1/30/2022

1000HOUR Eyelash & Brow Dye Kit Dark Brown 72 g

I have been using this product for several years now, and it does wonders for my eyebrows. The tinting lasts for several weeks, and it looks like the tint I used to have done at a salon before I started using this kit. This is so because the results look natural and polished and it doesn't tint my skin at all. The kit comes with everything you need, so you don't need any extra tool or container to develop and use the product. I sometimes use the product to tint the grey hairs around my temples.

I have sensitive skin but I have never had any problem with this product.

I have never used this for tinting my eyelashes, so I cannot comment on that.

SO-SO
1/ They seem to have changed the formula recently and the colouring doesn't last as much on my eyebrows and it is not as saturated as it used to be.
2/ The quantity of accelerator and tinting cream is not balanced, so I usually finish the tube with the colouring and the developing liquid bottle is still half full.

MIND

Allow extra time if you have some grey hairs.

Tombow Fude Brush Pen, Fudenosuke, (GCD-112) Soft

I love this soft brush pen. It's extremely pleasurable to use, and the results on paper are what you can expect from a quality brush pen minus the mess I get from other brush pens on the same price range. I love the tiny Kanji plastic template included in the package. Mind: The instructions and labelling are all in Japanese.

Multifunctional Geometric Ruler

This is a very good quality beautiful easy to clean geometric ruler that I use mostly to draw lines and shapes when painting or scrap-booking. I love the fact that I can use it a ruler, as a protractor, to create circles, triangles and other geometric shapes. Easy to clean even when I use it with Indian ink. It comes in a handy plastic pouch and instructions leaflet. Unfortunately, everything is written in Chinese.

1/22/2022

Quill Premium PP Visual Art Diary, 125gsm A4 120 Pages, Black

This is a decent quality notepad for drawing with pencils, charcoal and pastels. Not good for gouache, tempera or watercolor as it bleeds, and you'd need to apply gesso for a sheet to hold any water or ink painting. Paper not good either for permanent ink makers; a normal sharpie ink would go through. I wanted this for doodles and to try stuff before using my good quality pad, so that's OK, but this is not a paper I would use with any water or permanent ink medium. Elastic strap came out of one of the holes. Good quality cover and back.

Meeden 5X7" Watercolour Pad, 20 Sheets (140lb/300gsm) hot-press acid-free 100% cotton

This is a small pocket pad (see my photo beside my A5 journal), with 20 sheets of glorious watercolor paper. However, the way the pad has been assembled is dreadful. The edges are tightly silicone-glued together. The pad comes with a free beautiful feather opener to separate the sheets; however, this one is quite thick, so not really fit for the tightness of the glued edges, so much so that separating the sheets proved difficult and some of the edges were damaged in the process. I don't really see the need of this. Otherwise, as I've said, great watercolor paper and really portable pad.