What's In My Bag | Coach Legacy Mini Tanner

I had a video featuring this bag on my old channel, but this just shows how much I love the bag. It has been my staple piece, and I get many compliments for the bag. Even my boyfriend who doesn't pay attention to this kind of thing agrees. This bag was a splurge for me, but I'm glad I did. Sadly, the bag is no longer available, but here' s another Coach bag that I've been eyeing and pretty similar to this (currently on sale!).

Hope you enjoy the video!

Blogmas 9,2013 ❄ If I Had to Live With Only One...

Hi everyone! I tried out new look today with purple eyeshadows and didn't like it. Then I thought if I had to live with only look, I really could. So I came up with this beauty tag which should be fun and might require hard decisions to answer. Let's begin!

I ❤ Summer Tag

Hi everyone!  I had a long nap today after so long. It was really nice. Earlier today, I attended a firm event. This was my company's 2nd annual golf scramble. I've never picked up a golf club ever in my life nor I've gone to a golf course before. I'd always thought golf is fancy smanchy sports. Some people might hate me for saying this, but I'd never thought golf as a sport. But today, I can see it as a sport for walking almost 2 miles carrying my golf club sets. I was told that I was a natural, but I don't know. I don't really like it. It's a lot of waiting time, and I prefer a more upbeat, heart-pumping sport.

Anyway, I wasn't sure what to do for a blog post. But then I remember of Ingrid's (missglamorazzi)
I ❤ Summer Tag  video. You can check out her video here. Let's get started!

1. Favorite bronzer for summer?
 I am matte bronzer kinda gal. I don't really like shimmery bronzer. It just makes my face looks like a disco ball, especially during the day when the sun hits my face. It's just too much for a daytime look. Lately I've been using Rimmel Sunny matte bronzer, but to be honest, I don't love it. It does the job, but I prefer TooFaced Chocolate Soleil matte bronzer with its deeper tone and chocolate scent.

2. You're relaxing in a hammock, on a tropical island. What are you sipping on? 
(Favorite summer drink)
Most likely coconut water. I love love love coconut water, especially during hot days like now. My favorite is from this Vietnamese dessert place called Bambu and it's dessert #1. It's so yummy!

3. Favorite summer lip product?
I prefer moisturizing tinted lip product rather than full on lipstick. Lately I've been using Revlon Kissable balm stain and Revlon lip butter. They're just so easy to apply and feel comfortable on the lips.

4. Pool or Beach?
I'm kinda in between with this one. I like hanging out at the beach, but I like swimming in the pool better. I gotta admit, I'm a little bit of scared to swim in the sea. It's just beyond my scope of swimming ability to stand against the waves. Haha. I like both, but if I have to choose, I'll choose beach regardless.
More natural, more freedom.

5. Summer = crazy hair! What's your must-have styling product?
I don't really have any issue with crazy hair. I naturally have fine straight hair, and they are mendable, in most times. But one thing that I now can't live without is dry shampoo. I just love spraying them on every other day when I have my "second hair day" to absorb the excess oil. I love Suave dry shampoo. The scent is really refreshing!

6. Sun bathing or fake tan?
I am definitely a tanning virgin. Haha. I don't sun bath and I don't fake tan. I haven't touched base on any tanning or whatnot. But I gotta say, I don't like sun bath to get the color. I don't like sun-bathing period. I guess, coming from Asia, especially from where I'm from, sun-bathing is not what we normally do. Instead, it's something we avoid. People in my hometown prefer porcelain looking skin. Different country different perception of beauty. Interesting, isn't it?

7. Favorite summer nail polish?
Wet n Wild "I have a Refresh-mint". Fun, bright pastel color. Looks good on anybody!

8. Any summer traditions?
I 'officially' started to have summer in 2009. Indonesia doesn't really have summer. It's tropical season all year round. So, every summer, I got 12 weeks of holiday and I went back to my hometown and just hang out. Now, after I started working, the only summer tradition that I can think of is camping. I have it every year now with my friends.

9. Favorite summer scent?
I love floral scent. The perfume that I've been using is Daisy eau so fresh by Marc Jacob. The scent doesn't get old!

10. Favorite BBQ food?
Might be a boring answer, but I love meat. As long as it's meat and it's bbq, i'll eat it!  lol

11. What's your favorite summer-proof product?
Urban Decay All Nighter setting spray. It keeps my makeup in place. At first I thought this product was kinda a joke. Why would you spray liquid to a perfectly made-up face? But I see it now. It just sets the makeup products on your face and locks them in place. It doesn't 100% prevent smudging, but it reduces oil and what not. It's extremely important especially during the hot summer weather.
I also have my handy dandy facial sunscreen from my dermatologist. Sunscreen is important! Prevent aging, sunspot as early as possible guys!


12. Any summer vacation plans this year? No plans? Tell us about your dream summer trip!
Nope, no vacation plan except for a weekend camping trip in late August. I'm saving my PTO for Christmas. So excited! I don't really have a dream vacation, but I did enjoy my trip to Avilla Beach. I think it's a perfect place for a summer getaway. The place is just so quiet and relaxing. I'd love to go there again soon.

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Would You Rather: Makeup Edition

Happy weekend everyone! I'm trying to find some inspiration of what to blog about, and I thought I'd do some tag here =)

1. Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lip glosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?

Gee, it's painful for me to even think to lose all of those, but if I really had to choose, I guess I would rather lose all my eyeliners. I can always use my black or brown, even purple eyeshadow as my eyeliner. 

2. Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?

Oh man, this is an icky question to imagine. I can't imagine having rapunzel-length hair. My fine hair would be all unruly and weighted-down. I would rather chop off all my hair. My hair can always grow back, right? ;)

3. Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?

Hmm, both are pretty much the only blush shades I use (is there any other shade?). I would rather have coral cheek all year round. I think it's more attractive especially for my skin tone. Coral is more versatile and youthful and natural looking whereas pink sometimes could seem more made-up. 

4. If you had $1,000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?

This is a surprisingly hard question for me. I know I post mainly about makeup on this blog, but I do have sometimes-uncontrollable passion in fashion/shopping longer. It's not that I like clothes more than makeup, but I just like them longer if that makes sense. So, to choose an impossible here, I would rather spend the $1,000 on clothes. 

5. Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner or eyeliner as lipstick?

The first thing that came up in my mind reading this question was black lips as in using eyeliner as lipstick. I am a no black-lipstick kinda gal. But if I had to choose, I guess I would use lipstick as eyeliner, especially dark shades like which was once in season. I imagine something like vampy-eggplant shade as gel eyeliner. I know I might seem to always justify my answer with shades. It's just hard. =p

6. Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?

This is an easy one. I love the fancy idea of all MAC makeup collection, but I would choose Sephora in a heartbeat. There's just much more variety or variety period. I am one who easily gets bored and wants to try different brands. MAC wouldn't be sufficient to 'fulfill' that for me. 

7. Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?

Another depressing question! I would have to say one eyeshadow color. I love using all kinds of lip colors and can't really imagine just sticking to one. I can't really imagine just one eyeshadow either, come to think of it. I would say I'd just use one eyeshadow color- then I'd work to formulate some sort of product out of random ingredients that isn't technically eyeshadow, just so I could get around this question and continue using different eye colors and lip colors :) 

8. Would you rather wear winter clothes in the summer or summer clothes in the winter?

I really don't like heat. The idea of wearing thick sweater on a hot summer day is just devastating for me. But wearing summer clothes in the winter? Gee, taking consideration of living in California, I guess I'd wear summer in winter. 

9. Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?

Bright nails definitely. I generally prefer bright colors. They just cheer me up and make my mood, err, brighter. 

10. Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?

I would rather give up my favorite lip product. I just wouldn't feel comfortable with smudgy eyeliner and clumpy mascara or powdery eyeshadow. Eye makeup had made me conscious in rubbing my eyes in the middle of the day. It took a while until I finally found my trusty combo, I would be fine with just any lip balm. 

11. Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or a messy bun?

Messy bun. I never really like to wear my hair in ponytail. I do it only when I'm at the gym. But for day-to-day, I prefer messy bun. It looks more put together despite of the name. You gotta know how to do the right kind of messy bun ;P

12. Would you rather never be able to paint your nails again or never use lip gloss?

Easiest question so far, I would never paint my nails again. I generally don't paint my nails anyway, so it wouldn't be a struggle for me. But human that I am, I would always feel tempted to do something that I'm not able to. But hey, aren't we all are?

13. Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or Sharpie them in everyday?

Me without eyebrows? It ain't pretty just to imagine, but Sharpie them in everyday would be worse. 

I would look like Sin-chan, this manga character from japanese comic book. The question doesn't say if I shaved them I couldn't fill them in with other brow product. So, I'd shave them all. #loophole 

14. Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?

Same question and same answer as #12. I would rather live without nail polish. Makeup forever!

Thank you for reading. Now I'm tagging all of you readers to do this tag! 

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I ❤ Drugstore Makeup Tag!

Hi everyone!

I ❤ Drugstore Makeup Tag videos are around in the Youtube world. 

I don't do videos, not yet at least, but I think blogging about it would be as fun. 

So let's start!

Revlon Lip Buttes

1. What is your favorite drugstore makeup brand?

I love NYX for its rich variety of products and colors. I love Revlon for its great quality of products. I also love Rimmel. It's hard to pick just one. Arrghh..I guess I have to go with Revlon. 

2. What are your favorite face, cheek and lip products?

Face: Revlon Whipped Foundation stole my heart. Its thick consistency and great coverage would never go wrong on me. 

Cheek: I love CoverGirl Cheekers and Rimmel Lasting Finish Blush. I also love Rimmel Bronzer in Sun Light. 

Lips: Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait and Rimmel Moisture Renew in Nude Delight 

3. Least favorite product?

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation. It makes my face greasy just few hours after I apply it on my face.

Wet 'N Wild Eyeshadows

4. What is the best makeup bargain?

Wet 'N Wild eyeshadows palletes. They are really pigmented, and they last a really long time!

5. What is your favorite underdog product? (Something you love that often gets overlooked?)
I have a couple of products under this category. First, CoverGirl Cheekers. I know it was once people's favorite, but I don't really hear them anymore nowadays on Youtubeland. I love the color selections as well as the color payoff. They're good stuff. I also love NYX stay matte but not flat powder foundation. I don't hear about this product much. I like the coverage it gives. You can wear it on top of your liquid foundation to set the makeup but don't use it as you would alone because it can make your face look powdery.

Revlon ColorStay
Whipped Foundation

6. A drugstore product that is overpriced?
I really think some of the foundations are overpriced. I wouldn't have bought Revlon Colorstay Whipped Foundation which is $14 at Ulta if it weren't for Beauty Broadcast's recommendation. As much as I love this foundation, the price is still quite high for me. 

7. Show your best drugstore dupe(s)!
Please don't hate me for this, but I don't really have any drugstore dupes that I own. system is to purchase the dupe directly based on the swatches I saw on youtube and blogs. Call me cheap, but I call it saving. Haha. =P

8. Drugstore product that isn't worth the hype?

BB Cream, for sure. It's just ridiculous for me personally how companies advertise their BB Cream products as "Asian sensation". They just don't last as well as foundation. The coverage is pretty much like tinted moisturizer. The idea of BB cream as a middle ground between a tinted moisturizer and a foundation is really just marketing gimmick. It is also sometimes more expensive than a foundation. 

Thank you for reading. Don't forget to subscribe!
Have a fabulous week =)

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