So busy!

Hello!

I just wanted to drop a note here about my laziness of not keeping up blogging! I just barely started this blog and I have so much other things to do that I cannot blog daily. Reality is really sucks now! My schedule is so hectic at the moment. I've been home visiting and running errands lately. Anyway, I have lots of looks that I want to share with you guys. Unfortunately, I cannot post up the photos yet. However, I am planning to do so this weekend (let's hope!).

By the way, I ordered Urban Decay Duo Primer Potions and it should arrive anytime soon now. I am so anticipated to test how good it is that everyone is raving about.

Have a great time with your loved ones!!!

Another MAC Hauls the Same Day

O.K. so after I had already posted my drug store cosmetics haulage, my husband wants to go shopping at a nearby mall. I decided to tag along without thinking that I would buy more MAC. When I got near the MAC counter in Macy's my heart was pumping fast and I felt my blood was traveling over 80mph up to my brain saying "you gotta check 'em out!". So I decided to glance at some eyeshadows. At last, I ended up buying more MAC. An addict can never get enough of its addiction!!

Check 'em out!

--- Blushbaby Blush
--- Shroom e/s (I have other e/s highlighters but not Shroom)
--- NW25 Select Cover Up Concealer (I have a full one in NC42 but too orange for my skin)
--- Graphblack Technakohl Liner
--- and a MAC Sharperner hehehehe

*SO EXCITED!!* I just found out from a MAC MA that Sacramento Arden Mall (1 and 1/2 hrs from my location) has a MAC store opening almost a year again, which I've been there many times last year but didn't know about it. Now, I can recycle all my MAC emptied pots for more eyeshadows. I have over 25 recycleable pots here. I was going to drive all the way to San Francisco just to return my pots. I didn't want lipsticks at a MAC counter so I rather drive far to get my eyeshadows.

New Hauls: MAC & Drug Store Cosmetics

After reading reviews and FOTDs on Vanessa using Milani's eyeshadows, I just got to run my lazy butt to the drug stores and get myself some. I also ordered some MAC cosmetics.

MAC:
Kid e/s
Beige Blonde brow finisher

Milani Eyeshadows (all have shimmers but very pigmented):
Java Bean
Taffy
Shock
Enchantment
Storm
Clover
Garden Mist
Blue Ice (not shown on picture b/c broken... will exchange for new one)

Rimmel Lipsticks:
Undressed (a brown-reddish with pink undertone color)
Dreamy (a neutral pink w/ peach undertone & shimmers color)
Cool (peach-pink...lots of shimmers-- goes on like lipglosses-- very smooth and lips hydrating)





The photo showed the colors similarly but really they are not.

FOTD: Using Milani's Eyeshadows

Simple Soft Green Purple Eye

Eyes:
MAC Bare Study p/p
Milani's Clover e/s
Milani's Shock e/s
MAC Blacktrack e/l
Katie B.'s faux lash mascara
MAC Brow Finisher in Blonde
MAC Mystery for eyebrows

Hair of the Day

I was supposed to post up these pictures yesterday but I was too tired after a long day running errands. My little sister wanted me to style her hair for her pictures so I decided to curl her hair. Oh gosh! She has the thickest and darkest natural hair ever that it looks like fake hair! It took me about an hour to curl all sections of her hair using my ceramic Corioliss straightening iron. I thought I'd share it with you guys. Enjoy it!

I know the white t-shirt's got to go but we (my husband and I) were in a hurry so my husband took her pictures before she changed into her outfits.

FOTD: Everyday Work Neutral Look: Back to Internship

I'm finally back to my internship after two weeks of waiting for my fingerprint to clear. I had been struggling to stay at my internship site (Foster Care Agency as a Social Worker) because I was requested to get a fingerprint exemption before I can perform any tasks or home visits with the foster children. I know fingerprint clearance usually runs from 72 hours to couple days but mine took longer. My internship is for my Master's Degree in Social Work, which I have to do 436 hours this year and another four hundred plus of hours next year. So far, I really like my internship placement because it's something new and challenging for my experience. I'm so looking forward to meeting my cases (hopefully it's not overloaded).

O.K. Here's my everyday work neutral look!

Products used are MAC items, unless otherwise stated.

Face:
Smashbox Foundation Primer
Mineralize Satinfinish foundation
Studio Fix powder
Margin Blush

Eyes:
Shroom e/s
Satin Taupe e/s
Blacktrack fluidline e/l
Estee Lauder Magnascopic mascara
Mystery e/s for brows and lower lash

Lips:
NYX Natural lipliner
MAC Mattene 40's Pink lipstick






Thanks for checking in! Have a good day!

REVIEW: MAC Select Tint SPF 15 samples

Last week, I went to a Mac counter looking for a foundation that has no shimmers. I recently bought Mineralize Satinfinish Foundation in NC35 and I love it but it has little glitters. I also have MAC Studio Fix foundation but found it to be too matte and too heavy. Therefore, I asked a MAC MA and she told me that I should get Select Tint SPF 15 because I don't need much coverage and I'm Asian with olive skin type. So, I decided to get samples of MAC Select Tint SPF 15 in NC30 and NC40.



According to MAC: "A lightweight moisturizing tint with SPF 15. Water-based. Oil-free. Packed with conditioners. Hydrates the skin. Protects it, too. Keeps it moist, flawless, soft and youthful. Ultra-sheer: invisible. Feels like nothing on."


FYI: I'm Asian with dried face skin with oily on the T-zone. I'm NC35-40.

My review:
I tried both the foundations and NC40 was kind of orangish-yellowish on my face, but NC30 matched my skin better. I decided to give NC30 a week of tryouts.

PROS: The first time I applied the foundation using MAC 190 brush over my Smashbox Foundation Primer I loved it. It was very sheer and light-wear and very smooth on my face. I use MAC Studio Fix powder in C40 to set the liquid foundation. I felt my face was hydrated and soft throughout the whole day.

CONS: Second-fourth tryouts: MAC Select Tint SPF 15 NC30 did not look flawless and youthful on me like what MAC has stated. In fact, it made me looked old with large pores and lines all over my face. After three to four hours of wearing this foundation, the foundation started to crease into the lines and pores on my face, making it showed visibly and largely. I never had a problem with visible pores and lines with my other foundations before, so must be the formula in this foundation.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS FOUNDATION GAVE ME THREE ZITS: ONE ABOVE MY LEFT EYEBROW, ONE UNDER MY LIPS, AND ONE ON MY CHIN. I WAS SO MAD THAT I THREW THE FOUNDATION SAMPLES AWAY IN THE TRASH!! THANK GOODNESS! THE ZITS ARE GONE NOW!

Guess I'm gonna stick with my HG Mineralize Satinfinish Foundation!

FOTD: A Neutral Copperish Everyday Look

Here is a neutral goldish look using my recent MAC hauled shadows that I would wear sometimes to school. The look is very simple. Sorry, my camera isn't working well on me.

All MAC products used (unless otherwise stated)

Face:
Smashbox Foundation Primer (190)
Studio Fix C40 (187)
Dame blush (168)
EDM Weekend Getaway blush (168)
Fix+

EYES:
Bare Canvas Paint
Naked Lunch all over lids to brow bone (used 217 all shadows)
Amber Lights all over lids to crease
Cranberry on 1/3 of outter lid to crease
Embark on 1/3 lashline and over Cranberry
NYX Black Eyeliner Pencil on upper and lower lash
Blonde Brow Finisher on eyebrows
Mystery on eyebrows
Estee Lauder MagnaScopic mascara in Black

LIPS:
NYX Natural Lipliner
Chapstick in Classic

OH, PLEASE EXCUSE MY EYEBROWS!! TIME TO GROOM!