☆✭Musings of an Offbeat Biped✭☆

Friday, January 7, 2011

Nostalgia

I remember munching on these back in the day:

Being away from home only intensifies how much I miss the food.

Family will remain despite geographic distance.

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

-from An American Tale

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

HauteLook $2 Urban Decay Haul

Being a member of Haute Look has it's perks! I got Urban Decay items for $2.00 a pop!

Big Fatty Colored Mascara - Flipside (bright teal)

Ink For Eyes - Pyrotechnics (cream liner)

Loose Pigment - Asphyxia (bright pink with a hint of purple)

Loose Pigment - Yeyo (bright white)

Smoke Out Eye Pencil - Maui Wowie (dark khaki)

The packaging looks so chic!

Ink For Eyes - Pyrotechnics

Out of curiosity, I tested the product on my eyelid and there wasn't much of a difference.

I like how the brush is easy to manipulate and that the cream eyeliner applies so smoothly.

The double-ended applicator makes the products easy to use.

Big Fatty Colored Mascara -Flipside

To break away from black mascara, I purchased a bright teal color.

I had to repeatedly apply the mascara for the color to cling on my eyelashes.

It claims to volumize lashes in which this product didn't deliver.

I do enjoy the color as it's a refreshing alternative to black and that it wasn't clumpy at all.

Asphyxia and Yeyo

Eyeshadow looks before and after eyeshadow application.

No mascara or liner.

A combination of Asphyxia and Yeyo,

I used the eyeshadow I applied on my hand.

Asphyxia

Me: Amor, do you see the difference?

*He peers at me*

Jordan: Uhm... It's shiny?

Adds a tinge of color.

It looks heavily pigmented but this is a very light eyeshadow.

I believe it's best to blend with a darker pink shade to achieve the desired effect.

Yeyo

Brings shimmer to your eyes.

This would make a great top coat for any look that needs a wash of color.

Since I didn't want to waste the loose pigment shadows, I used one of my own brushes from my modest brush kit.

It was a gift from my oldest sister after a trip to Hong Kong.

I got another blog award.

Thank you, Jocee!

I'd like to pass this award to:

Toni Tidbits

1. I'm Spanish-Chinese-Filipino

2. I abhor being in the limelight.

3. I'm bashful yet I know when to exert myself.

4. I have the appetite of a man - or maybe even worse.

5. I want to venture into advertising.

6. I like it when my husband tugs my toes. LOL.

7. I collect scarves, vintage rings&bangles and stuffed animals

Rules:

1. THANK THE PERSON WHO GAVE YOU THE AWARD

2. LIST 7 THINGS ABOUT YOUR SELF

3. NAME THE BLOGS YOU'D LIKE TO AWARD

P.S. Watch out for my upcoming giveaway!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Blog Awards

Well, well... Holy Frijoles! I just received three blog awards!

I was channeling Shrek L-O-L!

I received the Stylish Blogger Award from Bianca and the Versatile Blogger Award from Dinorah and Lilit.

Rules from Bianca's award:

1. THANK THE PERSON WHO GAVE YOU THE AWARD

2. LIST 7 THINGS ABOUT YOUR SELF

3. NAME THE BLOGS YOU'D LIKE TO AWARD

Rules from Dinorah and Lilit's awards:

1. Thank and link back to who gave you the award

2. Share 7 things about yourself

3. Pass it along to 7 beauty blogs you've recently discovered and enjoy

4. Leave your recipient a note, telling them about the award

Since the rules are rather similar, I'll list 7 things about myself in stead of summing them up.

7 Toni Tidbits

1. I'm anal retentive to the extent of excessively cleaning everything in sight. I cannot live in a pigsty. It seriously disgusts me.

2. I'm the bargain queen. You can boast of your possessions and it won't impress me. I'm blown away with fashion steals and grocery deals. Lets be practical.

3. I'm a middle child of five children. No, I don't have the supposed feeling of neglect from either parent. If anything, they molded me to develop my creativity.

4. I like to sew and fix things. Ever since I was little, I enjoyed piecing things together and making them look as if they're brand new. The needle in a sewing sense is my friend.

5. My favorite color is red.I'll confess to purchasing items just because they're a luscious shade of red.

6. I'm allergic to seafood and alcohol.

7. I'm not an animal person but since my husband has a bolognese-poodle, I have learned to tolerate them yet I still abhor the shedding, smell, licking and the list goes on.

Now, the hard part. I pass the Versatile Blogger award to:

I pass the Stylish Blogger Award to:

Marilou

Michelle

Gaby