Happiness is a HappySkin Lippie

Had Been meaning to post this review for more than a month now but like they say I put the PRO in procrastination . So what better day to post my review than on National Lipstick day. 

I first stumbled across the brand HappySkin at The Beauty Bar in Manila! 

The product display and packaging is what made me check out the counter. The display is a mix of soft girly colors like teal, pink and white much like its logo.

For a long time i thought it was a Korean brand but one of the SA at the beauty bar in Mall of Asia told me that its a brand from the Philippines. I swatched a few colors and for some reason I didn't buy any thing and flew back home.

Little did I know that I would be back in Manila this year that too when they were launching their 

"Preview X Happy Skin Shut Up & Kiss Me Moisturizing Matte Lippie" .

My Lippie is in the shade "Hot Stuff" which is the red shade.

It is one of the two limited edition matte lippies that are part of  Preview Magazine's 20 year celebration.

   The brand says that each Shut Up & Kiss Me Moisturizing Matte Lippie contains Happy Skin’s signature shea butter and collagen combo paired with powerful Cupuacu Butter  which offers unrivaled  hydration, healing, and improved elasticity. 

   But first lets see the packaging.

   The Lippie in structure resembles the chubby stick by Revlon or Clinique. 

   But i love the fact that the Lippie stick has Pout prints all over it.

   And the gold detail at the bottom just adds to the richness.

  The product claims to offer three-fold "lip service": the trendy matte texture, the pigment of a lipstick, and hydration of a balm! One swatch on my had me sold on the Matte texture.

I compared it to the only other stick lip product i own : My Bobbi Brown art stick.

I know both shades are very different color wise but i swatched them together just to compare a few other features.

The Bobbi Brown art stick is supposed to give a creamy matte finish. If you compare the two swatches you can see that the HappySkin is much more matte.

When i cleaned the swatches with my bioderma sensibio h2o micelle solution the Bobbi Brown art stick came off immediately but the HappySkin Lippie did leave a bit of product back.

 After another round of cleaning with may Bioderma water the HappySkin lippie still left a very faint stain.

I road tested this baby many times. And its safe to say that the pigmentation of this Lippie is like a Lipstick also even though it looks super matte it is pretty hydrating. It is not long wearing but it can survive a light meal. 

With a couple of touch ups it lasts for the entire day.

Pros :
Matte
Does not dry the lips
Good color payoff
No bad scent
Reasonably priced
Sturdy Packaging

Cons :
The tip of the lippie stick becomes blunt after a while. {One simple work around this problem is using a brush to fill in the products around the corners.}

All in all I loved this lippie and will surely buy it again.

For those who wanna try it out it is available at Happy Skin counters at the Beauty Bar, Plains and Prints, Rustan's Beauty Source, SM Beauty or Watsons .

For on line purchase you can try the following links (I think they ship internationally also):

http://store.happyskincosmetics.com/index.php?id_product=70&controller=product

or

http://shop.beautybar.com.ph/makeup/lips/p3441295.html

Have a very happy Lipstick day ladies.
   
                                                              ---------- XOXO Pammy

Celebrate with The Body Shop - Part 2

The second part of my #CelebratewitTBS is a makeup product. 

It's the smokey 2 in 1 gel liner for eyes and brows. 

You get 2ml of the product for a price of 695 PHP. 

It has a tiny brush applicator at the top which works pretty well. So no hassle of carrying a separate brush for the liner. 

When I bought it I assumed it was smudge proof but there is no such mention on the product. I almost thought of exchanging it for something else.

 

But when I swatched it on my hand it looked really good. But it rubs off easily so for my smokey eyed ladies can use this to create that look. 

I decided to road test this product a few days back. But it had smudged quite easily on my hand so to set it I used a dark eyeshadow. And it stayed on pretty well for a good 6-7 hours. 

 This is me after 4 hours. I think it stayed pretty well especially coz I have pretty oily lids and also the nasty habit of rubbing my eyelids. I haven't tried it on my brows yet but I don't think it will disappoint me. 

You might say that it's a tad too expensive but hey it's by the The Body Shop. It can never be bad right. 

M loving it so far. I hope you guys try it out. 

            --XOXO Pammy 

Product Review - ANNY Polish Corrector

Colouring outside the lines is what I've been doing since childhood. 

It's cute when u r a kid! But when the same kid grows up n applies nail polish like 5 year old using water color it's a no no. 

Not all of us would wanna get our nails done in the salon always. 

ANNY Polish corrector is a Salvation for messy people like me.

I picked it up at the SM Store in Manila, Phillipines.

It looks like a felt-tipped pen and the tip is shaped like a cuticle pusher. 

The other end of the pen contains 3 extra tips. 

In most of the DIY manis that you see people say that if you want a nail color to POP apply a coat of white first and then paint the color of your choice. 

Problem with this is when the coat of white peeks out below the actual color.

After using the Polish corrector my nails are much cleaner. 

Some might say why should I spend money for such a product. I can suggest two cheaper alternatives.........

1) Ear bud- dip you cotton bud in Polish remover and clean up the area around your nail .

Problem here is the shape of the cotton bud doesn't allow us to clean the crevices in the sides of the nails.

2) Tooth pic / cuticle pusher - Cover a tooth pic / cuticle pusher with cotton and dip it in Polish remover. 

Problem in this case is if the cotton is too wet it might fall on the good part of the painted nail. If the cotton gets too dry fibres might get stuck to the nail.

All in all I am pretty happy with this product and would surely recommend it to you guys. 

Also for the ladies who wanna know what colors I used for my mani 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - shade 300 (White On) 

Bourjois So laque glossy - shade 06 (Adore-bleu) 

Maybelline Color Show- shade 212 (Hooked-on-Pink)

Keep smiling n keep painting ur nails! 

       

              ---XOXO Pammy