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Wednesday 14 November 2012

New York Pro Satin Lipstick in 431. A Review.

Shikimikie November 14, 2012 0

I don't really like the color. Maybe it's just the color though. Other than the color, the consistency, application, and simple packaging is nice. But you know! You have to get the proper color of lipstick for you to totally rock it, yeah?

Here's how the packaging looks like. Quite simple. I like how there's a "snippet" of what color the lipstick would be at the bottom. I like black tubes for lipstick. I don't know why. LOL.

But only with the color thingy. Like, when you put all your black tubes together, it's kind of complicated. Unless you only have one color from each brand you own, then I guess, it's fine.

And just like any items I own, I don't have an idea whether or not this is discontinued, how much this is, or anything else that I wouldn't be telling in this post. :) And if you haven't guessed it already, YES. My auntie gave this to me.

For some reason, her taste is kind of weird. But I still love love her. :D

This is in 431. I don't even know what that is but it's actually a color/nude/coral all in one. Or probably just light pink in disguise.

So moving on.. I haven't heard of this particular brand and stuff so I don't really know what to expect and things like that. Oh wells.

Here's how the color looks like in the tube. Light Pink most probably.

And the swatch. You can actually build the color by applying several layers of it. For some reason, I can't actually pick the color right on my camera so when I tried take a picture of it from my phone, the right picture happened.

So there you have it. :)

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Nailed It. Starships.

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Starships are meant to fly. Yup. I don't even know what that means. But anyways.

I realized that it's kind of wiser to buy a smaller nail polish because not all of them last very long. Just a thought.

I like its dreamy yet bold effect. Anyways one thing I like about this is that there are already glitters in it so I didn't have to put on another layer of stuff. Which is kind of cool I must say.

I love it! :) I want to have it done though. Like, professionally. Maybe soon. But whatever I kind of don't want to have it done during internship because it's just not so appropriate since I'll be probing veins of patients and it's just not appropriate. Maybe during my board exam review or something.

That's all.

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Pigeon Baby Powder. A Review.

Shikimikie Blog November 07, 2012 0

This product is kind of a product that I've tried and tested for like 8 years now. And I like it. My mom actually told me that she was surprised to see it in a department store here in the Philippines because as far as we're concern, we have to actually buy us enough supply for the whole year from Japan. i heard that it's quite expensive here though. I mean, relatively more expensive than its price in Japan. Oh well. Shipping fee sucks.

And this is a baby powder, I'm pretty sure it's mild enough for anybody to use. Or whatever.

The compact is just plain white. Nothing fancy or whatever. But nice.

It comes with an almost useless sponge. It's not even a sponge. It's kind of weird. Okay that was harsh. Useless is actually not the term. It's just that it gets dirty. I mean, just like how white dress gets dirty easier than colored ones.

And it's just a translucent powder. You know. Normal baby powder but I have this feeling that this is milder because it doesn't smell like anything. Which is nice. So yeah. Definitely try this one out. NO REGRETS.

Saturday 3 November 2012

Rouge à Lèvres - Dior Addict de Christian Dior. A Review.

Rouge a Levres November 03, 2012 0

This is how the packaging looks like.. I kind of like how fancy it looks. Like, kind of sheer and yeah. I like like. And it's not because it's Dior or whatsoever.

I actually just tested it awhile ago and for some reason, I'm ready to review it.

I like how they actually let you choose how to apply it. Like, I love how it shouts FREEDOM of some sort. LOL. But with this particular color, it's actually better with kind of a lot of layers.

I actually like how smooth it applies on the skin. Like, you won't even feel the friction or anything like that. Like, I guess that's the way to go. I don't really like its color pay off though. But given other color, everything should be fine. Well, probably. I think generally, purple is just not the color for me. And as you can see from the swatch above, the color does not actually apply evenly. Like, there would be some ares where you have to reapply the product just because it appears lighter than the other. That's all!

Nailed it. Pearly Shell.

Yellow Nails November 03, 2012 0

It's been like a week I guess. Like, since I painted my nails. I gave my nails a rest yesterday and today, I decided to paint them with another color. Since I came across the idea somewhere that when always painted with DARK COLORS, our nails have a tendency to become yellow which by the way happened a lot to me before. I didn't know back then that it was the reason behind it. I just though that my nails needed to rest and stuff. I mean, chemicals are chemicals right? So yeah, I picked up the lightest color available.

And just like what I do with the rest of my nail looks, I add glitters! I actually tried it without the glitters since it's kind of sheer and shiny already on its own but I thought adding the gold glitters will really finish off the look.

And then I added more glitters because I had the feeling that it's not all even and stuff. Which I know is hard to do by the way. MAKING GLITTERS EVEN. But yeah I just followed what my instinct told me. Okay whatever.

It's actually kind of hard to focus the camera when all the glitters' are reflecting light and stuff. But I hope you can see thru that the base color is really really pretty.

Wednesday 31 October 2012

The Grudge.

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If you haven't watched The Grudge already, then I recommend you watch it. It's kind of good. And that's if you like to be scared. So before actually going to bed now (10312012), I decided to look for a tutorial, follow it, and document. That's how I roll. Pretty much. LOL. Just kidding. I kind of failed though. I don't know how or what I turned out to be exactly. But nevertheless, I'm gonna be sharing some of the photos I took.

First of all, I don't have a foundation lighter than my skin tone and even if I had one, it wouldn't be recognized by my iPhone's front camera. I guess. So I just topped all the make up on the existing foundation that's on my skin. Actually, if I didn't have it on from my day activity, I probably wouldn't apply foundation because it probably wouldn't make any difference anyway. Just saying. I heard that the iPhone 5's front camera is kind of HD though. Mmm...

But don't hate. LOL. I don't care really. You can hate if you want. But nah.

Basically, what I did was darken my eyes by putting brown/blue eye shadows and I applied white mascara on my water line to make my eyes appear a little bit bigger. And also, kind of contoured using the same brown eye shadow. I also decided to put a nude lipstick on my lips.

Also, I messed up my hair which is not a hard thing to do at all. My hair usually looks like that on a daily basis. I mean, I don't really like to brush my hair a lot. It's damaging it more. LOL. Excuses.

I also decided to snap these photos using my iPhone's front camera so I didn't really bother much on blending my make up and all that. :D

Happy Halloween! :)

Saturday 27 October 2012

M.A.C Lustreglass Lipgloss. A Review.

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Howdy! You might have seen this one already before. I kind of posted it but I don't know what exactly. Some place like make up collection or make up thingy I think. I mean, where else can it be? Haha

I really used to love love love lip glosses. But now, not much. I don't know if I just think I'm too busy to do all that lip stuff or I'm just assuming to be. Or whatever.

The packaging is quite simple. It's translucent so you can see all the stuff going on inside the tube. Like, glittery stuff and all that.

I obviously would prefer colored lip gloss since I think I don't have much time (yeah right) to kind of top this on my lipstick and all that. But it's also nice to let this on this own as well so whatevs. And it's glittery so it's all good.

I love how the glitters are put together. I love how it gives you a simple pay off of color yet it seems to look kind of sophisticated. Like, "NOT YOUR SIMPLE GLOSS."

You know, I used to buy lip colored lip glosses because I like things shiny back then. I would buy blushes and powders with glitters too. But now, I guess that I am more of a matte person. Although I still like glitters on some aspects of life. K. Below are pictures of me with it on.

With a lip liner from M.A.C and a nude lipstick. And then with this particular lip gloss on. Too much stuff going on m Iy lips, eh? Haha

And excuse my eyes! I really have a tendency of having uneven eyes. MOST OF THE EFFING TIME. LOL.

What I don't like about it though is it picks up on the color of your base color. Like you can see the color on your lip gloss wand afterwards. Which is kind of off. So I therefore conclude that it's probably meant to be on its own. So I have to try.

Now without anything on. I can't really tell if I super like this product. I like how it's not sticky to the lips though. It's pretty thick but that's kind of nice because that means that it's kind of gonna stick to the lips better and it's gonna stay longer. Who wants to reapply? That's just a waste of product, yeah? We all want long lasting stuff.

Thursday 25 October 2012

Hello Kitty.

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I don't know if you saw my Bellatrix Lestrange look for Halloween but if you haven't already, you can click the pink kind of thingy that says BELLATRIX LESTRANGE. Duh? Haha

And now I was a little bit inspired to create yet another look. And contrary to the popular belief, I did not go for the dark thingy again. I mean, Halloween shouldn't just be about dark stuff. It's always nice to balance things, aye?

So I decided to do kind of a girly look this time. Nothing really professional. JUST FOR FUN! LIKE ALWAYS. LOL.

I actually enjoyed going to Sanrio Puroland way back time and yeah. Watched parades, and stuff. Been there probably three or four times and yeah, I would love to go back and dress up a little bit. I'm almost sure I wore ridiculous clothes when we went there because back then, I just wear whatever my mom would prepare and all that. So yeah. Would probably revisit soon! :)

If you haven't noticed already, I actually don't have that red ribbon that Hello Kitty Sports. And for that, sorry. LOL. It\s just a complete contrary on what I did with my Bellatrix Lestrange look. I mean, with all the preparations and stuff.

iPhone pictures!

One thing you have to know about me is that I don't really know how to even out my eyeliner so I really refuse to do it MOST of the time. Like, it troubles me to make it presentable and all that so yeah. And why wouldn't I make things difficult for myself? I just explained that to defend myself. But thanks if you understand. LOL.

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Nailed It. Change of Plans.

Shikimikie October 24, 2012 0

I just though that my nails yesterday were kind of off. I mean, I don't know kind of off but nevertheless off. It's probably not appropriate for some reason. It was kind of okay when I put it on the first time though. Mmmm...

I actually used this purple color yesterday and though that I would just go for the PLUM-FALL-LOOK. Whatever that is. LOL. And since I'm fund of messing things up, I decided to top it with this glitter strips thingy which I realized not the best idea. Should have put the traditional glitter thingy.

Actually, this alone I think is not bad. But whatever. I usually really have the most ridiculous idea sometimes. The nail polish actually is not really that opaque when applied so yeah I think I did 2-4 coats to achieve this color.

The thing about this glitter strips is that they can get a little bit messy sometimes. Because it doesn't really apply all the same. Unlike with the usually glitter stuff, you can't really tell. And the orientation of the strips per se is kind of off sometimes. But oh well.

Still messy though. Haha my bad.

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Nailed It. Halloween Edition.

Shikimikie Blog October 23, 2012 0

I painted my nails today! FINALLY. After like, six months of rest, I was finally able to do it again. I think my skill level went down a little bit though. Too bad. LOL. Oh well. Things happen.

My left hand. So. I just used orange as my base. I actually intended to make it a base for that pumpkin effect thingy. But then it turned out that the orange I used is kind of much brighter than what I expected it to be. Oh well. But then it's all the same. It doesn't really matter. LOL.

And the violet tip on my middle finger is just a representation of fall. Ok.

Excuse the excess if you may. Haha

My right hand is a little bit more complicated to explain. LOL. But whatever.

So there you have it! Halloween Nails! LOL. NOT.

Here are the stuff I've used. And sorry for the date. Really.

Saturday 20 October 2012

Bellatrix Lestrange.

Shikimikie Blog October 20, 2012 0

Excuse the date though. It kind of bothers me now. A little bit.

Okay. Just for the fun of it, I tried to look like Bellatrix Lestrange. Or something like that. LOL.

Nothing much actually. Just made sure that my eyes are dark enough to kind of give that Death Eater's impression and all that dark stuff. I actually don't understand what I did. TOO.

I also kind of contoured the hollows of my cheeks to kind of give that flesh-less look. I mean, she wasn't really described as that in the book. Or was she? By the way, should have blended better. LOL.

As you can see, I also kind of made up a wand that's like whatever. LOL.

I also did a Death Mark. LOL. It looks good from a far but kind of looks funny when up close. LOL.

I kind of like Bellatrix's character for some reason. Not the kind of like that I wanted her to succeed and all that because that would be so evil of me, right? Just the kind of like that I don't know. I just like her character.

Happy Halloween you guys.

Monday 15 October 2012

Internship Left Over.

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So I don't know why but people haven't really moved on yet. Or whatever. Because it's been like 2 weeks and people are still posting pictures of Internship I. WHICH I LIKE. LOL. So yeah. The following are pictures from my first internship experience.

Panda and I. Yup. Panda just got real.

I don't know why but for a day or two, the laboratory became some sort of a place for COSPLAYERS and stuff. Like, colorful wigs, all that cosplay things. Oh wells.

Oh wells. LOL. If my hands weren't dirty or anything like that, I probably would have worn one or two and stuff like what they did. I guess I was a little bit too busy with my business.

Saturday 13 October 2012

Tag Answers. :)

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I've been tagged by the fab Pink Mommy, and here are my answers to the questions.

1. Do you wear makeup everyday?

- Nope. I don't actually wear make up that much. Not full make up at least. On normal days, I would wear concealer on some concealable flaws and stuff and I would just put powder to kind of set it. But when I'm running late, got no time for that. Just my tinted lip balm and I'm good to go.

2. Most favorite makeup product (only 1)

- I would say concealer. Thank goodness I am not a smoker so my lips are kind of okay without tinted lip balm but that would be my second. Ha! See what I did there? LOL.

3. iPhone or BB (blackberry)?

- iPhone! I actually thought of buying Blackberry before I bought my very first iPhone but yeah I don't know what happened. No regrets!

4. Favorite body products?

- Since I'm not a morning person and I usually wake up late and got not much to prepare everyday, I got no time to put on stuff on my body but when I do, I just spray with my Victoria's Secret Body Mist. As much as I would like to apply lotion, it actually troubles me that it'll take time to dry and that I can't put on my uniform right away. On off days though, or which I would like to call the "MOISTURE DAY", I actually bother to put on lotion, lip balm, hair mask, face mask, and stuff. Okay this second paragraph is actually irrelevant. LOL.

5. Favorite perfume/cologne?

- Victoria's Secret scents are really my type. As of now, I'm finishing this. As you can see, I'm running very low of this. Might last me a month or two. I think. Or three.

6. Where do you usually hangout?

- At home. Internship is really exhausting and really sucking the energy out of me so I would just stay home to kind of replenish and stuff.

7. Boyfriend/Girlfriend vs. Bestfriends?

- I have a picture to explain.

8. What/Who are you for the next 5 years?

- A better version of me. Hopefully was able to go to Paris at least.

I actually don't know much about what will happen to me or who will I become by then. Ugh, life. Hopefully I'd be a practicing Medical Technologist by then too. And doing other stuff as well.

9. MAC or Nars

- I actually don't own any NARS and I don't like M.A.C all that much so I don't know.

10. Moisturizer or toner?

- Toner! :) My skin is actually oily so it kind of have its natural moisture already so I don't want to interfere so that might bring back my very bad bad skin again. I actually used moisturizer before and it kind of broke me out. I should have used a moisturizer that's specifically for oily skin though. But whatever. I know it's very important to moisturize but whatever. Will do that soon! Once my skin is full healed.

11. Eyeliner or mascara?

- Mascara. For some reason, well...I actually used to wear eyeliner a lot way back high school but I didn't realize how odd it looked on me. Well not odd. Probably "inappropriate" since I was in high school that time. So yeah. If not for the trouble of removing mascara, I would probably wear it everyday since my lashes are actually short and boring.

Saturday 6 October 2012

Victoria Jackson. A Review.

Victoria Jackson October 06, 2012 1

First of all, you have to know that I am not a professional when it comes to this things so you could probably agree with me or disagree completely. It's like that take it or leave it thingy. And I don't mind. Thank you very much.

Let's get started.

I actually promised to bring you this review so yeah. :)) This is what it looks like. From the very look of it, I thought there wouldn't be much inside and stuff but yeah, it actually contains a little more than what I've expected. I don't know whether it was mom or auntie who gave this to me but THANKS. I appreciate it.

I actually tried to picture this same stuff yesterday (night) but nah, didn't work out so the brushes look like that and the colors that you will be seeing below are kind of messed up and stuff. The eyeliner is jet black! It's creamy and nice. The MASCARA is my favorite! It gives you length and volume. It's just awesome. I actually tried to use the brushes provided but they're just not so helpful. The blush brush helped a little bit though. Okay, they all helped a little bit.

What I like about their eye shadow colors is that they have it in matte and a different tray for shimmers. Although it would have been better that the range of color is similar, but then the taught is there. It can't all be shimmery or matte. In my opinion though, matte is kind of more workable than shimmers. But whatever. Among the lot, the coral/orange is my least favorite because it's actually not true to its color when swatched or applied. The rest are okay. I actually used the brown in the matte tray as contour and it's fab. The super light pink (first tray) is gorgeous for highlight.

This is the shimmer section! As much as I like the colors here better, I am just not convinced of shimmers. It looks girly, pretty, yes. But for someone like me who doesn't know how to put them on properly, it gets messy. SOMETIMES. But I'll get to it. Soon.

The white though is awesome for highlight. And I used the darkest color for my brows but it's just so overwhelming. Or maybe my brows are kind of bushy already so I probably didn't need to add some dark things to it already.

Lip products! I actually like its color range but as you may already know, I don't like putting much on my lips. I like balms though. But yeah, I like how they have the coolest to the warmest color. Good thinking.

Blushes! This blushes really do their job so you better be careful with them. In a good way though.

And it comes with a sharpener! Obviously, for the lip and eye liner. And it comes with two rectangular mirrors. One just above the blushes and one right at the center of the compact.

The lights washed the colors away but whatever. LOL.

We washed off the color on a regular digital camera so we don't have to expect much on iPhone's camera, right? Good. Not complaining.

That's all! :)

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