My Current Skin Care Routine

I am now on my eighty first post since last year I started blogging, and I haven't really share even  once of my skin care routine/regimen. Maybe because it's too boring and I don't use expensive products that you guys might be interested with, but now I am finally doing this and lets get started.

Skin History- I have an oily skin type since puberty period but i rarely have acne or any skin problems (which I'm thankful) but i do have a problem in terms of black and white heads. I do sometimes experience pimples esp when I am lacking of sleep or I have my premenstrual syndrome. I also do wear make-up every single day (except for Sunday) that's why I really need a skin care in my life or else this face will be fudge up.

Make-up remover is a nightmare for me, I hate how it stings my eyes and the oil content doesn't feel right for me ( I just hate it). That is why I am used to washing my face and the product that I am currently enjoying is the Avon Naturals Sakura Whitening cleanser.  

First of all this product really smells good, it has a gel type of consistency and it has medium size beads that's serves as scrub as well. Pea size amount of the product and it will give you a really nice lather and removes any make-up easily including liquid eyeliner (yes! i kid you not). My skin is reacting really well on this product and I noticed a decrease amount of whiteheads around my nose but the blackheads are still there. 

I just took a photo from the internet cause mine are almost empty and i want to give you guys a descent one. 

I love this stuff after washing my face and patting it dry i use my Mary Kay Time Wise Moisture renewing softener, the formula is made for dry to oily skin and also suitable for sensitive skin. Fragrance and oil free and most of all it really removes make-up impurities. Leaves my skin supple, non drying and can be used as make-up remover (if your'e too lazy to wash you face) and a toner at the same time. i enjoy it so much and i cant wait for my second bottle.  

Lastly is of course moisturizer, I used Olay Natural White Light all in one fairness cream. This is what I always reach out every time I ran out of my Neutrogena-hydro-boost-gel. The scent of this one is amazingly good and most of all it's does not leave a greasy feeling when you apply it. It really does moisturize especially when i sleep on an air conditioned room. 

See how boring my skin care regimen is? I told you i don't use a butt load of product, but of course sleep and exercise does a huge participation on my regimen. I do Zumba two to three times a week and a day of bare face to let my skin breath.       

  

 

Marina and the diamonds Inspired Look

I have been obsessing with Marina and the Diamonds songs lately,  and of course her make-up look and style. Her look is inspired with a combination of Marilyn Monroe, Madonna and a pinch of Marie Antoinette- very glamorous and very 60's, and of course her signature heart mole on the cheek bone and lashes on the lower lash line makes me wanna re-create it. If you wanna know more about her just read her interview from Glamour Magazine.

 Oh my god Isn't she beautiful?

Numbered Shadow shades that I'm working with

 

1. For easier application use a tapered crease brush to achieve the perfect shape and apply the first shadow there.
2. Second shadow apply it on the crease as well blending with the first shadow that we apply earlier.
3. third color slowly work it on the outer crease blend together with the two shades.
4. fourth color place it on the center lids.
5. place the fifth shade on the inner corners for highlight.
6. lastly apply the last color as highlight on brow bone.
7. Line your eyes and extend the wing.
8. curl lashes and add mascara include the lower lashline
9. apply falsies and demi lashes on lower lashline
10. lastly to achieve her signature look draw a heart mole on the right cheek bone.

Werk it girl for instant thin face lol

• Since I have a round face I contoured the shit out of it and applied a matte pink blush, I also used highlighter 
• for my lips I use a pale pink lipstick and we are done.

Product's Used

Revlon Colorstay liquid foundation

Maybelline pressed powder

Elf blush and bronzer

Nyx Dark Shadow Crimson Amulet Palette

Mary Kay Liquid Eyeliner

China Brand lashes

DIY demi lower lashes

Maybelline Lipstick in Make me Pink

  

Edgy Grunge Look photo Tutorial

For a change here's an edgy grunge look photo tutorial for my ladies who's going out for a drink this weekend if this looks appropriate for a night out lol.

 

First excuse my brows on the next photos because I'm trying to let them grow first and re-shape them tee hee. Also photos are taken inside the house with fluorescent lighting so sorry if they look crappy. 

 After priming my lids I take this deep brown shadow and place it on my crease slowly blending it's way in.

for my hooded eye-shape ladies you wanna make sure that you place your eye-shadow like a C shape so it would compliment your eyelids and not looking too trying hard to wear shadows.

Taking this warm orange-y color were gonna place that on the crease as well.

 This time make sure that the two shadows blend together nicely and build up the intensity of the warm orange shadow to act as an ocher haze on the crease,

take whatever gold frost shadow you have and place it on the center lid and on the inner tear duct as well, mine has to be this pigments from careline. 

Blend the shadows really well and place the same two shadows on the lower lash-line, build up the color like we did on the crease.

Highlight the brow-bone and blend.

Line the upper lashline with liquid eyeliner and the waterline with a black kohl eyeliner, curl lashes add falsies of choice and mascara. 

 I added a refined wine shade of lipstick to complete the edgy and add grunge for this look.

I also did some contouring and higlights,

 This would look fabulous if I use frost on the center lids. i think i have to shop for more make-up because I love doing this kind of post.

Products Used.

Revlon color stay liquid foundation

Revlon age defying concealer

maybelline pressed powder

Elf blush and bronzer 

Mary kay highlighter

Mary kay brow definer

Nyx All I Ever Wanted Box 

Cheap China lashes and lash grip

Maybelline The falsies mascara

Maybelline Lipstick in Refined Wine

Flash Back Friday: How Am I Introduced to Make-up

It's been five days since the last time I updated this blog and I know I must not just leave it hanging once again. I was actually planning to make a Make-up photo tutorial to keep up with you guys since my last post was just all about a finished look (That could have been perfect for Halloween), So since I couldn't do it as of the moment (because i have a conflict with mah huuuurrr) I have something to share.

I'll take you down memory lane, 

Every You-tuber, beauty bloggers has their own story on how they were introduced on what they are doing right now. For me it all started way back 2007, I am working as a Sales Clerk from a fertilizer company and yes I go to work without any make-up on (I didn't even know they exists or if I do, I didn't know how to use them) except for the lipstick and black kohl eyeliner which I own from Ever Bilena that time. Then one day I was browsing you tube to kill time and stumbled upon this video.

Due to slow internet connection I couldn't upload the said video so here's the link instead Basic Smokey Eye Turotial

Yup! the Michelle Phan that you knew today, I was so happy that this specific video is still up on her channel which I subscribed up until now.

The first video that changed my whole (makeup) life, the woman who introduced me to eyelash curlers, mascara, nude lipstick and almost everything make-up related, i ended up seeing myself swooning to her channel up until now. Since then I always purchase make-up products as if they're a basic necessity to a humans life.

 I was so inspired by her but not to the extend that I make my own beauty channel on YouTube (I am not that confident) but instead i did this blog last year because I've noticed that blogging is a better way to share your passion without blabbing in front of the camera and being judged.

Nowadays this passion/hobby became a life changing to everybody not just to the bloggers/you-tubers but also to the companies and sellers who introduce their product through beauty bloggers. Some earn money through this and it became a job for them, And like Michelle she now owns her very own make-up line and became very popular.

Thank you Michelle for Inspiring us! you may not know who I am but ill be forever grateful. 

How about you? would you go back and let memory lane take-over?   

The Hunger Games "Catching Fire" Katniss Everdeen Inspired Look

Hello there tributes, finally I was able to re-create Katniss Everdeen's Make up look that shes wearing on one of their ads on the upcoming Hunger Games "Catching Fire". The movie premiers this coming November 22, 2013 which I'm sure everyone is excited to watch it.

My Inspiration for this look.

I'm sorry if I wasn't able to take step by step photo tutorial because I thought it wouldn't turn out good. and this look requires a lot of eye-shadows color to achieve the look. 

 katniss was actually wearing silver gems under her eyes but I don't have enough of it that's why i just added three red ones (shes girl on fire anyway).

Did you think I achieve it? This looks good on personal though (my face didn't give justice I'm sorry Jennifer Lawrence lol). . 

  

Avon Naturals and Random Stuff Haul

Before I hit the sack lemme first share with you guys what i hauled this week. Avon September brochure is having a huge sale for up to 70% off (Natural products included) which is really amazing that I have to purchase some of their on sale items.

 This is obviously for my son, I got him Swirling Strawberry Body Wash and Bubble Bath and Amazing Apple which is a shampoo with conditioner. These two bottles were now on sale for only 299 pesos only, originally they were priced at 240 pesos each which is really a good buy.

My picks on Any two fresh pick and mix sale are Avon Naturals Juicy Moisture Shower gel in Raspberry and Hibiscus and Avon Naturals nourishing shower gel in Milk and Honey both cost 189 pesos only, original price 115 pesos each shower gels.

 Last Avon item is this Sakura Whitening cleanser which cost 119 pesos, less 20 pesos from the original price. I am not actually after the whitening effect of the product (if it really does work), but I am into the cherry blossom infused ingredient of it that's why I am trying this for the first time. 

For more information about the sale check out their virtual brochure Avon PH.

And now for the random cheap finds:

The blue moon sundae reminds me of the smurfs ( la la la la la sing a happy song) these polishes were only 15 pesos each.

I also got some china brand lashes for my upcoming tutorials and celebrity inspired looks, I couldn't remember the prizes of these but I'm sure they're below 50 pesos.

and lastly some accessories for my upcoming tutorials and make-up look.

And that's all for now good night.

Mary Kay Mineral Cheek Color in Champagne Rose Review

You guys must be sick of reading my Mary Kay Posts/reviews lol (I'm sorry), majority of my make-up and skincare are from their (surprise,surprise) so i think we just all deal with it.

Quick update I finally settled down to my new one bedroom apartment, though I have to buy stuff like closet, some pieces to spice up the room and most of all AC (cause I am living on a tropical country that's why) but majority were ok and my plans are falling into right places as planned.

Now onto the review, I currently owned four blushes from Mary Kay and my newest addition is in the shade of Champagne Rose.

Mary Kay Mineral Cheek Color- A luminous,easy to blend powder that provides natural looking, stay true color and long lasting coverage. 

Where to buy- Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant

Price- 420 pesos

Available in seven shades such as Sparkling Cider,Strawberry Cream, Cherry Blossom, Pink Petals, Shy blush, Sunny spice and Champagne Rose.

A perfect combination of brown and champagne color with shimmer in it.

Packaging comes in a regular plastic container (As Usual)  and the product was pressed into a magnetic pan ready to pop on to the Mary Kay compacts which you can buy separately. Mary Kay blushes including this one always has a very fine texture which made the product blends on the skin easily and really nicely.

Champagne Rose in face swatch

As you can tell the blush gave my face a radiant glow, it has a right amount of pigmentation and the gold shimmer Isn't that obvious hence it gives me the glow/highlight on my cheeks. Staying power depends on the base that you use, mine has to be the Mary Kay creme to powder foundation which (Lala-love) and gives the blush a whole day staying power without touch ups.

Overall the shade is really pretty, I'm loving it and not powdery at all. The price is reasonable enough and the amount of product will definitely last you a long time and lastly this shade suits also on warmer skin tone.

OOTD: Pumped Up Tee

I really don't know what got into me lately but I am currently lusting over pumped up tees, it's either graphic ones or a quotation tee shirt argh! I always flip---on a positive way. Penshoppe actually carries this kind of tees and I own a few of them, yesterday as I was browsing my Instagram I saw this post and i just went crazy.... I waaaaaant those.

It was actually kind of cheap rather than the two t-shirt that i got from them, oh well I'm just gonna get this as soon as budget permitted. i just couldn't get it now because I am in the midst of moving out from my old studio type apartment and I needed the money to pay for everything necessary (yeah you know what I mean).

Last night a friend of mine texted me that my order came, and i remembered (yeah I ordered this kind of shirt from MSE last month) and I was like jumping and I'm all over the place because of happiness (babaw girl!). Anyhoo I wore it to the office today and Im so happy and contented with the fabric of it and especially with the quote/style/print whatever. 

It was just a basic green V neck t-shirt very casual and comfy and I paired em with this metallic skater skirt just to add girly vibe to it and for shoes I went to this metallic smokey grey-ish flats with ankle strap.

Top- Marikina Shoe Exchange 

Skater skirt- house of kezeelle 

Flats- Juana's Shoe Shop

What made this shirt especial for me? you better read it yourself lol.

I just wish they still have those t-shirts when I go there next week (Penshoppe), i really wanna see if they carry many variety/designs. And that's it for this OOTD post you guys thanks for reading. 

Updated Daily Make-up Routine

Obviously as you can tell on the title above, today's post is gonna be all about my daily make-up routine and of course ill be including the products that I've been enjoying lately.

Starting of a bare face (yup I go to the office looking like this horrid) 

This is actually optional for me, but at times that I want to, I apply concealer first on my under eye area for highlight and set it with powder.

Then taking my newest obsession (I'm in-love), I apply cream to powder foundation all over my face that needs coverage. There is no need for setting powder afterwards cause the foundation turns into powder in an instant.

Then I apply bronzer, blush and highlighter. In this look I used Mary Kay mineral cheek color in champagne rose which is not shown above hihi soweee.

next are brows, we all know the drill here ladies.

after shaping and filling them I use primer and a brush to kind of clean and prime my lids all at the same time.

Then I am currently using Elf's bronzer in golden and taking the lightest shade I dust it on the browbone and inner corners of my eye, this gives me a perfect highlight. For everyday I only use neutral shades for my eye-shadow and the rest will follow.

I line my eyes, curl them lashes add mascara, apply lipstick and I'm done

See how make-up turn my sleepy face to an awake one?, been sporting this look lately and I am enjoying it.

till next post bye!