LOTD: pink and brown

I would like to say that I attempted to do an inspired look, but I'd rather not because it didn't even come close to what it was supposed to look like due to my strong Chinese facial features (my eyes which lack that deep crease). 

This Smashbox palette is the third and last palette that I've recently purchased. All of their colors have similar and shimmery colors on them, but heeey you can never have too much make up. Pigmentation is great, but not as vibrant as Urban Decay's.

By the way, I somehow attempted to fake a short hair look. It's pretty impressive what I sometimes do with the lack of effort. 

Products used
Foundation: MAC studio fix powder
Lips: Rimmel l/s in temptation
Eyeshadow base: Smashbox photo finish lid primer, MAC cream base in pearl
Eyelashes: Bestkine lashes in Y-66, Loreal carbon black voluminous
Eyeliner: Clinique brush on cream liner in black
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen

Eyeshadows
Smashbox wish palette: #1
Smashbox wish palette: #3

Smashbox wish palette: #9
Smashbox wish palette: #13

Loreal HIP e/s in cherry

Brows
Smashbox wish palette: #15
Jordana e/s in black

LOTD + Review: Urban Decay Primer Potion

Ever since I started posting LOTD's, none of them have been an actual look of the day, they were more like a look of the hour. However, this is a make up look that I wear out often... a simple brown smokey eye. 

I wanted to give an initial, yet legitimate review on Urban Decay's primer potion. Also, I recently bought some Missha eyelashes which I totally love and I'm in dire need to get more... and I shall. 

These were at 3:00 p.m.

Now these pictures were at 1:00 a.m. A good 10 hours and there was no creasing whatsoever. The color melted a little, but that was expected, it's still quite vibrant anyways. Btw, I accidentally scratched my eye which is why my eyelash was falling out, but that was towards the ending of the night when it didn't matter.

I've removed my falsies here, and you can see how short my eyelashes are as well as how chinky my eyes are. 

Products used
Foundation: MAC studio fix in NC44
Powder: MAC select/sheer powder in NC40 h
Lips: MAC l/s in spirit
Eyeshadow base: UDPP, MAC paint pot in soft ocre
Eyelashes: Missha 115-A, Loreal carbon black voluminous
Eyeliner: Jordana fabuliner in black
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen

Eyeshadows
MAC e/s: all that glitters
MAC e/s: mulch
MAC e/s: mystery

Brows
MAC eyebrow pencil in velvetone
NARS e/s in coconut grove

(For the record, I've pretty much listed all of the brushes that I use in my previous lotds... if you've got questions feel free to ask/comment me on anything)


My face is oily. I did no blotting or touching up on powder to my skin. I have quite ugly skin... I wasn't blessed with good skin and a few years ago my skin was absolutely horrible. Maybe I'll post up a blog on some before and after pictures about my experience with acne. That's the reason why I don't hesitate as much to post close up pictures of my face. It's because I know my skin could have been worse at this point, because it has.

Overall, I really love this primer. It's no mystery of why it's so popular and with such great reviews. I've joined the primer potion cult and give this a 5/5, for the 3 p's.

Price: 5/5 $23 ($29 + 20% off)
Product: 5/5 This product does what it's made for... must I really say more?
Packaging: I got the professional sized tube so I had no problems with it. I love it!

Have you got any secrets to keep oily skin at bay?

LOTD + Review: Urban Decay NYC palette

My second palette I bought. Heaven only knows how many I have yet to show you. Lol jk I have one more. Heeey, I needed to get my hands on a variety of eye shadow colors due to the fact that I don't have many other than my everyday/typical smokey eye look. This was the cheapest way to satisfy my cravings, by HOARDING up on palettes... yay.

Anyways, Urban Decay is known for having very pigmented and shimmery eyeshadows, and that's exactly what I got, except for a matte light black color. Needless to say, I love love love this palette. Although this palette has similar colors to my Too Faced palette, it's okay because that one was a bargain (calculations done on one of my recent posts). It came with two sample-sized pencils of its 24/7 glide-on eye pencils in Ransom and Zero, as well as a sample-sized bottle of Urban Decay's primer potion. Not bad for $54. It's a shame make up has just been pronounced as my newly-found hobby, I would have gotten the Alice in Wonderland palette after seeing numerous posts on tumblr.

Products used
Foundation: MAC face and body foundation in C5 applied with fingers
Powder: MAC select/sheer powder in NC40 applied with Prestige powder brush
Lips: Maybelline lipstick in nude blush
Eyeshadow base: UDPP
Eyelashes: Ebay
Eyeliner: Urban Decay 24/7 glide-on eye pencil in zero
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen

Eyeshadows
Urban Decay e/s:  maui wowie for inner corner applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush
Urban Decay e/s: first I applied suspect to the whole lid except for the inner corner until the brow bone, then applied smog over the same area creating a gradient effect (light brown to dark brown) applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush
Urban Decay e/s: perversion to add depth to my "gradient" applied with Image Essentials crease & smudge brush and blended out
Urban Decay e/s: midnight cowboy rides again for highlight applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush

Brows
WNW eyebrow pencil in black
Urban Decay e/s: perversion

LOTD + Review: Too Faced enchanted glamourland

I bought the Too Faced enchanted glamourland palette because since I'm on the search for my perfect primer, I thought it would be reasonable to get this palette to play around with the colors as well as indulge in a full-sized bottle of its shadow insurance as well as a wonderful, wonderful (full-sized) lip gloss. I really love love love the lip gloss because it complements my lip color quite well as well as giving me that plumping feeling which my lips just absolutely adore.

The shadows are very well pigmented and very easy to blend. There's a good variety of colors that would be great for prom make up application and events where you want your eyes to pop due to its metallic array of colors. For $49 dollars at Sephora, this palette is definitely worth it. After all, the full-sized bottles of shadow insurance and lip gloss are $18 and $19 respectively. Technically you're paying $12 for the eye shadows. Reasonable, right? Most definitely!

Viewer beware: a massive load of pictures are awaiting you. 

Products used
Foundation: Max Factor Lasting Performance Stay Put Makeup - Toasted Almond 
Lips: Too Faced lip gloss
Eyeshadow base: Too Faced shadow insurance + MAC paint pot in soft ocre
Eyelashes: Ebay
Eyeliner: Maybelline gel liner in black
Blush: Too Faced blush from palette
Contour: Too Faced bronzer color from palette

Eyeshadows
Too Faced e/s: ooh & aah for inner corner applied with NYX e/s brush
Too Faced e/s: exclusive storm for outer corner applied with NYX e/s brush
Too Faced e/s: stiletto to define outer color with Sonia Kashuk crease brush then for added depth applied with MAC 219 and blended out with MAC 217

Brows
WNW eyebrow pencil in black
Avon brow powder in black