Diamond Lash ~Green Tray~

Hello everyone!
It's RUKI here~
Today I'm here to post the review I promised, so here we go:


When i was in Japan, I was pleasantly surprised to find the new range of Diamond Lash lashes available at a popular discount store, Donki. The green tray range, リトルウィンクシリーズ(Little Wink Series), is a collection of natural looking lashes that is ever-so-slightly similar to Dolly Wink's Otona series. As the trays hung prettily on the rack, I couldn't help but grab a couple of them to try.(´∀｀)
So, today's review would be on one of the lashes from the green tray series~

シークレット Eye (Secret Eye)

This set of lashes seems somewhat similar to Dolly Wink's Otona series in terms of length and volume, both of which these lashes do not have much of, which makes them perfect for school or work~ ヾ(´^ω^)ノ♪
The length of the lashes at the inner corners are perfect for me as they are not too long. the lashes graduate towards the ends where it emphasise on the length and volume which would help achieve the "Cat eye" look. The spine is wonderfully soft, but not too soft that it makes the lashes hard to apply, and transparent so that it will look more natural when applied. The fibres are not to dark like some lashes, which would further make the lashes seem more natural.（≧▽≦）They are also arrange in such way that the fibres extend from the spine in a "V" shape that makes the strands seem less uniformed and more natural-looking.

Overall, these as the most natural lashes i own! But they are fast becoming my favourite as they don't look too dramatic with light make-up and provide just enough length and volume to make your eye "pop". The lashes are also very easy to apply with the flexible spine. These are great for days where you want to dress up a little without going over the top~

Here are a few pictures of me wearing the lashes before i went to meet up with the other Kagayamis (´・ω・｀):

Sorry for the blur picture... i was kinda in a rush ><

here's a better picture but the lighting is kinda wonky O_o

*closed eyes

first camwhore picture in awhile! xDD

yes...I have short fingers... D;

and here's the liz lisa dress i wore for the outing ♥

Packaging : 7/10 (kinda plain but it serves its purpose. Love the colour though!)

Value : 8.5/10 (Pretty cheap compared to other brands like Dolly Wink) 

Length : 6.5/10 (only long at the outer ends, but i think the length is perfect!)

Volume : 5/10 (hardly any volume, but its great for the natural look!)

Overall satisfaction : 8.5 (would definately buy again, but i think its only available in japan at the moment D;)

So, that's the end of my review~~~ see 'ya guys soon ♥

♥ ｒｕｋｉ

P.S: i can't resist posting another picture of yama-chan...

Reunion Outing

Hello!
We had a reunion outing to catch up with one another today because we are all in different schools now.
We had a yummy lunch at YOSHINOYA @ Bugis Junction and I ordered a salmon bowl while Ruki and Ruka ordered beef bowls. The student meal was quite worth it as it was $4.90 and came with a drink. 

Ruka and Ruki 

After lunch, we walked around Bugis Junction for awhile before going to take Neoprints. We tried the new machine today and it was quite stressful to squeeze into the small booth. ( Three more friends joined us ) The new machine had pretty neat features like the option to make you look slimmer by making you 'longer' and themed decorations to suit different types of outings/events. However, the neoprints turned out quite yellow. Maybe it was an option we pressed.
We choose the 'Girl's Day Out' theme to decorate our neoprints. :}


After neoprints, we took some photos in the booth, trying to copy the expressions of the models. Hahas! 
Here are some of the photos we took:

Ruka

Ruki

Riiko

We went to Illuma after taking photos to see the new UNIQLO outlet which opened today. 
It was really crowded with a long queue to the changing rooms. I think the most impressive part of the sale was the jeans which only cost $20 . UNIQLO jeans for $20 was an amazing bargain and thus, Ruki went home today owning a new pair of olive colored jeans. 
While Ruka and Ruki walked around in UNIQLO, I went upstairs to visit the other shops like this casual Japanese boutique on level 3. I cannot remember the exact name of the shop, but it was just next to the escalator. 


I found an amazing blue vest there with a light blue stripped hood. The zipper was pretty unique as it was in the form of a keyring. I would have bought the vest if it was not so expensive. ( The vest cost $89.90 ) D:


We went back to Illuma after completing our shopping and went to sit down and chat at the food area in the basement level. It was really fun talking to everyone after so many months. I am glad that we could meet up despite our busy and very different schedules. 
I hope that we can have another outing soon !




RIIKO 

Great Singapore SAAAAALE (/*W*)/

HEY CHICKIES, HOW Y'ALL DOIN? C:

I'm feelin super psyched and all happy-ed up 'cos...

a. JUNE HOLS!

b. Great Singapore SALE!! AAAAAAAAAAAAH! \\(>O<)//

YUP. So hopefully, more posts for you guys, and more hopping for everyone! ;D

Anyhow, as a sort of link to the GSS, I'm gonna post about stuff I got at Jurong Point today!
(actually, just 30min ago, haha).

LOOK!

kay so... clockwise from left:

Kiss Me Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner Black #01

K-Palette 24H Real Lating Eyeliner WP [Super Black]

Voce Noda Accessories brush

Colour Combos Accessories nail file

I got everything except the Heroine Make eyeliner from Sasa! The Heroine Make is from Watsons(:

Currently, both these stores are having pretty awesome sales!! The K-Palette liner is originally SGD$19.90 but is on 20% sale in Watsons and Sasa, so now it's ~SGD$15.90! -GASP- Super awesome right?? Unfortunately, Heroine Make (SGD$18.90) and Dolly Wink do not have the same discount -sigh- But oh wellll...

I will be doing a comparative, 2-in-1 review of both these eyeliners soon. Ruki has already done one on the Dolly Wink liquid liner and K-Palette in black. To make it easier for you guys to gauge amongst these four liners, I'll be doing my review in a similar style. You can see her review here if you want (^v^)

http://www.ramunepop.blogspot.sg/2012/02/b-l-c-k.html

Watsons is having a pretty awesome sale, with quite a lot of items on sale, so do check it out asap if you can! If you wait, all the good stuff will be snapped up (>A<) Like today, the K-Palette eyeliners, both [Black] and [Super Black], and the Dolly Wink liquid liners were gone. GONE. So hurry guys!

At Sasa, they also have a sale (called Pretty in Pink, I think) and there's quite a lot of good buys too! Sorry, I couldn't find a picture of the promotional poster, my bad... The K-Palette had 20% off in both stores, so you can go to either one, I suppose. Or just go to both and buy more, WAHAHAHA >;{>

So now, I just wanna blog about the brush I got. It was really cheap, only SGD$5.90 at Sasa, and the brush is pretty soft to the touch. Its also pretty dense, especially considering the relatively low price. I really like the design of it, as it ensures that the bristles are not caught when you cap it. The cap and size also make it pretty handy to tote around :3

So, onward to the pictures!!!!

The packaging is pretty neat! It's like zip lock bags(:

 To keep:

#1 Slide up the movable cannister thingy

(this keeps all the bristles nicely together!)

#2 Cap it down

#3 Press to "lock" it

(now, the bristles are in the cap, but none of them are caught, bent, etc.

Cool, eh? That's why I like the design 0f it)

Size comparison to my hand ;D

There are a lot of brushes recentl with the same cap design. If you want to bring a brush around, I would recommend these types for good storage (not necessarily this brush exactly). I think that it keeps the bristles clean cos of the cap, and it also makes sure that they are not bent out of shape in your pouch. The moveable cannister also prevents bristles from getting caught in the cap. AND, it's fun to play with XD haha so yeah.

LOOK OUT FOR THE LINER REVIEWS SOON!

<3

 

LOVE, ☆RUKA☆

Back! ヾ(＾∇＾)

HELLO !

Ruki here! I'm back from a loooooong, unannounced hiatus~! eheheheh...
Sorry for being a bad blogger and not updating the blog... m(_ _)m

Well, today I'm gonna type a short post of my not-so-recent trip to Japan~
I'll post more details of my trip in the future as I review the items i bought (●´∀｀●)
Here we go ~

I left for Japan on the 25th of March. My flight was at 5.30 in the morning, but i was unable to fall asleep in the plane as I was practically bursting with excitement!(*´∀`*)
After about 2 hours of listening to random music on the plane, I looked out of the window and was greeted by the beautiful sunrise♥

my first glimpse of Japan!

About another 4 hours later, I was off the plane~ My mum collected our "Rail Pass" and we're off to our hotel in Shinagawa. We hopped onto the first Narita Express* (can't remember the name of the train, but i think its the Narita Express) and it was another hour of boredom for me. Luckily, i had my Pokemon game to keep me occupied.

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sorry for the slanted pictures... i can't seem to rotate it the right way...

When we arrived at Shinagawa, my mum and i decided to leave our lugagge in our hotel room and explore the area. After popping by a few shops, we bought dinner at a nearby supermarket located in a department store. The food was delicious! I had an assortment of sushi, some black-sugar-mochi-thing (it melts in your mouth!) and potato salad~ my mum had a bento which had really yummy rice♥ We also had croquette(☆^O^☆)

i had forgotten to take a picture before we ate >< 

the black thing on my tuna is a huge bean my mum found in her bento. look at the size of it!

the mochi-thing ;D

my mum also bought some strawberries

That concludes Day #1 of my stay in Japan~

I'll continue in my future posts, but im gonna write a review next so look out for it! (＾▽＾)

Until next time... (｡･ω･)ﾉﾞ

♥ ｒｕｋｉ

P.S.: Here's a picture of Yama-chan cause he's my kawaii ichiban♥

New shirts :D

Hello ! RIIKO here. 

Sorry for not posting for a looong time. School has kept me really busy . >_>

Anyway, I bought some new shirts last month so here are some pictures :

I got this shirt for $15 from Bossini. I really like the turquoise color since it gives off this HAPPY vibe. 

This shirt matches well with jeans, or bermudas if you want a more street look. 

HEADPHONES shirt ! <3 I love love love this shirt a lot ! 

It was from PUNKSTAR - a pretty famous brand which is featured in magazines pretty often.

It was slightly more expensive but the quality of the shirt is really good so I still recommend it.

Lastly, I bought this new hair-tie from Novena Square. It is a cute fabric 

hair-tie that has a relatively simple design of small white polka dots. 

I used it today when I went out this morning. 

Heehee :}

That is all for now. I post more in the future when I find new styles to experiment with. 

Until then ~

RIIKO

HADA LABO HAPPINESS C:

HEY ALL! Yup, as promised, I'm back with my HADA LABO review!! (/*W*)/

yeah, so today is all about the

HADA LABO HYDRATING LOTION

 tadaaaa~ ~ !

 as well as the

HADA LABO  HYDRATING MILK

  my "milk bottle" XD

 Now, #1 HADA LABO HYDRATING LOTION

According to the bottle, it is a hydrating lotion that gives instant hydration and has Nano + Super Hyaluronic Acid (more info on the back label). It retails at Watsons (once again, mine is from the JCube outlet) @ SGD 22.90 for 170ml.

I find that with this product, a tiny bit is enough for my whole face, since it is VERY moisturising (I use less lotion than toner, to give you an estimation). At first, the consistency is a little like water, but upon application, feels rather oily, to some extent. When patted on, it has a slightly sticky finish, but that feeling disappears quickly so my skin feels very... uh.... BOUNCY?? yeah. And moisturised. It lasts me quite long, after a long ten hours outside/at school, my face still doesn't feel dry when i get home (>O<) So yes, it does work well.

However, I do have a skin condition, eczema, which sometimes results in extreme dryness, occassionally on my face. When that happens, I feel like I need to drown my face in moisturiser, or else it feel itchy and dry. EWWWW...

Luckily, Hada Labo is pretty good, so nowadays I just supplement the lotion with

#2 HADA LABO HYDRATING MILK

I pat it on AFTER the lotion, to give my skin an extra moisturising boost C:

It works pretty much the same way as the lotion, but the texture is creamier, more like most moisturisers on the market. It also retails for SGD 22.90 at Watsons, but for 140ml (the bottle is a leeeetle smaller).

And as opposed to the "INSTANT HYDRATION" lotion, the milk aims to "REPLENISH MOISTURE" (more long-lasting, i guess?). I do feel that the moisturiser alone does help my skin a lot, so it's a pretty good buy too, despite the smaller size. But more tight budgeted people should probably go for the lotion, I think, as it is also really hydrating.

Packaging-wise, the ones I got came with "security seals", like this:

looks kinda like normal adhesive tape with words, eh?

 It just helps you make sure its unopened I guess... Not much else to say, pretty basic plastic bottle + label packaging. But  I think the size makes it pretty big for short vacations/trips though (most of my previous moisturisers were in small tubes). But it means it lasts longer, especially cos so little is used each time. Anyway, you can always just decant it into a tinier bottle, so thats not really an issue, hmm. -shrugs- So... yeah. Decent packaging, but nothing special.

OVERALL:

LOTION / MILK (since both are about the same standard to me)

Packaging: 6/10

Moisturisation: 9.5/10

After-effect: 8.5/10 (slightly oily, then sticky)

Value-for-money: 7.5/10 (kinda ex, but it's GREAT and from JAPAN! OWO)

Overall: 8/10 (aka PRETTY DARN AWESOMEEEE)

 

 

TOTALLY RANDOM, but I had a dance performance today. It went pretty well, here are some camwhore pics XD  I took some with my friends too, but since I don't have permission to put their pics online (plus I'm too lazy to ask), you'll just have to be content with my face, haha (>x<)

 

 

my eye make-up for the dance! <3

MY OUTFIT for contemporary dance C;

(^3^)

will you keep my secret? ♥

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, FOLKS! ♥,

☆RUKA☆

NOSE VACUUMING ;3

Heya! It's Ruka again ^^ Sorry bout the lack of posts, we've all been trying to settle down into our new schools. Anyhow, I look like a sick chicken now (flu/runny nose/headache killer combo) so not many pics in this post, heh (>_<)

Bet the title makes you go: WHAT IN THE HOOZLES IS THAT??! Haha, I'll be reviewing... the BIORE PORE PACK.

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Vacuum! Get it? XD

And look out for my HADA LABO INSTANT HYDRATION lotion + milk review in about... a week? Yeah. |:{D

So. The Biore Pore Pack (/*0*)/

I bought mine from Watsons (@ the newly opened JCube!), 1 pack = 10 strips + FREE Biore UV Bright Face Milk SPF 50++

the packaging (from Japan! ^^)

 each strip in a metallic sachet

 gah, bad skin. and yes,  I have bangs now (duhhh, look ^)

As you can see, there are little slits on the strip. They help to fit the shape of your nose better. For those who don't know how to use the pore strip and cannot read the instructions (the ones on mine are in Jap), here are the basic steps:

#1 Open the sachet and take out the strip WITHOUT removing the clear adhesive film

#2 Wet your nose thoroughly

#3 Remove the film from the strip and...

#4 STICK!!

#5 Wait 10-15min before removing

#6 IMPORTANT. Use toner to seal the open pores, or else they'll get clogged up again faster.

Overall, I gotta say this product works pretty well, and "sucks" up a lot of the dirt/blackheads/etc. (get the vacuum ref now? hee hee)

Sorry, I can't remember the exact price, but it was pretty cheap. Definitely worth a try if you have blackheads around the nose area, LIKE ME D: Haven't tested the Face Milk thingy yet though, hmmm.... Might combine it with the Hada Labo? Depends, i guess.

Anyhoooooo~~ That's all I got today, sorry it's short!

LOVE, RUKA <3