Purr by Katy Perry

Celebrity fragrances have always been on the top of my wishlists, they're usually highly raved about in terms of the scent and/or the bottle.

The fragrance I have always wanted to own (besides many other celeb perfumes)  had always been Katy Perry's Purr and Meow, mainly because of the perfume bottle, I mean come on a cat?! How can I not refuse?

side of the box, with the ingredients

I bought the perfume at Priceline for $29 a few months ago on sale (near the end of November). So sadly the sale is over now but I know Mychemist is currently selling the 30ml one for $19.99! 

I was really tempted to get the 100ml bottle (bigger bottle = bigger cat haha!) but my Dad strictly forbid me to buy big bottles of perfume unless I like it and it is cheap, but I'm thankful that he did that because the bottle is the perfect size to sit on my desk and also because I wasn't a big fan of the scent. 

I am horrible at describing things, let alone scents. So with the help of internet I was able to find that it was best described as a "florally-apple-peach scent."

It does have a sweet side to it kind of like a mix of vanilla and peach. As for the floral scent it isn't overpowering but it is noticeable enough to know that it is a floral scent. (my mum uses floral fragrances a lot so this perfume reminds me of my mum). 

The scent lasts on the skin or clothes for around 5 hours, when you first spray it the scent can be quite floral but it starts to die down to a sweet scent after awhile which I like.

Also can I say how much I like the spray?! it sprays a nice mist compared to the Fantasy by Brittany Spears, one spray with that is usually too much for me to handle!

The front and back of the bottle!

As for the pacakaging it is the most adorable perfume bottle I've seen! (apart from the Harajuku Lovers Fragrances...)  I like how they added a collar to the cat and bejewelled the cat eyes, made it seem a lot more cat-like. But the down side to the packaging was the part where you have to open the cats head to get to the spray, I mean opening it was easy but when you tried to attach the head back, I had to apply a lot of force to it which felt like I was going to break it.

Close-up of the collar!

I wouldn't repurchase this fragrance because I know I won't finish this any time soon, so far I've used it 2-3 times. I also have a lot of other fragrances to try out, this just wasn't a favourite of mine.

Orly Nail Lacquer Thinner

Excuse the ugly pixelated background, the background was just too messy .. which you'll probably see on the other pictures anyways :(

I remember when I was little, I used to borrow my mums nail polish to paint my own nails. She always had the same exact polish for years and the consistency of the polish changed overtime and became very thick, gloopy and unusable. I always thought that it was because the nail polish "expired" but that wasn't the case when I heard about Nail Polish Thinners.

I heard Saaammage talk about this in her October Favorites and I was pretty keen to get it afterwards, but I couldn't find this in any stores or any nail polish thinners that was being sold nearby. So I gave up the search and went to buy it on ebay. [link here] (I actually recieved this last year around the start of December so I forgot how long it took to arrive, but I know for sure that it was quick)

When I opened the cap, the applicator was like a dropper. It's super easy to control the amount you drop in, I just squeezed on the bottle slowly till a droplet formed.

The smell of the thinner smelt a lot like nail polish, which was surprising, I was expecting a heavy chemical smell.

So on the bottle it said to put in 1-2 drops to thickened Nail Polish, shake well and to add more if necessary.  I put around 3 drops, but added a few more drops when it was still thick. There was a time where I put more than 5 drops and the nail polish was still thick, but I guess it takes time for it to settle. 

I tested the thinner on my Daiso Nail Polish which had been so thick and gloopy, I was on the verge of chucking it out and getting a new one! The first 3 pictures was when it was thick and the bottom 3 is after I used the thinner, you can compare on the last two pictures (top and bottom) that it stopped being thick, HG product? I think so. 

Back in its original state! Swatched the colour over NYC Color in 'Lemon' 

Wotnot Natural Organic Facial Wipes

I was sent these Wotnot Natural Organic Facial Wipes awhile ago and I've been replacing them as my make-up removers for the lazy days!

You can get the Wotnot Facial Wipes Travel Case which comes with 20 wipes or the normal facial wipes that have 25, tbh I would save up getting the travel case first then start buying the facial wipes since you can reuse the travel case and refill them for on the go or if you are going out on holidays! 

I thought the case was really unique since I have never seen wipes being stored in a case like this. It has a mirror on the bottom which I thought was very handy! But I would rather have it on the top in case it gets stained or scratched without me noticing until I look underneath. Probably just a small OCD thing for me.

Inside it came with 20 wipes which you can store make-up wipes after you finished using the ones that was in it before. You could also store your favourite makeup wipes, it doesn't have to be Wotnot branded!

As for the actual wipes, the first thing I noticed from it was the size of the wipes, it was a lot bigger than your average facial wipes. They also store a lot of moisture in it so 1 wipe is usually enough to wipe my full face of makeup (but I only do my brows, eyeliner, bronzer, concealer and some tinted moisturiser daily).

So far I've started using this after I ran out the current wipes I was using and they've done a really good job, they're 100% natural, soft on the skin, good on the environment and do well on removing makeup!

You can find these on the Wotnot website, they also stock them at a range of different stores around Australia (link here)! I only just found out that they stocked them nearby where I live so that is quite handy for me! :D 

They also have this campaign where you can swap your current facial wipes with the Wotnot facial wipes! http://www.aboutfacecampaign.com.au/

Website: Wotnot

Facebook: facebook.com/www.wotnot.com.au

February Empties!

Excuse the poor image quality, my camera settings have gone weird but should be fine after I fix it!

EOS Lipbalm in Honeysuckle Honeydew 

Did a review on this last year, and managed to finish it this year. Which is pretty ironic considering that I did say that it was my favourite lip balm but it did start to lose it's 'shazam' after a few uses. It didn't really moisturise my lips that well, so I put it to the side and started to branch out on different lip balms to try.

Sadly I wouldn't repurchase this again but I would love to try out the other EOS lipbalms since the taste of the Honeysuckle Honeydew tastes so good! Makes me wonder what the other ones are like.

|| Review here ||

Nivea Essential Care Lipbalm

Made a post about this product on my last post, there's no words on how amazing this product is! Would I repurchase this? I already have.

|| Review here ||

Sex in the City Perfume Spray in 'LOVE'

Got this probably around 2 years ago at K-Mart when I bought the Sex in the City Perfume, costed $8 and came with a perfume spray. The scent was basically the same as the perfume but in a deodorant/spray form. I always left it in my gym bag whenever I had PE/sport at school, I wasn't a big fan on the packaging as it felt pretty cheap and dodgy. Would I repurchase this? No, there are far better deodorants out there that I've used and have yet to use!

Daiso Cosmetic Paper/ Oil Blotting Paper

I'm so glad that there's a Daiso within a walk reach of me. If you don't know what Daiso is, its basically a store that sells everything for $2.80! (well maybe not everything, but a lot of things). I bought this Oil Blotting Paper which I think contained 250 sheets. I'm a very oily person, I wake up with an oily face and through the day I will have an oily face so Oil Blotting Paper is a must have for me. Would I repurchase this? Yes!

Pantene Pro-V Nature Fusion Conditioner

This conditioner ran out way too fast IMO, I used it up within 1-2 weeks daily. I have a bad habit of using a generous amount of conditioner but my past conditioners never ran out that quickly... anyways would I repurchase this? No, it felt like a 'meh' conditioner it me.

Face Mask (Have no idea of the name)

Didn't feel like it made a difference to my skin, my skin still felt the same after using this. Would I repurchase this? No

Nivea Essential Care Lipbalm

[[ First off I would like to say Gong Hei Fat Choi! (probably not spelt like that, sorry for my bad Chinese) Happy early Chinese New Year to everyone! ]]

Now onto the review...

So a few of you should know that I suffer from extremely dry lips. (I have a habit of licking my lips due to my awkwardness or nervousness) and I never carry a lip balm with me since whenever I bring out my EOS lipbalm, most of my friends will look at it like it's a foreign object. They aren't very known to the makeup world sadly...

But last year I had a new student in my class and she always had a lipbalm with her, I asked her what lipbalm it was and it was the Nivea Essential Care Lipbalm, she told me it was the best and then of course I had to buy it.

I was really hesitant to buy it because I know the price is higher than the usual lipbalms but I did go and google it, if it was worth the buy or not. There was massive raves on this one, literally, so I had my hopes on this lipbalm really high.

Close-up of the back

Ingredients

I bought this at Priceline for $4.49.

All the Nivea Lip balms usually look like this but the colour and name is different.

I got the one in the blue tube.

I actually really like how the packaging is like a lipstick instead of the lid being a small cap.

The back

When you open it, it comes with quite a lot of product!

I've been using this everyday, in the morning, afternoon and before I go to bed, reapplying when-ever it is necessary. 

So far I only have half of what I had when I bought this. 

The texture is so soft and creamy once you apply it on your lips!  What I really hate is how lip balms go really hard in the colder weather so it takes forever to warm the product up and make it apply softly, but this lipbalm just melts on your lips! 

The actual product is also amazing, you only need to apply this around 3-4 times a day if you have chapped lips then you are back with your normal lips. This product is definitely a lifesaver and my HG lipbalm!

The only bad thing I have about this, is that the price isn't my cup of tea and it does run low pretty fast. (I'll probably have to go buy a back up one soon).

Other than that I really don't have any complaints. I will be repurchasing this tomorrow as it is currently on sale at Priceline for $3.34!

Have you tried the Nivea lipbalms? Which are your favourites out of them all?

January Empties!

I'm actually proud of myself for finishing more than 1 product within a month!

I usually finish up a product within a few months since I'm the type of person who will try to use as little as possible to not waste everything, but after awhile I've had this urge to clear out some products so I can try out new things. 

Sunsilk Co-Creations Damaged Hair Reconstruction Conditioner  

As I've stated in my review, this is my one and only HG conditioner! Sadly I haven't been able to repurchase this conditioner so I've been using a Pantene Conditioner. But I will repurchase this one soon if I can manage to stop spending my money on un-necessary items...

 [Review here]

BYS Water-Proof Liquid Eyeliner in Black

 I purchased this around 2 years ago when I was in my eyeliner craze addiction. (The days where I was trying out different types of eyeliner.) I heard a few raves about the BYS liquid eyeliner and I only found out that they sold BYS in my nearest Reject Shop, so I went in and bought this for $3 and sad to say this was the worse eyeliner I had ever owned and tried. It's not even worth $3 IMO. When I swatched it on my hand it was amazing, was waterproof, smudge-proof and stayed on very long! But on my lids it was so streaky and uncomfortable when it dried. Removing it was also a pain since it flaked off and I always ended up having bits of it in my eye. Not sure about the staying power since I never wore it out, I only managed to waste the product by using it to randomly draw on paper... Never repurchasing this again! 

(Unknown brand) Lip Balm

My dad got me this from one of those asian stores that stock up on a lot of Uggs, vitamins, facial cream and more, which sometimes contain lanolin. So I think this lipbalm also contained Lanolin but I'm not sure since I chucked out the box. This lipbalm gave a really nice glossy look but didn't do well on the moisturising part, though I think it did a good job on maintaining the moisture in my lips when it wasn't chapped. Won't repurchase this one since there are better lip balms out there that would do a way better job! 

Nature's Care Paw Paw Lip Balm

Stated in the review, I'de rather prefer my Lucas' Papaw Ointment over this.

[Review here]

Redwin Orange & Bergamot Moisturiser

Didn't start using this until a few months ago, I wasn't a big fan of the scent but it did a good job of moisturising my legs. It took a few uses of this until  my legs started to become moisturised. But I like to use my Vaseline Aloe Vera Body lotion which does the job faster! It was nice trying it out though.

Bumble Bee Nails

I did these nails awhile ago but managed to post them up now.

If they seem familiar to you, they're the Bumble Bee Nails that Bubzbeauty did!

I was always wanting to do these nails when she first uploaded this... in 2011, yes I am very late but I never had the chance to get a light blue nail polish until now so I did these nails once I bought the colour.

Left Hand

Right Hand

Nail Polish:

Base Coat: Ulta3 Base Coat

Light Blue: Savvy by DB in azure martini

Black: Ulta3 in Midnight

Yellow: Savvy by DB in pina colada

White: Ulta 3 in lily white

Top Coat: Ulta3 Clear