Metal X Collection

Hey everyone! So how did everyone's Thanksgiving weekend go? Mine was okay. I went out of town to Orlando to spend Thanksgiving with my brother and his family and friends. You can say my weekend was pretty exhausting. I think the only thing that was really on my mind was this exam I just took this past Monday. The whole time I was just thinking I should be studying instead of slacking off and that's probably what made my weekend so blah! =/ And to top it off, I just wasn't feeling too well the whole weekend, even up till now. =( So anyway.. to sum up a what seemed to be the longest weekend! My cousin and I headed up to Orlando on Wednesday night and got to Orlando at 3 am. Had Thanksgiving dinner with my family and friends, then I passed out. Went shopping Friday and of course got M.A.C's metal-x collection along with some clothes! Saturday I went to a Vietnamese concert and saw Cat Tien, Nhu Loan, and Don Ho. Sunday, I did nothing all day and got back into town at about 3 am again. haha Sounds exhausting huh? Why leave so late you ask? It wasn't up to me.. my cousin drove. So I ended up spending the night at my cousins and he drove me home the next morning. I studied for a little bit, got ready and left for school and took the exam. Hopefully I did well. So yeah, I was so drained from this past weekend. I basically slept when I could these past 3 days. I feel much better today. =)

So enough with my rambling... on to the fun part!

I purchased 7 of the 9 cream eyeshadows from the metal-x collection. I ended up passing on the pink and purple shades because at the store when I was testing them out on my hand, the color didn't come on too well. Maybe it was just the testers, but even the color didn't tempt me much. I've yet to use the cream eyeshadows, but hopefully they work well. I've seen Stephie use it and it looks gorgeous on her! Lately I've been pretty plain Jane when it comes to my makeup. But I'll let you all know how I like it once I decide to use it.

Here are the pictures of my Thanksgiving haul:

• The first row are the shaping and sculpting powders for contouring & highlighting. I don't know why buy lately I've been going mad crazy buying stuff for contouring & highlighting. I guess I'm really trying to master the concept of it! I've yet to do so. =P
• The second row of course is the new Metal-X Collection
• And the third and fourth row are just eyeshadows

Now for the swatches of the Metal-X Collection:

If you didn't figure it out, here are the swatches of the Metal-X Collection. The bigger picture is the eyeshadow in the pot and the smaller boxed picture is the eyeshadow on my skin.

Now for some random FOTDs:

Using the Matte2 Collection: I know I look dead here.. told yall I had a long weekend right? haha

Using MI LADY from the Antiquitease Collection: I found that wetting your brush (I used my mixing medium) when applying this eyeshadows makes the color come on much more vibrant.

At the Vietnamese Concert:

The one and only Cat Tien.. I <3
I loved her dress & shoes.. I wonder where you bought it?!


It was her birthday.. so happy birthday to her!


And the beautiful Nhu Loan... who's also very sweet.

I didn't care too much for Don Ho or however you spell his name. hehe.

Oh and look, I reorganized my palettes and added in the new ones I bought! *_^

So I've been reading and getting a lot of question about how to conceal underneath the eye when it's dry.. I too suffer from dryness underneath the eye and it took me quite a while to find a solution, but happy to say, I've found one! I think it'll be much easier for me to show you than to type out how I do it so, I will be making a video on how I conceal my dry under eye! So stay tuned...

Oh and btw, make sure to check out http://www.thefreefree.com/! They aren't quite up and running yet, but be sure to check back every now and then for your urban clothing shopping pleasure!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND EVERYONE!

MAC Haul & FOTD

Hey ladies.. as most of you already know the "Curiositease" collection and the "Of Beauty" collection came out in stores in the U.S today. Nothing really appealed to me from the Curiositease collection so I only got the eye liner set. I figured since I don't have much of a collection of MAC eyeliners, I'd get this one. I'll write a little review under each picture from what I know of it so far. At first I wanted to get the pigment/glitter collection but I passed on it because honestly, I don't really like to use pigments. I don't work well with pigments. I prefer using regular pressed eyeshadows instead. Not to say I don't ever use pigments, but rarely.



Here's my lil (big) haul.. if you know what I mean $! hehe



These eyeliner all have glitter in them so they sparkle! There's not much difference in this liner compared to the others except the color and glitter in them. My favorite one is 'goldenair'! It is such a pretty cream color.. this would go great on the lower lashline to help brighten the eye and make it appear larger.


Thise is a loose powder from the new collection called "Of Beauty" It's a pretty translucent cream/gold with shimmer. It's a beautiful highlighting color.



This is also from the "Of Beauty" collection. It is the 183 brush! I'd rate this a 4.5 star brush. It didn't make it to 5 stars because of it's price. This brush is $40. In a way it's well worth it though. I thought it'd just be like any other kabuki-like brush. But this little baby is bad ass. I used it with my studio fix powder and it gave me such smooth airbrush like coverage. I love it! I love it even more than my 187 & 188 brush. With this brush, a little bit of product goes a long way. It's put together a little different than other kabuki brushes. I can't explain it but the bristles are packaged together tighter but still soft. Maybe it's just me, but this brush works really well for me! Love it!


I saw this lipstick on a mua and I liked it. So I tried it, liked, and bought it. The lipliner doesn't go with the lipstick but I liked it, so I got it.

Now for my FOTD:



Face:

MAC Fix+
MAC Studio moisture fix lotion
MAC Fast response eye cream
MAC Mineralized skinfinsh natural in 'Medium Dark'
MAC 'New Vegas' - highlighter
MAC 'Other Worldly' - Blush
MAC Select moisture cover in NW25 - concealer

Eyes:

MAC paintpot in 'Otherworldly' - lid to crease base
MAC cream colour base in 'Pearl'- crease to browbone
MAC e/s in 'Haunting' - lids
MAC e/s in 'Brill' - inner crease to middle
MAC e/s in 'Deep Truth'- outer crease & work inwards
MAC fluidline in 'Blacktrack'- upper & lower lashline

Lips:

MAC l/s in 'Archetype'

Okay. Goodnight all! Until next time.. go grab yourself a 183 brush! =P tee hee...

First post

So I've decided to join my fellow sisters over at ABB & hop onto BLOGSPOT! YAY! hehe I usually blog on my MySpace but I prefer my MySpace to stay private. Therefore, I decided to start blogging on here for my makeup craze and for other makeup fanatics! I love to learn from all you ladies and share as well. So whatever I can do to help you out, please do let me know!

I know I'm really late with these Halloween pictures, but I thought I'd share anyways, so here they are:

If you can't tell, I was a sexy devil. I took this picture in the car on the way to the party. I actually forgot my camera in the car, so I don't have much pictures. My friends have pictures, but I've yet to steal it from them! =P

I went to a friend's wedding this past weekend and I usually don't have fun at weddings and think they're pretty boring, but I actually somewhat had fun at this wedding! There were so many intimate moments of the bride and groom, I almost got teary eyed. hehe Anywho, here are the picture:

All the pictures uploaded on here small.. I tried changing it but it won't budge. Sorry, I guess you'll just have to click on it if you want to view them bigger. Anywho... I hope everyone's week is going well. Thanksgiving is almost here! I can't wait!