Mim, Myself & I...

Hello Friends! ♥♥♥

Just a random FOTD with my beloved mineral makeup brand - Love Minerals. (I can't stop laughing as I'm writing this ...) ♥

Stuff used... 

Love Mineral Foundation - Orient Pearl

Love Minerals Blush - Petal Bloom

Passionfruit Hydrating Lipstick - Sweet Nectar 

I love this stuff!!! 

So light on the face and on the lips and doesn't cake on me coz it doesn't have talc! 

Hello! 

I haven't cut my hair for over 8 months.. I know it's really bad because we always need a trim every now and then to keep our hair healthy.. However, I don't really have a lot of time to go to the salon and have it done... 

I was actually making my friend Uri cut my hair already but still... we don't have time to meet each other.

So... I just decided to do it myself.... 

This is the before... 

So how did I do it? 

First I gathered my thick mass of hair... 

And then... I tied it with a hair tie... 

And then I pulled it down... to determine how much of it I was to cut... 

And then I cut it wth all my might! 

And then I get this kind of scissors to just sort of add some texture... (who am I to say? I know nothign about cutting hair!)

err ... why is this pic lopsided? 

Oh well... You get the gist of it... :D 

And then here's how it is after... 

Wahhhoooooo! Less hair! ^-^ 

It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! 

That's it for now! 

Oh hello again! 

Just reporting on the latest trends.. 

Apparently, Etude House's new colour concept is all ORANGE. 

Everything from Luci Darling Fantastic Gradiation Eyes

to their... Petite Darling Citrus Syrup Nail Set.. 

(photos taken from Etude House website) 

I don't think I'll try anything from this line... Maybe just the nail thing... 

I'm not a fan of orange... Hehehe.

Toodles! 

Hello! 

I'm so sorry I haven't had time to actually update my blog lately.

It's just been crazy and I think I'll be posting less this year... In saying that I'll still try my best to update this blog whenever I can.

I just received a text message yesterday saying that they're having a 25% off sale on Paul and Joe stuff at Rustan's. 

I was not actually planning to go, but I made the mistake of sending to to Moise and she wanted to go. 

We went and the rest is history. 

Hahaha. I'm not blaming her for anything but I feel like I bought a lot just for the sake of getting the very fabulous cosmetic bag GWP. 

Here it is! 

Isn't it cute? I figured it would be great for traveling. It also has the signature Paul and Joe print that you'd find in all their outer boxes. ^^ 

What I got... 

Love is, what I got. Haha

I got 3 items.. Actually that's not a lot if I were to base it with my old me which was majorly addicted to anything with cute packaging... But I'm older and I need to save up now. 

I got a lip lacquer... 

Sorry, I just got the pics from Google as I was majorly rushing to work.. 

A blush... 

and then lastly the under eyes concealer for my sister... 

They were all really good deals because of the sale... 

I'm thinking of going back if I still can to get a generic foundation for all the people I put makeup on.

Paul and Joe is one of those rare Asian brands that have a wide range of shades for their foundations and I love that about them ^^

Here's a pic of my cosmetic bag with  the rest of my Paul and Joe stuff..

Til next time! 

Hello friends! 

Merry Christmas! 

Sorry I haven't had the chance to post any tutorials nowadays because of the crazy schedule... I'll be in Korea this Christmas holiday, so I'll try to do one when I'm there. (Try - means there's a possibility that it won't happen... haha)

Anyway, I'm just going to post my holiday nails that I did last night.... 

Stuff used: 

Etude House Lucidarling Nail polish

White nail polish by Face shop 

Nail art pens (i forget.. bought them from Shopwise)

That's it for now!!! 

Merry Christmas!! ^-^

Hello! 

I'll be reviewing this hair colour today.  Colouring the hair is not a very good thing... It damages the hair and dries it out but I feel so enslaved by it because I've has grey hair growing since I was 16 or so... >,<;; 

Anyway, why not have fun with it right? 

I will be reviewing Schwarzkopf Fresh Light in Melty Mocha which I got in my recent trip to Bangkok.  

I'm still confused whether this is made in  Japan or  Thailand because they have both Japanese and Thai characters on the box.  

The main reason why I bought it is coz of the Blythe doll... ^^ It's cute and freaky at the same time. Haha

I mean seriously, would you really describe a mocha shade with the adjective "melty"? Is that even a word? Hahaha that's one of the reasons why I love asian brands... Even if it doesn't make much sense it sorta makes sense to us.  

So this is my shade.. Melty mocha.. Don't be fooled by the Blythe doll's hair. Your hair won't turn as light as that. I think it will if you bleach it prior to dying.  But I didn't bleach my hair So it's just somewhat like the shade on the left most... 

The application was easy.  

It was easy because it comes with a comb like nozzle. You only need to leave it on your hair for 20 minutes.  

The smell wasn't offensive either. Whether it be prior, during and after application.  

This is also the type of hair colour wherein you have to shampoo it off. You rinse, shampoo then leave the iar treatment on for a few minutes.  

The hair treatment that comes with it smells exactly like the Satsuma orange of Body Shop.  

The after feel of the hair is really soft and not dry at all.  Which is very misleading because I'm sure my hair will feel dry and brittle once I shampoo my hair tomorrow.

This was how dark my hair was before application... 

I actually like this better than the squid ink hair colour I used before this one. ^^ 

2 thumbs up! plus points on the cuteness of the packaging! ^^

Now I have to drown my hair in hair mask for the rest of my life.... 

I just realized this a month ago.. I really am sheep.  

While I was showering this morning I was listing down all the cosmetic brands that I want to visit for my December trip to Seoul and then it hit me. All these places have male models as their front "man"! 

Starting off with the ones available here in the Philippines. 

Here's Lee Minho for Etude House... 

Although Etude House also has 2NE1 as their model...

When you go to their shop, the first person you'll see is Lee Minho.  

Next ... Exhibit B.. is Face Shop... with Kim Hyunjoong. With the success of his recent drama "Playful Kiss" I'm actually not surprised with this marketing move for Face Shop. 

I really don't like the brand... I swear, I don't like their chalky eyeshadows nor do I like their overpriced mediocre lip products... But when I saw them change their forefront man from Bae Yongjun to Kim Hyunjoong... just like a woman in a trance I found myself stepping inside a store. 

But the magic ended there.. on his face coz of course I didn't buy anything. But still, this thing works! Just like the previously mentioned brand, The Face Shop also has a woman endorser in the form of Jeon Jihyun of the whole "My Sassy Girl" rage... 

Again, although she is still the endorser for the colour cosmetics, the first thing you'll see in the window when you walk by is the huge face of Kim Hyunjoong. 

Other brands that do this are: 

Baviphat... not yet available in the Philippines but just like Face Shop, Etude House, etc... it's a mass market brand pretty much targeted towards teenagers. 

Baviphat hired F.T. Island. A Korean band that's super popular with the young crowd because of their charismatic and cute personalities.. 

There's also the newbie... Holika Holika. 

I really think this is a Korean ripoff of the Japanese drug store brand Majolica Majorca which is under Shiseido. 

It has the same eerie concept that you might find with Kate Cosmetics as well.

They used pop rock band CN Blue as their image models... They actually look good with the concept. Not as weird as the 2PM one. Haha

Also.. last but not the least is ... 

OF COURSE TONY MOLY with SONG JOONGKI-my-husband! HAHA

It's actually not only done in Korea but in Japan as well... Here's Jun Matsumoto for Fasio... 

He is part of the boyband Arashi... 

And here he is endorsing a mascaliner... A mascara and eyeliner in one! (I think it's really an innovative product! I don't know it's because of Matsumoto Jun that I've been brainwashed to think that way!)

If you would notice, all the brands that use these tactics are mass market brands you would consider as drugstore brands and such... As a conclusion from this observation this is because these brands are targeted towards a younger audience and is playing up on the "fan girl" side in every girl... 

More exclusive brands such as IOPE, IsaKnox, SK II wouldn't even use such male models because the target market for those brands are more on the career women in their 30s.  I doubt that there are a lot of 30+ year old fan girls.  (Although I think I'll still be one until the age of 60!)

In the end... This tactic really works I can personally say that it does judging from my Face Shop story, same with Tony Moly. I wouldn't even go inside a Tony Moly store before but because I want to see more of my husband, Song Joongki's face.... I definitely will. I might even buy a thing or two just to receive some merchandise with his face on it~! 

Hahahaha!