Archive for May 2009

* Even, natural looking color
* Streak Free Formula
* Easy to apply, dries quickly
* Fresh fragrance
* Light, moisturizing formula with Provitamin B5

size: 6 oz (170g)
price: $7-$10
where to buy: Walmart, Ulta, etc.

I was searching for a gradual self tanner. I have used the Jergens Natural glow moisturizer and even though it works very nicely, I don’t like using the thick lotion where it felt sticky and I had to wait for a long time to get dressed. I prefer the ease of sprays for everything, including sunscreens. When I found this new product on the shelves, I was ecstatic. It was a gradual self tanner in spray form, the first I’ve seen! I picked up two and tried it out after a shower. A little while later, my tan had already started to form and I noticed that there was this very obvious line on my leg! Apparently I had missed some areas and there where lines on my body that were 2-3 shades darker! It was so embarrassing. It looked like I had a skin disease… or a very obvious cheap tan. I wanted to give the spray another go. I tried spraying the tanner further away from my body and I think that seemed to do the trick. However, a few days later when I was too lazy to continue with the spray tan, my tan had faded, but in splotches!

This spray did not feel like a gradual tanning spray at all. By one to two applications, I was already about 3-4 shades darker. It would not have been obvious that I missed some areas after my first application if it were a gradual tan. This is more of an instant tanning spray in my opinion. It was also difficult to have control with the spray since I wanted to avoid my neck, which was already darker than the rest of my body. I was fed up with this product so I exchanged both the bottles I had purchased for Coppertone spray sunscreens instead. By the way, when using a self tanner, be sure to also use sunscreen as the ingredient dihydroxyacetone can make your skin more vulnerable.

I will try the Jergen’s natural glow foam next. It has some pretty good reviews on makeupalley and is supposed to dry pretty quickly.

Hey guys so some of you may have noticed that my videos are gone! For those that have been following my videos for a while, may have also noticed that I tend to delete a lot of my videos and also remake them. There’s always something wrong, crappy lighting, crappy video quality (which by the way, I had to resend my camera back to the Canon factory yet again!). So… bla bla bla, I’ll cut the crap: I have a lot on my plate right now and will be a bit all over the place for the next few months. My living situation is a bit erm… mushy, so this is probably the best time. So I decided I’ll try to put my youtube videos on hold for a while and just chill out. I at first thought about maybe just make videos at a slow rate (maybe 2 videos a month… or wait, that’s what I do anyway), but I decided on this instead. I’m going to call this filing for chapter 11 I’m going to reconstruct my channel. I uploaded my first video nearly two years ago and I want to just hang out in the background for a while. I think I’ll return to making videos eventually, maybe when I get the balls to be more “camera friendly”…  I’m just tired of making intro videos after a long day and having people thinking I’m high or something. I can’t help it.

HOWEVER, that does not include blogging here on this website! I like writing on here (though I haven’t been doing so lately). Regardless of where I am, I’ll always have my notebook! I also like doing reviews on here much much more than doing videos about products, so this is a great opportunity to do that more often. Plus, I paid for two years of hosting ha So get ready for more entries on here YAY

By the way, my best friend is going overseas during the summer to teach children English. Then she is going to travel the world for the rest of the summer. Gawd, I feel like such a loser. Sup quarter life crisis.

update: This seems to be the new packaging/label of the Merlot moisturizer. Hopefully that’ll now help with identifying the newer, hopefully consistent, batches.

Creme de Vin is made of natural red grape seeds polyphenols. It offers sensational antioxidant properties thereby helping to inhibit the aging process.
* Natures most powerful antioxidant
* Anti-Aging
* SPF 15

* Fragrance Free
* Non-Oily

Size: 4 oz.
Price: ~ $15
Where to buy: Walgreens or Merlotskincare.com

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