Pasalubong and Mid-Week Haul

My aunt came from the US for a visit and she gave me this, among other stuff. It's the Liplicious lip colour from Bath and Body Works. It's really nice. It's double-ended. On one side is the Brown Sugar Scrub which is supposed to smoothen your lips and on the other end is a flavored lip color. I got pomegranate. The color is really nice and it tastes yummy too.

Went to Southmall yesterday to buy the elf elements eyeshadows and customized my own palette. But since some of the colors I was looking for were not available, I ended up purchasing this instead. It was on sale according to the SA. From around 500 bucks, they lowered it to Php375. Now I know that there were a lot of people who were not satisfied with this product because, according to them, the e/s are a bit chalky. But I figured that it will be good enough for me to practice on. I'm not really an expert on applying makeup so this will be enough for me to hone that skill (wish!). There are actually some colors that are really nice when i swatched them and I might try them tom when I go to work.

I also got the ELF Duo Eyeshadow Cream in Butter Pecan. I've been meaning to get this for the longest time but it's always OOS. Good thing it was available when I visited the elf stall yesterday. I'll get the Black Licorice next time since it wasn't available then.

I also got some other stuff like Fashion 21 black liquid eyeliner. I'm still in search for the best waterproof eyeliner since I started wearing contacts again and this was highly recommended by a lot of our sisses from Girltalk. I also got the Nichido sheer lipstick in Pink Ice (another recommended item from GT). It has shea butter and feels really good on the lips. The color is also really nice, very subtle. Another item I got was Avon Advanced Eye Perfector. Just hope it can help in removing some wrinkles that I'm starting to get around the eye area.

So that's it for this week. Have a happy weekend people! :)

Mid-week Mini Haul

Went to ATC today to pay my Globe bill and as expected, I couldn't help but drop by PCX (one of my fave beauty stores). At first, I just wanted to buy some eye makeup remover but ended up buying a few more things.

Saw this In2It eye makeup remover. It only costs Php129.75 (less than $3) and I've decided to give it a try. I'm used to using Ponds Cold Cream in removing my makeup but I'm always worried that it may not be good for my eyes. And since my hand sanitizer is too big for my makeup pouch, I bought another one in a smaller bottle, Alcogel this time. I've also heard a lot of good reviews about Carmex so I decided to try this one as well. Got the mint flavor and boy, do I love it! Hopefully this will keep my lips from chapping.. Nivea doesn't work for me and Carmex is less greasy so I love it more.

Oh and I'm so happy that I finally got hold of ELF Glow. This is always OOS every time I visit the ELF booth at Southmall. I couldn't believe my luck when the SA at PCX told me that it's on stock (it wasn't on the shelf yet). As it turns out, they just had a delivery today. Talk about great timing! And I just couldn't resist this Candy Shop Lip Gloss tin in Cherry Bomb. The scent was really super sweet, kinda like sugar. It'll also be my first time to try falsies so wish me luck. I hope I don't end up poking my eye with it.. teehee!

Oh, and I finally decided to get this Bench Lifestyle card since the membership fee is just Php100. According to the SA, you earn 1 pt for every peso you spend on their stores (bench, bench fix, aldo, celio, charles & keith, TFS, human Pedro, and dimensione). With PCX, the ratio is 1 pt = 4 Pesos. Still a good deal, considering that I always shop at these stores, especially TFS and PCX. I'm not just sure though how to use points earned. Somebody enlighten me..

Revenge is Sweet.. Nah, Just Kiddin'...

So after participating in this tag game, I got vengeful, I mean inspired! (hehe!) I have decided to start another tag game which is kinda similar to what we just had..

Rules: Take a picture of yourself before putting on your makeup (that means without applying anything on your face). Then take a picture of yourself after putting on makeup. These will be your 'before' and 'after' photos. Itemize what makeup you used on your 'after' photo.

So I'll start the ball rolling..




Since I'll be staying home for the rest of the day, I've decided not to use foundation. So I have applied my Purederm bb cream instead. I topped it with Ellana Espresso Con Panna FS. For my blush, I used Nichido powder blush in passionate red.

For the eyes, I used Nichido black liquid eyeliner, G-lish gelato eyescream #13 and #8, Nichido GNO pencil in Smoke Green, Elf Black Mascara, Fashion 21 eyebrow powder

Lips: G-lish lusterstick in party princess and Victoria's Secret Strictly Sheer #139

So there, I'm tagging everyone who follows this blog.. (please don't hate me!) That means I'm tagging Lai, Pammy, Tiff, *Nehs*, Crystal, Ida, Chrissy, September, and Donnarence.. harharhar (there's my evil laugh again!)

What's in my Kikay Kit

Saw something like this from Crystal's previous blogs so I've decided to make a similar entry.

I don't bring a lot of stuff with me especially since I started using mmu. I just don't feel the need to retouch since my make up stays on for the entire shift. Anyway, these are what I have on my mini make up kit..



I just bring my baby buki brush from Ellana, Clean & Clear oil control film, hand sanitizer, bare naturals mineral lip color, VS Strictly Sheer #139, G-lish lusterstick in party princess, nichido GNO in Smoke Green, ELF black eyeliner pencil, Maybelline pressed powder, Ellana FS in Espresso Con Panna, Godiva Lico White Lip Gloss, vanilla scented cologne, and my trusty comb.

I need to find a smaller container for my hand sanitizer since this tube is a bit big to carry around.. So there, that's what I carry with me when I go out.. So I'm tagging everyone who reads this and has not yet posted a similar entry..

My Random Ramblings..

I've always wanted to know what my shade is with MAC so when I went to MOA yesterday, I made sure that I drop by MAC's counter. I found out that I'm an NC25. It was an enormous feat to turn away and buy nothing. But I'm not really sure if I'm willing to shell out Php1500 for a foundation so with a heavy heart, I turned away. Probably someday.. When I have more moolah to spare.

Anyway, it's my rest day today and I figured that I won't be putting any make up on especially with the hot weather and all.. But I'm really bored and I had to take my sister and aunt to the bus station so I need to put on some makeup but it's very minimal.. I just used my Purederm BB cream and my Joppa Original FS in Sheer, Nichido blush in Passionate Red, my homemade eye primer, Fashion21 eyebrow duo and black liquid liner, Nichido Girls Night Out in Smoke Green, Gelato eyescream #3, Bare Naturals lipcolor in Delusional, Ellana mineral e/s in Inspiration as my brow highlighter, and Elf waterproof black mascara and I'm done.. It's really hot but at least my make up is not melting.. yet.