Getting my brow done

This post is for clueless, who asked on how I normally draw my brows. Initially I wanted to do this tutorial using a video style. But, I was really nervous, that I end up spoiling everything. So its back to square one. By pictures. Still, I hope this helps.

Like I mentioned before, eyebrow will define your final outcome of your look. No matter how much foundation or eyeshadow you slap on, if your eyebrow is not done properly, then, everything else does not matter anymore.

Because I have a round face, an arch eyebrow will give others the illusion of a slimmer face. So, first step is to trim your eyebrow that fit the shape of your face. And because the end of my brow are a little short, so I used an eyebrow pencil and lengthen it slightly. Next, using an angled brush, together with Anna Sui eyebrow powder, I filled in the sparse area. To give it a more natural finish, I blend it lightly towards the end of my brow.Lastly, to keep your eyebrow in place(you wouldn't want any stray brows right?), the makeup market provide you with tons of products such as the eyebrow gel. For me, I would prefer using hairspray. It not only keep your brow in place, it is also cost saving.Just spray a little, and comb your brow.So that is how exactly I draw my brow. It takes only 5 minutes to get it done.

Lastly, look for the day. This look consist of:

Face: Lancome Foundation
Makeup Store 3wheel concealer
Covermark Moisture Veil
Too Faced The Bronzed and The Beautiful- Mini Pink Leopard Bronzer

Eyes: Anna Sui Eyebrow powder
Christian Dior Eyeshow- black
Urban Decay Oil Slicks
Victoria Secret Teal Glitter eyeliner
Body Shop white eyeliner
Benefit Bad Girl Lash

Lips: Victoria Secret Lip Plumper- Baby Pink

Halloween Night

Hi peeps, how was your Halloween? Mine was bloody wild (pun intended =p). Anyhoo, this was me on that crazy night out. I was a fallen angel. All thanks to Sarah, I've gotten myself a very large and bloody slash across my neck. That was how I died. Share with me about how your Halloween went, ya?

P.S. For more pictures, you can click here.

With love,
Bianca =)

Too Faced Baked Eyeshadow

This has got to be one of the most beautiful makeup I ever own. Looking just like the milky way, I can't help but to look at it for the longest time every. And the best part is that, when you placed this in different angle, you can actually see a sheen reflecting pink, which you can't see from this picture.The top lid is a magnifying glass, which is interesting. This Super Nova eyeshadow is created to give you a smoky look. So, filled with excitement, I went to do a swatch.

To tell the truth, I expected to see both the gold and black to appear. But with one light touch horizontally, all I got was just charcoal black. Unsatisfied, I tried again. And still the same colour. So I decided to just touch on the gold part instead. But what do you know? Its still black, except that, it is lighter.

Well, I guess that is what you get if you want a smoky look. Black. I tried doing swatches on my hand using MAC paint pot and UDPP as base. This is the result.From left to right, I used Urban Decay Primer Potion, MAC paint pot "Painterly" and no base. I would say, using MAC paint pot will get you the best result. Without any base, the colour looked like dirt, and I believe, its gonna make you look messy. UDPP just gets a matte black. However, with MAC, that was different. At least for me, I get to see this light pink reflecting each time I move my hand in different angle under light. What about you?

Pressing my own pigments

After a period of time, I've finally convince myself that loose pigments can be really messy. And having different containers to hold pigments, actually does take up quite alot of space. Moreover, if I am going oversea or things like that, it will definitely be a hassle to carry all the containers around.

So, I went to pressed my own pigment and made it into a pressed eyeshadow. Wanted to pressed my NYX pigments, but I was so worry that the first attempt will fail (and NYX container is really small, so the amount inside, is not much either), thus, I used my MAC fuschia loose pigment instead.One of my eyeshadow palette has an empty tin, because I dropped this palette accidentally, and the eyeshadow cracked, and was beyond hope. Come to think of it, I could actually use those broken eyeshadow as loose pigments, or to pressed it back again. But at that time, what do I know, right? Right.

So this time around, I cleaned that tube, and put everything into place. And once my pigments are pressed, it looked like this.Beautiful right? Now, I can't wait to press all my NYX pigments. Going oversea is definitely going to be an easier thing now. Yes!!!

The addiction

I've been addicted to makeup since way back time. Never fail to get excited whenever I see colours. And whenever people ask me questions like, "what will you do if you are a millionaire?", my standard answer will be, to buy every single products in MAC.

Yes, I really do love MAC. Their vibrant colours never fail me. But you and I know, that brand is not very friendly to our wallet. Luckily for us, there are also some other brands out there which are just as good, and way cheaper. Then again, it tempts people like me to splurge too. So in summary, my spendings for makeup never end. =)

Used to keep my makeup in a makeup bag, and realising that was a little too small for whatever I owned, my boy got me a makeup kit instead. Within 8 months, that kit is no longer in good shape, and the amount of makeup in there, grew way more than before. So now, I bought something which is feasible for storing everything.This is it. Got it from Muji at a discounted price of $74. And there are a total of 7 drawers. Categorized my items in different drawers.This is how it looks like in the 1st drawer. Mostly NYX. Thank you Shirley!!! Hehe... Followed by Milani Runway Eyeshadow collection. Basically, everything here is mostly pigments and eyeshadows for eyes.2nd drawer is a little messy. A combination of things for both my eyes and face. You can see in there, there are MAC pigments, my concealer, foundations, loose powder and mascara.3rd drawer is also a combination. Except that, this look much neater. Basically, its all about cheeks and lips. So in here, there are different blushers, and a whole lot of lipsticks. Most of them are in palettes form. There is something else that does not belong here, and its the Urban Decay Shimmer Powder. But I have no idea where to place it, so I put it into this drawer instead.Palettes!!! All being placed in my 4th drawer. There's MAC, Too Faced, Urban Decay, Red Earth, Body Shop. And in time to come, there will definitely be more. Officially the best smelling drawer. Because, that's where all the perfumes are kept. Well, not alot, but there is not much of a necessity to me, as compared to eyeshadows and pigments. Besides, in the drawer, its also where I keep my faux eyelashes. Really, I sometimes wonder why I do I make so much purchase on those.If you have no interest at all in makeup, but is interested in getting coiffed, then this is the one and only drawer which you should open. My curling tongs (which vary in different sizes), hair straightener and hair sprays are all waiting for you.My last drawer. And definitely, my most important drawer. I stored my basic essential here. Basically, its more of my brushes, brush cleanser, makeup remover and sponges. Without all these basic, no matter how many pigments or eyeshadows I have on the first few drawers, I can never achieve the look I want.

Yup, so here is just a collection of the very minimal makeup I have. =)

My collection

Urban Decay Shadow Box is something I've always wanted. After looking at so many people reviews, I became really tempted to get one. But lucky me, got this as part of my birthday gift. 10 vibrant colors were staring back at me when I held this in my hand. Tried doing some swatches, and this is the result.All of these are applied without any base or primer, but look at how bright it is. So gorgeous! Colors from left to right are Smog, Mildew, Oil Slick, Last Call, Chopper, Maui Wowie, Shattered, Polyester Bride, Grifter and Sin.

Now, I've gotta get cracking what to do with these colours! Hmm...

DOPE

I'm definitely not a dope. But I do like the cap that my lil' sista bought for me, so with it, I've gotten the next inspiration. Something colourful. Had tried rainbow colors before, so I thought, why not something bright, but not too many colours. And there you go, DOPE arrived!NYX pigments are definitely impressive. Have yet to do swatches on it, but I can't help but to sing praises of how strong the pigments are. All I need is just a little bit, and the colour last. It did not fade a single bit.And a picture of my lips for that day.Here's a little tip, to get more attention for on your lips, sprinkle a little gold glitter in the middle vertically after applying the lipstick colour of your choice. Follow by applying the lip gloss. The glitters will reflect light, thus, making your lips look pouty and pretty.

Having said that, I can't wait to get my hands on Too Faced Lip Injection gloss. Shall try those sweet little things one day. As of now, glitters does the job. =)