AMW Reviews: Shu Uemura Ultime8 Sublime Beauty Cleansing Oil

Good morning friends!  Thank you so much for the wonderful well wishes, I appreciate the messages and the vote of confidence that I can survive this period!  Love you all!

Today, I will be reviewing yet another cleansing oil.  Shu Uemura came up with their newest, most luxurious cleansing oil to date!  How luxurious?  It has 8 botanical oils which gives nothing but benefits for our skin!  

Jojoba Oil, Olive Oil, Ginger Root Oil, Soy Bean, Shea Butter Oil, Safflower Oil, Camelia and Corn Oil!

Shu Uemura says ---

The precious essence of 8 exquisite botanical origin oils has been merged together.  Those were carefully sought out from Chinese medicines and beauty oils all over the world proven to have the highest skincare efficacy for a petal-soft silky smooth sensation.

8 exquisite oils from botanical origin for ultimate solution to 8 skin benefits powerful yet gentle botanical origin removal system for superb cleansing.

Removes effortless all kinds of make-up and impurities.  Skin feels soften, conditioned, hydrated, nourished from within and glows with a new radiance.

Ingredients

AMW says ---
Pros

• Wonderful packaging with "safety" turn on turn off cap.
• Has a light, very relaxing scent.
• Can remove even the most difficult to remove waterproof mascara and eyeliner.
• Feels light on skin.
• Skin feels refreshed and moisturized immediately after usage.
• Skin brightens after several usage.
• I can get away by using just this and not following with a facial cleanser.

Cons

• Price

Overall
An effective cleansing oil that can easily melt down even waterproof makeup!  Gives a smooth after-feel and skin looks bright and healthy after a month's usage.

Tips

• 3-4 pumps is needed if you have full-faced makeup, spread over dry face and massage gently.
• If you don't have a lot of makeup on, 2-3 pumps is enough.  
• Emulsify by adding a bit of lukewarm water and continue massaging.
• If you have heavy eye makeup, gently go through the emulsified oil over the eye area with eyes closed.  
• Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water.
• I like having regular temperature to cooler temperature water for final rinse to close down pores.
• If you tightline and apply makeup on the waterline, it is best to add an extra cleansing step with a gentle eye makeup remover.

Will I repurchase?
Yes!

To whom do I recommend this to?

Where to purchase and how much?
 At local Shu Uemura counters for Php6,200 (approx $144.00)  for 450ml Php2,500 (approx $58.00) for 150ml.

Photos

The application technique shown on box

The twist Open/Close cap that makes it safe to bring even on travel

Have you tried any Shu Uemura Cleansing Oils?
I've been a loyal user of the "green" version which is the A/O formula with anti-aging benefits!  After trying the Ultime8 Sublime Beauty Cleansing Oil, I'm willing to switch!

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(Product received for PR purposes.  Opinions 100% mine.  Please purchase at your own discretion.)

How to: First Trimester Pregnancy Face

Happy October 1st AMW Friends!!!  It's a Monday and it's the start of another new month!  I am sending good vibes to everyone!!! 

To jump start the busy week, my "This is How I Do It" post may be dedicated to all expectant moms out there especially on their first trimester but this is also a makeup look that our younger readers can try!  I'm talking about you high school and college students who want to start on makeup yet don't want to look too made up! 

Because of the pregnancy hormones kicking in, my sense of smell has multiplied 100x and I do have the nauseous feeling and I throw up every now and then!  Going out and fixing oneself is one easy task I love to do in the past but things have changed and I'm finding myself tempted not to apply makeup at all and leave the house!

But I can't! I do need to go out for some special gatherings and most especially, those makeup gigs that was booked months ago!  I want to put an effort to look good as I don't want my clients to see my super tired, stressed, nauseous-look!  

This is How I Do It!!!

Brows

I find myself creating lighter looking brows as I tend to skip on eye shadow application so creating strong brows is not the thing as of the moment.  Since my hair is still lighter than my brows, I take time to redefine my brows and fill in spaces by using brow powders.  (Ex. Benefit Brow Zings)

AMW Reports: Pink Me Up

Happy Saturday AMW Friends! :)
Today, I will be sharing a unique, very relaxing place that I recently visited!  Before I do so, let me share to you the side story first! *winks*

When I was in high school, I joined the MPFA group (Military Police and First Aiders).  Sounds serious right?  Well, it was the best decision I've made as I enjoyed summer training with friends from both my batch and higher/lower batches!  Snake-crawl, frog-leaps, jumping jacks, sit-ups, running, rifle-demonstration were all useless to me for my present career but the biggest thing I learned?  Camaraderie!

That's were I got the chance to meet a batch lower fellow MPFA-ers Steph and Reg.  Who would've thought these 2 remained good friends and opened up their own business?  I am so proud of them when I first heard about Pink Me Up Beauty Nail and Dry bar.  I was invited to visit their "baby" so many times but due to my hectic schedule, I wasn't able to do so.

Not until the day I was invited to do makeup for Reg's family and it was done at the Nail and Dry Bar! 

I made a silent "gasp" once I got in, this is how I would picture my own room to look like!  *laughs*  The ambiance is super comfortable, the architecture feels like the olden days at the same time have the modern kick!  The main color is pink but the overall look doesn't scream "PINK" which makes it okay even for guys to relax here!

I Wonder: Do you need a Smaller Eyelash Curler?

Good morning and Happy Friday AMW Friends!

I am so excited it's finally weekend!  I used to love weekends but now, I appreciate it MORE because of my situation.  If you wonder, yes, I still suffer from morning sickness but I'm getting used to the vomiting and 24 hours headache so don't worry, I'm fine! :)

Since I'm home a lot!  I like to rummage through my "makeup stocks/hauls" to check on their expiration dates (again, I'm OC that way!) I pulled out a shopping bag from our last trip in Japan and guess what?  I nearly forgot about my Shiseido eyelash curlers!  I bought both sizes 213 (regular size) and 215 (smaller size).  I have been using a Shiseido and Shu Uemura eyelash curler alternately for quite some time and this is a repurchase.  The smaller version?  It's a first!

Back in April during our first Tokyo trip, I love to roam around cosmetics stores and one huge store (I can't remember the name, sorry) caught my attention as it has aisles after aisles of Japanese brands including Shiseido! I thought about eyelash curlers back up and picked a regular sized Shiseido Eyelash Curler without much hesitation.  As I was walking towards the counter, the cute smaller one caught my eye.  I walked back and stared at it for a moment.  I did want to purchase the Shu Uemura smaller lash curler for years but never really paid attention to it.

But do I really need it?  

Of course, with Mr. AMW around who nudged me and said: "Come on, you won't be back in Japan for a while, where can you buy  such inexpensive Shiseido stuff?" 

Alright, he twisted my arm so I gave in!  *laughs*

Okay, I've been a makeup artist for almost 5 years and I have been doing makeup for more than a decade!  I've survived using the regular sized eyelash curler without issues.  Do I really need a smaller eyelash curler?  Well, you have to wait for my review, I am just starting to use this after I nearly forgot about this!  *embarrassed*

I wonder:
"Do you need a smaller eyelash curler to get into those short lashes?"
Do you own one?  Is it worth the investment?

I'd love to hear from you!

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Revlon Photoready Eye Primer + Brightener Review

Happy Thursday!
Today, let's talk about the song: "Turn Around...Bright Eyes!" A-ha!  You know the song right?  You're an 80's girl like me!  *woot woot*!!!  

Okay, back to bright eyes, who doesn't want brighter looking eyes?  Especially my situation at the moment, I feel queasy and uneasy all day and sleeping is another topic that needs to be discussed with beer on hand!  *laughs*  I can't seem to sleep well!  Adding up to my day job and a lot of other she-bangs!  *winks*  I can be a living zombie!  

I've been constantly using the Benefit Stay Don't Stray as it's one product that I can use 360 degrees!  From my lids to under eye area!  And who would've thought a drugstore brand Revlon finally made one too?

Revlon Photoready Eye Primer + Brightener

comes in ONE shade and it blends in seamlessly onto the skin around the eye area