Estee Lauder - Double Wear Powder Foundation

This is my HG powder foundation! My sister gave me this as a Christmas gift, so I have no idea how much it costs here in Hong Kong. But I know that she got it from Seibu, Langham Place, Mongkok.

I love this very much because it has a good coverage and it stays in place for hours. It is also non-cakey when applied a few times all over the face, not to mention the luxurious compact that comes with it. (NOTE: You need to purchase the compact separately from the powder.)

I use this to blend my liquid or cream foundation of the day to my concealer so that it would look natural and people won't notice my concealer at all, and in fact, it works! As you guys have known, I have a lot of scars and dark areas around my face that needs concealing a lot. One of my friend from Philippines went for a vacation here in Hong Kong and she said, "Hey, it's good that you don't have any scars on your face anymore!" LOL! The bad thing that she didn't know about, is that it's still there, only that I made something to hide it. Which is good... Because that means it looks natural.

It stays for around 2-3 hours on my face, without retouching and without being oily. I use it all over my face, from the T-Zone area, under eyes, chin, cheeks before putting on powder blush. I still have mine upto now, and I've been using it continuously for 5 months already and my compact only has a little dip. Meaning, it takes a long time to finish, compare to the other powder foundations that I got to used that within one month, it's all used up already.

I would say that this is my HG for now, but actually, I'm still not that quite satisfied with what it gives.

Kose Esprique Precious - Eye Shadow Singles - OR210

This is one of my favorite eye shadows. I rarely, rarely, rarely use eye shadows because I'm too lazy to blend and mix and I would usually go for a natural look with just a lipstick and a blusher on, so I get to use this very seldom. But this eye shadow from Esprique Kose never fails me.

It's in orange with little gold sparkled glitters on it. The texture of the eye shadow is very smooth and silky, not to mention it is very easy to apply. I think you can also apply this with a wet applicator for a long lasting effect. For me, I use my Benefit She Laq sealer.

For my medium-fair skin-tone (NC30 / NC35), this has an orangy-bronze-gold finish look which I usually love. Japanese brand eye shadows are really good with eye shadows, they rarely fail!

Kose Esprique Precious - Moist On Rouge in PK811

This is my very first purchase from Kose's Esprique Precious Line. Since I'm into lipsticks at that time, I decided to play safe it with Esprique's Moist on Rouge. I am more of a pink-gal lipstick rather than red or nude brown color, so I purchased PK811. I got it from Seibu for I believe HKD 195-ish in Langham Place, Mongkok.

At first sight, I love its packaging. It is an all white packaging with a tiny glittery-like belt around it. Its lipstick has little glitters all over but not that visible when applied. It is very sheer and light, if you just want a very light kind of lippy. My only problem with this lipstick is that it's not moisturizing. It dries up my lips making me want to take it all off everytime and then re-applying it.

Anyway, you can find my swatch for this lipstick here.

I don't have this lipstick anymore since I'm not really fond of it. I believe I can get the same color with other brands with more moisturizing effect on my lips. I swapped it over a wonderful MUAer last month.