April 2020 Empties

Empties time again

Benetton Colors EDT 100 ml

So proud of myself for finishing this bottle. I barely had an inch of the perfume left but it took forever... At least it felt that way. Loved the scent a lot but not repurchasing again.

Good Vibes Green Apple Gel 50 gm

Honestly I'm a little disappointed with these Good Vibes gels. They are nothing out of the ordinary & this one has a supremely strong fragrance which I hated. Glad to see it gone. Using the orange variant currently.

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum Eternal as the Empire State (Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate)

This is not an empty, per se. It just seems to have gone bad & that too a full year before it was supposed to expire. After the horrible experience using NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum last time I was vary of using this one anyway. I don't know whether to be happy that they are actually using ingredients mentioned on the package or to be sad that they are making such poorly formulated products. Sigh!


Discards

ADS Matte Lipstick 38

Way too pale on me. This was part of a set with nude shades & every one of them is a winner.

Swiss Beauty Soft Matte Lip Cream in 12 Soft Pink

Nothing soft about this pink. It's a loud Barbie pink... Almost similar to the one I discarded last month

Swiss Beauty Matte Lipstick 212 Berry

Bought this only for the packaging & because it was supposed to be a dupe for Mac Rebel. The lipstick tends to settle into lines on the lips & makes me look years older. Plus I have a near perfect dupe. Won't be missing this one.

That's all for this month. Cheers

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum - Lit as Central Park Review

I've been looking for a facial serum with niacinamide from the longest time & I was ecstatic when I found NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum. It claims to contain Vitamin B & Niacinamide & I bought it at 50% off. What's not to like? Everything apparently.

These serums come packaged in a cardboard box with all the details written on it. The serum itself comes in a frosted glass bottle with a stopper, screw cap & a dropper. All you have to do is remove the cap & stopper & fix the dropper to use. Some of the details are also printed on the bottle.

INR 225 for 10 ml (Perpetually on BOGO on Purplle)

Key Ingredients - Aqua, D-Panthanol, Petitgrain Essential Oil, Fragrance

Lit as Central Park serum is a transparent, watery formula with a light woody scent that goes on easily on the skin & literally disappears. If you have ever used glycerine mixed with rose water that is the exact texture of this serum. I used it on it's own everyday before bed as my oily skin doesn't require too much moisturising. I need about 5-6 drops for my face & neck. Since it contains essential oil, I didn't want to use this in the daytime.  I have used up this bottle in a little more than a month & in all this time it's done NOTHING.

I had started using this with very high expectations and couldn't understand why it was not working for me. Purplle claims that this product contains Vitamin B & Niacinamide (active ingredients only) yet nowhere on the package does it even mention Niacinamide.

I did a little research about the other "key" ingredients they have mentioned. D-Panthanol is a common moisturiser and humectant that is used in pretty much everything from ointments, lotions, shampoos to even contact lens solution. One of the properties of D-Panthanol is that it enhances the appearance and feel of skin & hair by increasing suppleness & sheen. Panthanol can be converted by oxidation to Vitamin B5 in skin. So it does contain Vitamin B but it is in such a generic form that you have probably used it in a zillion products already.

Petitgrain Essential Oil is often called as Poor Man's Neroli. It is good for maintaining the moisture and oil balance of skin as well as for treating acne. The main constituents are linalyl acetate, linalool, limonene, a-terpineol, & geranyl acetate. While all this is great it still does not account for the missing Niacinamide.


It also claims to be moisturising, shine control, strengthening, hides visible pores, skin brightening, anti-aging, anti-acne & oil control(phew!) on Purplle app. On the package it claims to treat hyperpigmentation & acne and improve skin texture. These are a lot of claims for something that does not even contain the main ingredient that they themselves have declared. I'm so disappointed that a brand would just outright lie like this.


Yays

Light texture with mild smell that gets absorbed easily

Pocket friendly price

I love the fact that it actually has a name & is not simply referred to as Serum with Vitamin B & Niacinamide


Nays

Since it contains essential oils & even vitamins which deteriorate with sunlight, I would have preferred an opaque bottle. And once I imagined the same bottle in jet black the already medicinal plain bottle started looking even worse.

The biggest grouse is definitely the different ingredients from what is mentioned on the app & package.

With or without Niacinamide it does precious little for my skin. Total fail. Looking back I should have probably bought 1 or 2 of these instead of SIX. When will I ever learn?

See you all soon.

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum Haul

If there is one brand I've been hearing of more than Good Vibes, it has to be NY Bae. Since I already have more makeup than I know what to do with I held back from buying anything from them. Imagine my happiness when I discovered that they have started dabbling in skincare as well. Purplle is perpetually running BOGO deals or some other variant like Buy 3 Get 3 etc. I obviously couldn't resist & bought these 6 serums. Because of the offer going on when I ordered, I ended up paying around 100 INR for each of these.

Every time that I complained about lipsticks or nail paints not having names, someone at NY Bae was obviously listening because every single one of their products have names & funky, tongue-in-cheek kind of ones.

These are the serums I picked up. For some reason only 2 of these had the clingwrap kinda packaging around the cardboard box & the rest were naked. And although I had seen the pictures of the product before ordering I was still struck by how plain & medicinal they looked.

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum, with Glycolic Acid, Radiant as Show Stopper Serum, for oily skin

INR 175 for 10 ml

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum, with Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin C, Ageless as the Liberty Lady, for skin softening

INR 175 for 10 ml

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum, with 20 % Vitamin C, Timeless as Times Square, for skin brightening

INR 175 for 10 ml

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum, with Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Eternal as the Empire State, for wrinkle-free skin

INR 175 for 10 ml

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum with Glycolic Peel, Lit as Grand Central Terminal Serum, for tan removal

INR 199 for 10 ml

NY Bae SkinFIDENT Serum, with Vitamin B & Niacinamide, Lit as Central Park, for skin texture enhancement

INR 225 for 10 ml

I'm planning to start with the last one on the list since it claims to tackle skin texture. Let me know which ones you would like me to review.