Review post: Sally Hansen 'So Much Fawn' & another Korean nail polish

My Easter post is going to be on a nail polish I am currently loving. It's the Sally Hansen 'So Much Fawn' No. 260 polish ($13). I've read so many good reviews about this color and I do agree with a lot of what people are saying about this. It's such a classy color that is suitable to wear in the office and really compliments the warm Asian undertone of my skintone. I'll get onto the Pros and Cons.

Diary Post 07-04-2012 So it's Easter and I'm watching K-dramas

It's the long Easter weekend... again!!! I can't believe it... how fast time flies and I can't stop thinking that I'll be turning 23 near the end of this year... aaahhhhhh!!!! Whatever happened to the days when I finally turned 20??? 

Anyway~ look at all this chocolate!!!! 

None of it is for me though :'( 

Oh well~ Happy Easter everyone! This is a time when I wish everybody extra joy and happy moments. I remember pigging out on kilos (okay exaggeration) of chocolate when I was a kid but I guess I'm considered too OLD for that now. Hahaha ヾ(×× ) ﾂ

I've been looking for a drama to preoccupy myself with but I'm stuck between, 'The Moon that Embraces the Sun', 'Skip Beat', '21st Century Family' and 'Twelve Men in a Year'. They all sound so good and I can't deciiiiiiide (´･_･`)

By the way, if you've visited my blog before you might notice there's been a slight change in my layout!!! (Yes I did make that dodgey looking background in paint with my noobish paint skills....no laughing!!! XD) 

I'm sloooooowly learning about the whole blogging thing and I hope my blog will keep evolving over time :)

Look out for my next review post!

NekoZan xx

Review post: All about Korean products!!!

I like to collect makeup and skincare products from Korea because Koreans are really into taking care of their skin as well as using really pretty makeup. This means they have a lot of really good brands that offer a range of products that I haven't seen in the West yet. And because there are just soooooo many skincare and makeup brands in Korea, this means that most of their products are quite affordable (of course there are really expensive/premium  brands but i haven't seen them being sold in Australia anyway). Some of the brands that I really like are Etude House and TonyMoly.

Luckily our local Morning Glory stores (Australia) have recently been providing more and more of these skincare and makeup products!! So, I wanted to dedicate this post to some of the Korean products that I bought from my local Morning Glory. 

Another thing is, I've been so lucky that my friend from Korea brought back a few makeup products that you can't buy here yet. So if you're into Korean skincare and makeup products, look forward to my future review posts on the rest of the makeup that I have. 


The review lineup today is: 

1. TONYMOLY Floria Youth Energy Sleeping Pack 80 ml
2. TONYMOLY Expert Radiance Primer 30 ml
3. ECLIPSE Long Lasting Quick Dry Nailwear Enamel 15 ml 
4. Cannes Mask Pack Green Tea

Diary Post 01-04-2012 Heeeellllllloooooo April!

Happy April Fools Day!!! Initially, I didn't plan on posting anything today but I couldn't help it!! It's the first day of April 2012 and I had the urge to commemorate this day by posting a review on a few Korean skincare products that I have! I'm currently writing up my reviews now so my review post will be up veeeeeeeery veeeeeeeery soon
ヾ(＠^∇^＠)ノ.

Today has been great! I've been 'plogging along' (is this even Aussie slang? Lol I remember this phrase instinctively somehow but I'm not sure anymore if I've used this correctly hahahahahaha noob alert) with my Korean and I'm proud to announce that I can finally read all Hangul!!! (But I can't spell anything properly yet :P)
 

I've also been sitting back, relaxing and drinking my apple, ginger and cinnamon tea that I make from scratch ( ´･ω･`)_且~ . It is such an amazing tea if you have the flu or just have a sore throat. I plan to make a post on how I make my tea next week!!!! If you love tea (and aren't allergic to any of the ingredients), then you have to try mine out!!

Until next time!

NekoZan xx

Review post: L'Oreal Paris Dermo Expertise UV Perfect Lotion SPF 30+

The L'Oreal Paris Dermo Expertise UV Perfect Lotion SPF 30+ (30ml) comes in a formula for oily to combination skin and one that is a tinted moisturizer. I bought the one for oily to combination skin because I just want a daily lotion to protect my skin from harmful UV rays during the day. I can't really remember the price but I bought a new one recently and I think it was around $15?

Review post: L'Oréal Paris Dermo-Expertise Youth Code Rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream

This review is on one of my favorite products to date. It's one of those products that works so well for me that it will be my eye cream for life (ノ*゜▽゜*). The L'Oréal Paris Dermo-Expertise Youth Code Rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream is part of L'Oreal's youth rejuvenating skincare line for women aged 30+. Despite the age target indicated on the box, I've always been told that it's more productive to prevent wrinkles from forming rather than to control them. That's why it's good to start using skincare products as early as 20.

Diary Post 30-03-2012 Let's learn Korean!

Hello hello!!!! Later today I'll be posting two product reviews on the L'Oréal Paris Dermo-Expertise Youth Code Rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream and L'Oréal Paris Dermo-Expertise UV Perfect SPF 40 so I'm really excited about that  ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆!!!!

Lately I've been recovering from sickness so I've been stuck at home trying to make my days busy. All this free time has been kind of good because I started learning Korean about a day ago and so far it's been really fun!!! I know all of the consonants and some of the vowels. I just need to practice my double consonants and learn those tricky vowels which 'Professor Oh' calls diphthongs.

Here's one of my worksheets :)

So I mentioned a 'Professor Oh' just then. Let me tell you right now she is soooo good at teaching an English-native speaker how to learn the Korean alphabet for the first time. I tried learning the alphabet through other 'Teach yourself Korean' sites and it is no fun at all trying to learn from black text on a screen. Professor Oh has her own youtube channel and videos that teach the Korean alphabet. 

She's even provided worksheets for her lessons which you can see I've printed out and practiced on. But I don't think 10 times is really enough so I practice writing each letter more than 100 times on another scrap piece of paper a day :) (Learning a language is all about continuous practice and memorization)

I highly recommend her if you're interested in learning the Korean alphabet so check her out ;)

NekoZan xx

Review Post: Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Resist 24 Cleanser Set

Hi everyone!

This post is a review of the Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Resist 24 Cleanser Set that I purchased near the start of December, 2011 for $79 (So that's $30 on top of the gift voucher I had). 

Diary Post 27-03-2012 Sketchpads are my best friend :)

Morning everyone! This is the first of the many diary posts that I'll be featuring on my blog. I'm about to make a product review post on the Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Resist 24 Cleanser Set that I purchased right before Christmas last year. I was lucky that time because I had a $50 gift voucher for Myer (Australia) and I think I only spent an extra $10 or $20 on it. But I'll get the exact price and put that in my post :)


So last night there were so many things I was thinking of posting on my blog and there are sooooo many posts I could already be making!!! (hahaha I've been thinking of this for a whiiiiiiiiiile). I decided to hold myself back though and give a little bit at a time and keep all of my ideas written in my sketchpad.  

My trusty sketchbook ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

Look out for my upcoming posts and until next time!


NekoZan xx

Hi ヾ(＾∇＾) I'm starting a blog!!

Hi blog world!!! Okay so I've finally mustered up the courage to create my own blog and share little bits about me. Since I'm practically new at blogging (hence why I call myself a 'blogger baby' ... or ... in everyone else's language 'a noob'), I'm a bit nervous with what I'll be posting but I'll have fun with this and go with the flow :)

What will I blog about? Generally I'll be posting reviews on skincare and makeup products that I've been trying lately but I have interests in a lot of other things so I may be posting reviews for that too as well as my little diary entries~ 

This is going to be really exciting for me because the more I post something the more my blog will start painting a picture of who Zan is so enjoy the ride!!!＼(＾▽＾*)

Enjoy this green Maneki doll :)

NekoZan xx