Alpaca out-and-about at Etude House

Bubbles has been busy with work. Bubbles has also been busy shoppin'.

Bubbles has purchased:

(1) Etude House CC cream in Silky - because it is a tube of awesomeness

(2) 3 Etude House nail art pens - because Bubbles thinks polka-dotted nails are all the rage now. $5.90 each, available in pink, white and black.

(3) Drawing Show black liquid eyeliner - because Bubbles is not content with crayon and wishes to experiment

(4) Lip brush - to add to the growing collection of brushes (and also to see if Bubbles' Shu Uemura lipstick can be saved, because it runs all over her lips when applied directly from the tube, kind of like a hyperactive puppy, but at least puppies are cute)

The hairbrush and 3 masks were freebies! Huzzah! The hairbrush has a nice massaging effect because the bristles are stuck on this rubber-like thing which compresses when you apply pressure on it. Like squeezing a rubber duck.

Bubbles hardly ever wears eyeliner and always commands Cuddles to assist her, should she decide to line those peepers. One shakes the eyeliner to get more liquid at the tip to draw a darker line. Unfortunately, liquid liners are not forgiving of the trembly-handed, and Bubbles has yet to wear this liner out of the house.

Bubbles is adding "mastering liquid eyeliner techniques" to her list of new year resolutions. 

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...