February: Month of the Lipsticks Part 2

Hi guys!

It's me again~! Sorry for the late updates. I just recently discovered that I could purchase some stuff I've been hearing about ever since I started in to makeup. I've been a lipstick junkie,  bold lips junkie to be more specific, and I saw Samantha Chapman from pixiwoo posted a picture of her wearing Eurydice by Illamasqua.

My reaction was: "OMG!!! It's so pretty!! I want to have it!!" inside my head. (never been really vocal when it comes to that unless I'm with my honeybear) and so I googled to check it out. Annnd you guys know what happened next.

I saw these pretty unique shades of lippies. I've bought M.A.C.'s Hautecore, worn it once at work with Private Party and Currant Lip Liner and I wasn't really happy about what I got at the end of the day. I love black. I love how black it turned out on my lip (with a bit of a blue shade on it) but the formula is not really that much. I was kind of disappointed about it.

It reminds me of when I used to wear nude lippies. I don't know, I mean I do put on a lip liner, fill up my lips with it and yet, at the end of the day I'm left with just the liner at the edge of my lips. (Hideous!) This is one of the reasons why I dislike nudes although I still love them when I'm doing a smokey eye.

But having it with a bold lip is a real "nuh-uh, not good". I encountered the same thing with NARS Train Bleu, and when I tried to reapply the lipstick, it turns out uneven. Not really good with putting it on with a quite dry lip.

Haute Core with Nightmoth

So, now I'm testing out Illamasqua's lipsticks. I've heard quite a mixture of good and bad reviews about it since it's all Matte. I love Matte. As I grow older, I think matte finishes are better and my love for cremesheen and shimmery, glossy lipsticks are slowly diminishing. But maybe because my lips are quite dry and they're the only finish who could conceal my chapped lips.

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Kontrol

Disciple

Discple with M.A.C.'s Eyekhol pencil in Blooz

I went to out and purchased (at last!) my very first Illamasqua purchase which is why I have my very own glittery makeup bag, (I've spent $68 for the two lipsticks.... now I'm broke lol) a free sample of Hydra Veil which I've been thinking of purchasing soon and then I have my own feathery pen~!

Now let's talk about the lipsticks. I tried out Kontrol as soon as I reached home to test it out and was hopping for a quite dark blueish-purple lipstick but I think it turned out to be quite purple on my skin tone. Maybe because I haven't fully removed my previous lipstick so I'm going to have to test it out tomorrow to see how it will turn out.

KONTROL
First impressions: yes, I love how it glides on smoothly on my lips just like that. It has a good amount of coverage and it's pretty creamy for a matte lipstick.

DISCIPLE
First impressions: So far so good, but it reminds me of M.A.C.'s Riri Woo. It's quite dry when you put it on and quite hard that I had to be careful not to pull it too hard or it will snap. But then, once you reach that level of shade you wanted to have from the lipstick, the color can be build up to your preferred shade, you can't even feel you're wearing it. It's quite light and non-drying at all which is nice. I'll try to see if it can hold still on Sundays since it's like our "free-day" and there's a bunch of people who looked down at me because I looked like a highschool kid. One thing that I also notice is that, at first they give off that vanilla-like smell and then it disappears. Probably that's why I don't seem to feel like I'm wearing anything at all. Over-all it's a 7.5 out of 10 because of application but for color pay-off it's a 9 out of 10. I don't think there are any blue or navy blue lip pencil out there so I had to use M.A.C.'s eye kohl pencil in Blooz.

I'll be having new stuff pretty soon and I forgot that there are three more which I didn't mention but I'm really happy using.

See you again at the end of the month~!


Thank you for your time~!


Cheers!


Love,

~M~

Within Temptation's New Album: HYDRA First Impressions

Hi guys~!

Ok somebody, (well, my honeybear) asked me to do some reviews about music and stuff because I was becoming more of a critic. I never wanted to do it in the first place for I might say something really really out of the way, but then these are just my opinions.

I've been a fan of WT for years now, and I think they've been adding some stuff in their music. I love how their songs give me these emotions everytime I listen to them remembering stuff and well, indulging in it.

Moving on, I must say that this album... is not really bad. I think I like it since I listen to different genres but then, the downside of things which I've been really a bit disappointed is they've been turning in to a bit pop-y. It's like they're trying to invade the "mainstream" music in the US which it's ok but then you get what I mean...

When I heard Paradise, (I looove Tarja!) it sounded a bit like Nightwish w/ Anette but then just replace Anette with Tarja and make her sing "Amaranth" and "Storytime". I was sad when Tarja had been kicked out by NW and was disappointed when I heard the pop-y tunes produced during Anette's era. But then again I've matured and learned to accept things I can't do anything about. I even love Dark Passion Play album and Imaginaerum.

Going back to the song, I do love the song. I always get LSS with it whenever I hear it (or when my head decides to listen to it.) I liked how Howard Jones mixed with Sharon's vocals in Dangerous, which appeared to sound like Amaranthe >.> but then I still missed the old teddy bear on stage with KsE. There's like something is wrong or I don't know... The beat is fast, really cool. (It feels good to run with metal songs, makes your feet go with the beat of the drums) but then I don't know, it feels like Howard could have done something more in the song. (Or maybe I'm just missing his growls)

So those are the things I think about the album. I will try to listen to it again when I can and try to embrace it. For now I think so far I'll give it a... 8/10.


I'll give out further reviews per song next time.


Horns up and rock on~! \m/


Love,

~M~

February~! Month of the Lipsticks...

Hello lovelies~!

I've been exposed by one of SEPHORA's staff since I've been buying lippies stuff lately. It was fun thought since I'm not really a fan of lip glosses. I will always go with Lipsticks or lipliners. But then, what can I say? I'm a lipstick junkie!

I've had a couple of M.A.C.'s stuff before, and I think after I posted the last one, my vanity case is being filled up by lipstick. You really don't need all, but being a collector, you know you just have to have more of it.

So these are the things I purchased recently and I'll give you my thoughts about it. :) Stay tuned!

(from left to right)

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Catfight,

Urban Decay Lip Liner in Anarchy

M.A.C. Viva Glam Rihanna

M.A.C. Matte Lipstick in Hautecore

M.A.C. Viva Glam Rihanna Lip glass

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M.A.C. Matte Lipstick in Hautecore

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Catfight

M.A.C. Viva Glam (Frost) Rihanna

Urban Decay Lip Liner in Anarchy

M.A.C. Viva Glam Rihanna Lip Glass 

First part, I will include some of the things I bought this month in the next picture so yeah let's start.

M.A.C. Matte Lipstick in Hautecore. Hautecore is a Matte Black. I was trying to figure out what's the look to do with this one and definitely thinking of doing a Gothic look to go by with the lips. I love black. I was kinda disappointed by it before when I tried to swatch on the sample of this on my hand since it's not as buildable as it looks and it's not matte nor black at all. But then when I finally got mine, I must say that I'm quite happy with it and I look forward to using it pretty soon.
Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Catfight. This is one of my new lipsticks which I will have to try soon for my office look. I've tried the other lipstick which is Anarchy (sadly I left in in the office when I took this shot :( ) so yeah. I hope I'm not disappointed with it.

M.A.C. Viva Glam Rihanna. Viva Glam Rihanna is the first frost finish lipstick that I fell in love with from M.A.C.. I do like Angel but then it doesn't seem to go or hold on to my lips and it kept on moving around which I really hate. The reason why I love this lipstick is that it stays on pretty well and the color pay off is really great.
Urban Decay Lip liner Pencil in Anarchy. I've been trying to reach for this one for so many times ever since I saw xsparkage wear it on one of her tutorials (I believe it's this one). I really love how it looks on her and being me, a fan of wearing bold colors, I just grab it, and go. It does a pretty good job in terms of staying on your lips. It doesn't cake up and I really really love it. Nice UD!
M.A.C. Viva Glam Rihanna Lip glass. I have encountered lip glasses before and I must say I love them. They don't have any stickiness on them and just pure lightweight glossy thing over your lips. I still haven't used mine though so probably I'll give it a go with the lipstick soon.

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M.A.C. Viva Glam Rihanna (frost)

M.A.C. Matte Lipstick in Hautecore

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Catfight

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Anarchy

NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dragon Girl

NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Train Bleu 

 So I'll be reviewing the last 3 for this part. One which I actually used, and 2 which I'm going to use pretty pretty soon (I'm so excited!). Let's get started!

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Anarchy. I've used this one to work and I must say, I love it. I'm starting to get pretty addicted to it. I love how moisturizing it feels on the lips. A little drying, but only for a little. It glides on flawlessly on the lips and with one layer, you're all good to go. It looks awfully bright on me or perhaps it might be the first thing you'll notice from me. But then it reminds me of M.A.C.'s Lickable. XD
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dragon Girl. I've been in to pinks nowadays (in love?) and I saw this here and I love how dark it looked on her. It is quite close to Ruby Woo with a twist. I can't wait to try this on~!
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Train Bleu. Even though I am in to pinks, I still haven't lost touch with my dark side so this is to balance out my ever darkness-loving side. So this lipstick (lip pencil) is one of those things that I will use if I feel all vampy which I hope I could do every now and then.

So there you go, I'll be updating soon about the swatches and stuff again for the other lippies I haven't tried. :P


Thank you for your time.


Love,

~M~

Valentine's note~

So, It's here! The month of hearts which me and my honey bear never really get to celebrate. I haven't been a fan of "going on a date on valentine's day" routine since, it's kinda over rated. You can have your dates anytime you want. We do celebrate Saint Valentine's day but then, we at times never really have any idea why we celebrate it.

I never had any idea at first. When I was a kid I was curious (and kinda envious) about how these girls get chocolates and flowers and stuff. As I grow up, on the other hand, I see it as one of the most overrated "celebration" of all. I learned that this is not for me. (Talk about this nerdy-goth-metalhead side of me). You guys get what I mean.

The important thing about this is that, you learn to love each other more and more. We do have our own mishaps and fights and might even close to breaking apart, but then we chose to stay together. Differences between us made us stronger in a way we never imagined it to be.

Even our zodiac signs say we're not compatible. If you go with the flow, you might believe it so, but then why would we want our love life be controlled over by some book, some statement, or some stuff you read over the internet? You are in control of what you have. If your parents are against it, then perhaps you could check out the reasons as to "why".

But then it's our life. No one will ever control us unless we let them. Even though everybody says just forget it, try to analyze the situation and how it is affecting you. If it's bad then just forget it. Let it go. Life is too full of hardships already don't make it too hard on you.

Happiness is always a choice.


Love,

~M~


"It's my life.
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive."
-Bon Jovi

World of Warcraft: Having fun with surveying~! (Archaeology 101)

Hello guys~!

Happy Chinese New Year!


It's been awhile since I've posted due to (again) busy days. I've had my two days off and had been pretty lazy with all these stuff going in my head. So I figured out I had to cool off and come back to World of Warcraft~!

Yes, I missed my fluffy Pandaren Monk character (Elechim - Rexxar) and I'm in control again, feeling the keys of my keyboard and the tension of having to go back to the old school mouse (my Razer Naga's effed up) under my fingers feels refreshing. But still I'm too chickened out to try tanking LFRs (Raid finder) since I know I will fucked up the raid.... sooo yeah.

I've been doing some professions (secondary profession) leveling up which is Archaeology. It was nice to do this when you're out there just trying to let time pass by. It's never boring, at least for me, to level it up. So if you're a beginner (A Newb like me), this is how I figured out how it works.



Why did I resort to Leveling up Archaeology? Archaeology is the most recent secondary profession release in World of Warcraft. I thought at first it was a primary profession (talking about how newb I was...) not understanding the trailers, having no idea at all. I thought of making a Troll Druid with that profession. Moving on... I go bored with Fishing and Cooking (which I'll be leveling up pretty soon) and Archaeology sounds new considering the goodies you could make with it. So if you're quite bored with leveling up other stuff but you want to at least have a profession where you would not be required to farm anything, go with Archaeology.


How does it work? Archaeology reminded me of that mini Chocobo game in Final Fantasy 9 where you are using your chocobos to search for "treasures" using its beak to dig it up and you know you're close when your chocobo says "KWEEEEHHH?!?!". It has the same mechanics with Archaeology although here you survey for certain dig sites for some goodies and it doesn't have any timer so you could stay AFK while you go do other stuff (but beware where you leave your character, these dig sites are usually around mobs).

Dig sites. Dig sites are usually indicated in your map. It's the red highlighted area on your map (which at times shows blueish grey if you're away), and it's the shovel icon shown if you zoom out your map.

Digging. Let's say you have arrived at the site, and you used the 'survey' icon (which can be found in your professions tab). There are indicators to know how close you are in an item. It is the color produced by your surveying equipment. Each indicators are represented by the following:

   


  Red - the item is far away. You have to walk a bit further towards the direction your indicator is pointing at.

 

     Yellow - The item is quite near yet a bit far. You have to walk a bit more around 12 to 20 steps further.

  


    Green - The item is near. If you're riding a chocobo, this would mean "KWEEEEEEHHH-HHHHHH-HHH?!". Yes, you just have to take 5 to 10 steps around your surveying equipment and you'll get your "treasure".

Things to get. Now you're definite start off with archaeology, there are some add-ons you might need to get. These add ons can be downloaded from here which will help you through your adventures.

       Archy. It shows how far you are from a certain digsite and how much fragments you need to have in order to solve one item.
     
Gatherer. It marks where your previous veins, digs are. It's good when you're also trying to level up your gathering professions.
       Archaeology Helper. It indicates the area covered by the red, yellow, and green indicators. You just have to use survey, mark the direction by pressing the red button.

These are all the basic add-ons you need to get through archaeology. You can download other add-ons but these are the only things you need and of course, a good music will do.






These are just the basics. How 'bout leveling? I suggest that before you solve any relics or artifacts and your skill is 15-20 points before the cap (for a certain level), better go to a trainer and move on to the next level so that you won't waste any skill points.

So there you have it! If you guys have any questions or comments or what, feel free to drop by. :)


Thank you for your time and enjoy~!



Love,

~M~