Frolics with Foundation

Bubbles has a thick skin. Someday she will make a great fur coat. She never fails to ask for samples at every beauty counter she visits. As a result she has amassed a rather large collection of foundation samples. Pity she has only one face, however fat it is.

There are 9 foundation/BB/CC/bases here. Bubbles is delighted. Nine is not too many for this alpaca. 

From left to right, on Bubbles: (1) Ettusais BB Mineral White SPF 45, (2) Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream Bright Fit, (3) Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream Cotton Fit, (4) Shu Uemura Face Architect foundation, (5) Shu Uemura BB Perfector, (6) Shiseido Sheer and Perfect Foundation, (7) Shiseido Maquillage Perfect Multi Base BB, (8) Etude House CC Cream Silky, and (9) Etude House CC Cream Glow. 

Bubbles has tried 2 of the 9 face products thus far - #7 Shiseido Maquillage Perfect Multi Base BB, and #8 Etude House CC Cream Silky. She has resolved NOT to buy any more foundations/BB creams, etc. until she finishes the lot, no matter what the next product at the beauty counter promises ("zero pores and a free gingerbread house!!!"). However, Bubbles can never resist a good discount, so we'll see if she is seduced by the "20% Off" or the "Gift With Purchase Of Minimum Sum $x". But that means MORE samples, huzzah!!

#8 Etude House CC Cream Silky.... what can Bubbles say other than she LOVES this and would totally buy a tube now if she wasn't (1) lumbered with sooooo many other samples to try, (2) waiting for another crazy sale at Etude House (40% off last month!!!) and (3) waiting for more Things-To-Purchase at Etude House so she can get the nice gifts when you spend $90 (Bubbles only likes the $90 gift-with-purchase) if there is no sale. The Silky CC cream applies like a dream and has long staying power. Bubbles puts it on at 6 am, and it is still there at at 6 pm. While it does get a bit splodgy by 2 pm because Bubbles has sweat glands and walks out for lunch in the sun, splodgy is nothing which some powder can't fix. 

When squeezed from the tube, the cream is white with little coloured spheres in it. The spheres are color capsules in the cream which break when you smooth out the cream on your face, thus adding a beige color to your face. It gives a your-skin-but-better look, and Bubbles acquires a pinky glow (as in pinky Radiant (a well-rested alpaca), not pinky Sunburnt (a well-roasted alpaca)), with no grey or white cast. It is okay for tanner complexions (Bubbles is too tan for the Etude House Any Cushion, alas) because the cream is not very pigmented, so the color won't show up strongly on your face, but just brightens. Bubbles finishes it off with the Shiseido Sheer Mattifying Compact powder. More on this tomorrow, Bubbles is suddenly very sleepy...

Sampling Sulwhasoo

Oh la la... Bubbles has Been-At-It-Again. Cuddles was interested in the Sulwhasoo Charity Kit ($60 with 6 items) and was worried it would sell out over the weekend, but Bubbles could not understand why Cuddles had her tail in a twist. So anyway, Cuddles woke Bubbles up at 9 a.m. on A SATURDAY just so that we would reach Tangs when it opened at 11 a.m.. While Cuddles bought the Charity Kit, Bubbles played with the Sulwhasoo samples on display. Bubbles then succumbed to the NICE SCENT of the sunblock (second from left) and.... purchased it. Bubbles also got samples of the Hydro-Aid Lifting Serum and Hydro-Aid Lifting Cream, making Bubbles one Happy Alpaca.

Bubbles tried the Hydro-Aid Lifting Serum and Hydro-Aid Lifting Cream sample on Saturday night and did not break out. Bubbles woke up to glowy skin. Bubbles repeated routine on Sunday morning, incorporating the sunblock just because. Bubbles tried the First Care Activating Serum (in Charity Kit) + Hydro-Aid Lifting Serum and Hydro-Aid Lifting Cream on Sunday night, and woke up on Monday feeling like she should have bought a Charity Kit too. Cuddles laughs and cradles her Charity Kit.

On Monday, Bubbles put on the serum + cream + sunblock, and discovered it was an excellent makeup base too. No flaky bits after moisturizing, and the sunblock did not make Bubbles' face shiny. No white cast also. Bubbles was so blissful. Bubbles wore Etude House CC cream (silky) + Shiseido Sheer Mattifying Compact powder over it, and went to work. 

Bubbles could not stop thinking about those samples of awesomeness. They moisturize well amd have a nice citrusy-herby scent. Bubbles found herself on the train to Orchard Tangs after work....

The above picture, sans sunblock, is self-explanatory. Bubbles bought the (1) First Care Activating Serum, (2) Hydro-Aid Lifting Serum and (3) Hydro-Aid Lifting Cream. At this stage, Cuddles would like to say that Bubbles is craaaazy. Bubbles admits that she is a sucker for samples. Everything else in the picture was FREEEE!!! Which alpaca does not like freebies. (Note: the 4 light blue satchets on the right were given to me on Saturday... but they balance out the picture, yes?)

In the next post, Bubbles will share her thoughts on the 3 items, as well as the Herblinic Restorative Ampoules (yay for samples... we know where that will lead us). Cuddles has been tasked to review the Charity Kit, but being the princess she is ("I only want to review the cleanser!!!"), it looks like Bubbles has to work overtime. Young alpacas these days....

Adios, alpacas!

Introducing the Alluring Alpacas

Bubbles is a 24 year-old alpaca who has discovered the joys of makeup and skincare after her graduation photoshoot. She now goes makeup and skincare shopping regularly to make up for lost time. Bubbles has combination skin with large pores.

Cuddles is the younger sibling of Bubbles. While Bubbles goes shopping in beauty halls, Cuddles shops from Bubbles' makeup stash. Cuddles has combination to oily skin.

Welcome to the world of the alluring alpacas. Look forward to posts about hauls, favourites and monthly empties. There is more to life than eating grass.

Cuddles is as pink as a posy.

Bubbles is the other one.