Not Enough Lip Gloss

I’ve always felt Japanese beauty magazines blow the likes of Glamour/Cosmopolitan out of the water, but not being able to read Japanese other than kanji it’s a bit pointless for me to buy magazines to look at pictures. Having said that, I do buy Ageha now and again for the pretty makeup photos 😛 Plus … Read more

Recently I made a “5 out 1 in” rule for my beauty products, where for every 5 items I use up or throw out I’m allowed to buy 1 new product (it started off as 3 out 1 in but that wasn’t getting through my stash fast enough). It’s absolutely necessary as I have far … Read more

A couple of posts ago I wrote about my recent purchase of some CandyDoll products. I’ve since been using them almost daily, except for the Powder Foundation and Mineral Powder as I was in the mood for a lighter coverage. The problem I have with most western foundation brands is that even given the correct … Read more

Out of the CandyDoll items I received yesterday, naturally the first thing I tried was the Lip Gloss in Macaroon Pink. From the official product picture (below), I was expecting a pale milky pink gloss, but the actual product is more of a sweet candy pink. Official image of Macaroon Pink, retails for ¥1260 (≈ … Read more

I’ve always wanted to try CandyDoll‘s Face Powder but never got around to adding it to my stash. Recently I read about their new base makeup range and, with the help of google translate on the official CandyDoll site, I decided to purchase a few products that do not contain parabens – I look out … Read more