Yummy Milk & Chocolate for this winter!

I like this look for Uni during winter since milk x chocolate goes with most winter items from my walldrobe :)

Simple, natural and fresh!

 

Let's get started!

1). Start with a fresh cleaned, moisturised face. Apply a primer if you need to. Conceal your under-eye-circles as usual, using a liquid concealer: Dot the product below your eyes and dab with your clean ring finger! 

2). In winter, I much prefer using a liquid foundation than any other formulae because the air is so dry in the winter. I am showing two liquid foundations that I like, and they both have sunscreen in it. Yes! you should protect your skin from sun damage even if it's winter because the sun is till out just not as harsh! 

3). Set your foundation using a loose powder, just simply dust it all over your face and neck. 

4). Fill in your eyebrows like you would usually do, making sure the colour of your brow pencil suits your hair colour, darking towards the end of your brow. 

5). Use a shimmery white eye colour mousse as a base colour of your lids, I also use this as a primer for my eye shadow since this stuff is really good at preventing my eye shadow from creasing! Amazing :D

Using the shimmery champagne colour (shade 1) in this quad, highlight your brow-bone and sweep it all over your lids. Apply the bronze colour (shade 3) on your outer V. 

Pat a shimmery gold colour on the middle of your lids, then slightly blend out any harsh edges but make sure it's not going over the crease. 

Line your eyes - make sure you stay as close to your upper lash line as possible, keep it thin and simple. 

Curl your lashes and apply a natural looking mascara, one that's good at separating your lashes, gives your lashes a little bit of lengthening (but not too much!) but will not give you a dramatic volume. I always prefer to use a waterproof mascara. 

6). Apply a soft coral mousse blush. 

And set it with a soft peachy powder blush to increase the staying power. This blush contains some gold shimmer, which also gives my cheeks a glow :)

7). Line your lips with a lip pencil that is the same colour as your natural lip colour. 

Apply a nude pink lipstick. 

Finish off with a baby pink lipgloss with SPF 4 :D

 

Now you have it!

All you need to do now is, pop a matte press powder in your school bag with a retractable powder brush, your lipstick and lipgloss, and you are ready to go!

Have fun! 

Go Pink & Purple on an Autumn Day Out (Full Face Make Up)

Pink and Purple are so wearable for most people. After having months of hot sunny days, pink is introducing some warmth to this chilly autumn, also makes you looking refresh. With purple, being a great companion to pink, they are like sisters. Even if it's turned cold, make sure you still wear some SPF especially on sunny days. 

Let's get started!

1). Apply your favourite primer to help your make-up stays on for longer, especially if you know it is going to be a long day out and that you are not going to have time doing touch-ups all the time. 

2). Choose a long-lasting liquid concealer with a yellow undertone to conceal your under-eye-circles. Dot the product on your under-eye-area and dab with your clean ring finger/sponge until the product is blended well. 

3). Here, I am using a cream-to-powder foundation with SPF25. The reason why I have chosen to use a cream-to-powder formula is because it's autumn and the air is a bit drier than it was in the summer, but this is not as heavy as a liquid foundation. Normally, I use a powder or mousse foundation for summer, a liquid foundation during the winter. Since I am going to visit the zoo, meaning I will be outdoor for the whole day, I am using one with SPF in it(I am also wearing a sunscreen!). 

4). Since I used a cream-to-powder foundation, I can skip this step. But if any touch-up is needed during the day, I will just sweep this powder on my T-zone to keep my face from getting shiny. 

5). Using a brow pencil, fill in your eyebrows following your natural brow-shape. Make sure that it is lighter at the beginning of the brow and darker towards the end. Your brow-colour should be lighter in colour to your hair if you have dark hair, darker than your hair if you have blonde hair. 

6). Since I have oily eye-lids, I am using this mousse eye colour as a base, not that it can stop my eye-shadow from creasing, also give a shimmery undertone to my eye-shadow. 

7). Using a pink eye shadow, sweep it all over your lid, but do not go over your crease. Then, use a dark purple to go on the outer V, blend to prevent any harsh edges but do not go over the crease. Apply a very light pink colour to highlight your brow-bone. 

8). Line your eyes using a water-proof eye liner. Here, I am using a black liquid liner. Do not over do this, line as close to your upper lash line as possible to keep you from looking too dramatic for a day time look. Finish up your eyes by curling your lashes and apply a water-proof mascara that is not going to give you a dramatic looking lashes, but great as separating and maybe a little lengthening as well. 

9). For your cheeks, I am using a pink cream blush and setting with a pink powder blush to enhance the staying power. Use a very light hand because you are topping one blush on another. Then, using a shimmery white colour to highlight your cheek-bone and the high points of your face (e.g. bridge of your nose, "cubic" of your upper lip). 

10). Using a pencil lip-lining, line your lips following the natural shape of your lips. 

11). Finish with your favourite lipstick and lipgloss. Here, I am using a deep purplely-pink lipsticks with shimmers in it, topping with a baby pink lipgloss with SPF4. 

Now, you are ready to go :)

Have a nice day.

My scars are fading away~~~~slowly...

These products claim to help clear imperfections fights blemishes and blackheads, refine pores, smooths skin texture, leaves skin soft and supple and at the same time moisturise your skin. It says it is specially formulated for skin that is prone to imperfections, visible pores or blotches. They contain salicylic acid and zinc that helps with clearing imperfections and prevent them appearing while leaving the skin feeling soft an comfortable. 

I have been using them since June and I have to say, in terms of moisturising, I do NOTfind it works at all. However, I can tell that my scars are fading away, and I am not getting that many acnes than I used to. 

If you know me, I was on medication for my acnes, both topical and internal. But I was not on any of these medication when I was using these products. Mainly because I was such a fool and did not take with me enough medication when I went back to Hong Kong for the summer. 

However, I do not find these products help fighting blackheads or refine my pores...

It felt so refreshing when I applied the day-time tube, the consistency is in between a lotion and a gel, gets absorbed by the skin quite quickly and did not irritate my skin. Just need to be careful not to put it too close around my eyes since it contains a bit a alcohol, not a great amount like a lot of other acne-fighting products, only a small amount that you could only just about to smell it.  

But...

I do not think that I like the consistency of the product from the night-time tube... It comes in a clear gel but it is so sticky and it felt like I had put a gel mask on for all night that I could feel I had a layer of 'film' on my face. 

Overall, I definitely can see my scars are fading away(took a bit of time though...), other than that, I do not think the products are doing what they claimed they would do. 

Will I purchase them again? NO.