11 Questions…

I’m up doing some last minute cramming for an exam at 1pm today…I needed a break so I finished off the questions I started answering from a tag by Procrastinating Pretty.

1 Check your bag. What lip products do you have in there?

One of the things I’ve been doing is using a lip product, and tossing it in to my bag for touchups throughout the day. Then I leave it in there, and repeat throughout the week. Once Sunday hits, I empty it out and start all over again. This helps me to try and use what I have out at my MU area…

In the picture we have…
Korres Lip Butter in Wild Rose
Balmshell Gloss
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Sex Machine
Revlon Kissable in Sweettart
Revlon Kissable in Crush
Hard Candy All Glossed Up in Cupcake
Annabelle TwistUp in Royale

The Korres Lip Butter lives in my MU bag, as well as the mini Balmshell. Everything else gets switched up. As you can see I have recently been using crayon type lip products. Really helpful for people like me who cannot apply colour on the lips…

2 Do you also hate CAPTCHA codes on comments?
Personally I find that WordPress does a great job on filtering spam, so I don’t find the need to use CAPTCHA anymore. I personally dislike them because when I comment, I press submit…then move my cursor to the x to close the browser. Once I see that the comment has gone through, I will click. Unfortunately, there are times when it looks like the comment went through, and I will click, but then a split second after my decision to close it, I see that there is a CAPTCHA condition…and my fingers can’t stop in time. The comment is lost, and I refuse to rewrite it.

3 Tell me an embarrassing makeup story! What’s one makeup habit that (in hindsight) was so, so wrong for you?
Not too sure actually. Maybe that I used a really dark colour to fill in my brows? My mother uses a colour that is nearly back, so I had assumed that I needed to as well. It was too harsh for my face, and…yeah…I think that was one thing that was wrong for me. I went the other extreme and tried something crazy light. I think it was made for those who are blonde…

4 What’s the one product/trick/technique that instantly boosts your confidence?
One product would be a foundation. Covering up acne scars helps to distract attention to my skin.
Otherwise, if I were going completely barefaced, it would be to curl my lashes (that’s assuming I wasn’t allow to wear any makeup at all). Curling lashes open up the eyes, and makes me look a little more awake.

5 What is your favourite physical feature on yourself, why? How do you enhance it or show it off?
My favourite physical feature is actually my worst. My very sparse eyebrows. I find them to be my favourite feature despite their pathetic nature because of the way I can shape them with a product. Depending on the mood/situation I can make them more fierce, or soft.

6 Share: your favourite blog? One that you think deserves more attention?
I enjoy reading Jessica’s food posts at PixelBunny. Being a fellow Torontonian, its nice to read about restaurants in the area…despite the fact that I don’t usually indulge in more extravagant restaurants.

7 What was your most recent beauty item you repurchased?
Repurchased…hmmm…I think that would be Marcelle’s BB Cream. I am not a fan of the scent (which I suspect is from the aloe in the product), but for days when my skin is behaving (damn adult acne), I find that it suits my needs. I snagged the larger size for the reg tub price and was pretty excited.

8 What’s worse: Terribly drawn eyebrows or horribly chipped polish?
Terribly drawn eyebrows hands down. But keep in mind eyebrows are a huge thing for me…

9 Most affordable beauty favorite? Most expensive beauty favourite?
My most affordable beauty favourite would be the ELF eyebrow duo. So cheap, and it works just find in my routine. Most expensive would be the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Bricks, LOVE them. Takes me forever to get through one, but if I broke it or lost it, I would definitely look to replace it.

10 Any HG products?
MUFE HD foundation was a HG for me, UDPP, Annabelle Gleam, Benefit Coralista, Carmex balm…Really over the years the list has gotten longer but I’ll stop there.

11 Go-to nail colour?
If I am going subtle, then my go to would be Quo by Orly Chestnut
If I am going for something more loud, it would be OPI Let Me Entertain You
In the summer I reach for China Glaze Raspberry Festival
In the winter I reach for China Glaze Up All Night
Go to glitter is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Strobe Light
If we ignore colour, and go for finish, my favourite finish would be holo or flakie.

Versatile Blogger Award…

Thanks Jessica at Pixelbunny for nominating me. I’m usually quite bad at these, so don’t really do them…but here goes.

blogger award

Here are the rules once nominated:

Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.

Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly. ( I would add, pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent!)

Well, there are a few on my list who have done it already, but you can check some of the bloggers I love reading on the right —>

Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

These are the following bloggers I nominate for the Versatile Blogger Award:

And finally, 7 random facts about me:

1. I will eat ice cream no matter how cold it is.
2. I can deal with the cold, as long as there is snow.
3. I like using 0.38 pens, and tend to hoard them if I find one I really like.
4. I prefer going to Korean restaurants that have Donkatsu on the menu. My mother’s food has spoiled me, and thus I am not easily satisfied eating Korean out. It is hard to screw up Donkatsu, so I usually stick with that.
5. I could read a day away…plus a few more.
6. I might not take the best, but I love taking pictures. I got my first Nikon when I was in gr.3. Except my mom was convinced I would break it…
7. I love swinging on swings. As a child we had one in our room doorway. Something we brought back from Korea. Twas awesome.

Also my mini giveaway ends tonight.
So check out THIS post to see if you meet the requirements

The last two weeks on Instagram…

I forgot to do the week before, so I will do January 14-20 first…

I haven’t seen the deer in a bit…so I was excited when I saw them. The weird thing was…they wouldn’t move…which worried me cause I started worrying that they might attack me for disturbing their meal time. Luckily for me, they didn’t care about me. They can’t eat me. So they side glanced me, then resumed their eating. But it was amusing. I haven’t been this close to the deer since my Safari, or Marine Land days.

I went to Chapters at Runnymede. The Chapters there is housed in an old cinema (pictures here on google). Anyway that is where I got to see the Random House Rainbow Vintage collection in person. I want it…cause it looks gorgeous xD

Since my cold is still lingering about, I haven’t been able to sleep properly. This day I figured that if I can’t sleep, might as well go to school early and do some readings or something. Anyway, this is how I like my library, quite, and empty!

I went to SDM, and found these guys on clearance. They were $4 each, and there were 5 bottles. I only bought 3, but I wished I had bought them all lol

I used my cold as an excuse to indulge in a Five Guys meal. I love eating here cause when you get fries, it is a meal in themselves. They take a huge scoop and just dump it in to the bag. Thus my burger is buried underneath all that lovely fries…

One of my high school friends celebrated his birthday on the weekend. So he hosted a house party. I got to try a few new drinks, and discovered a new love. The Barefoot Pinot Grigio was suggested by my friend, and well I found I REALLY liked it. And at $10 a bottle, a total steal for the taste.

Okay now January 21-27

I was expecting a long day, so I took a nap at the UTM library. Slightly noisy, but got some sleep in.

I got to see the Safe Haven Primere, and got to see both Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough. Both lovely folks. I was too shy to take pictures with them, but this is one I took of Josh taking a picture with one of his fans.

It was a gloomy day…so I thought it warranted a brighter lip~

I posted this later, but this was my dinner with my friend at Trimurti. Yummy food. If you have a chance to check out their Lunch Buffet, I say do it!

Mom wanted to buy me dinner. Unfortunately with the really tight schedule we couldn’t fit something lavish in. However I wanted this, so it was a meal I enjoyed. It helped that mom and I had fun chatting about the cute office workers who came to eat there as well lol

I needed to get some studying done, so I made my way to school, despite it being my day off. The snow was falling and it looked lovely. Unfortunately the library was super loud, so I left >_<

I went out with friends, and a friend of mine bought a Dufflet lemon cake. Super yummy. Problem was that the place we were at could not spare forks or plates for the cake…sooo…we attacked it with our forks. Then my friend had a great idea of cutting it up with the fork, which makes it easier to pick up…twas good times :D

NOTD. I did a sandwich. It is a harder to tell in the picture, but the glitter doesn’t really stand out as much as I layered a coat of China Glaze Innocence over it. I like it, milky looking, yet fun.

Mini Giveaway…

*******NO MORE ENTRIES!*******
I have already made a comment, and that ends the giveaway. Thank you for entering everyone. I appreciate you visiting this small blog of mine :) the winners are itscherz and procrastinator! Sorry ill do my best to set up the e-giftcards by tomorrow and send them out to you!
I will also have another smaller giveaway in March :)
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So this is the mini giveaway that I mentioned I would hold.

This is just a way to end a rather nice week for myself, and wanted to share with others.

Here is the deal. I have given a few heads up during the last few weeks.

In order to enter, you need to have made a comment on the blog, one was enough, or be a current Twitter/Instagram follower before this post goes up (seeing as its not that many I will be checking). This helps to weed out giveaway poachers. Plus it is a thanks for my readers, who come check out whatever I have to offer once in awhile. Which I am ever so grateful for!

You also need to be Canadian, as this features Canadian companies.

So, those who meet the requirement, just enter by leaving a comment on which you would prefer. I will need an email address so either leave it in the comment or in the form. Which ever way you do it, ensure that you put it in correctly as I will copy and paste the email. If you are a twitter follower you could choose to leave your Twitter handle.

The prize is two $50 gift certificate to Nail Polish Canada or Well.ca (maybe somewhere else, depending if I can find decent etailers.

There will be two winners, and the funds are drawn from my own, these are not sponsored from the respective sites.

This contest will end a week from today, thus next Sunday about 9pm EST.

Thanks for reading and visiting this blog of mine, for whatever length of time you have come for. I appreciate it all :)

**edit: I’ve decided to do one more giveaway in March. So if you are not eligible this time around, do one of the requirements to be eligible later :) **