Last week, I found out that one of mom’s good neighbors, Carmen, is a professional makeup artist by profession. I also found out that she sells MAC products for cheaper prices and of course, the most obvious thing to do is to take advantage! She’s selling MAC lipsticks at 13 dollars a pop (roughly around 500 in Philippine pesos) and now I’m six tubes of lipsticks happier :-)

I didn’t really get out of my comfort zones as I still picked shades that I could use on a regular basis.

Top: Impassioned - This one’s an amplified creme lippy in a bright pinky coral shade | Bottom: Pink Plaid - It’s a sort of muted mauve-y pink that is perfect for everyday use.

Top: Creme D’Nude - My first ever nude lipstick. Fortunately, it didn’t look so bad on me! It’s the first nude lipstick that didn’t make me look super pale. | Bottom: Girl About Town - The lighting is pretty bad so you can’t see the color properly but it’s a bright fuchsia pink. It’s actually my sister’s choice so you wouldn’t see me wear this often!

Top: Russian Red - This one is a popular MAC shade cause it’s the perfect shade of red. It’s really pretty and I’m so excited to wear it on a night out soon! | Bottom: Coral Bliss - This has been part of my wish list for quite a while now and I’m so happy I finally have it! It’s a gorgeous shade of soft pink coral <3

I’m planning to buy a couple more soon but I haven’t decided on which shades yet. If you know of one that is worth trying, please please let me know (LOL, that sounded so redundant).

May 2 ‘13
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As promised, here is an updated makeup collection! 

I store most of my makeup in this pink traincase I got from K-Mart last summer. Now the contents have moderately changed since my last makeup collection post cause I threw away the stuff that I don’t use anymore, plus I have acquired a couple of new products over the past months.

These are the stuff I put in the top bunk of my traincase.

Top (L-R): Dream Smooth Mousse foundation (current favorite), MAC Immortal Flower blush (my go-to blush!), Nichido Pressed Powder, Rimmel London Stay Matte Powder in Natural

Bottom (L-R): ELF Candid Coral blush, ELF Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder, Milani Powder Blush in Luminous, Dream Bouncy blush in Pink Frosting (I have another in Hot Tamale but it’s not with me right now), and NYX blush in Pinched

I also have three black pencil eyeliners (Revlon ColorStay, NYX and Avon Glimmersticks), two concealers (Benefit Boi-ing and MAC Studio Finish), a NYX eyeshadow base, two tubes of Softlips and three eyeshadow brushes.

My lipsticks are stored in the small compartment on the top bunk as well.

I’m not sure if you could see the colors but these are my NYX lipsticks! I obviously have a lot but they are my favorite! And besides, a girl can never have too many lipsticks :-)

Top (L-R): Fire (best red lipstick I’ve ever tried), Haute Melon, Stella, Tea Rose (good for everyday use)

Bottom (L-R): Heredes, B52, Fig (my favorite pink lipstick) and Spell Bound

Here are my MAC ones: Lustering, See Sheer and Crosswires. I have another one in Force of Love but it’s with my sister at the moment.

My Revlon lip butters! I have one in Peach Parfait and one in Cotton Candy

And these are the lipsticks that don’t fit in any category (LOL). Wet N Wild Mega Last Matte Lip Cover in Coral-ine, Maybelline Watershine Pure in BM31 (this is my current favorite! I use it everyday) and Baby Lips in Pink Punch - this is not exactly a lipstick but it has a color pay off.

Here are the stuff I put in the bottom compartment. I know it’s messy but please bear with me :p

Top (L-R): Covergirl Natureluxe Liquid Silk foundation (shade 320), Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream, Revlon Colorstay Foundation in True Beige, NYX 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette in Caviar & Bubbles and Shu Uemura eyelash curler

Bottom (L-R): Wet N Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Trio in Walking on Eggshells, Covergirl Eye Enhancers in Fard Accent, ELF Eyeshadow Quad in Nouveau Natural, Fashion 21 eyeshadow trio

My mascaras! Maybelline Define-A-Lash, Maybelline Volum Express One by One, LashBlash Volume, Maybelline The Falsies, Maybelline, The Hyper Curl, Maybelline Great Lash and Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara

Top (L-R): My Maybelline Eyestudio Color Tattoos in Bad to the Bronze, Tough as Taupe and Bold Gold + my Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner

Bottom (L-R): Unused mascaras (which will be opened soon enough) namely, Maybelline Mega Plush and Covergirl LashBlast Fusion

Here are a couple of random products also included in the bottom compartment - EOS lip balm in strawberry sorbet, Maybelline Baby Lips in Smoothing Cherry (this is different from the other one cause this was bought locally), Ever Bilena lip and cheek stain in blush, Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain + Balm in Twilight, Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm in Honey, L’Oreal Lineur Intense Felt Tip Eyeliner, Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch highlighting concealer, Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush chubby eye stick in Glampagne, Marionnaud blush brush and ELF powder blush

That’s basically it! Now before you go Judgy Mcjudgerson on me, I know that I have a lot of products that I don’t really need and use that often. I’m planning to have a blog sale soon and sell products that I rarely use for half the original price. Just let me know if you guys are interested! :)

Jan 22 ‘13
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I actually just recently developed a school makeup routine! Here are the products I use everyday: 

(Top L-R)

• Covergirl NatureLuxe Silk Foundation
• Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder
• MAC Immortal Flower Blush (But sometimes I also use Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Hot Tamale)
• MAC Studio Finish Concealer 

Bottom (L-R)

• Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler
• Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Blackest Black
• Maybelline Color Tattoo Cream Gel Shadow in Bad to the Bronze - I only use this when I want to add some color to my eyelids
• MAC Lustre lipstick in See Sheer
• Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter - I use this when I don’t feel like wearing lipstick

Jul 7 ‘12
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Before I start with the post, I would like to apologize for the quality of the pictures — I know the lighting is so bad! I had no place else to shoot so I decided to do it in our dining area. 

Anyway, I know I told you guys before that I don’t usually buy high end makeup, but I received an SSI Purple Card for my birthday, and obviously, I decided to use it on MAC products.

Studio Finish concealer in NC30

I almost hit pan on my Boi-ing concealer, so I’m trying this out to see which one does the job better!

See Sheer lustre lipstick

Lustering lustre lipstick

I don’t know if you could see the difference, but See Sheer (left) belongs to the red family and Lustering (right) is leaning towards pink. I’ve had these shades in my wishlist for quite a while now so I’m really happy that I finally have them!

And last but definitely not the least, Immortal Flower blush from the recent Tres Cheek collection! I pre-ordered this from Carefree Shopper and it just arrived this morning. The color is absolutely gorgeous and is perfect for summer/spring! 

There you have it! I hope you’re not getting tired of reading haul posts just yet cause I have a couple more to come when I arrive in the States! My flight’s this coming Friday and I am beyond excited <3

P.S. The photos are not post-processed to stay true to the actual color of the products.

Apr 25 ‘12
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