☆ New Years Resolutions ☆

Hello people of that read my blog!

Yay! The year is ending! I dont know if thats a good thing or not for you,  but i think its awesome. The reason I want this year to end is not only begin a brand new year to experience new things and to grow but also to shed the yucky bad stuff from this 2010. I had an alright year and I'm not here to complain and put up negative comments but this year in general was just a huge blur for me.

I began working. I had never really had an official job before but since my school decided to cancel my classes on me last minute, I got a full-time job. I still think it was a good choice because I know I grew up ALOT because of it. I had to pay bills and budget myself and work really hard. I know people work 9-5 jobs everyday and I applaud you. I feel your pain. But because I had this job I missed out on a bunch of things I wanted to do with my friends but then again I grew up because of it. So for about 9-10 months out of the year I really didn't do much but work and go to school (and trust me at times like these I feel very blessed to have been able to work and go to school). I learned a lot from this experience and even though I had bad times, I take nothing negative from the experience.

I now have a new job and even though its seasonal, I'm enjoying myself to the fullest. I love my job now. I love waking up putting on makeup to then go to work to play with more makeup and talk to people about makeup. I'm damn good at my job and i want to continue there. <3

So this year I want it to be the most life changing year for me. I am newly 21 years old  and I want to make this year a year of complete and total change for me. I'm tired of doing the same thing over and over and never advancing in what I want in my life because I want things to be handed to me for some reason. I never even really made a life of things to do for my new year since I was always so negative about everything. NO MORE OF THAT THIS YEAR!

To begin my new list of things I will actually do:

1- Write in my blog a minimum of once a week.
I've been slacking here on this one and I have so much to say.

2- Not get so down on myself.
I'm constantly putting myself down and over thinking everything I do. But no more not this year!

3- Stop letting people take advantage of my overly nice personality.
No one likes to be walked all over.

4- Post a youtube video at least once a week. minimum once every 2 weeks.
I need to get it going.

5- Lose weight.
I know, I know "Dai, why so lame everyone says that". Yeah well I'm tired of looking the same every year and I need to do this to feel better about myself! Plus this is a major thing in my life and I want it to go away!

6- Hang out with new friends I make rather than just get their number and never do anything with it.
I need to stop doing this.

7- No more soda.
I've slowly been getting off of the stuff but I'm hooked. I need to stop thinking of it as "well I dont drink or smoke so I can just have soda ALL THE TIME" Thats my reasoning its stupid, I know.

8- Budget and manage myself better.
I spend way too much way too quickly. But seeing as I'm constantly saving up and spending it on fixing my makeup kit, I don't know how I'm going to help myself. I also need to invest in a planner to get everything I want done in a timely manner.

9- Travel with my friend!
I want to go to Imats and I want to go to anything kpop related in the year XD

10- Keep my room clean.
This might not seem like a big problem to some people. To me this was an impossibility because now its gonna happen. I'm 21 and still cant do this. I already started to through things away. I'm also going to remove my posters....except for my tvxq one...yeah.....I love my AFI ones but I think after 7 years they can go to sleep for a little while.


WOW THIS POST IS WAY LONGER THAN I ANTICIPATED. Well whatever. I'll refer to this list once I'm done doing things this year! I hope i get everything done.

New me, new year XD

-Dai <3

♡ BB Creams ♡ (What is it?)

So before I started my series on BB creams, I thought  could share on here what a BB cream actually is.

BB Cream stands for Blemish Balm Cream. From my research around the web, it is said to have been developed in Germany to help heal the skin of patients who had undergone laser skin surgery.
So because it is so awesome famous actresses from asia began to invest in these products. Naturally, the re of the public began to become interested in these "magical in everyway" products and a market for them was born!

The most basic BB creams have:
1) skin whitening properties - this is usually THE main thing bb creams do. And no by whitening it doesnt mean its going to bleach your skin and make you look like a pair of these:

Nope. What the "whiten"is that it will make your complexion very even and fade any acne marks and scars you may have on your face.

2) Help improve your skin to fight blemishes - well, duh. its in the name. Many BB creams REALLY do help fight blemishes some however may actually break you out. There are so many its all about finding the right one for you and your skin and your needs. Just like with anything else you put on your face. Some focus more on the actual blemish problems but again find one right for you.

3) Help prevent fine lines and wrinkles - many if not all have this property. its the second or first, depending how you look at it , reason for the creation of this little gem in a bottle. It helps repair and rejuvenate the skin for healthy youthful skin.

4) It is a triple threat to foundations, concealers, and tinted moisturizers. I'm not kidding. One application of SOME bb creams are enough to be full cover foundations and concealers in one, but are as light as a tinted moisturizer on your face. Again they make lighter coverage bb creams and all in between.

5) Most if not all have UV protection to protect your skin from the sun.

Yes, yes, yes, i know what you are thinking, "But Dai, seriously these sound like miracle products and its sounds like you're actually trying to sell this product to us. Nothing in the world does all that. Get out of here."
Well guess what. There is. I'm not lying and I'm not trying to sell you things. These products have totally and completely changed the way I look at my foundation and skin care routine. I wouldn't waste my time on my own personal blog to sell people things. For that I'll just go to work. But I will say this, just like your regular foundation and moisturizers and even cleansers its all trial and error with these. Again, everything that may work on me or whoever may not work on you. It's all about your body chemistry and genes. But I can tell you this, when you find the right one for you....OMG thats all.

There are SOOOOOOOO many to choose from. The downside is that here in the US they aren't really available and the color shades aren't the best to choose from. Some bb creams only sell 1 to 4 shade. But mostly just 1 or 2 shades since this is targeted to the asian market.

I'll be making blog posts about my favorite ones in the coming days and where to get them.

I tried to make this quick but if you have any further questions leave them in the comments XD

See you in my next post!

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bb creams make me so happy.

specialTEA Lounge & Harry Potter 7 p1

I know i know OMG NO MORE HARRY POTTER! But just one more Harry Potter post and it will end!  I just have to put my Ravenclaw look up...I think i might change the format in which I film. Anyway on to the new post!

My night started around 8:30pm or so when my best friend came to pick me up. She had told me she had heard of a new tea place in the area. Immediately hearing this I was instantly interested. I love coffee and tea, therefore it was a perfect place for me!

Once inside the lounge, I was loved how cute they had everything decorated. The have couches and little tables and tons of books and magazines. I think they even have Wi-Fi but I'm not too sure.

There is so much variety in the menu its crazy! It was so overwhelming everything sounded so good and I wanted to order everything!

I ordered a Mocha Mudslide I believe is what its called..and I'm hooked thats all I want to say about that. I also ordered a Pumpkin Cheesecake, because once there is pumpkin anything on a menu I have to automatically order it. I think it was the best pumpkin cheesecake I've had in a while. So good!

I think my order was around 7$ which considering the size of both the drink and the cheesecake I think that was more than reasonable. Their medium is about a venti size at starbucks. Plus starbucks doesn't have and will never have the variety that specialTEA has.

My best friend ordered a olive wrap I'm not quite sure the name but I took a bite out of it and it was so amazing. She ate it before I could take a picture of it, haha. But she also ordered a Mint Lemonade. 

When we received it I was so amazed at the presentation. Instead of mint syrup or extract they actually put the sprig of mint in the drink! I thought that was genius! I hate lemonade and mint and together they seem like my enemy but this drink was very refreshing. It tasted like they actually squeezed the lemon..actually I think they did! So good! If you live in the Miami area you should check them out :)

So onward with the night!

We went to see Harry Potter and once we got there the line wrapped around the building. They had already let more half the line in. I have a video of it, but I don't believe my youtube should be flooded with my Harry Potter line footage lol~~~
So we picked up the tickets:

(Thats not a wand or anything o.O)

And we waited in line. Mind you we got there around 9pm. We wait in line for about half an hour and they let us in. And we waited and waited and waited...and it was so worth it.

I was so pleased at how well the translated the book onto screen. Awesome is all I have to say about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows :)

☆Harry Potter : Gryffindor Inspired Look♡

YAY! Griffindor! I know the post is late but blogspot i think has a grudge against me. I've had to re-write this post like 6 times whatever here it is:












HERE ARE THE PRODUCTS:

FACE (not shown):
-Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
-Makeup Forever Full Cover concealer
-Makeup Forever DUO Powder

EYES:
- Toofaced shadow insurance(not shown)
-Coastal Scents 88 Metal Mania Palette
-MAC Shadowstick in shimmer sand
-MAC Burgundy paint (unknown sorry its old) 
-Urban Decay Nylon
-Urban Decay Half-Baked

-Urban Decay Mid-Night Cowboy Rides Again

-Maybelline Color Quad Designer Chocolate the burgundy color

-Maybelline Ultra-Liner waterproof

-Sally's Gold Glitter ($1)

-Sally's Clear moisture lip gloss($1)
Cheeks:
MAC Blush in Well Dressed

Lips:

- Revlon Scarlet Red

Oh man..HP7 was amazing!

☆Harry Potter : Slytherin Inspired Look♡

YAY! SLYTHERIN!!! Yes I know what your going to say...IT LOOKS MESSY! well guess what people in Slytherin don't care XD I mean look at bellatrix...she doesn't care at all!!

HERE IS THE VIDEO:



HERE ARE THE PRODUCTS:

FACE (not shown):
-Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
-Makeup Forever Full Cover concealer
-Makeup Forever DUO Powder

EYES:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion(not shown)
-Coastal Scents 88 color palette
-Coastal Scents 88 Metal Mania Palette
-Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Color Palette
-Urban Decay eyeshadow in Graffiti
-MAC eyeshadow in Humid
-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in LIME
-MAC Cream Eyeshadow in Cyber-L'oreal Voluminous Million Lashes (review soon)

Cheeks:
MAC Blush in Well Dressed

Lips:
Mac Lipglass in PURRR


Heres a picture:

SO I hope you guys enjoyed the look! I think for part 2 of the deathly hallows i'll make way more dramatic looks XD since the second part is obviously the more dramatic part of the book.


ANYWAY yeah I have a huge project due tomorrow but I'm so distracted doing other things I cannot seem to focus on it at the moment. I think its just such an overwhelming project that I don't even feel inspired to do it.


GAHHH I'M TOO EXCITED FOR THE MOVIE!!

☆Harry Potter : Hufflepuff Inspired Look♡

FINALLY! After struggling with myself to find the time to make a video I did as promised! First up in the series I'm making myself do is HUFFLEPUFF! I'm showing them love since its usually the forgotten house...or maybe thats Ravenclaw...whatever. I'm acting like an idiot in this video... XD

Here is the video:





Products I used:



FACE (not shown):
-Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
-Makeup Forever Full Cover concealer
-Makeup Forever DUO Powder

EYES:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion(not shown)
-Coastal Scents 88 color palette
-Glamour Doll Eyes in Doll House
-L'oreal Voluminous Million Lashes (review soon)

Cheeks:
MAC Blush in Desirous

Lips:
NYX lipstick in Iris

I hope you guys enjoyed and look forward to the other ones XD

EDIT:

Here is a picture lol I didn't have time to put it up last night!

I know its not the best quality but this is all I got!

♡Glamour Doll Eyes Review♡

So Glamour Doll Eyes was having a massive sale a couple of weeks ago. I decided to go on a little haul since I've been dying to get my hands on some of these pigments!
This is my reaction when I received my order:

I was soooooooooo happy!!! I couldn't contain myself!

Here is what I ordered:

I have a total of 9 different colors. I was very excited to receive these! I will go through each color individually because some of the formulas might be different and also just to give you a more indepth review of the color.

Now for the Swatches:

Stephanie Tower:

1 - Black Ice - This is a matte black color( to me at least) with very fine silver and white glitter. Its very opaque and very easy to blend with. I personally love this color, but then again I'm very biased when it comes to glittery black colors. I think its because I never find and I actually like or that show up the color very well. This one DOES show up just like it does in the jar. To me this color is what Stately Black from MAC is supposed to be like. This has a great color payoff. 

2 - Island Chic - Is a blueish green color with a hint of very very fine gold glitter in it. I don't think I've ever seen a color like this and I have to admit its becoming one of my favorites. It blends well and it is pretty opaque and has a good color payoff. 

3 - Doll House - A very frost light yellow color. When I first saw this color is was very bright in the jar but once applied it is not that crazy of a yellow. Its a very soft yellow and blends very nice. For being a light yellow it does have a nice color payoff.

4 - Skin of a Killer - A basic frosty white. I love this color!!! Its basic but nice and like all the colors its very build-able so you can make it shear or very opaque. Its a nice color to have in your makeup box :)

Loose Shadows:

5 - Jailhouse Jumpsuit - A very bright satin orange. I love love love this color. It has a great color payoff and blends awesomely. I definite must have for everyone who loves bright colors.

6 - Unicorn - A satin pinky-purple color. This color is pretty shear when first applied but when you build it up it becomes a very nice opaque color, so the payoff isn't totally amazing. I didn't like this color when I first received it but I think I'm slowly warming up to it.

7 - Stiletto - A very nice matte fushia color. Its very bright and its has a nice color payoff. But since its matte it is a little hard to blend...but that just is how matte colors work. They are all a little harder to blend. I like this color though. 

8 - Melancholy - A nice matte/satin bright electric blue color. It reminds me of Electric Eel by MAC. I say its matte/satin because its not very matte but its not very satiny. Its my new favorite color. I honestly didn't think this color would have been my favorite since I never really have given blue eyeshadows a shot...(I just have never really liked them too much)..but all I want to do it just find somewhere to stick this color all the time. I LURV IT. This is a definite have to have in my book.

9 - Tokyo - A matte purple pigment. I was actually kinda disappointed when I received this color. The reason is on the site this looked like a nice dark purple color and when I received it, it was just a matte regular purple color. So that was my fault..but ehh..I don't know it wasn't what I wanted. Its a little hard to blend and has a nice build-able color payoff. I'm still warming up to this color. Its not my favorite. But again its my fault.

Animal Tested??

NOPE! The website states that none of the products are animal tested. Which is a huge YUSSS! from me. I try to stay away from animal tested products as much a possible but its kinda hard to do when you love makeup.

Shipping?

Well, from my experience, I received everything I ordered within 3 days. But from other reviews that I've read and from the owner herself sometimes it doesn't get to you that quickly. She ships everything herself so it is one girl doing EVERYTHING herself. But I from what I've heard she's changing things up and will be fixing her shipping method so she can ship out quickly.

Packaging?

I like the packaging...to a point. I like the jars and I like the towers. I think the towers are great for easy travel. BUT the sticker label -_- knowing me it will be destroyed very soon. It is card-stock paper made into a sticker and placed on top. I believe shes changing this though soo..yeah..The design is super cute though. I like that the name is right on top so I know instantly what I'm picking out of my trunk. I bought mine without a sifter but you can add it to the container once you order them. The towers have them included. The baggies are a little hard to handle but I mean your get a lot for a sample size so it makes me happy.

Prices?

Compared to other makeup companies Glamour Doll Eyes is fairly inexpensive for the amount of product that you receive. Pigments, when used correctly, can last a very long time. All the fullsize pigments or $6USD and all the sample bags or $1.50USD. THANK YOU! A very good deal if you ask me. 

Overall?

I love this company and the products! I would definitely buy from them again and recommend them to everyone. 

I hope you guys enjoyed the review and let me know if you have any questions!

       

<I was not paid or given these for free. These are my own honest opinions>

WHY ISN'T BLOGSPOT WORKING?!!

I know i know its late but I've been re-reading the Harry Potter series, knitting my scarf for the premier, and working on a huge project for my illustrator class. But I'm back to updating....even though it might be sporadic.

I have had some posts to update but for some reason the site isn't allowing me to put up pictures. So this has also been delaying my blog endeavors. I don't know if its blogspot thats not working or what but its a little irritating.

Oh man am I excited for the deathly hallows movie :D but i kinda don't want it to come out cause i will be one movie close to not having anymore harry potter things to look forward to for a while :( but whatever I'm just a silly fangirl.

I just finished the Deathly Hallows for the second time yesterday (the first being the night it came out so I read it in 7 hours or so). I forgot a lot of what happened so I'm glad i read it in time for the movie.

I'm reading Prisoner of Azkaban now. I had read the first two before DH but I figured since we are so close to the movie coming out i should read it ahead of time. This all made sense in my head so I apologize if everything I'm writing is a bit confusing. PoA is one of my favorite books because it introduces my favorite character Sirius Black XD I lurv him. I just haven't really read some of these in years so I decided to not skim them and actually sit down an read them like I used to.

Anyway I'm rambling now.. I'm sure no one cares about my love for Sirius and how much I stan that character.

I hope I can update with something more substantial soon. If not I'm back to LJ lolz

2ne1 Bom Inspired Look

YAY! I finally got around to posting up my video. Its a few weeks old but whatever its up!

The colors might also seem off because she has professionals doing the lights and editing the video to make the colors more vivid but I can assure you the colors are very bright in person.

This is pretty much all done with the coastal scents 88 palette! You can use any palette or any colors you want. You dont have to have the identical colors by themselves. Most of the colors i used i achieved by mixing them. I didnt have the bright lime neon green color but i made it by mixing it up. So really anyone can do anything but just utilizing what they have. 

List of products:

Face -not in the video-:

Missha Signature BB Cream in shade 21

Makeup Forever waterproof concealer

Makeup forever duo powder

Eyebrows -not in the video-:

Anastasia Brow Powder in light brown

Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette Dark Red Color

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion -not in video-

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil -Cottage Cheese

Coastal Scents 88 Palette

Mabelline Studio Gel Liner

Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Zero

Ebay Lashes (they dont have a name sorry)

Fiberwig Mascara

Cheeks:

Shu Uemura Shade Stick Highlight -not in video-

Mac Blush in Well Dressed

Lips:

Burts Bees Champaigne Lip Balm

Here are some pictures:

I hope you guys enjoyed and if you want to see similar looks like this please let me know!

[Review] Fiberwig Mascara

So like most girls out there we are always searching for the perfect masacara. So I was hearing and reading reviews on this one item called Fiberwig Mascara. I was skeptical since it claims to be like painting fake lashes on your eyes and it also claims to not leave raccoon eyes after long term wear. After being disappointed with all my other mascaras since I have just that problem, all my masacaras leak under my eyes and even sometimes on to my cheek. So I headed out to my nearest Sephora to check it out.

Here's what the packaging looks like:

Its super cute packaging and it grabbed my attention. I love the packaging so much. Even out of the box the metallic red and silver top are just very attractive or sophisticated in my opinion. Haha. I bought the Duo kit because it seemed like a better deal. Anyway..... so yeah :

Does this product actual do what it claims?

- Yes and No. For me it total did do everything I wanted it to do. I was blessed with semi-full lashes as well as semi-long lashes (sounds wierd..). It lengthened my lashes like crazy and it didn't give me a crazy spidery look like some lengthening mascaras do. You can continue applying it until you get the length you want which I super love. But to get to claim it'll look like fake lashes....ehh....maybe not so much. Although it gives you just the right amount of ummff for your lashes to be very long natural lashes. So I mean maybe really natural fake lashes would be best to describe claim of "False Lashes". What it doesn't do is volumize well. Its not the best mascara for volume but for length its spot on.

A big thing I was really looking forward to seeing is if it gave me raccoon eyes. To my surprise it didn't. Not even a little bit. THANK YOU FIBERWIG! A huge petpeev I have with any mascara is that it'll run everywhere and it'll leave residue that takes me ages to remove even with the best makeup removers. This product doesn't leave anything behind and I'm so happy.

Also since its fiber base you can see the individual strands coming off of you eyelashes so don't freak out if you see that. Also, it doesnt come off when you cry or sweat. It only comes off with warm water and/or makeup remover even though it is not waterproof.

Would you buy this product again?

- Yes, I would and I recommend it to anyone out there. Just give it a try its very worth it and its such an amazing product. I use it everyday. I think I am now spoiled with it because everytime I use another mascara I cringe a little if it isn't fiber based. haha. I rate it 9 out 10.

Where can I get it and how expensive is it?

-Well you can go to your local Sephora or if you don't have one near you check out the Sephora Online website. It is kinda pricey if you're used to only drugstore brand mascara (which isn't a bad thing some are actually better). Its $24usd but if you get the DUO kit that I have its only $29usd so I guess the duo kit is worth it but the sniper(the little one) really isn't needed if you can't find the Duo kit.

Also Sephora has a really great return policy so if you don't like it you can always return it.

So yeah thats my review on that. If you guys have tried the product and want to tell me about your experience let on it let me know ;)

YAY! I'M ON BLOGSPOT!

Hello let me introduce myself! I'm Dai! I'm usually on Livejournal by the username elilu. I'm on a bunch of communities so if you see me there give me a shout out!
So I've been blogging for years and I love sharing ideas and just having a laugh with people online.
My family and friends told me it was a good idea to get out there and share my opinion on makeup and products I use since im usually very opinionated about them and I just like to give me perspective on things.
I have always loved makeup and since I've used so many things on the market and i continue to use so many products i thought this would be a good way to vent out since my friends and family are tired of me talking their ears off on whether I live something or not.

ALSO IM A HUGE FAN OF JPOP/KPOP! I just simply love it and i have loved it for years. so if you love it too please let me know!
In the future i wish to either study in japan or korea..who knows....

i think im rambling now...

thank you for visiting my blog! and hopefully we will get to know each other better on here!