Review: Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream

Greetings bunnies !

Recently, I have been feeling I should have a more structured way of reviewing products so I've decided to do my reviews like this from now on. Also I'm reviewing this from a non-biased view, so no hard feelings please ~

First of all I have sensitive and dry skin, that's why I chose the Dream Fresh BB cream which is also in light.

So this BB cream comes in a small tube of 30ml. The Dream Fresh tube has pink B's however, the Dream Pure has blue B's which is for people with oily skin.

The product claims to be a gel-based formula that will enhance the skin with 8 benefits and will give you an 'instant fresh-faced glow without looking all made up'. The 8 benefits include:

1. Fresh, lightweight feel
2. Blurs imperfections
3. Enhances
4. Brightens
5. Hydrates all day
6. Visibly smoothes skin
7. Adjusts to skin tone
8. Oil free

Confirmation:

1. Fresh, lightweight feel

YES! The product feels very fresh and light on the skin which does give your skin a fresh-faced glow, so you won't look so cake-faced.

2. Blurs imperfections

. . . no. The product claims to be gel-based but it feels as if the formula is water-based because it is VERY water. So no it does not blur imperfections (for me).

3. Enhances

YES! The BB cream enhances the skin tone to give you a fresh-faced glow.

4. Brightens

. . . sort of(?) The formula was already in a light shade so I guess it did brighten my skin but not by very much.

5. Hydrates all day

I haven't tried the BB cream bare-faced before because I always use moisturiser so that moisturises my skin. But my face doesn't feel or look dry throughout the day.

6. Visibly smoothes skin

My skin is already smooth in the first place but if there's a pimple on my skin then no, it does not smooth out my pimple. The reason for this is because the formula is too watery(?) that it doesn't smooth out the bump.

7. Adjusts to skin tone

YES! Although it is a bit lighter than my skin tone it is still very similar and adjusts well so that it gives a natural finish.

8. Oil Free

YES! As I said, it seems to be water-based so it doesn't make my skin oily which can sometimes happen despite having dry skin. T_T

THE CONS

So the cons for this BB cream would be it's coverage. I was looking for a BB cream that would give at least a medium coverage but this BB cream has REAAALLY low coverage. When I use it to cover redness and even out my skin tone, the only thing it does is even out my skin tone but the redness stays. So the dark areas of course would show through.

Also I can't stand the smell . . . It smells very chemical pastey, almost like a clay smell. ;A; I don't want my face to smell like clay. But that's about it.

THE PROS

I prefer a light dewy look where my skin shines slightly. This gives a very fresh-faced look and this BB cream achieves that. It's very lightweight and not very thick so this avoids the cake-faced look which no one wants to have.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5

Recommendation:

I would recommend if you:
- want a fresh-faced glow
- want little coverage
- want something lightweight
- want a dewy slightly shiny look
- have dry and dull skin
- have uneven skin tones

Hope this review helps ! I ended up writing a lot more than expected but this gives everyone a better idea of the product.

- Black Rabbit ~

Review: Essence Stays On Matter What Waterproof Eyeliner Pen

Hello Helloooo Bunnies :)

So once again I haven't posted in a long time because I was sick ==
Sucks being me . . .

After recovering from my sickness, I decided WHY NOT WRITE ANOTHER REVIEW? HAHAHAHAH ^^

So this eyeliner is a felt tip eyeliner with a waterproof formula for longer wear in Midnight Black 01. If you are a beginner with makeup, you should go for this when starting on liquid eyeliners. This is because this eyeliner pen is really easy to apply for anyone. For me, however, I don't think I will EVER buy this eyeliner again because:

1. Residues . . .

I used this eyeliner for my yr 10 formal and after that night, I removed the eyeliner but found that it left blue residues on my eyelids and won't come off until the next day.

2. Timing

If you like to take your time drawing your eyeliner, then you probably shouldn't use this eyeliner pen. I tend to take my time building on my cat eyes and when I do this, the eyeliner pen runs out of the product and I have to close the lid and wait for a ridiculously long time for it to return. Also if you use it often, it will seem like you finished the product after a few days. For example I use it for a week, that means the last two days of the week I will have no product to use. ==

3. Oily eyelids

This gave me oily eyelids even though I used eyelid primer. Also whenever my eyelids get oily, the eyeliner always prints(?) another line onto my eyelid. So . . . T_T

That's pretty much it though . . .

The ONE thing I can say that I like about it is it's waterproofness (if that's a word . . .). I used it for an event and as I was crying, I was repeatedly wiping away my tears and I was expecting myself to look like I was crying black tears BUT I didn't. I checked the mirror and it was fine, no black smudging or anything. I WAS AMAZED O_O

Rating out of 5 would beeeee . . . 2 stars :/
Hope this review helps if you are intending on trying out this product.

- Black Rabbit ~

Ignored?

Hi bunnies :)

I found this story would be interesting to share so here goes . . .

So during class today, the teacher asked where a certain student (student X) was and I clearly stated that they were on an excursion. The teacher, however, didn't seem to hear me, sooo I shouted it quite a few times but she just kept asking the class T_T

Then another student (student Y) was telling the teacher how she didn't remember seeing that student X so I turned to student Y and repeated what I had told the teacher earlier. And did she hear me this time? NOOOOOOOO

Everyone ignored (?) me. The whole class were all talking in small voices and only the people next to me heard me. I clearly shouted it out. Then after five minutes, student Y shouted to the teacher that she thinks student X was on an excursion. =_=  *siiiiigh*

- Black Rabbit ~

Review: Elf Eyelid Primer

Haaaaiii,

Since I'm feeling a bit better, I shall write another review. This blog seems to be mostly on reviews . . . Oh wells, if it helps anyone then I shall keep writing reviews.

So if you do know what an eyelid primer is you can skip to the next paragraph, if you don't please keep reading because it will potentially help you! If you don't have an eyelid primer, then it should be on the top of the 'TO BUY' list ! Eyelid primers are applied on your eyelids to prep them. They help:

- The eyeshadow to stay in place
- No smudging
- Higher colour quality of the eyeliner (if that makes sense)

They should be applied on the areas like your:

- eyelids (duuuh)
- inner corners of your eyes
- under your eyes (just below the bottom lash line)

Review:

So the my Elf Eyelid Primer is in Sheer in number 7501. It's in a stick package with a spongy applicator.

It has a water-based formula which spreads well on the eyelids. You have to really blend it in with your fingers or else you can see the whiteness of the primer. My lids tend to get oily with other primers but the Elf Eyelid Primer, disallows my lids to get oily so that's a good thing.

Also by using the primer my eye makeup stays in place for longer and my eyeliner doesn't smudge onto my eyelids. It's also very easy to remove the makeup afterwards so that's a plus !

My rating for this primer would be 4.5 stars, because if you don't spend a bit of time to blend it in well, then you can see the primer. But it's pretty good :) Hope this review helps.

Comment if you have any questions or comments ^^

- Black Rabbit ~

Condition Update

Greeetings ^^

Good news ! I am finally feeling better ! WOOOO ~
My throat doesn't hurt anymore and my nose isn't runny either. I only cough (quite frequently) because my throat's itchy. The blood vessel that broke in my eye has spread to the pupil but it isn't blurring the sight or anything so that's fine. Hurrrayyy!

My voice is also better ! It's a little croaky and sounds like I have blocked nose, but at least I can actually talk~ :)

me :) 

- Black Rabbit ~

Review: Essence Liquid Ink Eyeliner

Hiyaaa bunnies :)

So not too long ago I bought an essence liquid eyeliner with a brush applicator. I bought this because I wanted to try out eyeliners with a brush applicator and I didn't want to spend too much and then I might regret using brush applicators so I purchased the Essence one because it was cheap.

It looks like this but the brush applicator is not THAT thin. It's actually thicker than that.

It's like this but mines thicker . . .

I don't like using this liquid liner because when I apply it, it makes a REALLY thick line and I tend to like the thinner and more natural look. Also the formula is really sticky and it takes a really long time to dry. So when I apply it, its thick and when I blink it's wet and sticky.

I really dislike using this for its formula and applicator. I have an Essence Eyeliner Pen that ran out so I just dip it into the brush applicator one.

Rating out of 5 would be a definite 1 star for like the colour. It only has a nice dark black colour and that's it.

- Black Rabbit ~

SICK .

Hello Everyone !

I am currently VERY sick! I am suffering from a very bad cough. It started last Saturday and it felt like a normal sore throat that you'd get when you have a cold but then it just got worse. I lost my voice on Saturday and it was all croaky. Then on Sunday, it was still croaky and it was hard to talk.

Whenever I swallowed my saliva, my throat would hurt and it felt like I was swallowing A THOUSAND PINS and they're all piercing my throat.

This . . . in my throat :(

So on Monday when I had school my throat hurt so much so I had one of those throat lozenges and after sucking on two, it finally stopped hurting but my voice was still croaky. By the end of the day, my voice was gone. Like I had no voice AT ALL. I tried to make a sound but no sound came out. 

And the thing that I felt most uncomfortable with was that when someone had just told me a joke and it was meant to be funny, I laugh but because I'm sick and no sound came out, they look at me like 'Why isn't she laughing?' I KNOW its funny but I'm sick so when I laugh no sound comes out. 

I have so much to say but I can't say it because I'm not meant to talk when I have a sore throat. So instead I whisper and if I whisper they can't hear me :( Sometimes when I say it so soft, I can't hear myself but other people seem to hear me just fine and I wonder to myself, 'How did they hear that?' It's weird ! But at the same time it's cool. 

Then during a self-study period today, I had a coughing fit. If you don't know what it is and you haven't experienced it then . . . LUCKY YOU ! A coughing fit is when suddenly your throat starts getting REALLY itchy and it's all quiet so you don't want to cough but you have to. Like I try super hard not to cough but my face goes red and I start spluttering. 

So anyways what I did was I got up and quickly went to the toilet without running so people don't notice me. I felt so lucky that no one was in the toilet at the time, or I wouldn't have been able to suppress my SUPER itchy throat. I coughed so hard and all this mucus came up. And it felt so good to cough it all out. But then my eyes started tearing up and tears were like running down my face. 

I turned to the mirror to wipe it off and I notice something red in my eye and I pull it down and I find this red patch on the white part of my eye. Turns out I had Subconjunctival Haemorrhage (I have linked a website to find out more this is when a blood vessel in my eye popped and the blood 'spewed' out? It was caused by 'violent' coughing.

On top of the sore throat and haemorrhage thing, I have a runny nose. Why does this have to happen to me? And it conveniently starts when I'm going to have a maths exam next week. *COUGHING FIT* 

Being so sick and all but not staying at home resting. But am I crazy? Maybe? So I instead keep going to school. It's not like I can miss out on a day of school ! I don't want to do all that catching up so I go ! One of my close friends today stayed at home because she is very sick like me but with a different sickness. This suddenly turned out to be a rant . . . 

Anyways I'm writing this while I cough and sniff away. At the moment my throat doesn't hurt but I can feel the mucus stuck in there. My nose is runny and I am so aware of the popped blood vessel that I keep checking on it in the mirror. I have also decided that, if I want my voice to come back sooner, I will stop talking. Instead I will be using a mini whiteboard to communicate with people. Which will be very annoying seeing as I write REAALLY slowly. 

Hope everyone is well ^^

- Black Rabbit ~