17/12/12

This is going to be a pictureless post. It's all about my current life.
Well, yesterday i went to work during an event and it's my first time helping others to make up on behalf of a brand. I felt nervous really nervous @@ but i live through it ~~
So there's still a few days before the year's biggest event for all the otakus in Malaysia, Comic Fiesta!!! I am really excited cause this is going to be my first time ever attending this event! =D
I seriously have nothing ready at all ! I expect to go as myself, not going to cosplay anything since no one will see me even if i am in a costume and it's more time consuming if you wore a costume, cause people would wanna take picture of/with you and it makes it real hard to walk from that end to this end. This is my first time and it have 4 halls, so i am not going to let myself ruin it by cosplaying xD I just go there and take pictures of my new cos-mates and other beautiful cosplayers ! =D Now i know you can go and ask people to give you coscards =D OMG ! I am so going to collect at least 10 coscards this time !
Anyhow, I am now working in an office ~ So i found myself a job so that i can spend time earning money rather than spending them. If i stay at my house i would think of trillion ways to get out of my house and shop/eat/etc (all of them involve money D:) So i rather work. Now I have work in weekdays, and i've got 2 parties to attend this week ! One is tonight (just a casual BBQ party), and another one hosted by my college mates (it's a Xmas themed BBQ party) [another bbq.... =_="]. Oh well ! Hope my pimples wont grow out because of these two parties. I dont even know if i can make it for these parties ! I mean i have to go to work early and go back late. According to my own time management i sleep real early, so i bet tonight is going to be real exhausted... but i dont wanna miss out this party since i already miss out my friend's PD 2d1n trip ... -sigh- For work and also for saving money .... sacrifices must be made ! Dx I am quite impressed. I mean my friends never successed in hosting a trip to anywhere before ! Never ! Until i went to Legoland with my college mates... then they planned one .... hmm.... copycats
So now i am on my blog typing about my life in the office ~~ My boss was like: "why do you finish your works so early? Now what are you going to do?" I was like:"I thought there's a lot more to do....? O.o" lol...
Anyhow ~~ I still haven't plan which day of CF i wanna go ~~ cause day 1 means i have to wake up early in a Saturday means wake up early 6 days in a row.... if i go during Sunday, next week have work too ... So i rather go Saturday =P LOL !!!! Hope i can see my fave cosplayers there !!!!! heheheh =//////=
Omg, that is was a wordy post. O.o So now i have to think whatelse to do before i go back home/ go to the party ~~ I think tonight i am going to sleep like a log .... =_= exhausted .....
-Grace

Xmas Photoshoot

I've been planning for this photoshoot since October ! Finally we get to do this photoshoot !!! =D

This is the outcome.
CN:
Meiko: Wendy Nyx
Luka: Grace Aiko (me)
Miku: Mi Qian
Rin: Reia Min

There's only one picture for now cause we just took the shoot yesterday and i can't wait for the photos so i have to force the photog to upload at least one picture. xD This is my first ever group photoshoot ! I was very nervous ~~ So i kinda accidentally put too much bronzer on my nose .... Yikes ! But thankfully it wasn't very obvious !
I get to meet so many new people ! Wendy is very fun to talk to, nice and friendly !!! Mi Qian was too tired so she didn't talk much. Reia was the cutest little angel I've met ! Her voice is sooo adorable !!!
This time we have a total of 3 Photographers.
Huh? Cosplay Photography
Moon Art Studio

Akahitoken Photography
I've did a collab with Huh? before, so i have full confidence in her ! xD
This is the first time I've met Moon Art, he is pretty professional for a person with a small camera!
Akahitoken was new, so it's pretty obvious he was very nervous throughout the shoot. But it's obvious if he took more practices and get himself a flash gun he could be better ! xD LOL ~
I have lots of fun yesterday ! All of them are very very nice to me, so i give all of them one chocolate. =D

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btw, do you know Candy Doll found themselves a new model ?!

 It's Dakota Rose !!! Aww.... Tsu-chan and Dakota-chan looks adorable together ! loves them !
Here's the blog post from Tsu-chan's blog about the new candy doll model ! =D

Christmas Sales hauls

I am back with new hauls ! ＼(^ω^＼) Since i am new to cosmetics so i just realize there's Christmas sale, and believe me, those sales could get a little crazy sometimes ! @@ (crazy as in very cheap)

From left: 

Nail polishes my sister brought. 
She likes nail art a lot, so she brought those when they're on sale.
Nanowhite milk cleanser a.k.a make up remover. 
I didnt have a make up remover, i was using lotion to remove my base make up all along. So i wanna try a make up remover, and when i saw this on sale i grabbed it as quick as possible ! (`･ω･´)

Arezia's 48 eyeshadows palette ~ I needed one colorful eyeshadows palette due to my photoshoot during Mid-December so i brought this when i saw there's a reasonable price in Sasa.

The Face Shop lash glue. This is going to be my second bottle. (°∀°) My last one wasn't finish yet but i saw it on sales so i just brought it. I needed it anyway.
Majolica Majorca's Skin remaker pore cover. I needed a base make up, my last one is too cheap and have no mirrors with very ugly appearances.... So i worked very very very hard and brought this to comfort myself after all the hard works. Finally, i brought it ! (ﾟヮﾟ)

Revlon Lip butter in strawberry shortcake. I only have nude lip colors and i need a pink one cause photogs was complaining about my lips disappearing after a flash .... ●﹏● So i brought one.
Love Meex crayon eyeliner. 
In 2 It blusher. 
Etude House LUCIDarling Over the Rainblusher. Hightligther !!! I needed one !!! and it's on sales !!! LUCKY ME !!! (≧o≦)

So I am going to babble about what i've brought now =P

Information: Majolica Majorca's Skin Remaker Porecover powder foundation
Shade: OC10
SPF18+

Origin: Made in Japan

Net Weight: 10g

Ingredients(first 5): Mica, Synthetic Fluophlogopita, Talc, Titanium dioxide, Zinc Myristate and etc.

Babbling: Now this is pricy, I've been planning to buy this since i realize i needed a powder foundation. Thank you Watson for the promotion [even if the price doesn't really reduced too much (• ε •)]! Plus, i've seen soooo many reviews about this foundation, lots of girls saying it's good for people with combination skin, so i gave this a try. I've only used it once, during my presentation and it have a medium coverage (=3=).... for some girls, it's a good thing, but i prefer heavy coverage stuff. I like heavy coverage things but i didnt buy them cause i know there's a price to pay to have a flawless looking skin, TALC a.k.a somethings that dries up your skin, it's cheap so most cosmetics contain them. I dont really mind though, cause my skin isn't really dehydrated (and i am not using make up daily). I choose OC10 cause it's a neutral shade for all Asian skin. [no comments on packaging cause i would end up writing a very long blog post telling you how much i adores the out look of that box]. Btw, the quality of the box is average, plastic. 

Information: Etude House LUCIDarling Over the Rainblusher

#01 Hawaii

Origin: Made in Korea

Net Weight: 7.0g (0.24oz)

Ingredients (first 6): Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Talc, Dimethicone, Mineral Oil, Polymethyl and etc.

Babbling: This one is very cheap. The price was reduced sooo much during sales. ♫♪˙❤‿❤˙♫♪

It comes with a mirror and a useful synthetic brush. I find it very annoying when i brought something and it comes with a useless brush. ●︿● Yeah, you get what i mean. I used this brush to highlight my T-zone, cheeks and chin.

Left flash ON, Right NO flash

Shimmery pretty colors (◡‿◡✿) It's pigmented and the shimmer still stays on your face even after a few hours. Yes yes yes, there's TALC too, like i said, you can't avoid cosmetics without it cause it's cheap. Oh yes, I almost forget to comment on the out look of this compact. One word, feminine.

Information: IN 2 IT blusher
CW 06 lust
Origin: Made in Thailand
Net Weight: 3g

Ingredients(first 5): Talc, Dimethicone, Mineral Oil, Squalane, Hexastearate and etc.

Babbling: Got this during a sales too ~ very very cheap. I am using this for shading purposes, it's average pigmented and mostly only suits fair and asian skin tones(cause it's kinda orange-y too).

Useless synthetic brush. (✖╭╮✖) Luckily i have my own shading brush. 

I have to take a close up on the powder, there're butterflies and floral patterns on the powder, that is attractive but i bet it'll disappear after a few swirls on it. TALC TALC TALC everywhere, and this time, it's first in the list. Yes, and the packaging looks flowery and nice but i dont like how small the mirror is, how do you expect me to look into the mirror that small ? 

Yeah, I am not going to talk about everything i've just brought, i just wanna share my opinions on them. (✿◠‿◠) On the other hand i am exhausted ! Assignments, courseworks and etc all at once ! It's like they buried me or something ... Hope my information helped. Ta ta.

Grace XOXO

Candy Doll lipgloss in strawberry milk [quick review]

Pyon ~ ◕‿◕ I know i have been posting a lot of reviews lately, but i can't help it. After these few weeks i won't have time for blogging, there's finals in December.

Info:

Brand: Candy Doll

Produced by: Tsubasa Masuwaka

Volume: 6.8g

Origin: Made in Japan
Additional info: moisturize and 2-in-1 (lipgloss and lip concealer)

[note: all the pictures taken are not edited , but most of them have flashes on during picture taking]

No picture of the packaging cause i threw it .... (✖╭╮✖) Gomenasai !!! (translation: Sorry)

Price:

RM58 in Sasa but i brought this online for RM50. Pricy. 

Design:

[outlook]

Strips design for most candy doll's product. Looks alright. 

[bottle]

The bottle of the lip gloss is approximately 9.7cm long. While the bottle that contain lip gloss is about 5.7cm long, i reckon the applicator is about bottle-length. I try to apply this in the car, and it's quite hard to control in a shaking car [lol]. (─‿‿─) 

[color]

It's kind of a milky color. So it's best to apply this when you have your eye make up done or apply it over a pink lipstick, if not you will look pale. Unless you apply only a thin layer of this gloss to make your lips look hydrated, then you can use this color when you are not having the intention of putting on eye make up. (`･ω･´)

Quick babbling:

[note: flash was on, so the color might be different on your lips]

I applied this on my bare lips and this is how it looks like.

In pictures it looks great ! I love how the lipgloss looked on my lips.
In real life, my lips are thicken and it looks un-naturally juicy (i didnt have make up on). 

When i have make up on, i looked normal wearing this gloss ~(=w=~)

I wore this from 10a.m. to 1p.m. After a few hours of wearing it.... (pic above)

After a few hours of wearing it, there's some white substance appeared in the inner side of my lips. This happens everytime. ٩(●̮̮̃_•̃)۶

That's all ! Hope it helps ~

p/s: anyone know any good concealers for under eye circles ??

Eyemazing Mizukitty Sweet Ribbon Series No.301 [review]

(〃^∇^)ﾉ Hiya ! I just came back home from my second photoshoot ! As promised, now i will give a review on Eyemazing Mizukitty's Sweet ribbon series No.301 false lash. (My first ever upper falsie that cost me more than RM5)

Front packaging

Info:

Brand: Eyemazing

Produced by: Mizukitty (Popteen model)

Name of series: Sweet Ribbon [no.301]

Origin: Made in China

Back packaging

Price: 

About RM40 for 3 pairs, glue is not included. Still pricy for me. (• ε •) [budget buyer here]

Packaging:

The outlook and quality of the plastic cover is average. The paper inside the plastic have lower quality but it is eco-friendly. After i opened it, the lashes are in 3 separated plastic trays. Those trays did not have cover, so when i finished using them i have to store them back into their trays and put them into the packaging. Not so convenient.

Design:

This false lash is my favorite design !!! (°∀°) It's the classic crisscross + thicker parts in the front with volumized end. I LOVE IT ! It's so adorable !  It's like Mizukitty can read my mind and make her lashes into my dream lashes designs !!! ≧◡≦

After using it twice (pic above)

Quality: 

The quality of this lash really disappoints me. (◕︵◕) It's superb fragile !!! Here's some prove,

The feathers falls out easily even before you use it.

After i used it twice, I have intention of cleaning it for a third use. But then .... it's broken ! ●﹏● I was only trying to remove the glue from it's band and that happens .... 

Looks on my eyes:

Front view

I have trouble bending the lashes into my eyes' shape. It's really hard to bend and if you use too much force to bend it into your eyes' shape it'll broke. ⊙﹏⊙

Side view 

Like i said, i adore this design ! Volumized at the end which makes me look so gyaru  ✌♫♪˙❤‿❤˙♫♪✌

Eyes closed view

I like how matte the lashes looked ❤. Some lashes will reflect light, when flash photography is involved, your lashes will look ultra fake ! 

That's all of it ! My review on the first branded upper false lash i owned! ❤

Grace

XOxo

10/11/12

(─‿‿─) Ello !!! I feel like making a blog post today, it's a special day ! 10/11/12 (●´ω｀●)
buuuut, nothing special really happens today.
I am really excited about Monday's photoshoot !!! I am collaborating with a new cosplayer near my neighbourhood. So I test my make up and also try my old costumes for fun
(｡◕‿◕｡)

Ayuzawa Misaki cosplay !!! ≧◡≦

My Misaki isnt really good cause i didnt wear my lens and under falsie. I can't wait to try my first pair of Dollywink falsie (no.5) during Monday's photoshoot. It's going to be so much fun ! (but i am not photoshooting my Misaki though, i was just fooling around with my costume).

p/s: I was wearing Eyemazing in MizuKitty's (a popteen model) sweet ribbon series no.301. (will post a review after Monday, stay tuned !) 

Did i mention how much i wanted to be a blondie ? (°⌣°)

BUUUT, i am not daring enough to dye my hair into blond, so i photoshoped my wig's color into blond and try to picture myself in blond (▰˘◡˘▰)

I took this picture during my visit to Taylor's Asaban.

Most of my friends love to see me in brown. They prefer natural color compared to crazy hair colors (cause none of my real life friends are anime fans/cosplayers, yet). 

On the other hand, i feel kinda sad for not attending AFASG. ●︿● Wish i could go there next year, it seems so cool ! I think even Hikari Shiina is going =D. Oh well (~=w=)~ 

Grace ish peacing out ＼(^ω^＼)

Dolly Wink false lash case review

=^.^= Hey minna-san ! Here's DollyWink's false lash case review !

This is actually the first DollyWink product i owned. I love their designs a lot !

About 10cm X 4.5cm. This box is not long enough to put in a cotton bud. The patterns are printed on the box. 

The interior design of this box was meant for putting full false lash in the bigger part of the box and cut false lashes in the smaller part of the box, but i used the smaller one to put under falsies. 

Price: Expensive !!!! (◕︵◕) I could get 5 false lash boxes from Daiso with this price ! 

Quality: Disappointed. (✖╭╮✖) I expected a better quality. Sadly, It's just a ordinary plastic box !

Packaging: Adorable ! I really like this new outlook design ! (●*∩_∩*●) I've seen one that is pink with polkadots, but that is too common so i choose this one instead.

Actually this box is quite useful when i dont have place to put my used-once-only lashes. Overall, i love it !