Showing posts with label hyaru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hyaru. Show all posts

22.08.2012

VIVE (Beijing): Review & Swatch


 I've never heard of this brand before, but I got these as souvenirs from a friend. I got 3 in total, eye shadow, lipgloss, and blush. They all look the same on the outside, the only difference is the label on the back, but I'm a huge sucker for design and packaging, therefore: This got me. I love the hexagonal shape and how its magnetic so it snaps close, I find that boxes that "click" close tend to be very harsh on my brittle nails and often breaks or chips them. I like growing out my nails, so I would consider those as a dislike.
A picture of all my goodies together.
 01 Brilliance Powder Blush palette, pinky-orange color, has micro copper-gold sparkle is suitable for everyday use to achieve that healthy glow look.
06 Dewy Shine Lip Gloss, I love this, its super moisturizing, I have really dry lips that often crack and peel if i don't protect them. But unlike other brands that make your lips dry up even more this lip gloss continues to moisturize. It gives a bit of a nude lips effect which has been really popular and its not sticky, so your hair won't get caught.
Here is a swatch of the lip gloss, my lips are naturally pink, so if you have dark, more pigmented lip results may vary.
02 Brilliance Eyeshadow palette, as you can see there are 2 colors. Perfect for contouring my eyes to make them pop!

21.08.2012

Provence Marinaside Restaurant
1177 Marinaside Cre | 604.681.4144 | http://www.provencevancouver.com

Provence Marinaside Restaurant on Urbanspoon

Came here for brunch with K and his dad the other day. Provence has a large variety of Benedicts to choose from. I personally love eggs, so the selection of egg benedicts were a definite appeal to me. Aside from the breakfast menu, pastas were also very appealing.

We started off with a Fish Soup, K started munching on the crackers and cheese that came with fish soup, so I was unable to take a picture. I was simply too slow :( . But I got to taste it, and I have to say it tastes a little fishy but nonetheless I enjoyed it.

This is what K got, Shrimp and Crab Cake Eggs Benedict, a combination of shrimp and crab- very interesting combination but delicious at the same time, I've had crab cakes before but I've never seen this on any other menu.

My dish, Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict, I love smoke salmon and I love eggs. My 2 favorites in one! This had 3 layers unlike the crab cake, first egg, then smoked salmon and lastly cornbread/ corn pancake! At first I thought it was a pancake, but then later found pieces of corn inside.

Because it was K daddy's birthday we had a slice of chocolate cake, I can't seem to find the exact name, but it was rich! The most creamiest, chocolatiest cake - without the bittersweet taste.

20.08.2012

JILL STUART: Review
I got this blush a while ago as a gift but never got around to actually using it. Found it laying around when I was getting ready to go out and absolutely fell in love with the colors. They're in the perfect shade of pink and can easily be layered to darken the color.

 I really love the design of Jill Stuart products, before I found out about this brand I thought it was under Anna Sui. I went store to store looking for their mirror (which I finally found) and learnt from the sales that the Jill Stuart mirror was an award winning design.
 My blush set, with detachable blush brush
 Closer view of my mini blush brush, can you see all the details?
  Notice the pink rhinestone is used to push the brush up
The colors in this palette, this is the 01 Baby Blush

note: It was too hard to swatch this, as the colors were too light to be captured by my camera :(
Makeup of the day :)

12.08.2012

Bored on a Sunday.  


I was browsing through Etsy and came across these really pretty indie nail polishes by Black Cat Lacquer. Fell in love with "let them eat cake" and was inspired to make my own!

ta dah!! I call it .. Bored on Sunday
for here I used Liquid Leather - OPI for base and applied one layer over top creating a galaxy like effect.

SWATCHES
and then I realized.. I can achieve the "ombre look"


I didn't have a nail wheel with me, so I used nail tips instead

Available for Purchase Here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/106727997/bored-on-sunday