I was on Instagram one night and I saw an Instagram based shop named Ming'z Skincare Essentials. As a normal social media user before we follow back someone we tend to stalk them first. Well, that's what I did. Scrolling through the pictures I saw that she was selling scrubs in a cheap price. I badly needed the scrubs and with that price I was like "You just got me gurl". They have 2 types of scrubs the first one is Arabic coffee with sugar, honey and virgin coconut oil + Tea tree essential oil and Sugar with honey and extra virgin olive oil + Vanilla and Lemon Essential oils. Both of the products are face and body scrubs and on her caption you can read the uses of the products that can be found in the scrubs. It can help you choose between the two scrubs. 

        I was originally going to choose the coffee one because of the tea tree essential oil but I took time to read the the uses of lemon in the caption and I realized I neglected my skin complexion for a long time because I was busy with getting rid of my acne. Now my skin complexion is so discolored that I always put a heavy coverage foundation on just to even it out. I picked up the scrub in Victoria and the seller added a freebie YAAYYY! It's her new product, I forgot what it's called but I can recall it has witch hazel. A facial mist that can be used as a toner. I ran out of  Dickinson's witch hazel toner from Healthy options and I'm more than happy to try it out.

      Originally when I got the product it had a knot and it's tightly sealed with a plastic wrap. I FELL IN LOVE INSTANTLY WITH THE SMELL. I couldn't stop smelling it! Sweet Lemony ughhhh I couldn't explain it but I remembered my mom baking lemon squares. Heaven. It made me hungry. The glass packaging is a big plus for me and the amount it has, I like it. Couldn't take a picture when it had the knot and plastic wrapper because I was so excited to use it that I couldn't wait for tomorrow to get a perfect lighting to take a photo of it.

No Preservatives
Once opened, use within two months.
Do not let any water get into the jar.
Wet skin and apply the scrub on a clean face/body.
Rub it gently.
Let it stay 3-5 mins on your body and 1-2 mins on your face.
Rinse with water and soap.
Scrub 1-2 times a week.
If use on the face use once a week.

So I followed the instructions I didn't let any water get into the jar. It says wet skin and apply the scrub. My face wasn't wet anymore because I have put on the toner so I just scooped out a decent amount of scrub for me and I put it on a bowl and took 1 teaspoon of water to mix it with. When I applied it the granules was already tiny and soft so I didn't irritate my skin. I used to do my own scrub before, honey and sugar together but the brown sugar I'm using is too strong and the granules hurts.

After 2 mins, I rinsed with water and my face was so smooth. It's the different kind of smooth because usually my face would dry out then it becomes smooth. In this one when I was patting my face with a towel it didn't dry out and it was soft instantly. I was ignorant for a while and I couldn't stop feeling my face. Until, it was time to put my mask on. HERE'S THE THING. My mask is a cucumber soothing gel from Ipuda and it usually takes 10 mins before everything gets absorb but this time when I was putting it on I've observed that around 3 mins the mask was already half of getting absorbed and around 7 mins everything was absorbed. Shocking. Man this is fricking holy grail.

I love this scrub.

I really do and I recommend it so much to you guys. It's so budget friendly and I swear you will fall in love with the smell. It would literally use this scrub everywhere on my body because it made my skin feel like a baby's skin.  

The instagram shop is  @mingzessentials.andpetals_dvo. Link down below.
https://www.instagram.com/mingzessentials.andpetals_dvo/

I promise you won't regret it.s.

NOTE:THIS IS MY OWN REVIEW. NO BIAS. PAID THE PRODUCT WITH MY OWN MONEY.

You know that moment when you're in class and you started day dreaming?
Yep, that's what happened to me that's why I got this eyeliner. I was day dreaming and then it suddenly hit me.

 I have different kinds of foundations, lippies, etc but I don't have a basic classic eyeliner.

I used to have one, etude house gel liner and it's one of the products I regret buying
(I'll make a blog about products I regret buying soon)
2 years of my life I was eyeliner-free

 After the day dreaming part I got home went to my room and started scrolling on my phone.

It must be a sign that I should buy one because while I was scrolling I passed by a post from Maybelline. It was a sale on eyeliners the one who advertised it was Liza Sobeano.
(She's gorgeous omfg)

Let's start the review

What is it?





Get inked with a liner that does it all. Intense blacker than black pigments are highly absorbed by its unique flexi-cushion tip that gives extreme control. With a 12h smudgeproof formula, this eye liner will deliver bold and precise definition all day long.


12h long wear that's smudgeproof  Intense black ink pigmentation Easy to use flexi-cushion tip gives extreme control Easy to remove ink film formula

The original price of the Hyperink liquid liner is 199 pesos and the sale price is 150 pesos.
This is a good start if you want to buy an eyeliner. It's better than the drugstore pencil eyeliners that smudges all the time and not long lasting.
 It's a good price, If you're cheap like me who doesn't want to spend 200 pesos wait for a sale for a 50 pesos off
*oopss*


Hyperink eyeliner is a good choice for beginners. It's really easy to use and it is fast drying. You don't have to worry about the eyeliner mark on your lids.
*laughs*
The tip of the liner kinda bothers me because when you line your eyes the end must be flick right? The problem is I have difficulty in doing that because the tip of the eyeliner has its moods swings. Sometimes when I'm doing the end of my line no matter how many times I dipped it, it still won't get any of the product.The tip is not actually that pointy so I have to use a concealer and an angle brush to make it precise and fleeky.

  I love how pigmented and intense the black is and it's not glossy! I really don't like the glossy glittery type of eyeliners and also eyeliners that has "Black" shade but the result is gray black.

But

So far, I like it and it's part of my makeup bag that I use for my everyday look because It's my only eyeliner *laughs* 
For the time being, this is my only eyeliner I'll make sure to go hunting for cheap legit eyeliners.


Okay let's talk about how long lasting is it







Told you it's intense and pigmented












Rub test part 1
I started rubbing the lines softly and nothing happenedned no smudges and the lines didn't break.
On my second rub, I rubbed it not too soft and not too rough it was like the same amount of rubbing when you have something itchy on your face. the lines started to rub off.










Rub test part 2
1/4 of the lines that I made was rubbed off.














I only submerged it with a small amount of water but I could already see that it was starting to wear off. When I started rubbing it, it was completely wiped off! Then I cleaned my hand with a towel and it revealed a clean hand.










Final thoughts
It's not waterproof or rub proof but  the product kept it's word for being smudge proof.

I used this eyeliner yesterday I went out at 12 nn and I went home around 7pm.
 I was too lazy to wash my face so I was browsing until 1 am and believe it or not my eyeliner was still intact.

 It's long lasting as long as you won't accidentally rub your eyes.
smudge proof and long lasting *check*




That's it for my makeup review today!
Any comments? I would love to check them out.
Love your inner cool girl,

Storytime!
It was December when I bought this Nichido beauty cake.

My actual plan for that day was to buy a Maybelline Hyper wing eyeliner because once upon a time I was scrolling on Facebook and saw a post from the Maybelline fb page that the eyeliner prices was dropped down to 150 pesos!

That's a very huge Christmas sale for me so I went to Watsons and brought only 200 pesos with me.

When I got to the Maybelline stall I asked the saleslady for the eyeliners then BOOM!

The sale price was 250 pesos and I was so upset *sad face*

So I started looking at other makeup stalls for eyeliners then I stumbled on to the Nichido stall.

I was surprised the color was green so I was like "Is this for correcting redness or something?"

Minutes later, I decided to buy it and make a review of it.

Since I thought this would be a good dupe for the green LA concealer.

When I showed this to my grandma she told me about the old days in her teenage years.
She loves wearing makeup * Guess I know where I got it from* and she told me how to use it.
You take a wet sponge and use the color of the beauty cake as a base before the foundation.
She also told me not to put it all over the face because it would make your face look grey.


Packaging

I always thought the packaging was cheap but when I started watching vintage makeup tutorials in the 1940's.
It was quite cool, I saw a lot of them using this type of packaging in foundations.
Now I don't find it cheap anymore.
It gives me the vintage feels. I love it.



Got this little guy from Watsons for only P80

Instructions
" With a moist sponge, apply Nichido Beauty Cake evenly on your face for a smooth perfect coverage."
"Hides Imperfections and stays fresh-looking for hours."

Ingredients
Talc, Titanium Dioxide, Isopropyl Myristate, Zinc Stearate, Lanolin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben and Perfume
May Contain: +/- CI 77492, CI 77499, C1 77289, CI 12085, CI 19140

The ingredients look deadly.



It's really just a simple packaging.
I didn't use any filter on the photo on the right so you can really see the color of the product.
One thing I hated when I opened it was the SMELL. 
The smell was like Talc, Chemicals and I feel like it can trigger my acne.
Remember I told you about the 1940's makeup? They used a lot of radioactive products on their faces and I think it smells the same as this product.


Let's get started.





I already did my eyebrows, eye makeup and lips.






I have my Maybelline foundation on and I'm using the Clinique to have extra coverage.
I was actually surprised cause it really did neutralize the color of my scars.
It's also long lasting, I took the final picture around 2 pm and I got home around 8 pm but there was still red colored scars being neutralized happening.

I could have use this on my everyday makeup routine but the cons about this for me is that even though it had a good coverage the beauty cake broke me out.
 I had one acne that popped out and also the other thing was that when you take a picture with a flash there are white cast on the areas where you used the beauty cake.



That's it for my makeup review today!
Any comments? I would love to check them out.
Love your inner cool girl,

     

OVAL BRUSH REVIEW 

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MAKE UP TUTORIAL

I'm going to be using my ETUDE HOUSE BIG COVER CONCEALER KIT the salmon color one under my eyes for my zombie like dark circles SECOND WARNING       I am using the 4.5 x 3.3 cm brush. It is a Blush Brush, Contour Brush and Foundation Brush For my foundation it's MAYBELLINE DREAM SATIN SKIN SHADE B5 BLEND! BLEND! BLEND