Glow by Lady E

Here is another makeup ad that I couldn’t resist copying: This one is from ELF If you’re new to this blog, you must know that I am super acidic (that’s why I use a very light foundation) and my skin is dry due to the current climate. Here are the tools that I used: For the eyes: Benefit Lemon Aid LA Colors Abstract Palette NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk For the face: NYX Grinding Blush in American Girl MAC Lightful Foundation For the lips: MAC Playing Koi Clinique Lip Gloss Brushes: Sigma F40 for the blush Charm blending brush for bronzer and highlighter application Sigma E40 for blending eyeshadows Bobbi Brown Eyeshadow brush for the pink Sigma E55 for the blues Sigma E40 for deeper blue and black Bobbi Brown Eyeliner used as a lip brush I skipped the falsies. Well, you know why. = )

Quick post. This is for all you cat lovers and stationery junkies out there. I got this cute bookmark at a bazaar but I’m pretty sure this is available at National Bookstore or Fully Booked. “We got tired of using an old crumpled receipt to mark our place in books so we made Joyworks” Little things make me happy!

This is a super duper late post. This should have been posted last year. Anyway, here goes. I’m not a huge fan of matte lipsticks because I have very dry, chapped lips. The doctor said it’s one of those annoying things about my illness. But here are two matte lippies that I really like. The great thing about owning a store is the ready supply of beauty stuff. These were the last 2 tubes and they’ve been out for so long so I decided to give them a try. Here are swatches: Number 4 is a peachy shade while number 3 is pinkish. They are both very nude lipsticks. Milky is a good name for these lippies as they glide on smoothly. I don’t think this will dry out normal lips. My lips are dry no matter what lipstick I use. They also last a long time on my lips in spite of my constant drinking and licking. 03 04 – MAC Playing Koi Dupe These are also from Kiss Me Cosmetics. I will hoard again the next time I’m abroad. Quick tip: If you have very dry lips like mine, be sure to moistur...

Chinita is a local term for Chinese/Asian eyes. I have a Chinese heritage but I don’t look like it and by no means am I trying to have chinita eyes. It seemed like a good title because my EOTD looks something like this: A few posts back, Belle requested that I make a pink and orange EOTD. I told her that I actually did a few days back. I didn’t post this right away because I wanted to make another version but ended up making 2 more. The first one, as you can see, is an exaggerated cat eye. Also,it’s just pink and orange with white highlights on the inner corners of my eyes. This second EOTD, I did at home, while I was sick. =P My skin is very dry and I did this when I woke up so excuse the blotchiness.  I didn’t apply anything on the rest of my face. I just did my eyes. This version has more whites. I wanted to make an orange/pink/white combo but I was having a hard time blending because of my flaky skin. Anyway, you get the point. This is also more “wearable” than the fi...

..Cosmetics that is. This is the Heroine Make 5th Anniversary Mascara and Remover set from Hyphen . I’ve been using this in a lot of my EOTD’s lately because it’s more gentle on my eyes compared to my other mascaras. The mascara delivers length and volume.  I like the fact that it doesn’t clump and doesn’t dry up easily. The remover is a bonus although it’s a bit awkward to use it. It also has a wand. It looks like a mascara but instead of making your lashes darker, it brings it back to normal. I have absolutely no idea if I’m doing it correctly but I apply this remover as though I’m applying mascara then I wipe it off using a cotton pad. I also wipe off the wand before putting it back in the tube. I think this is good if you’re on the go but I find it useless for everyday use.   My regular makeup remover removes everything. Using this remover is just an extra step. It is quite effective though. Here’s the mascara wand: It does a nice job of separating my lashe...

We interrupt the regular beauty posts to give way to a special request. Salmoncat asked me how my cats were and requested that I make a post about them. So, I give you this. This is Sapphire, my pig. I mean, cat: Sappy (as I fondly call him) is the new Alpha. His older brother, Dylan (my smartest and most favorite cat) died a few days before Christmas. Now he’s the eldest among our cats.  Sapphire is my second biggest cat. My biggest cat was Chintzy. Actually, he was my mom’s cat. Chintzy was huge.  And he was long.  He had a long tail, long body and long arms and legs. I’ll look for a photo of Chintzy and write about him. My sister claims that she owns Sapphire but I’m still the one that Sapphire obeys. Sure, he likes it when my sister feeds him but on days when we need to get him to the vet, he relaxes more when I’m around. He’s actually not feeling very well when I took these photos as there’s a problem with his gums. We will be taking him to UP one of these ...

I’ve been using Clinique products for my skin care routine for over a year now. I've been happy with most of them. But recently, I’ve been having second thoughts about the facial wash. I guess it is just something that washes the dirt off my face. It’s the only Clinique product that I have that runs out fast and honestly, it’s not cheap. Well, that and my sister probably sneaks off to use it. Anyway, there’s nothing special about it so why should I continue shelling out that much money? MB ran 0ut of his facial wash and I was running out of mine too so it was the perfect timing to try something new. Since I’ve had good results with The Face Shop line of products, I decided to go there first. I saw this:   I received a sample of this product about 2 years ago. I wasn’t able to try it but MB did. There was an emergency and he was out the whole night and I had to bring him some clothes and toiletries. I immediately noticed that his face was brighter even after a whole night without ...