Aug
25th

I only put on a full face of make up once or twice a week (work days only consist of eyeliner, brows and lip gloss… or nothing at all) but here are products I LOVE and can’t live without…

1. MAC Rubenesque Paintpot
   My favorite Paint Pot shade… and the very first one I bought. I bought Mac’s Trax eyeshadow earlier due to all the raves online (and it turned out to be one of those colors you either love or hate) but I could never make it look good so I asked the MA for tips and she suggested using Rubenesque as a base… and that’s how my love life with Rubenesque (and Trax) began.
2. MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
   FINALLY an eyeliner that NEVER smudges. I usually use pencil liners during the weekdays while I’m at work (because I’m lazy) but on weekends and when I go out at night, Fluidline is my best friend.
3. Bonne Belle Eye Definer in Soft Black
   I’ve been using this pencil liner for as long as I can remember. For $2.99 and my 30% discount (? hook ups), you can’t go wrong. I tend to tear a lot when I yawn (and I yawn a lot), but I never had a problem with Bonne Belle’s Eye Definer smudging too much (can’t say never because I don’t think there’s such thing as a pencil eyeliner that doesn’t smudge at all). Plus is goes on sooo smoothly. I never understood why people spent $15+ on something as simple as a PENCIL liner when you can spend those extra dollars on something else.
4. MAC Chromeglass in Show Coral
   This is a discontinued shade (of PERFECT pinkish-coral) that I discovered it at The Cosmetics Company Store last year and has been my HG lipgloss ever since. I recently found some online and ordered a bunch but I’m not willing to let go of any of them. If you really want one, you can try eBay although I personally prefer to never buy any of my make up off eBay.
5. Burt’s Bees Lip Balm
   Moisturizes your lips, perfect to go under your HG lipgloss/lipstick. I actually had my original Burt’s Bees lipbalm TAKEN AWAY FROM ME during an event we went to a while ago and haven’t replaced it yet!!
6. Lumiere Mineral Foundation
   I’ve been using this mineral foundation for almost 2 years and haven’t found anything better.
7. Urban Decay Potion Primer
   I went into a hot tub with UDPP under all my eye make up… I step out a couple hours later and guess what? My make-up didn’t budge at all! That’s how good this shit is.
8. MAC Eyeshadow in Nocturnelle
   This year, I’ve been obsessed with the color purple… Nocturnelle, Trax and Beauty Marked are my favorite purples (I just couldn’t find a nice picture of all of them!).
9. MAC Eyeshadow in Flashtrack
   I’ve never been a “blue” eye shadow girl, but in the past 6 months, I’ve been buying and wearing a lot of blue MAC shades… probably because blue is so close to purple and plus it blends so well with purple and green which are my two favorite shades of eye shadows to wear.
10. MAC Eyeshadow in Gorgeous Gold
    This gold is definitely GORGEOUS. One of the most used in my palette.
11. MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom
    Shroom is one of those eye shadows every MAC girl needs in their make up/train case because it goes with everything and you can use it as anything.. as a base, as a highlighter, by itself, etc.
12. MAC 187 Brush
    My favorite face brush I use for moisturizer, foundation, blush, bronzer, etc… I’ve had nightmares of losing and/or breaking this brush and it was SCARY.
13. ADesign Brushes’ All Over Eye Brush
    I got this brush when aDesign’s Master 18-piece brush set was on sale for $99 (from $250) and it quickly became one of my basic eye brushes.
14. ADesign Brushes’ Angle Eye Brush
    I also got this brush in the set mentioned above, and it replaced MAC’s 266 brush which I use to use religiously for liquid and gel liners.
15. MAC 217 Brush
    Sorry for the dinky picture but I couldn’t find an image of the full brush online. This was the first MAC eye brush I bought and I still love it to death.. I now own 3 because it’s the best blending brush in the world!
16. Lumiere Kabuki Brush
    I’ve tried many kabuki brushes for my mineral foundation but none of them ever lived up to Lumiere’s.
17. Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer
    I never believed in foundation primer until I tried Smashbox’s; it’s pricey but WELL worth it.

CHECK OUT: My HG Make Up Products Pt.2

Aug
15th

Aug
6th

• Was all the planning-stress worth it? I guess so.
• Do it again next year? After 3 years of it, NO. We’re getting a travel agent next time.
• Like always, unfair share of housework.
• But hot tub and sun made up for it (although it sounds a bit ironic together).
• Beach: Saturday was hot and sunny. Sunday was a lot more windy so we chilled on the patio instead.
• Went horseback-riding along the beach. Loved it.
• Purchased and finished The Other Boleyn Girl (since I was so obsessed with the movie)! Five stars.
• Lots of eating and breaking of diets (you cannot escape the food and candy!!).
• Lots of shopping (although this wasn’t suppose to be a shopping trip). Totally successful.
• Lots and lots of gossiping.
• Hilarious car rides.
• Favorite purchase was a Marilyn Monroe wall clock.
• Found lots of nice jeans. ♥
• Got stuck in rush hour traffic to the Coast AND back home (we obviously don’t learn).
• Got home really late and still haven’t finished unpacking yet.
• Don’t have to go back to work until Friday! :cheer:

Mochi pick of the day:

Being lazy on a hot day.

Aug
5th

Jul
25th

Just this morning before starting work, I was swirling around in my chair thinking how proud I was of myself for not shopping for a whole 5 days then TONIGHT came.

Koji Eyetalk Eyelid glue is for us girls with NO EYELIDS. Yes, I’m vain but what are you gonna do about it? I’ve looked around everywhere for Koji Eyetalk locally but never found it and wasted $20 on this crappy brand but I finally decided to buy Koji online (don’t ask me why I didn’t do that in the first place) so I hope it works for me since stuff that works for everybody else usually never works for me. And of course, Epicare. At least I only got 2 things and the total for both only came to about $20.

My MAC pigment samples finally arrived! I was never really into pigments because I’ve always thought of them as messy and too much work but I recently got into them and BOY AM I GLAD. I guess you really can’t go wrong with $1.50 pigment samples but I’m driving myself into hell because I think I’ll be spending A LOT on fullsized pigments in the future. It’s such a waste because I only wear make up on weekends (I just don’t see the point in getting all prettied up for work). I can’t help it either. Ah!

The pigments include: Fuchsia, Golden Lemon, Lovely Lily, Melon, Mutiny, Nocturnal Plum, Pink Bronze, Teal, Steel Blue, Vanilla, Violet, 3D Silver, Blue, Golden Olive, Emerald Green, Pink Pearl, Chartreuse, Cornflower, Deep Blue Green and Gray Glitter which was included as a gift.