Hi everyone, it has been a while!

For today, I have a short post for you! Beauty.com is having a 20% discount sale soon!

At this time of the year, expect lots of Christmas gift sets and some really good deals. For me? I'm debating if I should stock up on Caudalie's hand cream!

<3 Candy

Hi everyone!

Catrice is one of the new European (I believe they're from Germany) appearing in Singapore's drugstores, woots! They have been making waves overseas, known for their inexpensive makeup and nail polishes.

I've been eyeing some of their polishes for some time, so when the brand appeared in Singapore's Guardian, I made a trip down to Vivocity to check out the displays. And naturally brought one home :)

Catrice Mint Me Up is a sort of a Pistachio green, with fine gold shimmer running through it. The formula is pretty decent, 2 coats to achieve full opacity. One thing to note is that the polish has the tendency to pool up at the cuticles, and I had to keep cleaning that up. Otherwise, it flows easily, and is rather quick drying to boot! Since the shimmers reflect so much light, it's shiny too without a top coat.

If there's anything to fault with this S$5.90 polish (for 10ml), it's that the brush is not well-cut.

Do you see how the brush isn't cut into a rounded edge (like the Sally Hansen's brush)? It has uneven lengths on both sides, making it rather difficult to use the brush easily. I would say though that this is a small problem; simply clean off the polish on the brush, grab a scissors or a nail cutter, and trim it to your fancy.

All in all, a good formula at an affordable brush, and with a wide range of more unique polishes too! Would I recommend more polishes from this range? Perhaps. It's not quite as cheap as say, China Glaze (around S$6.60 to S$8 for 15ml), but if there's a unique colour you just absolutely love, it's a case of, "why not?".

I promised myself that I would write one last post on my travels to Japan, after the last post on food in Japan. This post will focus on the gorgeous scenery over in Tokyo!

Flowers 

The flowers in Japan are really lovely. And for some strange reason, when they fall off their branches, the flower itself will be intact. Super pretty!

Tokyo

I have so many gorgeous shots of Tokyo, I had to condense 10 days worth of scenery shots into 8 collages. Let me know if you're curious to know where any of the pictures refer to. Meanwhile, enjoy the spam of photos!

 All in all, if you ever have a chance to travel to Japan, please do! It's such a lovely country, and despite having been there 3 times in the last 6 years, I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing Japan. Good food - check. Nice, friendly people - check. Good weather - check. Pretty flowers - check. Culturally-rich - check.