Lancôme's Mother's Day 6 Piece Gift - Bienfait Multi-Vital Sunscreen Cream

         After almost a week living by with my travel size friendly personal care, I finally used Lancôme's sunscreen cream this morning. It's not because I'm lazy this time, but I brought with me another sunscreen cream which I have been using every morning. This morning I felt like I should at least try Lancôme's sunscreen cream since I especially packed it for this trip (doesn't make sense if I don't use it). 

         The cream is packed in a little jar, has SPF 30 and 24hr moisturization. I'm fine with using a cream in the summer because I don't use cover up as often as I used to, so my face doesn't feel super greasy. I opened the jar up this morning and the cream looks smooth and smells like flower.  The cream is very easy to put on, dries off fast and doesn't leave a sticky/oily feeling on my face. Even after a few hours, my face doesn't feel oily at all. I'm quite satisfied with this cream. I'll give this cream an A. 

Lancôme's Mother's Day 6 Piece Gift - Bi-facil Eye makeup Remover

          I finished my boots eye makeup remover like two weeks ago and planned on trying out  Lancôme's bi-facil eye makeup remover. However, I remembered that I was going to travel soon so I hold off on opening this remover up. The bi-facil remover is travel size and the cap is similar to the ones on medicines (ones that you have to push and turn). I shook it a bit to mix the two layers and opened the cap up with some difficulty. Once I had the cap opened, I smelled the remover and it smells like roses/flowers (love the smell). Like usual, I soaked a round cotton pad with the remover and placed it on my eyes. The oiliness of the remover feels the same as removers I've used before.  This remover is different from the ones I've tried because the time it took for the makeup to come off was less than 30secs and it dissolved a lot of the makeup away so I didn't have to rubbed my eyes too much. Also, I didn't feel any irritations from the remover. I would definitely give it a try! My grade for Lancôme's bi-facil remover is an A. 

Lancôme's Black Gel Liner

          It took me sometime to actually use this eyeliner because I had to get a brush for it. Unlike drug store brands, most high end gel liners in pots don't come with a brush. I bought a brush for the liner maybe a week or two after buying the liner, but then I got lazy so didn't use it until a few days ago. 

         The gel looks very smooth, but it doesn't smell too good. It has a little bit of a plastic-y smell to it. The liner is very easy to apply and dries fast (which is a plus). It stayed on my eyes really well all day (no smears or touch ups needed). Overall I'd give this liner a B+. I'm more biased towards gel liners than regular liners for no apparent reason (hmmm maybe there is and I'm not admitting to the truth...) oh yeah, so the brush that I bought wasn't as good as I thought :(  I might actually need to buy another one. 

Lancôme's Mother's Day 6 Piece Gift - Summer Tote

          Back in my high school days, I used reusable tote bags a lot because they are great for folders and binders. However, the downside to them is that there isn't any inside pockets to put little things in. Also, the ones that I use were made of thin materials so I can't really put my heavy books in them. Most of the time I end up putting just a few folders and notebooks in them and hold the books myself. Ever since I graduated from high school, I no longer used tote bags. 

           This Lancôme tote bag is my first one in a while. The design and colors are very fashionable and I think that it's great to use during summer time because the tote gives off a beach vibe :) Also, the material of the tote is pretty sturdy (feels sturdier than the ones I had before). I actually still haven't decided on when to use it (hint hint: not a beach goer..). Hmmmmm...how about an update when I use it? 

Update: 

       I finally decided to use this tote to for my sketch book and color pencils :)

Lancôme's Mother's Day 6 piece gift - Mini Eyeshadow Palette

          With the purchase of my Lancôme Lipcolor and eyeliner, I received a 5 piece gift from Lancôme. The gifts are a tote, mini mascara, travel size eye makeup remover, mini eyeshadow palette mini sunscreen and a mini eye concentrate. I really like the idea of free gifts with purchase because it just makes your shopping experience even better. Even though this gift set was a Mother's Day deal, my mom knows I'm really into makeup so she suggested that we (mom, dad, bro and me) should take a trip to the mall. Although, our shopping trip was short, it was very memorable as I mentioned earlier it was my first time drving my mom and dad to the mall. 

           For this post, I'm going to talk about the mini eyeshadow palette. This little thing has 4 eyeshadows and an eye liner. Also, it has a little mirror so I can still use it even when I'm done with the eyeshadow. The colors are bright enough that it would show up on my eyes, but not super bright. I really like the highlighter eyeshadow because it has a hint of glitter and can make my eyes pop. The powder eyeliner on the other hand isn't as good as I thought it could be. The liner has a lot of fallout and isn't as pigmented as it looks. My black eyeshadows are even more pigmented then this eyeliner. So, the liner was my only disappointment from the palette. 

Top - all over lid

Right - lid

Middle - crease

Left- highlighter

Bottom - eye liner

Lancôme Rouge in Love Lipcolor

          The mall is probably one of my favorite places to go to since my childhood. I remember that mom and dad would take us to the mall almost every weekend. Department stores are the places that first introduced me to high end/expensive cosmetic brands. I remember walking into the department stores and always saw the cosmetic counters near the entrance of the mall. Those counters intimidate me a lot because of the ladies there and I felt that makeup is for adults only. So, I always can't wait to walk past those counters and go find my favorite clothing stores. 

           Fast forward to today, makeup is part of my life and I don't mind trying out different brands. I didn't try an expensive brand from the department stores, but from sephora because the counters still intimidate me and due to other reasons. Just a few weeks ago, I drove mom, dad and bro to the mall for the first time in my life. Mom and I went straight to the Lancôme counter since she heard about the mothers day deal. The counters now seem so small and definitely isn't as bad as I thought it would be. During this trip I got the rouge in love Lipcolor and a gel liner that I haven't used yet. The rouge in love Lipcolor is a 6hr wear, a red orange color and smells like flowers. The design of the packaging is pretty decent. I didn't have to swipe it a few times on my lip for the color to show. The Lipcolor is very soft and the color didn't fade too much even after eating, so it is pretty good quality. I would love to try lancomes other lip products, but it is quite expensive so this time it's a splurge for me. 

             I think the quality of this product is definitely better than the quality of drug store brands. But I wouldn't give up drug store brands for high end brands yet. The quality of drug store brands are rising and I believe in always trying different things.