Uguisu No Fun Illuminating Soap

Uguisu No Fun Illuminating Soap

Recently, I tried out a Uguisu No Fun Illuminating Soap. I got this item from www.uguisushop.com. So now, I want to share to you my review about this product. This review is actually quite late but as they say, better late than never. So now, let’s get it on…

First Impression

The soap itself looks good. It is smooth and texture and has a very mild scent. The sample I got just fits on my palm and have a white color. 

DESCRIPTION

Uguisu Poo Illuminating Soap brightens the skin and is made from the feces of Japanese Nightingale Bird which is used by the elite class of Japanese women for hundreds of years to clarify, protect and illuminate their skin.

Directions: Wet the skin and lather on the face and body. Wait atleast 3 minutes before rinsing. Repeat if necessary and use every time you shower for best results.

 SMILEY 

 Its scent is not too strong or perfumed. It seems to be very natural and relaxing

 The color of the soap is also not too dark. 

 It actually relieves itch. I usually got some itchy red spots on my chest part after bathing.

 My face and body became whiter.

 It is very effective in making my skin look perfect.

 SAD FACE 

  Not so easy to lather. I applied it 2-3 times to achieve the foamy lather I got from my regular bath soap. 

 I can only purchase it online.

Recommendations:

Just try it first on your body before trying it out on your face if you are planning do so. It is to assess the immediate effect of it on your skin than taking the risk of putting it on to the most sensitive skin on your body which is found on the face.

Will I buy it again?

Yes of course! It is very effective for me.

Soaps are essential to make you feel clean and refreshed. My experience about it was just captured for more than a month of using it. And I am really loving this soap.

LOOK BEAUTY TRIPLE HIT EYESHADOWS

LOOK BEAUTY TRIPLE HIT EYESHADOWS

Look Beauty Triple Hit Eyeshadows in LA Luxe and Sexy Smoke

So, braving the world of crossover beauty mag and cosmetics world is the UK's most loved weekly, Look Magazine. Having combined their years of experience writing and raving about beauty for their readers with a passion and love for cosmetics, they decided to create a range that embodied all that is great about fashion and beauty. Thus, Look Beauty was born! It's the first of it's kind, the first ever magazine to create a full cosmetics line - which retails in Superdrug stores. Last week saw the blogger launch of the range and I just could not help but show you two pieces from the collection that I haven't been able to stray away from since I got them. The range has got some new products that aren't seen on the high street, namely the Double Hit lip which is a lipstick and a lipgloss in one but here, the Triple Hit eyeshadows. What this is is a huge dome full of baked eyeshadow goodness with three gorgeous shades to create the perfect eye look all in one go. I know what you're thinking, baked eyeshadow, yawn. But these are completely different. They're soft, finely milled, pretty, and well not to mention huge, but above all they have incredible payoff! Seriously. I am in love with them and have created some gorgeous looks with them.  

Let's take a little look at what I mean, here's some swatches of both:

Triple Hit in LA Luxe | Look Beauty

Triple Hit in Sexy Smoke | Look Beauty

How gorgeous is LA Luxe? Seriously? I've found my perfect eye at the moment consists of the white highlight in the corner of my eye from Sexy Smoke, then the soft peach glitter from LA Luxe under my brow bone and softly through the inner lid, followed by the sparkly gold frm LA Luxe all over the lid, then mixing a little of the black from Sexy Smoke and the taupe brown from LA Luxe together on my brush and blending through the crease. Gorgeous! Normally, I approach baked eyeshadows with caution because they usually equal fallout, or intense glitter chunks all over the top of my cheeks. But these do not do either, they have everything from your standard eyeshadow but in a softer baked version. I really love them, i'm totally not afraid to admit that I rate the peachy glitter just as highly as one of my favourite highlights - MAC's All That Glitters. Eeek! Bold statement...

The Triple Hit eyeshadows retail at just £7.50 which is an absolute steal I think. They also perform intensly when used wet, so do have a great multitude of uses. I am really loving these at the moment and think they're totally worth the money. Look Beauty isn't in every single Superdrug store yet but they've got a list up on their Facebook page of all the stores that are carrying it, and I do encourage you to get down to one and check it out! Not everything in the range is to everyone's taste, there are some bold and bright shades - but I think these ones are a good safe bet and should be in everyones makeup stash! They've earned a place in my makeup bag even, honoured.

BENEFIT WATT'S UP HIGHLIGHTER

BENEFIT WATT'S UP HIGHLIGHTER

Benefit's Watt's Up Highlighter

I love the packaging on Benefit's Watt's Up highlighter, but I tell you now, it's a blimmin' nightmare to get in. I'm actually rather a lot like a man sometimes in that I can be found disregarding any sort of manual or instructions in favour of just giving it a bash and seeing how it goes. Usually cosmetics like this are quite straight forward - lid pops off, product comes out. Done. Sometimes there's a little screw mechanism sometimes there's not. Whatever. This little baby - looks absolutely beautiful but was like cracking the Da Vinci Code to get inside! I ended up ripping the sponge out, trying to twist things that clearly didn't twist.. gosh, once I figured it I felt like a right bloody fool but figuring it took much longer than it should. Anyway, to spare you the drama of ending up like that, you simply pop off the base (as shown in the photo) then the little blue lid, and then twist up the highlighter. The sponge is used to blend the highlighter into skin, but I personally didn't like the sponge, favouring my fingers for a more natural effect.

When swatched it's a gorgeous nudey/peach gold toned pearl effect that looks like this:

It's so pretty. It can be a little tiresome using white toned highlighters, although I like the effect on my pale skin it can be nice in Winter to warm up my face a bit using a gold toned highlighter. I loved the way this sat on my cheeks and I think it complimented my skin well. I was worried it might be a little orange, but it's not. One thing I will say is that don't use a lot of it - use it very sparingly! Use too much and you'll look like a glitterball. I'm also a big lover of tinted moisturiser instead of foundation, and I found this to sit really nicely on top of a tinted moisturiser too - can often be a worry with something a little slippier than foundation. It blended really easily and felt lovely on my skin. If you're a natural beauty, popping this on by itsself would bring a brand new radiant glow to your skin - especially on darker skinned ladies.

It dries to a cream finish and reminds me a lot of the NARS Multiples. It's got the same vibe about it. I love the Multiples, so that's no problem. I just really wouldn't recommend using the sponge, I found it to remove more of the product than actually blend - definitely better off using your fingers for a soft glow. 

Benefit's Watt's Up retails at £24.50 from Debenhams, Benefit stores and online here.

I do think it's expensive but you do get what you pay for - these types of products do last a long time. You probably can find a powder version for much cheaper on the high street, but it wont quite give you that dewy finish that this one does so well. Plus, once you've cracked the code - the lightbulb is super cute!

What do you think of Watt's Up? Do you own it or do you think it's overpriced? Do you like products like this or are you a powder highlighter girl? Do you even use highlighter/all over glowy products at all?!

HOW TO DIP DYE/OMBRE HAIR EXTENSIONS FEATURING HALO HAIR

HOW TO DIP DYE/OMBRE HAIR EXTENSIONS FEATURING HALO HAIR

"I can see your Halo, Halo Halo.."

Well Beyonce, not anymore can you see my Halo because it blends damn perfect with my hair! So ages ago, and I mean literally yonks ago - back in February actually I got some Halo Hair Extensions. At the time I had bright pink hair and therefore didn't really know which colour to go for. To play it safe I went for one strip of pink, and a full head of bright white blonde. I'm quite experienced in dying my hair and had dyed a set of extensions before so knew what I would be doing. Anyway inbetween February and now - as i'm sure youll know if you're a regular reader here at TLL - I have changed my hair many a time. I just did not know what to do with my extensions so they just sat there totally unloved in the box. They travelled with me from house to house, and always stayed perfect, just waiting for their time to shine. Most recently I had my hair dyed a gorgeous shade of dark brown with black underneath and i'm dead set on this being my hair for the future - I really love this look. Anyway, getting the LLYMLRS ombre envy and being reminded of how good my pink hair was in our 2010 Christmas single, I decided to be a bit different and dip dye my hair extensions! And i'm going to show you how to do the same. First tip, wait until your parents/boyfriend/husband/dog go out... it's a lot easier when they can't see the state of the bathroom!

 

Firstly you need to grab some hair dye in the shade you want. I used (and swear by, fyi) Schwartzkopf XXL Live and I grabbed two boxes - if you're dying a full head of hair extensions you DEFINITELY need two boxes - in the blackest black they had. I'm also using Manic Panic in Hot Hot Pink, for the pink tips. This retails at £11 from Cyberdog in Camden. Now the reason I use XXL on myself is because it's always worked for me and Manic Panic is a vegan hair dye so it would NEVER harm anyone's hair or head as it's just so soft. It isn't permanant, but these are extensions so you wouldn't be washing them as often as your regular hair anyway, so we're fine there.

Mix the dye up, and lay out two plastic bags on the floor. Then take each piece of the hair and run the dye from the top to the bottom, leaving about an inch on some and two inches on others - this makes it look much more natural. To make it look less linear and fake, just rub the 'dregs' of the dye as far down as you want making sure you scrunch up the hair as you do it to ensure it goes on randomly and doesn't look fake. Then lay all of the strips on the plastic bag and wait for the dye to take - this usually takes about 30 minutes. Begin washing the dye out after the time is up but don't worry about completely washing it out fully, I washed it out until the water was a little bit murky but not completely clear. Then lie them on the bag again. Now, take your bright colour dye and this time dip the hair into the pot before rubbing it up the hair this time instead of down. Its really important you rub it right up past where the join is, because where there is some black dye and now the water still on the hair the pink will mix with it and create that perfect 'blended' look which makes it look much more natural. Then leave those for about 45 minutes. See how far up in the photo I put the pink to ensure it blended:

Finally wash out completely until the water runs totally clear and blow dry really gently on a dry heat. Pow! Your hair extensions are done! Now, some tips. I didn't have gloves for the pink bit so if you buy Manic Panic remember it doesn't come with gloves, so buy some gloves - if you don't you'll get pink hands like me. But, and this goes with bathroom floors and surfaces too, everything wipes completely clean with a Dettol surface wipe, I bought these in a packet for about £2 from Waitrose. These are so gentle you can rub them over your skin too to remove any dye. Mine came off completely. (And so did the bathroom!) Make sure you do use plastic bags too because you can just scrunch them up and throw them away afterwards, no point ruining a perfectly good towel. Also if by heaven forbid you do get hairspray on your carpet, to avoid impending death don't forget my Tuesday Tip that I did for Gem Fatale last month on how to remove it.

Remember, hair extensions when bought from the right place are real human hair and behave just like human hair too. To keep mine looking glossy and pretty before blow drying them I spritzed on some Aussie Take The Heat Leave in Conditioner as I would my own natural hair - not too much mind, it'll go greasy otherwise. Also don't use any hairspray on them, the hairspray clings to the dye and will completely strip the colour from them and they're a pain to keep redying!

Then simply enjoy your new dip dyed hair!

Halo Hair extensions retail at £59.99 for a 20 inch full set. These are the ones I have if you want to dye them like mine.

What do you think of dip dying hair extensions? I like how my style can be removed and applied as and when I like, and there's no effort in redying the pink. Do you rate Halo Hair? Let me know if this helped you and if you'll do something like this at home - show me! Or tweet me.

MY TOP THREE LOOK BEAUTY LIPSTICKS

MY TOP THREE LOOK BEAUTY LIPSTICKS

Look Beauty Lipsticks - what do you think of the Ashley Isham print?

So many of you kind souls actually left me the nicest comments about my makeup from the wedding I attended last Friday. I think that the biggest part that left you all intregued and really made my look stand out from what it looks like normally was the new lipstick I used by Look Beauty. After how much you guys loved the Triple Hit post I did from Look Beauty I thought some of you may find this helpful and if you're anything like me you just like to cooo over new makeup! I find these lipsticks to be long wearing but above all really pigmented. There are five in the range over all but these three are my downright favourites and just couldn't wait to share them all with you!

The first one is Rock Candy:








Then Toffee Cup:







Then Baby Doll:







Now I found that Rock Candy and Toffee Cup both applied very smoothly and felt very soft on the lips. Baby Doll however is a little more stiff, and a tiny bit more drying. I found that it clung to my sore wintery dry bits a fair bit - check that out in the photo. I wore Baby Doll all day at the wedding though and it was totally fine, you have to reapply it a bit but I find that with most pink lipsticks. I think Baby Doll is quite similar to MAC Viva Glam Gaga. Here's a look at them side by side: