Christmas Aftermath

Some of my Christmas gifts this year

Hope your Christmas was better than mine. I had the usual at home with family, nothing new, same old same old. Not a bad thing except that it grows grow after twenty five years yes? Quality time with the bf was better for the long weekend though. Glad to have the extra time for some R&R after the hectic schedule. Here's a recap on some of my exploits of the weekend. 

Caught up on my endless binge sessions starting with Christmas eve and ending (hopefully) with Japanese dinner today

Since Watson's was just a stone's throw away, I couldn't resist spending even more than I intended

Beautymate's Anti-blemish repairing essence was a must try due to my current skin outbreak

Was a tad disappointed with the packaging though, talk about unhygienic having to slather the same tube on my face all the time?

 I got the Beautymate Serum for SGD$29.90. It was hiding in this obscure corner of the store, so out of the way, I swear some of the bottles were collecting dust on top I kid you not! Being the ever curious me, I had to try something new so I bought it anyways to test. Upon first use, I'd say it does give of this tingly feeling as if they added menthol or tea tree inside. Nothing of the sort was in the ingredients list so I have no idea where its coming from so for those with sensitive skins, best to steer clear. No immediate differences as of yet, will update if there's any chance it defaces me in future!


On the bright side, I do like the fact that it touts itself as anti-aging, repairing and moisturising in addition to the acne fighting factor. More is better! Greedy greedy! Most acne purifying skincare ignore older customers like myself who are not quite the sweet young things we used to be anymore. We don't have youth on our side and yet have to battle acne all the same. So it's nice to see that there are some products out there that tackles the aging and acne bit at the same time. Love the hyaluronic acid included as an ingredient too!

Also took the time to test the Estee Lauder Idealist Cooling Eye Illuminator

Comes in two shades, light-medium and medium-dark if I recall correctly

 I finally got down to using my Estee Lauder Idealist Cooling Eye Illuminator (whoo! That's a hellova mouthful!) I bought this during one of my online sprees from AllCosmeticsWholesale. The lowdown HERE. I used to see this mass advertised all over town as being THE THING for dark eye circles. Unfortunately, I always have at any given time, three eye creams being used up. One for day, most likely with an SPF, and two others for night, one piled over the other just because it makes me sleep better at night haha! I couldn't possibly add on yet another one to my stockpile could I? So now, after using five other brands, this was next on the list.



The Good: It really means it when it labels itself as "cooling". The applicator's real soothing on the eyes and I do see a slight visible difference when using this on my circles. Regular use does show some signs of lightening albeit slight as it is. I reckon repeated long term use might be of some help.

The Not so Good: The fact that its tinted makes me feel like I'm wearing makeup. Which while I enjoy wearing on night's out, is something I prefer not to don during the weekdays at work. I like to give my face a rest from all the pulverizing sessions I throw at it you see. Also, I wasn't too keen on wearing a tinted eye cream to bed. I fear stained pillows and again, the makeup issue. I can't live with myself if I had to go to bed with makeup on. complete makeup boo boo of the day, or night for that matter lol!

You could follow in my example and swap it with another eye cream for night if you like. It works real nice anyhow so don't make the makeup issue stop you from using it altogether. Definitely rocks different people's boat yes? Oh and, while it does give a tint to your eyes, it can't cover that much unless you really want to layer on that much money on your eyelids for a few hours so don't throw away your concealer just yet. 



Rest well peeps, if not, there's still another long weekend coming out way, woo hoo! 4am is beginning to be my new bedtime and I'm dreading the morning after having to drag myself out of bed. Bad habits as always bleh! Goodnight everyone!