WHAT I WAS WEARING ON MY FACE TODAY!

IT WAS A VERY VERY LAZY DAY (SHOULD I SAY AS USUAL? LOL!). I WISH I AM A MORNING PERSON BUT SO FAR IT NEVER HAPPENED... I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO WEAR MAKE UP THIS MORNING SO I PUT SOME FOUNDATION ON (RIMMEL LONDON LASTING FINISH 25HOUR FOUNDATION IN 200 SOFT BEIGE + CHANEL VITALUMIERE MOISTURE RICH FOUNDATION IN 30 CENDRE) REALLY FAST THEN APPLIED REVLON JUST BITTEN KISSABLE BALM STAIN IN CRUSH THAT I BOUGHT YESTERDAY AT CVS ON MY LIPS.

THE LIP COLOR IS DARKER IN PERSON THAN IT APPEARS IN THE PICTURE!

I TOOK THIS PICTURE AFTER WORK SO MY HAIR IS MESSY AND MY SKIN DOESN'T LOOK AS NICE BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE HOW THE BALM STAIN IN CRUSH LOOKS ON ME. I REALLY LIKE HOW IT FEELS ON MY LIPS AND THE COLOR AGAINST MY SKIN AS WELL. IT IS VERY HYDRATING AND LEAVES NICE STAIN ON MY LIPS AFTER THE GLOSSINESS WEARS OFF. UNLIKE THE COLOR ON THE TUBE, IT APPLIES SHEER BUT YOU CAN BUILD UP THE COLOR TO DARK/WINE RED.


FYI MY TOP IS FROM HOLISTER&CO.

Victoria's Secret Angel Limited edition Italian Bergamot Spring 2013

ANOTHER LEMONY CITRUSY PERFUME! BORING~~~~~~~
NO BUT THIS ONE IS GOOD! NOT SO UNIQUE OR FEEL EXPENSIVE BUT STILL I LIKE EM A LOT! ESPECIALLY VICTORIA SECRET IS HAVING 50% OFF ON THIS PERFUME?
OH YEAH BABY~~~ I'VE GOTTA HAVE EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PERFUME TO WEAR ON A HOT AND HUMID SUMMER DAY???? NO PROBLEM! THIS IS PERFECT SCENT FOR YOU!

I MADE MY CO-WORKER/FRIEND GUY SMELL THIS,. HE SAID IT SMELLS LIKE LEMON. YEAH SIMPLE BUT IT REALLY SMELLS FRESH, CLEAN, SWEET, AND PRETTY. I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF BITTER AND TARTY CITRUS SCENTS SUCH AS EAU D'HARDRIEN BY ANNICK GOUTAL.THIS PERFUME DOES NOT HAVE DISTINCTIVE TOP, MIDDLE, AND BASE NOTES. FROM START TO THE END IT DOES NOT SMELL LIKE RAID OR DETERGENT AT ALL.

I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH IT'S LASTING POWER BECAUSE USUALLY THESE KIND LEMONY CITRUSY SCENTS DON'T LAST. FOR FIRST AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND HALF POINT, IT PROJECTS PRETTY LOUD BUT AFTER THAT THE SCENT STAYS CLOSE TO YOUR SKIN. I SPRAYED AT AROUND 2:30PM ON MY WRIST AND I COULD STILL SMELL AFTER FIVE HOURS. KEEP IN MIND THOUGH I USE MY HAND A LOT AT WORK (TYPING). IF YOU SPRAY ON YOUR CLOTHES, IT WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE BETTER LASTING POWER. AFTER 6+HOURS I CAN STILL SMELL BUT MUCH MORE FAINT. I CAN DEFINITELY SMELL MUSK+AMBER WHICH MAKES THIS PERFUME A BIT SEXY/GROWN UP BUT STAY VERY VERY CLOSE TO SKIN.

IN GENERAL WHEN I SMELL THIS PERFUME, I CAN IMAGINE IMAGES LIKE

 A LITTLE PRETTY INNOCENT FAIRY!!

FORREST FAIRY

IF YOU LIKE PERFUMES LIKE PICTURES BELOW, YOU WILL LOVE ANGEL PERFUME AS WELL.

ANNA SUI SECRET WISH (I WAS IN LOVE WITH THIS PERFUME BUT THE STAYING POWER WAS ZERO.)

L'OCCITANE VERBENA (I WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING BUYING THIS PERFUME BUT I BACKED OFF BECAUSE THIS PERFUME HAS LESS THAN ZERO STAYING POWER.)

ELIZABETH ARDEN GREEN TEA

THE SALE IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT YOUR LOCAL VICTORIA SECRET STORES (THIS PERFUME WAS NOT ON SALE ON THEIR WEBSITE!)

NOTES: Italian Bergamot, Water Breeze and Spring Daffodils

WHAT ARE YOUR RECENT FAVORITE FOOD?

HERE ARE MY RECENT FAVORITE FOOD.
FOR LAST TWO WEEKS I AM IN LOOOOOOOOOVE~ WITH THIS FOOD!

IT IS SPICY SALMON POKE FROM TIMES SUPERMARKET (FOODLAND SUPERMARKETS ALSO HAVE GOOD POKES). IT IS PRETTY SPICY (I THINK THEY PUT A LOT OF SRIRACHA SAUCE) BUT SOOOOOOOOOO DELICIOUS THAT I CANNOT STOP EATING! IF YOU CANNOT EAT SPICY FOOD, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU LOL... IT IS GOOD TOGETHER WITH RICE  OR YOU CAN MAKE SALAD WITH GREENS.

I'VE ALSO BEEN LOVING...

TOGETHER WITH

THIS!

YES!!!! IT IS POPCORN TOGETHER WITH LI HING POWDER! WHEN MY FRIEND TAIRA TOLD ME HOW GOOD THIS COMBINATION IS I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL BUT GIRL, YOU WERE RIGHT!!! IT IS SOOOOOOOO ONO (MEANS GOOD TO EAT IN HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE). IF YOU NEVER TRIED THIS BEFORE I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TO TRY IT.

GET THE EXTRA BUTTER POPCORN. IT MAKES TASTE EVEN BETTER!
JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, LI HING POWDER IS ALSO GOOD TOGETHER WITH PINEAPPLE.

I ALMOST FORGOT TO INCLUDE THIS!

THIS IS STRAWBERRY BLUEBERRY YOGURT PARFAIT FROM STARBUCKS! I AM NEVER A FAN OF YOGURTS. I WILL PROBABLY EAT YOGURTS WHEN I AM SO SO HUNGRY BUT THERE NOTHING ELSE TO EAT OR WHEN I AM BADLY CONSTIPATED LOL! BUT THIS THING TASTE SO SO SO SO SO STRANGELY AWESOME! IT IS 290 CALORIES. SUCH A HEALTHY MEAL REPLACEMENT.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR RECENT FAVORITE FOOD?????????????????????

What do yo do with gifts your ex-boyfriend gave you?

What do yo do with gifts your ex-boyfriend gave you? 

You like them very much but you cannot wear/use them anymore???????? (well it's more like you don't want to wear/use them...) I have a pair of Tahitian pearl earrings and necklace that my ex-boyfriend gave me and I no longer wear them because I don't want to be reminded of him every time I see them and my husband doesn't want me to wear them. But!!!!!! I like them so much that I don't want to give them away.

I was there at the store when he bought this pair of earrings. It was back in 2007? or 2008? he paid about $300+tax.

This necklace is so pretty in person. Mine has three diamonds with chain but I couldn't find the exact picture online.

They've been sitting in my jewelry box at least good four years.
What should I do with these?
1) remodel em
2) wear em whenever my husband is not available lol...
3) give away to my sister (don't really want to...)
4) sell em
5) just keep em in the jewelry box
6) I don't know -_-;;;

Summer 2013 Clothing Haul

I love to watch other people's clothing haul youtube videos or look at posts. Well! kind of sounds like I have nothing better to do... lol... but hey! I am just being honest here and I know there are a lot of you out there also like those as much as I do... ^v^;

For a longest time my go to clothes were from Holister&co. I still like this brand and do have a lot of clothes from them but I am growing a bit tired of same style over and over again.

Around the beginning of last year, I found this small clothing store in Mililani Shopping Center call 'Cookies' and I fell in love~ They only carry very limited amount of same clothes (you don't have to pass by ladys who's wearing the same cloth!), the fit is so awesome (I don't know why but Forever21 clothes fit weird on me), well made (compare to the price), and most of all, the price is very affordable (most of the time I get all my clothes from the sale rack which makes them even more affordable).

Last two weeks, I went to Cookies twice and bought some(?) okay maybe more than some clothes.
So... here we go......

Yes!!!! finally I got this lace shorts. For a longest time I was debating whether I should get this or not because I don't like to buy trendy clothes but it was hard to resist lace... yes lace you sucker!!!!!!!!!!!.... but I love you......

When you just look at the front of this cloth, it is clean cut classic shirt. I wouldn't have bought this shirt if it wasn't the detail on the back! Yes!!!!!!! classic and edge at the same time! So fun and unique!

I really like cheetah/leopard designs in general but I hardly have any clothes like that because I feel like those designs kind of make me look aged (my husband hates them!). However, when I saw this shirt it was very hard to resist. I liked the fact that the cheetah print is only on the left front side of the shirt and again look at the design in the back!!!! I am glad that my husband wasn't there with me at the clothing store otherwise he was gonna say "no" to this shirt!

A fun and easy to wear super summerly shirt! I really liked the cobalt blue color.

A must have tank top with lace and frill details! The material is very soft and stretchable. It is very well made and nicely fit on me.

Very interesting design! It could have been such a formal design shirt without the triangle shape studs on collar. I love the uniqueness of this shirt so much! Love~~~~~~~~

Yes~ I also love bling blings. This was only one pair they had left in the store and it happened to be my size. Yes! it was meant to be mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What can I say... This dress covers my chubby stomach, easy to wear, and looks so pretty at the same time!

Can you believe I paid $9.99+tax for this dress???? Yes it was... This dress is made of easy fit top with tight fit slim skirt. It is a easy to wear casual dress but really pretty at the same time. Trust me it looks way better when you wear em.

 Here's another tight fit slim skirt with cross design everywhere. This is so far the best fitting tight fit skirt I have ever tried on me!

Yes! same as above with different design.

This is very lightly washed jean shirt with lace details. I don't like jean shirts in general as I think they can be also very trendy and they don't usually look good on me but when I tried this shirt, it looked really nice on me. Although it ran pretty big for the size I still liked it especially the lace... ahrrrrrrrrrrrrr yeah lace detail got me this time again...

Okay~ that's it for my clothing haul~ Hope you enjoyed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Body Shop Moisture Foundation SPF 15 and Chanel Vitalumiere Moisture Rich Foundation

I have dry skin and it gets worse with cold weather. I used to have normal to combination skin with shiny t-zone however, I guess my skin has changed over the time. The most dry part of my face is under my nose, around my mouth, and my chin area. Those dry area can be look very dry (makes make up look cakey on me) and even flaky if I don't moisturize enough with very moisturizing products. For a while I have been looking for hydrating foundations but even it says hydrating or moisturizing because I usually need to wear foundation 8o'clock in the morning till 11o'clock at night because of my work shift, after probable 8hours point my skin feels so dry.

Maybe about two months ago, I went to The Body Shop to pick up some body lotion, I saw this foundation.

Moisture Foundation SPF 15

I am sucker for sale or promotion. Yes I know I have problem but they were having buy two get one free promotion and since it says "moisture" foundation, I wanted to try. The SA color matched me and told me shade 04 is my shade so I picked it up. After probably two weeks I finally tried this and I hated it so much. First of all the shade was too light for my skin (I am NC25 to NC 30) and second of all it was NOT moisturizing at all! It dried up my skin like dessert so since then I never ever used it again until... I got this!

Vitalumiere Moisture Rich Foundation SPF 15

This is my the most recent foundation purchase through my friend who could give me some discount and as I mentions on my other post I did not have chance to color match before I bought this so the color I've got (30 Cendre) is a bit dark on me. This is the best moisturizing foundation with dewy finish (It has very creamy thin consistency.) and the coverage is light, almost like BB cream. With this I do not feel any dryness all day. The down side of this product is though it has pretty strong, floral fragrance which is okay with me most of the time but when I have headaches or feel sick, the smell start to bother me also the finish is too dewy that it makes my face shiny after three to four hours.

THEN I WAS THINKING 'What if... I combine Vitalumiere foundation with lightest color foundation that I have?' and there it was the birth of my HG foundation...

The Body Shop Moisture Foundation on the left and Chanel Vitalumiere Moisture Rich Foundation on the right. 

 I use half pump of each foundations, mix them with my index finger then apply on my face. I also like to use my fingers to apply it on my face. The color matching is awesome, it mutes out strong fragrance, still moisturizing but does not make my skin look shiny or greasy, longer wearing, slightly better coverage than Vitalumiere by itself, and looks so natural on me (doesn't look like I am wearing make up).

If you have foundations that you don't like, try mix and match with other foundations. Who knows maybe you will find your HG foundation just like I did~

Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour in Accessoire (#573)

This is another Chanel item that I picked up together with my rouge allure lipstick in Exaltee! My the first high end nail polish that I have ever purchased (the most expensive nail polishes that I have are OPI nail polishes). Although I made my research before I decided to purchase since it is over my price limit for nail polishes but I did not have chance to swatch so I was a bit worried. However!!!!! it is a gorgeous brownish red color which complements perfectly with my yellow undertone skin!!! This nail polish is fully opaque with one coat, application is super smooth, dries down to a shiny finish, and as I mentioned the color is fantastic. The down side is though with one coat of this nail polish without top coat, you will find it easy to chip and of course the high price tag. I tried two coats of this nail polish with top coat (Seche Vite). On me it lasted for four days without chipping, on the fifth day I could see tiny bit of chipping but it was still forgivable.

Overall this is a good quality nail polish that I highly recommend if you are looking for a perfect brownish red color nail polish and if you don't mind for the high price tag lol...

Stay Strong!

I was looking around online to find a perfect desktop picture and I came across to this picture!

Seriously??? How cute and motivating is this!!!!!
My weekends are Sunday and Monday and it is starting tomorrow yay~~~~~~~~~~~
I will be able to sleep as much as I want and go out with my husband!
Sooooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!!!
Stay Strong Peeps Weekend is Coming Soon~~ LoL...

Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lipstick in Exaltée (#93)

I am usually very careful with my makeups as they can be pretty fragile. I bought a Chanel lipstick a couple of years ago (that was my first Chanel makeup purchase) and one day I found the lipstick broke in half in the container for no reason. I tried to remember what I did with it. I did not drop, I did not take the lipstick all the way out when I was applying, I was not carrying the lipstick around... my final thought was maybe it was already broke in the container since I bought? It was such a mystery and since then I never bought any Chanel makeups for years. 

About a week ago a friend of mine told me that she can get some good discount on high end makeup products at her working place so I decided to give another try on Chanel makeups. I will be reviewing all the products that I've got but this particular post is for the lipstick. I love fuchsia lipsticks so much! They are just so pretty, exciting, and fun to wear!

Chanel Allure Lipstick in Exaltée (#93)

 Chanel Allure lipsticks are known to be very moisturizing on the lips and this one is no exception! On the lips it applies more to the glossy/semi-sheer side but it can easily build up to bold fuchsia color.

Excuse me for my face hmm hmm... haha ^^;;; I just wanted to show you how the lipstick looks. It was my day off and I was too lazy to wear entire face makeup so I am just wearing a sheer coverage but very moisturizing foundation it is Chanel Vitalumiere SPF 15 in 30 Cendre (this foundation feels more like BB cream to me) and Exaltée lipstick! For your reference, I am NC25 to NC30 in MAC term and since I am not tanned at the moment, 30 Cendre is a tinge bit dark on me but once the summer comes it will be the perfect shade. If you want to try fuchsia lipstick but you have been scared of how intense they are, try this one! You will fall in loooooooooooooove~~~~ just like I did!

Lipsticks for No Makeup!

Until recently I was not interested in makeup at all (I was too busy or lazy to wear makeups and I thought it is waste of money to buy makeups). I probably had like two lipsticks, one lipglass, a very old mascara that is almost dried up, one small palette of Maybelline eyeshadow, eyelash curler, one eye liner pencil that I don't like... that's all. I was wearing makeups maybe once in two month? or less? haha...... ^^;;;; I was more interested in perfumes, clothes, and shoes. One day I was at Ala Moana Shopping center, walking around and I was passing by MAC cosmetics, I happened to look inside and there's so many people in the store. I don't know why but suddenly got curious and decided to go in.

The amount of cosmetics they had made me feel so overwhelmed that I did not know where to start looking. When I stopped by at the lipstick section, one of the sales associate came to me and asked if I need any help so I asked her, "Can you recommend me a lipstick that I can wear without makeup?" She picked up a lipstick and tried on my lips. It gave the look that was so natural but much nicer than your natural lip color. I decided to pick up this lipstick and the same color lipglass. Can you guess what that color was? If you love lipsticks I am sure you already have this color in your collection. I think you can guess by now...

Yes!!! It is the famous Viva Glam V!

As you already know, Viva Glam V is universally flattering color which you can pull off anytime with or without makeup. It is a soft pink-nude shimmery color. This lipstick is pretty sheer on lips that depends on your natural lip color, it can look different from person to person.


Here are some other lipsticks that is easy to pull off anytime with or without makeup!

Nars Dolce Vita Velvet Mat lip pencil

I am wearing Nars Dolce Vita Velvet Mat lip pencil

It is Nars Dolce Vita lipstick and Velvet Mat lip pencil. They are pretty pricey and a lot of people complaint about the color is nothing special compare to their price tag but! this is the color  you can wear everyday with any kind of eye look or even without makeup. When I feel super lazy to wear makeup but I don't want to look so plain/dead, I put this lip pencil on and I love the way it looks on me! I have Velvet Mat lip pencil, as I feel like this one lasts longer on my lips, has better color pay off than lipstick version, and if I want glossy look, I can always top the clear lipglass.

I AM WEARING RIMMEL LASTING FINISH 25HOUR FOUNDATION IN 200 SOFT BEIGE, NYC SUNNY BRONZER, FILL IN MY EYEBROW WITH BLACK EYESHADOW, AND ESTEE LAUDER LIPSTICK IN SOFT AMETHYST.

This lipstick is another favorite of mine! It is Estee Lauder lipstick in Soft Amethyst. It looks pretty dark in the tube but it comes out sheer (you can easily build up the color) and very very moisturizing on the lips. It is violet-pink toned lipstick but mostly neutral. Can be easily your everyday signature lipstick or when you don't know what do wear, slap this lippi on and you are good to go! 

COCO CHANEL MADEMOISELLE EAU DE TOILETTE

Way before I started collecting nail polishes and makeups, perfumes were my favorite things. I was only a student and had a part time job at that time so I only could afford a little. Me and my sisters used to go to duty free Galleria in Auckland city in New Zealand often to check things out (mostly window/eye shopping as we all were young and students) and we all fell in love with this perfume. After I graduate high school in New Zealand, I went back to Korea and I finally picked up a bottle of this perfume on the way back at duty free Galleria in Auckland airport and that was back in 2002.

here is my old bottle of COCO CHANEL MADEMOISELLE
EAU DE TOILETTE

One of the reasons why I like perfumes so much is not only it uplifts your mood/spirit when you spray but also it carries sentimental values. To me, this is not only a bottle of perfume but a history as every time I use this perfume it reminds me of our lives in New Zealand. Maybe that is why I did not want to use up this perfume as fast.

As I mentioned this is an very old bottle and surprisingly the scent never changed. On me it lasts about three to four hours maximum as it is eau de toilette. When I am done with this bottle, I would like to get the eau de perfume version.

EAU DE PARFUM version bottle

You can wear this perfume pretty much all year around except extremely hot and humid summer days (I live in Hawaii and I still wear this perfume during the summer time because it does not get so humid in here!). This perfume makes me feel mature (but not like grandmother would wear kind of perfume), sophisticated, feminine, sexy, somehow cute and fashionable. I think it can be your office job everyday appropriate perfume but casual going out... not so much (BUT I do wear this whenever I want to lol...). It is a type of perfume you would want to wear to weddings, eat out to upper class restaurants, business meetings, going out for a date, and so on.

COCO CHANEL MADEMOISELLE advertisement

as you can see, it promotes sophisticate, modern, feminine, and sexy women

Scent description
Fresh oriental fragrance recalls the irrepressible spirit of the young Coco Chanel. Top notes of Coco Mademoiselle Parfum incorporate Sicilian oranges, Calabrian bergamot and Sicilian grapefruit. A floral heart is created of pure rose extract and pure jasmine extract, along with a fruity touch of litchi, while its base notes carry a combination of Indonesian patchouli, Haitian vetiver, Bourbon vanilla ad white musk. This fragrance is dedicated to courageous, brave and modern women who prefer luxury and elegance.

OPI Mod About You and Sally Hensen Lavender Marquis

Recently I am in looooooooooooooooove~~~ with lavender and light/pastel pink toned nail polishes which I was not a big fan of before. I was not interested in those colors as I thought they are not flattering with my skin tone and still I do not think they complement my skin tone. However, I guess I've become a bit more adventurous/brave with colors that I do not care too much whether they look really good on me or not if I love the color. It became more about what I want to wear lol...

I picked up OPI Mod About You at the local beauty store for $6.83+tax (10%off from the regular price) and Sally Hensen Lavender Marquis at longs drugs for $3.74+tax (25%off from the regular price).

Mod about you is a very opaque milky/baby pink color that is just perfect for spring and summer! You need two coats to get a good opaque coverage but I could still see the brush strokes after two coats. I love the color very much but not so much for the formula as it seemed to be streaky.

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Lavender Marquis is a beautiful frosty iridescent lavender color. Although the application is super nice and smooth (you don't even need base coat), it has very watery formula with sheer color pay off. You need at least three coats (or even four coats but I do not want any more than three coats) to make it some what similar color that you see from the bottle.
It will look even gorgeous under the bright light or sun light. If you do not like shimmery sheer colors, this is not for you... Another good thing about this nail polish is that you can use this color as a shiny top coat on other nail polishes to give extra something!

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