期限

早幾天完成了另一次的護膚品及化妝品點算及清理行動。

很多人都不知道這些產品都是有期限的，而我們要留意的日子有兩個：一個是產品的到期日，另一個是產品開封後可以使用的期限。有些產品，特別是化妝品沒有標明後者，Bobbi
Brown在《Makeup Manual》中提供了以下指引：

粉底液、遮瑕膏、乾粉、胭脂、潤膚露、面霜：兩年
唇膏、眼綫筆：一年至一年半
睫毛液：六個月

Confession時間：以上是我上一次行動所丟棄的化妝品，而我明白了我購買的速度遠比使用的速度高，特別是眼影，所以我已大大減少購物！如果產品生產商可以產品的分量減少，那麼我們可以把產品用完再買，那就好了！

Chanel Fleur De Lotus Collection

It's Chanel again! My favourite makeup brand at this moment is definitely Chanel!

I received this EDM recently - it's a new limited Fleur de Lotus. Among all these items, my pick is the Aqualumiere Gloss 81 Roselin.  Look at this pink colour!

I haven't been to the shop recently so I don't know if they are available in Hong Kong. Argh...that's very tempting...

原稿紙

人在放假的時候，古怪的主意特別多。今次我想到用原稿紙寫博文。

原因有幾個︰首先，我的腦袋通常比我的手快，我經常遇到「忘了剛才要寫甚麼」的情況，而用紙筆就可以免卻這個問題；第二、電腦打字或多或少令我逐漸忘記一些字的寫法，執筆忘字的情況很常見，都是倉頡又或者速成輸入法的副產品；最後，是因為我的中文字寫得愈來愈難看，都是疏於練習之故，而原稿紙上的小格子可以幫助我把字寫得工整一點。

Blog Mission for August 2012

Summer holiday has started that I'd have a bit more time for some decent writing. A couple of topics that I need to write - Fours Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, Beijing trip 2012, my Ted Baker handbag, my recent wine class with BBR, Kate Spade Summer 2012 etc. All these will fill my August.

Looking forward to these.

The Little Black Jacket Chanel's Classic Revisited

Chanel正在上環舉行一個名為「The Little Black Jacket Chanel's Classic Revisited」的攝影展覽，展出超過100張由 Chanel 藝術總監 Karl Lagerfeld 拍攝、由不同的人穿著Chanel Little Black Jacket 的照片。展覽目的是展示這經典的 Little Black Jacket 是適合不同年齡、性別及性格，及在不同場合穿著的。

在眾多照片中，我最喜歡的是蒼井優及湯唯的照片。

訪客可以在參觀完畢之後帶走三張海報作為紀念品，包括湯唯、Cecile Cassel 及 Elisa Sednaoui。

展覽由即日至七月十六日假香港上環 The Space（地址：荷李活道210號）舉行，開放時間為上午十一時至晚上七時，免費入場。展覽的網址為 http://thelittleblackjacket.chanel.com ，網站內有開幕派對的花絮影片。

註：為甚麼在香港的展覽不准訪客拍照？台北 （http://midollisslin.pixnet.net/blog/post/30024585-chanel%E7%B6%93%E5%85%B8%E6%B0%B8%E5%AD%98%7Cthe-little-black-jacket） 的好像可以啊！

evie makeup remover and gentle cleansing form

我想近日最紅的護膚品牌，是evie 莫屬。evie 並非大品牌，沒有鋪天蓋地的廣告宣傳，今天的成績都是靠口碑！

evie make up remover (HK$320, 180ml) 比另一S品牌的卸妝油好多了，用後皮膚不會繃緊，可以用於普通的眼妝 (就是眼影加液狀眼線都可以)。老生常談，卸妝油並非潔面產品，卸妝之後一定要潔面！

品牌旗下有兩款潔面產品，我選了gentle cleansing foam (HK$320, 180ml) 是因為售貨員的介紹，但我已經忘了原因！雖然產品叫做cleansing foam，但因為沒有加入起泡劑，所以是不會起泡的，也就不會令皮膚繃緊。美中不足的是那個瓶口的設計不太理想，造成浪費。

品牌產品現在在mimingmart生活百貨及harvey nichols有售，價錢應該是一樣，但是在mimingmart生活百貨購買可以儲積分，harvey nichols就甚麼優惠都沒有了。

下次再談其他我使用過的evie 產品。

my first myluxbox

the power of public relations - i read an article in iMoney which tempted me to give it a try!

definitely good news for the ladies - now we do not have to make purchases without trying a product (i am not talking about TESTING the product at the counter). you can opt for paying a small sum of money to get 4-6 samples of cosmetics and skincare products which are picked by the vendor. the size of the samples is good enough for you to use for a few times.

it's not something brand new and apart from myluxbox, where i got my "first box", there are some other vendors offering similar experience to customers and one of them is glamabox, which is founded by Lisa S. both vendors charge HK$108 per box, with some discounts if you commit for a few months or more.

the workflow is pretty straight forward - you first have to register at the website, fill in personal particulars and also skincare profile, pay for paypal, then the box will be sent to your address.

the first box that i had was for May which has 6 products in total, you can find the details here.

the box also comes with a card with details of the products in the box, and also the prices of the "real" products.

i am getting another box from myluxbox for June, and i am considering to get one from glamabox for july, so i can make comparison.

one point to note is that myluxbox has extended the offerings to men and mum & baby.