Fall Look #2

A late night post, yet again. Today, I had a pumpkin-purple gold look on. I loved it! Must share with you!

My Fall Look!

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Before y'all throw tomatoes at me for being MIA for eternity, I'd like to say that yes! That was my fault. But always look on the bright side of life. That is, I am back. After a long summer being away and super busy, I finally have time to write a blog! Since it's the end of September, what time better to write a brand new fall look post?

Fall to Winter Look with Maybelline Chai Latte Quad

I've got a new look for you! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving here in Canada.

This look is my new everyday look that I've been doing recently with the Maybelline Chai Latte quad. I don't like the quad, not very long lasting and the matte shades are not too pigmented. But I really like the look I create with it. It is a semi-dramatic day time look for me. But it may look very subtle to you. I'm just used to the barely-there everyday makeup I do all the time. This is definitely up a notch, and a little more time consuming for me in the morning!

A Bit of Sage...A Bit of Olive, For This Fine, Chilly Autumn Day

Here is my first look for this Fall. I chose green...I was actually thinking about orange and copper the whole time, then I did a green look...

It is so incredibly freezing here!!! It is totally a day for hot chocolate. People keep complaining that Vancouverites can't stop talking about the weather, but seriously! Living here for over 10 years doesn't stop you from being surprised every year by the late September rain-hit.

But anyway I really loved how this look turned out. It is a golden olive green look. The colour family I really like for some reason.

Arghhh...It's so cold already!

Hi all, I've had an awesome summer, hope you all did too. It is getting miserably rainy and freezing here in Vancouver already. It reminds me of that old episode of How I Met Your Mother, when the hurricane hit the gang in New York, Ted was in total survival mode, and Robin was all like: Are you kidding? I'm from Vancouver, this is picnic weather! 

My point is, it is cold. So I did an "End of Summer" look to hold on to the tail of Summer longer. Right now I am sitting in front of the computer, writing this blog, and leaving a thick layer of lip balm on to repair my cracked lips from its soreness and a broken heart from this unfortunate storm outside.

Dior Holiday 2012 Celebration Palette Look

Really quick post today, just a little eye makeup look, from this gorgeous palette.

Winged Smokey Eye

The good old smokey eye with a wing. I don't like winged eyeliner much, but a winged smokey eye works for me.

This is very very easy, one shadow job.

Holiday/Spring Look

Apologies for the disappearance! Had massive finals to complete. Now I'm back! Here is a Holiday or Spring look, depending mostly on your outfit. I'm wearing a teal shirt, so this looks much more Spring-y. But this is perfect for the holiday as well, due to the smashingly bright lips. The picture does my lips no justice. It is runway-bright. I would describe it as a spotlight peach orange. I love this lipstick. It's the Sheen Supreme Lipstick from MAC called Sheer Mandarin (pro color). It is not sheer at all! And it has not the slightest hint of red in it, just in-your-face orange. The picture does it no justice! Did I mention the whole Sheen Supreme Lipstick range is my absolute favourite out of all lipsticks in the world? They are truly amazing, you have to try them out! The lashes this time are also from MAC, and they are amazing. They are the #43, LE from quite some time ago, and they are dashing!!! Amazing blend of brown and black hair, natural and super long and sexy!

Halloween Look: Water Nymph

Okay I admit I don't do special effect makeup much. Okay I also admit it is because I don't do them well. Plus I am lazy and don't have much props to begin with. If I were to do a Halloween look, it would still be within the range of possible-among-normal-mankind. Those crazy things like peeling skin, or bloody drooping eyeball like the amazing Petrilude can do, well..just not my thing. Here is one example, perfect for your..I don't know..Halloween parties? I kept everything within the definition of elegance. Nothing scary or anything, but something I wouldn't do on a normal day. Very easy to do, except the crazy lashes I made myself, and some pencil sketching techniques.

The lashes were inspired by the little skirts made by Shu Uemura last season. Though the skirts are not suitable for this look. I used similar fabric with glitter on them, cut them into random pieces and stick them on the end of the false lashes, to create a water drop and foggy feel. (Remember in books, authors would describe woman on a foggy day something like "she blinked, I can see moisture forming droplets of water on her long lashes", or something like that. That is what I was going for.) Make sure you keep the fabric minimal, and your glitters stick, you don't want them in your eyes when you blink.

Eyes:
1. Soft Ochre Paint Pot all over lid to brow bone, then put MAC Retrospeck all over the base all the way to brow bone as well. If you want more bling and drama, change Retrospeck to any light glitter you want.

Retro Japanese Cat Eyes

I remember before the Asian geniuses mastered the art of circle lenses, in the decade between 1998 - 2010, Japanese magazines used to do a kind of cat eye (ish) look called the “小惡魔眼妝” or "Little Devil Eyes" (LOL excuse the lameness in my direct translation). Basically they were smokey neutrals, with dark eyeliners up and below the eye, the liner is thicker on the outer 1/3 of the bottom lashline, to create a droopy effect, and with a tiny bit of winging out from the BOTTOM lashline, and lots of mascara or false lashes. Japanese magazines were famed for having doll like models with impossibly large eyes, sharp noses, small mouth and boney figures. The makeup artists were skilled at doing impossibly gorgeous makeup, so dramatic, yet so pretty. Of course, I think they were also the first country in Asia to utilize the benefits of false eyelashes in full. Anyway, here is my little take on the look. I used to do this all the time, seems like I still have it in me!

Golden Prune

When it comes to purple, the only eyeshadow combination I ever loved, and still love, is MAC Trax + Sketch. It is the perfect plum/purple combo that will work on absolutely everyone. And it is not a fresh purple combo, it is a sultry one, since it has a brown undertone. I remember Pixiwoo2 Tanya has done a Valentine's look with this combo, and it was so exciting because they were my favourite colours, and it was so pretty.

This is a dramatic look, perfect for clubbing and the such business.

My Current Mani & Pedi

Ah, how I missed doing my nails, and I do them in NO TIME AT ALL. I'm gifted at doing French I'm guess, it takes me no time and no tools. Though I didn't do a real French lol. I'll show you. Pedi first, because everyone seems to love them so much!!

Clinique Black Honey Look

Here is a quick look with all the colours from the quad. Enjoy!

Maybelline Stylish Smokes Quad in Natural Smokes Look

I almost never wear eyeshadows this way. But this is for my readers with deep eye sockets, since I almost never do crease looks on this blog. Just a basic look nothing fancy. This quad is pretty chalky, not finely milled, and I'm not quite used to that. But for the price, it is definitely a steal. The 4 colours can be duped in MAC eyeshadows by Vanilla, Smokes and Diamonds, Mulch and Typographic.

Kim Kardashian Look

Big photo accident. I took detailed pictures of the eyes but I somehow managed to lose them. BIG FAIL. But oh well, I'll just post up all the random face pics I took. -.-

Yes these have been edited, but other than the lighting (the pictures were way too red to be acceptable) adjusting, there's not much actual altering of the look itself.

Mediterranean Escape

Here we go. The first look I did entirely using my fingers only. No brushes were used.

MAC Club Feline

I hate the Burmese Beauty Quad (it was an epic MAC fail), I think you've heard enough of me on that. Here is a tutorial on how to use just one single eyeshadow called CLUB from MAC to create a feline cat-eye look, without the hassle and the price-tag of a quad (which scattered sparkle and shimmer everywhere and was chalky like hell).

Club is a duochrome VP finish shadow. It has a sheen of forest green shimmer, but the base is a very red brown. The shimmer is mostly forest green, but can appear differently under different angles. When blended out with a large blending brush, the shimmer will diffuse and only the red brown base will show.

I don't like Club much to be honest. Believe it or not it was the very first MAC eyeshadow I ever bought. At the time I only needed an eyeliner-type of eyeshadow that had a bit of oomph to it. And the MA made me buy Club. I regret it to today, though I don't really know why I don't like it. I just never reach for it.

I really need to do some stuff to my brows...

Cherry Blossom

I love cherry blossoms, and now that they are in full bloom, I decide to do this look. I wish the best upon Japan.

A Little Bit of Sunshine from Pandora

Summer in Pandora! How gorgeous is that!!!??

Vintage Spring Look

Hello, hello! Long time no see!

Here is a new look, I did a vintage version for Spring because everyone is like "Fresh" and "Pastel", and I said: I want "Vintage"!

Argh!!! Please ignore my lashes on my upper lashes line! Every time I wear falsies, I can never catch all my lashes in the curler when I do the final curl to blend them together. So they look so bad I'm so sorry!