I won a giveaway: Pond's Flawless White from Project Vanity

Last last week, while I was reading through Liz's blog, I saw my name as the winner of her commenter of the month. I was so surprised and excited at the same time. I got the package last last Saturday and here are the stuff I won:

The Flawless White Deep Whitening Facial Foam is what I have been using for the past two weeks. I love this product more than the Ponds Pure White Facial Wash because it doesn't make my face as dry and it does keep my face smooth and clean. It also didn't break me out which is good.

 

This formula is thicker than Pond's Pure White Facial Wash as you can see in the pictures. It also has tiny pink beads which helps exfoliate, I guess. I would definitely recommend this to other girls.

I also got Pond's Flawless White Visible Lightening Day Cream.

 

Like the facial wash, the formula is also thicker than my usual moisturizer. I tried to use it for a week and I got disappointed. It's too thick that it's not spreadable at all. Where you put it on your face is where it'll stay. You can't absolutely spread it so my advice is to dab very little and very quick all around your face and then try to spread it (if you still can). As you can see it looks like a mousse/meringue (LOL). 

 

What I really don't like about this product is that it gives a white mask - literally, very white mask. I was putting it on in the dark while watching my favorite series without a mirror and when I finally went to check on it, I was shocked because it was super white. Good thing I didn't have to go out of the house that day. The only good thing I can say about this is it does moisturize my face.

As for the toner, I haven't used it yet. Review on this soon.

Triple Review: Bobbi Brown Lip and Eye Basic Palette, Paul & Joe Eye Color Primer and Pond's Pure White Facial Wash

My brother asked me to accompany him to the mall to go shopping. I was kind of hesitating because I had so many stuff to do for school. He insisted that I go with him so I did. I had 15 minutes to dress up so I wore my faded blue jeans, yellow lose shirt and my pale pink flats.
Anyway, what I did is I used my Revlon ColorStay Foundation, My Chanel Blush, TFS Semi-Matte Lipstick with MAC Chatterbox. I don't have a picture of it since I have already taken it off my face. Sorry. I usually don't put on eye make -up bit since I had a couple minutes left, I decided to look for something fast but looks great. I saw my Bobbi Brown palette, used the darkest shade as my eye color. Nothing fancy. No blending. Just one color. You'll see.

Here are some pictures of the palette:

These are the lip glosses (left retractable part)

Matte lipsticks (right retractable part)

Swatches: Upper part - glosses (L-R: Pink Bouquet, Orchid, the third is just another swipe)
Lower part - lip color (L-R: Dusty Mauve, Slopes)

These are the brushes included in the palette

Eyeshadows: (T-B: Bone, Nude)

Eyeshadows: (T-B: Stone, Mahogany)

What I used today is Mahogany. It's a very nice dark brown color that blends well and is somewhat waxy compared to other colors.

What I think of this palette: I think that this palette is nice overall but the lip colors aren't my favorite. They're a bit too thick and the colors aren't that flattering for me. However, the eye colors are lovely and would definitely use them again.

The next part of this review is the Paul & Joe Eye Color Primer. This is the first and only eye primer that I have so I really can't compare this with other primers because that would just be unfair. Anyway, here are some photos to prove how wonderful this primer is.

Applied it to half of my hand

When blended into the skin

I applied the eyeshadows to the area where there is primer and no primer for comparison
Can you see the difference?

I tried to rub it off using tissue and that's what happens to the colors!

After rubbing it off with tissue, the color of the eyeshadows without the primer has totally been wiped off. However, the area where there is eye primer, the color stays on. I'm really happy with this one. As I don't really use eye shadows, this is okay for me though I know there might be other primers which are better.

The third and last part of this review is the Pond's Pure White Facial Wash. I've been loyal to my Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser. I've been using it for my face and as well as taking off my make-up. It does a very good job. There really isn't any reason why I should stop using this product because it has taken care of my skin for a long time and I love it.

However, when I saw Pond's new facial wash, I was intrigued by how it removes dirt, etc. using it's ingredient: Active Carbon. I ain't a scientist but they say that it takes out the dirt from your face and it whitens it. I'm really not a fan of whitening products that's why I stick with my Cetaphil Cleanser. However, what I'm really after this product is to thoroughly clean my face and not really the whitening part.

I've been using this for probably 3-4 weeks now and the only thing I don't like about this product is that it leaves your face extremely dry after washing. I hate it. Other than that, it's pretty okay. I just don't know if it does take out the dirt on my face. I haven't had pimples with this one. Thank God because I really don't have pimples, very rare that I do so this product is really pretty good.

Anyway, I used this one to take out the product on my hand, the one I used for the swatches.

This is the color of the product - grayish silvery color

Ta-dah! It's all gone!

It looks like it does it job in removing stuff from my face (and hand :)). I would recommend this to other people, no doubt! But I would also still keep my Cetaphil for days that I want to revive my face from the dryness this does to my face. I will still also use Cetaphil as my make-up remover.

So, after that long review, what do you think of the products?