Confessions Of A Late Bloomer

, by Unknown

REVIEW: Yes To Carrots C Me Blush Lip Tint (Ready Red)

Hi everyone!

If there’s one thing now that I absolutely always carry with me wherever I go, it’s this lip tint that from Yes To Carrots which I got thru Bellabox. See my uboxing post here.

My baby!

PRODUCT: Yes TO Carrots C Me Blush Lip Tint (Ready Red)

PRICE: 2.6g for S$12

STORE: http://bellabox.sg/yes-to-carrots-lip-tint.html

PRODUCT CLAIMS: (source)

Yes To Carrots Lip Tints soothes, conditions, moisturizes, and gives you that extra bit of colour that will make you pucker up with beauty pleasure!

Gives a refreshing tone of colour

Soothes, conditions, and moisturizes lips

Contains coconut, jojoba & sunflower oils

95% Organic, Paraben & Carmine Free

JUDGMENT: Ever since my lip tint from Maybelline, this is the only time (again) that I’ve become clingy to a lip product. It’s super travel friendly that I can simply throw it into my pocket whenever I need to go out and my lips already feel safe and sound for the day.

OVERALL RATING: 4/5 hearts!!!

THE REVIEW:

Since I got this from Bellabox, I’ve been obsessed. I put it on in the morning right after my normal morning skincare routine, in the afternoon after having my lunch and at night before I go to bed. It’s currently my most worn lip tint in my collection. What I like most about it is its unique scent. It smells and tastes (well, c’mon! it’s hard not to taste your lip product) mint. At first, I thought that was weird and I didn’t expect to like it in the long run, but I did. It grew on me and I can’t be happier.

Let’s now talk about the things this lovely lip tint claims and if they’re true based on my experience:

It promises to soothe, condition and moisturize the lips. CHECK! I’m prone to having chappy lips especially when I fail to drink lots of water but ever since I used this lip tint I noticed that my lips stay hydrated the whole day. In fact, whenever I put this on at night before bedtime, my lips feel plump and healthy when I wake up in the morning.
It claims to give a refreshing tone of color. Another CHECK! I have exaggeratedly pale lips due to iron-deficiency issue, which is why I prefer lip tints over colorless lip balms.
It claims to have coconut, jojoba & sunflower oils. Now, if you don’t know it yet, coconut oil is considered to be one of the best cures to chapped lips. Same goes with jojoba oil which is known for its ability to reinstate the natural moisture back to our lips making them softer and smoother. And as for sunflower oil, they say that it claims to lighten dark lips but I can’t vouch for that yet. I think that these ingredients are what making this lip tint an effective product. It indeed helped me with my chappy lips.
It claims to be 95% Organic, Paraben & Carmine Free. It’s definitely a relief to find a great product that is paraben free and 95% organic. And take note: it is carmine free as well which means there were no scale insects harmed in the creation this product. Hoorah!

WOULD I REPURCHASE IT?

I’d love to repurchase it, but honestly, I still have a bunch of unopened lip balms/tints, and so it’s for that reason alone that I’d have to pass on repurchasing this lovely lip tint from yes tocarrots. I 100% like it but I don’t believe that it’s wise to keep on purchasing new things when I still have a lot that I haven’t even touched.

DO I RECOMMEND IT?

YES!!! If you’re in the hunt for the perfect on-the-go lip tint, this is your guy!

***

To my beloved readers, have you tried any YES TO CARROTS products lately? Do you recommend it? Why and why not? Thanks for reading!

1 comments

, by Unknown

AVON

How to Look Mature with Makeup

No comments

, by Unknown

FairPrice

TWININGS OF LONDON: The Tea Experience!

Hi everyone!

Ever since I gave up my love affair with coffee, I’ve been on the quest for finding the perfect drink that would replace it. I’m not making this post today because I’ve finally found it. I’m writing this entry because I want to share with you what I’ve stumbled upon while I’m on my hunt. This:

If you’re going to talk to me about “drinking tea” a year ago, you’d definitely be talking to someone who is clearly not interested and would never ever, even in the next 10 years, try to drink tea. But things have changed, and I’m now open to the health benefits and calming effects of drinking tea.

A couple weeks ago, we bought our groceries and I finally had the courage to pick up a green tea pack. Before I could even put it in our basket, my hubby suggested why don’t I try this one from Twinings first since it’s gonna be my first time to really drink tea. Yeah, because I’ve been drinking milk tea over the past weeks but it’s not like, you know the real tea. I only bought a pack of 30 sachets of milk tea as my transition to drinking the real one, if you get what I mean. So I picked this up because it says “Green Tea & Apple” and I like apples.

I tried it the next day and after my first sip, oh boy, it’s really not my cup of tea. I mean it’s bitter… for me. I’ve really never tried drinking the teabag-teas (that’s how I wanna call it), so my initial reaction was, “it’s bitter and I don’t like it.” But I thought, I can’t just give up like that. It may have just tasted bitter only because it’s my first time. So I convinced myself to try it again but I needed to sweeten it up a bit. And because we didn’t have honey, I decided to use sugar for the time being just to make it a tad sweeter. I tasted it again and thought, “hmmm it’s not really that bad”.

One thing I noticed is that its aftertaste is apple-ish and so is its aroma (that's why it's green tea & apple, duh!). I was able to finish it up and oh boy did I feel good right after my last sip! It’s like “SUCCESS!” And also, it’s true that drinking tea can really give that kind of warmth which I normally only feel when I’m at peace. It also gave that calming feeling and it just felt so good! No wonder why many people prefer tea over coffee when they want to relax. Even though tea also has a bit of caffeine, it doesn’t make me that perky, instead it relaxes me. And even when drunk at night, it doesn’t keep me awake unlike coffee.

This Twinings of London Green Tea & Apple contains 25 tea bags. I bought it for a little below 7 Sgd (sorry, I’ve thrown away the receipt already) at FairPrice. I’ve been drinking this for the past 5 days, mostly in the mornings and I like how it helps with my digestion. It also helps set the mood for the day. Once I’ve finished this all up, I won’t stop until I find the perfect tea to replace my morning coffee habit. I never thought I’d be like this and I’m happy because it feels so right! I’m proud to say that I’ve finally had the tea experience and I want more!

How about you readers? Are you a tea drinker? If yes, please leave me a comment of your favorite tea so I can put it in my “TEA TO TRY” list. *wink wink*