So, I’ve been thinking about the stuff I post here and wow, it’s mostly product reviews and swatches… which I feel probably gets kind of repetitive and boring after a while. The thing is, those are the easiest to write because you kind of have a mental checklist of things you should mention, and you’re pretty much done! (Which isn’t to say that those are easy to do, but just in the grand scheme of things I could write, they’re not that bad.)

Anyway. I always have plans to write more innersting~ posts, but I guess I’d like to try posting more about looks, too. The reasons behind this are a) I can show you how I use the makeup I buy, past the hauling and swatching, and b) I can keep a record of my favorite and not-so-favorite looks, for my own reference.

Since I don’t go out everyday, I’ll maybe a few weeks worth (10-12 or something) of Instagram looks. This is where I document most, but not all, of my Faces of the Day. You’ll also get to see my accidental collection of Uniqlo tops, heh.

4w ago,
Sarie’s birthday lunch:

— MAC Paint Pot (Rubenesque)
— Urban Decay Naked Palette (Toasted, Naked, Buck, Virgin)
— Dolly Wink Liquid Liner
— Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus 12
— Illamasqua Blusher (Lover)
— Hourglass Femme Rouge (Fresco)

I like it; it’s pretty simple, though I’m not sure about that warm brown-y haze on the bottom lash line.

4w ago,
on the way to the beach

— Maybelline Color Tattoo (Bad to the Bronze)
— K-Palette 24H Liquid Liner
— Canmake Cream Cheek (CL01)
— Paul & Joe Lipstik (Meow!)

A little too simple.

Plus, it’s a look I did to go to the beach… I think I should feel free enough to not wear any makeup to the beach or a resort, so I’m slightly disappointed that I even bothered to put on any makeup, lol.

3w ago,
not quite sure what this was for anymore.

— MAC Paint Pot (Rubenesque)
— Urban Decay Naked Palette (Sin, Naked, Buck)
— Dolly Wink Liquid Liner (Black)
— Canmake Cream Cheek (CL01)
— Lavshuca Dramatic Memory Rouge Lipstick (RS-1)

Too subtle… Hardly seems like I’m wearing anything, which is a bad thing if you’ve used this much product anyway. I should also work at making my face base better.

3w ago,
lunch with Isa and Barby, meeting with Isa

— MAC Paint Pot (Rubenesque)
— Urban Decay Naked Palette (Sin, Naked, Buck, Hustle)
— K-Palette Liquid Liner
— Illamasqua Blusher (Hussy)
— Tarte Bronzer (Park Ave Princess)
— Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet (La Favorite)

One of my favorite looks as of late! I really like this lipstick by Chanel. I hope it’s not limited edition, though I don’t think it is. I think this is a great summer look, and that’s weird as I’m not one for bright & bold lips!

3w ago,
The Manila Review meeting

— Maybelline Color Tattoo (Tough as Taupe)
— Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette (Pistol, Verve)
— Tarte Blush (Flush)
— Paul & Joe Lipstick (Meow!)
— Maybelline The Falsies Mascara

Eh, I’m not a fan of super cool, grey-toned eyes, especially when I have a tan going on. I need to figure out a way to wear Tough as Taupe, because I can’t seem to love it as much as I did when I first got it. I can’t figure it out, but it’s not working out as well as I’d hoped! Or anticipated, more accurately.

2w ago,
church with family

— Chanel quad (Délicatesse)
— Dolly Wink Eyeliner
— Tarte Blush (Blushing Bride)
— Addiction Cheek Stick (Revenge)
— Lashes are no. 8 by Nature Republic

I wrote this on that day: #FOTD Today, I bought little fake hairs to put on your eyelashes (falsies) and I’ve decided that it’s way too much effort for something that’s so obvious, it looks fake. Heh.

Today: I think I can’t wear falsies because most of them are too long for my super-short Asian lashes. I never thought of myself as someone who had super short lashes, but that’s proving to be a wrong observation…

2w ago,
The Mona Lisa Project opening

— Laura Mercier Artist’s Palette for Eyes (Cameo, Sunlit, African Violet, Café Au Lait, Rich Coffee)
— Tom Ford Blush (Wicked)
— Addiction Lip Crayon (Day Trip)
— Le Métier de Beauté Lip Creme (Creme Caramel)
— Majolica Majorca Lash King Mascara (Black)

I revisited one of my favorite palettes of all time! Anyway, I like it a lot, but it’s a little too brown and nude for me. This is one of my favorite lip combinations of all time, however.

2w ago,
Sachi’s baptism.

— MAC Paint Pot (Rubenesque)
— Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette (YDK, Tease)
— K-Palette Liquid Liner
— Majolica Majorca Lash King Mascara
— Tarte Blush (Exposed)
— Le Métier de Beauté Gloss (Bondi Beach)

Featuring the saddest eyebags ever! I am a little sad that I didn’t list down the face products, but I remember this as they day I was testing out ADDICTION’s Tinted Skin Protector. I was not really that impressed, but the SPF content is most excellent. Bondi Beach is my favorite lip gloss, I feel like.

1w ago,
church & Iron Man 3

— Addiction e/s (Fudge)
— shu uemura e/s (ME medium brown 885)
— shu uemura blush (M 225)
— bareMinerals Luminizer (The Love Affair)
— Chanel Rouge Allure (Captivante)

I like the eye makeup, but I’d have wished for more gradation between the two colors. I really wish I wrote down the base products, too, because I like my skin here.

Also, This blush does nothing for me… I should just admit that I am too dark for it.

3d ago,
family lunch

— MAC Paint Pot (Bare Study)
— MAC e/s (Sable, Sketch, Handwritten)
— KATE Gel liner (Matte Black)
— Tarte Blush (Exposed)
— Benefit Watt’s Up!
— NYX Round Lipstick (Indian Pink)

I like it, but I could have just applied the shadows neater. The overall look just screams I worked from 9-5 today and am ready to come home, but in reality, this is what I look like after I MADE AN ATTEMPT to look nice. What a joke, honestly.

1d ago,
lunch with folks + a trip to the mall

— MAC Paint Pot (Bare Study)
— Le Métier de Beauté Melange
— MAC eye kohl (Teddy)
— Majolica Majorca Lash King
— Chanel Joues Contraste (Frivole)
— Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder (Luminous Light)
— MAC Lipstick (Mehr)

I love this entire look~ Also, the Hourglass powder? So much freaking love. I want them all. Also, Mehr is pretty much amazing.

14h ago,
Mothers Day

— bareMinerals READY (The Happy Place)
— MAC eye kohl (Prunella)
— Eye of Horus Mascara
— Tarte Blush (Blushing Bride)
— Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder (Luminous Light)
— MAC lipstick (Plumful)

I revisited a palette I have not played with in a while. I really like it—the combination is pretty unique because you have a pinky-coral, a purple, a pink-tinged cream, and a GREY. I lined my lower lashline, too, and I kind of like it a lot! Also, this powder is freaking amazing. I feel like Galadriel and I am in la-la-love.

And, that’s it! I think I switched my products up pretty well. My eyebrows look crazy, though… LOL. This has been my somewhat poor attempt at shaping them/saving myself some money.

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