Current HG Hair Products + Video

Hello~ Here is my belated hair product video and the product infos :) 

oh and I wanted to ask is my video hard to hear? it sounds really loud when Im editing and sounds really loud when I turn up the volume all the way up in the video and on my computer so I need to figure out if its yt that is making my video low? I'll use my mic with my next videos, Im sorry if its hard to hear =__=;; 

Yanagiya Prexceed Hair cream (Tsubaki oil)

what it say in sasa.com

description

Yanagiya Jennos Hair Cream (Tsubaki Oil) is blended with tsubaki oil, it effectively penetrate into hair to hydrate your hair and prevent loss of moisture from damaged and permed or colored hair. It prevent split ends and strengthen hair, leaving your smooth and glossy hair!

Protein is also added to give extra nourishment for damaged hair. The faint tsubaki fragrance, will leave you feeling relaxed and refreshed. Non-rinse leave on formula, gives your hair a spa-like treatment, repairing and condition your hair in just one step!

how to use it

• After shampooing, apply appropriate amount of hair cream to dampened hair. Leave in for the night and enjoy a glossy hair the very next day!
• Apply the hair cream to dry hair in the morning, gently rub the hair cream into your hair as daily hair care treatment. 

My take:

Makes my hair healthy feeling and smooth when I run my fingers through my hair, great for processed dry hair especially on the ends. One thing with this item is that if you apply too much it can weight your hair down and feels oily but if your hair is needing some moisture and frizzy this product is great!

Essential Rich premier ultra honey hair mask

what is says in sasa.com

description
Essential RICH PREMIER Ultra Honey Hair Mask is formulated with 3X more high purity honey and milk protein to protect and strengthen. It provides intensive care, especially to the last 15 cm of hair, which is prone to dryness, tangles and split ends. Hair is left soft, elastic and easy to manage. The mask gives a scent of flower and fruit.

It is added with shea butter, a repairing and moisturizing ingredient, to make hair extra smooth. Sunflower oil leaves a protective layer to keep hair soft and moisturized.
The product gives untamable hair a smooth and manageable feel.

Recommended for use 2 to 3 times a week.

how to use it

1. After washing hair, gently dry it with a towel.
2. Apply an appropriate amount to hair (it is recommended to apply a table-tennis ball-sized portion to medium-length to long hair).
3. Leave on for 5 minutes before rinsing with water.

my take:

I love Essential hair series so I knew I would love this hair mask even before I tried since their rich premier conditioner is already really moisturizing so I expected this one to be even more rich and so this product have been working as expected after using this mask it makes my hair soft, moisturized and shiny :D I love touching my hair after doing this mask feels healthy, worth getting if your hair is colored/processed and needing some shine and moisture to your hair! 

CHI Keratin mist

Description:

CHI Transformation System Keratin Mist is a leave-in strengthening treatment with Cationic Hydration Interlink proteins. Specifically developed to work in conjunction with the CHI line. CHI Keratin Mist is an advanced leave-in spray designed to provide hair with strength, protection and softness, while leaving hair silky and shiny with incredible manageability.

Features

• Leave-in strengthening treatment
• Cationic Hydration Interlink softens and balances hair, locking in moisture
• Reconstructs the inner structure of the hair
• Improves strength
• Adds protection and shine
• Provides incredible manageability
• Can be used every day

Ingredients: Aqua/Water/Eau, Dicetyldimonium Chloride, Cocodimonium Hydroxypropyl Silk Amino Acids, Acetamide MEA (and) Lactamide MEA, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Hydroxyproyl Polysolixane, Lauryl Pyrrolidone, Panthenol, Propylene Clycol, Diazolidinyl Urea, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Methylchlorosiothiazolinone (and) Methylisothiazolinone, Nettle, Chamomile Extract, Algae, Aloe Vera, Lavender Extract, Rosemary Extract, Parfum (Fragrance), FD&C Yellow 5, D&C Red 33, Zinc Oxide, Titanium Oxide, Mica, Boron Nitride Powder.

As you all know I color my hair ALOT so it does do alot of damage to them so I try to take a real good care of my hair as much as I can,, I started to use this products because my ends were starting to get really dry from all the color process that I do to them so I used all kinds of leave in treatments and this products have just been keeping my hair looking healthy and manageable out of all. I always make sure to spray this before I use my straightener or blow dyer because this add a protective layer of protein and also makes my hair more silky and strong feeling.

How I use it:

I stray this after I wash my hair when its semi damp and brush it in or when its dry focusing on the ends before styling.

Overall:

Nice size bottle it will last you a good while and you can get them at major stores like target :D My hair feels silkier and the dry ends feels strong more and manageable,, no frizzy ends :P Use this before styling and it will make your hair feel thicker and healthier. 

Recommend 

to whoever that have dry processed hair or if you use straightener or heat styling products alot you will like the results with this product. 

Chi Nano and ghd styler

I got my Chi nano about 3 years ago but you can still get the newer version Chi Nano at Ulta  and I just got ghd pink styler from sephora. I do style my hair with hair straightener and I also curl my hair with them since the 1" straightener makes it easy to curl with :) So far testing out ghd to see whats so amazing about it and tell you the truth I think its just ok... dont get me wrong it does a great job but its not that amazing,, my chi nano does as good of a job as the ghd so far not so impressed by this ghd but I will do a full review on this ghd styler after I use it more! :P I wanted to highlight some of the issue that surrounds ghd hair straighteners such as how to spot a fake ghd since there are TONS out there so if you are planning to buy a ghd make sure to buy from authorized dealer such as sephora<3 :)

I know this post wasnt all that in-depth like my usual review and Im sorry :( Been super busy lately trying to find time to blog more ok,, I have all the reviews for the other product complete I will make a video of them too~<3 please be patient with me X3


Oh here are some of my new lenses from Pinkyparadise! Reviews to come :P

XOXO eki<3~

Dueba Shinny Turquoise 

Geo Natural Black

EOS New Adult Grey

EOS New Adult Brown

Loreal preference True Brunettes hair dye in UL 61 review in video

HELLO~  

Finally got the  hair dye video edited and uploaded to YT :D I made this video since this is the dye that I get asked alot about "what hair color/dye is it" when I dye my hair with this dye ^__^ so I hope you can see better view of the actual hair color in this video! I talked way too much so I had to cut from 25 min to 10 min so it might look funny lol

 Also ekiLove store is now open for business! :D

next up: 

favorite/everyday hair products

panasonic lash curler review

melliesh review + giveaway

Fiberwig review + comparisons 

Thanks for stopping by~♥

XOXO

eki

Popsister mag scan 11/2010

Sorry for the Belated issue of Popsister 11/2010 issue :D

seems like all of the issue if popsister's cover model have been Tsubasa so far :P very kawaii and the Geo bambi series lens looks so nice! I cant wait to get my hands on one too~

click below for more :)

eki draws, Candy Doll gloss winner & updates :P

Hello~♥ its been a while again! Im sorry about the lack of posts this month... Just got over a flu + PMS =__=;; I was in a really bad condition having those two at the same time it was not fun at all was stuck in the bed for 3 days feeling miserable.. lol D;  well Im so glad to be better and healthy~ makes you really appreciate having good health cause it is something that you forget to appreciate, having good health! so I am thankful to be back feeling like myself again :)

I wanna announce the winner to Candy Doll lip gloss winner! 

Raspberry Jam 

Please contact me with your info♥ ^__^

Thank you so much for entering everyone! Dont worry if you didnt win I am going to have Melliesh lip gloss giveaway next and more giveaways planned :)

So being sick made me miss drawing again so while I was sick I drew again! :D It been way too long since the last time I picked up a pencil to draw so its a little sloppy my hands definitely not used to holding a pencil for too long anymore it starts to hurt T__T I told myself that I need to draw more often again cause I forget how happy art makes me feel in the inside :) 

side by side with the reference photo of Marilyn Monroe her face is a little bit off but over all I think it looks ok for being drawn by a on and off artist lol :P

just a peek at my messy jewelry making area been working on the creation a little by little since I delayed the opening of the store last week but to my flu +__=;; I wanted to let you know I am re-opening ekiLove this Sunday! I am truly sorry about the delay and I always appreciate your patience cause I am never on time when it comes to ekiLove... :sigh: just gets overwhelming sometimes running a store on your own having to have to manage all by yourself is alot of work, have to have so much time, dedication and love for it.. so I admire other ladies who run self owned stores out there as well~♥

Just a peek at new lenses I just got today from pinkyparadise~ will make a formal post about it soon ^__^

also: I feel bad that I havent gotten out my hair dye review/tutorial video posted yet... I've been having so many unexpected delays this month nothing seems to be going as planned but I promise to get it edited and up in soon its just long since I over talked too much so I need to cut and paste the vid.. lol

 I also made my favorite hair product vid so I will get both out at the same time :D

Oh I just noticed I now have over 4000 followers! THANK YOU SO MUCH for following my blog and reading my none-senses,, makes me truly happy to know that my blog have been helpful to some and entertaining you with my randomness and to know that my blog have a propose haha :P I should do thank you giveaway for this special event~♥

my promise:

I hope to get back to blogging more often again like I used to once I am fully healthy and back on top of things! Thank you so much for always stopping by and reading my blog ^__^

XOXO

eki

Jill Stuart 2010 fall mook & randomness

Hi Hi~

Just a random post this time :P Been editing my Hair dye review vid a little by a little when I have free time lol so I should have that post up next! :D sorry to keep you waiting =__=;;

ok I wanted to share my Jill Stuart e-mook I got last week that I been meaning to share with you all,, I been dying to get my hands on this JS fall mook and was even willing to drive to mitsuwa in chicago for it but thankfully for Sheila of maddyloves for letting me know that Yesasia.com has then in stock! so I ordered it from them and it took almost 3 weeks to get it? it was a while but totally worth it because it is the cheapest price online for them and way better than driving far away to just buy it too lol :P

Buy it HERE

its still in stock!♥ ;)

Quality is pretty good for a mook gift pouch, the pouch is made with nylon-ish material so you can just wipe off the make-up if it gets dirty and fully lined in the interior with pink nylon-ish fabric. I wanted it because it have 2 separate compartments for all my needs including a brush holder slots and 2 zippered pocket compartments! ♥ best of all comes with kawaii JS bow charm :)

peak at inside of JS e-mook kawaii looks 

Also my dear friend Sandra sent me some love! Cath Kidston mook and Tsumori Chisato mook! Thank you Love! they are really useful~♥ I use them as my eco bags when I go shopping ^__^

They are both pretty good sizes fits alot of stuff! :)

Found a fishmarket that sells sashimi grade fish so I made some sushi and sashimi! It was really good!! Im Midwest the prices of the sushi is really expensive compared to other places Ive been so it was way cheaper to just buy the fish and make them myself :D Usually when zach and I go out for some sushi we end up spending good $60 just for 2 people and its not like we go crazy or nothing we just order few an appetizer, few pieces of sashimi and few rolls and its already $60!! T__T so by going to the fish market and getting a 1lb of salmon and 1/2 lb of hamachi it was only $20~ and all the other materials for sushi you can get so many uses out of it so total it was only about alittle over $20 for all this sushi I made!! ^0^

sorry quality is not excellent but still great for a phone camera!

 below are all taken on zach's iphone!

View of autumn in MN! pic taken when I took a aittle break and walked to Lake Calhoun near my house :)

Just a little kawaii photo of my kitty Ninja♥

He LOVES sleeping in my light box :3 its so cute so I had to take some photo of him lol He hes gotten HUGE in the past weeks... maybe he is like double the size in 6 weeks, he is now 14 weeks old now! Im alittle sadden that he is growing up T__T miss my Baby Ninja kitty~ He is getting neutered in few weeks so Im nervous for him +__+;;

P.s some updates and previews in ekiLove! 

here are some of the items♥

coming up next:

Loreal true brunette in UL61 review + video

Melliesh review + giveaway

Fiberwig comparison review 

and much more!

Thanks for stopping by again!

XOXO

eki

Candy Doll lip gloss in Macaron Pink Review + Giveaway :)

Hello~♥

Here is my Belated review on Candy Doll lip gloss in Macaron Pink! This item was purchased from www.apopofkawaii.com and additional lip gloss was sponsored for a giveaway to my readers~ :D

Candy Doll lip gloss in macaron Pink

what it claims?

 Will create sweet pink lips

Will stay on for hours and the shade will go on the lips as what you see in the bottle with smooth texture without the heaviness on the lips

Rich moisturizing formulation of hyaluronic acid Na 

*colors may vary slightly depending on your environment and Lipstick series ※ excellent formulation compatibility.

 What is candy Doll?

A Japanese brand produced by Tsubasa Masuwaka 

 

Check my other past review on this brand I explain it there :D

Candy Doll highlighter+lip gloss review

Candy Doll Mineral powder+lip concealer review

Bigger the better! haha comparison between older lip gloss and the new lip gloss! Way bigger more bang for your money for sure ^__^

Instead like the old spatula type *my older candy doll lip gloss review HERE* they are now sponge type

Alittle more info:

If you read my blog you will notice that I have a soft spot for kawaii/milky pink shade lip products so I have been eyeing this lip gloss ever since Tsubasa announced it before pre-sale lol :P I had my eyes on this and another shade but this one looked so pretty on Tsubasa and I read that unlike the first lip gloss this new series already contains lip concealer so they are now 2 in 1!

Ok so what I think?

When I saw the lip gloss in person I thought "hey it doesnt look like their stock image shade!" as pictured below :/ so I was alittle bummed since in actual in person it looks more like milky hot pink shade than their so called "pastel milky pink" as stated in their website.... :(

But dont get me wrong its still a pretty shade of pink its just not that "pastel milky pink" that I have been searching for and lusting for T__T

But GOOD news is that it does go on very opaque like they claim "as is color as what you see in the bottle" and it not sticky at all~!! That is a major plus in a lip gloss cause I hate sticky lip gloss... XP but I have to say it doesnt feel heavy on my lips but it feels sorta thick like paint, I guess due to their 2 in 1 formula? but not greasy feeling though so I guess that is also a plus~♥

Overall:

Overall I like it! What I found that if you want the lip shade like Tsubasas lips below you can achieve this shade by wearing lip concealer underneath this lip gloss for more pastel milky look as that is what she did~ she is wearing her new line of lip stick in a shade of Ramune pink under this lip gloss :P Due to containing hyaluronic acid in the formula it keeps my lip moist! Great plus for harsh MN winter to come haha

Pro:

Not sticky!

Goes on smooth like paint very opaque as they claim :)

Very moisturizing without feeling like a greasy lips like you just ate a fried chicken lol

Bigger tube more product thn the older lip gloss~♥

Con:

the Shade are not like the stock photos NOT pastel milky pink more like milky hot pink :P

If your lips arent exfoliated this lip gloss can settle in the the cracks XP

Pricey T__T

So I guess Candy Doll's new lip stick in Ramune pink is on my list of buy next to achieve that dreamy milky pink lips lol X3

NOW on to the GIVEAWAY~!

Thank you apopofkawaii♥

All you have to do is:

Be my blog follower and YouTube subscriber♥

&

comment in this post saying I love Candy Doll :D

that is it! open to anyone in the world ♥

Giveaway closes on this Sunday 10/17

Winner chosen at random

with Flash:

In direct sunlight:

What am I wearing? yay~ FOTD :D

Face:

Skin79 oriental BB cream

NYX concealer jar in beige

Jill Stuart mix blush in 07

Melliesh cheek powder in 05 for conturing

Candy Doll highlighter powder

max pure lens in pink

Eyes:

Fiberwig extra long mascara * I LOVE IT* review to come

single individual false eye lash just on the ends to extend my eyes

Panasonic electric eyelash curler

Dolly wink liquid eyeliner

Visee glam nude eyeshadow in N-2

Paul and Joe eyeshadow in daisy for highlight

Lips:

Candy Doll lip gloss in macaron pink

Ok now on to alittle bit of updates:

Still getting adjusted to moving, took a week off from work to move so I am now trying to catch up with work so its been non stop work, no time to surf online, interact with you lovelies and no time for reading blogs/making blog post T__T so I have been stressing myself haha =__= so hope to really catch up this week so I can bring you more review that have been stacking up *gomen ne*

One good thing I have been working alittle bit by little on new ekiLove store and making new creations to ease my stress so I should have new item preview tomorrow and have the new store up and running by this weekend!<3

well THANK YOU so much for always supporting me with your love and keeping a smile on my face!

Hope you are all doing well! and also Welcome to new followers/readers! ♥

p.s I got about 6 people so far for the Group Meetup!!yay~ so if you live in MN or near minneapolis and are interested in making new friends please email me for more info ^__^

XOXO

eki