LOTD: smokey eyes using MAC pigment

Working with loose pigments is my least bit favorite thing about make up because it's just such a mess. It also takes practice so don't give up on them because the color pay-off is wonderful. I've tried a bunch of mineral make up such as Bare Minerals and All Natural Face and they're good products but I don't catch myself reaching for them... at all, but if I do it's usually for highlighting underneath my eyebrows.

In these pictures, I'm using my new Canon camera that catches every megapixel of my face really well. How lame, because as you can all see, in existence within the photos are my pores that make me self-conscious! But I'm flawed and I know that, so my self-esteem isn't so low. :)

We had attended a wedding reception for Dustin's aunt... so... honestly, this is the first look in a while where I had a reason to get dolled up. Lol! 

My generic Conair hair curler stopped working, kinda and what a day to not cooperate. It did a decent job though, and of course I got that replaced. :)

Products used

Foundation: MAC studio fix in NC44 set with Coty Airspun loose face powder in translucent

Concealer: Kat Von D concealer in almond

Lips: MAC l/s in spirit, glossed with Too Faced glamour gloss in pillowtalk

Eyeshadow base: MAC paint pot in bare study. I was in a rush and had forgotten to put on UDPP or TFSI! It's alright though because I was in an air-conditioned setting and it was just for a few hours.Eyelashes: Red Cherry lashes... sorry I forgot the number, but they're not as dramatic. Eyeliner: Smashbox jet set gel linerBlush and contour: MAC blush in harmony, MAC blush in desert rose, and MSF (MAC skin finish) in soft and gentle for face highlight. 

Eyeshadows 

MAC pigment: naked

MAC e/s: carbon

Stila e/s: white eyeshadow to highlight. Sorry but I don't know any of the names for my Stila eyeshadows. 

Brows

MAC paint pot in quite natural 

Jordana color effects eye shadow in total black out

LOTD: dazzlelights + carbon & new hair cut!

On Friday I went to pick up my new point and shoot camera that shoots HD video. I've been wanting to make youtube videos but my Sony point and shoot takes the smallest videos (320x240!!!) and my dSLR is too heavy and takes too much memory. So I went and got a Canon one although I haven't tested it out, and because I didn't have a chance to try out my new eyeshadows, I created this look:

Products used
Foundation: MAC studio fix in NC44 set with Coty airspun loose face powder in translucent
Concealer: Kat Von D concealer in almond
Lips: MAC l/s in spirit
Eyeshadow base: Too Faced shadow insurance and MAC paint pot in bare study
Eyelashes: Maybelline one by one mascara in black. I really don't like this mascara because it doesn't hold the curl as much as I'd like it to, although I do like the way it thickens. I just lost my trusty Maybelline falsies mascara, I hope I find it soon, but just in case I don't I already went to my neighborhood drugstore to replace it.
Eyeliner: Smashbox jet set gel liner
Blush and contour: MAC blush in harmony


Eyeshadows
MAC e/s: dazzle lights
MAC e/s: mystery
MAC e/s: carbon
Stila e/s: white eyeshadow to highlight. Sorry but I don't know any of the names for my Stila eyeshadows.

Brows
MAC paint pot in quite natural
Jordana color effects eye shadow in total black out

Incidentally, I got a new hair cut to get rid of my split ends and get rid of the tremendous amount of layers that I had from the same haircut over and over and over again. I also colored my hair but might be coloring it back to black or dark brown soon.


In other news, I'm irritated at the fact that a few days ago I had re-done my tag list and because it just had to be during the time when blogger was having issues so it got reverted back to the old tags. That was a waste of time...

LOTD: Smokey eye using Stila products :)

Okay, the term "smokey eye" in my title is getting a bit over used and over rated which means it will soon be time to be a bit more creative when it comes to titles, lol.

I wanted to create a matte and more natural yet still dramatic kind of smokey eye using some of my never before seen make up (on my blog of course). The eyeshadows on this post and my previous Stila post conclude my Stila eyeshadow collection but I'm thinking of getting two more singles just to fill up my palette. 

My sister brought to my attention that I don't match with brown eyebrows, lol. But I was seriously too lazy to get up and grab my favorite Jordana eyeshadow in black just to fill in my eyebrows. It's fine though, brown eyebrows are better than no eyebrows. Btw do you see the progress I've made in 2-3 weeks. Not bad at all, but as you can see, my follicles are super, super, super, thin. :( I can't express that enough. 

Products used (refer to #s in above picture)
Foundation: MAC studio fix in NC44
Concealer: Kat Von D concealer in almond
Lips: #6
Eyeshadow base: Too Faced shadow insurance
Eyelashes: Stila multi effect mascara
Eyeliner: Stila smudge pot in black.
Blush and contour: I forgot to number it but I used the brown and pink color in my 6 color Stila palette.

Eyeshadows
#s 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Brows
#s 4 and 5

Review: Stila talking palettes

Hi all, I hope that you're having a lovely year-end. I was up last night feeling bored and tired at home and while thinking of what to do. I decided to post a beauty blog. :) I attempted to swatch out some colors, but being that I didn't do it before I was unprepared and realized four swatches later that I had run out of fingers and didn't want to gather up a few cleaning utensils. I must say, that even without swatches, the photographs below are pretty true to color and true to swatch depending on whether or not you use a base (MAC paint pots are the best!). 

Next to MAC eyeshadows, I love Stila eyeshadows because they're quite pigmented and great for on the go type of looks since I can literally take these palettes to go. They're quite pricey at $40 a pop, but this stuff lasts forever and sometimes you can find them while on sale or discounted with some sort of reward card or coupon code. They're very pigmented, and the colors are very workable for an everyday use ranging from matte to shimmers in most palettes.

I remember my aunty having the Barbie themed palette about two years ago when we vacationed in Davao, Philippines. I fell in love with it too, particularly with purple because I find that purple eyeshadows are one of the easiest colors to use.

However, even though they're great at being on the go items, I do want to depot them and put them into a palette because I'm hardly ever the type to apply make up outside of my vanity (which is my whole room lol).

Price: 4/5 $40
Product: 5/5 Great colors, pigmented, easy to blend.
Packaging: 4/5 I'd rather its packaging be made out of plastic than paper, but tg it's got a magnetic closure.

 Starlet by night

 The complete classic look

 Purrfect eyes

 Smoky eye

LOTD: purrfect eyes + trolley ride

I am officially on vacation mode, kind of. After all, now that school is over I'm working full time... which sucks but I need the money. 

I don't know if you can tell much, but my eyebrows are growing. See how super thin they are, and how much it wouldn't matter if I plucked them or not. Up close, like 6 inches to my face it's pretty noticeable, but confrontation at that sort of level seldom ever happens. 

I am totally loving my lashes, because they complement my Asian eyes well. I'm sorry but I do not know what brand they are, but if you look through my previous posts, it was a 2-pack one in a haul with a few of my Missha falsies. 

I kind of forgot what I used, but it was my typical foundation routine with the use of one of Stila's talking palettes, "purrfect eyes." 

I didn't do a great job of showcasing the trolley ride in the pictures to come. But basically, it's what I think is to be the new annual tradition of my boyfriend's family - riding a trolley that takes us on a route around Ala Moana and down town, singing Christmas songs, greeting pedestrians, and spectating at the aurora of city lights that bring an inch of Christmas spirit into Hawaii. I sure do wish it snowed here, then it'd be perfect. Or if not, be at least cold to the point where we can see our breathe, giving me a legit enough reason to wear cute pea coats/trench coats. One day, one day... 

Dustin said the lights were pretty in the background (picture above).

My boyfriend looks awfully tired, and that was the exact reason he didn't want to camera whore with me on such a perfect and festive moment where we both planned job to wear red. Luckily I got him smiling in a decent picture. 

Gosh, my the fatness of my cheeks fluctuate on a monthly basis during that time of the month, and so do my arms. When it's time for my menstrual period, my arms are pretty stick thin an look a bit more toned. Haha. 

This would have been a nice picture if he didn't stick those darn middle fingers out. I didn't even want to smile after that. -_-

LOTD: Purple!

Lol I can never think of any catchy titles for my lotd's. T_T 

 

Products used
Foundation: MAC pro longwear foundation in NC42 set with MAC MSF in medium dark
Lips: Revlon mauve it over and Too Faced glamour glass in pillow talk
Eyeshadow base: UDPP and MAC paint in bare canvas
Eyelashes: Maybelline falsies
Eyeliner: Smashbox gel liner
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen
Contour: MAC blush in harmony

Eyeshadows
UD NYC palette in midnight cowboy rides again for inner corner
UD NYC palette in last call for center of eyelid
UD NYC palette in psychedelic sister to provide a transition color for the black
UD NYC palette in perversion to add definition
For highlight I used a random matte beige eyeshadow

Brows
WNW brow pencil in charcoal
Illamasqua eye brow cake in vehement

LOTD: blue and black

Products used
Foundation: MAC pro longwear foundation in NC42
Lips: Body & Soul in Starlet and Korres Lip Butter Glaze in raspberry
Eyeshadow base: UDPP and MAC paint pot in soft ocre
Eyelashes: falsies
Eyeliner: Smashbox gel liner
Contour: MAC blush in harmony

Eyeshadows
MAC pigment in naked for inner corner
CS 88 palette: two shadows of turquoise
CS 88 palette: black
For highlight I used NYX eyeshadow base in skin tone

Brows
MAC eyebrow pencil in velvetone
Jordana e/s in black