Current Favourites/Obsessions- Make Up

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Make up for school

Hiiiii! It's been a suuuuuper long while since I've blogged here.. My mac was corrupted and blogging on the iMac is just no so I decided to take some time off.. HAHA Don't really know what to blog about also because I haven't been shopping for make up much ever since I quit my previous job~~ BUUUTTTT I've got a new job so I guess I can start buying make up again soon :D *squeals*

Can't decide if I should blog about make up I wear to school or my current favourites... hmm..

I think I'll just talk about the make up I use for school yas since I use the products that I'm currently in love with anyways~

Okay so as I mentioned in like.. April I think.. I've stopped wearing foundation regularly. I only use foundation when I club or like when its a special occasion. omg maybe I should do my clubbing make up??? omg kk next post.

Anw, so because I was having some dry skin issues in the beginning half of the year, I was on the search for a new foundation that wasn't gonna be drying. Then I stumbled across the Nars Tinted Moisturiser. I have never own a TM before and I was quite hesitant because I haven't heard anything (at that time) bout this tm. The ones that are usually talked about are usually like the Laura Mercier one so I started doing some research about it and it actually had good reviews!
So since I love Nars, I just decided to give it a try. I wasn't sure what to expect.. I didn't know whether it was gonna be like a bb cream~ cause bb creams clog my pores so I don't use them although I looooove the Garnier bb cream sigh.
I used it for the first time and fell in love straight away. Like its so moisturizing and like it was really damn good for my skin at that time because my skin was really dry like mad. There were days where I would powder and days where I don't. This product transfers though because it's not a foundation. Its doesn't set to a matte or powder finish. It FEELS like a heavy moisturizer in my opinion. It doesn't provide much coverage. It has a very strong yellow tint so it is super good for my uneven skin tone. I have a lot of redness around my cheek and nose area and the sides of my nose are like purple HAHA so this just evens it out, not perfectly, but to a naturally evened tone.  It doesn't cover blemishes very well too, but I don't mind because that's honestly not my concern because I don't normally conceal pimples and all because I just can't be bothered hahaha so yeah I have been using this on a daily (whenever I use make up) basis and it's fine for me :)
I would also just powder it with any powder I'm feeling for that day~ It's either the Rimmel Stay Matte (it doesn't really keep me matte tho) or the Sephora Mattifying powder compact ( I NEVER REALISED HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS UNTIL I REALISE IT'S ALMOST GONE!)

I usually just use a bit of bronzer on my cheeks with some blush. I busted out my body shop bronzer that I bought in like... 2011 HAHAHA yeah I love it cause it gives me like a bronzed look without any shimmer and its not muddy. I would say that it's a bit on the orange side but it's okay for me cause of my yellow/golden/olive (i'm still unsure cause no one can figure it out) undertone. Recently bought a Catrice blush though and it's a brownish color and I've been really liking it too! So cheap some more!  LAAAVVV IT!

I usually use either my Nars blushes or the Tarte or The Balm ones depending on my mood HAHA but it's usually one of the 4.

HATE THE STUPID NARS PACKAGING IT GETS SO DIRTY. but it looks nice nice :')

My eye make up for school honestly varies, but on most days I would just use my Nars eye primer +  Mac painterly paint pot or like a skin tone eye shadow all over my lids and maybe a slightly slightly dark color to define my crease. The only reason I do this is because my eye lids are very dark and like if I don't conceal it I just look dead. So I do that and I use mascara and that's basically it for most days. Unless I'm feeling fancy and decided to use any eye shadow I'm feeling that day.

Step 1

 

Step 2

This is very old but it never runs out!!

I think they changed all the formulas to Prolongwear for their paint pots tho, they last a lot longer imo :)

Step 1: SUPER WATER+ BUDGE PROOF (Y)

Step 2: Any 1 of these, sometimes skip step 2 and just use the Heroine Make! 

My brows never change. I always use my Catrice eyebrow kit thing cause the colors match my brows perfectly :> and it was so affordable also like only 7SGD+ I think?! love good cheap make up

My lips would usually just be a tinted lip balm or a lip liner all over with a bit of lipstick or gloss.

So yup that's usually my make up I wear whenever I wear make up nowadays.

Think I might do a clubbing make up tutorial post soon cause it's important to use make up that is budge proof because of the sweating and dancing all in clubs hahahahahah

Okay that's all for now :)

Lots of love,

Alexandria ♡

Current contents of my make up pouch- April 2014

Hi hi I just felt like sharing what is currently residing in my make up pouch for those who like to kpo like me HAHAHA
I used to not have a make up pouch but I find that it's much easier than walking up and down from my mirror to my make up storage table so I just put everything I usually use in this pouch. 

I don't use them all on an everyday basis but these are the products that have been in my make up pouch for the past few months! I don't even use some but they're just in there just in case~

Let me know if you want me to review any item in particular? ☺

Face Products

NARS Tinted Moisturiser

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer 

TheBodyShop Bronzer 

NARS Blush

TARTE Amazonian Clay Blush

BENEFIT HighBeam Highlighter

SEPHORA Mattifying Powder Foundation

Eye Products

CATRICE Eye Brow Set

NARS Pro Prime Eye Shadow Primer

MAC Paintpot

MAYBELLINE Colour Tattoo

BOBBIBROWN LongWear Gel Eye Liner

CATRICE Eye Liner (Review coming up)

MAC Eye Khol

STILA Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner

URBAN DECAY Cannonball Mascara

MAYBELLINE The Falsies Mascara

BENEFIT They're Real! Mascara

COVERGIRL Clumpcrusher Mascara

Lip Products

MAYBELLINE Baby Lips

INNISFREE Lip Stain

MAC Lipstick

Tools

SHU UEMURA Eyelash Curler

REAL TECHNIQUES Stippling, Blush and Buffing Brush

ELIANTO Random Fluffy Eye Shadow Brush

ZOEVA Wing Eye Liner Brush 

Lots of love,

Alexandria ♡

2013 Favourites

This is a super late 2013 favourites but better late than never ☺

I didn't know which posts to do first so I figured why not start 2014 with my favourites from 2013!

I started using more make up last year and I've discovered some pretty good products that I've fallen in love with. 

I shall pick 1 out of every category to make sure it's really my favourite favourite.

BEAUTY

Foundation: 

Was thinking long and hard about this and I think that it's got to be my Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua. I strayed away for awhile but I recently fell back in love with this foundation. I couldn't decide between this or the Shiseido but I think I have to go with this. It's probably my HG foundation. This foundation always makes my skin look amazing. Like it's so natural and like it's not heavy at all. It doesn't conceal every single flaw but I just makes my skin look nice. I don't really know how to explain it but it's really amazing ☺

Price: 75 SGD ( Not sure if it increased! But I'll be repurchasing soon so if it's not I'll update!)

Concealer: 

DEFINITELY WITHOUT A DOUBT MAC PROLONGWEAR. This concealer is really bomb.com I swear. The main concern for my skin is my redness and discoloration. I'm not really too anal about concealing pimples or whatever cause that's just me. This concealer is super amazing and sometimes when I don't feel like using foundation I just use this on my 'problem areas'. It's quite high coverage but super light weight. Super love. If I could recommend a concealer it would definitely be this! ( let me know if anyone wants a post on concealers I've tried yeah ☺) 

Price: 30SGD

Eye Liner:

I literally only use one eye liner for my top lash line and it's the Bobbi Brown Longwear Gel Liner. This eye liner is probably my HG for now. I use it like every time I wear eye liner. It's super easy to work with ( But I haven't really tried other gel liners). I've only tried the Maybelline one before this like maybe 2 years ago. It dries out super fast ( Maybelline). The Bobbi Brown one doesn't smudge that badly unless you're wearing it for like 12 hours. My eye lids are the type that no matter eye liner you use it will print on the top because my lids space is quite small. ( I don't really know how to explain) HAHA but any was yeah this is my favourite favourite gel liner and I have it in like 3 colours. ☺

Price: 40 SGD

Mascara: 

This is a tough one because I've tried so many mascaras in 2013. I think I would have to go with Benefit's They're Real. It doesn't clump your lashes and it makes them look natural thick. I hate clumpy mascaras and the mascaras I use are normally the kind where you don't look like you're even using mascara. This mascara isn't waterproof though. That's the only downside so I don't use this on my bottom lashes! ☹

Price: 16SGD for the small bottle/tube

          37 SGD

Eye Shadow:

I'm not really an eye shadow person but if I had to pick it would be the Naked 2 palette although I only got it in December. I used the Sleek palettes before I bought the Naked 2 but if I had to I would choose the Naked 2. The shadows have quite a lot of fallout though so be careful. Other than that, the colours are amaaaaazing! Super love cause I always stick to neutrals~ The most colour I've worn is probably a navy blue smokey eye for clubbing with the Sleek palette HAHA 

Price: 83 SGD

Contour: 

Definitely the Sleek Contour Kit in Light. Nothing more to say. This contour kit is amazing. The brown is not too orange and not too muddy on my skin and it's just perfect~~~ Love love love

Price: 17 SGD

Blush:

Started wearing more blush towards the end of the year only and it's only because of the Sleek blush by 3 palette. I've mentioned it in another favourites video so I won't say much about it here. Sleek blushes are amazing and I have the single ones too! Definitely recommend ☺

Price: Single- 14 SGD

          Blush by 3- 20 SGD

Lips:

Again with lip products I've only got into them like maybe in October after hanging with Flo HAHA I don't have that many lip products but I guess the one that I've got to pick would be the Revlon Lip butters. Talked about it in a favourites video as well. I just got 2 new colours that Singapore doesn't carry thanks to Pearlyn who got them for me from US. Thanks babe :* This lip butters are not drying and when you reapply it doesn't have that dry texture that lipsticks give. It's super amazing cause the only lip product(s) I used to use were lip balms or at most tinted lip balms so this is like the next level. Anyone who's starting out with lip products should definitely try the lip butters ☺I have a feeling they're gonna start melting soon though when the weather gets warmer. Let's hope not!! 

Price: 15.90 SGD ( If I'm not wrong! They've reduced the prices)

Hair Product:

This is super hard but I need to cheat and choose 2 cause I think I must have both these 2 products no matter what although I alternate. They are the Tsubaki Hair Treatment and the Essential Hair Mask ( Pink one) I have used multiple tubs and tubes of these and I really think I can't live without them. They always make my hair feel so damn fabulous and they smell amazing. Please try them. Please!!

Price: Tsubaki- 17.90 SGD ( Not very sure actually but around there hahaha)

          Essential- 9.90 SGD 

Will try and do a skincare post soon once I'm done testing out products ☺ Still reviewing some masks and treatments!

Hope this post was helpful to anyone who wants to buy more make up or looking for new products to try!!

PS: I've had deactivated my ask.fm so if you have any requests or questions you can email me @ alexandriadecosta@gmail.com :D

Lots of love,

Alexandria ♡

My Eyebrows

Someone asked me about my brows so I've decided to share what I've done to them.

I used to get them threaded at this Indian shop at East Point before the mall went under renovation. Their only other outlet is at Kallang and there's no way I'm gonna travel there just to get my brows done so I was on the look out for a new brow house. Didn't want to go back to Browhaus cause the price was just increasing and increasing and I couldn't justify the price so my best friends and I stopped going there. Anyways, my colleague recommended her brow place which was Sophia Brow House and the outlet she goes to is the Marine Parade one ( near Parkway). Gave it a try and ended up signing a package HAHA So yeah I go there to do my brows.

Note: I do do my brows on my own sometimes when I'm bored but I treat brow threading as a treat to myself HAHA

My brow situation: I have relatively thick brows because the hair strands are thick but I don't have a lot of brow hair. So I have irritating gaps within my brows which make them disappear in pictures.

My hair is a lot lighter now and my brows were quite dark so I decided to be yolo and DIY bleach them and they were a success! 

Bought the bleach powder and solution cream thing from a random beauty supply shop near my house that I'd never been to. Didn't even watch any tutorials and just decided to common sense it. Thank God they turned out fine! 

Anyways, I just mixed the powder and solution till it formed a paste and covered my brows with it. I did it like 3 times for about 5-7 minutes each time cause I was scared I would completely bleach them off. 

Here are some pics~

Ignore my red face please.

My brows are now lighter and easier to fill them in cause sometimes filling them in would make them quite full and I don't like full brows. I like them like naturally full but like not full full. HAHA 

Products I use on my brows:

I used to use the MAC Brow Set in Showoff on my brows with the Essence Brow Pencil in Dark Brown when my hair was darker because these products have a red undertone and my hair has a natural red tint.

Ever since I dyed my hair ash blonde ( it's fading) I've been using the Essence Brow Pencil in Blonde and any light brown eye shadow I have. I fill in my brows pretty lightly in the front and darker at the ends cause I don't have much hair there. I use hair spray to set them nowadays :) I spray the hair spray on a spoolie and just brush my brows :)

Review on products:

MAC Brow Set: It's good I guess. It's the only brow gel I've ever used so I have nothing to compare it too. When I use this I use it alone. I don't draw before because it's quite dark. 

Essence Brow Pencils: I love these pencils HAHA they are super cheap and they last well on my brows. Definitely recommend!!!! (Y)

Will be back for another product review tmr!!! 

Lots of love,

Alexandria ♡

Holiday/Resort Make Up

So a few days ago someone asked what kind of make up I would wear to a resort if I was on holiday. To be honest, I don't usually wear make up when I'm on holidays hahaha UNLESS I'm gonna be taking pictures then of course I would wanna look nice HAHA!

These are the products I would use:

Sunblock

Sunkiller BB & Biore Perfect Face Milk

These are just the 2 sunblocks I'm currently using. The pink one provides a little bit of coverage, hardly any. It just takes the redness off my face cause my cheeks and nose are always always red in the day. Think it's the heat in Singapore. 

This (Sunkiller) provides light coverage with good sun protection ( super important) :) I would totally just use this as a base :)

The Biore one just controls the oils on my face. No tint or anything it's just transparent :)

Eyelid Primer

MAC Paintpots in Painterly, MAC Pro Long Wear Paintpots in Frozen Violet & Chilled on Ice

I use the mac paint pots as a base before my eye liner/ mascara. Just to control the oil on my lids.

Waterproof mascara

Urban Decay Cannonball Mascara

Super water proof! But it's a burden to remove!

Waterproof/ long wearing eye liner

Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Liner

No reason actually. I just love this eyeliner and this is the one I use. It's not that waterproof actually. It can smudge after awhile but that's on my eyes. 

Lip balm 

Maybelline Babylips & Nivea Essential Care

Personal favorites although they have no SPF

Super super important to use a lip balm with SPF to protect your lips and keep them hydrated!

Personally, if I was gonna swim I wouldn't use any make up at all because I have this thing about clogging up my skin and I'm just paranoid I guess. I would only use these products if I were hanging around the resort or pool with no intention of swimming or whatsoever :)

Hope this helps!! If you have any products to recommend or want me to do reviews on please let me know! And also please feel free to request more posts :)

Lots of love,

Alexandria ♡