HEART ♥ KRiSTEL'S BEAUTY BLOG: MY M·A·C FAVES GIVEAWAY

HEART ♥ KRiSTEL'S BEAUTY BLOG: MY M·A·C FAVES GIVEAWAY: Hello loves! Here's another chance for all you lovely followers to win some of my favorite products from M·A·C . I wanted to do this givea...

January Haul

Hello again dollies!
It's already the end of January and that means it's haul time once again!
Maybe you are wondering why is it that I don't have a December haul? Well that's because I promise myself not to buy anything for a month because during those times I'm saving up to buy gifts for my loved ones. So let's not make this post too long shall we?

I only got a few items this time hehe I am buying lots of things recently hehe that's why my money is divided to many things not just with beauty products.  Remind you dolllies I didn't buy all of these things at once and some are bought by my prince. and by my lovable grandma. So let's start enumerating

First I'll enumerate to you the things that I bought at The Landmark Makati

• Nivea Angel Star Body lotion
• Shawill Lip Liner no. 55
• Nichido Loose Powder in So Natural
• A small lotion container

Now the things I bought at Etude House Market! Market!

• Happy Tea Time Green Tea Cleansing Wipes
• Sweet Nail Nail Buffer
• Pencil Sharpener
• Face Pack Brush
• French Manicure Tip Guide
• Etude House Petit Darling Nails BR310

I also bought St. Ives Apricot Scrub at Watson's Waltermart Makati and also during my visit at SM North Edsa with my Sweetie I bought a Tony Moly nail polish in NE01 and he bought me at Watson's a Marionnaud pointed eye shadow brush. During my visit at Robinson's Metro East with my grandparents, my grandma bought me a Careline lip gloss in 108.

I sure miss buying a lot of beauty products and when I say a lot, I mean very LOT! haha

There you go my dear dollies! Can't wait to make a review of these products. 

Take care my dear dollies and always stay pretty!

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Product Review:San San Perfectly Pink Nail Polish

Hello again my dear dollies!
It's review time again!
For today's review, it's the San San Perfectly Pink Nail Polish

I've seen San San for a very long time now and I do remember that my mom had tried using the compact powders. San San is only available in HBC outlets.

I have this for a very long time now. I decided to try San San nail polish because they are free of the big 3 which is the Formaldehyde,Toluene and DBP.

 I got the Perfectly Pink shade because I think that this is the only shade that will suit me. (Based on the available shades that are available on that branch)

It comes in a square packaging and a big one as well. The packaging is really simple but nice. What I love most is the blue handle which I have no problems in controlling it. The brush is pretty good as well for it's price. The texture of the product is quite sheer so you needed 2 coats to achieve a good color.

I read on some blogs that if you are using a big 3 free nail polish, you also need a base coat that is free of the big 3. Since that I don't have one, (I'm using Caronia's base coat and nail hardener in 1) I can't really tell on how long lasting this nail polish is. The nail polish already chipped by day two which is a bummer since that I love the natural looking color that it gives to my nails.

I only used 1 coat of the nail polish and even though it looks quite sheer in the bottle, it already gave a nice, natural looking pink color to my nails which I'm pretty satisfied. Just look on how clean it looks? Next time I'll try two coats of this product. Overall, I'm loving this color and will use this if I jut want a natural looking nail polish.


THE PRODUCT:  San San Perfectly Pink Nail Polish
PRICE:  Php 37
PLACE:  HBC Makati Cinema Square
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT:

• Affordable (A pretty good nail polish for it's price. Imagine it is also free of the big 3 that means it's a safe nail polish)
• The shade of this particular polish

WHAT I DON'T LOVE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT:

• Too few shades to choose from
• Availability of product (Only available at HBC outlets)

WILL I RECOMMEND IT/ BUY IT AGAIN?: I recommend this to those who are conscious with the ingredients of their nail polish. In short, I recommend this for those who wants safe nail polish. Maybe I'll buy this again since that this is a pretty good polish for it's price. I really do hope that they make more shades especially for the young ones who wants cute and bright colors.

RATING: I give this product a   3/5

THE VERDICT:

Not bad for a local brand polish. A safe nail polish and a pretty good one for it's price.

Take care dollies and always stay pretty!

Product Review:Fanny Serrano Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black

Hello again my dear dollies!
Here I am making a review again for you! During the past few days, I came to think that I shouldn't abandon my blog for a very long time without a review or an update, so I decided that I will do my best to make a review at least one review per week. So how does it sound? I really hope that's a good idea and I will do my best to kept that promise to you.  So for today's review, I will be reviewing my current favorite liner and my first ever gel/cream liner. So let me present to you my dollies the Fanny Serrano Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black

I got this liner for a really long time now. If I am not mistaken, I think I bought this last October and been using it till now. So for the product description.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
A gel-based liquid eyeliner that's soft on the lids and rich in definition.


DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
Use an eyeshadow brush and gently apply color over your lids and blend.


For the ingredients of the product, please see the picture below

Click image to enlarge

So let's start the review for the packaging. The product was packaged at a small black box that looks elegant and not cheap looking. The product itself comes in a frosted 4ml glass jar with a black lid. (To show that it is black. 4ml is really a lot for a gel liner and I think this is one of the largest gel liner that I have seen and this will really last you for such a long time. Maybe a year or two.I believe that this also comes in brown and it has a brown lid) at the side of the glass jar is the Fanny Serrano logo and the name of the product as seen in the picture above. You should be careful though not to drop this because I think that it will break so better be careful.  I love that the product is sealed properly as shown in the image below.

Now let's go to the product itself.
I read on some blog that the first Gel Liner of Fanny Serrano is not that really good so it's been phased out for a while and had their sweet comeback with a new formulation. This product that I have bought is already the new one and I'm so glad that I did bought this and read a review on how amazing the new Fanny Serrano Gel Liner is. Some beauty blogger said that the old formula is not that really good which they said is not that creamy and dried so fast. But with the new formula, It's the counterpart. It is now so creamy and doesn't dry easily in it's jar.

See how creamy it is? It's been 3 months already and it is still so creamy like it is still new. What I love about this product is it glides easily on the lids and it is very newbie friendly. The color is not that jet black but it is a really good black. Since that this is my first time using a gel liner, I find this product very easy to use than a liquid liner. Even though that you are not really good in applying liner on your lids, you can still do so with this product and can be a good practice when lining your eyes. I am using Etude House's Oblique Brush which is a really good brush and will make a review on my future post. The SA said that you can also use this as an eyeshadow but I'm not really a fan of cream eyeshadows. Since that this is my first gel liner, I can't really compare it with other high end gel liners like Mac's Blacktrack gel liner and Bobbie Brown's gel eyeliner. But I read on some blogs that this product is already as good as the two gel liners mentioned earlier.

Now it's swatch time!

See how creamy it is? You can also easily control on how thick or thin the line you wanted it to be. The downside of this product is that you need to wait for a short second for the product to completely dry to avoid transferring the product to your lids. After it completely dries, I tried to rub my hands to see if it will smudge.

Sure enough it smudge but only a little. Mind you I rubbed my hands as light as possible and it had little smudges and when rubbed real hard this is what happens. But I guess you won't be rubbing your eyes that hard hehe so you can avoid raccoon eyes.  The product is also not waterproof so don't use this if you will go for a swim hehe  What is good about this product is that it is really a long wear gel eyeliner. I used this for a day and the liner stay intact without flaking and smudges but if the weather is really hot where I tend to get really oily, it smudges a little. I sure wish that the weather here in the Philippines is not that really hot. Other than that, this is a really good product worth trying if you are in a budget like me.

Eye swatches 

THE PRODUCT: Fanny Serrano Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black
PRICE: Php 225 but I got it on sale for Php 180. A real steal!
PLACE: Metro Market! Market!
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT:

• Affordable
• Value for money
• Very Creamy
• Easy to use
• Comes in huge portions. (Imagine 4ml of gel eyeliner)
• Long wearing like it promises
• Packaging is not cheap looking
• Double purpose (Can be used as an eyeshadow, at least that's what the SA told me)

WHAT I DON'T LOVE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT:

• It smudges a little especially if the weather is not that really good
• Not Waterproof

WILL I RECOMMEND IT/ BUY IT AGAIN?: I will definitely repurchase since this is the most affordable gel liner in the market. For its price, it does the job well. I definitely recommend this for hose who are in a tight budget like me and for those who wants to learn lining their eyes more easily.

RATING: I give this product a  5/5

THE VERDICT: I really love this product! I will definitely repurchase and try the brown one.

So there you go dollies another product review.
Take care and always stay pretty!