Les Merveilleuses Ladurée, Introduction + Cheek Brush and Face Brush Review.♫･*:.｡. .｡.:*

Hello lovelies! Today I will be introducing Les Merveilleuses Ladurée since I just purchased my first LM Ladurée products & I am so in love with the beauty of this brand! (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

For those who don’t already know, Les Merveilleuses Ladurée is a collaboration between the legendary luxury bakery/macaron maker house in Paris, Ladurée and a cosmetic company called Albion in Japan to create this mesmerizing sweet Victorian style cosmetic line that combined quality and beauty together. Albion is also the creator of Anna Sui, Jill Stuart, and Paul & Joe. The debut was in Tokyo on January 29, 2012 and has been gaining more and more popularity since. There are a total of 15 branches in Japan and they just had their launch in Paris this month. 

The brand is inspired by the feminine & luxurious fashion and lifestyle in the upper class of France during the 18^th Century. From the dictionary, Merveilleuses means "marvelous women" or "fabulous divas" that were members of a fashionable aristocratic subculture in Paris during the French Directory.

I've been hearing about this brand since last year but never really looked at pictures of their products. Then, a couple of months ago I randomly bumped in to a few pictures of their products on instagram and…I went nuts!! I was like "ooommggg! these are so pretty!" and immediately became obsessed with almost everything that this brand has to offer. But, since this line is considered a luxury brand, everything is so expensive. Also, since I’m still a college student I had to think over and over about whether or not theses products are actually worth it… Then, a few days after looking at the pictures non-stop...I realized that since I cannot stop drooling over the pictures of their products, it’s time for me to get something from them. 
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Anyways, here's the first 2 products that I got!

Cheek Brush

Very light pinkish orange dip dye on the tip

 

Face Brush (for loose powder)

Lavender dye with white tip

Les Merveilleuses Ladurée

Lady Cameo

They’re probably the prettiest makeup brushes I’ve ever seen in my life!

& they are very very soft. They pick up the powder/pigment quite well too.

Also, if I’m not wrong, I read somewhere that the brushes are made from goat hair.

The Cheek Brush is 6,300 yen (US $64) and the Face Brush is 5,565 yen (US $57).

I know they’re almost as expensive as Tom Ford brushes but, I just couldn’t resist the temptation because of how beautiful these brushes are. The thing about LM Ladurée is that, whenever I see their products I always feel like a princess. It’s not only about the quality of the products (which by the way, I am satisfied with so far) or the price, I think that it’s also about self-satisfaction. Do I recommend everybody to get these? Probably not, because  there are loads of cheaper brushes out there that will work just as well but, if you’re a collector and/or love this brand, then yes! Go for it. (◕‿◕✿)

PS.

I will be doing an open box/review of the brand's signature product in my next post so, STAY TUNED!

Thank you for reading this post and I hope I’ll be seeing you again soon!

-NamiWanko ('・ω・´✿)

30 Random Facts About Me ♫･*:.｡. .｡.:*

Ayooooo everyone! ｡*☆

I just finished my last exam yesterday evening and wow what a relief!! So, I decided to do something more random and fun to write!

Which is the “30 Random Facts About Me”! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

I really don’t know how many people would actually find this entertaining but I know for sure that some people (including some of my close friends) do visit my blog so, it might be good to know more about me.

Let’s get STARTED!!

1. I’m a mix of Welsh, Irish, Thai, British and Scottish.  & some people on instagram have even asked me if I’m Japanese or American. Well, I guess my look confuses people sometimes.

2. I love depressing, emotional, tragic anime series including the ones in the genre of horror, suspense and action. I do enjoy funny & cute anime every once in a while but, I loooove dark dark anime! Ex. every season of Higurashi (the OVAs are nice too), Another, Guilty Crown, Madoka Magica, Elfen Lied, etc.

3. My celebrity women crushes are Dannie Riel, Cher Lloyd and Ariana Grande.

4. Sailormoon was my childhood obsession.

5. I started putting makeup on when I was 15 and I started off with pencil eyeliner.

6. I used to haaaaate putting makeup on my face when I was little.

7. I tried to be an emo kid once...never again!!! LOL

8. I was a genius at math until 8^th grade, and then it went downhill after that.

9. I’ll admit it, I sucked at studying when I was in High School, and mainly because I just didn’t care! I would not do my homework and then I would lie about forgetting it at home or even skip class to sleep in the nurse’s office. The only classes I was good at were Thai, dance and art. I know, I was very bad because my teachers would say something like “You’re not stupid, you just don’t care!” and I regretted it so much (ノД`)・゜・。that’s why I always try my best at everything when I started college and now I’m working towards an honor roll.

10. I love the smell of the rain. Mmmmmm, so relaxing. (◡‿◡✿)

11.  I have one scar on my right eyebrow and another one top-left of my forehead. (Scarface swag. LOL.)

12. I’ve never seen real snow in my life. (well, hopefully I’ll get to see it soon)

13. I got about 500+ hours of gameplay on Skyrim. (I'm a Skyrim veteran lol)

14.Ariel is my favorite Disney princess.

15. I loooove coca cola! (Pepsi is fine too)

16. I’m obsessed with makeup that has cute/fancy packaging! If it looks cute and nice quality, I’ll buy it. ♥～(‘▽^人)

17. My most favorite desserts are tiramisu, macaron and flan.

18. I totally suck at bargaining...I just can’t!! (╥_╥)

19. My group of friends at uni thinks I look like a squirrel.  

20. I have 4 dogs at home, a husky, golden retriever, shitzu and long coated chihuahua! and I love them dearly.

21. I am extremely awkward and shy when I’m surrounded by new people or people that I don’t really talk to. Sometimes I come off as very quiet and/or arrogant but mainly it’s because I feel so awkward that I automatically shut myself off from people. Unless they talk to me first, I’m not going to talk to them…’cause I feel so awkward and I don’t know if they’re going to enjoy having a  conversation with me!!!! ;______;

22. I’m terrified of clowns. Like, I’m pretty ok when I see pictures of them, but seeing a real clown in person would freak me out so bad.

23. I enjoy putting on makeup but, I don’t really like to do my hair…And when I do, I’m not that great at it.

24. I can eat Japanese food every day of the month and never get bored of it. ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ

25. I’ve been a huge fan of videogames since I was little.

26. As much as I’ve tried to look sexy, I just can’t. (Red lipsticks did not help either, I’ve tried.)

27. I can be very self-conscious and often feel like I can’t be as pretty as other girls.

28. I’m obsessed with America’s Next Top Model.

29. I don’t usually drink coffee, but when I do, I go with iced mocha.

30. I’m the only one in my family that eats beef.

Can you relate to any of these? 

Thank you for reading this post and I hope I’ll be seeing you again soon!

-NamiWanko ('・ω・´✿)