Kure Bazaar - September - Swatches & Review

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Kure Bazaar successfully put an end to my 2 years long witch hunt and crazy spending !

I received a nailbox a few years back and in that -crappy- box, the only item that was worth the money was a mini size of Nail Inc's Picadilly Circus, a perfect magenta-fuschia nail polish which suited my skin color. After finishing that nail polish (more like after it dried out), I wanted to purchase it, I couldn't find it anywhere in France, I tried my luck on the internet but I couldn't find it either. I did find it on Amazon but they wouldn't ship it to France so I started looking for a dupe of that perfect color. My mother and I looked for a dupe and after countless of brands (Butter London, Essie, YSL , Chanel etc..) and money thrown, I finally found it.


KURE BAZAAR



Kure Bazaar is a french eco-friendly nail polish brand which combines up to 85% of natural ingredients like weat, wood pulp, cotton, corn and even potatoes. It's also 4-Free : It's free of harmful and toxic chemicals commonly found in nailpolishes as : Formaldehyde , Toluene , Phthalates and Synthetic camphor

A simple trip to the Gallerie Lafayette in Paris Haussman led me to this brand that I've seen around on the internet (especially at Pshiiit.com). Their corner looks really amazing and all the bottles look sleek and classy. (picture from : galerieslafayette.com)




Now, I would say that Nail's Inc's Picadilly Circus is a dupe of Kure Bazaar's September and not the contrary because although the color looks quite the same, the products themselves are worlds apart.

THE PACKAGING




  • Quantity : 10 ml / 0.34 oz
  • Price : 16€
The nailpolish comes packaged in a small glass bottle with a white removable cap, just like the regular Chanel nailpolishes.

THE PRODUCT

September is a creamy extremely pigmented nail polish, you'll get full coverage in just one coat and it shines just like you've already applied a top coat. The other one thing I'd like to mention is the lightweight feeling it has when you apply it, it's not thick at all and is amazingly easy to apply. 
The downfall of this product is that it chips quite quickly even with a topcoat, it lasts 3 days before bits of the edges of my nails come off.

Without flash : 


 With Flash :


I'd like to give out a special thank to the Kure Bazaar lady who kindly applied September on her already perfect french manucure when I just asked If I could see a swatch of it. She was really nice and friendly. Merci Beaucoup !


Haul : TesterKorea Order (Missha, Laneige, Innisfree..)

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This -not so- little order was triggered by a sold-out set I was keeping an eye on for a while and when it restocked, I just jumped on it and figured that I could just throw some other item in it.

Ordered on : November 9th
Shipped out on : November 19th
Came to French customs : November 27th
Came to my post office : November 28th

Free samples + Gift

Let's start off by what I normally end with. When I ordered this, Testerkorea was having some event with Paypal : Pay 100$ + via paypal and you'll get a free gift. The gift was Skinfood's Tomoto Whitening Point Pad (10pcs). I kind of complained in my last Testerkorea order with the free samples but it seems like you get more samples when you.. pay more. Figures ! I got 3 pouches of the same samples :
- Tony Moly : Panda's Dream White Magic Cream x3
- Tony Moly : I'm Real seaweed Aqua Moisture Lotion x3
- Tony Moly : I'm Real Tea Tree Essence and Lotion x 3
- Nature Republic : Super Origin CC Cream x 2
- Tony Moly - Red Appletox Honey Cream x3
- The Oriental gyeon booster x1



IOPE - Moisture skin soft peeling gel 


Laneige - White plus renew trial kit



Now, this was the product which triggered this whole order. I wanted to try this higher-end brand  for so long now. I got the samples of the White Plus Renew Line, and because I wanted to truly try them out to get a real opinion (and maybe results ?), I got 2 boxes (the 2 others are for my mother).
This kit is composed with :
- Original essence white plus renew 10ml
- White plus renew skin refiner 15ml
- White plus renew emulsion 15ml
- White plus renew original cream 10ml
- White plus renew capsule sleeping pack 3ml


 

INNISFREE - No sebum Mineral Pact


I got the loose powder version in my previous order and a full review of both products is coming up !

 Laneige - Water sleeping Pack EX



The other famous product from Laneige I wanted to try. A lot of people have been raving about this and I really wanted to try sleeping packs as I find sheet masks a bit more annoying.
I got 2 packs of 4ml x 10 packets costing 4000 won, which equals to 40 ml (with 20 packs) for 8000 won. A full size of this product cost 25 000 won for 80 ml and half of the full size in these terms cost 12 500 won, so I got 4500 won off of this (you can't blame the business student for bargaining and maths a little !).


Sulwhasoo - Timetreasure renovating eye cream


A product for my mother by this huge luxurious brand, when I take a look of their pricing it's incredible. Let's see if this sample version will work for her.


MISSHA - Oil control film 


I never really needed blotting sheets but the struggle I have with my current foundation made me buy this. They are MISSHA branded but aren't expensive at all (approx 1,27€/1.58$) compared to the 10€ blotting sheets Sephora France are selling right now (and cashiers really do try to make you buy 10€ blotting sheets !).

MISSHA - Magic Cushion Case



I ordered this after I placed my order and they kindly added the item for me. Now, I don't know if this is a little mishap or gift from them, or if I simply don't get the description of the item well : I ordered only one cushion case and I got 3, in the description it says 3 items but I legitimately thought it was referring to the items in it as the case, sponge and puff. Anyhow, mishap or not, if this is the reward to be called their mate I'll accept it !

(PS : I'm not explaining anything about this product on purpose because a full demo and review of this is coming up)

Innisfree - It's real squeeze Mask



  • It's real squeeze mask - Tea Tree
  • It's real squeeze mask - Shea Butter
  • It's real squeeze mask - Cucumber
  • It's real squeeze mask - Manuka Honey
  • Price : 760 won x 4 
  • Product link here

 

 INNISFREE - Intensive Ampoule Mask


I discovered these, in one of Michelle Phan's video and I found the idea to be quite genius : You have a separate serum to apply just before the mask right on the upper left.


Individual reviews to come as always ! (Check the Product Directory to see which one I've already reviewed !)




Get all of these products, and more on TesterKorea which is currently having 30% off ! (Starting from January 2015)




D.I.Y : Nail polish racks

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Article en Français |  Article in English



Have you always wanted some nail polish racks to play it big like some salons ?

The main reason behind this little DIY, was the fact that ever since I had my room done recently, the nailpolishes that were stored in my office room were now stored in some shoebox. I always was big on well polished nails and nice hands but as college came (and let's face it, I only brought a couple of polishes into my dorm) I was getting kind of lazy with my nails. My big solution ? Get a rack so that I could finally see those little bottles and give my nails some love. 
I couldn't find any decent acrylic racks in France and after a little digging on Pinterest, I found a really cheap, decent but definitely non-cheap looking way to store my nailpolishes.

 I had on my hands roughly 60-70 nailpolishes (counting some old and unused ones as well), and a little trip to IKEA and some local hardware store was all I needed to get this on.

(PS : Please excuse the low quality of the pictures, this post wasn't intended, hence the quality and lack of pictures altogether)

Un présentoir de vernis à ongles, ça vous dit ?

La raison principale derrière ce petit projet DIY, Après avoir refaite ma chambre, les vernis qui se trouvaient dans ma salle de bureau étaient maintenant tous dans une grande boite à chaussure.  J'ai toujours été quelqu'un qui accorde beaucoup d'importance aux ongles bien vernis et aux belles mains en général mais les études supérieures (ajoutons à cela que je n'avais emmené que quelques bouteilles à mon logement étudiant) ont fait que je suis devenue très paresseuse avec mes ongles. La solution ? Trouver un rangement pour que je puisse enfin avoir les avoirs sous les yeux et me souvenir de les utiliser. 
Je n'ai pas pu trouver de rangement en acrylique en France et après une petite recherche sur Pinterest, j'ai trouvé une idée pas cher, sympa et pas cheap-looking du tout.  J'avais à peu près plus de 60-70 bouteilles à ranger et après un petit tour chez le Suédois et Castorama, j'ai pu commencer ce DIY.

(Veuillez svp excuser la qualité médiocre des photos, je n'avais pas prévu de faire cette article)

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

  • Bekväm racks from Ikea : 3,50€
  • Spray paint : Roughly 7€
  • Either glue and a glue-gun or screwdrivers (However you decide to hang the racks)
 TOTAL COST : 3,50 x 4 + 7 = 21€

The Bekväm racks were originally designed to hold spices, so you'll find it in the kitchen section, but like all racks, you can do pretty much anything with it. I decided to get 4 and spray paint to go with it to personalize a bit those dull looking racks.

Les étagères Bekväm sont normalement destinées à ranger les épices dans la cuisine mais comme tout étagères, vous en faites un peu comme vous le voulez (vous les trouverez donc dans la partie cuisine de chez Ikea).


The racks are fairly easy to build and takes roughly 5 mins each to be built.

Les étagères sont faciles à monter, il faut compter à peu près 5 mins par étagère.

To go with the brown, blue and silver , I chose a magenta almost red color to complement to touches of magenta I've placed in my bedroom.


J'ai acheté cette peinture magenta en spray chez Bricorama pour environ 7€ - si je me souviens bien-.


2 layers were sprayed on these with an hour to an hour and a half between two coats to let it fully dry.

Deux couches ont été peintes sur chaque étagères en espaçant chaque couche d'1h à 1h30 environ pour laisser bien sécher.

 The racks can be glued to the wall with specific glue, I glued only one of them because it was taking a long time but really, it was because I was out of glue and believe it or not, the glue cost way more than this whole little cost effective DIY. We opted (starting to with "we" because the man of the house handled this part, I can be crafty but not that much !) for traditional screws as it was meant by the manufacturer. 
Les étagères peuvent être collées sur le mur avec la colle pour bricolage, j'en ai d'ailleurs collé l'une d'elle mais, il faut savoir que cela prend énormément de temps et surtout que je n'avais plus de colle pour continuer : En sachant que la colle coûte plus cher que l'ensemble de ce projet ! Les autres étagères ont été visés et elles tiennent aussi bien que celle collée. 
 



Length wise, It can fit 10-11 OPI bottles, 12 Essie or Chanel bottles. Depth wise, it can fit 2 rows of OPI and Chanel and a good 3 rows of Essie bottles. Going like that, It can fit a fairly good amount of bottles. I like to put the branded bottles I own the most to make it look prettier, and the other loner go behind those first rows.




En longueur, ces étagères peuvent accueillir 10-11 OPI, 12 vernis Essie ou Chanel. En profondeur, on peut y mettre 2 rangées d'OPI et de Chanel et 3 rangées d'Essie. On peut donc ranger une assez bonne quantités de vernis. 
J'ai choisi de ranger les vernis de marque dont je possède le plus devant pour que cela soit un peu plus esthétique, les autres sont rangés derrières. 



Note that this kind of arrangement can also fit taller bottles like that brown bottle and Loreal infallible nailpolish (or even Louboutin nailpolishes I guess). 
There's another kind of shelf at Ikea which could fit bottles as well but it doesn't have a case surrounding the whole thing, meaning that -especially for clumsy people like me- the bottles are prone to falling from the front and from the sides.

Notez que ce genre de rangement peut également accueillir de plus grand bouteille comme le vernis Loreal infallible et le vernis marron à coté de celui-ci (je suis sûre que vous pourriez ranger les nouveaux Louboutin également). 
Il y'a aussi un autre genre de rangement chez Ikea (blanc et long il me semble), mais c'est une étagère du style "ouverte" c'est-à-dire que les vernis sont plus susceptible de tomber qu'avec ce genre de rangement. 


Here's to inexpensive, effortless and good looking nail polish racks

 


 


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