The Going Green Tag

Dear Diary,

Thank you again Eco Chic Beauty Diva for tagging me! Here is my video response for The Going Green Tag.

 

Hope you will all enjoy!

 

Love, Jen

Natural and Eco-friendly Hair Care Routine

Dear Diary,

It has been way to long since I last updated on this blog and on YouTube! School was pretty hectic and I finally finished all my exams on May 23rd. But on May 23rd, that was also when I got food poisoning which was not fun.

On the bright side, I'm all better now! I also went to Portland with my cousins, siblings, and my niece for 4 days and 3 nights on the first weekend of June. We had a blast there! I'm still debating whether to post a haul video or a blog post. But first, my priority it to post The Going Green Tag video/blog post because I have been delaying this tag for way too long! So stay tuned for that!

Okay now, back to the hair care subject, this was requested by one of my lovely subscribers on YouTube in one of my previous videos. Hope you all will enjoy this video and leave a comment down below of your favourite hair care product or tip[s] to share! Thank you!

Love, Jen

Trust Fund Beauty: 5-Free Nail Polish*

Dear Diary,

Earlier this year, I was invited by a lovely local blogger, Stephanie of She's So Eco, to her beauty blogger event. It was my first time attending to these events and it was so exciting to get a chance to meet with local beauty bloggers!

At the event, we got the chance to choose two nail polishes from the brand Trust Fund Beauty . Trust Fund Beauty is a cruelty-free Canadian brand that offers 5-free nail polishes. The nail polishes retail for $15 CAD and are free from

• formaldehyde
• camphor
• dibutyl phthalate
• toluene
• and formaldehyde resin.

Left: I'm Kind of a Big Deal
Right: Classy and Trashy

I love the sleek packaging, the cute company name, and their nail polish colour. I also love how the nail polishes does not contain those nasty chemicals and I also really appreciate that the colour is true to the bottle. "I'm Kind of a Big Deal" is a peachy nude colour and "Classy and Trashy" is a mid-tone rosy pink colour. I think out of the two, my favourite one would be "Classy and Trashy" because to me it is the most unique.

I would highly suggest applying two coats of the nail polish in order to have an opaque colour. Although it takes a while for it to dry, once it does, even with 2-3 layers it still looks thin. As for the brush, to be honest, I am indifferent. It is thin and long which can be helpful when you want to be precise, but it may inefficient if you want to paint your nails quickly or with less strokes. Also since it is not water-based, it does have the mainstream nail polish scent to them. In addition, depending on your day-to-day activity, I experienced chipping on the third day but that doesn't really bother me.

Colour: Classy and Trashy

 

I think the three colours that I would like to try next are "Money Buys Happiness", "Lavish Life", and "Sex Tape". Scandalous, I know haha.  

 

Have you tried them? Which one is your favourite colour?

 

Love Jen

 

*This product was gifted to me at the beauty blogger event

First Impressions - Sappho Liquid Foundation in Rachel

Dear Diary,

I recently purchase the Sappho Liquid Foundation in the colour Rachel. I have been eyeing on this for quite some time now. Except I wasn't ready to fork out so much money on a foundation, despite hearing positive reviews on this. Anyways let me just cut this short, my local pharmacy had a sale on Black Friday, so I decided to give this a try!

PACKAGING:

As you can see, the foundation bottle is pretty small. But don't let it fool you because it does holds 30 ml of product. (Good things can come in small packages!) I personally like how the packaging is small because it won't take up much space in my makeup bag and I honestly don't like it when packaging can be deceiving. (It's like the packaging of a bag of chips, ugh) The only complaint I have is, I wish it was made out of glass rather than plastic. The box itself is made of paper and is wrapped with a tape that has been printed on.

PRODUCT:

This product has a pretty strong flower and a hint of herbal scent though the scent doesn't linger for long. The consistency of the product is perfect, it isn't runny nor too thick.

 

APPLICATION:

In terms of application, I used my Everyday Minerals flat top kabuki brush. I personally think this foundation works best with this type of brush. The Joe Fresh concealer brush doesn't really do much; all it did was just spreading the foundation on my skin without adding coverage. So what I did was apply the foundation on areas where I needed more coverage and then I pressed the foundation onto the skin with the flat top kabuki brush. 

PERFORMANCE:

Within 5 hours the foundation held up pretty well. In terms of oiliness, there isn't much difference with or without a primer. I also didn't feel the need to blot the oil because it wasn't unbearable. But by the end of the day I did lose some coverage and my face did get more oily.

VERDICT:

I will need more time to test this product out and experiment with different applications. But as of right now, I like it! The feature of this product that really stood out to me was how lightweight it felt. The reason why I don't really use liquid foundation was because I hated the heaviness of liquid foundation. It's quite a splurge and in the end it depends on what type of foundation you are looking for. I don't mind that it is a light to medium coverage foundation because it wasn't like I got zero coverage from this foundation plus I can always use a concealer.

Have you tried this foundation? What are your thoughts?

Love, Jen