Fr0nd's Fun with Colors

Don't you just love Cashmere?

Hey everyone,

I know, I know, I’m on a major neutrals kick lately…. ah well. Guess its just trying to use something that will last the whole day without looking messed up after I’m done with chasing kids. Its the hols and this mummy is tired…

k… on with the EOTD for today… stash shopping again, this time trying *not* to use TSS at all… so here’s what I came up with.

From SilkNaturals website – description & swatches:

Dolce- copper brown shimmer- MAC Sweet Sienna clone

my thots : Love the ever so slight glitter in this e/s. And it does a fab job at defining my crease when I’m going for a ‘nude’ look.

 

Cashmere- shimmery nude pink

my thots : this is one of those colors I love using all over my lid. It brightens up my eyes and gives me a polished look without making me look ‘made up’. If that makes any sense whatsoever.

 

Monistat – all over eye area 
NYX Jumbo eye pencil in yoghurt – on lid and smudged 
SN’s Cashmere – patted on the lid and blended upwards til brow 
SN’s Dolce – crease 
Maybelline’s gel liner in brown – upper liner

     

I’ll be leaving on a road trip with my family and parents to Melaka this weekend so I’ll catch up with posts when I get back. I sure hope I can stop myself from buying a hundred and one things. Sigh. I know that getting my beaded sandals redone is definitely a must do. :D

My new favourite washing up toy…

Credit to http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=5282621

When L’oreal launched their new “Go 360deg Clean” in Jan this year, I was intrigued.

 credit to Nouveaucheap

The scrublet that came with it was just so interesting. I wanted to try it but refused to ante up the funds to buy the cleanser. I rarely change brands once I’ve found one that works for me.

So on a recent foray into Daiso – that gloriously horribly wonderful SGD2 store – I saw this. Yeah, I know I’m probably super late in getting one but here’s my review anyways. :P

This pic is from Mag @ MakeupStash. She reviewed it way back in Sept ‘09. *whispers… see how late I am??*

There was a newer version available close to the cashier but I chose this one cos I liked the tip on it that would enable me to get into the nooks and crannies of the nose area.

The way I use it is to apply my cleanser all over (after using a m/u remover to take off my eye m/u). I use my fingers to lightly massage it in then pick up my scrublet. With gently pressure, I go over all over my face. Including my eyes. The scrublet is soft enough to handle that area without pulling or tugging the delicate skin. Usually I pay extra attention to my crisis zones – nose and area around – and put a little more pressure there. I’ve never had irritated skin as a result of this.

For me, its proven to be a lovely light massaging tool that effectively clears my pores. Better than if I just used the cleanser solo. I can really see a difference in terms of how much junk is not in the pores. Even my ‘permanent resident’ blackheads have grown smaller and are much easier to squeeze out. My skin always feels cleaner… not squeaky clean but firm and clean. You really gotta try it to understand what I’m babbling about.

For $2, this is an invaluable tool that I’m not planning to do without. Already have plans to head down and get another one for my other toilet so I don’t have to go hunt it down whenever I change rooms.

Even got my hubby to try it and for once he’s willing to say “I use it every now and then”. Trust me, this is a guy who uses the same soap for his entire body and face! So I’m guessing he sees or feels some difference.

Let me know if you’ve tried this and what your experiences are with it… would love to hear about them!

Green Eyed Monster... NOT!

As someone who isn’t living in the great US of A, I frequently read about offers that are ever so tempting BUT only available ‘locally’.

It makes me soooo annoyed especially when my hopes go UP then come crashing down. Having blogs on myreader that descibe in gory detail how to get lippies at 50cts or looking at the gorgeous new collections available only statewide totally doesn’t help either.

Just as a for instance… ZOYA is having a nail polish exchange where you send in any old bottle of polish and get a brand new shade of your choice for US$3.50. Now how lovely is that? sigh… seriously, stateside gals, take up the offer. The colors look soooooo gorgeously bright and beautiful!

Yeah, I guess you could call me a sucker for punishment cos it doesn’t stop me from trying again and again OR drooling over images on my computer screen.

So I try to remind myself about…

from weheartit.com

which also brings to mind what my church is currently going through. (yeah, I know I don’t talk about religion here normally but its strange situation which I know that God will make right!)

So what’s in my m/u rainbows? well, here in Singapore we’ve got access to so many Asian brands. Particularly ones from Japan and Korea. I know that I’ve just jumped on the Korean bandwagon. Lovely shades of m/u at oh so affordable prices. And easily available either at shopping centres or online.

I’ve got a lovely neighbouring country with lots of local brands at lovely prices (especially if I get them during sales and a nice FX low). Sure am looking forward to heading there next week!

I have every freedom to live vicariously through other people and their wallets. In fact, if I got everything that I drooled over, I doubt I’d have the time/energy to actually use them all.

and last but not least, there are so many online communities here selling 2nd hand stuff. I tell ya, every weekend I’m trolling this particular group waiting to see if I can find any gems for sale. So far, I’ve bought OPI polishes and some other random m/u items. All at affordable prices. I’m happy although my wallet isn’t.

So I’ll count my rainbows and enjoy every moment and item I have.

What are the rainbows in your life?

A Girl Like Me Click’ed with Fleeting Wisdom

So I thought I’d shop my stash for some neutrals. In particular, I looked for some browns.

The two darker browns were from one of the first e/s that I ever purchased from TheSheSpace. I think it was one of the collections from June 2008. I didn’t buy the whole collection of “A Stone’s Throw”. The two lighter colors are from the Live Inspired collection which dates back to Fall 2008. I have the entire collection of that and I think it marks the start of my TSS madness. :P

In particular, I absolutely love Beyond Skin Deep. Its the perfect neutral shade for my skin tone. Many times, I find myself wearing this color all over my eye area with just a colored liner for that bit of drama.

• Monistat – all over base
• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in French Fries – all over lid and smudged
• TSS Fleeting Wisdom – patted on lid
• TSS Click – used a crease brush to blend it upwards past the crease
• TSS A Girl Like Me – to blend Click and Beyond Skin Deep together
• TSS Beyond Skin Deep – highlight under the brow

and here are the e/s descriptions

Fleeting Wisdom - Darkest tree bark brown with flashes of sheer crystal twinkle

Click - Deep dark chocolate with hints of bronze and copper

A Girl Like Me - Sheer plum with a hint of cocoa and gold twinkle

Beyond Skin Deep - Velvety bisque with a hint of soft rose

a little bit of this, a little bit of that

The problem with having a little girl in the house is that she loves to get into my makeup zone. And what does she do there… well, make a mess of things. What did you expect?

Its fine *if* she’s under supervision… if she’s not… all sorts of things happen.

credit to WeHeartIt.com

Just as a quick example that happened last night, I went to wash up for bed and found… wet powder residue all over my sink area! my swirly bowl was wet and right side up near the sink (not where I usually leave it upside down) and the pot of powder… well, it was empty and had little drops of water running around inside. It looked kinda like this…

credit to WeHeartIt.com

The nice thing to note is that I finally have proof first hand that mineral makeup is waterproof! everything was running on top of everything else. Rather fun to watch actually.

So this morning, I sat down and mixed up a new batch of powder to put in my freshly washed powder pot… here’s my recipe for now…

1.5 tsps of SilkNatural’s Date Bait powder 
1 tsp of SilkNatural’s Perfecting Powder 
.5 tsp of SilkNatural’s Zinc finishing powder 
.5 tsp of Coastal Scents’ silica powder

Mix it all up and here’s what you get…

Let me give you the rationale behind this blend. I, personally, find the perfecting powder by itself a little too plain. I wanted a little hint of color to even out some skin tones hence the addition of Date Bait.

Date Bait, by itself, on my skin is way too dark (I’m a NC20 I think) but blended into together with the other powders, I get a subtle almost pinky cream shade.

The Zinc finishing powder is for sun protection plus I find it really makes the powder feel quite a bit smoother. Seems to go on better somehow. Hard to quantify but hey even if it doesn’t really do anything in terms of texture, I rest easier knowing I’ve got an additional amount of sun protection. :P

Silica… hmm, at one stage there was sooo much talk about silica. Basically, I’m using it for the oil control and simply to use up the huge bottle I bought from Coastal Scents a long time ago. Once I run out, this ‘ingredient’ will likely get dropped from my list unless I decide to buy some from SilkMineral, which would cut down my shipping cost and time.

To use, I just shake some out into my swirly bowl, add a little SilkNaturals glow if I think I need the extra boost, swirl my EDM long handled Kabuki through it and apply on my face.

I love using SilkNatural’s powders… they give me a nice even finish and seems to ‘blurrify’ my pores a little. I like being able to mix things up til I get the ‘perfect’ combination for me. Its a little bit of effort but oh so worth it. And I love the price tag on them too. :)

Am contemplating purchasing a bb powder pact to use while I’m on the go. Again, the sun protection is a major factor for me… but then again, who am I kidding, I *never* touch up once I’m out the door… excuses, excuses…

What face powders do you use? and why do you like them? let me know ok?

Computer down…. Computer up…

heya everyone,

I managed to publish the last post from a friend’s computer. And got my hubby to help with figuring out what happened to mine. Well, my computer needed some new parts. Specifically a new graphics card. *sigh* so after spending some moolah… I’m back online and gonna start blogging again :)

Its been a super busy week. Had a conference I was attending. Got inspired and renewed thanks to good speakers and a wonderful hubby who watched over my kiddos for two days. There are so many times when I really need to be reminded of how blessed I am to have a man who’s supportive, loves me a whole lot and is willing to do what it takes to take care of me.

The ‘nice’ thing about the conference, makeup-wise, was that it gave me a chance to try out a sample of BB cream that I had bought. Look out for my review sometime soon. Short version… Skin79’s VIP Gold Super+ Beblesh Balm SPF25 PA++ is a winner in my book. *big grin*

Just a little more randomness, realised during this break that I really do blog just for me. Was upset a few weeks ago that no one seemed to be commenting and I had no way of knowing exactly who was reading what I babble about. But it really doesn’t matter. This is my place to say what I feel like saying and share what I’m interested in. That’s enough reason for it to exist. :P

til my next post… cya all! 

An old familar favourite…

Thought I’d just post up a quick NOTD… this was an old favourite shade from Revlon. I remember sitting in the back of the class and painting my nails this color. :D yeah, I wasn’t the best student in the world. The amazing thing is that my lecturers didn’t seem to mind the nail salon that regularly appeared at the back of tutorial rooms.   

This is Revlon’s Copper Glaze Platinium. From what I’ve read, it debuted in 1976. Now that’s a long time for a nail color to be around.

I’d call it a champagne colored nude. Very suitable for offices and work. All I know is that this color is one of my all time favourites and I was glad to see it on sale in ParksonGrand (JB) last December.

Here’s another look found on flickr…

What are some of your favourite nail colors?

gonna be slow...

ok, gals, I've got drafts lined up to fill in and post BUT they're on my desktop computer... and its decided to stop talking to the monitor... or maybe its the other way round... I dunno. Regardless, I can't get my grubby hands on them and I dunno how to link my phone w my macbook so... I'm kinda stuck for now. Not a good place to be but...

so until I get stuff back to working order, its gonna be quiet here. When I do get back, I've got a couple of nail polish posts, eotds and some reviews... 

bye for now... but not for long... I hope

A doggy post...

This is *not* a beauty related post… so stop reading now if that’s what you’re looking for!

Had a couple of friends who were wondering about the reference to dogs in my previous post, Who let the dogs out.

well, the short answer is Dayna made a set of mineral e/s specially for one of the Voxers and named them after her dogs. So Scully, Jack, Popo and Gigi are all dogs. Gettit?

Speaking of dogs… my mafia wars clan on facebook is having a ‘family feud’. So my team, the Monkey Junkies, is up against the Toto’s Terrors… the sheer amount of trash talking via pictures on my clan’s public FB page is amusing… here’s a link if you wanna have a look.

Here’s one in particular that totally amused me.

and finally to wrap up this doggy post… here’s a cute smiling dog! He makes me wanna smile right back at him.

Til next time… WOOF!

Starburst copied…

First time I saw the video tutorial for this look, I said ‘too bright’ and ‘pink… ewwww!’ But the look stayed in my head for more than a week and I started to try and figure out how I could copy it. Why? well, just cos it’d be something I’ve never done before.

First up, what to use? minerals? or one of my palettes? Minerals was my first choice so I started swatching…

Now although I know I don’t normally buy yellows or pinks much less reds… I plowed through my collection of minerals and turned up with these red/pinks…

• SilkMinerals Rasberry
• SilkMinerals Strawberry
• SilkMinerals Pomegranate
• TSS Vampires Tap Dancing (LE Storybook)
• Aromaleigh lookinforakiss
• Aromaleigh peony

nice pinks, not reds, but to me, they looked a little too blue for the eotd I was going for… still looking for that elusive red…

finding yellows was equally challenging…

do you see a problem? I did… no really pure yellow yellows. more golds and bronzey golds. Sigh…

I finally resorted to following VoT’s suggestions on using the 88 matte palette and 120 palette. And here was what I came up with… only thing I left out was the false eyelashes.

• Monistat – base
• NYX jumbo eye pencil in strawberry milk
• from the 88 matte palette – pink, red and white
• from the 120 palette – yellow
• Majolica Majorca liquid liner in black
• Maybelline mascara

So do you think I got close enough to my target? let me know.