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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Nail Polish Haul

The nail polishes I order have finally arrived yesterday and even though I know you guys have already seen these everywhere else I thought oh why not lets share it

The ones I got are L-R Orly Off with Her Red, Orly Galaxy Girl, Orly Space Cadet and Orly Iron Butterfly




These polishes are so pretty and I will definitely order more. I guess my promise to myself of not getting into polishes just went down the drain LOL

Anyway here is a swatch of Orly Space Cadet. This is what I have on my nails right now. I will show you all the swatches of the rest of the polishes when I get around to wearing them. Which gives me the idea of doing a NOTD or NOTW posts :D

Orly Space Cadet in natural light


Isnt that just so pretty



I ordered this polishes online at Digital Traincase . You can see the swatches of the nail polishes on that site so you guys can have an idea of what it will look like on your nails. The customer service is really good and the owner replies fast and accurately to inquires.

Digital Traincase also accepts orders for NYX cosmetics and the prices in this shop is the cheaper compared to the other online shops I know so thats a big plus. After I save up some money I will definitely be ordering there again

I forgot to add that the prices are posted in the albums so you wont need to ask the owner for them

Thursday, November 11, 2010

New Hair

Just last Tuesday I had my hair straightened and colored again. This time I went for a brighter red and I must say that I just love it
Sorry for the no make up face, I took this when I woke up. Sadly in this picture you cant really see the color of my hair but you can see the style of it



And I took this one with flash in hope you guys will see the color of my hair. It is seen a little bit more here but apparently the color of my hair cant be really shown that well on my camera at least

Green eyes

This is just a simple look I did when I went out with my friends last weekend







Products used
Face

MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2
NARS Deep throat

Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows
Red Earth eye perfection primer
MAC Moss scrape paintpot
Elianto Classic green eyeshadow on the lid
ELF Luxe pallete (dark green outer V)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2 (on the browbone as highlight)

Lips
NYX Round lipstick in Tea Rose
MAC splashing lipglass

Sunday, November 7, 2010

U-kiss Breaktime

I don't really think a lot of you know that I am into Jpop/Jrock (Japanense pop/rock) and Kpop (Korean pop) but I just wanted to share with you guys that I finally got my U-kiss Breaktime album and lightstick.

I was really excited when I got this, that I was literally shaking as I opened the album. The album itself was much bigger than I expected it to be but that just makes it even better.

I ordered the album and lightstick at Haechulkie shop around 2-3 weeks ago. The transaction went very smoothly and the products arrived safely. The album is 800php (estimately $18), the 10 inch lightstick is 400php (estimately $9) plus shipping the total would be 1,300php (estimately 29.50). This shop only accepts orders from Philippine buyers so international buyers would have to order somewhere else


Sunday, October 31, 2010

Nail art due to boredom

Well since its a holiday and I had nothing to do the past two days (a.k.a. I finally had time), I decided to do my nails. This is nothing special or planned I just went with the flow

Sorry this isnt exactly a good manicure because I am not that good yet with applying polish and doing small nail art design. Oh and that flower design on my pinky finger it just a nail art sticker

I actually took this shot as soon as my nails were dry enough for me to hold my cellphone

Thursday, October 28, 2010

LOTD: October 28, 2010

After not doing a look of the day for so long, I finally got to doing one again.
This look is a smokey brown look for daily wear. It's sexy without being too much









Products used
Face
MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2
NARS Deep throat blush

Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows, outer V and crease
Red Earth eye perfection primer
MAC Painterly paintpot
Any midtone warm brown eyeshadow
Any fleshtone highlighter
Any black eyeshadow (smudged on top of the black liner on the upper and lower lid)
Prestige waterproof pencil eyeliner in black
MAC Loud lash mascara

Lips
MAC Lychee Luxe liglass

Late Birthday Look

Ok so this is really late because my birthday was last week LOL
Anyway here is a simple but fun wearable (at least for me) look for work





Here is a close up of the eye look

Products used
Face

MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2
G-lish Gellato cheek treat 4

Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows
Red Earth Eye perfection primer
MAC Coral crepe paintpot
Elianto Shell pink eyeshadow (on the lid)
ELF eyeshadow quad in Luxe (dark green on the outer V and crease)
Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2 (on the browbone as highlight)
Prestige waterproof pencil eyeliner in black
MAC Loud lash mascara

Lips
MAC Strange potion lipglass

Sunday, October 17, 2010

MAC Venomous Villians haul, review and swatch

So I went to the release of the Venomous Villians yesterday at MAC Makati but sadly I couldnt stay for the workshop because I had something to do in the afternoon

So I got Wicked ways lipglass, Strange potion lipglass, Toxic tale lipstick, Resort life lipgelee, Brash and Bold pigment. I also got the Viva glam Gaga and Cyndi lipglass since they had it already


Still in the very nice packaging
From L-R Viva glam Cyndi, Viva glam Gaga, Wicked ways l/g, Strange potion l/g, Toxic tale l/s, Resort life lipgelee, Brash and Bold pigment
L-R Resort Life lipgelee, Wicked ways l/g, Strange potion l/g, Toxic Tale l/s

Resort life is a shimmery frosted lipgloss. When you put it on thickly, it like a champagne color but sheerly it just gives the lips a lot of glitter to it. It has purple pink silver and gold glitters in it
Wicked ways is a blue based cherry lipgloss. It goes on pretty dark on me but that might just be because of the natural color of my lips
Strange potion is a beautiful pinky coral that tones down the color of my lips nicely without making me look dead
Toxic tale lipstick is a really bright coral/orange lipstick. It goes on smooth but does stain the lips a little

L-R Resort Life lipgelee, Wicked ways l/g, Strange potion l/g, Toxic Tale l/s (with flash)

Brash and Bold pigment - is a very bright pink with a slight sheen to it
Sadly you cant really see it in the pics here
Brash and Bold pigment (with flash)


Top: Viva Glam Cyndi - is a very nice wearable coral. Its not as dark as the lipstick
Bottom: Viva Glam Gaga - this is a lot more creamier than the lipstick and more pale and less blue toned

I actually wanted to get the mineralized eyeshadows but sadly they were sold out already. Also I realized that I majorityly got lip products after I went to pay for them but thats ok LOL

LOTD: October 16, 2010

Ok I havent been here for a while so here is another LOTD. This the look I wore when I went to the launch of Venomous Villians here in the Philippines (there will be a seperate post about the things I got there)

This is a pretty simple bronze brown smokey look









Products used
Face

MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
G-lish Gellato cheek treat in 5
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2

Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows and the outer V
The Face Shop Real Secret perfect contour kit (the eye primer inside)
MAC Painterly paintpot
Elianto baked eyeshadow in Bronzey brown
Prestige waterproof pencil eyeliner in black
Etude House eyeshadow as a highlight
MAC Loud lash mascara

Lips
MAC Dressmaker Dressmaker lipstick
MAC Kumquat lipglass

Thursday, September 9, 2010

LOTD: September 9,2010

Today is another simple look because once again I am trying to getting used to putting on false lashes







Products used
Face
MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
NARS Deep Throat
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2

Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows
The Face Shop Real Secret perfect contour kit (the eye primer inside)
MAC Painterly paintpot
Soft midtone chocolate brown
Etude House Proof10 liquid eyeliner
The Face Shop false eyelashes XOS
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the browbone as highlight)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2 (on the browbone as highlight)

Lips
MAC Splashing lipglass

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

LOTD: Sept 8, 2010

I finally remembered to take a picture of my look before going out of the house.

I wanted this look to be simple because I wanted to try wearing false lashes outside of the house. I had a feeling that it would take me a while to do it properly. I did pretty well excet that false lashes on my left eye was not completely sticking to my lid but it wasnt really noticable unless I closed my eyes.








Products used
Face
MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
MAC blush ombre in Ripe Peach
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2

Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows
The Face Shop Real Secret perfect contour kit (the eye primer inside)
Elianto baked eyeshadow in Bronzy Brown
Etude House Proof10 liquid eyeliner
The Face Shop automatic eye pencil in white on the water line
The Face Shop false eyelashes XLH

Lips
G-lish mini lipgloss in #15

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

LOTD: Sept 7, 2010

Ok I told you guys that I would do daily looks of the day, apparently I cant do it daily cause there are times I feel way to lazy to put make up on like this Monday I didnt put on any make up hence no LOTD for that day. But anyway here is my LOTD for Tuesday

I took this after I got home, so my make up is not is the best condition even though I did retouch if before taking the pictures





Products used
Face
MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
NARS Deep throat blush
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2

Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows
Physicians Formula Organic wear eyeshadow duo in Hazel eyes
Prestige waterproof liner in black
MAC Loud lash mascara
Etude House matte skintone highlighter for the brows
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2 (on the brow bone as added highlight)

Lips
MAC Viva glam Cyndi lipstick

Review and Swatches: Physicians Formula Organic wear eyeshadow duo in Hazel eyes organics

Wow that is one long title LOL, ok enough of that. On with the review

I got this eyeshadow for 399php or around $9 at a store in mall near the place where I work. Aside from make up they sell perfumes, hair care, lotions, food, etc

The packaging on this is really cute and pretty. It's not like all those other eyeshadow duos. The packaging feels like it is made out of hard cardboard with clear plastic on top to protect the eyeshadow and its pretty sturdy but I am not sure how it will react when it gets wet (and I wont take that chance). I really love the leaf design all over the packaging as well as the eyeshadow itself. It's feminine but not overly so. I also like the clear plastic top because I can easily see the eyeshadow inside.






The eyeshadow duo itself has two colors, a frosty light pink shadow and a midtone chocolate brown with a satin finish. Both can be use seperately or together. The texture of both colors are smooth but the light pink side it not as creamy as the brown side.
When you touch the pink side, it feels hard but the brown side feels softer I guess, I cant really describe it properly

Both are easly to blend, the pink side takes a bit of build up on the lids if you dont use an eyeshadow base prior to applying it.

Here are the swatches of the product




As for the lasting power, the color stays on all day but it still creased on me after 7-8 hours which is pretty good since most shadows crease on me after 3-4 hours because I have hooded eyes. Take note that I used a base and eyeshadow primer before applying these shadows.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

LOTD: Sept 3, 2010

So to give my blog more updates, I decided to post my Looks of the Day since I now have a cellphone that can take pretty good pictures.

As you can see this is quite late because I forgot to upload this last friday. So anyway here was my look of the day last Friday. Its pretty simple cause I woke up later than expected and coulnd't do much that day


Products used
Face
MAC Studio Fix powder foundation in NC40
MAC Select moisture cover in NC30
MAC Studio finish concealer in NC30
NARS Deep throat blush
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the T-Zone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2
Eyes
Mary Kay eyeshadow in Espresso for the brows
Prestige waterproof liner in black
L'oreal Collagene mascara (waterproof) in black
The Face Shops automatic eyeliner pencil in white on the waterline
Rimmel Stay Matte pressed powder (on the lids up to the brow bone)
Laura Mercier Secret eye brightening powder 2 (on the brow bone as highlight)
Lips
MAC lipglass in True Babe

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Etude House Haul

Ok the day after I found out about Etude House in Festival Mall I went back there initially to get the shoes I bought changed since I got the wrong pair
I then went to Etude House and decided to buy some polishes. I had a mini budget of 500 php (around $10) so I could get the Pink Membership card there. I actually nearly went to 1,000 php (about $20) because the polishes looked so pretty and I got a couple of eyeshadows as well. Whats funny about that experience is that I had a list of things I wanted to buy before I even payed for the things I got.

Here are the pics of the haul
The really cute packaging
What was inside the bag.
L-R: Nail art pen in red, Frech manicure polishes in white and black (I use these for nail art instead but they do work nicely when you want a french tip), silver nail polis, mauve pink nail polish, top coat and base coat. Eyeshadows in orange and nude
I dont really have the names of the colors because they are in Korean and I cant read Korean yet
Here is the pink membership card but for some reason it turned orange on my cam. The shade of pink of this card is the same the the packaging of Etude House
The free Lee Min-Ho folder I got for my purchase and the info paper about the Pink Membership card which is also pink XD
Then after that I remembered that I wanted to buy some Sally Hansen base/top coat. I got there for a buy one take one promo. Kinda feel stupid though cause I about a base and top coat at Etude House before I got these. I forgot I was planning on buying these
This has nothing to do with the haul since I got this the day before this haul but I just remembered I got this card because of the Pink Membership card from Etude. I got this since this can get me points from the MAC stores here since Rustans is the distributor of MAC here.
I'm going to post some looks after this and a little nail art I did as well

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Diversity

I suddenly had this thought after reading my friends blog here http://chenachen.blogspot.com/2010/03/kamotetv-shooting-ikemen-henshins-sm.html

I thought "Oooooh I wanna blog about things like that too" but when I made this blog for the first time I decided that I would just blog about things that I think are important or at least something that wont be considered as spamming but when I did that I could barely blog cause not everything in my life is exciting to others or I just plan forget.

After that when I got into make up I thought I why not make my blog a beauty blog but then that takes a lot of time and money to do that. I also wanted to blog about my life in general now because of what Chena said, that I can blog about anything even if they seem a bit out of the blue. So if I did that this blog would be a mix of all my interest making this place seem chaotic but then I thought "Why not, it just shows that I am intested in quite a few things".

So starting now I'll blog about make up, photography, cosplay, my friends, etc. Anything that would just interest me that I would like to share with everyone. Hence the title of this entry as well the my blog title in Livejournal. I will be only doing this here and in my Livejournal account.

I really had a lot more to say but somewhere while typing this it got lost. So thats it for now cause my head is starting to ache and I need some sleep

Till the next time (which will hopefully be soon)

Etude House YAY

Today we went to Festival to buy some foundation and shoes for our graduation. So we went to Robinsons since I had to find a nice pair of shoes that are cheap (altough I do have to return them since I got the wrong style -_-). After buying some shoes we decided to go home already since it was getting pretty late and a few steps out of Robinson I saw Etude House. I was surprised since I wasnt expecting it at all, I immediately ran over there. Really I did, the ones who were with me were surprised that I ran and they thought I just saw a cute guy XD LOL

I was so happy that we have an Etude House that is more accessible. I didnt really get anything since I didnt have much money anymore but I am planning on buying some of their nail art polishes that I played with while at the store. Now I must save up money to get those and a few more products. ^____________^

Its located at the 2nd floor of Festival mall near Robinsons

Monday, March 15, 2010

Swatches: NYX lipsticks and Elianto eyeshadows

Here are the swatches of the NYX lipsticks and Elianto eyeshadows I got from my last haul. Tea Rose was not from my last haul but I decided to put up a swatch of it anyway. Hope you guys enjoy

NYX round lipstick are really creamy and feels so nice on the lips. They definitely dont dry out your lips and I love that about these lipsticks

Bruised: A really deep burned purple brown


Chloe: Fushcia with blue sparkles


Fire: A really bright pink that looks like a bright red


Iris: Sheer nude with lots of gold spakles


Tea Rose: Pinkish mauve
I had to apply Iris quite a few times to have it show up on my skin since its really sheer
Plush red lipliner
Pinky lipliner
Sorry for the blurry picture
Elianto Eyeshadows are pretty good for the price but you have to pack them a bit to get the best results and you really have to use a base for these. These eyeshadows have a soft texture and they arent chalky at all. They have a lot of matte eyeshadows the first time I look and I am looking forward to trying more of them.
Olive green is not completely matte, it has a small amount of gold sparkes in it while Golden yellow is completely matte but it wasnt hard to blend.