Mim, Myself & I...

Ugh... I think the fact that there's only one Paul & Joe Beaute in the whole of the Philippines sucks me in even more...

I LOVE PAUL & JOE!

I met up with Jun Ho and Seong Nam (newly married! Yay! Congratulations!!!) in Glorietta and they were pretty late so I just roamed around... I knew I shouldn't have gone to Rustan's because I'm so sure I'm gonna get sucked in...

Oh no.. What could I have gotten?

Ta-da!

I got lipstick in 20 which is like a cute pinky nude colour which I shall wear tomorrow... and the bestest most interestingest nail enamel in the world!!!


Damn Japanese cosmetics... they're just simply works of art...

And then you shake it to get to this colour... ^^; I believe this is part of the Fall collection...

I shall wear this once I get tired of mine OPI Privacy Please pink polish... I love Paul & Joe packaging to bits....

OHHHHHHHH I got a present from the newlyweds.. they're handmade natural soaps that Junho made..

He's part of a Korean environmental NGO that cleans up the rivers and things like that and encourages natural and organic food.... (or so i think..)

So they gave me a paprika and a korean herb blend soap... I'm so happy! Everybody needs soap!

Hahaha.. but I've been warned.. these are not gonna smell good.. I'm ready for that... hahaha

This post was supposed to be last SATURDAY...


I got so depressed over something that shouldn't be depressed about so I bought ummm nail polish.. Hahaha

WHY CHOOSE OPI? WHY NOT??

First of all aside from being one of the top brands of nail polish, this is actually a brand that's less evil than its contemporaries.

In the recent years, OPI has not been using toluene, formaldehyde and phthalates in their nail polishes...

YAY! Less evil, less worries...

I've yet to get my hands on some ZOYA NAIL POLISH which they say has even LESS bad stuff than OPI... It was a Boston-based brand that I couldn't locate anywhere in LA... sadness

Moving on...

Got a Top Coat that I badly need and Privacy Please which is a super pale pink that's very Essie Ballet Slipper-ish...


Nail beds are horrible but who cares...


Looks very bridal to me.. too bad I will not just wear plain nails on my wedding.

I also got something that I ran out of...

BLOOM LIQUID EYELINER in Ebony Brown... which is more like black in my books.. haha



Anyhoo.. first tried this eyeliner coz Yoo Seon gave me 2 of these... I ended up finishing both!

It's just a really good liquid liner because:

a. it doesn't run
b. it dries up super quick
c. it's easily removed with sunflower beauty oil
d. it's highly pigmented and it has a super solid colour even with just one stroke

Price ain't too bad either at PHP 650.00.

Thank God by on a whim depression purchases were all things I really needed already... except for the pinky nail polish...

Pfft... haha

I've been in an aqua frenzy... first my nails and then my eyes.. haha

Anyhoo.. The point makeup I used today is in2it Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner... I actually don't understand where in2it is coming from... In the packaging it says that it's made in Japan for the Southeast asian market... anyhoo... I will research on that when i feel like it... I see it's also popular in Thailand as I'm a part of www.jeban.com - a Thai beauty forum... XD


Got a huge bargain here. I checked this thing out in Trinoma and they were selling it for PHP 399. I didn't buy it then since I wanted think about it first... It's not something I would wear on a daily basis so I had to think about it...

The week after that I went to Megamall with my sister and saw the exact same thing.. ON SALE!!!! For PHP 230!!!

I love it.. I had to buy it since they slashed more than PHP 100 off.. Haha sucker


So today... I just felt like doing a step by step kinda thing... since this doesn't require a lot of steps.. (LAZY BUM!)



Products used aside from the HUMAN NATURE Skin Care:

• Skin79 Gold Caviar BB cream
  
• Ellana MMU Foundation French Vanilla Latte
• Kate Blush
  
• Lavshuca Eyebrow Pallette
• Missha The Style Perfect Base
• Fairy Drops Mascara
• Vov Eyeliner Pencil
  
• Bloom Liquid Eyeliner
• in2it Waterproof eyeliner
• Lavshuca Eyeshadow Pallette
  
• Paul & Joe Lip colour
• Paul & Joe Lip gloss

I usually use a Castledew Cream shadow as a base but today I didn't so I started by lining the upper lids with a black pencil liner very carelessly...


Next I applied a super light gold eye shadow from the Lavshuca pallette all over the whole lid focusing on the area before the brow bone...
POP THE COLOUR IN!

I lined the aqua on the area right above where the black eyeliner is... and did somesort of imperfect flick...

Opened eye...

And then take your black liquied liner and go over where the pencil liner was and do a similar flick...
After that i did a wet application of the same gold eyeshadow on the inner lower lash line... and using the darkest green shade and used it on the lower outer lash line and some on the waterline..


Did the rest of the face.. i forgot to put a pic with mascara coz the pic above still looks alien.. with mascara looks better....




Ta doooosh!

The in2it liquid liner stays on all day....

and takes off easily with the best eye makeup remover in the world A.K.A HUMAN NATURE Sunflower Beauty Oil :P

I love LAVSHUCA.. too bad it's not available here... TT TT Heehee i just love their ads with Puffy Amiyumi... SO PRETTY ^^

i really don't know when I'll be be able to go on a lavshuca spree again.. but today to celebrate my love for lavshuca... most of the makeup i used is by shiseido... wahahahahaha jk

mostly lavshuca... darn it... i even love the name how it makes my lips pout when i say it.. LAVSHUCA!

Wahahahahahahahaahaha... ok i'm crazy

My makeup today as really simple though.. just like any other day...


I didn't use any eyeliners with this one.. i just took the darkest shade from the Lavshuca pallette and applied it with a brush i sprayed with Jurlique Face mist...

I actually like doing this it has a less tendency to smudge and it doesn't make my eye feel heavy...


Aside from the Human Nature Facial stuff.. here are the stuff i used today:

• Ellana MMU Foundation Cafe Mocha
• Ellana MMU Radiant Concealer
• Skin79 Gold Caviar BB cream
• Paul and Joe Face Colour
• Kate Mascara Base
• Gino Mccray Waterproof Mascara
  
• Lavshuca Brow Pallette
• Lavshuca Eyehadow Pallette
• Lavshuca Lip Colour

I like how my makeup looked today... very simple and clean... nothing too strong...


Heehee.. i love Lavshuca packaging.... ^^;; So pretty... too bad i didn't have their mascara and blush... but that's fine... til the next asian trip... ^^

if i can't wait that long i ocassionally find a few items here and there on ebay ^^

I'm currently a fan of this seller on ebay she's bhappywithme. She's got all these korean cosmetics that you don't really see in skin food or in the face shop.. (i don't really frequent laneige)...

Anyhoo, this was just something I got as my sister was buying this Missha Procure UV Hair Mist thing from her as well. I decided to just get something so the shipping fee won't be much of a waste...

I've also been searching for a replacement for the current one I'm using which is KANEBO KATE MASCARA BASE... It's almost running out and it's not really available here. I have been scouting for a mascara base and i found out in shiseido that the maquillage mascara base is PHP 1,700. Heck no.. I ain't buying that...

Lucky enough I saw this on ebay for PHP 300. :P

Well... main difference between this Korean one with my current Japanese one is that it lacks the micro fibers that you would usually see jutting out of the brush once you pull it our of the tube..


It's also only good for 6 months after opening so I must consume this tube quickly...


Last difference I saw between MISSHA and KATE.. Missha's is similar to the mascara base that you would usually see in the those double ended mascaras western brands like LOREAL, MAYBELLINE carry...


It does thicken and lengthen the lashes except that it considerably feels heavier on the eyes.. >,<
On my face today:

• Nature & Co Essence C
  
• Human Nature Sunflower Beauty Oil
• Nature & Co Day Care UV Essence
  
• Skin79 Gold Caviar BB Cream
• Ellana MMU Foundation French Vanilla Latte
• Ellana MMU Blush Happiness
• Lavshuca Eyebrow Pallette
• VOV Castledew Mousse Eye shadow silver
• Coffret D'Or Lighting TD Eyes 04
• Maquillage Pallette
  
• Bloom Liquid Eyeliner Dark Brown
  
• Kate lip gloss
  

This is my retarded face for today... using the KATE one of the left eye and MISSHA on the right eye...

Doesn't look like much of a difference but they FEEL very different from each other especially when I take them off...

KATE for the win!

But MISSHA ain't that bad... XD

I just remembered i still have unopened nail thingies from my last HK trip.. So i had to make use of them somehow...
nail stuff used:

• the face shop (aqua)
• wet n' wild (base colour it's actually iridiscent in real life)
• HK nail art thingies
• random nail repair top coat
  

putting nail polish did a good job at hiding my broken/glued nail that was split at some point in trying to yank out the press on nails i was previously wearing because i didn't want to remove them with acetone because i wanted to reuse them... >,<;;

I saw this brand in the newspaper today and decided to do some product research since it's well.... competition!

According to the article, this is Kose Co.'s answer to the rising enthusiasm of Asia for organic facial care.... They're an affordable line of organic facial care with 8 products ranging from PHP 395 ~ PHP 995. (US$ 8.50 ~ 21.00). They're so much cheaper than Kose's skin care lines such as Sekkisei, Junkisei, etc. Which is why I'm really surprised. I actually want to know why they made it at this price point... Could it be that they stole our idea? Wahahahaha...

They do not claim to be 100% organic... According to the Japanese lady it's about 80% organic.. (Ha!)

Anyway, I saw the pretty packaging and decided to give it a try.. ^^


I got the Pure White Day Care Essence UV SPF50+ PA++ and the Pure Essence C...I decided on these two products since I needed something that i can easily fit in my regimen... And the Vitamin C is my answer to my acne scars...

Pure White Day Care Essence UV SPF50+ PA++

I haven't tried on my face yet.. But it's so easily absorbed by the skin and it doesn't feel icky sticky. Has a very milky texture like the Biore UV Milk...

So small though... just 25ml.. however accourding to the Sales consultant you only need 2 drops of this and it will be okay for the whole face...

Pure Essence C

As for this one... i think it's a pretty good deal since it 30ml and you really only need to use a drop per application.

I tried it tonight after cleansing and toning... It was a pleasant smell... Not the organic smell that smells like butt..

It smells of a synergy of citrus essential oils and herby essential oils.. I like it.

The consistency is a bit watery but it adds to the fact that it's easily spreads on the face.



Packaging looks similar to everything else out in the market and logo is reminiscent of C.O. Bigelow...

I heard that they'll be coming out with Powder Foundations by next year. I don't know if I'm willing to try that out.



Anyway.. I heard some inside scoop...

ESPRIQUE PRECIOUS WILL BE COMING TO MANILA NEXT YEAR!

I'm so psyched...

I actually hate the fact that Fasio is now obsolete in the Philippines but I guess Esprique Precious is one thing I can look forward to. Been dying to try their pallettes since forever....