fotd: purple skies

I had this craving to wear colors the other day and came across some eye shadows I forgotten I even purchased. (Yes, I forget.)

I took these photos at the end of the night and my skin looks a bit oily with the flash on so I cropped out the face, I almost didn't post this because I'd prefer to have the natural day light!

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Has anyone ever looked at the sky at odds times of the day? It's gorgeous. There's hints of dark blue, purples, lighter blues, pinks, and oranges! I can honestly say I haven't seen that in a while because I'm caught up in other things!

I guess that's what this look sort of reminded me of after I felt it was finished. I used a dark blue between the lighter blue and purple but it didn't really capture it on photo :( (black friday is coming up, time to invest in a new camera, hopefully!)

 Without further ado, here it is!

 

Hope that wasn't too boring! I'm not too sure of all the colors I used off the top of my head, but if you're absolutely curious just ask.

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Thanksgiving. The time where I feast and shortly after, take a nap. My family celebrates on Wednesday so we aren't on a time crunch (and food coma) when we visit the in-laws. What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Drugstore Makeup Haul

(wow, yes a haul!)

This is me, trying to blog on my phone. A warning though, pictures are slightly blurry because my phone is very... let's say used and not broken, haha.

I used the app nostalgio for the frames & you can somewhat see my boyfriend playing battlefield 3 in the background. On my nails are Deborah Lippman's Across the Universe (which is not at all what it looks like in real life!)

Err, I really didn't want to haul because I ended up spending $25 (which if you've followed my past few posts I'm trying to save money) but my mascara was getting old and so was my eyeliners. If it weren't bothering me at all I would've have replaced it just yet but I can feel my eyes getting itchier than normal... it has to be the mascara & eyeliner, yes??

I also grabbed some hair ties which I didn't photograph because everyone knows what they look like and there's only so common. (Although I did see some new rubber types there but they didn't seem promising.)

Here's the few items I picked up!

 Maybelline Master Precision Liquid Liner in Black, $6.44 @ Walmart

I picked this up because I was watching stylesuzi's video a while back and she swears by this liner! I didn't even know maybelline made a pen liner so I had to pick it up and try it :) I still like the physician's formula one I was using (mentioned in this post) but that one is almost twice the cost of this one at walmart so I passed for the time being. I mean, if someone's raved about it before it must be a decent product right??

Nexxus Pro-Mend Split End Binding Leave-In Treatment, $9.47 @ Walmart

I ended up splurging on this item. I didn't mean to but the boyfriend said "anything else you want to look at?" and I quickly thought... split end repair! I've been struggling with my hair splitting like it's never done before. I even chopped off 3 inches from every layer yet I can still see splitting! My hair has never been in this condition which I'm thinking it happened over the summer from washing my hair too frequent and using a 2-in-1 shampoo at my boyfriend's place and then constant styling and Texas heat without applying treatment first. I'm not hoping for this to miraculously repair my split ends up hopefully do something to them!
 

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Mascara in Extreme Black, $5.47 @ Walmart

It was between this and a few maybelline mascaras! Maybelline hasn't been impressing me much the past year with their mascaras (they're all okay and all, just not "wow" worthy) so I decided to give Rimmel another chance! I'm hoping this will make my lashes super dark and give some moderate length and volume.

Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm in Peach Kiss, $2.97 @ Walmart

This product has been out since forever! I didn't realize how inexpensive it is compared to the Revlon Lip Butters, which I love but don't wanna pay full price for. If I end up liking this I may go and get some of the bolder shades since I hear it's quite pigmented and it'd be perfect for an informal everyday bold lip :)

Has anyone tried these products, and if you have what are your thoughts on them?



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I really wanted to do a halloween look for y'all but I ended up not doing much for halloween and staying home, studying for tests so hopefully next year when I expect to be finished with school!

Until next time!

FOTD: lucky green & humid

Hello everyone!

While I was cleaning out my makeup for my blogsale, I found something I purchased a while back and totally forgot about. I picked up MAC's Humid eyeshadow while I was vacationing with my family a few months ago and I guess it got lost under all the shopping bags from those few weeks.

Well, I finally got to use it yesterday! I honestly haven't worn color in a VERY long time so this was the first in a while so I kept it simple. This look was so simple that I almost didn't post it but I figured I was due for a new one.

I hate the after effects of tying my hair into a ponytail. I had a test prior to these photos and I like to remove any hair from my frame of vision and I end up with my right side all creased up! I'm overdue for a haircut too.

 

Face

- Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW Liquid Foundation

- Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer

- NARS Deep Throat Blush

- NARS Laguna Bronzer

- Make Up For Ever HD Powder

 Eyes

- NARS Smudgeproof Primer

- MAC Eyeshadow

(Lucky green all over the lid, Humid in the outer corner, a little bit of Sassy Grass on the middle of the lid, Rated R in the crease, and Shroom for a highlight)

- Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid Liner in Perversion

- Maybelline Megaplush Mascara

- Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil

(Zero on the waterline and lower lashes with Humid eyeshadow on top)

- Anastasia Medium Ash Brow Powder Duo (applied wet, to create darker, deeper brows)

Lips

- NYX Xtreme Lipcream

I feel that although this had color, it was still very neutral because of the earthy tones of the green. I almost want to whip out my purples and wear a bold look now!

Here's Buddy. He likes to come outside with me to take pictures and bark at anyone who walks by. Haha, he's a silly boy. Oh, and I think makeup is foreign to him because every time I have my makeup spread out he goes on a sniffing spree!

Have a great weekend everyone! I have exciting state fair plans which involve a lot of fried food! Hopefully I don't have a heart attack, wish me luck ;)

FOTD: in love with red

Hi all ~

I didn't realize the Marilyn collection released on Thursday :(

I stopped by my MAC counter on Friday because I was already in the neighborhood and decided to see my girls that worked there. (I was going across the street to order a cake for "mom-in-law.") Below is the look I wore to go run errands. When I was taking this photo outside on my balcony, the UPS man walked through. I felt embarrassed but I wanted to document my makeup before I forgot!

All the girls at MAC thought I was wearing a Marilyn lip color. It made me realize that I really did not need anything from this collection! I didn't plan to get anything anyway, just to check out the lipsticks and the blushes but good thing I ended up leaving with nothing! (Okay, I actually grabbed Butter London's Nail Foundation but I've been wanting that since the entire line came out.)

Face

- Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW Liquid Foundation

- MAC Mineralized Concealer

- NARS Deep Throat Blush

- NARS Laguna Bronzer

- Make Up For Ever HD Powder

 Eyes

- NARS Smudgeproof Primer

- Urban Decay Naked Palette

(used Virgin, Sin, Naked, Darkhouse)

- Physician's Formula Liquid Liner Pen

- Maybelline Megaplush Mascara

- Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil

(used Perversion on waterline and Midnight Cowboy, Half Baked, Corrupt on the lower lashline)

- Anastasia Medium Ash Brow Powder Duo

Lips 

- NYX Plush Red Lipliner

- MAC Eden Rouge Mattene Lipstick

I swear that red lipstick is my all time favorite! It's not drying and it lasts all day without feathering or fading. It was still available at my MAC counter from a collection that released a while ago but I definitely recommend any of the mattenes. Their formula is loveeeeee.

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And here's what I wore today. Simple neutral/gray eyes but I wanted to photograph my sweater!

It's night time now so sorry there's no natural daylight so I took this in the bathroom.

(Please excuse the mess in the background, I blurred it out so you can't tell what crap it is lol)

I love this sweater! I purchased it last fall from forever 21, it's big but not big enough to my liking. I'm in the market to purchase more sweaters for the winter because they're so comfy but I have a hard time liking them once I try it on. Any recommendations?

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My next post I want to get up is a "what's in my makeup bag" post so look out for that ;)

Fin.

No Mirror Makeup Challenge

Hi ~

Last week, my friend Vyvien and I decided to attempt the "no mirror makeup challenge" after we finished our exams. She's in California for school at the moment so this was over the internet type of thing :P

This is how mine turned out...

Not bad at all! The purple in the heatherette palette didn't turn out as vibrant as I'd wanted it too, but I'm at my boyfriend's apartment and most of my makeup collection is at home so I had to improvise!

I also couldn't find any lipsticks so I just blended out some lipliner and made it work ;)

One thing that did piss me off; my stupid Palladio liquid liner pen broke on it! The tip fell out and got all over my arms/legs/thumb. I fixed it but that really made me made but I guess it couldn't have been a better time lol.

Photo below on the foreign marks. I thought there would've been more but I guess the odds were in my favor.

& lastly, the products I used. Sorry for such a dim picture, the apartment doesn't get good lighting which definitely works when I'm trying to sleep in ^_^

I think everyone should give this a try! It was really fun and interesting to see :)

Until next time.