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Everyday Makeup Staples
Monday, 18 January 2016 | 0 comments


Hi cuties,

Today I'm going to talk about my everyday makeup staples.  These are some of the products I've been using every day on my face and most of these are HG worthy!

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion in Original
This is probably my holy grail primer.  I've used the Too Faced version which was comparable, but I find UDPP makes my eyeshadows more vibrant and the formula is less oily.  I have to use this every time I use eyeshadow or liner on my eye.  It makes everything stay put on my eyes all day and night.

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara/The Falsies Volume Mascara
I only use one mascara at a time, and therefore I was using Lash Sensational at the time, which was a nice mascara. It lengthened and fanned out my lashes well.  My HG is The Falsies.  It makes my lashes look full, long, and keeps them curled.

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles in Fair
Everyone and their moms love this concealer.  I like this for concealing but most of all, highlighting my face.  It's a light formula so it does not cake up, however it does not have the fullest coverage out there so keep that in mind.  I love using this for light makeup days as well.

The Face Shop Lovely me:ex Design My Eyebow in 03 Black Brown
I really like this eyebrow pencil and I go back to it time and time again.  It formula is not too soft but not too hard so it's easy to fill in my brows to make them full and as light or dark as I want.  It's a twist-up pencil with an angle so it's easy to use and it comes with a spooly brush on the end for blending and combing.

Physicians Formula Eye Booster Liquid Eyeliner in Ultra Black
This is my favourite drugstore liquid liner because it's super black and it has a brush tip.  It's the most similar to my favourite DollyWink liquid eyeliner for a slightly cheaper price.  I can't tell you if the lash boosting claim actually works though.

The Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer 
I love this brozer because it's a neutral to cool toned brown unlike most bronzers which makes it ideal for cool toned people like me and also doubles up well for contour.

The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer
This is my favourite highlighter that I own.  It's a champagne colour that makes you glow like it's nobodies business.  I love this especially for a nose highlight.  The product is not glittery, slightly shimmery but overall just gives the perfect glow to the skin.  It's worth the money.




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Snowvember
Friday, 21 November 2014 | 0 comments
Hi there, cuties!

Long time no post.  Between balancing my projects and spending quality time with my boyfriend, I find myself show on blogging time.  My semester ends in about two weeks so I'll have plenty of time after that to focus on my blog!  Of course, I'm always active on social media so you know I'm not actually dead :)

So something exciting that happened last month was that I got to have Thanksgiving dinner with my boyfriend's family! It's my first time having an actual Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz.  I have to say, the food was amazingly delicious.  It was also my first time meeting the whole family.  They were all very nice and welcoming.



Zack ended up going to the Cirque du Soleil show and brought me back some goodies.  As someone who appreciates design and steampunk, I thoroughly enjoyed these.
 

There was also a guest speaker at school that did a whole 2 hour presentation about paper...  To be honest, I was falling asleep through the whole thing (that class is from 5-9pm, okay?!)  At least we got a bunch of freebees at the end.  The thing I was most excited about was the issue of Applied Arts.  I love this magazine but it's $15 a pop!  It's definitely not one that I can afford to buy every issue of so it's always exciting when I get a free copy.


 Katsu's birthday happened and my cousin had a small gathering.  The dress code was "all black everything". Clearly I forgot my black scarf.




Something makeup related- I was running low on eyeshadow primer so I went and bought my old friend Urban Decay Primer Potion.  Ah yes, a cult favourite.  I was using Too Faced Shadow Insurance before this for a very good while, and before that, I had the old version of UDPP (you know, the one in the potion bottle with the wand).  The reason I strayed away from UDPP was because upon the first week of using it, I developed an allergic reaction to it.  My eyelids got all red and swollen, and towards the end of the week, the skin started peeling.  I was pretty sure its the primer that was doing it but being the silly girl I am, I trucked on and continued to use it because hello, this stuff is pricey (even though Sephora has a pretty darn good return policy which I wasn't aware of back then).  So after a month of using it, I guess my eyes got use to it and I no longer got reactions.

After finishing that bottle, I attempted to try TFSI because those two are the top primers in the makeup world.  I liked it.  It did it's job and it's a little more oily than UDPP which didn't help or bother me.  Now that I've finished TFSI, I repurchased UDPP to see if I would go through the whole process again.  To my surprise, no reaction!  And I have to say, after using TFSI and UDPP, it seems to me like UDPP actually makes my eyeshadows slightly more vibrant.  I noticed it with my purple shadows when I applied it all over my lid.  Maybe that's just me but I'm very happy to be back with UDPP.  And can I just say, I'm soooooo glad they changed the packaging to a squeeze tube.


Here's my Halloween costume.  I was Alice three-four years ago and I thought I'd bring it back.  Although I do wish I had kept my blonde until Halloween was over just to complete the look.


Flower cosmetics finally came to Canada.  I picked up the stick foundation in a darker shade for a on-the-go contour and the cream shadow in Orchid-ing Around.  Both products are just okay.  I wish the stick foundation came in a more cool-toned shade, and I wish the cream shadow didn't sheer out so much.  The texture is so bizarre and not what I was expecting.  I wish both products were more long lasting, even with primer and powder.


Red cups are back at Starbucks!  It's so exciting, isn't it?  Winter drinks are back which means my favourite Peppermint Mocha is back (although I'm a rebel and have been ordering it before red cups came back).  Starbucks also came out with their new holiday collection of cups and tumblers and I must say that I'm liking the designs.  I really want to pick one up but I already have one that works just fine :\  Not sure if I can justify being a new one.



The Mabelline Matte lipsticks are finally making their way to Canadian shelves!  I've been checking the drugstores every single week and it looks like Walmart are the first to carry them.  We don't have a really large selection of colours so I'm waiting it out a little longer to see if they'll restock.


Other than that, I haven't been up to much.  It's mostly just school and spending time with my boyfriend.  I seem to disappear from social media when I'm around him because I put all my focus and attention on him :) 

Oh, and I'm working on two wishlists: a makeup one and a fashion one, so look out for those coming in a couple of days!



















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Etude House Goodbye Pore Ever Primer review
Monday, 6 May 2013 | 0 comments
Here's the follow-up review for the two primers I got in my Korean Haul.  Today I'm gonna be reviewing Etude House's Goodbye Pore Ever Primer! At the end, I'm going to be comparing the two primers and tell you which one I like the best and why.  If you didn't read the other review, it's right here.




To start off, it's in a tube that contains 20ml of product, which is 5ml less than the Tony Moly primer.  The name of this primer is really cute, I find :)  Isn't it punny? "Pore ever" ehehehehehe!  And I think this packaging is so cute with the colours and dot pattern.  I'm all for this kind of stuff haha.

As for the product itself, a mix between a gel and cream-like texture and comes out as an off-white colour.  When blended, it's invisible on the skin and I find this one to be more smooth than the Tony Moly one.  It creates a thicker layer of primer on top of your skin, making it even more effective.  However, it does not feel heavy or thick on your skin!  There's a slight scent to it, kind of like a faint baby powder scent, but it doesn't irritate the skin either.

 

 

To be consistent, I used the same BB cream to test as my previous review; Skin79 Vital orange BB cream.  I find that with this primer, all the pores are completely gone!  If you compare with the other review, the side with the primer still had a bit of pores, but barely visible.  This one seems to disappear completely!  When I was blending the BB cream, it went on super smooth with no problems at all. 

To compare the two primers: Tonymoly Cats Wink Smooth Primer vs. Etude House Goodbye Pore Ever Primer. 

Amount: Tony Moly has more by 5ml.

Price: I don't know about the price because my aunt bought me these items but I searched on ebay; Tony Moly seems to be around $9 CAN while Etude House is around $10-12.  

Texture: Etude House just glides on better in my opinion.

Effectiveness: Etude House.  I have extremely dry skin around my mouth and I've tried to use both on this area to make my BB cream sit better.  The Tony Moly one doesn't seem to help, but the Etude House makes it look like it's not even dry at all!  It's magic. 

Conclusion:  I really like the Etude House primer better.  It does an excellent job, while the Tony Moly one just does an okay job.


Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5

I would repurchase this primer when I run out.  The only downside is that it's really hard to get a hold of here in Canada if you can't buy things online (a.k.a. me.)  If you want a good primer for your face, you should look into this one :)


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Tonymoly Cats Wink Smooth Primer Review
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 | 0 comments
Here's my first review of the huge Korean haul I recently got!  I got two primers to review, and this is the first out of the two.  It's the Tonymoly Cats Wink Smooth Primer.




This product smoothes (with the e) pores and uneven skin textures, making the skin appear younger and smoother. 
When I first squeezed this product out of the tube, it came out like an orange-salmon colour, but when blended, it's invisible.  Once applied to the skin, the area becomes very smooth and soft.  There's no particular scent to it, so it's less likely to irritate the skin.  I have quite dry and sensitive skin and it hasn't given me much of a problem.  It does smooth out your skin for a well prepared canvas for your foundation or in my case, BB cream.

The packaging is really cute, as it is part of their Cat line.  I've noticed many different products from Tonymoly with cat themed packaging which I'm sure lures in the costumers hehe.  In one tube, you get 25ml of product which is a decent amount in my opinion.  If you are only using it for your nose area (where most people have larger pores anyway), then I think this will last you for a couple of months.  If it's for your whole face, you'll probably go through it rather quickly.  But like my eyeshadow primer, I only use a little at a time.



Here you can see the difference between with and without primer.  I used a tiny amount of my Skin79 Vital Orange BB cream as a tester for this primer.  You can see that without the primer, the lines on my skin are far for visible than the side with the primer.  Also, it seems like there's more coverage when the primer is being used because my veins are less noticeable. 

Rating: ★★★☆☆  3/5

Overall, I think this primer does it's job, but it's not perfect.  When I use it, it doesn't make my face look completely poreless but it does help.  I'll continue to use this primer and see if my thoughts on it change over time.

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