Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

☆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!!



Tuesday, November 16, 2010

☆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!

Monday, November 15, 2010

♡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:
1Black 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>

Thursday, November 11, 2010

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

Monday, November 1, 2010

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!