Review: L'oreal Superior Preference Les Caramels LC63

I last dyed my hair back in Summer of 2013 to a bright red colour (using Garnier Olia). Sadly, it didn't stay long and quickly turned brown/dark brown/orange-y in a few weeks. I had stopped dying my hair then, it grew really long and I really liked it but it was really damaged. I got it cut and straight permed in the end of Decmember. At that time, my hair colour had become really a natural asiany black (other than the back of my hair with light brown streaks from before).

I picked this hair dye up after seeing a fair amount of good review on blogs, makeup alley, youtube, etc. It's the L'oreal Superior Preference Les Caramels LC63. I think this is the "light golden brown" colour, it is intended for virgin/natural dark hair ONLY as you can see:

I was really impressed with the results. Normally it would take me a few times to achieve this colour. I'm sorry I tried taking a picture at every angle and lighting in my room but the true colour could not show. It's a LOT lighter in person. However, as others noted, it was significantly lighter on my roots even though I had listened to the instructions and dye my roots in the last 10 minutes.

Another thing I didn't like about the dye was the smell. IT IS SO STRONG, I locked myself in the bathroom while I put the hairdye on and I felt almost intoxicated by the smell. ALL IS GOOD, but the smells is just a little too heavy for me. Otherwise, the outcome and my hair quality is pretty good. I still have yet to see split ends since I got my haircut a month ago, which I am very happy for!

(I always dye my hair myself and I am aware that I haven't really applied it evenly or due to lighting, some parts of my hair is darker than the rest)

Overall, Yes, I would recommend this to anyone who wants to lighten their hair if you haven't dyed your hair before. Hope I helped even in the tiniest way possible :)

 

Review: Skin79 BB Cream Triple Functions SPF50+ PA+++ (Orange)

Hey, so this is my first review on (ever) on Skin79's BB Cream, the orange bottle. I initially bought this because I heard that it has full coverage, more yellow undertones and SPF50 (which is a plus for me considering I can't face the sun, it gets red). I use BB cream to cover my redness. I usually use the Gold label one from Skin79, it's my absolute FAVOURITE BB cream ever. In fact, I'm on my third bottle.

I bought the orange one after I finished up my second bottle of the gold label. Here is my face, I applied the cream on my RIGHT side:

As you can see, like any other BB cream/foundation, it covers my redness fairly well. The colour IMO is a little too light. The thing I found most unbearable about this particular BB cream is that it gets REALLY REALLY flaky. Maybe it's just that the weather is less moist because of winter or because I naturally have dry skin, but this cream kind of exaggerates the dryness..... After a few hours of wear, it actually flakes to the point that my boyfriend said my face is getting really dry and told me to wash my face. After wearing this for about 3 days, I decided to stop and buy the gold one back.  The plus about this is its high SPF, and since I still have the whole bottle left, I will give it another try in the Summer. Hopefully, it doesn't pinpoint my dryness so much then.

This is my very vague review, hope it helps, even in the tiniest way possible!