It's been a long time since I did an
EOTD. This should be my first
FOTD, Face of the day. I'm going to include a "before and after" foundation picture just to show how much I love
everyday minerals. Foundation.
Today's eye makeup is Pink and Purple.
Products Used (Eyes)*
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Yogurt, Cottage Cheese, Iced Mocha
*Everyday Minerals Face Color - Champagne
*
NYX Single Eyeshadow -
WildFlower*
L'oreal HIP Metallic Shadow Duo - Sculpted
*Indelible Gel Liner -
Tanzanite*Indelible Gel Liner = Black Out
*CoverGirl Lash Blast Waterproof Mascara
First, I applied Two face Shadow Insurance all over my eyelid and lower lash line
Then, I applied
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Cottage cheese on the inner corners of my eyes;
IcedMocha on the outer 3rd of my eyelid and Yogurt in the middle.
This is what it looks like. The Jumbo Pencils intensifies my eyeshadow colors better than the Shadow insurance alone.
Next, I applied
NYX Single Eyeshadow in
WildFlower in inner half of my eyelid and the Pink shade from the
L'oreal Sculpted duo on the outer half.
Finally, I applied Everyday Minerals Champagne on the inner corners as a highlight. Cottage Cheese does a fantastic job holding eyeshadow in that area. My inner
highlights always disappear after a short while but with cottage cheese as a base it lasts all day.
Apply The darker purple shade in the
Lo'real hip sculpted duo on the outer V;slightly into the crease and on the outer half of my lower lash line.
Finish with eyeliner, Black out on top and
tanzanite at the bottom.
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Before I post my Final Picture on how the how the
whole look looks like. Here's my
horrifying Before and After foundation picture.
Products Used (Face)* Everyday Minerals Mint Concealer (to correct redness)
* Everyday Minerals
Peach Corrector +Pearl Sunlight (for
undereye circles)
*
Earthern Glow Minerals Concealer in
Cornnie (for
everything else)
* Everyday Minerals Pressed Powder in Golden Medium
*
Maybelline Studio Mousse Blush in 02 Peach Satin
*Everyday Minerals Light Peach Face Color (as highlight)
*
TKB Trading my own lend of Zinc Oxide Silica
Microspheres and Mica for Finishing Powder.
This lightens my foundation a little because Golden Medium is a little too dark.
First picture: bare moisturized face. I am having a case of breakout cos I've been sleeping late watching dramas and dvds :S
2nd Picture: With concealers.
3rd Picture: Full face with foundation, blush highlight and contour. 
Face Of the DAY!
Another picture.
Now you all know why I love makeup :D
Makeup makes a HUGE difference! I didn't even have to mask my face with powder. EDM is my favourite face product brand ever. I never liked makeup as much before I found Everyday Minerals because of my picky skin. Even High end makeup does not give me the kind of finish that EDM does. Even though EDM does not last the whole day and can rub off during the day unlike commercial makeup, my skin became a lot better after making the switch to mineral makeup. My face is not oily anymore, it's the best makeup I can wear for my dehydrated and sensitive skin.
This is how
it looks when I'm back home 6 hours later. The eyeshadow is
actually very pink, I think this picture shows the pink better.
Labels: Everyday Minerals, FOTD, foundation, NYX
EVERYDAY MINERALS HAUL!There's the big discussion on everyday minerals forum that the Super custom kit will be dis continued due to this this and that that. However the items that I wanted the most, Pressed Blushes, were all not available because they were changing their
formulations. In the end, I only end up getting up getting 5 items from my supposed "last" everyday minerals super custom kit haul.
I got 1 eye kabuki brush, 2 Pressed Golden Medium Foundation, 1 Pressed
Bronzer and 1 Pressed sandcastle eyeshadow palette.
I was so BUMMED that I couldn't find anything else that interest me to order because
EDM wanted to discontinue the Super Custom kit, which is a great deal compared
to paying full price for the items. (not that they are not worth it of course)
Everything is well now, they've decided not to discontinue the kit because of his popularity. It was a good
deal at
USD50 for 12 full size items. Everyday Minerals have been my favourite favourite, Holy Grail foundation ever since I start using it. I'll do a better review between my foundations on a
separate post because I LOVE
everyday minerals so much, a couple of lines is not giving the product any justice.
All in all, I am glad that I decided not to be foolish enough to get backups of backups of backups....(you get the point) of my foundation and brushes when the news was out that
EDM will discontinue the kit. Now I am
just looking forward to their new website and new items, kits, re-release of the pressed blushes. To be honest,
EDMs foundation is way better, way way WAY better than any other (high end and drugstore brand) foundation I've tried. The finish is even better than BB creams. So even if I have to pay full price for the items, I will.
I love their new Sample container caps. They are much cuter in real because 5g jars are quite small.
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Skin care Haul from Best Buy Cosmetics. (
http://www.bbcosme.com/)
This is a Singapore based, online
skincare/makeup retailer. They sell samples and testers in bulk and loose. They do sell full size items too, at a much lower price than retail. However,
don't expect a full range of items, the collection is pretty random IMO. But most of the more popular items are there, though you might not find newly released items.
My
SKII Facial treatment Cleanser is finishing soon, so I thought I'll give them a try. I also needed another moisturiser,
because my
Garden of Wisdom
moisturising gel is finishing.
I bought :
6x 20g Facial Treatment Cleanser (
SGD30) - the same amt of product retails for at least
SGD70
6x 5g
Shu Uemura Depsea Moisture
Essence (
SGD36)
These are all samples, Sold in Packs.
Initial
thoughts on this
essence/moisturizer are great. I only got this because I wanted to qualify for the Free delivery with
SGD50 purchase. I've yet to do any research about this product, so I'm still
nto sure if I should use it as an
essence before moisturiser or as a moisturiser itself.
I used this after my Facial Treatment
Essence and
Garden Of Wisdom HA serum+
hydrosol. I
didn't moisturise anymore after that. My skin felt nice a supple. There's no sticky residue after the product sink in;
doesn't leave any nasty film or shine. I still
don't know how it does in the long run, so we'll see about that.
If you click on this picture the
manufacturing date should be visible. These were
manufactured in March 09. So the product is
considerable "fresh". I'm glad that they
dont sell old stock or to-be-expired products. Since these are for my own use, It
doesn't really matter if I
don't have a nice full size bottle as long as the products themselves are authentic. They are, like more around 50% off, who can resist?
Labels: Everyday Minerals, haul, skincare
well here's a pic of my
tkb tradng pigments in their jars that i got previously.
I pressed most of them into my 28 empty pan
palette already.
My 2
nd tkb trading order has JUST been ordered. I'll probably post/do swatches when i receive my 2
nd order together.
*side note*
CoastalScents.com 's mica pigments are similar to the ones on
tkb trading.com. The names are the same and i got a sample which looks/feels the same as my
tkb trading pigments. so...... we all know which is cheaper though :)
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The best way to dry your brushes after washing them is having the brush tip
facing down.
Which an be a bit tricky to do sometimes.
So i made full use of the stuff in my house and came up with "technique" below. My brush is 100% vertical and all the moisture
wont get to the funnel and spoil the glue
etc etc.
Labels: brush, Everyday Minerals, haul, pigments, storage, tkb trading
Next, I applied NYX Single Eyeshadow in WildFlower in inner half of my eyelid and the Pink shade from the L'oreal Sculpted duo on the outer half.
Finally, I applied Everyday Minerals Champagne on the inner corners as a highlight. Cottage Cheese does a fantastic job holding eyeshadow in that area. My inner highlights always disappear after a short while but with cottage cheese as a base it lasts all day.
Apply The darker purple shade in the Lo'real hip sculpted duo on the outer V;slightly into the crease and on the outer half of my lower lash line.
Face Of the DAY!
Another picture.
EVERYDAY MINERALS HAUL!
I love their new Sample container caps. They are much cuter in real because 5g jars are quite small.
I bought :
Initial thoughts on this essence/moisturizer are great. I only got this because I wanted to qualify for the Free delivery with SGD50 purchase. I've yet to do any research about this product, so I'm still nto sure if I should use it as an essence before moisturiser or as a moisturiser itself. 
