Would you rather....

So today I was browsing youtube and my usual subscriptions and saw this video from xteeener, and the would you rather questions were quite interesting that I wanted to reply, but not do a video haha so I thought I'd blog about it instead...



1. would you rather go out with messy hair and nice make up or nice hair and no make up?
I would go with nice hair and no make up. I actually do sometimes get lazy and go out without make up, but hair is a must for me. A lot of times my bangs are able to hide my face so I don't have to feel naked haha

2. would you rather shave your eyebrows or have your lashes fall out?
I would cry if I have my eyebrows shaved...I think I would rather have my lashes fall out, just because that's a less noticeable thing


3. would you rather be force to shop at only MAC or Sephora for the rest of your life?
I love NARS and there's no NARS at MAC...I think that says it all

4. would you rather wear lip gloss lip liner look or 80's perm?
I actually don't know how to answer this question since I don't wear much lip products (haha) and I do have a perm (not a 80's one though)...I suppose if I have to pick it'd be the lip thing, again hair is too obviously ugly, and it's more permanent than the lip thing

5. would you rather leave the house with an obvious foundation line or over-done blush?
I think over done blush is wayyy better then the foundation thing, sometimes people do over-done blush as an affect.

6. would you rather wear MC hammer pants or biker shorts in public?
I think biker shorts...that's less vomit inducing then MC hammer pants (IMO)

7. would you rather have a bad orangey spray tan or a weird tan line you cannot cover?
I am ganna have to go with the tan line...cuz I already have weird tan lines that I can't cover (this is what happens when I get lazy with sunscreen)... I cannot stand orangey spray tan...and once again that would be wayyy more obvious

8. would you rather have a bad hair cut or bad hair colour?
Bad hair colour, then I can just colour it again. I had orange hair one point cuz my stylist grabbed the wrong formula, and gave me orange hair. I waited a week and coloured it burgundy red, my hair was still fine. Bad hair cuts are a no in my book

9. would you rather have youtube or tweeter taken away forever?
This is an easy question for me, tweeter I don't use it at all haha. Plus without youtube where am I going to find make up tutorials?

10. would you rather give up using make up brushes or mascara?
This is another no brainer for me. I would rather give up using brushes, I can as easily using my fingers or qutips, where as mascara is irreplaceable (plus I am a mascara whore haha)

well that's it...thought I'd share. This is a tag video/blog, but I don't like tagging and plus not many people read my blog XD so I won't bother with that.

Top Ten make-up/skin care items I *heart*

I have been unusually keen with blog posting recently. As you can also see I have been mucking around with background templates and what not. I am not really liking blogspot's templates and the fact that I cannot change the background, but I guess I'll get use to it soon enough. On to the topic at hand!

After digging through my mountains of make up and skin care products, I came up with this list of my top ten favs! The list is just personal opinions, so don't get all offended if you hate one of the items I have (lol)

Tenth Place - Too Faced retractable kabuki brush

 In tenth place it's my Too Faced Retractable Kabuki Brush. I have to admit I ordered the brush because I loved the packaging. It was on the expensive side ($33 CND), but totally worth it! The bristles are soooo soft and cruelty free! It can be used for everything (loose/pressed powder, blush, and bronzer). When I travel out or have to stay over night somewhere this is the only brush I bring (to keep my bags lighter). I don't really use it on normal days though, simply because the bristles are so packed and full it's pretty hard to clean, and I think we all know by now that I am super lazy!

Ninth Place - NYX Eyeshadows

I was too lazy to retake pictures, so these are taken with the jumbo pencils, but I only *heart* their eyeshadows. These are freaking cheap!($6.99 regular price, and I always buy them on sale) The colour pay off is great, and the texture is similar to MAC, but at half the price. Mind you the colour section kind of suck in Canada, and the colours are not as unique as MAC, but it's good enough for me. There's not particular colour that I am in love with, all of the colours looks great!

Eighth Place - My Beauty Diary, Apple Mask

Again, lazy to take new pictures, I am referring to the green box at the back, please ignore all the other products lol. So on the box it claims to be able to shrink pore size and moisturize the skin. Of all the My Diary masks I have used this is by far my favourite. I love the smell, the moisturizing effects are pretty noticeable, and I have also noted the size of my pores. Now I don't know if that's something psychological but I do think my pores have gotten smaller.

Seventh Place - Clarins Waterproof Eyeliner


Once this thing dries, it does not budge AT ALL! The colour shows up great, the only thing not so great is the price ($24CND). I can't really bare to buy another one just because of the price.

Sixth Place - Clinique Bronzer in Sunkissed


This is the second bronzer that I actually purchased on my own. Usually I just use the ones I get in gift with purchases. The first bronzer I ever got was NARS in Laguna, it was very dark, and I always felt that I was in drag after using it (lol). This bronzer does not give off too much colour, but give a sunkissed look to my face. It helps darken my BB cream (the one I mentioned in my previous post) and allows for more of a natural look (instead of stalk white)

Fifth Place - NARS Single Eyeshadow in Night Breed


I know I have already talked about an eyeshadow, but this one deserves its own place. This is my first dark eyeshadow, and the reason why I started buying all my darker shade shadows. It's currently the only shadow I have hit pan on. I normally use it for lining the eye, on occasions I would use it as a lid shadow, just look how sparkly it is!!! It's well with it's $26 dollar price tag.  

Fourth Place - Kiss Me Long and Curl Mascara


I love Love LOVE this mascara. It lengthens, volumizes, AND helps my curls stay in tack! The only thing I don't love Love LOVE about this mascara, is how HARD it is to remove. This was not one of my go to mascaras when I first got it. Although I loved the effect it had, but it was just too much of a pain to remove.

Third Place - Biotherm Age Fitness Night Cream

Please cut out the concealer on the right side (again lazy to retake pictures XD). After trying out a TON of different night creams (I've tried at lest 8 different department store brands, and countless drugstore brands), Biotherm was the only one that worked for me. The smell is strong for some people, but it's fine for me, I dislike Lancome more. After i started using this cream I always wake up with wonderfully smooth skin, what's even better is that I only need a small amount for the whole face. The jar can last me one year! It is a bit on the pricy side at $62 CND, and is the most I have ever paid for a night cream, but for me, it's well worth the price.

Second Place - NARS Blush

I don't think this warrants an explanation, from my blush-holism post everyone should know I LOOOOOOVEEEEEE NARS blushes. My current favourite one is the newly owned Mata Hari, a very pretty and girly pink. The colour pay of is great, and it's not overly expensive. I sooo want to collect them all (it's my pokemon lol)

Finally~~~ *drum rolls please!* In First Place ~DHC Cleansing Oil

Even though I just started using this, I am IN LOVE. It amazing that I can put it on greasy and with one splash of water the greasy feeling is GONE! And it seriously removes EVERYTHING, including my love/hate Kiss Me Mascara. I just CANNOT live without this thing ever again!


And here are some runner ups that didn't make it to the top ten, but I still *heart* them a lot, just a little less than the top ten (lol)

1. MAC Eyeshadows

As I have mentioned before, NYX shadows are very very similar to MAC in texture and colour pay off. MAC has more unique colour that look differently in different angles or different lighting. The only reason this didn't make it on to the list is it's price. Mind you MAC shadows, at $17.50CND a pop is pretty low for department store brand, but nothing compared to NYX's $6.99 with constant sales.

2. My Beauty Diary, Red Wine Mask

This is also a lazy picture, the red one on the very left is the one I am pointing out. The mask is suppose to moisturize and whiten. I can visibly see my face one shade lighter after I remove it. The only thing I didn't love about this mask was the smell. It kind of smells like grape juice that has been left out on the counter for a few hours.

3. Make-up Forever Aqua Liner


This is a tie with the Clarins eyeliner, but I didn't pick it because of the packaging. Clarins just looks so much more high end. Although I have more of the Make-up Forever liner (3).

4. Ardell Faux Lashes #124

Lastly is an item that I no longer own (had to throw it away). These particular pair are sooo natural looking, but it still has enough exaggeration to give a not overly done dramatic affect. I would like to buy a few more pairs of it, but I am scared that it'll give me rashes on my eyelid again (I had an allergic reaction to faux lashes, but not the Ardell brand).

My goto make up items

Recently I have been sticking to a few make up items. They are really my go-to items, not because I love them, but because they are soooo easy and fast! (and I am majorly lazy! lol)

For base make up I have been reaching for my Leger BB cream. I have recently discovered the amazing and wonderful result that is BB cream. It's extremely easy to apply with decent coverage, and if all those benefits it claims to have are true, it's a wonderful make up item to own. I use about the size of a pea and that's enough to cover my whole face, with a bit left over to strengthen coverage where I need it.

If you don't know what BB creams are: BB stands for Blemish Balm. It originated in Korea (I think) by a dermatologist (that or a plastic surgeon) who deals with patients with facial scars from surgery. He/she wanted to make a skin care item that would be able to help cover those scars while it's healing. So BB cream basically has scar healing powers, is moisturizing, at the same time has good coverage to cover up scars. Nowadays, the more popular BB creams also have whitening and moisturizing properties that attracts more girls (especially Asians). Think of it as a tinted moisturizer, but much creamier in consistency, and has more skin care properties. The only bad thing about BB cream is the colour selection, usually for one brand there's only one colour. This particular Leger one is a bit white on me, I have to apply bronzer to tone it down to my natural skin tone.

For setting the face make up, I use the same brand BB powder. I actually don't like this powder very much. it's very cakey and I am not a fan of the smell (kinda smells like baby powder). But right now it's the only loose powder I have. sometimes I use my too face pressed powder instead, but I want to use this up to free up some space in my make up box.

Here are my other face products. The brown/bronze colour one in the back is my Clinque bronzer in sun kissed. I used to use NARS in Laguna, it's wayy too dark so after I finished it (it was actually before) I got the Clinque. I had used their bronzer and blush duo once before, when I received it as a gift with purchase, and I've liked the colour so this time I got the full size, I really like the colour too :).

The NARS is my newest purchase Mata Hari, and the white round thing with the bow is Kevin Beauty Maker's blush in pink. They are actually pretty similar in colour, but I think NARS is slightly warmer than the BK one.

Here they are again opened up.

On to the more exciting (not really) eye make up. The eyeshadows are used together, the eyeliner is for when I am REALLY lazy (or running late for work). The mascara is the recently beloved Cover Girl Lash Exact (purple tube), and Kiss Me long and curl (red tube). I love both of these mascaras, the CG one has decent lengthening and volumizing abilities, and is easily removed. The KM brand has amazing results (lengthening and volumizing), but sooo freaking hard to remove. Thank goodness for DHC!
Here are the eyeshadows and liner. Liner is Makeup Forever's Aqua Eyes in 2L (brown). The eyeshadows from left to right: stila's kitten, NARS's night breed and MAC's sable. NARS's night breed is seriously my go to eyeshadow. I usually use it as a liner. As you may be able to tell from the picture, I have hit pan on it. It's my very first dark shadow (not overall) but it's the only shadow I have hit pan on.
And here are some pictures of the eye look with the 3 eye shadows and Kiss Me mascara.
It's actually a very nude look, which is what I usually go for when I am on the run. Much easier and faster since I wont have to worry about fall outs and blocky colours.

Here is a closer look of the mascaras. Nothing really interesting haha.
OKAY! DONE! hope that didn't bore too many of ya'll.

First English Blog + Blush Holisim

I have actually been blogging for a while, but have always been typing in Chinese (if you can read Chinese please head to 多喝水 ). A few friends who knows I do beauty blogs have suggested that I start a blog in English, so I am trying that now. Hopefully I can keep this up. I will try to post as often as I do with my Chinese blog. I am still figuring out some of the formats and such with blogspot, so please bear with me, while I am still a newbie. So here goes nothing!
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I am a bit of a blush-holic, I wasn't always a blush-holic, but in recent years I have fallen IN LOVE with NARS blushes. My first blush ever was a NARS deep throat. I purchased it because my friend had recommended it when I asked her what brand of blush to get. She actually suggested MAC and NARS, I wasn't a big fan of MAC back then so I decided to go for NARS. Originally I was deciding between the colours deep throat and orgasm (the most popular colours), and went (obviously) with deep throat. And so started my crazy descend into blush-holism. I currently own 5 NARS blushes, and a few other brands (including MAC).

5 NARS blushes in Deep throat, Angelika, Torrid Dolce Vita, and my newest NARS Mata Hari (obviously the ones with NARS on them)
1 Kevin Beauty Maker in pink (white round one with a bow on top)
1 MAC Ombre blush in Vintage Grape (the pink and purple gradient one in the back)
1 DHC in OR02 (the champagne one up front)
1 Physicians Formula, I have no idea what the colour is called, I got this from a friend (the round one in silver)

Here they are again opened up, and swatches are to follow

Here are some swatches of the blushes

Kevin Beauty Maker one is the more cooler tone pink (on the right), the more orangy one is the Physician's Formula they are both matte
This is the DHC blush, it's very very VERY light orange. from the left to right, it's from the darkest to the lightest, and at the far right it's the mix of colours (if you can even see). It's got a pearly sheen to it, but it's almost un-noticeable on the face. It gives quite a lovely hint of colour to the cheeks.


This one is the MAC, on the left hand side (going vertical) is the purple and pink blended together, the top right is the pink, bottom right is the purple. This is actually a pretty hard blush to use, because every time you mix you get a different shade of pink. Plus I prefer more pink than purple, so it's even harder to get the same tone of pink. Though I still love this blush (it's sooo pretty to look at!)

Here are all my NARS blushes! I love them sooo much! From left to right Deep throat, Torrid, Angelika, Dolce Vita, and Mata Hari. The first three all have glitter, deep throat and torrid's glitters are less obvious though (which I like). Angelika has very obvious glitter, but I love the colour. Dolce vita is matte, and very red, it's not my go to blush for sure. Mata Hari is my current favourite. The pink is slightly redder than angelika, but no glitter (yeh!)
I honestly don't know when and why I started to have a collection of blushes. I use to only buy eye make up (which I also have a huge collection of). When I first started using make up, I thought blushes were the most useless make up item ever! It wasn't until I started using foundation that I realized how important blushes are, even then, I thought one blush would be enough, boy was I wrong. The colour of the blush affects the entire look of your make up (or that's just an excuse for me to buy more blushes! haha). For me, cool pink-toned blushes give a cuter girlier look, and should be paired with lighter eye make up (such as my Mata Hari/Angelika). Darker, red-toned blushes are better paired with more mature make up (such as my Dolce Vita). And warm orange-toned blushes are for a more natural look (such as my deep throat/DHC). That's my take on blushes. I also have an urge to collect all the NARS blushes, but recently I have been introduced to Giorgio Armani, which is apparently better than NARS (but twice as expensive). I have been able to resist purchasing it, but I did touch the blush, and it is sooooo smooth! The GA brand does not have as many colours as NARS, but there are a few that look like NARS, but I think I will stick with my NARS. 28 dollars is more affordable than 50 bucks!