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: Wnw lust palette + reviews (Wnw, Revlon, Lucido-L)

Last week, Revlon had contacted me via email and wanted to give me some products, so I was like sure. When I received and opened the package, I instant knew I would love the more dramatic falsies (even though I haven't worn it yet). :) 

I've never tried Revlon's falsies, neither have I tried any brand of fake nails. I have yet to try on the fake nails once I give myself a manicure, so stay tuned for that post. 

Please excuse my ugly fingers :( Here I have applied Revlon's lash adhesive to the falsies they gave me. This is enough product to provide for a great application. It looks blue-ish when you put it on the falsies, but it dries clear... thin and clear. 

Today I bought a bunch of wnw products, two palettes, and five lipsticks in fact, and I wanted to test one of the palettes. After all, many are currently raving on them. I'm using the 6-color palette in lust. Most of its swatches have matte colors... which I find rather on the difficult side to blend :( or maybe it was because the brush I used to apply the purple was still damp from a cleaning... which explains why it's like that. :P Over all, it's a great and affordable ($4.99) palette found at your local drug store. Great color pay off. I think that Wnw has been stepping it up, ever since they came out with more pigmented nail polishes.  

So I tried Revlon's false eyelashes in 91168? (The less dramatic ones on picture above). On it's packaging it says "ultra lightweight" which I definitely agree on! I've never bought their falsies because I tend to go for the cheaper ones ($1 for the win!). I believe they cost $3.49, but they're really, really ultra lightweight so I might actually buy these. I've only seen them in certain drug stores... I think Walgreen's carries them. But what I loved best about these lashes is they're the perfect size for my eyes. ^_^

I went outside to eat dinner after putting on my make up (lol, I put make up when I get bored or have nothing else to do even though I have no destination to go to... people do it all the time!) and my grandma instantly noticed that my eyes appeared bigger. She complimented me on how she liked my make up, but really I think the cause of my bigger eyes were because of the falsies. I love these eyelashes, it's no wonder a lot of other bloggers love them too. I'm late when it comes to product wonders at times. 

Revlon falsies

Price: n/a (but I think they go for $3.49)
Product: 5/5 Ultra lightweight... an absolute love!
Packaging: 5/5

Wnw palette in lust
Price: 5/5 $4.99
Product: 5/5 Great color payoff.
Packaging: 4/5 because I think it could go without the make up applicators I never do use.

Now I'm going to review the Lucido-L hair curl lotion. It's always great to apply some sort of styling product to your hair before you curl it because a lot of times if you don't, your curls end up looking crisp. Always use a heat protectant though! It's supposed to create an "airy" (as its bottle says) curl, and it really does. I used Conair's 1" hair curler to curl my hair, scroll down for my results. The spray has a light scent that goes away in an instant. Keep in mind to set your curls with a hairspray because this product alone won't do that for you. I love Lucido-L hair products, I actually bought two other hair products (can't read them though... lol) when I went to Hong Kong and I had a great experience with them. Incidentally, I think Lucido-L is the female version of the popular male hair styling products under Gatsby... I THINK. 

Lucido-L hair curl lotion

Price: 5/5 $5.99

Product: 5/5 Smooth hair! Great!

Packaging: Along with the rest of the Samy hair care line, their packaging is colorful and eye-attracting.

(products not shown have been shown in previous posts) 

Products used
Foundation: MAC studio fix in NC44
Lips: Wnw matte lipstick in 915B
Eyeshadow base: UDPP and MAC paint pot in soft ocre
Eyelashes: Revlon falsies
Eyeliner: L'oreal lineur intense

(My cheekbones are highly defined, and a lot of times it seems like I've added contour to my face, but I didn't. :P I love exaggerating my cheeks by contouring it with Benefit's hoola bronzer, MAC blush in harmony, or MAC blush in blunt.)

Eyeshadows
Wnw palette in lust

Brows
Ardell brow liner in black
Jordana eye shadow in black

LOTD: Fashion Fair palette

This is actually my mom's palette that I decided to take because she doesn't use it anymore. She probably doesn't know it's even gone.

I've never heard of the brand Fashion Fair, but I know that she bought it at the Navy Exchange. It looks like a cheap, tacky make up palette that you would get for Christmas and would never want to use just because you know drug store make up serves with better purpose. However, I googled up the brand and apparently they sell it at Macy's for quite a bit.

The colors on this palette weren't ones that were vibrant enough to my liking, or colors that I would use in general... but I just wanted to play with it for fun.

Btw, I plucked my eyebrows so that when I fill them in they're pencil thin as viewed on the photos below, just the way I like them. 

Products used
Foundation: Sonia Kashuk tinted moisturizer that's too light for me
Lips: Fashion Fair palette (7)
Eyeshadow base: The All Natural Face oily lid primer in dark buff
Eyelashes: Loreal carbon black voluminous mascara
Eyeliner: Maybelline gel liner
Blush: Fashion Fair palette (6)

Eyeshadows
Fashion Fair palette (1): shimmery light pink for inner corner as well as highlight
Fashion Fair palette (2 + 3): In between inner corner and outer corner
Fashion Fair palette (4 + 5): Outer corner

Brows
Jordana e/s in black

LOTD + Review: Halloween look using a VS palette

I didn't have much time to get ready because I had gone to work on this day. I didn't really have an outfit either... so I had an hour to put on make up as well as cough up an outfit that portrayed a pirate. Initially, I had worn a red and white striped top and my sister goes, "What are you supposed to be? Wanda?" I think that's what she said... but I understood what she meant: the Waldo girl. But anyways...

This was the first palette I ever bought that wasn't from the drugstore. It's actually a limited edition palette from Victoria Secret, and I think I bought it about exactly a year ago. On the top of the over it says "Heidi Klam" and I have no clue who that is, but the palette's exterior caught my eye and I argued that it would be beneficial to the girl I was who lacked a decent eyeshadow palette.

I believe it costed $25 and it was worth it. My favorite colors are the shimmery champagne and matte black colors, of which are the only colors I used to achieve this look. Don't you just love what it's able to do? I know I do.

Products used
Foundation: MAC studio mist foundation in medium dark
Lips: MAC l/s in dubonnet
Eyeshadow base: UDPP, MAC paint pot in soft ocre
Eyelashes: Bestkine lashes in Y-15, Maybelline falsies mascara
Eyeliner: Smashbox gel liner in black
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen

Eyeshadows
VS palette: shimmery champagne for inner corner as well as highlight
VS palette: matte black for outercorner corner

Brows
MAC brow pencil in velvetone
NARS e/s in coconut grove


Price: 5/5 $25 Pricey, but it's wonderful, slim, and sleek exterior makes up for it. Great for an on-the-go make up piece.
Product: 5/5 Great for a basic dramatic smokey eye.
Packaging: 5/5 Love, love, love... :)



Do you girls have any must have make up palettes?

LOTD + Review: Urban Decay NYC palette

My second palette I bought. Heaven only knows how many I have yet to show you. Lol jk I have one more. Heeey, I needed to get my hands on a variety of eye shadow colors due to the fact that I don't have many other than my everyday/typical smokey eye look. This was the cheapest way to satisfy my cravings, by HOARDING up on palettes... yay.

Anyways, Urban Decay is known for having very pigmented and shimmery eyeshadows, and that's exactly what I got, except for a matte light black color. Needless to say, I love love love this palette. Although this palette has similar colors to my Too Faced palette, it's okay because that one was a bargain (calculations done on one of my recent posts). It came with two sample-sized pencils of its 24/7 glide-on eye pencils in Ransom and Zero, as well as a sample-sized bottle of Urban Decay's primer potion. Not bad for $54. It's a shame make up has just been pronounced as my newly-found hobby, I would have gotten the Alice in Wonderland palette after seeing numerous posts on tumblr.

Products used
Foundation: MAC face and body foundation in C5 applied with fingers
Powder: MAC select/sheer powder in NC40 applied with Prestige powder brush
Lips: Maybelline lipstick in nude blush
Eyeshadow base: UDPP
Eyelashes: Ebay
Eyeliner: Urban Decay 24/7 glide-on eye pencil in zero
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen

Eyeshadows
Urban Decay e/s:  maui wowie for inner corner applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush
Urban Decay e/s: first I applied suspect to the whole lid except for the inner corner until the brow bone, then applied smog over the same area creating a gradient effect (light brown to dark brown) applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush
Urban Decay e/s: perversion to add depth to my "gradient" applied with Image Essentials crease & smudge brush and blended out
Urban Decay e/s: midnight cowboy rides again for highlight applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush

Brows
WNW eyebrow pencil in black
Urban Decay e/s: perversion

LOTD + Review: Too Faced enchanted glamourland

I bought the Too Faced enchanted glamourland palette because since I'm on the search for my perfect primer, I thought it would be reasonable to get this palette to play around with the colors as well as indulge in a full-sized bottle of its shadow insurance as well as a wonderful, wonderful (full-sized) lip gloss. I really love love love the lip gloss because it complements my lip color quite well as well as giving me that plumping feeling which my lips just absolutely adore.

The shadows are very well pigmented and very easy to blend. There's a good variety of colors that would be great for prom make up application and events where you want your eyes to pop due to its metallic array of colors. For $49 dollars at Sephora, this palette is definitely worth it. After all, the full-sized bottles of shadow insurance and lip gloss are $18 and $19 respectively. Technically you're paying $12 for the eye shadows. Reasonable, right? Most definitely!

Viewer beware: a massive load of pictures are awaiting you. 

Products used
Foundation: Max Factor Lasting Performance Stay Put Makeup - Toasted Almond 
Lips: Too Faced lip gloss
Eyeshadow base: Too Faced shadow insurance + MAC paint pot in soft ocre
Eyelashes: Ebay
Eyeliner: Maybelline gel liner in black
Blush: Too Faced blush from palette
Contour: Too Faced bronzer color from palette

Eyeshadows
Too Faced e/s: ooh & aah for inner corner applied with NYX e/s brush
Too Faced e/s: exclusive storm for outer corner applied with NYX e/s brush
Too Faced e/s: stiletto to define outer color with Sonia Kashuk crease brush then for added depth applied with MAC 219 and blended out with MAC 217

Brows
WNW eyebrow pencil in black
Avon brow powder in black