Makeup Play: Use All the Naked 1 Palette Shades!

December 4, 2013

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Let’s get Naked again!

Because everyone is going cray-zay about the cleverly-marketed Naked 3 palette, I decided to whip out the first ever installment of this eyesome threesome which, in all fairness, isn’t as neglected as the Naked 2 – but definitely less abused than the Lorac Pro. Also, I’ve been having this inner compulsion lately to show old makeup products as much love as possible which led me to thoughts like.. I wanna use all the shades in the Naked 1 palette!!

Let me disappoint you now, I failed at the task and was not able to use all. At the 8-shadow mark, I had to erase everything and start over. Obviously, it wasn’t made to be worn all at the same time. Have you worn a dozen shades in your eye makeup ever? Anyway, that’s not saying it can’t be done, I think it can… just not by me. Maybe a makeup artist or a really skilled makeup enthusiast (with a loooot of lid space to use up, at that) can pull this off. Any challenge takers?
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The shades I used are all marked with the little black arrows on top. If you want to see how many I managed without my eyes looking like that cup of water where paintbrush has been dipped several times to wash off color, just keep on reading… VIEW THE REST OF THE POST →

Makeup Play: Abyssinian Catbird & Unforgettable Oriole

December 3, 2013

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Less Buy, More Play

I think I’m already a month into my no-buy now and I’ve only purchased a concealer because my beloved ZA one is already running out (and my shade in it has been out of stock for a long time now). The stuff I’ve been writing about recently were all purchased pre-no buy declaration but received by mail after.

What does this no-slash-low-buy era mean for the blog, then?

More digging through my stash to find stuff to use and abuse, of course! To be honest, I’ve always been conscious of posting looks and FOTDs because of my not-even-amateur makeup skills, which makes this blog lean more toward product reviews and not looks with tutorials (I shiver at the thought because I can’t even put makeup on myself properly!). However, that means more and more buying to keep up with the featuring, which isn’t the sole purpose of this blog!!!

So to counter that, I’ve been doing some new things like the recent, Most Used Products and this Makeup Play series in hopes of slowing down the consumption that has taken over. Those Spring sneak peeks aren’t helping at all, though. But my wallet remains steadfast.


For this entry, I’ll be sharing a look I did using the products above, focusing on these Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadows in Abyssinian Catbird and Unforgettable Oriole.
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Instagram That Week + A Layout Question

December 2, 2013

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To make up for my entry slacking, I’m posting my Instagram snaps from the past weeks. I don’t know how the year whizzed by so fast, it was as if I only gave birth yesterday (January) and now it’s Christmas time yet again. Been out of the house almost everyday that when I get home at the end of the day, I just wanna plop to bed and cuddle with Selene. I don’t know how other bloggers work all day and still find time to churn out quality posts. How’d you guys do it? Do you even sleep!?

What I’ve been doing right before falling asleep is tweaking my layout, which I’ve been compulsively changing up the past days. I don’t know, I sorta miss my colorful layout, but then I want photos to pop out so I decided to go black and white. Anyway, let me know what you guys think because I’m already at the point of saturation I don’t even wanna look at it anymore. So yes, I’d like to know – what’s your preference regarding blog layouts? Would it interest you more to read if it were colorful or just black and white? Or you don’t care at all? Your thoughts would be much appreciated, folks.

PS – If you haven’t joined my Black Friday Giveaway yet, you still have a few days left to! Winner will win a surprise humble haul from me purchased last Black Friday via GCASH-AMEX!

Rouge Bunny Rouge Haul – Long-lasting Eyeshadows Swatches

November 29, 2013

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When Birds Are Singing..

I finally gave in to the much-raved about Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadows when I saw that Luxola was having a 30% off sale. Luxola is a Singapore-based beauty online retailer that ships door-to-door to the Philippines for free! For local beauty fans like me, this is godsend. They carry brands that aren’t freely available here in the Philippines such as Alpha-H, By Terry, Dr. Jart, Edward Bess, NUXE, Rachel K Cosmetics, REN, SK-II, This Works, Zoeva and many others. This is actually my second purchase from the online shop and I’m ecstatic to share that they deliver door-to-door in less than a week’s time to the Philippines without any hassle.

Moving on, I bought four Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadow singles in Delicate Hummingbird, Bohemian Waxwing, Unforgettable Oriole and Abyssinian Catbird. I was also eyeing another one, Eclipse Eagle, but it was out of stock. Don’t the names sound so…. for lack of a better word, complexly hipster? They’re actually all derived from different kinds of birds (no duh, Shari). I even had to look up a catbird as I was stuck with images of a half-cat, half-bird creature while swatching this whole set. I will be reviewing these individually with comparisons to other brands and matching FOTDs so if you’re here for in-depth reviews, sorry. For now, I’ll only be doing swatches and first impressions.

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In general, the texture of these shadows are all topnotch. They’re super smooth and silky, almost feeling more like cream than powder. Buttery is an understatement. They’re similar to the Burberry sheer eyeshadows which I recently fell in love with, only these RBR shades I got are more shimmery. I could slightly compare the butteriness to LORAC Pro’s satin eyeshadows (which is similar but not exactly the same) except there’s zero fallout on these. Pigmentation varies from shade to shade with Abyssinian Catbird being the most pigmented of the four.

Can I also just share the Rouge Bunny Rouge brand description on their website? It sounds like a literary masterpiece worthy of its own fairy tale. I think I had to look up a word or three.

At Rouge Bunny Rouge we believe everyday is worthy of a soupcon of whimsy. As if the book of the Enchanted Garden lies open in our hands, we tell its enduring tales through powders that whisper over skin, unguents that caress and cajole and mesmeric vapours that seduce the senses. With indulgent textures tied with wistful tones, each fragment is created to enhance natural beauty, allowing you to become the protagonist in your own mysterious tale.

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The Relaunch of Poreless Perfection – Ellana Minerals

November 28, 2013

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PORELESS PERFECTION

When the mineral makeup craze hit the beauty world, I think I was either sleeping through Calculus class or knee-deep in Accounting exams as I’ve read in other beauty blogs that mineral makeup was all the rage around 2008-2009. Thankfully, one of the pioneer mineral makeup brands during that time, Ellana Minerals, has decided to revamp its look and remind Filipinas now more than ever why mineral makeup is here to stay.

Ellana Minerals cosmetics are paraben-free, oil-free and on top of that, non-comedogenic as well. They’re formulated with minerals that are supposedly good for the skin, instead of ordinary makeup that are chock full of fillers and other ingredients which are clogging to the pores. So if you’re like me, new to the world of mineral makeup, Ellana Minerals is a great brand to start the journey with.8The event set-up held in Rastro Burgos Circle was transformed into all kinds of rustic romance slash fairy goddess forest. It definitely made me more excited to see the products up close.

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