Look at the stars, look how they shine for you..

Hello my lovelies! Thank you SO much for your positive feedbacks on my Back2Basic posts!

My friends just came back recently from their holiday to Vietnam for a week which was quite fun for them! They've also got me gifts which is a yay!

They got me yellow items becaz I love love love yellow! I'm even wearing a yellow shirt right now to show how much I love yellow. And if yellow was a person, I'd be the first to marry him. Hahahha ok that was dry! :(

Room decor with a small side key chain thing...

A small yellow doll phone charm!! :D

A yellow bracelet which says Bubz and two smiley faces because I love smiling!! Hehehe

Spongebob [minus the 'squarepants'] bag!

Spongebob bag!!! Omg It is like the cutest thing! I've always wanted a yellow bag so I always turn to a specific character whom is yellow... eg. Spongebob LOL! I cannot find a cute yellow side-bag so I'm really happy and surprised that he got me this!!

It is SO adorable!! LOVE IT!

On another note... here is a simple layered eyeliner look for you! Purple and black!

Does anyone think the eyeliner is too much on a daily basis wear? Because I never really wing out my eyeliner to exaggerate my eye-shape heheheh! Thanks!

Yours deerest,

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Back2Basic: Skin products to suit your skin types/conditions (REVISION!)

Starting off, you need to know your skin type and condition(s) which you can read about here.

Where ever you see large pores and blackheads or means you're oily there.

Shiny areas on your face can also indicate your oily-ness.

Where ever flakes and scaly means you're dry there, keeping in mind that pores cannot be sighted for people with dry skin.

Normal Skin

These products would be mild and they would be used to maintain the skin condition.

• Cleanser: Milk Cleanser
• Toner: Mild Hydrating such as rosewater
• Exfoliant: Enzymatic or granule (masks, peels and scrubs)
• Mask: Cream masks
• Moisturizer: Light weight cream

Dry Skin

These products are nourishing and hydrating to prevent premature aging.

• Cleanser: Cream cleanser
• Toner: Mild hydrating toner with no alcohol such as rosewater
• Exfoliant: Enzymatic (masks)
• Mask: Cream-based mask use for hydrating, lubricating and nourishing
• Moisturizer: Oil-based, nourishing cream

Oily Skin

These products are used to balance oil flow, refine the pores and even the skin's texture.

• Cleanser: Cleansing lotion
• Toner: Water-based toner such as witchhazel
• Exfoliant: Granule such as scrubs
• Mask: Clay based mask
• Moisturizer: Water-based light fluid moisturizer

Combination Skin

These products are used to balance the oil flow down the t-zones and hydrate and nourish the cheek area. If there is sensitivity, treat these areas with products for sensitivity.

• Cleanser: Mlik cleanser
• Toner: Mild hydrating toner such as rosewater
• Exfoliant: Enzymatic (masks) or granules (scrubs)
• Mask: Cream-based mask for drier areas and clay-based for oily areas
• Moisturizer: Light weight cream

Other recommended products includes:

• Eye cream
• Neck cream
• Serum or ampoule
• Blemish cream
• SUNSCREEN!! (important!)

OK. So what have we learnt so far? The most important thing I reckon you SHOULD imprint into your beautifool brains are:

• AVOID CLEANSING LOTIONS AND FOAMING CLEANSERS (GEL) as they contain mild detergrent and foam (the sh"t you put into soap). What you do to your skin is stripping its moisture and all that stuff! So for oily people, you get more oily because your skin is producing MORE oil to make up the oil that was lost! And for dry skin, your skin already lacks oil so you're basically drying your skin out even MORE! Not recommended, not recommended :(
• Use sunscreen to avoid wrinkles and sun damaged skin!
• Oily skin is best for when you start to age as our skin will begin to dry out! So oily skin people benefit from having normal or moisturized skin when you age! Yay!! :D
• Serums are medicated treatments which targets different skin types and conditions. For example! There's serums targeted for acne conditions, dry skin, dehydrated skin, etc.
• You should aim to use products which states 'pH balanced' as it benefits your skin by protecting the layer of moisture being stripped off! Yay!

That's all I can think of... for now :)

I think that's the end for skin-care posts, however if you have any questions.. do leave a message!! I'll try my best to help, it not.. then.. boo! :(

Love!!

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Back2Basic: Masks + Flagged Nails!

Another post on face masks! My previous post about face masks consisted of the benefits of all food ingredients which you can use to mix a DIY mask! You can read it here.

So.. there are many different forms of masks on the market today, such as: wax; cream; gel; and dry powders which are mixed with liquids. They are applied after performing an exfoliant on the skin to help improve and benefiting the skin, depending on which types are used! Such benefits includes tightening, refining, cooling, soothing, hydrating and nourishing.

There are two types of masks:

• Commercial masks
• Mineral masks

Commercial masks are products which have been pre-made by companies in tubes or simple mask-forms.

Mineral masks are of a powder consistency which needs to be mixed with a blender (scroll down for blenders). The benefits/effects of the mask depend on the individual components. Getting to the basics, mineral masks and their effect may include:

• Calamine -- soothing action, cooling, slightly drying
• Magnesium -- toning, soothing, cooling, slightly drying
• Kaolin -- soothing, bleaching, drying, anti-septic [can be used to fade freckles slightly, is mixed with lanolin]
• Fuller's earth -- drawing action, absorbs oil, cleansing, drying, astringment, antiseptic action, reduces inflammation

Now.. blenders!

Both these blenders can be used as toners by itself:

• Rosewater -- mild, stimulating toner used to blend powders for dry, normal and sensitive skin
• Witch hazel -- soothing qualities, mild astringent used to blend powders for oily skin

Now that's for tonight!! A Back2Basic post! I'll put up one more shortly about skincare advices! So please stay tuned :)

It'll be pretty much a revision so you know which products will benefit your skin!!

Yay!! I love these beauty lessons! Hope you do too!!

Oh and btw, I did flagged nails last night! I'm planning to do more heheh!

Tell me if you like? Any requests?

I fave the South Korean, South Vietnamese, Chinese and Turkish flag most!! Especially the South Korean one.. it was a lil bit hard to do because my black nail art pen was broken.. but ya! It's so pretty, I reckon hehehe!

Yours deerest,

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Saturday/Sunday Steals #4

Oh yay!

Sydney's weather has been s" lately and last Sunday.. it rained!! So I missed out on the markets last week! Boo! :(

But this week, I got quite a bit for $20...

This is the $15/$20!

Which includes...

L'Oreal Color Riche Lipstick in Burning Rose which retails for $26.95!

I got this for Mummaphan because I know she has the hots for red lipsticks! Whereas, I'd just look silly! and plus... it'll just bring out the redness in my scars! Boo!

Natio Mineral Cheekbone Enhancer (highlighter) and I don't know its RRP :(

Maybelline's Eyestudio Mono in Silken Taupe which retails for $12.95

Maybelline's ColorSensational Lip Glosses in 5 shades!! :D Retails for $14.95 each!

I'm gonna add some of these into my upcoming giveaway! They are all BRAND NEW and still sealed!! Yay!! :D Can't wait till I try these out!

Next... Avon's Smooth Mineral Eye Shadow Stick in Amethyst!

Last but not least.... a MAC sample eyeshadow!

Now.. I don't know if this is authentic or not, but for $1.50, the pigmentation is amazing! Someone tell me if this is fake or not!

I did some research and apparently, MAC send these labelled samples to big celebrities.. so yup. I didn't find an 'Orange Pop' shade on the MAC site though.. I like it though, kinda poppy! Hehehe

I tried my best to compare the packaging with my MAC Studio Finish Concealer, on the packaging there's these raised words and it's exactly the same! Idk about the label though...

Besides these stuff, I've also got myself a dream dictionary for $5! Yay!! I can evaluate my dreams now :)

Ok!! That's all!

Till next time ladies!

Back2Basic: Exfoliants

So... if you've been following on with my recent beauty articles.. I've started 'Back2Basic' posts which is everything you've got to basically know about skin care, etc.

Exfoliation

Exfoliation is the process where cells are removed from the surface of your skin! There are two types:

• Enzymatic exfoliants usually come in a mask or paste form, which is left on the skin to dry before being buffed or rinsed away. The protein in the skin is broken down by a variety of chemicals in the peel. So basically what it does is... it sits on your skin and munches away all the dead skin cells! It requires no scrubbing or whatever, so it's most suitable for acne-prone skin, sensitive skin, sunburnt skin and any broken capillaries conditions.
• Mechanical exfoliants is usually available in scrubs and are usually water-based products with granular pieces which bumps off the dead skin cells, when scrubbed. There's a variety of different scrubs targeted for different skin types/conditions.

Benefits of exfoliation

• The skin appears smoother and more even in texture
• Extractions are easier to perform; dead cells are removed from pore openings
• Better absorption of products
• Stimulate blood flow to the surface of the skin
• Increases moisture in the skin

Contra-indications (conditions which prevents you from having task performed)

• Open wounds, cuts, abrasions and bruises
• Acne (depending on severity)
• Sensitive skin (needs more attention)
• Roaccutane or any drugs prescribed by a dermatologist (needs more attention because of skin conditions/changes caused by drugs)

That's all! I know there's a few home remedies for home-made exfoliants, so yap!

Going to sleep now...

Goodnight,

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Handwriting Tag!

So, last night, I was tagged by Tezza from myteeefine.com for this handwriting tag!

Here it is!! As you wanted Tezza... LOL My unreadable handwriting!

1. What's your name/blogger name?

2. What's your blog's name/URL

3. Write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".

4. Favourite quote?

5. Your favourite song?

6. Your favourite band/singers?

7. Anything else you want to say?

8. Tag 3-5 other people.

For my jersey, I forgot when you write the name, it's case-sensitive and I ALSO forgot taht my own writing has no proper case! LOL It's such a mixture of upper and lower cases that it's horrible. I have no idea where I got the idea from back in the days LOL!

But here it is... :( I was quite sad when I got my jersey.. LOL wtf

Eveyone think it's a secret message LOL FML I hope it at least made a word HAHA

Yay~!!! I'm gonna go do some make-up looks and have dinner! Have a great night, you guys!

Yours deerest,

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Review: Sdiseiho Double Eyelid Tapes + My take on Lady Gaga's Telephone Eye Makeup

Yes. I lied. I didn't post up a review on the cheap double eyelid tapes I bought many weeks ago...

However, here it is!

This is a cheap cheap cheap cheap brand. Not sure if I can classify it as 'fake' or not. However, here it is:

Comes with 50 pairs (100 separate pieces of tapes)

It's shaped almost like a crescent moon.

Here is a picture of what it looks like on my eyes...

At first, it's quite hard to get the hang of... and of course it feels quite weird when you first put it on! My eyes are used to the feeling of it now. I don't feel anything weird when I put it back on and I'm slowly getting the hang of it now...

It's very tricky when you're a first-time user like me!! It definitely takes a few tries before you get it.

Price: $1.00 (Free P&H) from this eBay user

It doesn't come with the tweezers so you'll have to get it separately.. however, I don't use tweezers. I use my nails to peel this off and sometimes, you could possibly bend the two sides/corners of tape which will make it more visible. Also, your fingerprint can be printed onto the eyelid tape which will make it less sticky and adds to the visibility.

Within its nature, it's quite visible already. Even when you apply this on correctly, it can be quite visible when you're up-close, face-to-face. However, in photography, it's quite invisible.

I DO recommend this for:

• First-time users, just so you can know how it works and how to handle it properly.
• People who wants to try out double-eyelid tapes just for fun. Because, it's cheap and affordable. So therefore... mmm.. you get me!
• People who wants to permanently even out their monolids. You heard that many people say, when you wear this day and night for 6 months or so, you can get a permanent crease! And I'd say that it's true. So therefore, if you're just looking for something to achieve this idea, I'd recommend the cheapest at night and a higher-end branded tape in the morn' so it won't look too obvious!

NOTE:

• I don't think this looks the best on eyeshadows. If you did your eye makeup and then applied this tape incorrectly, when you peel it off, there will be a printed mark of the tape. Adding to this, I don't see that it sticks really well on top of eyeshadows.
• This is waterproof! So yay!! However, if for any reasons you decide to wear this while you're washing your face, be VERY careful to your eye area, because if you go ALL out, this tape can scrap your eye area causing possible irritations or redness.

So that's all!!

On another note, last night, I took hours to research any whack looks so I could try to recreate. And Lady Gaga's pop to mind. Here's a look in her Telephone Music Video.

Sharp start before dark and thick brows, big lashes and unexplainable smokey eyes.

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Close up snapshot!

I don't have a pigmented blue shadow.. so I've used green instead! Like I saw before, I really can't snap snap a shot of the black eyeshadow as it's not the darkest 8(

Thanks for everyone's kind kind kind kind and sweet comments on my recent make-up looks. I really do appreciate it! And for anyone who doesn't feel the same, DO leave me a comment on how I could possibly improve it.. or any make-up challenges! I'd like to post it up whether it's a fail or not!!

Yours deerest,

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