Lady L's Contest #1 Entry

I finally got off my ass to do Lady L's contest #1. This is a look for the holidays and it actually took me forever to get the eye makeup the way I wanted it. The Aube Jewellery Shower eyes was so hard to blend!!! GGARRHHH! I don't think I love the palette as much as before. It makes me look like I have a bruised eye, so I have to blend in some silver shades to soften it. Anyway here are my looks plus close ups of my eye. Good luck to those who entered!

I finally got my plaid tights! Love em!!! This is a one piece top, the skirt looking part is attached to the gray shirt.
I'm slowly trying to change my wardrobe to more girly girl things. I usually opt for a simple top, jeans and Converse, so un-girly XD. Next I gotta find me some nice boots and heels that don't kill my wide ugly feet. Flats can only do so much for me, I want something more girly!

And my 12000won hat that actually flattens the side of my hair a bit to much. It's actually harder to wear than I thought. If I don't have my bangs in certain positions, it looks like it's sticking on my fore head, or my hair on the side looked mushed etc etc...

Everything is so pale...I don't understand how some bloggers like Yumeko or Fuzkittie can get such good pictures of their Japanese brand eye makeup, it just doesn't show well when I take them >_<

What I used:
Skinfood Aloe Sun BB Cream 02
UDPP
Sana Concealer
Lavshuca Loose Powder in Lucent
Integrate e/l black
MAC Fluidline in Blitz and Glitz
Coffret D'or Star Dazzling Liner WT-04
Aube Jewellery Shower Eyes #31
Coffret D'or 3D Lighting Eyes #03 silver shade only
Diorshow mascara
Deja Vu Fiberwig
T'estimo blush in PK-18
Majolica Majorca Rouge Majex BE205

I didn't realize how many items I used until I listed them XD
I used the look from the December issue of Vivi magazine as a guideline cuz I loved the look so much. (First scan on my previous post)

Magazine Goodies

I got bored so I took a few pictures from the December issue of Seventeen magazine (from Japan). The mix and match pictures are like Fuzkittie's Mix and Match Challenge. I wish I had the magazine before I entered the contest, all these looks were so cute and great ideas! So cute for winter but maybe not warm enough for me. I'm still in search of the perfect winter clothes. I can't over indulge on clothes if I want more makeup hehe.

My favourite is the dark blue/black sweater with the red and white patterns, it's just so wintery.

I'm starting to think whether I want bangs again. But I have these thick black framed Prada glasses and it looks funny when I wear them with bangs haha, and I don't think I want to wear contact lenses everyday. Actually, now that I'm thinking about black framed glasses and bangs, about 90% of Korean girls have that kinda thing going on.

I think bangs are hard to maintain, especially for me because I have an oily t-zone which makes my bangs look funny after some time. I don't like the growing out process, it makes me look funny. But I am indecisive so the decision on whether to cut my bangs will be lingering for a while.

I don't think I had my bangs cut properly the last time I did it, which was back in Hong Kong. The lady kind of rushed it and it was uneven. I wish I was back in Toronto with my regular hair dresser and then fly back to Seoul XD

I have a preview of my newest makeup addition. I recently purchased Skinfood's newest eyeshadow palette (Sugar Bloom Shadow Box) and it looks faaabulous. I'll show you swatches and more pictures later this week when I test it out. There are a few magazine pictures that I took from Seventeen and Vivi. The tutorials in the magazines use similar colours to the Sugar Bloon Shadow Box. I promise it'll be good and up later this week.

Speaking of Skinfood, I tried out a new sheet mask, the Seaweed sheet mask. My skin doesn't feel any different aside from the fact that it smells a bit funny hahaha.

I also got some samples of the new Gold Caviar Lifting Eye Serum, toner and lotion. The toner has little gold flakes in it. I personally don't feel like it does anything. It has a strange perfume scent to the lotion and toner. So far my skin has responded nicely to it. It feel so smooth! I'd say smoother and slightly less sticky than the usual Laneige emulsion that I use. I'm sure it's also cheaper. Whooohooo! I don't think I'll have enough of the Lifting Eye Serum to see/feel a difference. Maybe I should just go buy that whole line to try it out =p I'm starting to feel a Skinfood craving!

Anyone looking forward to Majolica Majorca's winter collection? It doesn't look too exciting to me. The Majolook palettes look like the older ones they had, with the rectangular highlighter shade on top and 3 shades on the bottom. It's kinda blah and they're just brown palettes anyway. (There's 2 new palettes)

To you: I'm making too many excuses in my mind, how I thought I still meant something to you....why do I even bother...is it even worth my time..? You're too busy to notice anyway...in a way, I'm glad I'm not there.

Chilly and Rainy

Ugh, I hate it when it's cold outside AND there's rain. It totally ruins my mood. But, since Tim is teaching the afternoon Saturday class, I'm home alone and I can play around with my makeup without him looking at my weirdly hehe.
I just did a quick FOTD, my undereye area is horrible. I haven't found a perfect concealer yet or an eye cream. I'm one of those people who won't spend a fortune on eye creams, or anything else for that matter. I prefer to buy what I need and not over spend, especially if I want to go to Hong Kong for my trip or trying to pay my tuition. Well of course there are some things that I feel I must have XD
I need to learn to take better pictures with my cell cam or get a digi cam -__-' I just can't get the angles right.

What I Used:
Etude House Speedy Mineral Base 02
Lavshuca Loose Powder
UDPP
T'estimo blush PK-18
MJ singles in WT920 and BK922
MJ Jewelling Pencil in SV802
Coffret D'or Shining Eyeliner WT04
Diorshow mascara
Fiberwig mascara
Coffret D'or lippy BE-178

I think some of the people that know me probably think I'm frugal. I like to watch out for my spendings especially if I still have tuition to pay. So most of the time I oogle makeup instead of buying it.
Anyway enough of that.
Around where I live there are 2 universities. There's one that's got tons of stores and restaurants surrounding it (Kyun Hee University) so I go around that area quite often to eat. It's only a 10 minute walk from home.
A few months ago, I discovered a lingerie store that sells some cute and colorful things. To my surprise, everything is cheap, cute AND good quality! This makes me happy.
The bra and panty sets are no more than $34ishCAD and they're super cute. Of course there are other varieties which steer away from the cute side.
The bra itself doesn't cost more than $25CAD, which is quite a bargain, IMO.
Here's 2 that I bought! Uber cute. There's matching panties with it too. The store also sells men's wear too, but the strange thing is, Korean couples like to match when it comes to their underwear! That's weird... Imagine those bras that I have but in boxer form. o_O


Another Skinfood haul. I caved and just had to buy a BB cream after reading so many reviews on other BB creams. It was either Missha (another populare Korean brand) or Skinfood. I decided to go for Skinfood first because I was stocking up on sheet masks, so I might as well get a BB cream. The Missha one I looked at was about $14CAD and the Skinfood only cost a little les than $9CAD for 1.76 ounces. I might go back to a Missha and grab the BB cream though.
Will review it later on!



One more piece of good news for today, I signed up for a Costco Gold Membership with Tim last week. Guess how much?!? Less than $35CAD for the both of us! But it's out of the way to go there by subway. I have yet to learn how to take the bus.

Wasted Saturday

The title of the blog basically tells you what I'm feeling. This morning I went out to lunch with Tim and walked him to the subway station. He had an afternoon English class to teach for 3 hours so I've been sitting around on my arse for 4 hours. I'm supposed to be doing my after school class lessons, which I did, but not much. I finished almost 3 lessons. This is harder than I thought since I have to make up the lessons myself. But I think I'm going to get lazy soon and do half of the class time as a lesson and the other half as movie watching. Hey, I'm allowed to do whatever I want, and I don't want to talk for 1.5 hours.
I finally bought a new pair of shoes that fit me, woot woot! It cost $35, not what I expected to spend on shoes, but it was the only pair that had soft material and it fit my wide nasty foot. It's just a wee bit too long, but it's nothing that an insole can't correct. Please excuse the ugly floor as I couldn't choose what my apartment looked like. It's actually quite funny, the floor is not real wood. Instead, it's a large sticker that has an ugly brown wood texture on it.




I also bought a striped long sleeve Tee for $12 that's long enough to cover my bum, so I could wear some stockings underneth. But if I bend down then everyone can see my ass. Don't cha love the image...
When Tim comes home in about 5 minutes, I'm hoping to drag him to do some more clothes shopping at a new place. He told me to think of where to go and what to do, and I did. Shopping!

Here's some nice reading material for you in case you get bored like me. Don't worry, it's nothing dirty. Just some important things that every girl needs to know. Enjoy!