Easy Chinese novel to read for free

 Some easy to read Chinese novels that you can try out as beginners. As to practice your Chinese reading skill while enjoying the book. I will be updating the easy books and the not so easy book as well  

The one of the free website that I use is https://www.52shuku.vip/. If you use google app to read this, it will be translated just find just like MTL raw novel, the translation is not perfect but you do understand what is happening. 

1- This book is really easy to understand, the auto translation is quite apprehensive. 

娘娘她总是不上进 by 雪中回眸

Even you read the raw in Chinese, it’s not hard to grasp what is happening. I can read this novel just fine in raw, with the little help of auto translation. The plot is quite good, the FL is also very realistic.

The first part of novel is focused on harem.  There’s no ML (we don’t count that emporor). The story is entirely about the intrigue in royal haram, so please don’t expect true love romance. This story is quite realistic in term of emotion part of our FL. Our FL stays in the haram to survive not to fall in love. 

The second part of the novel is in the modern world. I think the author is trying to whitewash the dog emperor in here. As author give ML his last life memories but MC doesn’t have it. The Emperor just changes his entire personality here. I doubt MC will fall in love with emperor again if she has her past life memories. 

穿成偏执男主的白月光师姐_咸鱼贪财

This one is slightly bit more advance than the first one. As it is a xian xia novel. But overall is still pretty to read. 

This story is sweet, fun, the plot is pretty simple. Basically,  the ending is that MC can fulfill her wish of going back home (to modern work) and still can go back and forth with the other world as well, and she lives happily with all her family and friends from both world. 

Let’s talk about our ML abit here. He’s a bit of yandere but he never dare to force MC too much. But that’s also because our MC is quite smart and know how to smooth things over. 

MC is smart, lovely but she’s also quite strong. 

Chinese medicine 2

四物汤

 Is for monthly period. It helps with blood flow and lessen the pain. Drink this 3 times a day, as tea or soup  

Chinese medicine for heath

 三白汤 for healthy skin.  It includes 白术、白芍、白茯 As main ingredient. It is best consumed at night  

Pregnant women should not consume this. Not recommended daily uses  

白芍，白术，白茯苓各5克，甘草2.5克。

This soup work as it help nourishing internal organ which will promote healthy looking skin  

W.lab Valentine's beauty box

Hey guy, it’s been forever since my post. Allkorea just release a new valentine beauty box, Wlab beauty box. It costs 25.96$ for W-Snow CC Cushion, Pocket Shadow Palette Edge, W Velvet color stick (Velvet Stick),Water Beam Mask, Honey Beam Mask. I think the deal is a steal. Though, I’m not a fan of cushion, I still buy it for the eye shadow and lipstick. 

Even though I’m not a fan of cushion foundation,  this cushion is quite moisturizing and has decent coverage. I think this would work for those with dry skin or live in cold climate, definitely not for humid weather or oily skin. My face covers with sebum just a few hours of wearing this.

The eye shadow is very pigmented and the color is really safe (most are neutral brown). The packaging is chick and simple, I really like it.

What I like the most is the color stick, the color is really pretty and it has matte finish. But it is washed off easily which is quite disappointed. 

The whole beauty box

W lab CC cushion

W lab pocket eye shadow pallet

W lab water beam mask and honey beam mask

This whole package absolutely worth the money.

Declaimer: This post is not sponsored, I bought every with my own money.

My cheap brushes and my super duper cheap brushes.

Most of the good brushes in the high end industry are mostly cost more than 50$. Though, the quality is high, I think there are some alternative out there that have really good quality with a much more reasonable price, for example korean makeup brushes or even some good quality brushes from china. Being in Asian, the high end brushes like sigma brushes is not just expensive but also hard to get.  So I find a good alternative, Korean brushes. After that, I found other option that is makeup brushes on Aliexpress. Both options need some times to experiment to get the good result. I tried a few Korean brand and a few shop on aliexpress. And I can say that I have found some favorite makeup brushes that I would recommend to others.

My most favorite makeup brush is from Missha. It’s a powder brush(link here). The hair is so soft and thred a bit when I first washed it, but that’s all. After that I bought a foundation brush(link here), it is very soft, very to blend everything. The price is very reasonable. All the makeup brushes are below 20$ (yes include shipping). Moreover, I love the packaging, it has golden handle which I adore so much. I have also bought a flat brush for mask application from missha as well but i can't find the link to that. 

Other than Missha, I’ve also tried Nature republic and skin food brushes, it was the very first korean brush I've ever used. I honestly don’t like them as much. I bought a powder brush from Nature republic store in Phonm penh. Nature republic package is ok, very simple white handle and the hair is quite dense but doesn't thred much.

The second korean brush that I bought is Skin food blush brush (link here). Skin food package is such a turn off, it has wooden handle. The hair is even denser than Nature republic brush and it thred a lot in every wash. 

 But if you want to try out some Korean brushes, you can also try VDL, IOPE, these brands are in the high end side of cosmetic so the price is a bit higher than Missha, but the price is still cheaper than western makeup brushes.

left to right: Missha flat brush
Missha powder brush
Missha foundation brush
Skin food blush brush
Nature republic powder brush

For even cheaper brushes, you can also try brushes from china. I mainly use them for contouring or eye makeup. I find the big brushes hair is denser than the smaller brushes. You can save some money by buying cheaper eye makeup brushes and some Korean face brushes. One makeup brush costs about 1$, if you buy a set, it will cost even less. I bought a set of 20 eyeshadow brushes for about 4$ after shipping (link here). And 20$ for a set of 32 brushes (consist of face brushes and eye brushes, though I never use the face brushes). These brushes last me about 3 years now, and I find them a bit torn and old that’s why I bought a new set. One thing to keep in mind when buying from aliexpress is that it will take forever to deliver but if you’re lucky enough, it will arrive in about 3 weeks. 

a set of 20 brushes for about 4$

I also like to buy individual brushes like contour or blush brushes as well.

left to right: powder brush (1.5$)
foundation brush ( about 1$)
contour brush (1.34$ link here)
blush brush (2.99$ link here)
blending brush (0.89$ link here)

powder brush (2.99$ link here)

All in all, I think having high end expensive brushes is great but it’s not the necessary. As long as the quality of the brushes is nice, whether or not it is expensive doesn’t matter. But one important thing to bear in mind is that there are some heavenly made brushes that surely deserve such price like Fluenta Oval 8. 

The almighty PERIPERA WHOLLY DEEP BROW INK review (ready to be hyped)

Hey guy, as the last post stated, I will do a review of Peripera Wholly Deep Ink Brow. Let’s talk about why I am so hyped. At first, I wanted to try Etude House tint my brow gel, but I find it too pricey for that much of product (you need quite lot of product for each application). And this product is actually in the line with my favorite Peripera lip tint. That lip tint is so pigmented and long lasting that’s why I expected so highly of this brow tint. And let me tell you I am not disappointed at all. 

This product promises that:

-  stain like a tattoo.

- Ink lasting with strong color like eyebrow tint.

- Shaping(pencil) + fitting(powder) + coloring(browcara) of 3 in 1 inkbrow

- Ling lasting polymer at water, sweat, sebum keeps makeup stable even at water park

- Black complex keeps eyebrow healthier.

- Natural shape special cutting brush expresses from fine eyebrow to slim eye line.

  

PERIPERA WHOLLY DEEP BROW INK

PERIPERA WHOLLY DEEP BROW INK in deep brown

You’re supposed to use the brush to apply ink directly to eyebrow. But I find that brush is too big and it soaks up the product so much. I use my own angled brush to apply this. I find it is a lot easier to control while using smaller brush.

The PERIPERA WHOLLY DEEP BROW INK brush is round and big almost like smudging brush.

This tint is very watery like a water based tint, so it quite hard to control the product with the brush that comes with tube. I honestly find it too brown or too light for my hair color (natural black hair). But I think it’d be perfect if you’re a brunette or dark blonde. I usually use black eyeshadow to darken the end of my brow after I use the ink or mix the black shadow with the ink and apply it without adding anything else.

Let’s talk about the best part of this ink, its longevity. This ink lasts all day long even in the hot humid day. I actually wore this on my trip on SongKran day at Siemreap. It stays on all day, not even a sign of smudging. Even, at night at the Pub street, there was water guns and powder everywhere. I washed my face 3 times with water because my face got lot of baby powder and water on. Let me tell ya, after dancing and drinking all night, the brow still look exactly the same as in the morning.

This is how I look with PERIPERA WHOLLY DEEP BROW INK when I got out of the hotel.

On my way back from Pub street to hotel.

Conclusion:

- This PERIPERA WHOLLY DEEP BROW INK is simply amazing.
- Very long lasting and water resistant. Great for going to the beach or water park.
- Affordable and can be easily found at koreadepart.com or testerkorea.com any korean online shop. and these shops all provide worldwide shipping.
- But the only down side is that it has only 2 colors option, they really need to add more color.

NOTE: I am not sponsored, all of these are bought by my own money.  

MCQUEEN, New York, MINERAL CC CUSHION COVER REVIEW, does it worth the try???

Hey guys, another review is here, it is the Mcqueen cushion. I’ve never been a fan of cushion foundation. I tried the Etude House summer cushion once; it was definitely the reason why I am kind of turned off with cushion foundation. But since this cushion was on sale, the price comes with a refill as well. So I want to give cushion foundation another try. It was on sale on Koreadepart.com and it has pretty good review as well.  This cushion has colors: 21 and 23 (just like most of Korean foundation, nth fancy here).

This cushion claims to:
★Express smooth and elastic skin texture as it offers brightening, moisturizing, and clearness effect deep into the skin.

★Keep the skin tone bright without darkening by it's high sun block properties while preventing it from other sun ray damages.
★Offer cooling effect due to it's bamboo sap content while the green tea and chamomile soothes the skin.
★CC Color Control System : create natural skin tone depending on the temperature of the skin.
★Strong coverage with high adhesive power  while controlling blemishes.

The main ingredient of this cushion are Mineral Water; Plant Extracts (Bamboo Sap, Centella Asiatica, Chamomile Flower, Licorice, Green Tea, Rosemary Leaf, and Aloe Vera Leaf)

My first impression of this cushion is its sleek package design, it is very simple yet sophisticated. It comes with a refill and a sponge, all in the same pink box. The box itself is bright pink; the design is very catchy with the brand name engraved in silver. The case is white with silver design. The sponge is quite thick compare to Etude House Cushion sponge; it seems to me more like a powder sponge. I don’t really the sponge so I use the etude house sponge in stead.

Honestly the application is hard for me with dry skin and large pore. Though it has very high coverage, it does accentuate my flaky spot. I guess if you use a good primer, it might help. But I don’t have one. I normally use only the moisturizing base, it didn’t really help much. Because of its high coverage, I don't need to use concealer at all I usually apply it all over my face and my neck and set it with Innisfree mineral powder or Skin Food translucent powder. It lasts half a day (about 5 h in humid weather) and I have to retouch my face with face mist and some setting powder. At the end of the day, my face does get cakey a little bit and my pores are very visible. The flaky spots don’t really matter anymore since my face was soaked in oil (in the afternoon my face tends to get oily super fast).

This is my bare face. I have dark circle, large pores,
mild acne and some acne scare. It doesn't really show in the picture but irl, eww.

I applied cushion on left side of my face.
as you can see the left side of my face is brighter, this cushion did a good job on cover up my redness and acne scare.

My full makeup. as you can see that it doesn't cover large pore like very well, it definitely suits people with smaller pore better.

full makeup under the rain light.

I now have finished the first cushion and I am on the refill. Hopefully, I will finish it faster. I don’t like using it but I don’t want to just throw stuffs away either. I will try my best to finish it.

Conclusion:

-          Do I recommend it? Well, yes, if you don't have large pore and dry skin. And no for those who has large pore (i mean super large pore) but if you want to give it a try, okay, since it is pretty cheap.

-          Will I repurchase it? No, just no for cushion foundation.
k    Here's some final thought, I honestly don't think cushion is suitable for acne prone skin since we keep on pressing the product from the sponge direct, that way the bacteria on our face will transfer to the cushion and we will keep reapply to our face again and again which is a really bad idea for acne. 

-          How many stars do I give? 3 stars or maybe 4 stars if I had a good primer.