My Tips and Tricks on At-Home Hair Dye Experiences (with video Demo)

Hello my lovelies! I hope everyone had a fabulous Valentine's Day, and Happy Lunar New Year!

Today I will share my hair dye experiences. I have naturally very dark brown Asian hair to begin with, and have used box dyes to dye my hair for about 2 years now. After going after a variety of blonds in L'Oreal and Garnier to lighten my dark hair, I have finally settled for the Natural Copper Blonde B04 in the L'Oreal Excellence Creme range. This colour gives me a nice medium warm brown colour to my hair, and does significantly lighten my hair. In order for this to work, I usually need it on and wait for over an hour. Otherwise the colour will not show much at all. But when I do have the patience to leave it on for a long time, it gives me the colour I want. 

This February, are you Naughty or Nice?

It's almost that time of the year again! This Valentine's Day, what kind of makeup look will you wear?

I am sorry I have been MIA for a week. I was way too busy to write a blogpost. But I did manage to film two looks this year for Valentine's Day!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

I have no beauty related stuff to show you today, but as a thank you to everyone who visits my blog and my YouTube Channel, here is something for you! Thank you all so much! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I wish you all had a wonderful holiday season!

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Thank you again! And Happy Holidays!

xx

Easy Glittery Rock Chic Makeup

Helloo y'all, today I want to share a holiday (ish) makeup with you. It is so simple, I can't even... The makeup is entirely done with just eyeliners, and a glitter liner, but the glitter liner is optional! It is perfect for a night out, it's subtle, but edgy. All steps are included down below, including a video tutorial! Enjoy!

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Natural Brightening Korean Makeup for Everyday!

Hi y'all, it is snowing here!! It's pretty when I am on the warmer side of my window. But burrr is it cold on the other side!

I have done a bright yet natural Korean Makeup. This is perfect for days like now, when it is cold and dreary, this will brighten your day in the morning. The look features a glowy skin with minimal cheeks, soft eyebrows, simple eyes, and orange lips!! All products and steps are listed down below!^^

Here is the tutorial for you! As usual, if you like it, don't forget to subscribe and like. If there are questions, comments, feel free to let me know!

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Drugstore Makeup Tutorial: Maybelline Natural Smokes Palette

Hello all, I have a new look for you today! Aren't y'all impressed with my scheduling recently??

This is my Maybelline Natural Smokes Palette tutorial. Please enjoy! Subscribe if you like future tutorials! If you don't want to watch me, no problem! Scroll down for steps! 

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Current Everyday Makeup Look!

My first (strangely serious) makeup tutorial! Yay! Please enjoy!


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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!

Holiday Nail - Glitter on Nude

Gold is my favourite metallic. So when it comes to glitter, it's always going to be gold for me. Today I just want to share a simple idea for a holiday nail. It's gorgeous under ball room light, it's almost dazzling and mesmerizing. The picture is pretty, but believe me it does my nails no justice. They are gorgeous! I can't stop staring at my nails hahaha, and they are not over the top at all, and they are very very feminine and elegant. Enjoy!

FOTD

Okay I have not been very keen on updating this blog. Apologies to that. It's mainly because my parents are currently on vacation (I know..what a random time of the year to go on a vacation...) and they took my beautiful camera. I am left with my iPhone camera and my Macbook, which doesn't give me that true colour when I swatch and stuff.

But I can do face of the day! But do know that I don't do these things often, because I am just um..what's the word I'm looking for..oh yeah, lazy.

My hat is from Korea apparently (according to my dear mother).

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.