Taupe Brown with a Pop of Purple

My fav way to use color

My new fav fake lashes. Cheap but not too bad of quality

Blush I used for this look. It looks pinkier than it actually is.

Physician Formula Shimmer Strips Eye Shadows. My Absolute favorite.

Eye shadows removed for second look. Bare eye lids look weird, don't they?

Then I decided to play with some colors. These are blue and green. 

My makeup station. LOL. I cleaned up afterwards. :)

My Obsession: ELF Beauty School Everyday Eye Manual Review and S...

My Obsession: ELF Beauty School Everyday Eye Manual Review and S...: "When I saw this palette for the first time in Walgreens, I knew I was gonna get it. I tried to look for swatches online but could not find a..."

ELF Beauty School Everyday Eye Manual Review and Swatches

When I saw this palette for the first time in Walgreens, I knew I was gonna get it. I tried to look for swatches online but could not find any. So I decided to be one of the first people who bought this just to experiment and test out the quality.

The photo below was taken without flash.

With flash

The swatches (no primer) are shown below. As you can tell, some colors are so faint that you can barely see them. The pigmentation of those shadows are BAD. The texture is very hard. It's like you have to scrape the surface of the shadows to get the colors. If you have the NAKED palette dupe (ELF beauty book in previous collection) you'll notice that they share almost some texture, which I hate. Some shimmery shadows are soft in texture though. Some darker ones like the dark burgundy and blue are quite pigmented but chalky. They may cause some fall-out. Overall, I will only give 2/5 for this palette. ELF encyclopedias are much better. Ever since then, they never really come out with better eye shadows for their beauty books anymore. It'll always be hits and misses when it comes to ELF. If it's 50% off, I would say go ahead and get it. It's not a bad idea to add something to your collection. If you wanna use this for daily basis and there's no discount, don't get it because you'll be really pissed off like I am. Grrr...

Silver and Black Smokey Eyes

This look is more dramatic in person. To be honest, I have never worn this look and step out from my house. I am always the "neutral" girl.

Nikki Minaj Inspired: Pink and Purple Eyeshadows look

UGH... All the colors go missing because of my pathetic Asian semi-double lid. How I wish I have the real double eyelids. It's so hard to apply makeup on semi-double lid because of the fold that eats away lotsa space when the eyes are open. BTW, this is a look inspired by Nikki Minaj in one of her music videos. She's all about crazy makeup (not as crazy as Lady Gaga but still definitely not kinda makeup you wanna wear and leave the house during the day time.)

As usual, my face is kinda washed out due to flash. The lipstick is supposed to be a barbie pink lipstick. Since the lips and eyes are so "strong" in colors, the blush on the cheeks are very light and natural.

Stuffs that I used on this look.

A Revlon bronzer that I got just recently and not particular fond of. It's the Revlon Colorstay mineral finishing powder in Suntan Matte. I was expecting it to be more pigmented. It seems like the product has dried out and hardened. I have to literally rub my brush to get the color out.

ELF Flirtatious Lipstick Review

 Got my new "Flirtatious" ELF $1 lipstick from mail today. I didn't have big expectation to this because ELF lipstick colors always fail me due to its inaccurate swatches online. Flirtatious is a crazy hot pink color. This photo is so washed out that it looks rather natural here. It's actually not this light and almost neon-like.

Very simple eye look. For some weird reason, the shadow on the left eye is not well-blended, no matter how hard I tried. Weird..I put on ELF primer, Maybelline dream mousse shadow then colors from ELF 100 palette. Colors actually show up pretty well even though the eye shadows in ELF 100 palette are pretty sheer on their own.

Sorry for showing the big nose. Focus on the lips! I applied the ELF Dazzling Diamonds lip gloss on top. Look how shiny my lips are. I am kinda disappointed that the photo does not capture the craziness of the lip color though. Will I ever wear this and go outside? maybe! hahaha

Below is how it looks like. You get a lot of product for a dollar! The texture is very creamy, unlike the previous batch of $1 lipsticks. It's also less opaque but it's buildable. I kinda doubt the staying power though. I'll would give this lipstick 4/5, one point off for the staying power. Overall, it is definitely a good lipstick.

Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss VS ELF Glitter Gloss Review

From left to right :Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss in Designer Label and Starshine (these two are actually exact dupes of MAC lip glasses which I don't remember the names). Elf Glitter Gloss in Dazzling Diamond.

They are so pretty with fine glitters in the bottle. When applied, they look very shiny and smooth on the lips. They don't accentuate fine lines or crack on the lips. They feel sticky to touch but non-sticky on the lips. ELF glitter gloss does have chunkier glitters in it but the chunkiness does not show on the lips. The glitters are multi-color, which makes it even more special than the Milani ones. All of them feel pretty similar in texture when swatched.

$8 for Milani or $3 for ELF? I would say go for the ELF one but I am not sure if other colors of ELF are as good as the Dazzling Diamond. I have seen them on Target and thought to myself that the glitters are too big. I bought one just to try it out and found myself falling in love with the ELF one. Give it a try! It's only $3, not to mention you may even get it for $1.50 only when there's 50% sales going on.