Mini post - sleep is king

Recently I broke out a lot and my skin just got in bad situations with six or seven pimples popping out (forgive me for forgetting to take photos). Thursday plantation tea tree oil helps but after all Sleep is King! Last night I slept 13 hours and this morning I got up with beautiful skin! Foundation was easily smoothed out and eyes looking sharp too! So girls, squeeze time to sleep!

Ritsuko的植假睫毛之旅 My Salon Lash Extension Experience!

我的睫毛本身很短很疏很垂... 反正就是衰，每天夾睫毛搽睫毛膏不到三小時又垂下來而且怎麼涂也不夠長不夠閃！所以我決定去植了 - 起碼一勞永逸！

My lashes are short and sparse. Every morning I spend lots of time to clip to curl to put on mascara but within 3 hours it will drop and my eyes wont look any bigger... So I am determined to go to the beauty salon for a professional lash extension service!

 

先看看我本來的睫毛，這是之前燙睫毛的照片。

This is my natural lashes with perm.

這是植好后拍的！我第一次弄所以先弄最短的8mm，下一次可以選擇10mm （應該是最漂亮的長度）還有12mm不過太長，我單眼皮不好看的！

This is after extension! It is my first time so I chose the shortest option - 8mm, next time I will try 10mm (should be the perfect length for me!) There is also option for 12mm, but for single eyelid like me it wont look good on my eyes.

濃密的睫毛顯得眼睛更有精神，所以之後連眼線都不用畫了！這個是素顏照喔！！
Intensive lashes made my eyes look sharper and I dont need eyeliner anymore! This photo is taken without any make up on!

這是返工look！只塗了眼影，眼尾畫了一條小粗眼線only！超級懶人化妝法，5分鐘出門。

This is my work makeup look. I only put on eye-shadow and drawn a mini eyeline only at the end of my eyes. I only need 5 mins!

先說說我在哪裡植，在銅鑼灣渣甸街，非常方便！師傅手勢不錯，一點都不痛也沒有不適的感覺！一雙眼耗時一小時，非常快哦！我join了三次course，沒有hardsell，很好！

I did this at Causeway Bay at Jardine Bazzar. I did not feel any pain or discomfort and I only need one hour for both eyes! - Efficient! I bought 3 times course and they did not really hard sell me, which was great!

雷品礦物粉 BareMinerals Powder Review

近年來燒得很紅的礦物粉，尤其以BareMinerals這個品牌為首，進攻不少美女們的化妝箱，但我不覺得有特別好用喔...(失望）

Recent hit minerals powder has made its way to many girls' cosmetic boxes especially the brand BareMinerals. However, I felt quite disappointed with this product...

ORIGINAL SPF 15 Foundation
Our ORIGINAL SPF 15 Foundation gives you all the flawless coverage you want with a naturally luminous finish that won't clump or cake. It's clinically proven to improve the appearance of your skin over time. The creamy minerals diminish the look of fine lines and wrinkles without drying out your skin. Its silky, soft texture looks like a powder, but feels like a cream and buffs on beautifully. Made with only the purest, highest quality ingredients. It's makeup so pure you can sleep in it.


今次review就是這一款。
This is the powder used in this review.

我使用的是于專櫃拿到的trial size，很小的，先看看這個罐子。

I obtained a trial size powder from the counter, please look at the photo.

粉質看起來還不錯。顏色偏淺色的，和我皮膚差不多。

The powder looks refined. My color is Fairly Light, it pretty much matched up with my natural skin color, slightly lighter.

我使用Bodyshop的kabuki brush來上，一轉一上一轉一上的上粉。

方便是挺方便的，因為不用上其他東西了，也有上完蜜粉的乾爽感，遠看日光下拍照皮膚好像很完美的可是... 

I have to say mineral powder is very convenient! You can skip the liquid foundation and the finishing powder and still get the right coverage. This photo was taken under sunlight and it seemed to be skin-perfect... 

看近一點... 超粗！毛孔很大然後一塊塊的...
Look closer! My pores are super large and it looks sooo patchy...!

我和朋友出去他們遠看覺得沒什麼，近看毛孔超爛然後鼻子附近非常明顯一點都不細緻喔...
My friends couldn't see the problem while going out with me, but after a close look they figured out how bad it looks.

總結：礦物粉使用方便，成份也對皮膚沒有那麼傷害，是值得一用的粉底產品可是！這個品牌不會回購，只能再搜索其他品牌的礦物粉了！

Conclusion: Mineral powders are fantastic and their ingredients are also relatively not as harmful as traditional ones. However I will not buy BareMinerals' products and will keep looking for other brands' powder that gives me a more refined look!

同場加映：BodyShop Extra Virgin Kabuki Brush

質地無敵柔軟，好舒服，不會太疏，抓粉情況非常好！十個贊要買！

This is a recommended Kabuki Brush for powders and it is doing a very good job! Love it and Must Buy! The hair is very very soft and intensive, it is capable to grab the right amount of powder for each application!

對付敏感性痘痘肌! Fighting against my allergy-prone sensitive skin!

Ritsuko本身皮膚好敏感，成日轉季潮濕都會紅而且會長一粒一粒又紅又痕類似暗瘡的東西，超級討厭滴說！今天要介紹我皮膚敏感時使用的產品。

I have allergy-prone, sensitive skin, I often break out with little red pimples and they leave my skin feeling itchy and tingly. They are even more irritated during changes of the seasons. Today I'm gonna talk about my skincare routine during times of troubled skin!

先看看前幾天敏感肌的我...超級討厭。

First take a look at me few days ago while having allergies.

洗臉以後我會試用Dr Irena Eris的敏感用乳液。其實說來難堪，我後來在網上找不到這一瓶產品的資料，連品牌網頁也查不到。我是在美容展時直接向Dr Irena Eris櫃檯買的。價錢在港幣200元以內。我一直也有敏感肌膚，每一次都吃鼻敏感的藥或者就等等它消失，可是自從買了這一瓶以後，我能迅速的解決敏感癥狀回復白滑肌膚！

After cleansing, I will apply this Dr Irena Eris Strengthening Ultra Serum. I actually could not find this product on the internet I bought it from Skincare exhibition from its counter. It costs under HKD200. I have been suffering from skin allergies many years but usually I will take a claratyne tablet or simply wait a month for it to recover itself. Since I use this product I can solve my skin problems as fast as three days!

這個品牌的介紹我從網上找的：

Dr. Irena Eris 是波蘭知名的保養品品牌,由於波蘭化妝保養品業發達,他們的產品一律Made in Poland.

This is a Poland beauty brand, all of their products are made in Poland.

還有另一個法寶！沒錯就是周街都有賣的美麗日記冰心活氧面膜！這個面膜非常貼面，又極冰涼，能有效降紅及舒緩我的皮膚，用後保濕鎮靜，我個人十分推薦！

Another magical item that I use is Taiwanese Beauty Diary Cooling Mask! The cutting fit my face, and does an excellent job in cooling down my skin and soothing away the redness. After each use it effectively helps calming my skin, I strongly recommend this product to everyone!

最後讓大家看看我三天后的皮膚，已經恢復光滑白淨！

Lastly, after three days of using above products, goodbye to my troubled skin!

Mask House 韓方草本系列美白面膜 Herbal series Whitening Mask Review

Ritsuko今晚剛出席了親戚的壽宴，回家后卸妝立刻翻出Mask House的韓方草本白亮采面膜敷一敷~ 先說說這款面膜的介紹：標榜200%美白淡斑 （以下為官網的介紹）

注入了五加蔘、川芎的精華，能有效抵禦日光及UV的侵害，擊退惱人色斑等問題，使面部達至雙倍美白效果。混合地黃精華，能促進臉部血液循環。 

配合全新升級五加蔘精華素及無敏感添加，有效加快新陳代謝周期，排走肌膚底層的黑色素，同時阻擋色素沉澱，使面部肌膚更明亮透白。

Mask House is a korean brand and this mask I used tonight was its whitening mask under the Korean Herbal Series. This mask marketed that it helps to whiten your skin tone and reduce spots by 200%! It claims that it helps fighting harmful UV rays and spots, and helps in blood circulation of your face. It boosts metabolism cycle as well.

一盒裏面有5片面膜。面膜紙偏薄，剪裁也挺我的面型。但若和我的美麗日記相比，後者會再薄而且剪裁更貼合我的臉型。

There are 5 sheets in each box. The texture is quite thin and it fits my face shape well. However, if compare to masks from the Taiwanese brand Beauty Diary, I personally think that Beauty Diary ones fit my face the best and the sheet is the thinnest among all masks I've used.

約15分鐘后我覺得面膜有點開始乾便拿下來了。感覺皮膚變得更亮白，但斑點並沒有好轉。這才是第二次敷我也沒有期待能神奇的祛斑，做到了保濕和亮白已經感到滿意了。

After 15 mins I took it off. My skin has been brightened up but it did nothing to my spots. This is only my second time using this mask and I would not expect it reduces my spots anyway. It did a good job in brightening my skin tone and quite well in moisturizing too.

我最後塗上了Aqua Label的乳液鎖住水分。一般美白產品會偏乾但上一次的經驗告訴我隔天起床皮膚也沒有很乾喔。所以1-5分的話這款面膜我會評4分，碰上萬寧特價我會回購。

I put on Aqua Label lotion to lock in the moisture. In general whitening products will make your skin dry but my experience with this mask was that the next morning I woke up I did not feel my skin being too dry even I slept in an air-conditioned room. I would give this mask 4/5 scores, and if this mask is on sales at Mannings I will definitely buy it again!

星期三的晚上，謝謝大家收看！

Thank you for reading on a Wed night!

零油底妝+產品分享 My perfect foundation + reviews

今天想和大家分享一下我日常的底妝。Ritsuko任職公司規定要化full makeup，所以一個零油光的妝容對我很重要，不然加上眼妝唇妝整個油臉會很恐怖的。

Today I would like to share with you my daily foundation routine. The company I am working for requires their staffs to put on full makeup, so a matte finish means a lot to me because with the heavy eye and lip make up on, nothing is more horrible than oily shiny skin.

我使用的底妝產品：

My foundation routine products:

Base: Catalina Geo Color Capsule Makeup Base (SPF40)

Foundation: Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB (SPF20 PA++)

Powder: Prosays' Perfect Combination (#03)

這瓶隔離霜非常贊！它不但質地非常保濕，而且紫色提亮我的膚色以及撫平毛孔讓我下一步的粉底液很好上而且很均勻。看起來是一個一個的小球可是擠出來的時候就被壓迫成為紫色的精華液質地。

This base is excellent. It is super moisturizing and the purple color brighten up my skin tone. After applying it my skin becomes smooth and ready for applying the foundation. The mini balls will be squeezed with the moisturizing serum after pumping so this is a wonderful product with the benefits of a makeup base and serum.

再來就是介紹韓國品牌Holika Holika的Aqua Petit Jelly。這兩瓶Starter（粉紅色）和BB（皮膚色）都是朋友從韓國帶回來給我的。先說質地，顧名思義很像Jelly。很輕很水很容易推開而且不得不說是香味很舒服，可以說是我想要用它的其中一個原因。可是呢我覺得Starter有點可有可無，我沒有使用它的starter作為我的base而用了剛剛上面介紹的Geo base是因為Holika的這瓶base沒有防曬沒有調色也沒有很保濕！它頂多查了以後後續的BB Jelly比較好上一點而已。而BB Jelly讓我非常驚喜。它不但質地輕薄，延展性非常高（可能粉底刷也有功勞啦~\(≧▽≦)/~），控油能力保濕能力都非常不錯。容量有40ml也是很實惠喔。個人認為Starter真的可以不用買，自己搭配使用防曬隔離霜然後跟上BB Jelly就很好了。

The next will be Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly. I have both the starter and the BB jelly brought from my friend who traveled to Korea recently. The texture as you can see from the photo is like jelly - very light and waterful, glide easily over my skin, and the best part is the fragrant. However, I won't recommend the starter because it doesn't have sunblock, no color correction, no moisturizing effect, it is like nothing or maybe a little bit helpful on smoothing out the pores. The BB jelly does work magic on my skin, its oil control and moisturizing tasks are performed very well. Not to mention its jumbo 40ml economic size. I'd recommend using this BB jelly with other base products.

這一罐蜜粉是別人送我的，據說挺貴的所以大概我自己也不會捨得買吧~ 它控油效果十分好而且粉質非常細，輕輕一掃已經可以完美定妝。經過13小時也不用使用面油紙，面油只有很少很少。

I got this product from my aunt. This brand said to be quite expensive but it is excellent in oil control. The powder is well refined and only a light application completes my foundation routine. Even after 13 hours of work my face only shows a little bit of shine, and I would not have to use oil blocking papers at all.

Me without any makeup

Me with foundation

Me with foundation after 13 hours

可以看到就算過了13個小時的勞役我的底妝還是沒有油光喔！非常謝謝大家收看Ritsuko的第一篇美妝文！

As you can see that even after 13 hours of working (running, talking, eating etc) my foundation only shows a bit of shine! Thank you very much for reading my first beauty post. Stay tuned! Mwah~

首次露面的碎碎念... Ritsuko's very first post...

Ritsuko想了很久很久去寫博客，無奈天生惰性比較充裕到了現在這個年紀才鼓起勇氣下手... 目前最主要是搞清楚這個博客要怎麼設定還有各種各樣的按鈕，希望很快就可以正正經經的發文了。

I've thought of writing up a personal blog for ages but just being too lazy to do that. Right now I've found the right platform and it's time for me to explore the cool buttons and play around with the many functions of this blog. Stay tuned!