Grad Photo FOTD

I had my graduation photos taken today... I was having a lot of trouble deciding what I wanted to do with my make-up. I knew I was going to go neutral... bit HOW neutral? my own camera washes out the shadows on me... so should I go with a lighter-hand? Should I wear false lashes or will I regret it when I look at the pictures again 20 years from now? Should I do something special with my hair??

I know it seems so silly to stress over something so little... but these pictures are pretty important to me -- I'm graduating! Finally! It was a long struggle and even longer journey to get to this point... so here is my FOTD:

All Products are MAC unless specified otherwise:

Face:

Studio Tech NC30

Studio Select NC30

Studio Finish Concealer SPF 35 NW25

MUFE Full Cover Concealer #8

Cheeks:

Hot Planet Mineralized Blush Duo

Refined MSF

Eyes:

Vanilla Pigment

Satin Taupe e/s

Dark Devotion e/s (2008 holiday smokey palette)

Vanilla e/s (highlight)

Blacktrac fluidline

Quite Natural paintpot (brows)

Ardell Babies (lashes)

Lips:

Miss Marble lipglass

FOTD: Purples

So this was the look I did for the MAC collection preview party... I really wanted to cover the dark circles etc from the all-nighter, so I went all out with a full face of make-up and heavy eyeshadow lol... I finally put my MUFE shadows to use and omfg I LOVEEE THEM and I'm gonna go crazy at IMATS for them!!!

*All products used MAC unless otherwise specified

Face:

Urban Decay Perfect Complexion Primer

Studio Fix Fluid NW25

Studio Finish Concealer SPF35 NW25

Select Sheer Pressed Powder NC30

Cheeks:

Accentuate/Sculpt Powder

Foolish Me blush

Perfect Topping MSF

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Painterly paintpot

Make Up For Ever Matte Shadow no.9

Make Up For Ever Matte Shadow no.92

NYX shadow in black

Vanilla e/s

Fluidline in Blacktrack

Fluidline in Dipdown (brows)

Ardell Demi Wispies lashes

Lips:

Creme Cup l/s

FOTD: Masquerade Masks

A good friend of mine was extremely bored yesterday and decided to do two masquerade-inspired looks, in the spirit of Halloween, of course. An aspiring MUA (aren't we all?) and talented hairstylist -- she was demanded to start posting on YT (not just by me).... and our "bet" is that if I can get a certain number of compliments on this post, she will start posting - the bet is in my favour... haha

Anyway... here they are... leave your thoughts... which one is your favourite? I'm sure she wouldn't mind constructive critism, either...

btw... products listed is copied and pasted verbatim of how she sent it to me... haha

for the first mask - the "mermaid-y" one:

- i used some no-name cream stick in a baby blue and copper for the base
- any shadow used in mask was from the 88 palette
- outline done in mac fluidline uppity
- the shadow outline was apres-ski from... mac
- and on the lips i used revlon eyeliner in 01 teal flash, uppity and the yellow in the flamboyant loreal hip duo
- oh! and the lashes! wet n' wild fantasy makers. feather fetish
- mascara was my beloved lashblast waterproof

for the second:

- on the eyes i used yogurt from mac and the rest was all the 88 palette
- my trusty maybelline liquid liner - waterproof, of course
- the pink in the mask was part of the 88 palette
- blue outline was deep blue green (yeah i already know what you're going to say.. and yes it was worth it) and star by night by mac
- lashes were ardell fright night lashes in #114
- lips were bonnebell blank ink for outline, star by night and 88 palette
- same mascara

jewels care of my mother's drawer =]

FOTD: Photo Realism

My apologies for the lack of posts. I usually don't post on the weekends, but my internet has been out for the past 3 or 4 days and it has been HELL. I should be studying for an upcoming midterm, but I felt that I needed to post SOMETHING and just... browse the net a little because I've been so deprived. How sad is that we live in a lifetime where we can't function without the internet =(
So I rarely wear make-up, especially since school has been so hectic lately and there is just no time... so I took advantage of the fact that I was going out to dinner with my friends this past friday to "doll up". Funny thing is, I was asked "why are you wearing make up?" lol... so of course I bitch back -- "When I don't wear my make-up I am criticized for the amount I own... and when I do, I am questioned of my motives -- WTF!" =P

*All MAC products unless otherwise specified*

Face:
Oil Control Lotion
Make Up For Ever HD Primer (green)
Studio Fix Fluid NW25
Select Pressed Powder NC30
Studio Finish Concealer SPF35 NW25

Sunny By Nature MSF on cheeks

Eyes:
Fast Response Eye Cream
Too Faced Shadow Insurance Primer
Greasepaint stick (base)
Photo Realism Quad
NYX black shadow
Fluidline in Jade
Ardell Demi Wispies lashes
L'Oreal Voluminous Waterproof Mascara

Fluidline in Dipdown on brows

Lips:
Brave New Bronze l/s
Fushia Fix TLC

FOTD: Neutrals

Went out last night for one of my besties' birthday. This was my first night out in MONTHS and I was stressing over what to put on my face lol. I settled with something safe -- neutrals (plus I thought it would work best with my green contacts -- Geo Angel Green). I have been so out of practice with my make-up application (MONTHS!!!!!) that I wasn't happy with it AT ALL... the blending is horrible... but that's ok.. I have two more weeks off before school starts again to practice some.
I apologize for the lack of posts... I'm such a horrible blogger. I promised more posts once school was over, but it's been so long that I've gotten such a lengthy break that I've been out almost every night catching up with friends and just enjoying my time off. Sorry -_-.


*All MAC products unless otherwise specified*


FACE
* Philip's Milk of Magnesia
* Urban Decay PerfectComplexion
* Studio Fix Fluid NW25
* Studio Select Pressed Powder NC30

CHEEK
* Emote blush (contour)
* Sunny By Nature MSF

EYES
* Fast Response Eye Cream
* Studio Finish Concealer NW25
* UDPP
* Sunny By Nature MSF (I LOVE THIS AS AN ALL OVER LID COLOUR!!!)
* Spiced Chocolate e/s (Cult of Cherry Spiced Chocolate Quad)
* Kid e/s
* Vanilla e/s (highlight)
* Liquid Last in Point Black
* Fluidline in Blacktrack
* Ardell Demi Wispies
* Cover Girl Lashblast Waterproof Mascara
* Fluidline in Dipdown (brows)

LIPS
* Brave New Bronze l/s
* Miss Marble l/g

FOTD

I was going for a neutral/bronzey look:


Face:
Studio Tech NC30
Studio Sheer Pressed NC30


Cheek:
Mineralized blush Duo in Hot Planet
Refined MSF
Sun Rush Luster Drop


Eyes:
TFSI
Fast Response Eye Cream
Select Cover-up NW20
Painterly Paintpot
Blacktrack Fluidline
Ardell Demi Wispies
brows: quite natural paintpot


Lips:
Brave New Bronze Lipstick

Writer's Block

My weekend has been busy... so rather than posting nothing at all.. here's the "FOTD" that I did for a casual night out with my friends... it's not really "FOTD" since all I have on is foundation (studio tech NC30), Blush (Hot Planet), Quite Natural p/p on brows, lashes (ardell) and black liner (blacktrack):

FOTD

*All MAC products unless otherwise specified

Face:

Oil Control Lotion

Skin Refined Zone

QUO Perfect Primer

Studio Sculpt Foundation NC25/NC30

MSF N in medium plus

Cheeks:

Emote

Just a Pinch Gel blush

Perfect Topping MSF

Lips:

Lollipop Loving

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Bio Green e/s

Humid e/s

Sumptuous Olive e/s

Handwritten e/s

Type Blanc e/s

Quite Natural paint pot for brows

Dipdown fluidline

Ardell Demi Wispies

Here's the kicker: I didn't want to clean brushes so thought I'd be lazy and use my ring finger to do my eye make up... I did my entire eye look (except the bottom lash line) with my ring finger -- the entire application and blending... which I think I did pretty well with, if I must say so myself... =P

FOTD: Blues

All MAC unless otherwise specified

Face:

Oil Control Lotion

Refined Skin Zone Treatment

Quo Primer

Select cover-stick NC30

Studio Tech Foundation NC30

MSFN Medium Plus

P+P Finishing Powder

Eyes:

UDPP

Sea Me Shadestick

Cumulus e/s

Tilt e/s

Parrot e/s

Star by Night e/s

Vanilla e/s

Fluidline in Blacktrack

no name lashes

Lips:

Lollipop Loving

FOTD: Neutral

I usually don't wear make-up to school, but since I haven't slept all night, I actually had some time to quickly put something together. It's extremely neutral (and probably a little messy)... but I did it in 10min... lol

Face:

MAC Oil Control Lotion

MAC Skin Revined Zone Treatment

MSFN in medium plus

Grand Duo mineralized blush

Eyes:
Fast response eye cream

Select cover-up in NW20

TFSI

Gold Mode pigment

Bronze e/s

Signed, Sealed e/s

Kid e/s

Vanilla e/s

Blacktrack fluidline

Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara

Lips:

lightly dabbed on Saint Germain l/s to give a little colour to the neutral look

FOTD: Purples

So this is like my second FOTD post and I'm pretty sure I used almost exactly the same products as my first one... lol.. but this time around, I made the shadow higher up on my lids, so it's more noticeable when my eyes are open.. lol

A tutorial of this is also on youtube and can be found on the side bar to your left =)

All MAC unless otherwise specified

Face:

Quo Total Perfection Face Primer

Skin Refined Zone

Studio Touch-Up Stick NC30

Studio Sculpt Foundation NC25 and NC30

MSFN in Medium Plus

Hot Planet Mineralized Blush

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Red Velvet Shadestick

Stars 'n Rockets

Parfait Amour

Deep Feeling

Kid

Vanilla

Blacktrack Fluidline

Hello Kitty Lashes

Lips:

Lip Conditioner (tube)

Viva Glam VI SE

FOTD: Sugarsweet

FOTD

All MAC products unless otherwise specified:

Face:

QUO Perfect Primer
Studio Sculpt Foundation NC25/NC30

Studio Sculpt Concealer NC25

Select Sheer Pressed NC30

Hot Planet mineralized blush

Eyes:

Fast Response Eye Cream

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Butternutty shadestick

Stars n' Rockets

Parfait Amour

Deep Feeling

Fluidline in Blacktrack

Cover Girl Lash Blast

Lips:
Lip Conditioner

Lollipop Loving lipstick