My Guilty Pleasure

I have an obscene amount of lip products.


The top row consist of lip balms, middle lip glosses, and the bottom are all lipsticks.

I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEE lipsticks! :) Everything about them is just amazing for me! The best part about lipsticks is that the colors just look stunning on lips of all types (thin, full, etc.).

These are my favorite lipsticks:

From left to right:

Mac with DSquared Lustre Lipstick in Nude Rose
- this was a limited edition lipstick and by far, my ABSOLUTE favorite

Mac Glaze Lipstick in Lollipop Loving
- I bought this when Mac came out with their Hello Kitty line, they ran out of whatever color the hello kitty lipstick was... but this was almost exactly the same! It's a very pretty girly pink color

Benefit Rush Hour Instant Makeover for Lips and Cheeks
- the MOST hydrating lipstick ever... too bad it doesn't come in other shades (does it?)

ELF Lipstick in Party Pink
- while extremely cheap, I was pleasantly surprised at how moisturizing this was

Shiseido Perfect Rouge in BE 208
- beautiful coral color

Lancome Color Design Shimmer Lipstick in Pink Attitude
- the lipstick itself looks mega glittery, but transforms into sheen on your lips

Lancome Color Design Cream Lipstick in B-List
- super matte nude lipstick, goes better with some clear gloss

Lancome Color Design Cream Lipstick in Natural Beauty
- it's very similar to B-List except a bit on the darker side

(the last three were a birthday gift from Lancome ^-^)

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte in 2
- FINALLY! I know... it's REALLY expensive, BUT I tell you... it's worth it! The color is amazing, it smells amazing, and it just glides right on!

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick in 202 Crush
- the best part of this drug store lipstick is that I got it for 75% off! You can tell I love those coral-pink colors :)

Hello Kitty Sweet Gloss Lipstick in Apple (@Sephora)
- it's more of a tinted lip balm than a lipstick, and as you all know... I totally bought it for the packaging and because it's Hello Kitty

Notice the different colored carpet? That's because I'm at home in San Francisco :).

Want close ups, or have questions about a particular lip color I didn't bring up? Leave a comment!

Love Always,
Me

iPhone Follies

Him (Mar 6, 2011 3:53:45 PM): What it needs (keeps) changing shit right when I hit send grrr

Me (Mar 6, 2011 3:58:48 PM): Blah blah :) it's okay, "correcting my fobby boyfriend's english" is under my list of hobbies

Love Always,
Me

Garnier Nutrioniste Moisture Rescue

This is what they call a "gel creme moisturizer", contradictory no?

It definitely has a cream-like consistency, but more light and airy, like a gel.


This is what the product looks like:


I've been using it for about a month now (only mornings), and so far, no negative effects. I'm talking about negative effects first because it was the first thing I thought about when I initially tried the product.

My skin is really dry, so when that unmistakable smell of alcohol lingered into my nose, I cringed and thought about those days in middle school when everyone was using those acne removing Oxy pads.

Yeah, gross.

Alcohol in skin care products is known to dry out your skin, and I was really worried. But I was curious and I loved the texture of this "gel creme".

To conclude, this moisturizer hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, but it has done no harm. That's really all I ask anyway :). So yes, it IS indeed mega moisturizing! And even though the thing reeks of alcohol, my face has met with no breakouts nor dry patches.

All smiles for winter skin.

Love Always,
Me

My Issue with Concealer Under My Eyes

Here's my standard make-up routine:

Laura Mercier's Tinted Moisturizer all over the face (I use this because regular foundation makes my skin look dry and flakey)

Lancome's Maquicomplet Concealer goes on whatever needs concealing... including my dark circles.

Mac's Mineralize Skinfinish goes all over the face.

Problems:

1)I use Loreal's HiP liner and after a while, it tends to flake and these flakes end up under my eye.
2)The concealer under my eyes (and only here) cakes up like crazy.

Eye liner flakes + cakey-ness = NEGATIVE.

So, I tried applying my make-up differently. Instead of dusting the Skinfinish all over my face, I avoid the under eye area. Voila! Significantly less caking and when the flakes do end up there, they wipe away easily.

Nice :).

Try it out if you have the same issue!

Love Always,
Me

My Beauty Diary Masks

I keep telling people that I'm going to blog about these. I'm so sorry it took forever!

I saw on Jae's blog that these were on sale at the Ranch99 in Daly City (and apparently ONLY on sale there). So while my family was fetching those shrimp wonton bowls, Linae and I perused the stacks of these babies.

Here's the Bulgarian White Rose:


The Green Apple:


So I've been using these every 3-4weeks and they are pretty awesome. They are most DEFINITELY moisturizing. I think my favorite thing about these are that they are pore-minimizing.

How do I know this? I don't really... BUT immediately after the first time I used it, I noticed that a lot of the gross stuff (does anyone know what it's called?) in my pores on my nose started popping out. Gross, I know, BUT great for cleaning the pores :). I'm sure that means some sort of tightening is going on, right?

For me, there is no real difference between the two different "flavors". They do, however, smell delicious and list different benefits for your skin on the boxes.

You can learn more about their products here.

Love Always,
Me

Cherry Blossom Nails

I was going to do these for the Lunar New Year, but forgot. I wish I had art hands so that I could do a better job.


Yeah, I also wish so terribly that it didn't look like I was trying to slash my nails :(.

Here are the nail polishes I used:


And the picture I TRIED VERY HARD to model my nails after haha.


The process included toothpicks in case you were wondering. Yeah... I'm gonna stick to make up and let the salons deal with my nails from now on. :)

Love Always,
Me