More Hair Product Wars & Sneak Peek: In2it Light Reflecting Liquid Eyeliner in Caribbean

Okay so today I went to MBK and hunted for Palty but I could only see one box of Juicy Peach left among the dodgy-looking shops. Then I looked again at the Beauteen in both Watsons outlets. I decided that if I was ever going to use Beauteen instead of Palty to darken my hair, I'd use Caramel Chocolate instead of Natural Brown because they're about the same colour and I don't want to look completely dull. What really decided me against buying Beauteen was the fact that it clearly states that it cotains Hydrogen Peroxide. Some websites claim that Palty does not, but I can't know that because all the writing on the boxes is in Japanese.

If I can be bothered, I'll go to Platinum and see if I have better luck finding Bitter Cappuccino or Ganache Tart this time.

While I was at Watsons, I also had a good look at the potential replacement shampoos and conditioners that I might buy after Asience and Elseve Royal Jelly are gone. Asience remains the only product on the shelf that contains Camellia/Tsubaki (if you don't count the old versions of Herbal Essences, which I'm sick of). Elseve is more expensive. But there was something else: Herbal Essences now has a new shampoo, conditioner and treatment trio called Long-Term Relationship -- it's a formula for long hair! I sniffed it; it's nice. It's got raspberry and satin, apparently. It's supposed to strengthen your hair against split ends. I might be interested, but next I might be more interested in protecting the colour of my hair, in which case I'd better get the Elseve for colour-treated hair. However, Asience conditioner is cheaper. Or maybe I'll throw caution to the winds and just get those huge bottles of Shiseido Golden Repair??

Nah, when I'm abroad, I won't be able to get Asience, so I may as well use it while I'm here. However, some places sell Elseve shampoo for 99 baht and you get 250ml as opposed to 138 baht for Asience's 220ml. I still want to try the Asience shampoo though! ... All right, all right, I'll try the Asience shampoo and leave the Elseve until I get overseas :D

Phew.

I also finally gave in to curiosity and bought In2it's Light Reflecting Liquid Eyeliner in Caribbean RL 03 -- a pearly deep sea blue-green that looks darker or lighter depending on the angle of the light. I've read good things about In2it eye makeup so I'm confident this will be a winner. It should be better than its cousin, the Navy eyeliner, anyway. That's so dry I'm giving up on it.

Speaking of dry, I think my MM Lash Enamel Glamour Neo is finally drying up :-( It definitely feels more congealed than it used to and I can see more clumps. It's still good, though, but it won't stay good for long if it's drying up. I'm using it past its advised shelf life anyway.

Can't wait to try this eyeliner out.

Oh today (Tuesday) I wore the Sheene Oil Free on my cleansed, toned and moisturised face. It's a pretty good match for my skin colour, not too light at all, but not too dark either.

I can't wait to dye my hair! When I tie it up I can really see the black roots on the underside and the back where I didn't put enough cream! And the difference between the red-brown roots and the lighter orangey-red of most of my hair is much more noticeable now than when I first dyed it.

I just remembered something. I have to look for the new MM Summer 2009 collection. I want to get that solid perfume if it's nice. I didn't look at the MM stand at MBK today because the BAs were in the way, waiting for victims to come along. Brrr.

If I ever really need a light nude lip gloss, I'm gonna get one of MM's beige ones.

OMFG I just remembered at Watsons today I saw Palgantong's Zebra Eyes Mascara or whatever it's called in a paper tube at the counter! Must search!

Confessions of a Fasio Ho

Okay so today I gave in to temptation and bought a Fasio pack consisting of their eyebrow mascara in Golden Brown, their Hyper-Stay mascara in black (Shock Free Curl Volume) and a little makeup bag in gold, brown and orange tartan.

I tried the eyebrow mascara over my existing eyebrow mascara of the same brand (but in Brown, which I felt made my brows too dark). It looks okay. Maybe the Brown and the Golden Brown can even be used together to achieve the right shade.

I tried the Curl Volume mascara on over what I'm already wearing -- Majolica Majorca Lash Bone with golden brown Lash Gorgeous Wing over the top. The Fasio made my lashes very black, all right, but I don't think their chunky brush does the job that MM's comb does. Or maybe the Fasio will work better on its own. I'll try it tomorrow. As for Fasio's reputation for being hard to wash off, I'll report on that when I do wash it off! Which brings me to another point -- today I bought the L'Oreal De-Maq -- the oily Elixir one which claims to be good at washing off the hard-to-wash-off. I will not be trying it yet though as my Ziiit Milk is not finished yet, although it is close to.

Today was the first time I washed my hair since I dyed it, making it almost exactly a week of not washing my newly-dyed hair. I used what was left of my Herbal Essences conditioner and then put the Asience conditioner on top of it. My poor hair feels dry :( I think I need cream-based shampoos and conditioners and maybe even leave-ons but I have plenty of shampoo and conditioner left waiting to be used.

Oh, plus the Fasio mascara, like the MM Lash Enamel Glamour Neo, can accidentally stain your eyelids and be hard to remove. If this mascara really doesn't work, I'll have to give it to Mum. Poor Mum lol.

Fasio also have a mascara that promises to separate lashes to make them fan out beautifully. It's about 400 baht though -- around the same price as the package I bought today. You can get that kind of mascara with a little glitter mascara that comes with a comb brush for like 450 baht or something, but I resisted that temptation.

P.S. The Fasio mascara is only 6 ml while MM are 7.5 (Lash Bone & Lash Enamel Glamour Neo) and 7 ml (Lash Gorgeous Wing). At least it'll run out sooner! ^^"

P.P.S. Maybe next time I buy mascara, I'll focus on length rather than volume. Volume can actually be quite "shocking."