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Chanel Mat Lumiere

Okay so I've been raving about this product when I got it. And I'd have to say it's working well :D It became a HG (holy grail) powder/foundation for me.

Description from Chanel's site.

A powdery compact texture for a velvety, perfect complexion. Shiny areas are mattified and imperfections are concealed. A flawless complexion for 12 hours.

The powdery formula of MAT LUMIÈRE blends delicately into the skin. Micronized talc and spherical and lamellar powders ensure a matte, luminous finish. Shiny areas are mattified and the complexion looks even. Imperfections are instantly concealed and the radiance of the face is revealed. Silicone polymers in the formula optimize the hold of foundation. The complexion looks flawless from morning until evening: even, velvety and embellished.

Apply to entire face with the sponge used dry for a natural semi-matte finish or dampened for a semi-matte velvety finish with longer hold. Ideal for touch-ups during the day. Practical and easy to refill.


The package comes like this, usualy Chanel black and gold box, a slip pouch inside, containing the powder. Simple and elegant. Downside is that, it's a fingerprint magnet.


The powder is really easy to apply. Super fine powder makes it blend into your skin so easily.

After applying the product. Mat Lumiere is a 'mattifying' foundation powder, so it works well on oily skin. The shade I got was the lightest one - Lumiere 10.

After 6 hours of application, it darkened a little, so it looks more natural to my skintone and managed to produce a dewy/velvet look instead of making my face look like an oil pan. (it did when I used Bobbi Brown's natural foundation)
Even if I needed a touch-up it's easy to bring along and only a pat on the nose and forehead would do.
You could build up the powder if you need more coverage, though it works perfectly well on my skin with only one layer. Best of all, my skin didn't get any worse when using this product (I didn't get any extra blemish nor blackheads etc) in fact, my skin condition did get better, as long as you double cleanse after makeup :3

The price is... a little higher compared to other foundations you can find at the drugstore (and I for one, not a fan of using BB creams too).
Chanel's Mat Lumiere is priced at RM175. Good thing is that it's refillable, and the refill costs RM118.
The liquid version of Mat Lumiere would last longer than the powder but I prefer this as it takes less time to apply and easy to touch up. And if you have REALLY super oily skin, you could try Mat Lumiere Extreme. I'm not sure about the price but I've heard good reviews about it too.

I'd definitely buy this product again.

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Some makeup stuff part 1

A friend of mine asked for a review for some of the makeup stuff I use. So here's a blog post about it.

^ without any makeup on lol

Here's a product that I got a sample of-
MAC's Prep and Prime Face Protect SPF 50
LOVE this product. First of all I need to state that my skin tends to shine/get oily. So this primer works well as it's lightweight, fast absorbing and oil-free! And having SPF always helps.
Price: RM130 (if I remember correctly lol)
Without SPF the price is around RM90? I think

Next up- Bobbi Brown Sandstone Shimmer Brick
Works as a bronzer/eyeshadow
As you can see the color is pretty intense (which I kinda love!) you can blend it easily with a brush to create a smoky look. Texture is smooth, so it goes on your eyelids really easily (if you're using it as a shadow). I've never really tried using it as a bronzer yet, I might one day.
Price: Not too sure about Malaysian pricing here but it's about USD$38. Should be close to the converted price.

For a cheaper eyeshadow this is Maybelline's Eye Studio.
I got 2 of them. New York Night and Banana Split.
It's lighter compared to Bobbi Brown so you'll need to put on a few layers before the colors become more obvious. It's glittery in real life compared to Bobbi Brown is more to shiny. But it is a cheaper alternative for glittery eyeshadow.
I don't quite like it, cause it doesn't stay on too long. If your eyelids tend to get oily then it'll go off even faster, unless you got some primer on.
Price: Around RM25~RM30

MAC 5 eye color eyeshadow
The color is similar to Bobbi Brown's but a little lighter. and looks smoother compared to it without blending. Both are similar so I guess it depends on the person? When I applied it to my hand, I did 2 layers cause it's a little light (or maybe I didn't get enough of it on the brush haha)
Price: About USD$20?

Bobbi Brown Natural Finish Long-Lasting Foundation SPF 15
As for this product, I have mixed reviews for it. First of all it has great color selection, so you can find a perfect one for your skin tone.
The coverage is pretty light/medium so it's nice that it feels like you're not putting anything on your face.
Pump bottle = love
When you apply it, it's a little matte yet it looks dewy.
It's quite watery actually.
But blends great. See :D
On the downside, it doesn't work too well with my skin in this Malaysian weather. The sun gets to me, my skin will get oily too. It does look natural but doesn't last too long for me (well my skin) So I don't like having my face looking oily as I'm not much of a fan of using oil-blotting paper. It's nice to use if I'm somewhere where it's cool all the time though. I'd recommend something else if you have oily skin.
Price: USD$45 (pretty expensive imo :[)
PS: I should have gotten Chanel instead LOL

Rimmel Pearl Glow Powder
This product works as a finisher/highlighter/powder.
This is one of the rare cases where I actually FINISH using a product. This finisher is great for touchups, keeps your skin looking pretty fresh all day.
Price: RM35(around that price lol)

Mascara! Loreal's Volume Shocking
This mascara is both good and bad. Good is that it stays on! It really does and well, that's also the bad part. It stays on too well, it's much too hard to remove! LOL.
The mascara's brush looks like this. I quite like it though xD
I'm not sure about the price for this one, nor have I seen it in the markets o_o; I won whole set of Loreal products so this was included in it.
Side note: I'd recommend Maybelline's mascaras cause they're pretty good and reasonably priced too for people with budgets.

Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof (Ebene)
This eyeliner... works amazing on my upper eyelid. Though on my lower lid it'll smudge as my lower lid tends to have a little more oil throughout the day. The black is really black and application is smooth. Use it like a pencil/crayon. Don't have to worry about it being blunt. A sharpener is on the tip of the eyeliner too. Packaging is awesome *-*
Bad pic of it on my hand but you can see the texture (slightly!) and it's really smooth to apply.
On the downside lol... Price: RM78 (which is expensive for eyeliners!)
Could try going for EMPRO (RM38?) liquid eyeliners. Takes a bit to dry but it's black enough and pretty good application. Other crayon/Khol eyeliners I've tried - Lancome (smudges too much I'm afraid to use it anymore lol) and Loreal- Not bad but not black enough, looks metallic.
So Chanel is by far my fav.

On to lips! I didn't take photos of my lipsticks (yet) so I'll leave it for next time.
MAC Cremesheen Glass Brillant A Levres
I love this gloss. It has a slight pink to it and if you applied concealer beforehand, then apply this gloss = love.

It looks somewhat like this lol. (yes me 5 months ago whee)
The gloss smells like white chocolate, you might just wanna eat it lol. As for how long it lasts, I'm not sure cause I tend to drink/eat throughout the day ;D The texture is REALLY creamy so when you apply it, have to take some time to even it out. But I still love this product.
Price: RM80 (ouch)
Rimmel is a cheaper alternative - RM20 or so.

And most importantly! After makeup, you need to remove it!

Cyber Colors Makeup remover
I really like this product. Even Chanel's eyeliner comes off so clean. Plus it doesn't feel oily at all. Great for removing waterproof makeup. I've tried other brands like Loreal and Maybelline and Simple. Loreal works pretty well whereas Maybelline will work after removing a couple times. But it's oily. (Those were cheaper alternatives) Simple's remover is oil free.
But this is the best one for me. There's another brand I can't remember which is supposed to be great but I didn't get it cause I was broke at that time (RM80++)
Price: RM33. Can find it at Sasa :D

PHEW! This is part 1 of the makeup stuff. The rest of my items are in Penang. Some are here but I didn't take photos it them yet.
Dont' mind the quality as it's taken by my phone.

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Very SHORT Game Reviews (PS3)

Well yeah I figured I don't wanna continue gaming at the moment, cause if I did... God knows what time I'll stop LOL. And I gotta wake up early to go to the bus station and head for Kampar tomorrow morning.

Anyways, I think I recommended 2 games, LittleBigPlanet and Resident Evil 5.
I traded my LBP for another game cause it just wasn't fun enough in Single Player mode. T.T

I got White Knight Chronicles and Bayonetta. The rest of the games I've only played the demo versions.

White Knight Chronicles
What attracted me to get this game? Only 2 factors. The cover looked really good, and the fact that it was an RPG. lol. Anyways what can I say about this game is that... It wasn't really up to my expectations.
Graphics- Honestly, they weren't really considered as good for a PS3 game. Usually the cut scenes would look better compared to in-game graphics but they look pretty similar in this case.

Storyline- As for the storyline... pretty linear actually, typical boy meets princess, princess gets caught, boy obtains power, boy saves princess lol. I can't really say that for the whole thing as I haven't finished the whole game but I'm guessing that's how it works.

Controls- Hmm the controls are pretty alright. Camera angles are easy to work with and the controls are pretty responsive.

Battle system- Slow! That's the only word I can say actually xD The battle system is sort of like FFXII. There's a clock thingy there where it spins, and when it's full, you initiate attack.
The cool thing is when transforming into a knight. ... and some parts are pretty funny, I just can't remember where lol.
Rating for this game 2/5. I wouldn't really recommend people to get it I guess.

Bayonetta
I got it after hearing so many people saying it's fucking AWESUMZ. Influential people? Jingna and even Danny Choo! So I went to watch the trailer and FUCK (excuse my French) it was GOOD. I've heard complaints that the PS3 version had horrible loading time... which was true actually. (I've tried it). They had a patch which was the "INSTALL" option for the game, it takes about 4.5GB? of your hard-drive but it increases the load times DRAMATICALLY. I'm serious.

Graphics- Most say that it's inferior to the 360's version but still... a ported-to-PS3 game... it's still a sweet deal. I wouldn't trade it for the Xbox version. I remember in my previous post I took a photo of my tv using my SLR... it was showing Bayonetta. :3 All in all, I think the graphics for Bayonetta PS3 version is splendid, up to the PS3 standards.

Storyline- Hmm I have to say I never thought I'd be playing a witch fighting against angels lol. So it's not the typical hero saves the world storyline. Kudos to that. And a kickass megane (spectacles) witch? Not something we see so often too. I've been playing til early mornings just cause I wanted to know what happened next ==; Oh god I'm so addicted.

Controls+Camera- Very good I'd have to say. When it gets to a certain angle maybe near a wall or blocked by other objects, you can still see what you're doing? o_O And it's responsive too, the controls I mean.

Battle- The battle is similar to Devil May Cry, with more exaggerated moves in big scales. And there's the fun in different sorts of combos *-* Never play Easy mode as.... it's boring to mash the same button over and over again. Go to youtube to see the videos. I couldn't find one I like xD

I can only sing praises for this game. It's really got me hooked with the cheesy lines, oversexed moves, amazing graphics, and the remix version of Fly Me To The Moon (I love this song and I love them for remixing it).
Rating- 5/5 *-*

As for the rest of the games... which are demos. I'll put it in another post for next time.
The list would be Dante's Inferno, Heavy Rain, Ninja Gaiden, Lair, Mirror's Edge... I can't remember what else. Maybe Metal Gear Solid and Siren.
Seems like my 'short' post wasn't so short after all XD

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