In Essence Island Flower - Tahitan Monoi Hand Cream

Description (from In Essence website)
This nourishing and readily absorbed hand cream contains the unique moisturising properties of Monoi.  Further enriched with regenerating Shea Butter, Jojoba and Vitamin E along with soothing honey and Aloe Vera extract, this exquisite hand cream with its sweet enticing Frangipani aroma, is not only a delight to the senses it also hydrates, conditions and leaves hands silky smooth.

Packaging
A white tube - just like toothpaste. 110 ml.

Color Selection
They have the Hydrating Range and Lavender as far as I know. 

How to Apply
Massage liberally onto hands to help smooth, soften and protect skin every day. Re-apply as often as required.

Ingredients (from In Essence website)
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Glyceryl Caprylate, Frangipani Fragrance (Parfum), Cocos nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Gardenia tahitensis Flower Extract, Prunus amygdalus dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Daucus carota sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Glycine soja (Soyabean) Oil, Honey, Althaea officinalis Root Extract, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Carbomer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Aloe barbadensis Leaf Extract, Triethanolamine, Disodium EDTA, Retinyl Palmitate, Calendula officinalis Flower Extract, Butyrospermum parkii (Shea Butter), Alcohol Denat., Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Amyl Cinnamal, Isoeugenol, Benzyl Salicylate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene
Paraben, sulphate and mineral oil free.


Coverage
Good.

Texture
It's creamy just like any other hand cream. A little too creamy to my taste, but I never really like any hand creams. But you might find such texture more convincing in dry weather. It's pretty humid lately so I don't know if I would like it better when it's drier.

Spreadability
Easy.

Finish
I feel the cream stays on top of my skin instead of absorbed in. I don't like it. I feel sticky and need to wash my hands again after I apply this. The smell is a mix of tiare flower, coconut, shea butter and frangipani - not exactly a favourite, but it's nice. Very feminine.

My General Rating
I don't really like hand creams, I find them too sticky to my taste. I prefer normal lotion. Of course, normal lotion would not work a well as cream in hydrating, but I don' mind. 

Overall Rating
2 out of 5. It stays on my desk - for a long time.

Price
AUD 24.95

Mavala Lip Balm

Description (on Mavala website)Mavala Lip Balm protects and takes care of your lips. It relieves damaged lips, wraps them with its fine, velvety texture and its subtle vanilla fragrance. This balm protects and repairs, thanks to its balanced formula made from a botanical complex based on pattersons curse, heart seed and sunflower oil, which provides a shield effect and soothes.
This complex is combined with apricot (efficient against free radical scavenger properties), aloe vera (helps cell renewal and smoothes), shea butter (nourishing) and filters (to help prevent premature ageing). A perfect restoring product for dry and chapped lips and for retaining suppleness.

Packaging
In a lipstick tube in white with the brand printed in red. Simple and clinical look.

Color Selection
There is no color selection, just one basic lip balm
How to Apply
Use on bare lips or after lip tint. I like to use the lip balm whenever I see it, just as often as deemed necessary. I have super dry lips so I apply this quite often. And I always apply before I go to bed at night.

Ingredients
I think the description describes enough :).

Coverage
Good.

Texture
It's like super sticky lipstick.

Spreadability
Easy.

Finish
Sometimes it could leave white layer on my lips, makes me look rather pale. So I usually use it on top of lip tint when I'm outside, just so that people wouldn't stop me thinking I'm gonna fall fainting haha..and yeah, it's that pale.

My General Rating
I like that the lip balm works. Not all lip balm work as well as this one on me - I have dry lips. And I like that it's in the form of a stick, I don't like sticking my finger on a jar of lip balm - or any jar of any cosmetics. This is practical. What I don't really like is the whitish finish on me, makes me look really sickly. But for the result, I don't mind it. I can use lip tint underneath anyway. Even my boyfriend like the product - he once borrowed it when he got his allergic coming near his lips and the skin got very very very dry (it even leave cracks for dryness), this helps. And eventually I just bought a new one for him, for emergency purposes. The slight vanilla smell, I don't love, but I don't mind.

Overall Rating
4 out of 5. If not for the whitish finish and vanilla fragrance, I'd give full mark.

Price
IDR - forgot, will update later.

Silky Girl Pop Soda Lip Jelly #02 Grape Punch (Medium Pink)

 Pardon the super small picture, can't find a better quality one.

Description (from various resources)
Limited Edition Silky Girl Pop Soda Lip Jelly gets its name because it is transparent, like jelly. It contains vitamin E, leaving lips feeling soft and supple, and the color lasts on the lips long after application. First apply two layers on the lips and wait for 20 seconds. The lips will change to a long-lasting shade of pink.

Packaging
A lipstick tube in silver with transparent top (so that you can see the color inside) and bottom that is also jelly like in color, just like what you see inside. I like the packaging - I like to see what I'm having and I like to not have to open the tube just to see the color inside.

Color Selection
5 flavors to choose from but the result are the same pink color, here they are:

Left to Right: Cola, Grape, Orange, Strawberry, Cherry

#02 is grape punch. It smells like grape soda, not overwhelmingly sweet but just right. Like the smell (that's why I chose it). Wanted to buy all of them just cos the packaging is cute but managed to control myself (cos the resulting color is the same hehe..)

How to Apply
As in description, I apply it twice on bare lips and let it turn into pink on my lips (it said to turn to medium pink but on me it's just light pink). On bare lips will stick better and then I'll add lip balm (when I remember to).

Ingredients
Sorry, cannot find the details.

Coverage
Good. The color don't show so I tend to use a lot, but the result is the same, it doesn't matter.

Texture
Just like lipstick but transparent.

Spreadability
Quite easy for a lipstick.

Finish
Can I say balmy? I can cos it's my blog. It has balmy finish, just like after you use lip balm.

My General Rating
I like the cute packaging, and the smell, and the product design (jelly transparent). Those are the things that draws me to it. Other than that, I don't really like the resulting color on my lips, I prefer it to be darker, perhaps medium pink - as it claims. Despite its balmy texture, I find it drying on my lips, but almost all lip products do that except for lip balm. I like the packaging, that's all.

Overall Rating
3 out of 5. Only like the product design and packaging.

Price
RM 14.88 in Sasa

VOV Glow Lip Tint No. 2 Cherry Red

Description (from various resources)
Lip Tint that will represent the smooth and vivid colors to paint immediately. Liquid type of lip stain that does not feel sticky, with a long-lasting adhesion.

Packaging
Simple transparent plastic bottle with cute, flower-printed, pink top. The applicator is one of those with stick and small, fur-like tip instead of brush (as seen in the picture). I personally like the plastic container cos I tend to drop tings haha..so plastic is good for me. It came in a box in the color similar to the top bottle, very lovely and feminine (not necessarily etude-cute but more towards classic cute).

Color Selection
3 shades to choose from, here they are:

I bought no. 2 Cherry Red, its almost exactly as the color shown here although the redness can be modified during application. Love the color. It looks vintage red on me, but very natural as it is a liquid lip tint. When I apply it many times, it could get as red as the Cullens (in Twilight) lips. Love.

How to Apply
I usually apply it on bare lips so that it sticks better, and add lip balm after so that it wouldn't dry my lips. That way I would have natural red lips - which I really like. For formal gatherings or just when I feel fancy, I'll add lip gloss for a shiny finish.

Ingredients
Sorry, cannot find the details. I threw the box away after purchase.

Coverage
Good, but it may depend on your lip condition as well. I find it sometimes difficult to get it sticks to my upper lip when it's very dry - and I have dry upper lips almost constantly :).

Texture
Very liquid, it's practically watery.

Spreadability
Very easy.

Finish
By itself, it has natural looks, just like when you just drink water - it is watery. Although it's called "glow lip" I think the glow comes more from the color instead of the texture, you need to add some lip balm, but it's okay if you don't, personal preference. It will give the redness it promised regardless.

My General Rating
Color wise, I like it a lot. Like it so much that I actually finished the whole bottle! Never before such thing happened as I like to buy new products to try and ended up never finish any of them. But this one, I stick to it till finish, even considering to repurchase. Never thought there will be a product I will ever really finish (except for face powder). I do think it is best to use it with lip balm just so it wouldn't dry your lip, but I don't complain. I like the texture more than other lip tint, watery works for me.

Overall Rating
4.7 out of 5. The color. Just for the color I'd give this much. Love!

Price
IDR  - I'll update when I repurchase.