Loose Button Luxe Advent Calendar: 8th December

It's crazy how time flies! Now we're at the 8th door.

Behind this door was the Giorgio Armani's Eyes to Kill Mascara

I love any eye-related makeup products and am such a sucker for mascaras. My lashes are pin-straight and like my hair, totally hard to curl and to keep it curled. I have heard some raves about this mascara and I was pretty excited to finally receive another makeup product after all that skincare and perfumes.

 After trying it out, I found that this mascara is really good for lengthening and volumizing. My eyelashes was super long and 'thick' after, however; it did not manage to keep the lashes completely curled :(. To think of it, it seems like nothing holds my curls as perfectly as the Maybelline Illegal Length mascara.

This was the perfect pair with my Maybelline mascara. It added so much volume and further lengthens my lashes to give an illusion that I have a set of full and long lashes! :) I love that it did not clump at all. The brush applicator ensures that all the product applies evenly on my lashes. It's super build-able to go from natural to dramatic.

Overall, I am pretty happy with this product. I will definitely use it with my Illegal Length mascara to create really dramatic lashes. The price of the full-size product is for sure on the high-end range, it currently retails at $30.50 compared to $49.50 on amazon.

Have a great day guys, & thanks for tuning in! :)

xoxo,
Rachel

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Loose Button Luxe Advent Calendar: 7th December

Hey everyone :), 

I hope your December is going well so far! We're well into the 1st week and we have 17 more days til Christmas! 

Today, door number 7 led me to the Lancôme Visionnaire Advance Skin Corrector. 

To be honest, I am pretty new to skin-care products out there as I've been religiously faithful to Clinique and several drug store brands ever since I was 14. I never had to urge to drastically step out of my comfort-zone and change my routine. 

Naturally, I was over-whelmed with the amount of skin-care products I've received in this 7 days so far... 3 samples out of 7, that's ~43%; a lot if you were to ask me :P

I had no idea what this product was nor have I heard anything about it so I did a little research and this was how it was described in Sephora: 

More than a wrinkle-corrector, this product is capable of fundamentally re-creating more beautiful skin. The first skincare product with [LR 2412 4%], a molecule designed to propel through skin layers, it triggers a cascading series of micro-transformations along its path. On the surface, wrinkles and pores are visibly corrected. Imperfections like signs of UV damage and acne marks appear diminished. 

Sounds pretty much like the last 2 products I've obtained from Day 3 & Day 4.

I currently trying out the serum from Shu from Day 4, and will wait til I finish that before I try this one out.

I really like how Lancôme included a wand applicator to make usage easier. It really goes to show how much thought and care they had put in to produce this sample. 

This is a serum, so should go on after the moisturizer followed by your day or night cream. :)

You can find out more about this product and purchase it at amazon.com

See you guys tomorrow! 
xoxo,
Rachel  

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