Drugstore BB Cream Review

So recently, I've been noticing an increase of dark spots on my face due to swimming regularly so I decided to try a few drugstore BB creams!

The first one that I got was the Loreal Lucent Magique BB Cream at DFS (Changi Airport T3) because it was selling for a slightly cheaper priced as compared to Watsons and Guardian!

Rating: 8/10

Honestly I felt that it did what it said it did, for eg. giving me a very luminous finish and it's not too dry/cakey either and looks totally natural. But because it has sort-of like, micro-exfoliating beads, it feels like it dries out my skin and when I try to use cream blush or any blush on top of it, the BB cream will run as I try to rub/pat it on. But at first, it did feel quite okay though. Maybe my skin's getting drier now. But I'd highly recommend it for oilier skin types! Or combination skin should be fine too, just not dry skin.. Coverage is pretty okay, thick enough for people with a lot of blemishes and dark spots like myself! 

Next up is the Za Total Hydration BB Cream! I bought this in a Watsons in Bangkok when I went there last month! Saw a lot of good reviews on it and since the shade they carried at the Watsons looked quite dark I gave it a shot. (I'm darker-skinned so I need darker shades) 

Rating: 7/10

It is hydrating, but not (super) hydrating. It isn't too sticky either. But I still do feel that the shade is a tad whiter than my skin colour and even though it blends in wonderfully, it feels like my face shade is still quite a lot lighter than my neck. Coverage is pretty okay as well, not as thick as the Loreal one but still enough to cover my dark spots. It's texture is a bit lighter as compared to the Loreal one as well! I use it on it's own to conceal my dark circles while I apply Nip and Fab's Sheer Make Up Fix all over my face just to mattify it a lil. 

Last up is my favourite buy of all the BB Creams that I've bought so far! The Maybelline Pure Mineral Watergel BB Cream. For someone with really dry skin, looking at the word "watergel" just gets me so hyped up! It's so hard to find really, really hydrating BB cream and when I saw it on this month's CLEO magazine, I knew I had to get it.

Rating: 10/10

The colour blends directly into my skin tone and when I massage it across my face, there is a cooling sensation due to the "watergel" part of the BB cream I guess? It deeply hydrates my skin like I've applied another layer of moisturizer! Also, the coverage is sheer and the texture is very light (just the way I like it) as I'm just looking for something to cover my dark spots. I'm not usually a fan of face make up but I don't really mind nowadays because I don't apply liquid foundation much unless I'm going clubbing and even nowadays when I club, I just apply BB cream cuz it feels so much lighter! Been neglecting my liquid foundation from MAC ever since I've got this baby :') Highly, highly recommended for dry skin! It gives a really dewy finish. 

Also, it lasts all day! Some shots after shopping with my mom today in town after going for a dinner buffet at Holiday Inn! Just Maybelline's Aquagel BB Cream, Sheene's Choco Mousse Blush (that kinda wore out like real fast, lol), Za's Automatic Brow Pencil, Maybelline's 36 Hour Gel Studio Eyeliner in Brown and Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara!  

So yup, hope it helped in some way or another if you're planning to try any of these 3 BB creams! ^-^ 

Love Equation:

No attachments = No pulling of heartstrings x No false hopes

I have no fucking intentions of being the one who's being played around any more. I can't be who I used to be, letting myself fall for just anyone. I have to make a stand and know what I damned right deserve. 

Stay Home Week

Muay Thai Training with Wan Lin and Xiao Vivien at Boon Keng with TY! Learnt a lot :-) And his room-mates are so so so nice! 

 Just another camho shot...... 

 Mmhmm, korean strawberries! 

 SUPPER: CHEESE FRIES!!! 

 Just gotta camho with that fry ;) 

So yup, that's about all for the week. Didn't go out at all cuz I'm such a pig... or I'm working... and it's Good Friday today but me being the blur king, put schedule so I can't even go to church now fml. Well, at least I can make it for Easter? :D

Trying to upload photos that aren't on my Instagram so it makes my blog a lil more interesting at least, I guess?

3 Days

Coors beer that my dad bought back from the States when he flew back home yesterday! But in a Tiger glass, haha. Really yummy beer.. been hooked on beer so bad ever since I came back from Thailand. 

 Wanted to head to IKEA Cafe for dinner with Nigel and Noel yesterday but we ended up heading to Golden Mile Shopping Center for some Thai goodness instead. Mmhmm, the tom yum soup, shrimp omelette and kang kong was so good! Afterwards, we went to find Dorcas and Rio at Haji Lane and just chilled out at a Turkish Bar there. Great evening spent! :)  

 #sogurtsundays with my one and only Twinny, but Josh finally joined us this time round! Had to leave early cuz I had Deutsch class (even though I was already late for it..) :/ Had 2 rounds of sogurt this time 'round cuz I'm madly in love with the cookies and cream flavor. Just speaking of it makes me crave it again lol fuck my period cravings :( 

So yup! That pretty much sums up the past few days or so :)

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One of my favourite singers of all time! Been listening to her since I was in Primary School when I used to be so hooked onto A Cinderella Story because Hilary Duff acted in it and it was about Cinderella and I used to be so craycray about that story... I was so young back then to think of it :/

Photo Blogging

Some sneaks of what I've been up to:

Abrupt meet-up with Maggie and Louis for dinner at Bugis last week! 

虾面 with Louis at Geylang (once last week and once ystd) 

 Korean BBQ at Bras Besah 

 Favourite mango snow ice and sesame paste at Chinatown! 

Shopping for Durga's China Trip at IMM! 

 After our shopping....... we had dessert at Delifrance to rest our feet and chat around till we got chased out! 

 Dinner date with Ernest, Durga and Noel at ENAQ! :) 

 One of our most abrupt dinner meetings at Rio's place with Prabu the chef cookin'! His girlfriend Nisheta is such a great baker.. her salted caramel cupcakes are to die for!!! 

Working as a demo model at the Laura Mercier booth two weekends back. Photo with Melisa who got me the gig! She's so cute and pretty, hehe. It was so fun working with them! 

 Photo with my mom in BKK on a tuktuk ride! 

 With my twinny, #sogurtsundays are on again! 

 After a run one of the days last week...... 

 And a huge ass selca of me after the demo make up! Hehehe. 

Life has been really great for me I guess. I've been spending so much time with the people that I love and I'm so grateful for them. Resting at home today cuz my body finally let me down after constant partying, working and heading out so often with < 4/5 hours of sleep per day. Meh. 

So tired and I'm still a little tempted to party tonight..... I'm one fucked up person. Lol. 

Starting Fresh

Got myself a new blog because I need a fresh start to the year that I've left far behind me, where all my posts were all about "us". It's no longer going to be that way anymore because we have broken up and I guess I just needed a clean slate where I didn't have to look back anymore.

I had quite a few questions on my ask.FM with concerns to why we broke up, and I'm choosing to answer them here because it's a lot easier to read from. In contrary to his side of the story, where I'm the bad guy because I "dumped" him, I think a broken relationship is caused by both parties, not just one.

A relationship is built on a mutual understanding and trust of each other, that both parties can help each other to become better people. I tried my best to and I failed so many times, so I eventually chose to gave up because I couldn't accept who he was, and still is. He couldn't accept the way I was either. We had a lot of clashing personal attributes that destroyed us eventually because of how both of us grew up. I was nobody, and never had intentions of becoming somebody because I always felt awkward in the spotlight. Yet he grew up being the center of attention. I like stability and I ravish in it, yet he likes to try so many new things and I'm just afraid all the time so I try to restrict him. I know it's wrong but I just wanted a guy who would put both of his feet on the ground for me. 

I forced him to change so many times because of me and I know I was being irritatingly demanding and it just won't work out the way I wanted to, so I broke up. I'm afraid of committing to someone I lost my respect and love for, so I told him that if we got back together after our break up, I'd probably just end up cheating on him in the future because of how unhappy I was going to be. 

Also, we were losing our youth for each other with all the unhappy arguments and fights that we had that just blatantly showed both of us that we weren't meant for each other. 

So guys, date longer before you decide to dive headstrong into a relationship because that's what we did. And that's what I regretted. Took me long enough to realize what I've gotten into.

This is going to be the last thing that I ever post about him because we've both agreed that we've got to let each other out of our lives for good.

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One of my favourite originals by Hannah Trigwell: