Skincare Sunday: Ponds Dry Skin Cream Review

Happy Sunday, ladies and gents! How goes it?

And no, I'm actually not a body laying at the bottom of the Dead Sea... because that's actually not physically possible, I would just float because of the high salt content.. right?

I'm incredibly sorry for being MIA, I've just been.. dilly-dallying as a normal teenager does. I've got a lot of posts written up, though, so let's get to it! Getting to the first Skincare Sunday in history, today I will be reviewing the Ponds Dry Skin Cream, as mentioned in the title. 

I was first drawn to this moisturizer last winter, when the air was dry and so was my skin. I have combination skin (oily in the T-zone, dry in the cheeks), and I had bad, dry patches on my cheeks. I needed a deep moisturizer to fix those, and since I had heard a lot about the Ponds Cold Cream, I thought I could give this a try.

Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh Perfume Review

Hi ladies! I hope your hump day has been fantastic, mine was spent laying around in bed... Whoopie.

Anywho.

I've actually been wearing this quite a lot recently, I like the light, clean scent it gives off. It's a very generic, pretty fragrance, not super unique in any way. It's very... mainstream, I have to say. Eau So Fresh is exactly as the name says, it's very fresh and girly, a good floral fruity scent you get after you pop out of the shower... A shower of apple blossoms and sugar.

After the drydown, the apple blossom scent is very dominant, along with the slight musk that accentuates the fruity notes.

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Wild Watermelon: Review and Swatches

Hello readers!

Here's the deal. I bought this lip butter (and a few other colors) a week or two ago, but I've been testing them day to day. I was hesitant to jump on the we-all-love-lip-butters train, but after I tested them for a day or two, I was in the front, tooting the horn.

I naturally had to reach for this color because of well, the name, and because I love anything watermelon. Anything! Actually, I really only prefer really firm and juicy watermelon, not the really watery, flavorless kind. And I always prefer artificial watermelon flavor over any other flavor. Is that bad? Nahh, it's artificial watermelon, what could go wrong?

Essie Avenue Maintain Nail Polish Review and Swatches

Happy spring, ladies and (possibly?) germs! If you hadn't noticed, it's the first day of spring, March 20th! Yay!

Psst... exactly one week until my birthday. (:
It was really windy outside today, and combined with the rain, it felt like it was pelting outside. Not a good start to spring. But, you know as they say, April showers bring May flowers!
... It's almost April, just go with it.

Meet my new love, Essie Avenue Maintain. Such a gorgeous girl. c;
Essie's Avenue Maintain is a perfect transitioning color from spring to fall, especially in this weather. It really reminds me of blue skies, yet, Washington state blue skies; they always seem darker than everywhere else. -_-

Read on for more pictures and the review!

Mascara Monday: Maybelline The Rocket Mascara (Waterproof) Review

Three, two, one, blastoff! :D

That's what I think of every time I see this tube of mascara on my counter. Which is a really cute tube of goodness, by the way~

Pink and blue cuteness... I lurv it.

Compared to my Covergirl Lashblast Fusion Brush

Read on for more~

Nicole by OPI Love Your Life: Review and Swatches

Hello lovely readers,

First of all, happy Chinese/Vietnamese New Year! Gung Hay Fat Choy! Chúc mừng năm mới! Happy year of the Snake to you all! (:

Anyway, another upcoming holiday is Valentine's Day, as you all know. Or as I like to call it, Single Ladies Day. Because I like to celebrate by myself. With some Ben & Jerry's Fish Food ice cream.

It's great. (:

Anyway, since I was removing my nail polish, I felt a little festive for this holiday of love. For myself. But I'm too lazy of a creature to slap a creative design on my nails, so I popped Love Your Life on instead.

Oh how I was rewarded.

Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette: Swatches and Review

I was so excited when I purchased this palette from Ulta the other week, I have been dying to own at least one palette from the Naked series, even if there are only 6 shades. I'm dealing. I really didn't want to blow 50 bucks on one palette, even though it's well worth the money I'm sure, but I just though it wouldn't be super portable for me to throw in my purse or backpack.

Read on for the rest of the review!

Essie Boxer Shorts Swatches and Review

Hi everybody! I hope you're having a wonderful late autumn so far, it's getting really chilly, isn't it? I love my Eskimo coat... It makes me look like the chubbiest little kid. (:

Anyway, let's get straight to the swatches and review!

OPI My Very First Knockwurst: Swatch and Review

Hello lovelies, how are you? I'm doing fine, thanks for wondering if you did. It's FRIDAY! TGIF! I'm actually a loser so I'm just going to be making posters for my Relay for Life team* and watching movies with the fam tonight instead of that thing regular teenagers do.. what is it? Par-taying? Sounds boring. ;)

I was excited when I found this nail polish, because I really liked the nudes in this collection. The OPI Germany collection (here) has a wide variety of darks and lights, but I always love the names of the polishes! Some of them are actually really creative, like Don't Talk Bach to Me. That one always cracks me up because I'm kind of an orcha-dork.

P.S. I apologize for the green stains on my fingers, I just finished painting and the paint refused to come off of  my fingers.

Read on for the review and more swatches!

Essie A Crewed Interest Swatch and Review

Hello, girlies (and boysies?). Today's post will be a post on the Essie nail polish A Crewed Interest, which was in the Spring 2012 collection I believe.

Read on for the review!

Mascara Monday 1: Maybelline Lash Stiletto Voluptuous Waterproof Mascara Review

Hullo readers! Today's Mascara Monday will be on Maybelline's Lash Stiletto Voluptuous Waterproof Mascara. Woah, what a mouthful.

Lip Smackin' Sunday 1: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Coral Reef

Today's Lip Smackin' Sunday is going to be at the beach! A windy, cold, possibly clear skied, Washington beach. I'm razor clamming on this fine Washington day, and it's sweat-inducing. I had to wake up at 5:30 in the A-freaking-M, so makeup was grab, grab, go. Usually, I dress myself down on weekends, and when I go out to razor clam, I don't even try. I seriously look like a sleep-deprived monster that married a rat and had the offspring of me. That's me. ;) Rat's nest hair and all. But today I'll try a little, just for you readers.

Maybelline Colossal Volum' Express Mascara Review

So, my first makeup review of the blog, the world, here we go then. This mascara is an interesting one.

Pros:

•  It volumizes a lottttt
• It makes your lashes look fuller because it has such a big wand
• It has a big wand. <3
• It gives the illusion of bigger lashes, not long ones.

Cons:

• If you don't apply it right, it can make your eyelashes look spidery and clumpy.
• I got it, and it kind of smelled. It's most likely the smell of the collagen in it, but I tossed it after 2 weeks.
• If you get the non waterproof kind, it's REALLY non waterproof. It will run like heck.
• I've heard that it flakes on some people. It didn't happen to me, but it might to you. O_O

The formula is a wee bit runny, so apply a lot if you end up buying this product. For me, the cons outweighed the pros. A lot of people like this, but it's not for me. It's not the worse I've come by, but it's an iffy one. It definitely volumizes a lot. Yes indeed, that it does. It easily can create a dramatic look without false lashes, and with, but I prefer Maybelline Falsies over this one. But that is a story for another time folks. It's time to go beddybye. Have a good one, internet readers.

~Mai, your rambling beauty lover