Collective Haul and Review

I came home to a lot of packages :3

Most of the things were gifts but these are the things I got for myself.

From Pretty and Cute:

Sana New Born Eyebrow Mascara and Pencil in Light Brown

K-Palette Real Lasting Eyeliner

Lioele Carry Me Blusher in Cutie Peach

Skin79 Diamond Perfect Cover BB Concealer

From Sephora:

A free Tokidoki bag

Tokidoki Gelato Lip Balm Stain in Pink Martini

Tokidoki Cromatico Eyeshadow Palette in Mozzarella

From Milani:

Eye Tech Liquid Liner in Black

Eyeliner Pencil in True Black

From Amazon:

Panasonic Heated Eyelash Curler

Double Eyelid Tape

From Missha:

M Signature Radiance Two Way Pact in Chic Beige

Onto the review!  I'll be reviewing K-palette's Real Lasting Eyeliner

In the box, it came with an eyelashes :3

Out of the box

Just the eyeliner

The tip

Three different sized lines. You can make lines extremely thin!

After rubbing 20 times

After running it under water for 10 seconds

After rubbing it with the water 20 times

My take:

This eyeliner is pretty good.  The application is the best I've ever tried.  The tip is so sharp but it is very soft.  The lines I made were really thin.  That's also a bad point for me because I like to make thicker lines.  The felt tip is amazing!  This is the best felt tip liner I tried.  It makes application so easy, like you're drawing with a pen :3  The color is fairly black.  You need to go over it a couple times to get it to be a true black.  The staying power is better than most eyeliners.  It really is waterproof but it does not last if you rub it while it is wet.  It does not smudge at all and it is not flaky.  It is not one of those eyeliners than when you continuously go over the line, the color rubs off.  I really like this eyeliner!

Pros:

Great application, you can make the tiniest lines

Waterproof

Smudge proof

Long lasting

Easy to control felt tip

Cons:

Comes off if you rub it after wetting it

Expensive ($16 from Pretty and Cute)

Hard to find

Can't make thick lines

Overall rating: 4.5/5  I love this eyeliner.  It makes application fast and easy :3  This is a great eyeliner for a beginner!

FOTD and Revlon Lip Butters Review

(Please ignore my large forehead lol)
Okay okay this is totally vain and I'm not usually this vain but...

OMG look at my eyelashes!  Haha they look so nice today :3

I'm not wearing falsies ^^

Sorry for that extremely vain moment.

I received a sample of the Lioele Beyond the Solution BB Cream from Pretty and Cute so I'm going to do  a small review on this.  I'm wearing this BB cream in my photo.

I actually dislike this BB Cream because it really highlights my dry skin.  Most BB Creams I have tried kind of moisturize my skin and leave it dewy.  This one had a matte finish.  I think this BB Cream would be great for people with oily skin.  Since my skin is normal to dry, I didn't care for this one.  I do like that the color matches my skin tone perfectly but I normally wear BB Creams that are lighter than my skin color because I want to be lighter :P and my face is also darker than my neck for some reason.

FOTD:

Face:

Lioele Beyond the Solution BB Cream

Sephora Mattifying Foundation in Warm Fair

Eyes:

I don't know what the eyeshadow palette is called but I used the Tokidoki quad that came with Adios.   I used the matte black shade

elf Cream Eyeliner in Black

Dolly Wink Volume Mascara

Maybelline NY Lash Discovery Mascara

Lips:

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butters in Cotton Candy

Okay so onto the review:

I bought Lollipop (left) and Cotton Candy (right)

Swatches: Cotton Candy (top), Lollipop (bottom)

Cotton Candy

Lollipop

(sorry for blurry photos)

My take:

These Lip Butters are fairly moisturizing.  It is nothing like a lip balm though.  My lips felt dry after about half an hour so I had to keep reapplying it.  That isn't much of a problem to me since I'm constantly reapplying my lip balm to make sure my lips don't get dry.  I HATE the lollipop shade.  It is like a hot pink with a blue tone to it.  I do not like it at all.  I do love the Cotton Candy Shade. 

Pros:

Comes in a lot of different  shades

Good price

Good Availability

 Moisturizing

Opaque

True to color

Cons:

Neither the color or the moisturizing effect is long  lasting

(Color fades when you eat or drink and if you don't eat or drink, it fades in about an hour to two hours)

(moisturizing effect faded in about half an hour)

Rating: 4/5 

I really like these.  If they were more moisturizing, they would be perfect.

I definitely would buy these again.  I want to get more colors :3

Wet 'n' Wild Eyeshadow Review

I recently bought this eyeshadow because I read good reviews on it and I had a coupon for a dollar off so I only paid $2!  Here's the packaging.

The eyeshadows themselves.

Swatches

My take:

I was extremely disappointed with the black eyeshadow.  If you can tell, in the packaging, it's really glittery and pretty.  When I swatched it, there was hardly any glitter at all.  I really only bought this palette because the black one was so pretty!  I also do not think they blend as well as they should.  The black one especially was kind of choppy.  I had to spend extra time blending it.  The pink shade glided on perfectly and it blended beautifully.  I actually do not care for the silver shade as a color for my brow bone like it advises.  I like to give my brow bone a subtle highlight.  This color is very opaque so it isn't subtle at all.

Pros:

Cheap

Opaque

Cons:

The black one wasn't glittery as it is in the packaging

The black one didn't blend well

The silver one is a bit too opaque as a brow bone color for my taste

Overall I'd give it a 3/5.  I probably wouldn't repurchase the shimmery colors.  I would maybe purchase the matte shades.

Here's an FOTD using this palette

I wasn't very photogenic today lol!  (This look is actually doubling as the challenge look)

That hot pink shade is very unflattering on me ):

I used:

Face:

Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream #13

Sephora Mattifying Foundation in Warm Fair

elf Blush in Innocence

Eyes:

Wet 'n' Wild eyeshadow palette in Spoiled Brat

Milani Infinite Liquid Eyeliner

Maybelline NY Lash Discovery Mascara

Lips:

Revlon Lip Butters in Cotton Candy

LensVillage.com Review

I've ordered from this website once.  I received one good pair of lenses and one defective pair.  Here is where my adventure begins.

I email LensVillage because of the defective pair (The email is read from the bottom up but I will rewrite the whole thing since the photo may not be clear)

Pink=Me

Blue=LensVillage

(sorry for my horrible drawing skills)

   

Alright here we go.  

My first email to LensVillage:

Hi I just received my kira kira brown lenses and my dueba crystal violet lenses. I'm very happy with the brown lenses but the violet lenses seem to be defective. I've soaked it and cleaned it multiple times but it still feels like there is something in my eye. I'm wondering if there is something else I could do to try to fix it or if I could get another one. The brown lenses are great though! There is no discomfort at all. The purple lenses feel like they are scratching my eye. They are too uncomfortable to even wear at all. Thank you.



-Kianna

LensVillage replies:

Hi Kianna

Good day.

In this case, we can offer you a discount code that enable you to make purchase at 30% discount on one pair order. Please let me know if you want to have this coupon code.

Thank you

Regards

Florence

(Whaat? 30%?  My damn lens doesn't work and I only get 30%?)

My reply:

Is a discount all you could give me? I really like the color but I don't think I want to repurchase it in case the same thing happens again. 

LensVillage reply:

Hi Kianna

For this case, what I can offer another thing is have 50% money refunded for the pair that you said to have problem.

Please let me know

Thank you
Florence

(50%?  So I half price for a lens that doesn't work?)

My final reply:

In that case I would rather just take the discount code.

(I'm angry already.  But I was thinking that if I get a 30% off code I can just buy a lens thats like $25 and get $7.50 off)

LensVillage final reply:

Hi Kianna

This is the discount code that offer $8 rebate - KIANNA. The amount is probably more than 30% discount on a pair of lenses purchase from our store

Thank you

Florence

So with all that said, I was satisfied with the $8 rebate.  I only paid $10 for the lenses so it was almost the same amount.  What I didn't realize is they had a return policy that states:

All items purchased are not returnable except for products which is found defective or broken before bottle opened. No returns will be accepted after 7 days. For a return, you are responsible for the cost of returning the merchandise to us. If LensVillage.com has made a mistake then we will also refund to you the postage and packaging costs that you have incurred (on both the initial order and the cost of sending the products back to us). Please contact us at support@lensvillage.com and we will help you in refund process.

I actually didn't read this until much later.  So they actually did not help me in the refund process like they said they would.  They did not even offer me the option of sending it back for a full refund!

But wait, it gets better.

Remember how "Florence" said he gave me an $8 rebate?  Here is me typing the code in:

Well, what do you know.  They lied.  It's not $8, it's $5.

But the story does not end here.

I ordered from them again since they had a sale on the Puffy 3 Tones series that I really wanted to try.  I placed my order on November 26.  About a week later, I check back on my order status expecting to see that my order was shipped already.  My order status says: Awaiting Fulfillment.  

I email them asking why my order hasn't been shipped yet.  I explain that there policy is that orders will be shipped within 2-4 days and how it's been 7.  They don't reply.  A couple days later, I leave a comment on their Facebook wall asking when my order will be shipped.  No reply.  Finally today, I leave an angry message for them.  Still, no reply.

All they did was email me a refund.  There were no actual words from them.  They just updated their website saying that my order is refunded because they were out of stock on one of the lenses I ordered.  Great customer service huh?

They actually didn't state that the lenses were out of stock either.  You know how most places will say that the product is out of stock and maybe an option that asks you if you want to be emailed when they receive that item again?  None of that!  It wouldn't have been a problem if they stated that the lenses were out of stock.  I wouldn't have ordered them, and there shouldn't have been a problem.

Sorry for such a long angry review.  I hope none of you had similar experiences.  I definitely do not recommend this website.  I actually advise you not to order even though the prices are low.  I waited a three for my first order to arrive.  Most places take about two weeks or less. 

OH WAIT ONE MORE THING!  So LensVillage gives extremely good service to people that they sponsor.  I will show you an example.  (Please note that I have nothing against this blogger, and I actually like her blog very much.  I just dislike LensVillage) Simply Cute Rachel was sponsored by LensVillage.  They provided her with a cute animal lens case (which I didn't get, and neither did the other people that ordered from them that I spoke to).  She said her lenses came in about eight days.  My lenses came in a three weeks (I placed my order on Oct 3, received my order on Oct 24).  Now she lives in New York, and I live in Hawaii but I don't feel like the shipping should be a two week difference.

Well, that's my review.  I hope you benefit from my bad experience (:

L'oreal Telescopic Explosion Mascara Review

I'm going to be reviewing L'oreal's Telescopic Explosion Mascara.

In the wrapper.

Close up of the wand.

The wand with product on it.

Bare curled lashes.

With the L'oreal Telescopic Explosion Mascara (EWWWW)

With Maybelline NY's Lash Discovery Mascara paired with Dolly Wink Volume Mascara

(See the difference? Haha)

Review:

I got this mascara on Black Friday for $2.  I thought, "What a steal!".  So I went home and read some reviews about it.  Everyone said this mascara was bad but I wanted to see if I could some how make it work.  As you can see from the photo above, there's nothing that will save this mascara.  It's a clumpy mess.  It doesn't hold the curl as well.  It does volumeize my lashes but it is not the kind of volume I like. I like for my lashes to look light rather than thick and heavy.  

Pros:

Small brush easily gets to difficult areas

Volumizes

Easily come off with makeup remover

Cons:

Clumpy

Doesn't hold the curl

But wait!

I read a good review on this mascara as I was writing my bad review.  So, I thought I would give it another try.

So here it is!  I actually wiped off all the excess mascara (which was a lot) from the entire wand.  It looks a whole lot better but I still don't really like it.  When I'm doing my bottom lashes, I keep poking myself in the eye and it hurts hahah.  The spikes are really sharp!  

I would not recommend this mascara for beginners or people without much time.  You need to apply this mascara with a really light hand.  I also think you need to wipe off all of the excess (even though it wastes a lot of product)

Rating:

2.5/5

Would I purchase again: Definitely not.

Revlon Beyond Natural Foundation Review

I wasn't originally going to do a review on this but I have decided to because I hate it so much.

I bought it since it had SPF in it and it was on sale for about $3.00.

Heres what it looks like right out of the tube.  When I seen it I was like, Uhhhh....

Even though it looks weird, I was thinking that my L'egere BB cream looks really dark when it comes out of the tube but it gets really light when you blend it into your skin.  It is actually supposed to match your skin color.  It only comes in three colors so I chose the lightest one.  Apparently, the more you blend it, the darker it becomes.  There seems to be these little blackish looking specks in the foundation and when you blend it, the specks pop and the color comes out.  

I blended it and the specks popped.  In reality, if you do not blend it all the way and pop all of the specks, some of them will just be streaky or they will remain specks.  From what it seems, you need to fully blend it even though it won't match your skin tone anymore.  Luckily, it's almost a perfect match to my skin.  It is just a tad darker than my skin tone.

So here is how it looks on my face.  Gross.  There's no coverage at all.  It also felt really dry on my skin! I even think it may have dried out my skin even more since it wasn't this dry before I put it on.  Even the swatch I blended into my arm feels dry.  On top of drying my skin, it really made my dry skin noticeable ):  I've read other reviews saying that this product is great and it's moisturizing.  Bella Sugar even said it would be great as a tinted moisturizer!  I'm not sure if it is just that my skin hates this foundation.

Pros:

Has SPF (but there's so many foundations out there with SPF anyway)

Cheap

Cons:

Streaky unless blended extremely well

Made my skin dry

No coverage

Rating: 1/5

Have you ever tried this foundation?  Did it make your skin dry as well?

Maybelline NY Lash Discovery Mascara Review

I haven't been wearing false lashes very often because they are getting all old and out of shape and since I don't have a container for them, I keep losing them!  Before I found this mascara, I was using Maybelline Lash Stiletto with Dolly Wink Volume.  Occasionally I would use Urban Decay's Big Fatty mascara but I don't really like the formula because it's so dry and waxy lol.  This is definitely my new HG lengthening mascara!

In the packaging

The wand is actually very small.  Great for those hard to reach areas.

Bare, uncurled lashes.

Only curled.

Curled with Lash Discover mascara

Lash Discovery paired with one coat of Dolly Wink Volume.

My take:

This mascara is great!  It really lengthens and defines your lashes without any clumping at all.  I love the small applicator, it makes it really easy to get your bottom lashes and those hard to reach corners.  The formula itself is really light.  It is not one of those mascaras that are very thick and a lot of extra mascara clumps on the very tip of the wand.  The tip of the wand on this mascara is always clean!  I really like this because I use the tip to individually define my lashes and it seems like a waste to wipe off all that excess mascara!  This mascara claims to be waterproof and guess what?  It really is.  I dabbed water all over my bottom lashes and the mascara did not run.  

Pros:

Very cheap (I bought it  for $5.99 at Target)

Lengthens and defines

Waterproof

Small applicator for those hard to reach areas

No excess mascara on the wand

No clumps

Cons:

It may take some patience to apply.  You may need to build layers since the formula isn't thick.

Rating: 5/5 This mascara is fantastic!

One day I need to try Dolly Wink Long Mascara.  I heard great things about it!  I wish it was more readily available though.

-Miko<3

e.l.f. Review, the Good

There is actually only one thing that I really loved from e.l.f.

I like the powder eyeshadows but to me, eyeshadow is all the same.  I still need to use a primer AND a sealer for my eyeshadow to stay. 

The one thing I really love is the Mascara Primer.

It does exactly what it is advertised to do, lengthen and volumize.

I always use this primer before I apply mascara unless I'm trying to go for a really natural look.

It adds a lot of length and volume, great for dramatic or dolly looks!

Bare lashes

With primer

Pros:

Adds length and volu

Doesn't make lashes feel heavy

Great price ($3)

Cons:

Takes long to apply

Rating:5/5

e.l.f. Review, the Decent

This post is going to be somewhat long with a bit of photos so click below to read!

e.l.f. Review, the Bad

So as you seen in my post below, I recently bought many things from e.l.f.

I bought about 40 things so I need to break up the review.  I decided to make a post about the disappointing things, the decent things, and the things that I really liked.

The first thing that really disappointed me was the nail polish I bought.

This is what the colors look like on the website:

Metal Madness, Teal Blue, and Punk Purple

This is what I received:

I was happy with the color of the Teal Blue nail polish.  The colors of the Metal Madness and the Punk Purple nail polishes were not what I was expecting.

The color of the Metal Madness I received was too dark.  On the website the color was much more silver and metallic.  The one I received was more of a glittery gun metal.  I did like the color of this one but I would have preferred the advertised color.

The Punk Purple nail polish I received was not purple at all!  It was more of a crimson.  The color of the nail polish on the website was more of a dark fuchsia.

Aside from the off-coloring, the application was very good.  It went on smooth and was not streaky.  It also dried quickly.

Pros:

Easy and even application

Dries quickly

Cons:

Coloring on 2 out of 3 were off

Rating: 3/5 (It would be a 5/5 if the colors matched the advertised color)

I was also disappointed with one of the false eyelashes I purchased.

(The top one in the photo below)

They look very nice!

This is what I received:

They are not evenly spaced.  There is a large noticeable gap in the lashes on the left.

I was not pleased with this at all.  

Pros:

Easy to apply

Cons:

Uneven spacing

The glue isn't strong (I had to use a different eyelash glue because the glue it came with would peel at the ends)

Rating: 2/5 (It did not look nice and the glue is a significant component that did not work well.)