Photos, makeup stuff.

So.. PHOTOS! I didn't take much photos during the trip though. Partly because I keep forgetting to bring my camera out! :X But also we're lazy. hehe.

I'll let most photos do their own talking. Maybe add on some craps if I had more to say. :P

This man was jumping on the rod. ouch.

new phone cover! But it's dirty now so I changed to a new one. :D yay!

SPOTTED! I'm reading.

Church over there. Super pretty!

This is one of the rare days I put on some makeup.

- Milani liquify eyeliner

- Urban decay delux palette

- Canmake bronzer

- Nyx blusher

- Rimmel brow pencil

- Random lipgloss

Yeh I didn't put on any foundation because I was kinda lazy. I just want to run out of the hotel and do random stuffs!!

Church interior

See how the light reflects? Beautiful!

Yeh and I don't even comb my hair when I go out. Really. I didn't bring my comb, neither did I use the hotel comb. :! LAZY!

So... Makeup wise, as I said, I didn't use much.

I probably only used illamasqua rich skin foundation 3 times. Of which, I wore once to meet a friend there! The other 2 times I kinda forced myself to put on because I wanted to try how it works in winter. It is not bad, really. My skin usually peels during the winter. But Illamasqua's rich skin foundation was not too drying for me. I've read wonderful reviews of it being the perfect foundation for oily skin, but I see it working for dry skin too.

I'm wearing that foundation on the last photo, and if you zoom in that one, the appearance of my pores are obviously much smaller than that of first few photos. :) Mind you, that was around 6 or 7 hours after wearing that foundation, with ZERO touch ups. Not even setting powder. I'll continue to use it in Singapore, and write a fuller review on how it works in summer! :D

I've also found that PIXIE's eyeshadow palette is extremely useful! Not only is it compact, it is filled with everything I need apart from foundation! That 1 single palette did me enough for the entire trip!

Image source: http://www.shensaddiction.com/2008/06/urban-decay-deluxe-shadow-box.html

However I had to bring along a smaller palette for touch ups outside since I LOVE rubbing my eyes! So that'd be Urban Decay's Delux Eyeshadow palette! :D

I'd update on more details on the next post! Time to really unpack everything and wash my smelly clothes. X)

XOXO

Sephora Haul - Actual + Looks + Glitter usage guids

Hello everyone! So, my Sephora items has reached!!!! :D

YAY.

Now yes these seem quite a bit, butt. I have another 2 items which are not photographed. I'd feature them in another post though. :) Super careless, gosh I actually forgot that I got those 2 items! So instead of showing a photo here, I'm going to do another post on them so you guys could see them clearly!

To see the individual items in this pile, please refer to my post on Sephora Haul - Preview:

http://disbgilbpretty.blogspot.com/2011/11/sephora-haul-preview.html

Of course, I had to try those stuffs immediately when I get them! :D

So I used one of the quads in the tarte starlet makeup vanity. It is the first one, yes the smokey black one:

Image from: http://ashleybeautyblog.com/2011/10/review-with-video-tarte-starlet-makeup-vanity/

And I had NARS Shanghai Express on my lips! Gorgeous color!!!

On my face, I used Bare Minerals kit, the foundation, bronzer and everything else in that kit. Except the brushes. :D

Anyway! Christmas is around the corner, and the first thing that came into my mind when it comes to makeup/nails/whatever: GLITTERS.

We all love glitters for holiday seasons, don't we! However, use them safely. There are several grades of glitters in the market - Art grade glitter, Cosmetic grade glitter.

Cosmetic grade glitter can be expensive, a 5gram jar could cost $10 in Sephora, and that is the cheapest you could find in Singapore! Either that, or NYX 2/3gram would cost you around $5.(Find it at http://smoochiezz.com/ or http://korea-spree.blogspot.com/)

These glitters are safe to use for makeup, they're usually cut rounded around the edges of the glitter sphere.

But be ware that some colors or types are not suitable for the eye or lip area. So do read the instructions!

That is because some colors could cause irritations to your eyes. It is also important to put a base coat to 'stick' the glitters to your eye lid because it could irritate your eyes should any glitters fall off into your eyes - even if the glitter is safe to be used for your eyes.

Art Grade glitters are definitely a NONO for your eyes! Or even skin!

The obvious reason being, art glitters might not be disinfected! So they might carry bacteria. But that is not the only reason! Art glitters are often not well cut. They could be really rough, or squared around the edges, making it extremely dangerous if it fall into your eyes since it could 'cut' your eye ball. Yeh.

The colors for art glitters might also be bad for your skin since most of the glitters for art grade actually bleeds! So imagine these on your skin! Its really bad, and I definitely do not recommend these to be used on the skin.

The good thing about art glitters though, is that you could use them on your.........

YES! NAILS! But do keep a base coat in case these colors bleed and stay on your nails.

Anyway, art glitters are ok for nails! So there is no need to spend $$$ on expensive cosmetic grade glitters on nails! (: Get yourself some clear polishes and dip the brushes into the glitter to use them. They could look much better than glitter polishes since most glitter polishes don't contain that much glitters anyway! :D

So.... GO CRAZY with glitters this holiday season! But stay safe.

XOXO

Dengue Fever, Red eyeshadow look.

Hello, I hope everyone is doing well! Anyway. These few days were really bad for me! I was so scared, nervous, just feeling so afraid! My boyfriend was admitted to the hospital.

He's been having fever on and off for a week already and we finally managed to persuade him to visit the doctor. It was then the doctor suspected that he's down with Dengue fever. Admitted to hospital, true enough. Had blood test, drip etc. Only done with all the checks around 2am and we had to visit the doctor again on the second day 8.30 am! I had only 3 hours of sleep for almost everyday this week. :(

He's pretty stable now, luckily, finally able to eat a bit more than rest of the week. Hopefully nothing happens and that he could go for his exams tomorrow.

Anyway! 2 days ago, a client of mine asked if I'd apply pink/red eye shadow on my clients. I said no, because it is doing to appear 'alien'. Pink/red is definitely workable though, I've always add a little bit of pink to my brides, or add a bit of red to some other colors. But just red or pink alone, I'm not sure.

So as soon as my boyfriend got better, I hopped onto my computer, and found some looks for red eyes!

Everything apart from the eyes are kept pretty nude/naked. But what do you think of this red eye look? Would you wear it out?

Our beautiful Lindsey Wixson with the red eye shadow. Well I don't know about you, but I'd not wear this out. Not just because of the red eye shadow, but the invisible brows. This is definitely a runway look, no where near everyday look.

Take care.

XOXO

Random Thursdays?

Hello! The weather is getting really bad here these days. Sunshine in the morning and then transits to rainy cold afternoon in no time. The worst part is not my running routine being spoiled, but my bf who fell sick for the second time within a week already! Fever. Fever. I've been sneezing forever too!

So drink lots of water, wear lots of clothes everyone! I've been walking around with jeans and long sleeves pretty much everyday now! And my friends were complaining about not seeing my legs forever. Haha.

Nice song for you to listen to if you were sick right now, just like me. :)

Anyway, went to do makeup on a bunch of energetic girls for their prom night yesterday! :) Had a great time just talking to them. I hope they had a wonderful night, and make it memorable for life. Everything in my jc probably sucked to me other than my friends. Prom is like the last meeting as school mates! Everyone's so busy nowadays, we could barely find a date we're all free at the same time.

I'm so busy all the time that a friend of mine texted me today and said I was heartless for not asking her out! SORRY! I'll try to put in more effort, okay! :)

Anyway, did this makeup for fun the other day. Obviously, this is a eyeliner look, and it probably wouldn't be the most suitable for everyday wear. But who cares right? We got to find some fun for ourselves when we're bored - or supposed to be studying/cooking/something...

I'm thinking of dying my hair to another color. Should I? Which color now? Hmmm, did I mention that a gd friend of mine said my hair color looks old? D: But, new hair color a not? Surprise surprise~

XOXO

Fall makeup look/trend - Orange Eyes

Hello everyone, I'm doing a look for fall again! This time, I'm inspired by a look I saw in a video by Gossmakeupartist:

He did mention though, that orange color is extremely hard to wear, but it'd be great for women of color.

Well I got to agree it is really hard to wear orange, but it is possible for lighter skin toned ladies out there to wear bright, striking orange too!

A key point to wearing orange though, is to keep the rest of the face really as minimum as possible! One color I never want to over do is orange.

As you could see, I've whitened my face quite a bit with a more neutral tone foundation. That is because my original skintone is so yellowish. I'd look outrageous with bright neon orange on my eyes!

I've also mute out my lips with my foundation and then a bit of Revlon Matte lipstick in Cocoa Craving.

Now my face is left really pale because I really don't want to pick up a fight with the strong orange color on my eyes. And I paired this look with the new scarf I got recently, a very neutral toned one would work great.

Keeping everything matte is beautiful for winter. I don't normally associate glossy looks with fall. Anyway, don't you think this look is much much more wearable with a pair of geeky specs? :D

Products used:

Face: Mehron liquid makeup - Juvenile

Eyes: Orange colors from 120 Eyeshadow palette, Maybelline Line stiletto Liquid Eyeliner

Cheeks: NIL

Lips: Foundation to mute out the original color, Revlon Matte Lipstick - Cocoa Craving

Makeup brushes + NEW HAIR!

Hello! Its been such a hectic day! I had two clients today, one morning and one evening. Both brides! ;) They looked stunning in their gowns! It is no wonder that some single ladies couldn't wait to take photos of themselves wearing gowns! Because its gorgeous! What do you think? :)

Ok so I finally got my lazy arse moving yesterday and decided to wash some of my brushes! Yes you're right, SOME. I have a few sets of brushes to interchange so I usually just change to a clean set when I'm moving on. I always try to clean brushes after each client but come on sometimes we get lazy right?

Well whatever it is, just make sure to change to a clean set of brush on each project if you are a makeup artist. Simply because after 1 or 2 days, germs could make used brushes they homes! D:

Ok I'm literally stuffing that coffee bun into my mouth before I gt ready today morning! HAHA omg I think I look like a tweety birddddd!

Ok so by now you should have noticed some hair on my forehead. I cut my hair! Um, how do I look. :P

I did a really fast and easy eye look because I was in a rush today morning, well every other morning when I have clients! So that is a eye look using urban decay naked palette. I can't even remember the shades I used. As for the lips, idontknow, probably some random gloss......

I'm so used to putting shadows on nowadays. It comes naturally. I should try just putting on eyeliner. Or nothing else.

Anyway. I don't know about you, but I suck at listening to sad songs. This probably sounds stupid but I cry whenever I listen to a sad song, especially when it's gt a sad MV too.

EG this song. Cry baby.

XOXO

Look of the day + reviews? :)

Hello everyone, so I finally got to try some of my Bellabox/Bella box samples!!

Davines Momo Conditioner-

Love this! The true color of this product is darker than that in the photograph. I'd say it really looked like avocado blended with a bit of milk in reality.

Since this is a relatively natural hair care product, don't expect too much perfume/fragrances.. However, I kind of like how this smells. It does not smell of chemicals for sure, I'm super bad at explaining scents but its like a bit of vanilla + some wood? YEH.

And this is obviously not the conditioner on my face! :P haha I was using Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque. I'm one of the most uncaring person when it comes to my face. I rarely put on masks etc because I'm super lazy. I'll never waste my time/put in effort on something that I don't think is good. So if I ever put something on, it must be good. This mask seemed to draw up quite some oil/dirt from my skin. My pores instantly appeared smaller upon each usage. Love this.

And... This is the makeup I wore out today. I really wanted something light since I wasn't going to do something fancy. :P Just going somewhere silly.

Pretty light makeup right? Hmmmmm as compared to my other deep shades of lipstick looks!

Ok products used......

Face: Neutrogena Healthy Skin Foundation - 600, Natural Beige. This is obviously a little too light for me so I had to add some bronzer on my face to darken the color. But this color would suit NC30 - NC35 pretty well

Cheeks: Canmake bronzer; Milani baked blush in Corollina

Eyes: ELF Eyelid Primer in Pearl i think? ; purple shade from Skinfood Sugar Bloom Shadow Box; Underground from Urban Decay deluxe palette

Lips: A tiny bit of Revlon black cherry creme lipstick; topped with Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine lipgloss - Ginger

Signing off with my nail polish storage. This is where I place some of my nail polishes. Yes SOME of them only. I have a lot of them in a shoe box hidden somewhere in my room....... hehe

XOXO

Face Chart and Look for Fashion Shoot

Hi, I'm showing case of what I've done for a fashion shoot this coming Saturday. It is with the Grace again, they're doing outdoor shoots for Christmas!

Christmas definitely reminds me of GOLD color. So that is what I did with my face chart, gold... Then I added a very dark navy blue on the outer corners Purple lips, purple cheeks.

Yes! I did that face chart and yes, the brown marks around = my coffee stain D:

I tried that face chart I did on myself later. I went a little crazy on the gold color because I really love gold color and I'm just too excited I guess. =X

This is definitely not going to be the final look on our Grace! :) There will be changes here and there for sure, else no surprise right? :P

Stay tuned for more face charts like this! :D I'd also upload the photo of Grace wearing this when we're done with the shoot next week.

XOXO

(Please credit me when using my face chart though! Coffee stains shall not go to waste X= )