Whitening Products

So in case anyone was wondering, I want to get lighter before I get darker this summer! The reason being is because I always found the sun unbearable in Southern California during the summer. Not saying that I don't like the sunny weather. I just don't like being so tanned up.

So to make this post quick and short, I'm going to introduce you to some of the whitening products I have been using for the last couple of months or so.

From left to right: Softymo super white cleanser. Kose moisture mild white cream, Skinfood tomato whitening cream, and Paul & Joe whitening serum.

The Softymo super white cleanser I just got this week from Jessica. She gave it to me to try it out, since she said that it makes her husband's skin get very white. I've been trying it out, and my face does look slightly lighter. Not sure if it is because of this, or maybe a combination of the products I have been using. 

This cleanser is very very creamy. It has a very rich formula, and it doesn't foam up. So if you don't like that, this might not be for you. But as far as I use it, I usually use this cleanser first, and then I will top it off with my other cleanser. I switch it up from morning to night. In the morning, I usually use my Clean & Clear cleaner, and at night I use my bareminerals cleanser. 

The next 2 items are creams (I'm sorry about the darkness of the pictures. I didn't want the flash to go off, it would have made my pictures really really bright).

The Skinfood cream I've hit pan on, so there is no more of this cream anymore. As far as I can tell, this cream smells very very good. It does not smell like tomatoes at all. It has a water like consistence, but it's nice nevertheless. I found out the hard way that you should not apply this cream right after you get out of the shower, if you do, this cream will peel on your skin. It will start to shred. 

The other one, the Kose white cream, is pretty good as well. It is slightly thicker and the smell is decent. I've had this bottle for the last 2 years, and I'm finally finishing up on this! I'm super excited to be finishing up on this product. This product has whitened my skin, but very little. It might be because I'm more tanned. I think if you were lighter, than maybe this product would work better for you. 

The last product I have is from Apothica.com. I actually received a gift certificate from Apothica.com, and I decided to spend it on the Paul & Joe Whitening Serum. 

The bottle is very pretty no? I think it's very elegant. Now for the interesting parts: The serum has a particular scent to it. Some might not like it. Honestly? It smells like orange cleaner to me. But that doesn't make it bad for me. I actually really like oranges. I just got this in this week, so I've been trying it out for the last five days. Now like I said before for the cleanser, I'm not sure if I'm getting lighter from this or from the cleanser. I'm going to keep using this product, and I will keep you guys updated, with my new whitening routine. 

Made in Japan. :) 

Jill Stuart Haul

Hi everyone! It's been an extremely exhausting week for me! I've been going to my internship basically most of last week, and when I wasn't at my internship, I was doing stuff for the club, or hanging out with the boyfriend! Haha. Awwww... well that's the life of me!

Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know, that I finally got the Jill Stuart products up! I know, it took me forever, but laziness, and tiredness doesn't help at all! Haha.

This is what the eyeshadow quads look like. I have the boxes, but they were slightly smashed up, due to my mom's luggage getting tossed around.

My mom had purchased for me two of the newest quads to the Jill Stuart collection. Which by the way, I'm super in love with! I haven't used them yet, because I think they are honestly way too pretty to use. But that's the way, I am whenever I get new makeup! This is 01 Cystal Eyes:

And my mom got me another quad. This one is equally as beautiful as 01. This is 02 eternal platinum:

And my mom was actually kind enough to pick me up 2 Jill Stuart Blushes. I believe the first one is 08. I can't remember the name of it though... And the second one is number 11.

 

And the last item, my mom had purchased for me was the Jill Stuart lipgloss. And of course it smells wonderful like everything else she makes.

My cousin actually buys a lot of makeup, and she bought two of these limited edition glitter necklace thingys a while ago, and I guess she gave them to me. As a token of being a good cousin or something! Haha. 

A closer look at the top of these gorgeous Jill Stuart glitter containers.

Anyway, I'm thinking about doing a giveaway about the glitter containers on my youtube channel. Because I really don't need two of them! Watch my youtube video of my Jill Stuart Haul.

And wait for it!

Haha, okay since I got that out of the way, I'm going to be going to Taiwan later this year!!! :D

I'm not going to mention any actual details, because it's not for sure yet, but I have 10 weeks to kill after school ends, so I might as well do something interesting for a while. And this weekend, I hung out Jessica, and we were talking about going to Taiwan, and I guess we thought it would be good if we went to Taiwan together. So it's still not official yet, but I'm still planning on going back to Taiwan. And my boyfriend will be going with me as well. So hopefully it will be fun! But I will keep you guys updated and we'll see how that goes.

On another note, I really want to lose some weight now, so I've decided to actually start walking a lot more now. I'm actually going to try to walk 4 miles at least 3 days a week. And gradually go up to 4 then 5 days. I'm planning on losing weight. And my dad and I went to Costco today and I bought a lot of tuna, so I'm planning on eating smaller portions and exercising. I know when it comes down to exercise I get too busy or too tired to actually do anything. But one of my good friends, actually lost a lot of weight since November. Which was really surprising to me, so I'm going to try out her method of eating smaller portions and exercising. Wish me luck!

Suqqu collective haul!

Hey everyone! So this is just a quick post on some items that I've been meaning to show you guys here, but I've been really busy with school and work and everything! By the way, I got my canon camera! It's so nice and wonderful, but the bad thing about it, is that it has a low background noise when filming videos, but other than that, it's absolutely wonderful!

If you guys don't already know, I've been wanting some suqqu items for a long time now, and I asked my aunt who is in the music business in Taiwan, when she goes to Japan if she could pick up a couple suqqu items for me. And she was more than happy to do that for me. So I was really excited two weeks ago when I got my package in!

The suqqu items that I got:
The eyeshadow quad:

Look at how nice and sleek it looks:
The two quads I got. Still not sure if I'm going to keep the blue quad. Does anyone want to buy it off me?





And last weekend, I went to Sally's Beauty Supply and picked up some nail polish from china glaze! :DFor Audrey:
Ruby Pumps:
Up all night:
Here is the video for my haul. Hope you guys enjoy it! :)



By the way I was tagged by Serenie, and Lisasaur! Thank you so much girls! :D
"Post 10 things that make you happy, try to do at least one of them today, link back to the person who awarded you and pass along for up to ten people."

1. Hang out with my family
2. Hang out with my friends
3. Eating yummmmyyy food!
4. Looking fantastic for a day! :D
5. Getting packages in the mail!
6. Buying things that I want and then finding out that it's on sale.
7. Shopping!
8. Watching videos/making videos!
9. Sleeping. Can never get enough of sleep!
10. Anything colorful makes me happy!
I tag anyone who wants to do this! :)

I will probably do a post tomorrow, because I got a couple packages in this past week! :)

Taiwan & Lush Haul!

Hi everyone! I want to welcome all the new followers! And I want to say HI to my previous readers!

So as some you guys know, I actually got my package in from my cousin last week, but I was really busy with school, so I never got the chance to post it up, and show you guys what I got! But I didn't have school today so I decided to show you guys what I got:

RMK 2008 Christmas Palette. My cousin got this for herself, but she ended up never using it, so she gave it to me.
It comes with 1 mascara, 1 lipgloss, 4 eyeshadows, 2 blushes, 1 applicator, and 1 brush.
And then when you pull it out from below you get more items! There is a powder foundation, a sponge, and a brush for the blush!
She also got me the Coffret D'or Gel Foundation.
It comes with a spatula.
And the color is OC-D! Which is perfect for my skin tone.
This is the extra one she sent me. I think I'm going to sell this one.
The Coffret D'or 2009 Christmas Palette.
What it looks like inside.
The eyeshadows.
And the lip colors!
Coffret D'or 2010 palette in 04.
The colors are really pretty! I don't want to use it yet!
Lunasol Lip Essence.
What the bottle looks like.
And here is the video of what everything looked like!

And yesterday I went back to Lush with my friend Christine! And I picked up a ton of stuff! Right now all I'm doing is smelling everything. Everything there smells AMAZING! When I first walk in there, the scents overwhelmed me, but as I started walking around, I started to realize that everything there has different scents, and you just have to smell everything.

Some items I picked up: BB seaweed Facial! This thing smells like the ocean!
Close up of the BB seaweed!
Sugar Scrub Sugar Scrub. This smells like clean laundry and the ocean.
Tea tree toner. Your suppose to fill a bowl with hot water, drop the toner into the water, and put a towel over your head and put your head over the bowl. The sales lady told me that you can only use the water for maybe 2 or 3 more times after the first time.
Magic Mushroom Bubble bar! I'm really loving this bubble bar! It smells like strawberry!
Amandopondo Bubble Bar. This smells like Roses.
AvoBath Bath Bomb. I love anything cirtus scented, so of course I had to pick this up!
Sakura Bath Bomb. This smells like Cherry Blossoms! :)
This is a slice of the coalface cleanser. I used this today, that's why the right hand side looks like I chopped it off. I just cut off a little piece, and rubbed it around on my face.
And this is a sample of the dream cream, because I've heard a lot of good reviews about it, and it's suppose to be good for eczema.
And here is the video that I did about Lush!

By the way, if you guys didn't know already, I have a formspring on my sidebar, so please feel free to ask me any random questions!

And I bought a new camera today! YAY! I got a canon camera! It should be coming in sometime next week, so get ready for better camera quality!