Saturday 21 July 2012

Dolly Wink #11 @ Shibuya Gals SG Meetup C:

HEY EVERYONE! RUKA HERE (>0<) Hope you guys are doing well. I do apologise for the hiatus. Oh well, I'm back(: Today will be a blog and review post regarding

#1 SHIBUYA GALS SG MEETUP!! <3
#2 DOLLY WINK OTONA SERIES NO. 11 ;D



First, the meetup. Shibuya Gals Sg is Singapore's only dedicated gyaru makeup corner, and they sell their products excusively at Watsons. They have a facebook page so if you are into gyaru, or are just curious, do check it out and like it ^^ They're pretty dang awesome! They provide info on the latest gyaru trends and regularly feature the totally super mega awesome gyaru model TSUBASA MASUWAKA! A meetup was arranged at Watsons, Ngee An City shopping centre so I decided to check it out along with Ruki.
Since I was one of the first 50 to register, I was entitled to a goody bag!!! The stuff in it was really neat ;3 Deco lashes, nail polish and eyelash fix!!!!!!!!!!! <3 There were nine gyaru blogger senseis there and they gave a live demonstration/makeover type thing with commentary consisting on loads of helpful tips. The nine (really pretty) senseis each gave a makeup bag to the winners of the lucky dip. There were loads of different styles of gyarus there, even the senseis too! Hime-kei, rokku gyaru and SOOOO much more. Totally worth going, plus, i LOVE the stuff they sell. Ruki and I didn't win the luck dip, but overall I was super happy and the event was really fun! Sorry about the lack of pictures... We both forgot our cameras and my phone cam just doesn't cut it. Here's a pic from online of the guru bloggers:


On to the lashes review!
PRESENTING...
KOJI Dolly Wink Eyelash No. 11 Pure Sweet from the Otona series ^^

EASY POP-OPEN TYPE CASE WITH TWO PAIRS OF LASHES
AND A PRETTY PICTURE OF TSUBASA-CHAN <3

THE BACK OF THE COVER

THIS IS THE EFFECT THE LASHES ARE SUPPOSED TO CREATE C;



The lash band is not as long as the typical Dolly Wink lashes, since the Otona Series is aimed at getting a more natural look. The fibres fork out somewhat parallel to one another instead of in triangles. Some loose fibres are placed in between the thicker "bunches" of fibres so the lashes blend really well with my own lashes. The lash fibres are pretty long, but shorter than the typical Dolly Wink ones. But I still love it. In fact, I think I like it better! I have reaaaaaaaaaaaaally small eyes so sometimes I find the typical Dolly Wink lashes (eg. my #1s) too dramatic and if I wear em without bottom lashes, I have to be careful not to make my eyes look too "top heavy". So these are perfect for me cos I can wear em with or without bottom lashes with no worries and they look natural yet really luscious and long. Volume is a little lacking, but oh well. (/*0*)/

Some pics of me at Cosfest just this month! I'm using Dolly Wink #11 and #5!

WITHOUT MY GLASSES. PRETTY LONG, EH?

WITH GLASSES, YET THEY STILL LOOK NOT BAD. NATURAL LOOKING BUT SUPER PRRETTY-FIED XD
TRUST ME, WITHOUT FALSIES, YOU CAN'T SEE MY LASHES, ESPECIALLY ON CAMERA x:

RUKI, ME AND RIIKO

Ratings time!
Packaging: 8.5/10 the pastael colours are pretty (and so is TSUBASA!)
Value: 6/10 kinda expensive though... Typical Dolly Winks. But at least the quality is good.
Length: 8/10 quite long but still natural-ish looking. me likey ^^
Volume: 5/10 not a lot, honestly... /:
Overall: 7.5/10 Love em', but would hesitate cos of the price -sighs-

So, that's about it! See you guys soon C:

[RUKA]

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Monday 2 July 2012

Back to BLACK

Hey y'all! It's time for another reviewwwwwwww (Y)
Yup! Today's post is titled "Back to BLACK" since it's a comparative liquid eyeliner review similar to the one Ruki did, titled BLACK, which you can view here C:

Today's review will feature the Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner BLACK #01 and K-Palette 24H Real Lasting Eyeliner WP [Super Black].


TADA~ ~

These are the packagings for the eyeliners, the Heroine Make one (HM) on the left and the K-Palette (K-P) on the right. The packagings were all in Japanese, but an English transation was stuck on so if you want more info on the individual eyeliners, just take a peek at the back <: You can get both of 'em at Watsons, KP @ SGD$19.90 and HM @SGD$18.90. KP is also available at Sasa, where i got mine(:

The Heroine Make one is a little more extravagant, with a pink quilt design on it. It also advertises its super-fine pen tip (0.1mm) on the front. The K-Palette has a more minimalist approach to its packaging. It's simple, just black and red.

For this review, for all swatches, package shots etc., KP will always be on top for simple reference. LET'S START (>v<)////

HM's "pop open" type casing kinda reminds me of DollyWink Lash cases ^^
= easy to open, yay!

Sorry, didn't take pics of the KP one, heh... Basically just a box type. So it's also easy to open.

They're actually exactly the same size! -gasp-

As you can see, the HM one is a pretty maroon colour with gold designs. KP keeps it simple, just black and whitish-silver(:

KP has a longer tip though...

The KP tip seems to separate more easily as well, though not by much. Or it could just be because I use it more often? hmmm -shrugs-

The HM one is finer and just sliiiiightly more pigmented.

Honestly, though, the difference isn't all that big and I find the K-Palette one smoother to apply. Also, since it's so fine, the HM one takes longer to get the same effect as KP. But I guess if you are the type to like drawing REALLY FINE eyeliner, then go for the HM one.

Smudge Test!!

Same as Ruki, I rubbed the lines vigorously with my fingers. Both flaked quite a bit, but the KP one held up a lot better. Besides, I rubbed pretty hard and I don't think anyone does that to their eyes, makeup or not ('''._.) So chances are, they won't ever fade to this extent. In any case, they are only roughly... 10(?) cm long, so you can always just carry it around for a quick touch up!

Waterproof-ness Test!

Held my hand under running tap water and then rubbed gently. As can be seen both flaked, but once again, KP hed up better. As in the before test, this is also pretty unrealistic for a test since none of us will end up with our eyes under a constant, relatively heavy downpour and then rub them, in my opinion. So... yeah. Same with the above, you can always touch up anyway.

In the end, the winner for both tests is...
K-Palette!!!!!!!!!

But I think the Heroine Make one is pretty darn awesome too! I won't rate them since I think the effectiveness of the liners largely depends on your skin type and preference. I do encourage you guys to give them both a try, and see what works for you. I think that's the most important thing. Some of you may not even like liquid liners! So in the end, read many reviews, ask around, then make an independent decision.

Oh, and if any of you were curious, I briefly borrowed Ruki's K-Palette in Black while we were out on an outing for a quick comparison.

The SUPER BLACK (mine, bottom) is slightly bigger than the BLACK (Ruki's, top).

The only difference we could find was the size and the "WP",
in terms of packaging.

A light swatch: Super black acutally is black-er! ^^


GOOD LUCK GIRLS (and guys?) <3,

RUKA