International Beauty Swap – Hong Kong – Glam Radar

Last week I received an email from Jacqueline from Hong Kong asking if I would like to do a swap with her because she has been wanting some products from the UK and cant get hold of them where she lives. I instantly jumped at the chance as I have never done anything like this before and thought it would be a good chance to try out brand new makeup from another country! Jacqueline offered to send out her box first and it arrived very quickly at 8.00am yesterday. I was so excited to open my little box of goodies to find it full of beauty products, In this post I will be showing you what I received and my first reactions of the products. This post is going to be very picture heavy!

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BB Creams!

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I asked her if she could send me some BB creams to try as I have heard so much about them but cannot get them over here in the UK. We have started to see a few creep on the shelves but they aren’t the proper ones that they have in Hong Kong. Jacqueline kindly put some of her BB creams into little jars for me to test as each brand is different and I would need to find out which one suited me the most and which brand and shade I prefer. She also sent me some BB creams in little sachets & tubes of lots of other ones too!, I honestly think she sent me every single kind that there is, there’s so many! I will be doing a proper review of the BB creams that are my favourite and which ones I recommend out of all of these ones that she has sent to me.

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I also asked her for some mascaras as I have heard that they do amazing mascaras that hold a curl all day and are very waterproof! she warned me that these mascaras do not budge at all and that I would need a good oil based cleanser to remove them. She sent me some of the most popular ones in Hong Kong such as Majolica Majorca and Fasio.If any of you haven’t heard of Majolica Majorca they are owned by the high end makeup company shiseido but this is like their drugstore makeup which we cant get here in the UK. I will also do a separate blog post on all of these so that you can see pictures of what they look like on the eyelashes and how they last during the day.

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She also sent me some eyeliners both liquid and pencil. All of the eyeliners that she sent liquid and pencil are waterproof which is definitely what I need in winter as the wind always makes my eyes water so I will be interested to see if these work. the brushes on these liners are very fine and easy to use as I much prefer fine brush liners to felt tip ones. The colour comes out very black which is what I like!

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Bottom – E115 Golden Black

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I asked her also if she could pick me up some things from the brand ‘Dolly Wink’ as some of their packaging is just so cute that I had to get my hands on it so she sent me some Dolly Wink eye shadows. I also got another eyeshadow kit, I’m not too sure of the brand but the packaging is gorgeous, it has a huge gem as the lid and a mirror on the inside. The shadows are also really pigmented and the colours are lovely too! She also sent me an eyeshadow pot by ‘Splash’ which is a loose pigment in a lovely sparkly seaweed green colour.

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Eyelashes!

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Lips!
Jacqueline sent me a few lip products such as a bubblegum lip balm which feels lovely on the lips and it smells exactly like bubblegum. She sent me an EOS Lip balm which i have heard of before but I haven’t seen it here in the UK I’m so happy I have one because I love it and again it smells and feels great on the lips. Another lip product was a lipstick which feels again very moisturising and it is in a nude pearly colour.

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Others!
Jacqueline was also kind enough to send me a few other bits and pieces such as, false nails, a phone charm, a hair tie, earrings, face masks, hair conditioners and an Anna Sui brightening face power which I cant wait to try because I have never tried any of their makeup products before. I have tried one of the face masks called ‘Skin food’ and so far I love it, it has made my skin so smooth and soft I definitely want to get my hands on a full size of this product.

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And that is all! I hope i didn’t bombard you all with so many photos believe me it was a lot of work for me too! I originally wanted to do it as an open box video but my camera quality was appalling so hopefully I will get a camcorder very soon so that I can start making videos. I honestly was not expecting this amount of things it really made my day to receive them. If anybody else wants to to a product swap with me feel free to email me and i will definitely consider it!
You should all check out Jacqueline’s blog HERE !

Hope you are all having a great day, apologies for not blogging much I have been mega busy with going back to college and stuff but don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about you all! 

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