Old EOTD

This was an old look I did before I went on my trip. I was going to post it before but didn't had time to... so since I still had it on my camera, I figured I might as well still post it up.

I don't remember all the products I used... but the main eyeshadows were mostly all from my Urban Decay NYC Book Of Shadows Vol. 3 - which was a limited edition product! However, a lot of UD shadows are duplicates of what they already sell individually, or repeats in other palettes they have... not to mention, there's a lot of other similar colors you can use to create this look if you wanted to :)

 From what I can remember, I used:

Maui Wowie in the inner corners

Suspect all over the lids blending up to crease

Smog on lids blending into Suspect

24/7 eye pencil in Zero

 Perversion to set the liner

Simple face make up... I don't rmb what I used lol. Sorrry! Hope ya like this easy neutral look anyway :)

xoxo

ELF: HAUL. REVIEW. FOTD.

Girlfriends and I did a lil ELF haulage together so we split the shipping cost which I recommened you all to do because it's more fun and better that way :P

I didn't get as much as last time simply because there wasn't anything I really wanted. But what I did get, I like a lot :)

 EYES:

Brightening Eye Color Quad in "Drama" - $1

I was afraid that the matte white would come off too chalky but once applied, it's actually really nice and smooth looking.

The two silver/charcoal has silver flecks of glitter in it... it reminds me of the Urban Decay glittery shadows. If you have any of it, you would know that when you apply it, the glitters doesnt necessarily even stick to your lids but flies all over your face.... however the ELF shadows, isn't as bad. It's actually really pretty when you pat it on.

The black shadow has little shimmers in it, it's really nice.

All shades aren't silky smooth when swatched but the color payoff is actually fantastic for $1. I wore it all day with a base (Two Faced Shadow Insurance)  underneath and it barely creased at all! It's fairly pigmented, however the black is probably the most pigmented from the rest. The light silver would be the least. Nicely blendable as well!

If you're on a budget, I think this is a great quad to try out for a smoky eye!

Defining Eye Brush - $1


It's an angle brush, flufflier than an angled eyeliner brush but thin enough to do some nice shading for cut creasing or outer V's.

(I don't know why blogger rotated the picture on it's own. If you know, can you tell me why cuz it's effing annoying!)

FACE:

STUDIO LINE BLUSHES - $3
I'm the biggest blush whore.

"Tickled Pink" 

 "Peachy Keen"

I absolutely loooove these shades. My only issue is that it's really subtle so I have to really pack it on... since I'm such a big blush whore, I never know when to stop hahahaha!!! JK, I'm no clown! But as you can tell in the swatches, it not super pigmented, I had to really layer it to get a decent swatch.

However, the colors are super adorable. I love them both - I haven't tried Peachy Keen on my face yet, I'm a little worried because I'm not sure if it will show up... I think if you're really fair, this color would look beautiful on!

FOTD:

Feat. Brightening Eye Color in "Drama"

Studio Blush in "Tickled Pink"

Defining Eye Brush

The lighting is horrible, I know - Sorry! My blackberry flash is a spazz and so it's hard to get proper lighting. >__< But I don't like pictures on my camera either... 

Anyways, hopefully this helped in some way and you enjoyed it :)

xoxo

St. Patrick's Day

I figured this was a good time for me to finally use some color in my life LOL. Since it was St Patrick's Day, I decided I wanted to do a green look using my Urban Decay NYC Book Of Shadows Vol. 3!

I wasn't planning on celebrating... I really don't care about the holiday... I don't even know what the holiday celebrates.......... irish leprechauns and four leaf clovers? LOL... I just went out to run some errands and hung out with a friend...

 

I used both greens in this palette. I had KUSH on the center of my lids and then LOADED on the outer corner.

 STILA - "Lame" (accent on the E)

Applied to the inner corner/lids

 MAYBELLINE ExpertWear Quad - "Chai Latte"

I used the "LID" (upper left) as my transitioning color above my creaseand the "BROW" (bottom left) as my browbone/hightlight!

LOREAL Lineur Intense Liquid Eyeliner (on lashline)

URBAN DECAY 24/7 Glide On Eyepencil in Zero (tightline)

ARDELL 120 Demi Lashes

CHEEKS:

NYC Bronzer in Sunny

ELF Blush in Candid Coral

LIPS:

REVLON Lipstick in Soft Nude

Urban Decay Lipgloss in Midnight Cowboy

Hope you guys liked :)

xoxo

Back in the motherland :(

Hello! Yes I am back. California was fun. To sum it all up, here's a video of my trip. It's very boring. I only filmed once lol.... but better than nothing :)

Boyfriend and I are also in Jason Chen aka miniachilles' video on youtube as well :) 

Lots of hanging out, lots of food, lots of fun in the sun. I had an amazing time all thanks to the sweetest guy in the whole world - Hanh. But most of all, I was just happy being able to be with him again. :) <3

Anyways, I'm back in the cold with the polar bears. :(

Thanks for all the comments on my last post and especially for being patient with me! 

xoxo

Blog ya'll later!

I know I said I would try to do a blog post everyday up until the day I leave for California... butttt, I had a lot of things to do before and I've been too tired... SORRY. I'll catch up when I get back! But for now...

*BLOG PAUSE*

So I'm off to Sunny California for 2 weeks! I probably won't be updating or anything simply because I want to enjoy my fun in the sun with the boyfriend. So I'm telling you all ahead of time instead of neglecting my blog like usual. LOL

SUPER DUPER big thank you to Hanh, (www.hanhchampion.blogspot.com) for surprising me with this amazing Valentine's Day gift. Not only do I get to reunite with him but I get to finally go to California for the first time!!!!

YES, FIRST TIME! I've been wanting to go ever since I could remember. :D

Isn't he the cutest ^___^V 

I feel absolutely so lucky to have someone like him I can call my boyfriend. :)

Hopefully the weather is good and not rainy... Being in Vancouver, I get enough of rain and cold. I WANNA GET AWAY!!!! Lately it's been kinda on and off apparently *fingers crossed*. 

Anyways, blog ya'll later!

xoxo

Wet N Wild Color Icon Palette Review/Swatches/EOTD

After watching Xteeener on youtube do a look on this palette, I really wanted to get it! They didn't carry it in Canada at the time, and while I was in the States, it was all sold out! So after awhile, I finally got a hold of it! YAY

Wet N Wild Color Icon Palette in  

LUST

 

Starting from left to right:

Pale Pink (matte), Creme-White with Silver Glitter (matte/"glittery")

Magenta Purple (matte), Gunmetal Silver (shimmery)

Deep Plum Purple (matte), Black with Purple Shimmers/Glitter flecks

So basically it has 3 matte shadows, and 3 "shimmery" shadows. The Creme-White with Silver Glitter, is a matte color, the glitter can be blended away once applied with a brush, however some of the glitter will stay still show up.

The Black w/ Purple shimmers is a perfect dupe for MAC's Beauty Marked.

- without flash -

- with flash -

Excuse the mirrored images, I forgot to flip it and I'm lazy :)

These colors are all SUPER pigmented. I didn't apply any base, and the swatches on my arm were all ONE swipe from the swatches on my fingers.

I applied a base on the days I wore it out, and I had no creasing at all. The shadows stayed on super well and pigmented. 

They're very smooth, easy to blend. However it can be a little powdery so you have to be careful and tap off the excess.

For the price of the pigmentation payoff you get, I think this palette is wonderful!

EOTD:

I used all the shadows in the palette. 

Gunmetal Silver on the lids

Pale Pink on the crease blending it into the Gunmetal Silver

Magenta Purple on the outer corner

Deep Plum Purple on the outer "v" and lower lashline

Creme-White as the highlight/browbone

Black with Purple Shimmers on the upper outer lashline, into the outer "v" just a tad and lower lashline

Lashes are criss-crossed ones doubled from Daiso

Cheeks: The Balm - Downboy Blush

Rimmel - Sun Queen Bronzer

Lips: MAC - Speed Dial

I didn't like how it looked so afterwards, I wore Revlon - Soft Nude lipstick

Hope you enjoyed the eotd and swatches/review! :) I'm trying my best to make a post everyday until my trip but I've been busy and tired by the end of the night :(

xoxo

Best Make-Up Wipes EVER.

I've tried a few make-up cleansing wipes in the past - from Olay to ELF to MAC to a generic brand from the drugstore/supermarket. 

However, I never found one I really liked so I usually always stayed away from them because I felt like they still somewhat left behind a dirty feeling on my face... but the main issue I had was that either straight up they'll burn the crap out of my eyeballs or slowly eventually start to. They are great for those lazy days I suppose, but that's why instead of the wipes, I started to use my Lancome Eau Fraiche Douceur (mentioned in my skincare post) as a subsitution to make-up cleansing wipes.

SIDETRACK: 

By the way, I might as well just throw it in here, that the cotton pads I use for my make-up removers, toner, nail polish remover... are by Daiso and these literally are the best cotton pads EVER. They don't shed, so nothing gets left behind on your face, nails, etc. No fuzzies!!!

150 cotton padsfor for $2/pack. 

It doesn't get any better than that. EXCELLENT quality, it's tough and does a fantastic job at removing stuff off your face/nails/etc. WAY better than any/all of the drugstore cotton pads I've tried.

BACK ON TRACK:

Anyways so the Lancome Eau Fraiche Douceur, if you were too lazy to check out my skincare post.. it's basically a cleansing water... like make-up wipes, but in liquid form - therefore I use those awesome cotton pads above lol. I started to feel like it didn't really do that great of a job to really take off my make-up. I mean it did, but I don't know... I just wasn't feeling it anymore so I decided to try out these wipes I've been wanting to try for a long time because it's been hyped by a lot of people.

Neutrogena's 

All-in-One Make-Up Removing Cleansing Wipes

I was going to show you guys how much make up it really takes off but I thought - wait... would people really wanna see the mess I made on my face all smeared looking like crap on a wipe? So I decided not to post it. LOL

They DON'T burn my eyeballs!!!!!!!!!!! Not yet anyways.. -_____-

They're gentle, removes everything - including mascara! But if I am wearing heavy mascara, I'll still use my Lancome Bi-Facil Eye Make-Up Remover, to prevent a lot of rubbing I'd have to do. However I was wearing a layer of WATERPROOF mascara and it was able to remove it!

It removes the make-up pretty quickly, couple of swipes and I'm done!
*There is a slight residue left on the skin - that's when I go in with my toner to remove extra dirt/make-up that could've been left behind, followed by my moisturizer.

They get the job done. Not much else I can say about it but that I'm impressed it hasn't burn my eyeballs yet... then again it could be those slow deaths............

One more thing!

I got a new lipstick! :D

MAC - Cremesheen Lipstick in Speed Dial

I believe this will be my new everyday pink lipstick. I haven't tried it out on the lips yet but I really like the color/swatch I did in the store.

By the way, I tweeted about this already but I effing hate MAC's receipts. They're the shittiest looking receipts ever. My grocery store seriously gives out way nicer looking receipts. I don't understand why MAC won't invest in a nicer quality receipt...... How many times did I just say receipt? (*count*)

LOL.

xoxo

Brown Smoky Eyes

I've been wearing this look a lot. I got inspired by my girl, Sylvia, beautycakez on YouTube. It's mainly layered browns and a black on the outer corner to smoke it out. And a neutral skintone/champagne, to brighten up the look. These were the best pictures... its on my BB so the lighting was kinda crap that day. Tried my best to edit them.

Not too pleased with how the pictures turned out, it looked better in person I promise lol.

Anyways, it looks better in a full face shot so, here it is.

Since I've been wearing this look a lot, I've been using a lot of different brands/shades of browns. So on the day I took this picture, I used a shimmery brown. But on other days, I decided I liked a matte brown more for the look. 

However the concept of shadow placement is still the same, with the black on the outer corner and a light shadow on the inner corners. Sometimes I'd would apply the shimmery champagne color on the middle of my eyeball to give it that 3D highlight effect.

Anyways, here is the video I was inspired by. Please check her out, she's my girrrrl. <3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL-9SY-aaCc

Inspired, not trying to recreate it exactly... our eyes are different anyways. :)

GUESS WHAT!

I'm going to California next week, thanks to my amazing boyfriend who surprised me with a ticket for Valentine's day! BIG SWEETHEART RIGHT? I know, I'm a lucky girl. ^___^

So I'll try my bestest to update... if not, well, you'll know why I am lacking the updates major.

I'm pretty busy next week, so I'll try my best. Maybe I'll do some EOTD or something. I don't know... but follow me on twitter... I update like crazy and you can really get to know me there :) 

xoxo

Tiny Collective Haul

I know I've been away - again. So I thought I'd share a few things I got... not all on the same day. And it's not a lot but I thought I'd just share anyways :)

Shiseido Water In Lip Chapstick

- So far, so good. No scent, I like it just because it's asian to be honest lol.

Lip Ice Chapstick [Apple]

- It smells so good, has a slight menthol refreshing feel on the lips. My friend was raving about this so I thought I'd give it a try

DUO Lashglue [Darktone]

- Needed a back up. Decided to get it from Sephora for $10 since the tiny tube in the drugstores is NOT cheap and I'm only paying a couple of bucks more for more product AND if anything was to happen to it, I can return it and they'll replace it for me. If you followed me on twitter, I tweeted about how the thing snapped off with the cap... -_____- >>> http://twitpic.com/3nwpbi and yes, it happened twice and both times when it was pretty NEW too! GRRRR!!!! The only thing about the bigger tube I dont like is that the hole to squeeze the product out is bigger, so it sometimes poops out >_<

 My Beauty Diary Masks [Strawberry Yogurt, Black Pearl]

- You all know I loooove strawberry yogurt! And I've been wanting to try black pearl for awhile so yay.

Wet n Wild Color Icon Single Shadows [Brulee, Nutty]

- I heard great things about these shadows. I wanted "Brulee" because it looked like a good dupe for one of my fave shadows from MAC which coincidently (or is it) is also called "Brule". 

And you all know how much I love my taupes which "Nutty" is a beautiful taupe color!

And they are very pigmented, especially "Nutty" - super impressed & cheap!

Wet N Wild Color Icon 6 Shadow Palette [LUST]

- I picked this up because of xteeener! I love the colors. The bottom right color looks like a dupe for MAC's "Beauty Marked" which is another favourite of mine.

ViVi Magazine

- I love ViVi. ^___^

Yes, teeny tiny collective haul, hope it was still interesting :) 

Thanks to all my new followers - HELLO!!! Hope you all are enjoying my posts!

I always read and reply back to my comments so don't be shy! <3

xoxo