JX's Neverland

It has been a really long time since I last posted. I have been really busy with my study, especially with my final year project. Anyhow, today I am here to review an eye shadow palette from Makeup Revolution which is a UK drugstore brand. I have ordered it from UK during the Lunar New Year and finally be able to pick it up as the parcel was sent back to my hometown instead of my current stay.

Let's talk about the brand first. Makeup Revolution is a drugstore brand originated from UK and it is a fairly new brand(started back in March 2014). The price range of the products are fairly affordable for beginners and it is cruelty-free.

Iconic 1(the name of the eye shadow palette), I have seen this palette quite frequent when I was watching Dupes or Dudes from various youtuber. Yes, Dupes or Dudes, which literally means Iconic 1 actually look alike to the Urban Decay Naked Original Palette.

Let's take a look at the Iconic1:


I am not very keen of the packaging actually. It is a plastic casing which offered minimum protection towards the eye shadow. I actually ordered three palettes from Makeup Revolution and one of the palettes ended up with broken casing. It cannot survive throughout the journey of mail from UK to Malaysia. However, after reporting to Makeup Revolution, they do gave me a refund on the broken palette.Also, as you can see from the back of the product, it is manufactured in PRC( which means it is from China).


Price: This palette is being sold at the price of £4.00(around RM26.00).
Shipping fee: £7.95

Verdict: The palette does do it works fine and considering such a cheap retail price, it definitely worth every penny you pay. If you are a beginner and you are out of budget to purchase an eyeshadow palette, this might be one of the palettes that may benefit you. However, if you wanted some great quality and you doesn't mind about the price,I would recommend you to go for the UD Naked Palette instead. Please do remember that the shipping fee is quite pricey(it is more expensive than the product itself), so it is better if you buy a few palette together(make the shipping fee worth) or you might share the shipping fee together with a few friends that hit they eye on this palette as well.

Repurchase? Probably not. Because an eye shadow palette can last for a very long time and I believe from time to time, there will be more option to choose with reasonable price and decent quality.

Cheers <3

Today I am here to share another online shopping experience which is from Koreadepart. I know I have been purchasing a lot of K-beauty products lately from various site and my purse has shrink so much because I have spend quite some money on it. But still I cant resist to discover more online shopping site and get more K-beauty products.

Without any blabbering, let's get started.

Parcel received in Malaysia: 20th November

About the website, it is fairly easy to navigate. The website itself has a list of top selling item which you can refer to if you are out of thought that what should you get. Other than the overall top selling item list, the website also separate down top selling list for each categories. The website has a lot of on-going sales from time to time and the currency shown is in USD.
Koreadepart ships worldwide, but it divides into two different zone which is tariff shipping zone and fixed cost zone. Tariff shipping zone will have to pay the shipping fees according to the parcel weight and also the location of the country itself. While in the fixed cost zone, no matter how many products you purchase, the shipping fee will be charge in the same amount. For example, Malaysia is located in the fixed cost zone and the shipping fee is USD 5 per parcel for registered airmail. So no matter how many items I purchase, I just have to pay USD 5 for the shipping fee. However, purchaser from the fixed cost zone also need to be aware of the amount of money you purchase. Shipping fee is fixed but you might be charge for duty taxes from your respective country if you have gone over the limit.
There is still a few things from Koreadepart that I dislike. First of all, the manufacture date of the products are not 'fresh'. I have one of the item purchased from Koreadepart which is manufactured back in year 2013. Unlike testerkorea or althea korea, the products that received are the latest batch despite the products were on sale. I guess that is why Koreadepart has sale that is up to 80% off from normal price, simply because it is not a 'fresh' product.  Second, when Koreadepart post your parcel, it will have a list of items you purchased attached to the box. They will not declare a lesser amount nor listed it as a gift to send out the parcel to you. Thus you might have been charged with duty taxes.

(Upper: From left to right)
1. Secret Key Starting Treatment Essence (Limited Edition)                USD 13.02
3. It's Skin Cotton Pad Box                                                                         Nil
4. Free samples pack                                                                                   Nil

Conclusion

Today is another experience about online shopping! I just received my parcel from Althea today and I cant wait to share the experience of purchase from Althea. I have purchased quite a few times from Althea ever since I first discovered it back in September. Althea is basically an online korean beauty shopping website which offer quite some famous products with reasonable price.

It has been a really long time since I last posted about my monthly favourite songs (actually it has been a really long time since I am on hiatus in writing blog). Well, so I am back again! Yay!

It is easy to know that I am actually a K-Pop fan but more interested in less famous group instead of Super Junior, Big Bang, SNSD, 2NE1 and etc (just to name a few, not trying to say those not mention here are not famous). So eventually November is like a comeback month for most of the K-Pop groups and I really anticipated a few groups to do well for the comeback.

Well, let's get started.

1.  VIXX: Chained Up
Of course one of the songs must be VIXX's 2nd Full Album title song. I am a Starlight(VIXX's official fanclub name) and what would be more exciting than VIXX's comeback after so long. What I must say is this song caught me surprise when I first heard it. It is a different style as compare to what they had before. They are famous with the dark conceptual idea but this song is not dark but softer and also catchy. I can't wait for the dance version to release because their choreography is always awesome!

2. BTS: I NEED YOU

I have always wanted to try to purchase from the Korean website that shipped their products worldwide because these websites have their prices very similar to the prices listed in Korea itself. Purchasing Korea beauty products from Malaysia's store may cost you double from the price you can get from Korea. So I have hit my eyes on a few online Korean store and slowly explore one by one. This time round, I tried TesterKorea.




Overall, it was a pleasant haul but the period from ordering to receiving the parcel was a pain in the ass. Why would I say so? Let's take a look on the timeline.

象征血之情人节的结束

Final is coming!!! I am so dead meat this time round because I have four subjects in four consecutive days and most of the subjects are hard subjects which my coursework marks are pretty low. I guess I'll have to burn the midnight oil throughout the whole week. Thus of course there will be a list of songs again that I am so addicted to (so that I don't have to skip any of the songs.) So here we go...

1. VIXX: Steel Heart + Error
This is a live version. Yes, I prefer the live one instead of the music video because I freaking love the intro dance formation! (Well, basically it is because HongBin is in the center.) The effect of inserting the life stream into N and also unplug chip effect at the end of the song is also awesome. For the choreography, I would want to give a round of applause to the choreographer because the dance of the song was so nice. The beginning formation of part A with Leo trapping with other members and N coming to alive is my favorite part. Also while Ravi rapped, Leo surrounded him from the back and the lock dance is awesome as well. I just can't get bored with the dance. For the song, it is a sad song and some fans claimed they cried for the lyrics and the meaning. But I have no feeling towards it though. (Cold-blooded, perhaps?) Anyway it is still an awesome song and I wonder why that now I only started to notice about them. VIXX is definitely one of those underrated group out there in Korea.