I also want to mention the giveaway Mirukuma is having. The giveaway is in celebration of the new Closet Child Value Packs (available until Aug 17th). There are some really fantastic items in this giveaway, so take look!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Mirukuma Shop and Service Review
A few weeks ago, I was looking around the internet for Paris Kids, and stumbled upon the Mirukuma livejournal and after a little more searching, the website. Kat who runs it is a student in Japan and besides running the shop with instock items, she also offers a shopping service. This was at the end of July and I decided to do one last splurge before cutting myself off for August. One the stores she can get to was SWIMMER and after some browsing on their site, decided to be good and just go with the Alice wallet they had; I also wanted to buy an older Angelic Pretty bracelet and really adorable SWIMMER skeleton brooch she up in the shop.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Product Love July 2013
I love watching monthly favorite videos on Youtube and seeing what people think of various items, and I thought I would start doing a favorites post here, which I will call Product Love. Since I actually got to use and try out a few new things this past month, I thought this would be a good start.
First, The Face Shop's bubble maker. The purpose of a bubble maker (or foaming net) is to create a thicker lather from your face cleanser than you would otherwise. You wet the net, place your cleanser on it, rub your palms together to creat the foam and then squeeze it out. This is probably the best beauty tool I've ever bought. It produces a very thick foam, and a little bit of cleanser goes a long way.
First, The Face Shop's bubble maker. The purpose of a bubble maker (or foaming net) is to create a thicker lather from your face cleanser than you would otherwise. You wet the net, place your cleanser on it, rub your palms together to creat the foam and then squeeze it out. This is probably the best beauty tool I've ever bought. It produces a very thick foam, and a little bit of cleanser goes a long way.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Just a quick post
Look forward to better quality pictures on my blog. I'm now the proud owner of a Canon Rebel T3. It's actually a belated graduation gift from my parents. I had decided I wanted a new camera but had my heart set on getting a film camera. However, I later decided that since it's extremely difficult to get film developed now a days, I would go with a digital one but could never decide which one I wanted. Now, 3 years later, I have my camera and I'm very happy with it.
And if anyone is interested, I'm finally using Pinterest. I had actually created an account a few months ago, but never really got into it until now. Check out what I have if you're curious and let me know if you have one.
And if anyone is interested, I'm finally using Pinterest. I had actually created an account a few months ago, but never really got into it until now. Check out what I have if you're curious and let me know if you have one.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Summer Vacation 2013
After a fantastic week roadtripping with friends, I'm now back home. Alex is trying to get settled in LA and I'm adjusting back to being home.
Last week was pretty awesome. The drive down to LA wasn't that bad besides the typical idiots on the road and having to deal with equally dumb pedestrians, especially in San Francisco. Including the incredibly hot weather, those would be the only negatives of the trip. Was far too busy talking, laughing, and shopping to focus on the little things.
The first day on the road we stopped in Portland to visit Powell's Bookstore and Voodoo Donuts. I highly recommend that everyone must try at least one of their donuts (especially their cake donuts). They have a couple of locations and after driving around in circles, made it to the one outside of downtown which thankfully did not have a line going out the door and we were lucky enough to see a wedding. We stopped at Ashland for the night and had a quick bite to eat from the diner (service far from great but excellent food) before crashing.
Last week was pretty awesome. The drive down to LA wasn't that bad besides the typical idiots on the road and having to deal with equally dumb pedestrians, especially in San Francisco. Including the incredibly hot weather, those would be the only negatives of the trip. Was far too busy talking, laughing, and shopping to focus on the little things.
The first day on the road we stopped in Portland to visit Powell's Bookstore and Voodoo Donuts. I highly recommend that everyone must try at least one of their donuts (especially their cake donuts). They have a couple of locations and after driving around in circles, made it to the one outside of downtown which thankfully did not have a line going out the door and we were lucky enough to see a wedding. We stopped at Ashland for the night and had a quick bite to eat from the diner (service far from great but excellent food) before crashing.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Project 10 Pan Update
I've been wanting to get this post up for while, but have never been happy with it (this is re-write #4). It's been over a year since I started my lip gloss Project 10 Pan and thought I would share my thoughts on how things been going.
One, I have yet to finish up a gloss. Not that that is surprising - I tend to wear lip gloss on my days off since I prefer to wear lip balm at work. I also went through my collection and got rid of a bunch of my older glosses and others that just didn't grab my eye anymore. I think I might have cut my collection in half. I'm considering doing another purge but holding off at the moment. Going through my collection, I realized that I don't have many high end brand glosses - a couple from Buxom but that's it really. I really want to save a little and buy myself one or two Guerlain KissKiss gloss. Any recommendations on high end glosses?
One thing that this challenge has instilled in me is that I'm always thinking about what I do have in my collection whenever I was looking at a new gloss. I've also found that if I did pick up a gloss to buy, I usually would put it back since I would interest in it. This change in my spending and thinking about my collection is what I really wanted to come out of this endeavor.
I ended up wearing lip balm more often than gloss and tried out a few different ones: Maybelline Baby Lips in Quenched, Burt's Bees Nourishing Lip Balm with Mango Butter, EOS Smooth Sphere Lip Balm in Strawberry Sorbet, and Smith's Rosebud Salve. Of the four, I like the salve the best. Baby Lips has the type of finish I like to wear under lipsticks but I didn't find it that moisturizing. The other two I find to have a more waxy texture which I'm not the biggest fan of - I feel I have to put a lot on to feel like I'm wearing anything.
Lip gloss I wore the most: Rimmel London Stay Glossy in Always Lovely. I really love these lip glosses, especially to layer. Slick and moisturizing. I also really like Timless Allure when I want a darker lip.
Products I liked to use most when layering: MAC's Viva Glam Gaga and Pixi Beauty Magic Tink Tint. I love trying out different combinations and since I have quite a few pink lip glosses, these are very good bases for experimenting with. I especially like to use the Gaga lipstick (also my favorite MAC lipstick so far) since it can really change depending on what lip gloss I use.
I think I'm going to stop this Project 10 Pan, mostly because it'll never be finished and I think it's safe to say I've moved on from my lip gloss addiction. I'm focused on trying to use up my samples that have been collecting from my Glossyboxes. I try to keep my beauty collection under control for the most part but I would like to do a 'real' attempt at Project 10 Pan in the future.
One, I have yet to finish up a gloss. Not that that is surprising - I tend to wear lip gloss on my days off since I prefer to wear lip balm at work. I also went through my collection and got rid of a bunch of my older glosses and others that just didn't grab my eye anymore. I think I might have cut my collection in half. I'm considering doing another purge but holding off at the moment. Going through my collection, I realized that I don't have many high end brand glosses - a couple from Buxom but that's it really. I really want to save a little and buy myself one or two Guerlain KissKiss gloss. Any recommendations on high end glosses?
One thing that this challenge has instilled in me is that I'm always thinking about what I do have in my collection whenever I was looking at a new gloss. I've also found that if I did pick up a gloss to buy, I usually would put it back since I would interest in it. This change in my spending and thinking about my collection is what I really wanted to come out of this endeavor.
I ended up wearing lip balm more often than gloss and tried out a few different ones: Maybelline Baby Lips in Quenched, Burt's Bees Nourishing Lip Balm with Mango Butter, EOS Smooth Sphere Lip Balm in Strawberry Sorbet, and Smith's Rosebud Salve. Of the four, I like the salve the best. Baby Lips has the type of finish I like to wear under lipsticks but I didn't find it that moisturizing. The other two I find to have a more waxy texture which I'm not the biggest fan of - I feel I have to put a lot on to feel like I'm wearing anything.
Lip gloss I wore the most: Rimmel London Stay Glossy in Always Lovely. I really love these lip glosses, especially to layer. Slick and moisturizing. I also really like Timless Allure when I want a darker lip.
Products I liked to use most when layering: MAC's Viva Glam Gaga and Pixi Beauty Magic Tink Tint. I love trying out different combinations and since I have quite a few pink lip glosses, these are very good bases for experimenting with. I especially like to use the Gaga lipstick (also my favorite MAC lipstick so far) since it can really change depending on what lip gloss I use.
I think I'm going to stop this Project 10 Pan, mostly because it'll never be finished and I think it's safe to say I've moved on from my lip gloss addiction. I'm focused on trying to use up my samples that have been collecting from my Glossyboxes. I try to keep my beauty collection under control for the most part but I would like to do a 'real' attempt at Project 10 Pan in the future.
Friday, June 14, 2013
A Nice Cup of Tea
My friend Alex is moving down to LA at the end of the month and he wanted to get a group of friends to go have tea one more time before he left. I've never had a chance to go to the previous times tea had been planned so I was very excited and had high expectations since everyone who had gone just raved about their food.
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