Japanese Makeup Blog

After subscribing to three years of Cawaii, I have a binder full of makeup tips and ideas. This site is a great resource for looking up ideas for Asian beauty. Do know that in these magazines that they tend to go for a double lid so its up to you whether or not to have eyelid glue or fake lashes at your disposal.

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Fyrinnae Liquid Eyeliners

I've been a fan of Fyrinnae eyeshadows since they were Bombshellbaths. They have nearly 800 different color choices in eyeshadows and from what I heard (thank you hours of killing time on message boards), they also offer foundation for the palest of the pale which would be awesome for you pale ladies out there.

Since I missed out on their gel eyeliners (and I hope they do reformulate them badly!) and heard rave reviews on their liners, I decided to order some (plus at the moment they are $7.75 as opposed to their usual $9.00 and free shipping for over $25):

Flamboyant Forest – Shimmery forest green with a teal hue.

Turquoise Tease – Bright light turquoise with coordinating shimmer.

Dazzling Darkness – Black with blue and purple "flecks" of shimmer.

Violet Vendetta – Shimmery dark purple.

Midnight Mistress – Somewhat shimmery midnight blue with violet hues.

Ninja – Black, black, black. No shimmer. Nothing but darkness.

Sensual Scarlet – Shimmery, rich red that may vary between a warm and a cool shade, depending on each user. This shade can also be used on lips (we recommend using over balm or lipstick).

Can't wait to get them to play with them. After sometime, you learn what colors make your eyes pop. These definitely do.

Who are my readers?

This blog has been here for two weeks and I didn't really promote it. I'm just curious as to who reads it? I would love to know who you are! Plus I'm looking for some cowriters for the domain. One girl can't do too much, even on her summer break. (Now I wished I chose teaching as a career for the whole summer off. I still do love my advertising though.)

Diva Cup

I'm going to copy and paste this from my own personal blog. I'm really exhausted from my period. I spent the whole day clutching at my stomach and rolling around. Not to mention, a new symptom had decided to join my painful cramps and aching back. Now nausea is in the list. If this keeps going on, I may have to start using birth control. Something that I am totally against but this pain is quite debilitating.

So here it is:

Menstrual cups are the best things ever invented!

Ever since I got tired of using tampons and pads, I’ve been looking at other altnernatives. Pads feel like a diaper and tempons, I’m pretty sure, is the cause of pain down there. I mean it really hurts, especially during sex that I need to take a break for at least ten minutes so I can keep going. So I stumbled upon the DivaCup. The DivaCup is a menstrual cup that collects the blood that you take out after a number of hours. It doesn’t mess with the natural PH of your vagina and doesn’t have to be changed as frequently as a tampon. My period even shortened a day as a result!

I just wished I didn’t lose my first one but I got my replacement ready for my next period. I felt cruddy that I had to use tampons in my last cycle. Let me tell you, did my stomach hurt again.

I just wished people didn’t get so grossed out by this. I love knowing my cycles are regular and I am as nature intended me to be. A period is natural and not meant to be hassle. Yes I’m crazy bitchy and in a good deal of pain right beforehand, but I will never switch it for the world. Nor for that quarterly birth control medicine. Seriously, how much artificial hormones do you want to pump into yourself?

The Illusion of Perfect Skin - Aspirin Mask Part 1

My skin was flawless in high school until my habit of picking at my skin emerged. Picking at your skin is a big no-no. Not only does it damage your skin, it also scars it. Bacteria and dirt are stuffed into your skin and creating more problems. Avoid picking, popping, scratching and rubbing it. If there is something stuck in there, such as a whitehead or a blackhead, steam your face first to open up your pore and gently massage it out.

Now with the wrong choice of foundation, stress and a poor diet my skin went nuts on me. Steps had to be taken to bring things back to control.

Masks:



My personal favorite is doing an aspirin mask with Queen Helene's Mint Julip mask. Both are super cheap and super effective. Aspirin around $4 and the mask also around $4 for a big bottle. Both can be found in your local drugstore.

With the aspirin, I prefer using uncoated but you can use coated too, however you'll need to grind the hell out of it and I don't have the patience for this at all and you'll need a mortar to grind. Unless you plant your own herbs, you don't need it. Aspirin is great since it contains BHA and is awesome in clearing your skin and exfoliating dead skin. The mint julep mask is that classic green mask you are so used to seeing since you were child. Its great for evening the skin tone and cleaning out pores.

Materials:

• 6-8 aspirins
• Queen Helene Mint Julep Mask
• 1 tsp of water

Directions:

1. Place the aspirin in the palm of your hand. I put it on my left hand since I'm a righthanded.
2. Add the 1 tsp of water (just eye it, you don't need a spoon really) and let the aspirin dissolve.
3. Once it dissolves (after about 10 seconds or so), add a quarter to 1/2 dollar size amount of the mask to the aspirin and mix it with your finger.
4. When it becomes evenly coated, apply it to your face and neck, making sure every part is evenly coated. I prefer a thin coat since it does the job especially when I'm going out later (like tonight!)
5. Let the mask dry on your face. The great thing about adding the mint julep mask is the mask makes your skin feels refreshed and holds onto the aspirin since you don't want it getting into your nose (I did and my nose was runny for two days. Not fun I tell you.)
6. Gently, splash some water onto your face and wet your fingers. Gently massage your face with your fingers as the aspirin provides great scrubbing to your face. Scrub it till you feel it good enough to stop scrubbing and wash off the mixture.
7. Stare at yourself in the mirror and preen. Take a towel to gently dry your skin and moisturize. You can use your moisturizer, do OCM (Oil Cleansing Method, I'll post this in the future) or add a moisturizing mask.
8. Voila! You are good to go now!

Note: Please don't do this more than twice a week as it could dry out your skin. Experiment to see what other combinations work for you. I'll be posting a future DIY list of materials you can use and what benefits they provide.

MAC Rushmetal

image courtesy of maccosmetics.com

Pigment

• Rushmetal: a rich copper sparkle.
• Revved-up: an icy rose with reflects.
• Gold Mode: a tan gold.
• Mauvement: a cool taupe with gold pearl.
• Off The Radar: a warm orange with gold sparkle.
• Copperized: an olive green with gold pearl.
• Quick Frost: a creamy white with soft green pearl.
• Cocomotion: a dirty gold with olive undertone and gold sparkle.

Lipstick

• Thrills: a rosy copper with gold pearl.
• Frenzy: a soft muted pinky-peach beige with golden shimmer.
• Soft Lust: a tan with white pearl.
• Fast Lane: a mauve with silver pearl.

information courtesy of product-girl.com

MAC Flashtronic

Been busy cleaning the house and working up a sweat (another useful tool in keeping clean pores!) Also working on layout idea for the domain and other fun stuff such as figuring out a way to promote it! LOL. I'm going to be adding ads to it eventually only because it will help pay for it.


Image courtesy of maccosmetics.com

Ok now back to MAC's new collection, Flashtronic. Already available at pro stores, ready to be ordered online and coming available at your nearest freestanding stores and counters on Thursday in the US, this collection consist of their ever popular mineralize skin finishes (MSFs), mineralized eye shadows and lip gloss. I'm addicted to their MSFs, my HG (holy grails) consisting which are Lightscapade (great for all over glow, evening skintone, and highlighting) and Stereo Rose (a corally-pinkish color great for blush and my skintone, I have a 4 backups of this.)

Mineralize Eye Shadow

• Quarry Sky - Blue with olive, coral, and beige veining (LE, frost)
• By Jupiter - Light taupe with beige and deep brown veining (LE, frost)
• Mercurial - Yellow gold with lilac and chestnut veining (LE, frost)
• Lovestone - Raspberry with wine and copper veining (LE, frost)
• Tectonic - Yellow gold with lime green, warm brown, and black veining (LE, frost)
• Ether - Deep aqua with silver, black, and gold veining (LE, frost)

Lipglass

• Electro-Lush - Creamy blue pink (LE, cream)
• Flashtronic - Caramel bronze with subtle gold pearl (LE, cream)
• Perfectly Pink - Creamy mid-tone pink (LE, cream)
• Young Spark - Neutral pink with subtle gold pearl (LE, cream)

Mineralize Skinfinish

• Gold Spill - Pink peach with warm brown and cream pearl (LE)
• Global Glow - Mid-tone brown with gold pearl (LE)
• Northern Light - Mid-tone pink with rust and grey brown veining (LE)

Information courtesy of Specktra.net

And to my readers who read this, yes I am pretty much screwed in this collection. It will require a LOT of will power for me not to buy anything lest I wanna put myself in further makeup debt. From the mouth of an addict.