Eye bag Makeup

FINALS HAVE ENDED. this semester was insane. yet it is the first semester which i felt i actually learnt anything of use. so that's good i guess. (●´∀｀●)

one thing from it was also eye bags. insane eye bags and dark rings.

so about eye bags, there is a new(?) trend in japan where makeup is actually used to enhance eye bags rather than conceal. and i was wondering why. how could eye bags possibly be great? so i tried it out.

Eye-bag Tutorial:

add off-white highlighter across eye-bag, creamy ones are better.

using a brown shadow that is about 2 shades darker than skin tone, swipe it on the crease. blend a bit but not too much else it just looks like eye rings.

since i already have eye bags, not that much of a difference. though strangely the eye bags which make a person look more tired does create the illusion of bigger eyes? (●￣(ｴ)￣●) since eye bags are part of the natural eye area, so extending/emphasizing the eye bags does make the eye proportionately bigger compared to the other features.

one side with one without. the left side of the picture is the side without, but uhm. i naturally have bad ones from the past month so yea.

with the lines drawn, it is quite significant! (」゜ロ゜)」

ok, end of post. hahaha. was just bored and curious about the trend. as strange as it sounds, it does make the eyes look bigggerrrr.

can't wait to read the books i just borrowed from the library. do you know the loan quota now is 12 books?! i went insane. lugged back 10 super heavy books with my groceries but so happy. hehh.

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Black Nails

pastel nails got boring after awhile so i went and got some black polish! downside of black nails for me is that i look like a emo/goth kid since i wear black mostly to begin with. hahaha.

from black french which got boring in a day. so i added the zebra stripes. it was from a nail sticker, kind of an instant manicure with art. then the bling joined.

when the previous nails started chipping, i painted them full black. which looked dreary so i added some gold stripes. ahhh. i miss long nails!

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Colors and Patterns #1

it is bleak and dreary due to the ceaseless submissions despite it being reading week and looming finals.

so here are some colors to OD on. might make some into prints for xmas gifts. though i'm not sure who would want them hahaha.

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Of Triangles and Lines

i like lines. they are fascinating and extremely beautiful to me.

Crest White Strips 2 Hour Express

i love coffee. i drink a lot of it. but somehow unlike my brother, my teeth get stained so damn yellow. i was quite bothered by it but my dentist was kinda against whitening them since he said it was damaging and blah blah.

so when my mom went to the states, i just had to ask her to get me these Crest White Strips! i'm not sure if it's just me but i can't seem to find these in Singapore! plus those whitening toothpastes i find are more for maintenance more than for actual whitening?

these are the 2 hour express which comes in 2 sets. each set with 2 strips. and ya my nails look more like poisonous mushrooms than polka dots.

this is 1 set containing 1 upper and 1 lower strip.

she got me these too but i've not tried them. might save them for later since the recommended usage is once or twice a year.

when you open the pack you find these 2 strips. they are adhesive and gel-like. so just stick them onto your teeth. thankfully for braces, my teeth are rather straight so getting the strips to stick on properly was easy.

speaking of braces, ever since i removed my braces, i do get recurring nightmares where my teeth all fell out. they will fall out one by one and bleed and then i choke to death on my own blood. and they were the realistic dreams where you can taste the blood and all... uh yea. i wonder if it's cause i did remove quite a bit of teeth for my braces. post-traumatic stress. hahaha. but damn i would rather my other recurring dream of zombie apocalypses where i jump out of a window and plunge to my death then turn into a zombie.

so here are some uhm. rather gross photos of my yellow teeth. actually, i feel that my teeth in the before photo is more yellow irl but the sunlight made it look less yellow? no color editing was done to the photos. the during photo was taken about 1 hr into it.

there is no discomfort since they are just there sticking on your teeth and though there might be a bit of taste, it is rather negligible. BUT, after it i did experience a teensy bit of sensitivity. meh.

it did lighten my teeth by maybe a shade? not bad for 2 hours. but with the consequent sensitivity i'm not sure if it's worth it. somehow the during photo looked so white i was quite disappointed when i removed the strips. booo. maybe the effects will be better with the 14 day whitening which is gradual, as compared to this which is more intensive. shall try the 14 days during the holidays when i can try to reduce coffee intake. hehh.

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Nail Polish Review - Liole (Blue Purple) & Etude House (Kiss of Fire)

so i bought a few new polishes from korea a couple weeks back and they finally arrived!

the Etude house - Kiss of Fire gradation set! my nails are quite short so i couldn't do more distinct gradients. i like that it took only 20 mins to get the nails looking more dressed up! i only did a coat each but i should most probably do 2 as they didn't show up too well. though the shine and glitter from just 1 coat was not too shabby!

3 mini bottles in a box. extremely portable.

the light peach was pretty on its own. so was the shimmery pink. the glitter didn't stay too well and needed repeated application though.

the Lioele - Blue Purple. the actual color is darker by a shade. extremely smooth application and it looks so creamy! i love these finishes. just 2 coats and its perfect. i was expecting to use 3 or 4 coats!

close to the actual color.

bought the Lioele - Mint Green one too! i suspect i will end up buying the entire series of pastels that they have since good pastels are hard to come by. hahaha. OPI has some which i like from the Shrek collection but OPI's consistency can be too thin at times. and i'm too impatient for >2 coats.

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diy decorations

i miss having colorful bunting and paper flowers around my room.

paper rosette flowers!

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RANDOM UPDATES

being in hall = me not having much mood to blog. im perpetually asleep there. a little too much of sleep too. but with no classes for the first 3 days of school, i was really bored. ironically i fell sick after too much sleep. o(-`д´- ｡) even with all the vit c popping etc. bleh.

after the holidays, i slacked up on my routines. so i bought the HADA LABO set.! it has no fragrance etc which makes its great for me. been using the toner for quite awhile and it did moisturise so i bought the facial foam and lotion. the foam removes the oil from my makeup remover easily without stripping or making my face feel tight so yaye.

bought a new sketchbook in A4. doodling on first page now.

met yun for awhile after my first day of class. went to jurong point. hahaha. had cake at bakerzin and got a mini NYX haul.! got a lipcream, lipsticks and a blush/bronzer. idky a bronzer but i guess it makes me look like ghostly. the lipcream's texture is awesome. its less sticky than glosses, less oily than most lipsticks and its MATTE. awesome possume. not drying too.

bakerzin is like having a promo for lunch sets and tea time cake sets which are super worth it. a cake + a beverage for $8.90. #notbad.

chose a dark choco cake with berries soaked in wine. has some cream cheese layers too. shockingly it was too much and i didnt finish it. ヽ(￣(ｴ)￣)ﾉ

passion fruit soda that never ends.

had work yesterday.! as per usual, it felt more like playtime. was piecing together the foam squares together and they are so cute.!!!! i love the frog. hee. #childhoodrelieved.

then a balloon master came. TRAVIS. omg he is damn cool pls. hahaha. a jacket of +10 to balloon sculpting skillz. and he made this iPad game which was fawesome. saw the trailer video and i wish it can run on andriod. this young boy was testing it for him and the game looked so so so fun.

purple poodle.

elmo and cookie monster's love child. cake monster. HAHAHA.

he made this huge heart wand thing too and now its lying in my hall room.

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