Victoria’s Secret Sheer Love Fragrance Mist

Hi Vixen, this time I will review my new body spray from Victoria’s Secret Fantasies line called Sheer Love. I believe Sheer Love was launched to the market in 2011 (correct me if I’m wrong). It has a fresh notes of white cotton and sensual pink lily.  

From Victoria’s Secret website:

“Fall in Sheer Love, bright and cheerful with fresh white cotton and luminous pink lily. Experience the luxury of fragrance. Refreshing formula is infused with conditioning aloe vera and calming chamomile. Spray on for a sexy touch of scent. “ 

For me Sheer Love just smells lovely. ‘Feminine’, ‘romantic’, ‘floral’, ‘clean’, ‘light’, ‘fresh’ and ‘soft’ are the words that I think representing Sheer Love. Neither sweet nor fruity like any other Victoria’s Secret Fantasies body sprays. For you who work in close office environment, I think Sheer Love is the fragrance that will not offend anyone.

For people who like a unique or one of a kind scent, I guess they would say that Sheer Love is totally bland, boring, and not memorable. Well, for me Sheer Love is not ‘earth shattering’ but it is still a pleasant fragrance. My only disappointment is the lasting power. After like a few minutes I can’t even smell it anymore! It just gone! Maybe I should get the matching shower gel or lotion to make the scent linger much longer.  

So what do you think of Sheer Love? Have you ever tried it? Would you try it? What is your favorite Victoria’s Secret fragrance? What is your favorite scent of all the time? Tell me on the comment section below.

PS: English is my second language. Don’t hesitate to correct my grammar I’m willing to learn. Tell me on the comment below, email me, or tweet me @melisaberry

KIM KARDASHIAN In New 'True Reflection' Fragrance Ad (Celebuzz)

This is a promo pic of Kim Kardashian for her new TRUE REFLECTION fragrance ad... which she calls 'ULTRA GLAM!'

This is also a nice (meaning sexy and alluring-- we guys say one word and it really means a LOT of words) ad of Kim with the flowing brown hair, bold red lips, simple jewelry, and the subtle golden hues around her. Looks like she's trying to do some positive ads about herself (you notice she hasn't really done anything TOO sexy lately) since her divorce.

Pic: Celebuzz

Nicole Richie launches 'cool, classy and edgy' fragrance

Nicole Richie is to launch a new fragrance.

TPR Holdings president Brian Robinson told Women's Wear Daily that Richie's new fragrance will have a "cool, classy and edgy" scent that will reflect the designer's image.

While the 30-year-old designer has not picked out a name for her perfume, she has apparently already put together mood boards for inspirations on her latest venture.

"[Richie] has a wide breadth of creative talents being an author, a jewellery designer, a fashion designer and an aspirational figure," Robinson said.

Last month, Richie denied any feud with another celebrity-turned-designer, Jessica Simpson.

Both stars serve as celebrity mentors on NBC's upcoming reality show Fashion Star.

"I'll tell you right now that that couldn't be further from the truth," she said. "I actually love and adore Jessica. I've known her for years, first of all, so I already knew who she was as a person."

Watch a video of Nicole Richie pick out her favourite items for fall below:

Nicole Richie launches 'cool, classy and edgy' fragrance

Perfume Review: Dolce and Gabbana 'Light Blue'

Recently I got really tired of deep, dark, floral oriental fragrances. Since that kind of fragrance dominate my collection, I decide that I need a fresh, light, and uplifting scent in my fragrance wardrobe. So I just got the old time favorite of mine, Dolce and Gabbana ‘Light Blue’. Now I have it back in my collection!

Top notes are apple, cedar, bellflower, and Sicilian lemon

Middle notes are white rose, bamboo, and jasmine

Base notes are amber, musk, and cedar

Plus

Light Blue is a fresh, casual, and breezy scent that perfect for hot summer days. It gives me a calm and cool feeling every single time I spray it, like a splash of spring water in my face!  For me it smells very citrusy with a hint of apple, crisp, fresh, and sharp. Decent sillage. Later it develops into this kind of dry woodsy scent, I think it is because of the cedar and musk in it.

I think this perfume can pass as a men’s cologne, it is not uber feminine, not sweet nor floral. If you tired of boring feminine floral scents or super sweet celebrity perfumes but you can’t stand heavy oriental, than this could be a perfect fragrance for you. Most people love it, even some Youtube beauty gurus claim that this is the perfume that makes guys go crazy around them! For your information my boyfriend loves this scent too J, when we sampled a fragrances in department store, he said he really like it. Yay!

Minus

The blue velvet box is nice but I don’t really like the bottle, for me it just ok, not stunning,  doesn’t make me want to display it on my vanity but the juice inside is really beautiful so I can't really complaint. Another downside, Light Blue is a very popular fragrance, this fragrance is one of the best sellers in some local department stores, plus there are tons of knock off Light Blue everywhere here,  I just smelled it on a lot of people. I hope it was less popular so this can be my signature scent. Another negative side of this perfume is the longevity! It doesn’t last long on me! I spray it then 2 hours later it is gone! Such a shame because I really love the smell L

Overall I give it 4 stars!!! It can be 5 if this perfume last longer and less popular.

PS: English is my second language, so please excuse my poor grammar and limited vocabulary, don't hesitate to correct my English, I'm willing to learn, comment, send me a message, or tweet me @melisaberry 

L'occitane Perfume Review

L’occitane Rose des 4 Reines Eau de Toilette

From the L’occitane website Canada

http://ca.loccitane.com/rose-des-4-reines-eau-de-toilette,19,1,1374,45917.htm

“The delicate freshness of a bouquet of roses, the velvety softness of petals kissed with dew. The daughters of the Count of Forcalquier were as beautiful as the roses they cherished – the Grasse rose, the Bulgarian rose, the Moroccan rose and the Turkish rose. Each one of these daughters married a king, and so it was that Marguerite, Eléonore, Sancie and Béatrix became the four Queens of Forcalquier.”

Sounds divine right? This one belongs to my aunt, she bought it when she was in Paris, but I can’t stop admiring this fragrance. For me this floral perfume is just light and romantic, a very calming rose scent. Rose 4 Reines contains four different roses. That’s what you get when you smell this, a delicate and romantic bouquet. This perfume is perfect for feminine girls, it is soft, not overpowering, and for an eau de toilette this one has decent staying power.  On me it last around 4-5 hours.

• Top Notes: redcurrant, violet leaves, bergamot.
• Middle Notes: Grasse rose, Bulgarian rose, Turkish rose, Moroccan rose, apricot, & raspberry.
• Base Notes: blackberry, white cedar, musk, heliotrope.

Price: My aunt got it for € 35.00

(I do some research and it is $ 48.00 on Canadian website, £ 33.00 on British website, and Rp 540,000 on Indonesian website).

L’occitane Rose Confite (Candied Rose) Eau de Toilette

From the box:

“A delicate and delicious winter rose. In Provence, candied fruit has been, for many years, the ultimate delicacy at festive celebrations… Some of the most desirable flowers can also tempt the taste buds and can be prepared using the same traditional method. Roses are coated in sugar syrup that crystallizes over time and turns every petal into a mouth-watering delicate delight. This limited edition Candied Rose Eau de Toilette captures the scents of this irresistible temptation in a floral heart of rose petals with sweet and fruity accents.”

Sounds yummy right? I do want to eat rose petal coated in crystallizes sugar syrup :D My aunt bought this for me, (along with her Rose 4 Reines ). This smells lovely, feminine, and vintage. I can imagine a quirky retro girl wearing this scent (examples: Zoey Deschanel and Krysten Rytter) This ‘floral-fruity- gourmand’ perfume is quite sweet and powdery, but not too much. Neither cloying nor immature. Longevity is good, last around 6 hours on me.

• Top notes: Turkish rose essence, blackcurrant, and raspberry
• Middle notes: Grasse rose absolute, powdered sugar accord
• Base notes: sandalwood, musk

Price: € 35.00

( Rp 540,000 on Indonesian website )

L’occitane Cerisier des Oiseaux (Wild Cherry Tree) Eau de Toilette

So far, this is my favorite fragrance from L’ocittane, too bad it is limited edition! My sister bought it for my mother in Malaysia, but of course we both steal it sometimes ;) it's a very girly, bubbly floral-fruity, a bit powdery after it develops. Not a shy scent, noticeable and different from everything else I have smelled, but also tender and soft. I hope L’occitane brings back this fragrance to the store and make it permanent!

• Top Notes: Amalfi lemon, black currant

• Middle Notes: cherry blossom, tincture of rose

• Base Notes: musk, sandalwood, Virginia cedar

Price: Sorry, I don’t really know and my sister already forget the price

Have you ever tried L'occitane perfume? What do you think about it?

PS: English is my second language, so forgive my poor grammar and limited vocabulary, don’t hesitate to correct my English, I am willing to learn, comment, send me an email, or tweet me @melisaberry

Review of Victoria’s Secret “Pure Seduction” Body Spray and Hand & Body Cream

Victoria’s Secret “Pure Seduction” Refreshing Body Mist

When I was in Changi Airport Singapore a few days back, I decide to tried this Victoria’s Secret stuff. I adore this scent! I love it so much. Very fresh, sweet, and addicting. It contains cassaba melon, plum, and freesia, but personally I smell juicy strawberry and the melon in it. The smell is really strong and fruity when I first spray it onto my skin, but after a few minutes, it changes to this light and airy fruity floral scent. Subtle, delicate and inoffensive for the people around you. Just don’t spray too much because this body spray has amazing sillage. Pure Seduction is great spring/summer fragrance and by the way…my bf loves it too.

The only complain I have about this is the scent doesn’t last long on my skin. I have to re-apply every two hours or so. But that is fine. Every single body sprays in this world will not last on everybody too. If lasting power is very important for you, I suggest buy fragrance in the form of eau de parfum or parfum because they more concentrated and absolutely last longer.

Victoria’s Secret “Pure Seduction” Ultra-Moisturizing Hand and Body Cream

In the store I tried the Pure Seduction body lotion first and I love it. The lotion is very moisturizing, nice consistency, and smells very good, exactly like the body spray. But I decided to buy the hand and body cream because I thought it will moisturize my skin more than the body lotion. The hand and body cream is very rich and of course ticker than the lotion. It makes my skin feels so smooth and silky.

The only thing is, when I first apply, this hand and body cream smells so strong! Very strong! Like a very fruity car freshener! Like something I would use on the floor or toilet! I need to wait a few minutes so the smell settles and fade a little bit. But this one has a great lasting power ( I still can smell it four hours later ). If times can go back, I would choose the body lotion. Not the cream.

What do you think of ‘Pure Seduction’? Or do you prefer “Love Spell”? I love Love Spell too! What is your favorite fragrance from Victoria’s Secret? Or tell me your absolute favorite perfume on the comment below.

PS: English is my second language, so excuse my grammar. Don’t hesitate to correct my grammar. Comment, send me an e-mail, or tweet me @melisaberry

Singapore Beauty Buys

My first beauty haul post! Oh I love watching haul videos on Youtube. It certainly helps me to find cute things and compare prices on every place. Most of the time, I am so jealous about the cosmetics, fragrances, and clothes price outside my country, things are so much cheaper! T_T

I just went back from Singapore yesterday and I want to share what beauty related things I bought when I was there.

Gucci “Guilty” Eau de Toilette 50 ml ( SGD $108 )

I smelled it first on Sephora at Ion Orchard and I just going to say “fall in love at the first sniff”! This perfume smells so sexy and sophisticated! Very vanilla/musk/floral but not overpowering. So when I was at Changi Airport I decided to buy this oriental/floral perfume. It was cheaper there than Sephora. 

I was very confused wheter I wanted the Prada “Infusion D’iris”, Juicy Couture “Viva La Juicy”, Victoria’s Secret “Bombshell”, Chanel “Chance Eau Fraiche”, Narciso Rodriguez for her (the black bottle smells amazing!) or Thierry Mugler “Angel”, but I made my choice and chose this one.

One thing I don’t like about this perfume is the packaging. My father absolutely loves the bottle, but I think it is quite tacky and the cap is hard to open. The other thing I really worry about are the lasting power, there are some reviews on youtube and makeupalley that said this perfume doesn’t last very long, the smells fade quickly T_T.

My sister said this perfume smells so old. No no no no, I think it just more mature than the scents I usually go for. I have enough with fruity/floral perfume, most of them are ordinary and forgettable. 

MAC Studio Finish Concealer SPF 35 in NC15 ( SGD $30 )

My Revlon concealer is “dying” and the smells have changed! So I went to MAC at Tangs Plaza and purchase this one, I heard a good reviews about this studio finish concealer.

The MAC artist at Tangs Plaza was very nice and helpful. She asked me to sit, cleaned my makeup first and brought all the colors to my chair that we think were going to match my skintone, after found the one, she applied the concealer to both my under eyes circle and some blemishes, then she set it all with the Mineralize Powder. How nice! In Jakarta the MAC artists are very arrogant and definitely not friendly!

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in “Soft and Gentle” ( SGD $37.10 )

When in Changi I stopped by at the MAC counter! I found that the price was cheaper than the Tangs Plaza! I asked her about the studio finish concealer and she said it is SGD $25 plus SGD $2-4 discount at the cashier! :0

Speechless… I paid SGD $30 at Tangs Plaza instead of SGD $21 at Changi Airport!
Give me my $9 back!!!

So I decided to buy this Mineralize Skinfinish. She said It was SGD $41 but when we were at the cashier, the price became SGD $37.10!

I Love MAC at Changi Airport!!!!!

Etude Petit Darling Nail Polish ( SGD $4.70 )

Etude House store at Ion was very noisy and crowded! They had discount for just 3 days (11th-13th Feb)! So I purchased this one because my nail color was chipped and ugly, I need to paint a new layer ASAP! It was originally SGD $5.90 but they give me 20% off. Now I hate Etude House in Jakarta.

Montagne Jeunesse Face Mask ( SGD $2.90/each )

Few years back, some big department stores in Jakarta carried this French line. Now I can’t find it everywhere, so when I saw this at Plaza Singapura, I just had to bought it! The packaging is very cute.

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF 5O+/PA+++

This sunblock is very popular on Youtube, in USA I believe this sunblock is going to cost about USD $9-12 (correct me if I’m wrong). I saw one girl at Youtube use the SPF 70!!! I want higher SPF but 50 is the only one Plaza Singapura had at that time.

So this are the beauty related things I bought at Singapore .

If you have any questions or recommendations just leave a comment below J

PS: You can help me correct my grammar too, English is my second language and I’m willing to learn. So do not hesitate to comment below.

What’s Inside My Everyday Makeup Bag

I love this kind of post! I've been reading 'What's In My Purse' or 'What's Inside My Makeup Bag' on another blogs, I've been watching it on Youtube for so long, it is so much fun to see what other girls bring with them on daily basis.

These are the products that I carry with me every day, but I switch things up because wearing the same lip color, same eyeshadow, same blush, and same perfume every day is boring!

I got the makeup bag for free when I bought Lux soap and scrub package a long time ago, I love this bag because is clear so I can see exactly all the products. It is easy to clean up, and this bag can handle a lot of things inside.

I always carry hair tie and hair pin, band-aids, Clean and Clear oil blotting sheets, cotton pads and a q-tips. Sometimes I carry nail clipper and nail buffer.

I also carry the lip products that I’m wearing that day.

In picture:

NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in ‘Natural’

NYX lipstick in “Thalia” ( which is waayy too dark than I expected )

The Body Shop lip balm in “Pink Guava” 

MAC Blot Powder in “Medium”.

MAC blush in “Coygirl” ( pink slightly purple color ).

The Body Shop Matte & Shimmer Cheek Colour No.01 ( This is waaayy to light for me, it doesn’t even show up on my skin, but I still use it for highlight because it has a lovely shimmer in it ).

Dior 5 colours eyeshadow in “Pansies”. Sometime I bring an eyeshadow with me. 

This two MAC products are bought by my sister in Malaysia because MAC price in Indonesia is INSANELY EXPENSIVE ! on their website, MAC single eyeshadow is US $ 14.5 in Indonesia is about US $ 22-25 ! Also I’m afraid to purchase through some random online stores or E-Bay because most of them are clearly fake but they claim it to be autenthic… T_T

This Dior is very old! maybe I should throw it away, my aunt gave it to me because she doesn’t want to use it anymore.

Cheap eyelash curler.

Maybelline Volume Express Mascara.

L’oreal Telescopic Mascara ( the tube is scripped off and looking dirty T_T ).

Revlon liquid eyeliner.

Sometimes I just bring the eyelash curler and leave the rest at home.

L’occitane ‘Candied Rose’ eau de toilette. My aunt bought me this when she was travelled to Europe. Absolutely L’occitane price in Paris is cheaper than in Jakarta.

I bring a lotion with me too, actually this is Vaseline Healthy White SPF 24, but I use the small L’occitane Verbena Body Lotion bottle because the bottle is small so it doesn’t take a lot of space.

I also bring a comb and a cheap blush brush with me to touch up.

What makeup do you bring with everywhere? Leave a comment below, I really love to hear from you :D

What’s Inside My Purse?

These are the things that I carry with me on most days, but sometimes I leave the umbrella or the books at home. You know… sometimes my purse feels sooo heavy !

The purse, I got it from my sister, she bought it when she was backpacking to Malaysia. I also bring a notebook and a pen ( so I can write assignment, test, or anything) , my old purple wallet and ‘Mini Shopaholic’ novel ! Aaaahhh I love Shopaholic Series...sometimes i bring magazine with me, just to kill time.

An umbrella because you never know when you’re going to need it, hand sanitizer to cleans up your hand and kills all the bacteria! A flashdrive thing and an earphone to listen the musics on my phone.

Marc Jacobs ‘Daisy’ eau de toilette that I bought at Changi Airport ( Is my boyfriend’s favorite ! ) and my makeup bag… I bring two bottles of perfumes because I just back from travelling. Usually I just carry one.

Tissue, face wipes, baby wipes, and my oooollllldddddd cellphone which I still really love :D

Tomorrow I will post ' What's Inside My Makeup Bag ' 

I promise... :D

Akon sues former partners for selling 'Konvict' without his permission

Akon sues former partners for selling 'Konvict' without his permission

R&B singer Akon claims some former business partners stole his name and slapped it on bootleg perfume.

Grammy winner Akon claims some former business partners stole his name and slapped it on bootleg perfume - and he's suing them.

The R&B rapper and music producer had talks with the fragrance developers but was stunned when they formed Konvict Cosmetics International and started selling the scent "Konvict" without his approval, the suit says.

Akon wants the company to stop production, according to papers filed last week in Manhattan Federal Court. Representatives from Konvict Cosmetics