Product Spotlight: 32 Lip Palette (compact)

Hi Girls, the start of my week has been a busy one. Yesterday was spent running errands in the morning and then off to the commercial shoot by lunchtime. Got home at 12 midnight from the shoot and was just drop dead tired. This morning, I met up with my friend Meryll (who by the way I have also influenced in the whole make up world, I hope she starts blogging soon!) then I had an Interview for a company that called me yesterday. It was a good interview and I have a final interview on Thursday. I really have to think long and hard about this job since it's a very good offer. But thus meaning less time for my make-up interests, my business and nearing travel plans. Sigh I hope everything goes well :)


Anyway, since I've been pretty busy, I've decided to jump start this post with a review on the 32 Lip Palette (compact version).

Here it is:

I put name stickers on all my palettes and brushes hehe :)
Measures: 6 inches x 4 inches

Ingredients: Microcrystalline wax, microcrystal wax, beeswax, resin acid and rosin acids (c3H803 W99), brughtener, wool oil, Isooctyl Palmitate (C15H31C00C8H17), white minersl oil, Fatty acid methylesters (R-C00CH3), 2-propenyl ethanocate (C5H602), Color paste, pearlessence pearl powder.



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Each lip pan is about the size of a 10 centavo coin

Here are swatches of all 32 lip colors per row

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I applied the swatches using 1 lip brush, sanitizing and wiping off each color before swatching the next color. Overall, this palette surprised me. I originally wanted the bigger palette since it looked more worth it. But after swatching, all of the colors and looking at how they pay off. I am impressed and happy at my purchase.

All of the colors are very pigmented as shown in the swatches. Each color was swatched softly with the lightest hand. A little goes a long way. I just wished there were more colors variations. There are too many similar colors.

Although I didn't attempt swatching them on my lips because I knew that they wouldn suit me. The colors on this palette would best suit girls with lighter skin tone. At least this handy palette would do its work for school! :)

I just need to store my palette in the fridge for a night since some of the colors are softer than the others. like this one below:

Compare the soft swatch on the other pans to the the one in the middle. :( Hope it doesn't happen again. I guess this palette sleeps in the fridge tonight. :)


Anyway I am happy with this palette, the pinks are my favorites and I can't wait to use this for school. :)



Toodles! :)

Another Shooting Day

Did another extra gig for a commercial today, it was fun, this time it's for a Pharma brand. Watch out for it :)

Here's Me, Ivan and Meg behind the scenes :)




Long day it was fun and tiring but I hope more gigs in the future. I'll need to update my blog, I haven't been posting much I've been so busy. Hope the following days will give me more time to blog, stay home and rest!


Goodnight Girls! Toodles! :)

nancylauren's LOVE SPREAD CONTEST

Hi Girls it's giveaway time again :)

Nancy is giving away this wonderful eye shadow quad with 4 pressed pigments from MAC below:

Click on image to go to Nancy's Page

Pigments are: Golden Olive, Vanilla, Heritage Rouge and Circa Plum

Here are Nancy's rules on her contest giveaway (taken from Nancy):
-Be a follower on my Blog
-Have a VALID blog (don't open blog just to join contests...not cool!)
-Spread the word you can post a quick link to your blog about it
-Comment below and tell me what you think of my blogspot in ONE word!
-International blog lovers are OK but be my follower ey :P!
-Contest starts right now and will end November 30th


So what are you all waiting for? :) Head on to Nancy's blog to join her contest! :)




Toodles! :)

Virgin Hair No More!

Hi girls, today I woke up early to go with my mom to her hairstylist. I am not a hair person really. I own 1 brush and I hardly use it. My hair is easily fixable so I am a no maintenance girl. I get my hair cut ONCE a year if I feel like it, but otherwise I don't hehe.

So today was a big step for me, I decided to have my hair colored FOR THE FIRST TIME! Yes I have virgin hair when it comes to hair dye. My hair is straight as ever. There was this one time I wanted to curl my hair so I did. But after 3 and a half hours of medicine in my hair, it was still straight super straight. My hair is frustrating, i can't even curl it with an iron and make it last at least 1 hour.

But anyway I decided to try out my mom's hairstylist.

By the way my hair is naturally jet black under normal lighting, and super duper dark brown under sunlight, here's a link to my last photo with my jet black hair. :)

And now here is me:

NOT! Haha I wish this was me, this is just the inspiration hair color that I wanted. Plus she's hot and her make up is great so I wanted it too. Haha


But here's the real me after the color.

Carter the hairstylist is so great with my hair, first he shampooed my hair, blow dried then cut it. After cutting he applied the color (take note he mixed 3 different colors to try and achieve the closest brown to the inspiration L'Oreal products only of course!) after about 1 and a half hours, rinsed my hair, blow dried and cut again. He is amazing!!

So for a first timer in hair color, I am super happy with the outcome. It's not too loud and unnatural, the exact thing that feared me in getting my hair colored before. It's kind of a challenge since I have morena skin. You really have to pick best what suits your skin color.

And I'm glad I had my hair done at carters because he's not out there to get money from you, he'll suggest what really needs to be done. :)


If you girls are wondering where Carter's salon is, his Salon is in San Pedro Laguna. Hehe Far from Paranaque I know but my mom goes all the way there for a reason. And I now share that reason with her. :)



Toodles! :)

Long Night

It started with a little allergic reaction that turned into non stop sneezing, a very blocked nose, A cough then to a fever and then finally blocked passage way. I couldn't breathe.

My nebulizer at home wasn't working so I had to go to the Hospital for the nebulizer. When I got there I was already having an unkown asthma attack. Unknown since I can't distinguish if it's an asthma attack or not hehe. Anyway I'm fine no biggie I just need to rest. So weird I hadn't done anything this week except stay home and sleep/blog/watch TV.

Oh well.


Just wanna share a pic of the nurses trying to put in the iv. or is that what it's called? It's that thing where they put a needle on your wrist so they can inject medicine straight to your veins. Anyway have a very high tolerance of pain, I've eventually learned how to tolerate pain since I'm allergic to Ibuprofen and all pain killers known to man. Sad right? hehe



I was at the hospital for about 2 and a half hours. Spent my time playing games on my sisters itouch as I had to be nebulized 3 times.


But I'm well now. I just really need to rest tomorrow. School starts on Saturday I can't miss that!


Goodnight girls!


Toodles! :)

Manny Pacquiao on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Manny Pacquiao on Jimmy Kimmel Live. I had fun watching this hehe :)





Hope you guys enjoyed :)



Toodles! :)

ELF Blush Review: Peachy Keen & Mellow Mauve

Hi lovelies, It's been a rainy Wednesday in Manila and instead of going to Makati, I decided to stay home. I have a bad cold and a very runny nose! :( So instead I decided to do a review on my only 2 ELF blushes in Peachy Keen and Mello Mauve. I bought these blushes from Jen's blogsale about 1 month ago and decided to share with you all what I like and don't like about the product. :)

Elf Blush

Left: Mellow Mauve Right: Peachy keen



Mellow Mauve

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Peachy Keen

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Swatches

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Left: Mellow Mauve Right: Peachy keen

Overall, the packaging of the blushes are similar to that of NARS blushes. The only difference with ELF packaging is that it doesn't have the Matte-rubberry feel like Nars packaging. Also packaging of ELF has a clear plastic area, which is a plus for me since it will be easier to indicate what color blush is inside the packaging.

The blush itself is very nice. The first time I received it I was adorned with the subtle shimmer the blushes had. The blushes have a silky feel to them.

Out of the 2 shades I got, Peachy Keen is my better pick. The color looks better on my skin tone best for everyday looks.

Here's a rundown on ELF Blushes:


Likes:
- Packaging makes it easy to distinguish blush shade inside
- I like how subtle the shimmers are
- Very smooth on skin
- I got them cheap from jen at PHP400 for both new in box :)


Dislikes:
- Not very pigmented, I need a couple of strokes on my brush before getting a good amount of color.
- Not abundant in the Philippine Market



So here's me in my jammies using Peachy Keen teehee! :)




Toodles! :)

Beauty Shoot Pictures

Hi Guys, remember my post about my first Studio Shoot about 2 weeks ago?

Just to give a recap, I was MUA for my first Studio Shoot 2 weeks ago to my wonderful Photgrapher friend Anna Manlapas. This shoot was for our portfolio collaboration. There were 3 layouts; The ponds Girl Layout, The Flapper Hollywood Layout and the Fantasy Avante Garde Layout.

Anna has given me 1 of each layout again. And they are great!!

Pond's Girl Layout

Flapper Hollywood Layout


Fantasy Avante Garde Layout

I really can't wait to get all pictures! So far the ones that I have shared with you are the only ones I've seen! I can't wait to see all of them I am so anxious!!! lol :)

What do you guys think? Isn't Meg the model beautiful? :)



Toodles! :)

Politics: Hindi ka nag iisa

Saw this over Chuvaness' blog. I just have to share it.




My initial thoughts (warning these are my personal opinions only):

- I have nothing against politics, nor do I have anything against show business. But this video just proved that Politics and Show Business is one and the same thing. Sad.

- It looks like a promo video for an up and coming Teleserye or a Station ID. Ergo, our nation as a teleserye?

- Very Costly, even though it was paid by friends, don't think there was much marketing thought out for this. Why a song?

- There is no recall in the song.

- "Hindi ka nag iisa" has no recall for me too.

- Can I just say Mariel and Marian were sooo beautiful in this hehe.

- Kris was the only one n Black, it looks like she's the one running instead of NoyNoy.

- On the other hand I am doing them a favor posting this for more people to see. lol


I have no Political favorites yet, I have a clean even slate. Let's see what's more to come. Everyone has to do their job and really vote wisely. Like advertising, know the candidates, know who they are, because everyone should have a right to choose and vote. Hopefully people know how to choose for the right reasons.


Update: I just saw the whole ad/song on TV just now. And really.. it's too melo-dramatic rather than uplifting.


Toodles :)

Singapore goodies: Ardell Brow Defining Powder and Sasa Eye brow brush

My sister arrived from Singapore this morning and she brought home for me the best type of pasalubong ever; Cosmetics! haha

She got me Ardell's Brow Defining powder in Mink Brown and 1 Sasa Angled Eye Brow Brush. I originally wanted to try the ELF Brow set since the ones here at the mall are too light for me, but they also didn't have the color I wanted in Singapore so she got me Ardell Instead. My sister also got me the Sasa angled eye brow brush since she has one for herself and I tried it before it's quality was superb!

Ardell Brow Defining Shadow with Sasa Angled eye brow brush #E06

Swatch on my hand

Overall I am satisfied on how the Ardell looks on my brows. Naturally I have thick brows that need no coloring whatsoever. But there are time they look scarce to me and I just have to fill them up, and to lighten my face a little, I chose Dark brown to color my brows with since sometime the natural black brows I have look too over powering.

The Ardell powder came with a brush, but clumsy me I left it in the car probably haha. But I'm happy to use the Ardell with the Sasa Brush. :)


So here's to my first brow set. :) I really want the Mac Brow set next, I have to in my Order Mac List. So I do hope to get that soon! :)


How about for everyone else? What are your brow regimens? :)



Toodles! :)

The Polka-Dotted Apple's first giveaway!

Hi guys The Polka-Dotted Apple is having her first giveaway, here's what's at store:



There's more to that I will leave the surprise to you guys to check out her blog. :) Click on the image above to go to her site. :)

Here are her rules:

Rules:

1) Must be a follower.

2) One comment per person. If more than one, the person will be disqualified.

3) Giveaway ends on November 29, 2009 at 11:59PM EST

4) Must have more than 10 people enter or it will be cancelled.

5) Winner will be chosen at random via random.org.

6) Include your email in your comment.

7) Open internationally.

NOW, WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO:

Answer these questions in a blog post and link back to my giveaway post**:

• What is your most prized possession?
• What is your definition of beauty?
• What makeup item (Brand and name of product) would you recommend to me?
• What is your favorite KIND of makeup item and why?
• A weird factoid about you. :B
• What is the fondest memory of your childhood?
• Describe yourself honestly.
• Tell me something I could do to improve my blog.

So to get the ball rolling, here are my answers to her questions. :)

• What is your most prized possession? ---> Hmmmm If it's a material thing then it will probably have to be my bags, my car, my house? If non-material, my family friends and bf. :)
• What is your definition of beauty? ---> Beauty is attitude, no matter how beautiful you are but you carry a nasty attitude you will look nasty. So beauty is about Sharing and Forgiving and always having a smile on your face.
  
• What makeup item (Brand and name of product) would you recommend to me? ---> I would Recommend my HG foundation now which is Cinema Secrets Ultimate foundation because it makes you FLAWLESS! So nice :)
  
• What is your favorite KIND of makeup item and why? ---> So hard to choose, it's probably blush because it gives you a beautiful flushed look :)
  
• A weird factoid about you. :B ---> I can't stop laughing since most of the time i'm comedic. I can turn a very serious moment comedic un-intentinally by jst saying one word. It's embarrassing sometimes but reslly fun the most :)
  
• What is the fondest memory of your childhood? ---> Putting on mom's lipstick and playing with her make up :)
  
• Describe yourself honestly. ---> Short, Small haha Always laughing and veryy talkative :)
• Tell me something I could do to improve my blog. --> More FOTD's, showcase that beautiful face :)
  

So what are you all waiting for? :) Join The Polka-Dotted Apple's first giveaway now! :)

Halloween pictures

So as promised, here are the images taken from our halloween celebration. :)

Vain pics of me trying to mimic the hollywood regal poses. lol

Okay by this time I was tipsy from all the wine hahaha

And like what I mentioned in my previous post, my red feathered boa was shedding everywhere I went. LITERALLY!

Hahahaha so embarassing!

It was suuuchhh a fun fun fuun night!! :) How about you guys? How was your halloween spent? :)


Toodles! :)

Halloween was a blast

This has got to be the best halloween so far. Me and my friends had so much fun in our costumes. Our night started off at Galileo Enotica in Mandaluyong where we loaded up with all the wine we could have. Then we went off to have a bite to eat at Jalapeno and ended the night at Empire Club.

It was such a blast! Everyone was there and we were complete :) I had the worst hangover this morning haha.

I ended up as a 1920s Hollywood actress instead of being a seductive vampire. Blame the no electricity, because we had no power, I forgot and couldn't find my contacts and my headgear. Psshh. But oh well at least I had the red feathered boa to complete my new look. Speaking of the red feathered boa, It was shedding like crazy, every where I went I left a Red Feathered trail hahaha.

Pictures to follow. :)


How was your halloween? :)