and make some friends....Ask around kindly to see who might live where and if they might be willing to purchase an item for you and return the favor or pay them via paypal. Join forums! There are many great makeup forums scattered around the Internet with many kind people who can help with CP's if you ask them nicely and offer a favor in return. Start a blog and visit other blogs










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The Body Shop Teal Tree Oil Blackhead Minimizing Mask Review

The Body Shop Teal Tree Oil Blackhead Minimizing Mask is a green mask made with tea tree oil which is known to combat oily skin. The mask is used to unclog pores and helps prevent blacks while controlling shine.

It's recommend you smear the mask on, let it sit for 15 minutes, and peel off. I purchased this to use on my nose as I read on MUA it was some sort of miracle worker for removing blackheads.

Umm nope.

The mask is a wet white silicon mask that turns a light shade of green when in contact with your skin. Once on it just feels like a cold, wet, gooey mess. Once it dries it doesn't quite "peel off" so you're left rubbing it off

Tarte Indelible Wink Review

Tarte's Indelible Wink has been around a while in a standard black color however for Fall Tarte has introduced a new Plum shade that's quite sexy for a smoked eye look!

Our liquid liner & shadow set is sure to make you feel like a vixen. Maybe you’ll play it safe with a sleek, budgeproof line or go a little edgy with a smudged, sexified look.

Line ‘em and leave ‘em in 5 seconds flat.

How the get that indelible wink (and keep ‘em coming back for more):
1. Starting at the inner corner of the eye, line your upper lid with the liquid liner—keeping the liner tip as close to the lashline as possible.
2. Using the powder liner tip, gently retrace over the liquid liner—this will smooth, set and blend the line.

Color Descriptions:
Black: True black liquid liner and matching matte shadow
Charcoal: Charcoal grey liquid liner and matching matte shadow
Brown: Deep brown liquid liner and matching matte shadow
Plum: Deep purple liquid liner and matching matte shadow

It's important to know that so far on our quest for the best concealer I've only reviewed mediocre concealers.

Some were good, some were ok, but none were great.

Until now anyway.

You want great you should reach for Prescriptives Flawless Skin Total Protection Concealer.

Not so long ago in a land far, far, far away the Muse was content, happy, and very much secure in her concealer world. At the time her concealer of choice was Benefit Boi-ing. It's important to know Benefit Boi-ing was my concealer of choice for years and years and years.

Until I turned 30.

Suddenly, my world was turned upside down and I was unable to use my holy grail concealer.

What's a girl to do!?

Benefit Boi-ing is thee most awesome concealer around. I sincerely mean it when I say it was holy grail material. It will cover virtually everything bad going on under your eyes while making you simply perfect in all ways a la the Muse errrr I mean Mary Poppins.



But as I said I got older and I got drier, my eyes got drier that is plus I was now sporting some fine lines. Benefit Boi-ing, dry eyes, and fine lines don't play nicely together sadly. I noticed my concealer was beginning to sink into my fine lines and crease do to dryness.

It was a mess.

So I sadly had to push Benefit Boi-ing aside and search for something else.

Although I've run across good I have yet to run across any holy grail concealers, until now.

This past weekend I packed up Prescriptives Total Protection Concealer and away I went.

And I'm happy to report back it's holy grail material.

Prescriptives managed to fit in all the things I loved about Boi-ing plus SPF 25 minus the creasing!

Yay!

1st off how many concealers do you know that have an SPF 25? Freaking awesome right? That's a BIG plus for me! It's not only concealing but protecting my eye area from harmful UVA/UVB rays!

Now the formula is something to rave about as well. Although it's extremely light that doesn't stop it from being very pigmented and offering excellent coverage for both baggage, dark circles, and fine lines. The texture is extremely creamy, moisturizing, and blends like an absolute dream. The wear is at least 8 hours or more without touch ups in between which means your Muse is flipping cartwheels that I'm not having to sit and touch up every two seconds.

For me, creamy concealer is a total win. It blends evenly, offers better coverage than liquid, is much easier to apply minus the mess, and adheres better and lasts longer. Prescriptives succeeds in all these areas. I'm always very impressed when a cream concealer manages to do what it promises without creasing!

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Zara is the Beauty Editor at Kiss and Makeup one of my favorite beauty blogs. You might notice that Zara and the Muse do a Beauty Bytes session on occasion where we display links from each of our blogs. This is always a fun time for me because Kiss and Makeup definately has the scoop on the latest and greatest.

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