And God Created the Woman



I have been loving this all-in-one palette by Nars called And God Created the Woman. I refused to cave to this want, ever since it came out but it seemed such a bargain! Six eyeshadows, a pro prime, and a eyeshadow brush?? Come now. And so when I got a special discount code, I was cruising through my want-list and decided I was going to have to get this palette.


I don't own a lot of Nars eyeshadows, and all the eyeshadows contained in this palette were ones I don't own and are some of the most popular shades they have. Consisting from a very light shade to the darkest black shade, this versatile neutral palette is perfect sized and so convenient as well as flattering.



This set contains: (www.sephora.com)
- 6 x 0.03 oz Eye Shades in Alhambra, Bellisima, Kalahari, Galapagos, Coconut Grove, Night Clubbing
- 0.09 oz Pro-Prime™ Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base
- #3 Eyeshadow Brush





I especially love the shades "Kalahari", "Galapagos", and "Night Clubbing". I have actually gone back to drawing my eyeliner with a powder rather than a pencil, gel, or liquid ever since I got this palette and I have been loving it! These colors are just great for Fall I think. It just naturally gives you this neutral yet smokey look instantly.


on my nails: Essie's Bahama Mama
This amazing set sells for just $59 and considering the package, I was indeed very happy with the thought. I also can't get pass the idea that it is such a cute chic sleek packaging! 

a sunny place for shady people


The sunglass everyone's got me answering about! This really affordable sunglass from Urban Outfitters has stopped people on the streets and got them asking where my sunglasses are from. When I tell them where and how cheap, they just don't believe it. It's a way too similar dupe for Karen Walker sunglasses that are so much more expensive. You want to see how similar? Click here.

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This is my second pair from UF and there is no sunglass out there this affordable and this well made! I love it and I particularly like it that people think it's some over-the-top priced luxe sunglass!





Discovery Product #2 OFRA Universal Eye Brow Pencil



Eyebrows. Nothing I spend too much time on. My eyebrows are thick and they grow in a shape I rather like. Not too arched, not too straight. Just a slight curve.

But once, I played around with the plucking and the trimming. Since then, I've had to do some maintenance.

Meaning, every now and then, I'm talking once in a few months, I have to trim a bit here and there. Depending.

But the problem came about two weeks ago when I decided to trim my eyebrows... from a distance with the mirror. My eyebrow hair is pretty thick and long. One wrong pluck and it can look like a massive gap in the wrong place.

Well, I did something like that. Trimmed the wrong strand. Ended up with really uneven eyebrows, one looking like it had an intentional gap somewhere near the end.

I looked around my room for some kind of eyebrow product. I had my Perfekt eyebrow gel, but gel was going to do it because I had some legit filling in to do!


Then, I found this Ofra Universal Eyebrow Pencil ($10) that I received in my Glossybox way back when. I had used it a couple of times. Really enjoyed it, but then soon forgot about it because as I say, I don't need to do much with my eyebrows. After they grow back to the usual shape, I would forget about this pencil.

But I discovered it again. And again, I am quite enjoying it.

Their website says it better:
Water resistant pencil suitable for the most sensitive eye area. It is the perfect solution for your eyebrows and is called Universal Eyebrow Pencil for a reason as it is one color to suit all skin tones. It is soft enough and will make it easy for you to create a perfect shape. Can be applied directly to the eyebrow area then smudge gently with a small brush applicator. Created with a Beeswax base for a smooth, soft and long lasting application.
As it says. Best natural shade. Fills in perfectly. Not too waxy (unlike those ones that actually sheen under the light). Not too creamy (unlikes those that melt on your face). Not too pigmented (unlike those that if you screw up, you'd have to spend too much time erasing what you just put on). And, it's affordable.

Ofra is not a brand I know much of, and likewise, I don't hear much about but it's good I got to try this one out!


(Ignore the red stain you see with the swatch. I was swatching a red lipstick before I applied the eyebrow product!)

C O L O R F O C U S #1 / p l u m & f u c h s i a


Please read this post before all else!
Anyway, to continue on from that post I am starting this series of Color Focus posts both on my blog and on my Youtube. I'm going to be finding similar colored makeup and talking about them and what I love about them! The first one up is the PLUM+FUCHSIA category that I adore so much.

Watch the more in-depth video! I show you the swatches here too :)


Products mentioned: (Click on the product to be directed to its relevant blogpost review)

Discovery Product #1 Bioderma Hydrabio Masque


Here's another series of blogposts you'll see throughout the months. It's where I want to bring light to a special product that hasn't been mentioned a lot (or at all) in the beauty community. The first one up is this Bioderma Hydrabio Masque. I know a lot of you know the Bioderma Crealine H20 but honestly, I haven't seen anyone talk about this hydration mask!

I know there has been some hype around the Origins Overnight Drink Up Mask but honestly, that did not suit me at all! I found I could not sleep properly at night because there was this melting liquid thing on my face and I was afraid it'd get on my pillow. Also, my skin didn't "drink it up". Instead, I broke out a little bit the next day.

But in comparison, this mask is everything I was looking for! I have a few essential hydration skin products I will be talking about in some future post, but honestly, this has to be in that category of really effect hydrating skin products! What you do is put it on for 10 minutes and wipe off the excess with a cotton pad. The formulation feels like a really light lotion that feels water-based.

My skin has been so stressed and dehydrated recently. My skin would be producing a lot of oil, but I had so many dry patches. Also, my makeup throughout the day would end up "cracking" and gosh, it just was not a pleasant sight! I also find that when my skin is dehydrated, whatever acne I am suffering from becomes more aggressive. So, enough was enough, I had to take it within my own hands.

I've been trying this out for months now, using it time to time. Every time I use it, I think how amazing it is. In fact, days when I know my skin is just such a dehydrated thing, I pop a massive amount of this on my face and seriously, within a minute it is all gone. My skin loves this thing! And so, when they say "wipe off the excess" I find that I don't have any excess left...

They recommend that for the best use, use it consecutively for 10 days. I haven't had the time to do it each night for 10 days, but I know it is just great for people with really dehydrated skin and who want something that won't be too much that it'd break them out. This doesn't even feel icky or sticky when applied and even after! After you wipe it off, you find that your skin feels almost wet and supple! I love it.

And then of course, with this kind of hydration, you find that your makeup just glides the next day! When I use this at night, I sometimes finish it off with a lotion after I wipe the mask off. But, I think just by itself is enough too!

I found more detail on their website regarding this product:
 A BIODERMA innovation, the patented Aquagenium® biological complex re-trains the skin to generate in depth the hydration essential to its natural balance and to lock it in on its surface.

 Hydrabio Mask provides deep-down, long-lasting moisture during periods of extreme dehydration. The skin thus regains its comfort, softness, suppleness and radiance.

 A galenic innovation, the Hydrabio Mask smooth and wrapping texture leaves a pleasant feeling of softness and protection.

 The Hydrabio Mask formula is hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic.

*Hydration of the upper layers of the epidermis.

Soft and Gentle⎪MAC Mineralize SkinFinish


Another great highlighter discovery! All three of the highlighters I have had experience with and loved were all different textures and compositions. One was the Benefit WattsUp Highlighter and the second was the Estee Lauder Gelee Bronze Goddess Illuminator. And finally, the third is this really well-known MAC Mineralize SkinFinish in "Soft and Gentle". The Benefit is a creamy-stick highlighter. The Estee Lauder is a gelée formula which gives this wet sheen look, even though it is basically powder. This MAC skinfinish highlighter is a powder that is the most quintessential highlighter of them all! It's a powder with intense pigmentation and the color is perfect!


As nicely as it illuminates, it also blurs the areas applied in a way. The color is a gold-champagne but nothing empowering of each. The shimmer is truly gentle and it gives this subtle glow to the face that I have loved wearing! It adds to the healthy glow anyone would like to have.


Here are the swatches. As I often mention with the swatches, the pictures don't always do the justice! The swatches are done with a single swipe across the pan. It is super pigmented and the shimmer/sparkles do not look flakey or unnatural. 



What are your thoughts on this highlighter? Any others that you preferably enjoy? :)


COLORS OF MAKEUP #1⎪FUCHSIA & PLUM Lips

I'm going to start a series of posts that kind of bundle up a few of my makeup products into similar color categories. Of course, there are those midi-colors that are hard to put into one definite category, so if you think they overlap a bit, I hope you'll understand!

Today's post is going to be on one of my favorite lipstick colors. Fuchsia+Plum. So, let's begin with a definition of what the color of fuchsia is: a vivid purplish-red color like that of the sepals of a typical fuchsia flower. (Google)


Here are my top picks! Run your mouse over each product to see the individual in-depth review.


I don't actually think I have an official review of the NARS Funny Face, but in swatches you will see that it is quite similar to the Bobbi Brown Cosmic Raspberry! What attracted me most to the NARS lipstick was that even in the tube, you can detect this really vivid blue undertone, which makes it look more purpley than the Bobbi Brown. Take a look at the pictures down below. You may not see it so much in the swatches, but in the actual picture of the lipstick, you can see the hues I am talking about!

And of course, here are the Swatches:



And after all that, I remembered that I had my Clinique Chubby Stick in Pudgy Peony that I also really love!



Please be advised that under different light, these colors can look sometimes darker, redder, purpley, and even pinker. I tried to reflect the different hues it gives off, but because the color fuchsia itself is a mixture of purples and reds, you can imagine how complexly it can develop!

Which is your favorite? I'd love to know! x

Cosmic Raspberry by Bobbi Brown

After this post, you'll immediately see a post regarding FUCHSIA colored lipsticks. I'm going to be starting a whole blogpost series of COLOR-matching makeup products. Some of the colors I'll be talking about are: oranges/corals, reds, pinks, and fuchsia/plum. The first one up will be the fuchsia/plum category.



One in particular that I want to talk about is, as the heading tells all, is the newest to my fuchsia/plum collection. It is the Bobbi Brown Rich Lip Color in "Cosmic Raspberry". I was on a hunt for this lipstick ever since I saw a certain actress wear it. She looked so darn good in this lip color, and so I began to search for what the exact lipstick she was wearing. Ends up, I wasn't the only one on the hunt to find her shade. With a few google clicks here and there, I found out that it was this very shade.







I can't say too much about this lipstick as in terms of its quality, NOT because it isn't good but because like so many high-end luxury lipsticks, they kind of blend into that one similar category of being all really highly pigmented, long-lasting, and hydrating. Like most of my top luxe lipsticks, the pigmentation is superb. It isn't as creamy as my YSL lipstick where a bunch of products comes with a single glide. It gives a good amount of control with how much product transfers onto the lips. In terms of hydration, it is great as well but I'd say not as moisturizing as my Shu Uemura or Burberry lip mists. It isn't of any one extreme, but I bought this for the color so it has just the perfect medium, you know?

Here is me loving it very much indeed!


First off, I love fuchsia. On the lips, I like them even better. Before I bought this shade, I thought it would be more purple than it actually was. It came out to be a bit of purple, fuchsia, and cherry red. It's pretty confusing. Under some light, it gives off that purple that I was really looking for. But in other lights, it looks more cherry than purple. Either way, I absolutely love the color, although to achieve the color that I saw on the actress, it would require perhaps a purple lipgloss on top?

Credits to my sister for modeling this lipstick :)

I have to be honest though. While in Sephora I checked lipsticks that had similar if not exact shades as this and found quite a few. There is definitely one in Laura Mercier that I thought was exactly the same shade. I found two similar ones from YSL and lastly, NARS "Funny Face" is also quite similar. If you are curious to see the comparison to other fuchsia/plum/cherry shades of lipsticks, check out the next blogpost where I show you a few swatches!



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