Underrated Makeup

I went to my local Rite Aid today to get some household products.  There weren't any good deals this week like BOGOfree or 40% off.  But I always do a round in the makeup section.  Well, I was glad I did.  I found this eye shadow palette by this brand called Giovi.  There were two types of palettes.  I got the one with browns and purples (I'm more prone to choosing those colors as those look better on brown eyes, in my opinion).  The other had more blues.

The price was $5.99.  The texture is very soft and pigmented but there may be some fallouts.  If you like shimmery eye shadows, this palette is perfect.  It isn't glittery or full of chunky glitter.  Instead, it is more glowy and makes you look wide awake.  Perfect for those who just pulled an all-nighter.

The eye shadows are embossed so that they look like jewels.  So pretty ^_____^

Swatches: Top of palette (left to right) The last color, a pretty champagne color, is similar to my skin tone so it doesn't show up that well.  I like it as a highlighter.  My favorites are 2, 5, 6, 7, 8.  These are swatched without a primer and you can see that they are good pigmentation.

Swatches: Bottom of palette (left to right).   I like the top row better because some colors on the bottom row look similar to each other and look a bit dull compared the top where the colors are more vibrant.  But that last color, the metallic smoky gray is hot!!!!

Look using this palette coming soon!! =)

Oh no! It's Sunday!

It was a tiring day today.  It feels like this weekend ended so fast.  I had a lot of things to do but I didn't adjust my sleeping schedule yet.  During break, I would sleep at 1am or 2am and wake up at 11am.  But now since school started, I have to prepare myself for less sleep.  But for me, the weekend is supposed to be relaxing.  I like to stay in bed and just relax.  But it's so different now.

My basement and my room is under renovation, and my room is almost complete.  I just have to dust and arrange my things.  But I also need a closet for my clothes so I have to spend some time looking for one.  I also have to clean the house to get ready for Chinese New Year.  It's kinda like a rule to have a clean and orderly house for the New Year.  I think because it's a new year, you want to take away all of the bad things from the previous year.  I super excited because I get some red envelopes =)

Tomorrow is my first day of work (it's work study).  I'm nervous because it's the first day and I haven't worked in a long time.  It's just been school, school, and school.  I worked before but I had to stop because of school.  But I need to pay my loans and I need some other thing to do besides school work.  I'm hoping I don't mess up even though it's clerical duties.  Let's hope for no paper jams, paper cuts, mean co-workers, and etc.

BB Cream Giveaway

Here's an awesome giveaway from Riya @ pinkstrawberrieloveyum.  http://pinkstrawberrieloveyum.blogspot.com/2011/01/giveaway-ti-me-bb-cream-at-first-i.html
BB Creams are awesome!!!  There like foundation/makeup base but have added benefits like anti-wrinkle, SPF, and etc.  And a little goes on a long way so they last a pretty long time.  

FOTD- Purple

I have Asian dark brown eyes and usually it's hard for me to make them bigger and stand out.  I read that browns and purples are good for brown eyes so those are the colors I gravitate to more when choosing eye shadows. So...here's my first look of the day.  It suitable in the daytime and the purple eye liner makes the look more interesting.

Here are the products I used: (clockwise form left to right)

1. Wet n Wild Color Icon eyeliner in Purple

2. ELF Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 in Light Beige

3. ELF Mineral Eye Primer 

4. ELF Complexion Perfection powder

5. Maybelline Fit Me concealer in 20 and Sable

6. Physician's Formula blush in Blushing Rose

7. Cover Girl Lash Blast Fusion mascara

8. Cover Girl AmazeMint lip gloss in Silly Lilly 

9. Motive eye shadows in Tickle Me Plum, Easter Pink, Cotton Candy, Antique Lace

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First post!!!

Hey.  So this is my first post on this blog.  I'm pretty excited.

Why I made a blog?  It's mostly because I love to read makeup blogs and they are very interesting and informative.  I just want to have somewhere to act as an archive of all my FOTDs, makeup, fashion finds, and random things.  And doing makeup is like a hobby to me and it's relaxing to do when I'm stressed with school.