4 Random Beauty Products From Daiso Review

I love random beauty products and James challenged me to find some things at Daiso that I’d never tried and give them a go… so here we are!

I got just-add-water face masks, eyelid tape, cocoon scrubs and a silicon face scrub. For those of you who don’t know, Daiso is a Japanese variety store where everything costs $2.80 (or less if you’re not living in Australia >_>).

So first up are natural silk cocoon face scrubs.
You pretty much soak them in warm water  and then use them to scrub dirt off your face.
They are really hard when they come out of the packet and it took quite a while for mine to soften. It definitely didn’t feel like silk. I felt like this did just about as good of a job as nothing really. I didn’t notice a difference at all. I was so ready to have magically amazing skin but apparently life doesn’t work that way :/
Next up the silicon face scrubber. This I bought because it reminded me of the Foreo Luna but cost about a 100th of the price. Not even exaggerating there.
This one is to be used with your regular face products and it does work quite well. It did scrub off my make up easily and felt pleasant to use. I don’t know if it works better than a face towel, but it works! It doesn’t have the vibrating function etc that the Luna does so it doesn’t work as well at removing face stuff but for a 100th of the price I think you could really just put a little more work into the scrubbing and still be happy! Tick!
Next up, double eyelid tape. I’ve always wondered how this would change the shape of my eyes. Obviously I don’t expect them to give me double eyelids because I already have them but changing the shape of my crease is something that I find interesting.
It took me quite a few tries to get the hang of applying them and if I was planning to use them on a regular basis I would probably buy another pack and just practice until I had the technique perfect.
Eyes with out tape:
Eye with tape:
So obviously they did make a difference, my eye is much more rounded and the skin is tighter. I found it uncomfortable but I’m sure it’s something you would get used to. Overall they did as advertised and if I ever felt like changing the shape of my eye again I would rebuy.
Lastly after all of that playing I thought my skin could probably use a break so I tried out these face mask tablets!
They come 5 to a pack and are good sized for traveling. I’m imagining trying to explain why I have white powdery tablets in my luggage but that’s another issue all together.
You soak the tablet in some warm water…
And it expands into a wet slimy mask, like those awesome “hatch your own dinosaur” toys you had as a kid. Luckily this leaves less of a feeling of annoyance that it didn’t turn into a 50 foot sponge t-rex. False advertising.
The mask was surprisingly nice considering how cheap it was. My face actually felt really nice after I was finished using it. I will actually re-buy these!
So that’s it, Daiso adventure complete. Some good ones and some… others! Next time I’m totally buying that weird horse fat cream I keep seeing, that looks highly disturbing and I think I should try it! Is there anything random from Daiso you guys think I should put in my next review?

Miss Marple’s Tea Room – Melbourne Snapshots

When James’ parents visited us recently we all took a drive up to the Dandenong ranges to visit Miss Marple’s tea house. It was adorable!

As you can guess, Miss Marples’ is themed on the books/movies/tv series.
It’s a typically styled English cottage and serves typical English styled food. I was worried about going because it’s always so busy and they don’t take bookings. We’ve actually tried to visit the last few times we went to the Dandenongs but the wait has been crazy. This time we got a table straight away which was lucky and we even managed to score a booth!
The staff were so lovely and friendly, they really made the day fun as they joked around with us.
The settings were definitely correct for the time period!
The tea I went with was the house special and apparently had won many awards. I enjoyed it but I prefer my tea to be super strong so I wouldn’t say it was the best I’ve ever had.
I ordered the Pimlico pastie. The serving sizes were HUGE. It was yummy and I like how handmade it looked.
Pasties are one of my all time favourite foods and this was was really yummy but also a little more subtle than I’m used to.
James ordered the scones which are apparently quite controversial because they look like this:
Traditional or not they were very yummy.
I tried bread and butter pudding for the first time because I wanted to be extra “English” haha! I really liked it actually but holy bajeebus was it huge. It was literally half a loaf of bread and I felt bad for not being able to come even remotely close to finishing it even with James’ Dad helping me! I still think about that dessert, I think I need to try and make one at home!
Miss Marple’s was really nice but I don’t really understand why there is always such a crazy wait to get in as it was all fairly standard tea offerings and the busy atmosphere was nice but took away from the experience a bit. I think it’s one of those places that you definitely have to go once though!
After that we went for a wander around the shops. The one thing I really love about this area is the abundance of flowers.
Puppy paw prints!
Bonus shot: This may be the creepiest toy shop I’ve ever seen. It had dolls hanging from the ceiling above the sidewalk. It was like a horror movie *_*

Simple Spring Daisy Nail Art Tutorial

Let’s do Spring themed nail art today! I’m thinking of Spring as more of a state of mind rather than a season these days XD

You need:

  • Light blue base polish
  • Green polish or acrylic paint
  • White polish or acrylic paint
  • Yellow polish or acrylic paint
  • Clear top coat
  • Thin brush

Start by painting a light blue base coat.

Once it’s dry begin adding small lines starting at the cuticle in the light green paint. This will be the grass.
Do it over the entire width of the nail so it looks like a little forest!
Now for the daisies. On top of some of the longer grass blades add a white splotch. This will look more like a daisy if you start from the centre and drag your brush outwards several times so it looks a bit like petals.
Repeat a few more times in varying sizes.
Using the yellow paint and add a little dot in the middle of each daisy.
Once it’s completely dry, apply a top coat of clear to the entire nail.
All finished! Perfect for whether it’s actually Spring in your area of the world or if you just wish it was ^_^

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