Review - Colour On! Shine On! Lipstick 10 Rose Glitz

Hi Beauty!

I'm super excited to talk about today's product. I've been testing out for a whole 2 weeks now and I'm loving this. To be honest, I've been going around recommending this product ever since I tried it on the first day. Oh yeah, where's my manners. For those of you who are new to my blog, welcome to my beauty blog. Please have a seat and take your cup of coffee and stay 😊

Today, I'm introducing Essence Colour On! Shine On! Lipstick. Apparently the brand is from Europe. Not many of us are willing to actually try on something new in the market. Trust me, I know that feeling because I used to be one of them. As I start braving myself to the world of make up, I need to try everything new so that I could give you my best and honest opinion on the product whether it is a YAY or NAY.

Okay, let's have a look at the product. 

This is the shade range that Singapore Guardian brought in. Yes, you heard right. Guardian sells Essence makeup product! Doesn't that makes you happy because it is so easy to find the product! 😍

I noticed from the website, they have 10 shades! The packaging itself looks chic! That's one factor why this lipstick attracts my attention. Not forgetting that Essence is animal cruelty-free! With that tiny information, you don't have to worry about it having any animal extraction to do this product.

I bought mine in the shade 10 Rose Glitz. The lipstick does have a smell of chocolate and when you put it on, it taste like chocolate too! (I think it is just Essence because apparently when I bought their stick highlighter, it smells like chocolate too!) The texture of the lipstick feels soft and it is glossy. I know I know the first thing in mind when it comes to glossy lipstick is the stickiness and how your hair tends to stick to your lipstick whenever there's wind. Don't worry. This lipstick doesn't do that. This lipstick acts like a balm which means it is super moisturizing. It gives your lips the healthy looking shine and also it is tinted. I've received so many compliments on how the shade suits me and how pretty it looks on my lips. So far, I would say that the longevity of this product depends on how careful you eat.

As you know, every lipstick can't survive when they encounter with food because food have oil that would make any lipstick move. But not for this bad boy. I will use this lipstick at around 8am in the morning and by the time it hits after lunch time at 2pm, my lipstick survived food!! And I mean those oily food. Sure, the lipstick survived food, but I don't like the texture. After eating, I would usually remove the leftover lipstick I had and reapply a fresh coat because the texture feels thin and I could feel that the moisture of the gloss is gone with the food.

This is how the shade looks like. In the beginning, I thought it's gonna be a bold colour because it does look like a begundy shade but boy, I was wrong. It was a beautiful reddish that look nude on me thanks to the gloss. The gloss somehow lightens the colour on my lips. I would say that the lipstick is not true to the colour as the colour is different on your lips comparing it just by looking at the shade itself.

This is how it looks on my lips.

I got curious to why this lipstick is not the same as the other lipsticks. When I look into the ingredients and googled every single one of the chemical ingredients that looks super foreign to me, I noticed 90% of the ingredients is used in lip balm. No wonder my lips are always moist and surprisingly, when I use this lipstick on top of my cracked lips, it tends to heal. So I would highly recommend people to get this lipstick. I will list down the ingredients in case you wish to google them, like me 😇

So, let's sum up! My final verdict. 

1. Would I recommend this to all skin types?
YES!! A BIG YES FROM ME!

2. Longevity of the lipstick.
I would say it depends on what and how you eat. Those things matter. At least personally for me. 😉

3. Is it transferproof or kissproof?
Definitely not. Anything glossy and moisturizing, rarely or hardly transferproof or kissproof.

4. Is it worth the money?
T O T A L L Y ! It's only $4.90 SGD! If this is not affordable, I don't know what is. 


I guess that's it for today. I see you soon in my next post!
Till then! ❤

Review - The Body Shop Body Yogurt

Hi You all!

Thank you for visiting my humble blog. For those who are new, you've just stop at AnesOi's Beauty Venture! 🎉

Yesterday I created a separate Instagram account just for my beauty venture. I will leave the link on my profile so that it would be just a click away. 

Without further ado, let me introduce you to one of my favorite product to make my skin feels like baby skin. Like literally. I told my friend once that I will give her my point of view on this product. So if you're reading this, this is for you! 😘

Let's welcome. . . Body Shop Body Yogurt!! 👏

As a person who have extremely dry and sensitive skin throughout the whole body, I find it impossible to get a lotion or body moisturizer that really sooth down the rough patches on your skin, especially after a very bad eczema recovery. I wish I took a picture of how bad my skin was not that long ago so I could show you the infamous Before and After picture but sadly I don't. Truth be told, my mum even brought me to see a dermatologist just to get my skin better from very bad eczema. But sadly it doesn't work. Tons of money was being wasted on my skin just to see it get clear but it was still unsuccessful until this product came about.

Body Shop release this Body Yogurt earlier this year and I've been using them ever since. In the beginning, I thought this is gonna be like the body butter. Oily to the feel and I hate the thought of having something sticky throughout the day. It feels nasty. Then I keep seeing advertisements about how Body Yogurt absorb super fast and you can even use it on top of damp skin after shower, I was triggered to try.

I bought mine in strawberry and O M G the smell is SOOOO GOOD if I didn't know any better, I would have lick it like an ice cream. It smells extremely yummy. Body Yogurt comes in 5 flavors.

• Strawberry - Sweetest, most succulent flavors is infused with juicy notes of strawberries.
• British Rose - Floral flavor is infused with essence of community trade England roses.
• Mango - Fabulous fruity flavor is whipped up with an exotic mango scent.
• Moringa - Fresh and floral, enriched with community trade moringa extract from Rwanda.
• Almond Milk - Soothing scent of almond milk enhances our creamiest flavor.

The hot selling would be strawberry and British rose.  They also have Coconut and Banana flavor but those are limited editions. Body Yogurt is selling at our local Body Shop at $20 SGD. The packaging is made out of plastic (nothing surprising for body moisturizers). It has 198g (200ml) of product and it is 100% vegan! =D

Now let's see what this product promises you.

• NEW lightweight, fast-absorbing gel-cream formula
• 100% vegan
• 48hr moisture
• Enriched with strawberry juice and Community Trade organic almond milk from Spain
• 87% agree the formula absorbs instantly*
• 86% like that the formula works on damp skin*
• 3 in 4 agree they can put their jeans on straight after application*
• 95% agree skin feels moisturised*
• 81% agree skin appears radiant* User trial on 104 women & men.

This was taken from the site itself, by the way. I highly agree to all except for "3 in 4 agree they can put their jeans on straight after application". I think I'm 1 in 4 that doesn't agree. Haha! Yes, it is a very fast absorbing texture but I still prefer to sit and wait for it to be fully dry before I put my pants on. When you use this Body Yogurt, your skin would thank You for hydrating them. You can scoop a whole big chunk of the yogurt and it will still dry down to your 2nd skin! You don't feel like you had yogurt all over your body. That's one of the things I extremely love this product.

I think on a whole, I would keep coming back to Body Shop once this is finish 😍

Final verdict *insert drum roll*

1. Would I recommend this product?
Yes for all skin types. People with dry and sensitive skin, don't be afraid to try this. This might be a game changer for you.
People with normal to oily skin, don't scoop a whole chunk like me 😜 Take a bit and massage it at those areas that you wish to moisturize.

2. Is it worth the money?
I guess so? Skincare for one is NEVER cheap especially if you want to see the results. But for the price of $20 SGD, I think it's a fair trade for a good skin.

A little tip for you. 

If you shave/wax some areas (for ladies would be the bikini line), you can use the body yogurt to sooth down the itchiness after shaving. I always do that after I do my regular shaving so that I won’t be scratching those areas all day and end up with red spots or pimple even 😇

With this, I end my post.
Till next time! 💗

Review - Benefit BAD Gal Bang! Mascara

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to my beauty blog where I will upload make up reviews that I've personally tried and tested on my own face for a period of time. For those who are new to my page, Hi! I'm Hanisah 😋

Today I'm gonna talk about a product that totally amazed me. It is called BAD Gal Bang! Benefit Mascara. You have to know that I have super short and very very VERY stubborn eyelashes. Yup, I typed it correctly. VERY. Stubborn. Lashes. I don't get it why a lot of my friends can easily curl their lashes with any type of mascara and I can't. It's like no matter how hard I try even after curling my lashes, my lashes will turn straight within a few minutes. Some may say the mascara itself is heavy, that's why the curled lashes can't remain curled. I was honestly giving up on mascara when I heard so much hype on this BAD Gal.

This mascara have won it's respectable place in my make up bag. I was skeptical. I thought this must be one of those gimmick that will just tempt people to buy with its unique packaging. I didn't know what got into me (probably one of my boyfriend's comments about how straight and downwards looking that my lashes is 😜). So I end up picking the travel size version as I won't want to waste my money on something that will give me the same result like the other mascara out there. Furthermore, mascara is only supposed to be kept no longer than 6 months max. Somehow that's their expiry length to be kept for better result but with all other mascara, I will keep them until they officially go dry on me. HEHE!! Anyway. . .

This is how the mascara looks like. The packaging itself looks very fancy and unique with its design on the bottle. I love touching the bottle to be honest. 

Here's a look at the mascara wand. As you can see from this picture above, it pretty much look like a normal wand. This travel size would have 4g of product and the original size would have 8.5g. That's like twice the amount. Personally for me, I don't put on mascara on a daily basis. So the travel size is a perfect fit to my lifestyle. I'm an eyeliner type of girl by the way. 😁 

So let's have a look at what this mascara promises you.

BADgal BANG! 36-HOUR* FULL-BLAST volumising mascara creates MASSIVE volume without weighing down lashes. The gravity-defying formula contains aero-particles, one of the lightest known materials, derived from space technology. This innovative intense pitch-black mascara layers easily for bigger & BIGGER impact. Its custom big Slimpact! brush is streamlined to reach root-to-tip, corner-to-corner, upper & lower lashes for BIG VOLUME WITH 360° REACH!
*instrumental test on 21 women

• Smudge-proof, water-resistant, volumising mascara
• 90% saw dramatic volume**
• 94% said it instantly lifted lashes**  
• 92% said it lengthened lashes**
• ProVitamin B5 known to fuel thickness & strength

 Very promising I would say. Look at the bottom picture of me with the mascara.

This is me wearing only 1 coat of mascara over my curled lashes. Amazing right?! During the period when I was putting that one coat, I was seriously shocked at my lashes. IT CURLED!! IT TOTALLY LOOKED LONG AND CURLED!! O M G ! There is hope for my lashes!! YAY!!   

WARNING WARNING!! When you want to apply the mascara, always remove the excess product on the wand. The wand tends to pick up A LOT of product. Some people use tissue to remove the excess but I find it wasteful to do so, because as you know, mascara is pricey. So what I did was I will scrap the wand off the excess at the mouth of the bottle. That way, if you were to put back the wand into the bottle, the excess product will follow. That's just how I do it, you can do it however you're comfortable with 😄

As you can see from the picture, it totally promised. . .
1. Volumizing lashes (dramatic lashes even!!)
2. Very very VERY pigmented
3. definitely lifted my lashes all the way which I'm super damn proud of!
4. totally lengthen my short lashes!

The only con I have for this mascara is that this mascara tend to rub off on my lower lash line as I have watery eyes. Thus, it always leave me with a dark, tiny patch of darkness on my lower lash line. But it's okay. I'm forgiving this product because this BAD Gal is about the only mascara that could lift my stubborn lashes.

As you can see from the above picture, this was taken at the end of the day while I was waiting for a cab with my boyfriend around town. Look at how my lashes can still be curled after hours of applying it!! 😍😍 I can't remember how long I had this mascara on to be honest but I do know that it's not 8 hours of wear time. But even so, this product held up so well compared to other mascara in the market.

Did I mention that Benefit is well known for their brows and mascaras? Yup! Maybe that's why I don't mind giving it a shot because once upon a time, I used wear their They're Real! Mascara. That mascara makes my lashes look like I had falsies! But I didn't. I'm not sure if I can find that picture with that mascara though. The downside of that mascara turn me off big time to why I stop using that product. That They're Real! Mascara is so hard to remove even when I used different types of make up remover. By the time I get to finally remove the mascara, a whole lot of my lashes is on the make up remover cotton 😭 My lashes is already so short, with that mascara, I will think soon I'm left with no lashes! That's was why I stop using them.

So here comes my conclusion to Benefit BAD Gal Bang! Mascara.

1. Would I recommend this mascara?
YES!! Especially towards people who are convinced that they can't curl their lashes, maybe this would be their game changer.

2. Does this mascara last for long hours?
yes, they do. I once wore it from 8am until 10pm, and the product still lift my lashes even though it's past the expiry timing (eg. 8 hours long wear time).

3. Is the price worth buying?
It depends. The travel size cost $21 for 4g and $42 for 8.5g. If you compare the travel size price to drugstore's mascara, I would say it IS pricey for a small bottle.


I guess that's it for this review.
Do let me know if you wish for me to review any product.

Till then! 💗

Review - Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Highlighter in Rose Quartz

Hi There!

I feel that it's been a few long days since I last write a review on something. But not to worry. Long wait means I'm busy researching and trying out new products for you.

For those of you out there that just visit my blog for the first time, I humbly welcome you to my mini space of drugs. Hehe! This is the kind of drug that won't get you get arrested, but just probably make a hole in your wallet 😜

Let me introduce you to a highlighter that I've been eyeing for quite a while. I think I'm beginning to have an obsession over this Becca's highlighter. Their highlighter is like soooo good! It is my HOLY GRAIL highlighter!

Now, let's see my favourite go to pressed Highlighter.

This is how this baby looks like. There are apparently 10 shades in total if you see from Becca official website and I picked Rose Quartz. 

The shades are:

Pearl - Soft Luminous White

Vanilla Quartz - Creamy, light gold shade with pink pearl

Prismatic Amethyst - Lavender infused with pearlescent duo-chrome pigments

Moonstone - Pale candlelit gold

Rose Quartz - Neutral pale pink with soft gold pearl

Parisian Lights - Soft pink with warm, peachy gold pearl

Champagne Pop - Soft gold with peachy-pink pearl

Opal - Neutral, white gold with soft pink pearl

Lilac Geode - Cool pink with a golden pearl finish

Prosecco Pop - Ethereal gold

Rose Gold - Blushed rosy pink with warm gold pearl

Topaz - Radiant bronze with rich gold pearl

Chocolate Geode - Rich chocolate brown with gold pearl

(Those in blue fonts are limited edition)

For those of you who has been following Becca, you would know that Rose Quartz used to be limited edition. I guess it got quite a hit, that they make it permanent. 😛 Lucky me, at least I get 8g of product instead of 7g when it is limited edition. Then again, who am I kidding? Highlighters can take forever to get it all the way down to it's pan! 😅

I actually fall in love with Rose Quartz, Lilac Geode and Prismatic Amethyst because all 3 of them have pinkish shades. I was looking for soft pink with silver undertones as I feel my skin looks better with silver than gold. So I went to Sephora and swatched all 3 tones. (I forgot to take a picture of the swatches 😭). I was shocked. 

Apparently Lilac Geode is purple-ish with gold shimmers while Prismatic Amethyst looks pinkish with purple shimmers. I feel Prismatic Amethyst seems hard to match on my face for an everyday look. Then I was down with these 2 choices; Lilac Geode and Rose Quartz. Rose Quartz being a cool undertone with baby pink shade makes it so damn beautiful that I feel Lilac Geode loses the battle. I then try it on my face to make the final decision before happily paying for it.

Below is the swatches I made to compare with the pressed highlighters that I owned.

 (picture taken without flash)

(Picture taken with flash)

As you know, highlighters are the hardest to capture on camera. I wish I could show you how it looks like when I swatch it. In any way, this highlighter doesn't have much fall out or chunks of glitter drops compared to other highlighters that i owned or tried before. The texture of the product feels buttery and super smooth, it glides super easily on any skin surfaces like cheekbones, decolletage, shoulders, arms. The product doesn't have any scent to it (in case anybody is sensitive to scents like me). 

Let me show you how this highlighter shows on my face. 

I don't know about you but I personally feel that this highlighter is blinding in its own sheen and I FREAKING LOVE IT!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!! I've been so obsessed over this highlighter that I'm wearing it on top of my Dandelion Blush from Benefit. I love the combo of those two as it looks the blush starts out! 😍

I bought my Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Highlighter at $58 SGD in Sephora. I swear it is super pricey 😵 But when I think back for the quality that feels so smooth and sort of like creamy texture that glides easily on my skin without chunks of glitter, I part with my money with happy tears. (Dramatic much? Haha!) So this highlighter comes in a compact which is easy for you to pop it in your bag. It is silver in the center and rubberish for the container. 

FYI, I tried drugstore highlighter like Essence and Catrice for those highlighters and the colours just don't show up on my skin even after swatching repeatedly. 😭That's why I bought my highlighters from Sephora. 

Final thoughts.

1. Would I recommend this highlighter?

Yes! Highly recommend, provided you're willing to part ways with your money. If you're on a budget, probably grab their travel size in Opal (if I'm not mistaken).

2. How long does this highlighter last me? 

I would say a solid 8 hours before it starts to lose its staying power. 

3. What is Becca known for?

THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR MAKING US GLOW. No Kidding!!!

4. Would this colour be suitable for other skin tones?

Maybe, swatches all over google showed this shade in light, medium and dark. And it looks even blinding on a darker skin tone.

5. Would this be good for all skin types?

For me as a dry skin person, yes. For oily skin, whom I used my friend as an example as she owns Opal Pressed Highlighter, she said that it does. However she prefers to use the liquid/creme form as it is easier to control.

With that,

I shall see you soon! 💗

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