CherryReview: Lipbalms

I love lip balms - it is an essential in my purse and I cannot live without it.  Especially after my trip to Punta Cana - I think I got a sun burn on my lips which caused me to have massive peeling for almost a whole month...and nothing was working (the worst was that anything with salt dried my lips, they were peeling AND constantly feeling dry...exfoliating it helped at first but then it would be dry and peeling again) until the pharmacist recommended Blistex Complete Moisure.  I'll be discussing it further in this review :)

Right now I have a lip balm in every purse since I have a bad tendency to change purses and forget to put the lip balm in there.  I have my lipstick but I always make sure to put lip balm first.  Plus, kissing the fiance saans lip balm just doesn't seem nice at all...

My little stash (currently): Blistex Complete Moisture, Sugar Lip Treatment (from the Sephora birthday gift), Nivea Milk & Honey, Nivea Sun, Blistex Fruit Smoothies (Berry Explosion - it comes in a pack of three with two others - Tropical Fruit (orange) and Melon (green)), Blistex medicated

CherryReview: Eyeko Skinny Liner and Skinny Brush mascara

Sephora had the Eyeko liquid eyeliner and mascara set (minis) available for $19 near the cashier, so I decided to buy it on a whim because I never really use liquid eyeliner and wanted to try it out.  Hence this crappy looking lines in the photos you are about to witness (*nervous laugh*)

(Photos courtesy of Sephora)

FYI: Even after trying to use this for a month, I still can't get a good line out of it.  I blame my shaky hands...for some reason I'm better with gel liner.  Oh well...I guess it depends on the day too.

Anyways, the Eyeko liner is supposed to have a glossy finish, which is nice since it's different from the look that you get from other liquid liners and from gel or pencil liners.  It's definitely a good black liner - I had bought one from SaSa in Hong Kong once by Cybercolour and it was...subpar.  The black was a very liquid black - not an opaque black.

CherryTravels: Toronto and Halifax in 2 weeks (Part 2)

Holy moly yes...I realize that it's been a while and that my Part 2 is long overdue.  So sorry about that (it's already been more than a month since I went to Halifax oopsies) - work has been busy and the weekends have been equally busy, and I've been tired like you cannot imagine (work, lack of sleep...lots of things going on).

However, I'm determined to get this entry done (and another one soon) so here we go!

CherryReview: Dry shampoo

Left: TreSemmé FreshStart Waterless Foam shampoo, Right: Aveeno Active Naturals Pure Renewal Dry Shampoo

Dry shampoos were something that intrigued me when they first started making more headway around two summers ago (I think it was two summers ago...in 2010?  At least that's when I heard more about it).  Every time I go to the gym, I have to wash my hair because I hate the feeling of my swear just drying up on my hair - it just sounds gross!  But there are days where I don't want to wash my hair after I go to the gym because it takes forever for my hair to dry, and just showering at the gym gives me the hee-bee-jee-bees (lol).  I of course shower at the gym if I'm meeting up with friends after my workout, but it's always been a hassle when it came to washing my hair.  I'm not a fan of the "wet hair" look.

The first time I read about dry shampoos was probably in my Cosmopolitan magazine in the summer.  The one that was recommended was the TreSemme one, so I decided to pop downstairs from the office to the drugstore and pick it up.  I don't remember how much it was, but I'm pretty sure it ranged between $6 to $7 at the drugstore.

I recently picked up the Aveeno one (despite not finishing my TreSemme one, I know, terrible?) for $7.49 (on sale) at the same drugstore.