Like a Dove~ February 8, 2010
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This is a rather long entry, I just got to thinking, and then writing about certain experiences…funny how NOT-soap snowballed into a lot of reminiscing about the past…
ANYWAY…
It had never occurred to me, but I don’t really need a MU remover. Actually it only occurred to me when a few friends and I were in Sephora, cause one of them needed to buy a MU remover. I knew that the BiFacil was good, but didn’t know anything else cause I don’t use one.
Figuring I should have one just in case, I bought one from the drug store. But unless I need to remove waterproof stuff (like the Annabelle Smoothliners) I just don’t find the time/use for one (yes time. I’m lazy like that…but for normal people, you should use one).
And I then I realized why.
First off, as I have mentioned many times before, I have really oily skin. By the end of the day, I have developed quite the layer of oil underneath my foundation, that I just wash it off with soap. If I haven’t acquired (lol) enough oily, I take some olive oil (my mom is very into the natural face product stuff…I should one day tell you about the evaporated soju lotion/toner XD) massage my face with it, wipe it off with tissue, then wash my face.
Pain free procedure for people like me :)
So here we get to that part…
Yes Soap.
Or rather in the words of Dove, Not Soap…
Dove isn’t Soap. It’s a gentle cleanser made with 1/4 moisturizing cream to leave the skin feeling soft. The skin-essential fatty acid in Dove (which are also naturally present in the skin) are the essence of the 1/4 moisturizing crea. These deposits and penetrate into the skin during washing and because they are identical to natural skin lipids, are easily absorved by skin and aid in the replenishment of the skin’s moisture barrier from within
My brother and I had some bad acne in our teens. I…didn’t like my teens very much. If I had to choose an age I like…probably 20-21. It was just, much more carefree back then…
Anyway I’m getting off topic :)
We were referred to a dermatologist to get some meds.
We ended up having to pop a few pills every day. But because it was costly for no real reason, I stopped. I kind of regret that, cause who knows, maybe in the long run it would have helped me out more…dunno…
At that appointment he recommended that we use Dove. Since then, that was all we used (if not some Korean Shower gel, which I avoided cause of my slight fear of allergies to wet Korean products).
Many years later, a friend of mine at church was talking to some of the younger high school kids, and she was explaining to them about her skin detox. Her dermatologist had suggested that she use Dove and ONLY Dove to wash her face, and to use NOTHING else for a year. It was an effort to purge her skin of all the toxins from makeup and facial products, and restore the natural balance.
Yes you read right.
NOTHING else. Meaning no makeup at all!
I believe I was in first or second year then, and to hear that, was…a shocker for me. I started wearing makeup in 2001? (Started with eye liner from Cover Girl and Bonnebell) and in 2003 it took off (when I added shadow and doing my brows). So to hear that she couldn’t wear anything else…well…I thought little of doing it.
Except seeing as I already had Dove at home, and was using it frequently, I started using it. And just kept using it.
It isn’t for everyone though, I can say that. I know that sometimes when my mom is too tired from work to go through her routine, she uses Dove, but that is only in the extreme case, cause it tends to dry her out. Another friend of mine tried it out after I told her what I use, and well she broke out. So it really depends on the person. (I’m talking about on the face. Body use is fine for us.)
That isn’t all that I use though. I do tend to rotate depending on what I need, and what time of the month it is. (Recently Coal Face has been a LIFE saver in terms of monthly insane break outs. I hadn’t realized it when I was using it, but noticed it IMMEDIATELY when I didn’t have any for a month I did. Totally showed in my skin :T)
So everything has a time and place for it, as with the Dove. It is a tad drying on me in the winter, so I use it at night, and use my L’oreal Hydrafresh wash in the morning (which I’m not going to buy after this, cause…I’m still disappointed :(), but the not-soap is light, and doesn’t leave a residue behind like other things I have tried (Noxzema being one, though I do know they are different categories).
You can find the sample/travel sizes at drugstores, so you can always try that out if you are curious enough to give it a go. But again, try at your own risk, or schedule a dermatologist appointment through your doc (cause I believe it is based on referral from your doc, no?)
They are all available at different drug stores, grocery stores…We buy them from Costco, cause…well…who doesn’t love buying bulk?!
That’s what we have for the bathroom upstairs…I know there are a few more bars downstairs XD
Oh I forgot, As you can see on the box, there is that dramatization. About scum. Well when we were younger, at our old place, they had sliding glass shower doors. You could definitely tell the difference in soap and not-soap Dove. You can even tell when you do a nice scrub down with an Italy Towel (Wooo Koreans XD) or a Loofah, cause it washes off the tub quite well. (Or maybe the tub just has a decent finish on it, but I do like to believe it is the soap, cause I know I have hell for clean up after giving my dog a wash :T).
If you are interested in the different types of not-soap that they have, you can check them out HERE.
HERE is a forum, where people discuss their own experience with Dove as a face cleanser.
HERE we have the MUA product review page.
And Rae@theNotice wrote a review on the Sensitive one. Her posts are always fun and witty, so a great read even though its just (not) soap XD
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Who hasn’t seen this?
And just cause I thought it looked cool…
Haha…weirdo’s……
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I’m tempted to try it on a soap we don’t like, and yet have…
EDIT: got a proper reply from Maybelline Can… February 4, 2010
Posted by rasilla in Personal.3 comments
EDIT:
Got a reply back. Will let you know what happens. But hurray~! Thanks everyone!
I am truly sorry to hear that you found the terminology used in our myMNY form offensive. This was never our intention.
I thank you for your comments and want you to know that we have already made changes to correct the situation.
As of 3:16pm, I saw…
better than ‘Asian’…
http://twitpic.com/11f17q & http://twitpic.com/11f19v
(Yes I know…If anything I say visit their FB fan page and suggest a better way to describe it…)
a BIG thank you to everyone who did their part, by reblogging, retweeting, viewing…every little bit helped :)
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It really makes me wonder if the individual bothered to read it. And seriously, are you REALLY telling me you cannot contact them? At the very least you could have forwarded this email this to them have THEM reply back to me…
So I wrote this email…
Hello,
I hope that you take this seriously, cause I find this an matter important.
I was wondering if you could help me get in touch with someone in the Canadian branch to solve this issue.
Recently, they (Maybelline Canada) announced through email that they would be releasing their second issue of MNY magazine.
Because of that, we should all update our profiles.
I went over to fill out my profile, and was met with a degrading, and insulting (to those who are) of Asians (descent), that I have tried to get in contact with them.
Under the eye shape, Maybelline Canada has listed ‘Asian’ as being an eye shape.There all exists a description of said eye shape, as well as a depiction.Both of which were culturally insensitive as both, as I have called it ‘Lump Sum’ the vastness of Asia into one.Into one, narrow minded assumption.
Unfortunately I have no heard anything from their Facebook Canada Fan page, nor the US MNYinsider for any help.
As a large company, I know that little things like this can slip through your fingers.
Understanding that, I am trying to have this corrected.
I understand that this is the US site, but seeing as the Canada site gives no proper (convenient) method of contact, I was hoping you could help me.
Any help would be greatly appreciate,
(yeah, I know, I was so annoyed at having to write this email that I messed up a sentence. Good job me on proof reading before sending it out :T Could be why the individual chose to reply back the way they did… Anyway my corrections are in brackets. Esh. Proof reading is important guys :T)
This is what I get back.
February 4, 2010
Thank you for your interest in Maybelline New York, a division of L’Oréal USA, Inc.
You have reached the US website and, although Maybelline New York products are sold worldwide, we are unable to assist you because the product line varies from country to country.
To better meet your needs, we invite you to contact the Consumer Advice Center at www.loreal.com. On the Home Page, under L’Oréal Worldwide Corporate Website, choose Go Global. Under “Discover Our Brand Portfolio,” choose Maybelline New York. Then choose “Any questions regarding our products?” and follow the prompts to send your email. Or use the following link:
http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/tools/contact/consumer/index.aspx
If you are unable to click on the link, copy and paste it into the Address line of your browser. Then click Go or hit Enter on your keyboard.
Thank you for choosing Maybelline New York. We hope this information is helpful.
Sincerely,
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My frustrated reply back?
Hello ****,
I am assuming you did not bother to read the email, and only noticed the title.
This is quite disappointing for a company as large as Loreal.
I can understand that you may be ‘busy’ but I expected more help than that.
Sorry to have wasted your time.
The fact that the individual couldn’t have bothered to give me a proper email to contact the Canadian division…I mean COME ON, is it THAT difficult to give me an email address? And HAD the individual LOOKED at the page she forwarded me to, she would have realized that there are only NUMBERS to get in contact.
I don’t know. I don’t understand why it must be so difficult to contact someone like this.
If ANYONE has received something from the LOREAL company to review, can you send me an email? I’m thinking maybe I can try contacting them through that way.
Thank you for the continued support. I hope that at least someone is able to reach them. Methods of contact are available in my previous post.
If you can retweet (I’m even thinking of going to trending topics cause now I’m really getting pissed), or even just post your own disappointments with the brand…any little bit helps!
Anyway thank you for reading.
EDIT Feb0610:
Thank you again to those who really encouraged me during this time. I don’t really like being in the spot light, as you are open to be scrutinized. But then again I guess I do cause I do blog? (XD)
I had people send me a few wonderful emails, and a few horrible ones, as goes with comments on the blog and YT.
Nevertheless, thank you. If you spoke up, wrote to the company, or RTed it meant a lot, as you got out the message that unfortunately Maybelline lacked some insight on the matter of Asian eyes. I understand that they just wanted to include everyone, but it didn’t turn out the way the individual who thought of this, would have wanted. I know the results we got wasn’t the greatest, but if you are still displeased with it, I welcome you to email Maybelline Canada, or write on the Maybelline Canada FB fan page to get your message out there. Perhaps you can also suggest a better way to phrase what they have currently in place of ‘Asian’ eye shapes.
I just also want to mention two people/blog posts.
Goldfish Cake: Don’t Ignore Us, Maybelline
Macnunu: “Asian” Maybe she’s born with it, Maybe its Maybelline
These two ladies (amongst others) helped me to calm down, and do my best in reaching Maybelline. They were also supportive in getting the message out there (they have access to people I don’t), and well when stupid comments were bugging me, well their comments on Twitter helped me laugh them off (and if you knew me, that’s hard to do). So check out the posts, their voices on the matter, cause it is FAR more coherant than mine was (and wittier :))
Lump summing ‘Asian’ eyes… February 2, 2010
Posted by rasilla in Rant.Tags: WTH?
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EDIT Feb0410:
Got a reply. They made a change…and…its better than nothing. CLICK
EDIT Feb0310 11:44am:
Thanks to Angry Asian Man, and everyone else who has been retweeting and trying to get through to Maybelline. Seems like this is only on the Canadian PR side, cause my friend said that there is no sign up for the magazine for the US. I am going to keep asking for the PR email from the US twitter account, hopefully they don’t just think I’m spam :T
@MNYInsider I need to contact the Canadian PR about this ‘Asian Eyes’ issue. Many of us r OUTRAGED by this issue. http://wp.me/p57Hf-pw
I have gotten a few emails, and comment, that you cannot reach them by email, cause they have poor CS like that. Which is why I am turning to their twitter account. If anything you could also leave them a facebook message, though it might be hard for them to read as well.
EDIT Feb0310 12:25am:
I guess I should have written how you can access that page. If you go to the main page, and at the bottom right hand corner there should be the MNY logo “Request your free…” Click on that. You will then head to THIS page. From there you sign up and it will be the second step of the sign up process.
Also seeing as there is a lot of viewers, apologies in advance for the poorly written post. I didn’t know what to do with this information at the time, and just posted what I could actually process at that moment. I believe I was just shocked that this continues on today, the generalization, and the sheer stupidity that exists in the minds of some others, and how Asians are still perceived. Such a shame. Thank you for reading, and hope that something will be done about this soon.
EDIT 7:07pm:
The more I’ve been talking to my friends, the more frustrating this is becoming. One of my friends was actually pissed that they could be so narrow minded. Anyway here is a few contact into. I am using the US site because the Canadian one only has a call centre.
Link to their MNYinsider twitter account HERE (its the only one that pops up :T)
Maybelline US Customer Feedback HERE
(I know the problem is that it is the Canadian website, but they don’t have email, so unless you want to wait and call in, this is the best option.) But to fill out the form, you need your phone number, address, zip code…ugh, I tried making things up and kept hitting a road block!
Facebook Canada Account HERE
They are owned by LorealUSA as Fresh.elle has made notice of
So you can check this site for different ways to contact them.
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is it right?
(For those who don’t watch videos, I wrote it up as well. I don’t watch videos at home because of my limited bandwidth with Rogers. BOOOOO Rogers :T)
So MNY Maybelline came out with the first magazine/newsletter issue thing that is ‘customized’ for each person depending on hair & eye colour, skin type etc etc.
They will be releasing the second edition soon, and so they sent out an email to tell us to update our profiles…so when I get there…
We start off innocently enough…
That is…Until we get to eye shape…
Wait wait?!
“Oh no, you did’nt…”
Okay give them the benefit of doubt…they couldn’t really be going there…
OMG they DID!!!
Sigh. Like I mention in the video, I don’t really know if its just straight out offensive, or I’m just irked by the ignorance.
Yes I may have the stereotypical small Asian monolid eyes, but that DEFINITELY doesn’t mean that everyone does. Yes a lot of girls in Korea tend to get Double Eyelid Surgery done, but NOT all girls have to. There are quite the number of girls who have natural double eyelids, and forever will be questioned because of it. On top of that, Asia isn’t just one specific part, but a bunch of groups. So how can you lump sum us all into one generalization?
Dang. This irked me so much that I came out of my video hiatus/hibernation and made a video.
And with all the questions I would like Maybelline to answer, one that was on my mind was…
I wonder if this is Angry Asian Man material? lol Probably not, but it is a fun site to visit.
Well that concludes my rant for today. Back to life…
(woah on two posts today.)
Quick Nicole by OPI Holiday 2009 swatches February 2, 2010
Posted by rasilla in Nail decoration.Tags: Nail Polish, nicole by OPI
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Faux Fir NI266
First real green. It was a steal at $3.00 so I couldn’t pass it up. I have since checked out other SDM’s but no such awesome luck. The cheapest was 6.99…and I think that was regular price :T
There is a slight difference between coats 2 & 3. 3 being slighty richer in colour and depth. But personally I think you can only tell if you are an polish lover like me.
Bah Plum-Bug NI267
It looks like a creme at first glance, but there is some shimmer in there. Except you REALLY can’t tell when you put it on. Or maybe I just need new glasses XD
You need 3 coats of this to even out the streaking, and to get the true colour. Actually I still think that 4 coats would be more accurate to bottle colour…but that is not happening (I get a tad frustrated when I have to do more than 2 coats of polish).
I don’t know if its just my bottle, but it was really…watery? Didn’t really seem like polish, so was a tad interesting to notice. (That’s why the first coat looks like watercolour paint).
Red Rules this Yule NI 268
First coat is pinky, and though the VNL still shows, it could be used on its own. Second coat, the pink still exists a tad but close to its true colour. The third is bottle colour without the pink. The shimmer is very slight in the polish, but bright.
This was the one that really made me sad. It is a gorgeous colour, but…I bought two of these, and…gave one away to a friend. I know that the polish went to a good home…but the hoarder in me is crying cause the colour really struck a chord with me, and I wish I had a back up (and thus I am going to hope that they go on clearance at other places so I can snag a backup).
I was just thinking that China Glaze’s Raspberry Festival was similar to this, and it kinda is. Just without the glitter, and a tad on the orange side. I would group them as second cousins. RF just has glitter, and a tad more sheer/jellyish, and more on the orangish side than red.
Check out Scrangie’s post on the Holiday collection. I really think I will have to buy the Glitter Wonderland soon, if it isn’t part of the normal collection…cause, I mean…LOOK at it…sigh…glittery fun :)
Anyway I got mine at Shoppers. Seeing as these are the holiday collection you can expect them to be on extra sale soon. But if you do want them don’t wait too long, as they have pulled out the new spring line, meaning they obviously won’t be stocking more of the 09 collection.
