What I've Been Up to the Past Month

I've been swimming in laws and cases! This picture accurately sums up all I've been doing lately. After a month of law school, I can definitely say that it's a LOT of hard work, but I'm enjoying it nonetheless. (Is it because I'm a masochist nerd?)

I don't know if you've noticed, but this particular bedspread
always happens to be the one "worn" by my bed whenever I
take pictures on it for this blog.

Law School and Beauty Bloggers

An interesting thing I've noticed about the beauty blogs I follow is that a lot of them are run by law students! In no particular order, here are some of these lovely ladies of lipstick and the law:

1. Kristine of Temptalia - This girl is unreal. She's just finished a killer MBA + law degree, and yet she still manages to make so many beautifully photographed AND informative makeup and skincare posts.

2 things about life + 3 things about makeup

Happy Easter everyone! This post is a mishmash of things I'd like to share, both blog and non-blog related.

First, the boring stuff:

1. I've got my bachelor's degree!

2. I'm headed to law school. Fight!

And now, the fun stuff!

3. I've accumulated more unreviewed products, either as personal purchases or gifts from relatives and friends. Oops. I think it's time for a makeup buying ban, at least until I finish reviewing everything. Click the "Upcoming Reviews" tab above to see the list!

I seem to have gotten even more lip products O_O

4. I'll be writing for Singaporean beauty site Cozycot from time to time now, but don't worry, I'm never going to leave this blog. See my first Cozycot post about Revlon's Colorstay Blemish Concealer here! Also, I've written extra details about the concealer in this post.

5. Remember Nail Polish Ninja, my other blog? I'm thinking of making it a more personal journal-style photoblog and moving it to tumblr, which handles blogs of that kind more easily. I'm also thinking of posting the swatches pre-cleanup, as wrong as that might sound to some. The main reason why I lost interest in posting was because cleanup was turning nail polish blogging into a chore, which shouldn't be the case. Will update you guys when I've made my decision!

My Routine, v.2

One lovely anonymous commenter suggested that I write an updated version of my old makeup routine, and here it is!

ETA 4/5/11: Thank you for your suggestion, Nicole!

Anyway, on to the good stuff! Reviews for unreviewed products coming soon!

A Post Done Entirely In Pictures... mostly.

Products I have yet to review. (Look look, a NARS blush!
My first high-end product!)

The things I have in my bag.

The things I've been putting on my face lately. Surprisingly,
Hydro Splash is still going strong even though I've had it for 
a long time now.

Why am I inactive? The usual reason: real life. Will I get back to posting more often soon? We'll see.

I am a brush convert!

It all started on a SUPER BORING summer day, when I decided to apply the Dr. Oil Shine Free Finish powder

My Top 5 Eyeshadows

I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING planned this week aside from enrolment this Wednesday, so I'm stuck wandering aimlessly around the house and the neighborhood until school starts next Tuesday. Perfect timing for tagging me, Trizh! Thank you for saving me from the BOREDOM! :))

1. Elf Golden Glow
    I like this because it gives my eyes a nice   golden glow! (How creative. :P)

2. The Body Shop Golden Khaki
    This looks a bit greenish in the picture, but it actually blends very well with my skintone and gives me a polished look good for smart casual occasions. (Eek! Job interviews! >_<)

3. Etude House matte brown
   This one makes my eyes look more wide open and draws attention AWAY from eyebags. Perfect for post-cramming days nyahaha!

4. The Face Shop Lovely:Me Ex Eyes OR204
    This gives a polished effect like Golden Khaki, but is better for more informal settings.

5. Elianto matte purple
    For giving my eyes a nice, funky POP without being too over-the-top!

Doing this made me realize that I haven't posted reviews for shadows 3 and 5 yet. Yay, now I have something to work on for the week!

I tag everyone!

10 Questions

Good morning! Summer officially starts for me today. Internship is over, yay! This meme was borrowed from Jing! :D

1) A vampire or a wizard (and why)???
Wizard. Harry Potter > Edward Cullen ANY DAY. Spellcasting is infinitely more useful than sucking blood and disintegrating into ashes come morning. (Or sparkling.)

2) If you could change one thing about you, what would it be - if anything???
Self-confidence in speaking. I can write up a storm and run marathon YM sessions, but in conversations, especially ones with people I don't know much...

3) Would you rather live like a rock star or like a president? (in other words: fun or power?)
Presidents don't really make all that much money. It's their side businesses and shady dealings, if they're that sort of President, that give them all their funds. Plus, they have WAY TOO MUCH responsibility on their hands. Presidents are also more likely to be hated than rock stars! So, I would rather live like a rock star, but I would live like a responsible rock star with charities and social welfare events.

4) What's your favorite cartoon character???
This little guy. Egocentric anti-heros that make fools of themselves are entertaining to watch. :P

5) What's your (most) guilty pleasure?
Shopping. I already have enough things, and yet I still keep buying more and more and more...

6) If you were a song, what would it be???
The happy me:

 

I am the lady from Mars

And I can unscrew the stars

I can be

Anything I see

I can be

Anything that I, anything that I see

The sad me:

 

I don't love you I'm just passing the time

You could love me if I knew how to lie

But who could love me? I am out of my mind

Throwing a line out to sea

To see if I can catch a dream

7) What's your biggest dream?
Make enough money to support myself (and my frivolous interests LOL), and also a little extra to buy nice things for my future children.

8) Do you prefer to be the one who asks questions or the one who answers them, and why???
Sometimes I like being the question-answerer because I'll be able to help people. Other times, I like being the question-asker because I can learn new things.

9) What is your biggest turn off and turn on???
Turn-off: Arrogance. You may be cute and all, but if you're high and mighty, NO THANK YOU. (And overly huge noses. And jejemon-level fashion sense. And trying hard grammar.)
Turn-on: Being maasikaso and genuinely concerned for people's welfare. (And glasses. And spiky hair. Plus points if you look cuddly too ahahahahaha)

10) Have you ever broken any law?
I turned where I wasn't supposed to turn once before. (You know that "inner lane must turn left"area near Megamall? That's the one.) But when the traffic officer looked at my license and saw that I was a new driver, he only let me off with a warning. Phew.

Feel free to answer this too! <3

What's an "Etude House" anyway?

(aka Why Etude House is the Closet Makeup Geek's Brand of Choice, aaka Why I should Stop Buying From Etude House for the remainder of January)

Etude House is one of the strangest Korean brand names I've encountered. In English, the word "etude" refers to a musical piece that requires a high level of skill to play. Literally speaking, therefore, an "Etude House" is a house where really difficult music is played. That doesn't sound right - Etude House is a makeup store, not a classical concert hall!

In French, the word "etude" means "to study". Study House?! That's a terribly nerdy name for such a girly store! I like it though, it's very me! Geeky on the outside, girly on the inside!

Weird name aside, I SUPER LOVE THIS BRAND! I even made two more hauls after my first visit, much to my wallet's dismay.

Below is Haul 2, which I bought last December 29.

Peach Skin Pact (because I want to try out the dewy look), Cute & Sexy Eyes quad #1, Code B Eyelash Curler, 3 bottles of nail polish

This qualified for a GWP, which was the Code B Eyelash curler. Still haven't used it yet as I'm DEATHLY SCARED of curling my eyelashes. I'll have to get one of my kikay-er blockmates at school to teach me haha

And this is Haul 3, which I bought last January 2.

Strawberry Lolly Pop hand lotion, BB Magic Pact (to replace my Elianto baked powder which recently hit pan), two Petit Darling Eyes matte shadows, Dear Darling matte lipstick 07, and 3 more bottles of nail polish

This also qualified for another GWP: the Etude House folder with a Korean actor on it. I chose not to get it though. LOL sorry, not a fan. XD (If it were a geek icon like sexy sexy Zac Quinto I would've gotten it, though. >:D But then again, what does the actor who plays Sylar in Heroes and Spock in Star Trek have to do with makeup?)

Reviews of these products coming soon! In the meantime, I should probably glue my hands together so I don't end up spending my money on makeup for the rest of the month. :P

Awards

Sis Jing gave this to me last year, and I only noticed now! Sorry I didn't post it sooner, and thank you! <3

And then sis Sarah gave me this Happy 101 award! Thank you!

Post 10 things that make you happy, try to do at least one of them today.

1. Painting my nails
2. Playing DS games
3. Listening to techno music
4. Having totally random YM conversations with friends
5. Losing weight without putting in too much effort (I KNOW, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. XD)
6. Blogging
7. Shopping
8. The beagle puppy that my neighbor has
9. Ordering interesting looking things in restaurants (like the Cha Soba at Teriyaki Boy - image from the Black Tie, White Tie blog, not from Teriyaki Boy itself but that's pretty much what the dish looks like)
10. Grocery shopping (Idk why but I do like doing this LOL)

Let's see, I did 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10 today. Half! Not bad!

Can you guess what this is?

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It's the Indonesian pigeon compact I posted about in the past!


The creative bug bit me today, so I decided to dress up the plain white compact with a cellphone sticker sheet I got for P60.00 at FUNctional Trinoma some weeks ago. It's not as "smooth" as what G-mask employees can do, but I love it anyway! (Besides, it would be INSANE to spend P500++ just to have a pressed powder compact G-masked! X_X)

My Routine

The lovely trizh tagged me for this ages ago. I haven't been able to backread posts as much as I want to, so I only saw that she tagged me last Friday. Sometimes I wish I had Adam Sandler's remote in Click so I'll have more time for school and for blogging. XD

I don't have a fixed routine, what I put on my face really all depends on what I feel like. It's all about the experiments!

First I start with the only thing I constantly use : good old Hydro Splash.

I then top the BB cream off with either one of the Pigeons or Elianto Baked - whichever is closer to me at the moment.

If I feel like wearing eyeliner, I use one of these:

(From LEFT: Lancome Le Crayon Khol in Prune - it's a fun purple eyeliner that I super love!, TFS Automatic eyeliner in White, ELF Waterproof eyeliner pen in Coffee. My mom loved my Nichido Bronze Glow so much that she gave me one of her swanky Lancome liners in exchange for it. Haha!)

Lately I've taken a liking to putting ELF's Custom Eyes in Truly Pink on the inner corners of my lids. The pale pink blends with my skintone nicely and makes me look more awake.

And then, if I feel like wearing blush it's a choice among these four Careline shades:

(From TOP LEFT, clockwise: Rosy Cheeks, Starlight Shine, Peach Glow, Touch of Pink)

Although if I feel lazy and don't feel like using brushes I just use my fingers on these things:

(TOP 3: Nichido Multiple Sticks in Cinnamon Glow, South Beach, Sunset Glow; BOTTOM: ELF All Over Color Stick in Pink Lemonade)

These two below are currently my go-to products if I feel like wearing lip gloss:

(TFS Cushion Touch Jelly Tint in Cherry, ELF Super Glossy Lip Shine in Watermelon

And finally, if I feel like wearing lipstick, it's TFS' awesome MLBB color, BR803:

And there you have it, my (very indecisive) makeup routine!

The 10th Picture Tag, aka the Tag Within A Tag!

Nikki gave me this super fun tag! Thank you Nikki!
(Oh oh oh, be sure to give her awesome blog a visit! She just recently reached 100 followers - let's give her 100 more! :D)

Ze Rules:

 Open your first photo folder

* Scroll down to the 10th photo

* Post that photo and story on my blog

* Tag five {or more} friends to do the same

And what was the 10th photo in my (very disorganized) photo folder?

It's a blank bag/purse meme ("meem")! A friend of mine gave this to me to fill up back when I was still active on Livejournal. I never did, but for the purposes of this tag and because Stockpiled! is a makeup blog...

Tadaa! It's my school makeup kit (which is technically a purse/bag :P)! Click to enlarge!

I tag everyone to do the 10th Picture Tag and the Bag/Purse meme!

Getting to Know Each Other

RHEN of ILOVEANDREI tagged me. Thank you RHEN! :D

Create a New Blog Post, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as "Getting to Know Each Other!", then tag as many people as you like :)

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7ish

2. How do you like your steak? medium

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Transformers 2 (but I'll be watching Up this Wednesday!)

4. What is your favorite TV show? Currently, it's Big Bang Theory.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? GERMANY!!

6. What did you have for breakfast? Pan de Sal and cream cheese

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Japanese

8. What foods do you dislike? monggo/munggo >> my grandmother scared me with it when i was a kid X_X

9. Favorite place to eat? the small cafe at the College of Music opposite our building. Good, cheap food, airconditioned, free wifi - what more could you ask for?

10. Favorite dressing? ranch

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? A silver pickup

12. What are your favorite clothes? whatever's comfortable. but I do like the preppy look.

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? see #5.

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Half full.

15. Where would you want to retire? Doesn't matter where, as long as I'm financially comfortable. :P

16. Favorite time of day? Afternoon

17. Where were you born? Mandaluyong

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? basketball and soccer, thanks to my brother's influence hahaha

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? ---

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? ---

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? Anyone who sees/answers this

22. Bird watcher? Only if they're about to shit on me. XD

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning person

24. Do you have any pets? 1 dog, some goldfish

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? No, but I do have an upcoming post! Since I have a full day of class tomorrow, I'll be roadtesting Face Shop's Hydro Splash BB cream. Hopefully I'll have the review up by Wednesday.

26. What did you want to be when you were little? ROCKSTAH

27. What is your best childhood memory? hanging out with my dearly departed grandfather

28. Are you a cat or dog person? cat person, even though we have a dog

29. Are you married? Not yet. >:DDD

30. Always wear your seat belt? only if i'm going to a place where there's a lot of cars or if the place is far away

31. Been in a car accident? No.

32. Any pet peeves? people who misspell my real name. It's only got one N, but they insist on putting in 2!

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Bacon. Bacon goooooood.

34. Favorite Flower? Sunflowers (OH OH, SORT-OF-BEAUTY-RELATED TRIVIA: Elianto is Italian for "sunflower". So that means the Elianto brand is named after the sunflower)

35. Favorite ice cream? strawberry

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? McDo for the nuggets and coke float, Jollibee for the Burger Steak. Burger Steak is comfort food for me, because I used to have it all the time as a kid.

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None, but my parents made me take two courses anyway. XD

38. From whom did you get your last email? Multiply email notification

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Don't have one, but if I did I'd probably max it out at a bookstore or at Skin Food nyahahaha

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? hmm... not lately

41. Like your job? Not employed yet, but I hope I do in the future :D

42. Broccoli? with cheese!

43. What was your favorite vacation? family trip to Macau

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? family

45. What are you listening to right now? Sheryl Crow - Real Gone

46. What is your favorite color? orange

47. How many tattoos do you have? 0, for now. >:D

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? I'm not so sure, I think most people on my blog roll have already been tagged!

49. What time did you finish this quiz? close 30 minutes

50. Coffee drinker? yep

I tag:

Nesz

Nikki

Makeupjunkie

Sofia!

(I hope you four haven't been tagged yet. XD)

Setup Complete!

I'm already getting tempted to go to the mall and buy something so I can post it here!