Selena Gomez + Justin Bieber 2 in 1 Date Look - Makeup and Fashion

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Sweater: August Silk
Shirt: Hollister
Jeans: R&R
Wedges: RL (Ralph Lauren)
Gold Swirl Ring: RL
Gold Ring: I have no idea..
Silver Necklace: Again.. Clueless about its origins

ELF Day 2 Night Quad - Review and Swatches

The ELF Day 2 Night Quad (Can be found here or at various Target locations for $1) is an eyeshadow quad with four neutral, slightly smokey shades. It includes a shimmery gold pearlized off white, a dark, deepened purple with a definite sheen and slight multicolored micro-glitters, a black with a slight silver shimmer and an extremely shimmery medium-light taupe shade. I find that only some of these shadows reach my standards. The shimmery off white and the taupe shade have an obviously different finish yet, are very similar in finish to each other. They are more shimmery, pearlized and are a lot softer to the touch and when applied. I find these are also more pigmented but have a lot of fall out. I find that I need about three or four layers of the taupe shade with a MAC 239 on my lids to reach the opacity I like. These shadows are easy to blend but, I do find that they blend away a little too easily. In terms of the two middle shades (purple and black) I find that they are tougher when swatched on my hands and are a lot harder to blend out when used as a crease color or an outer color shade. These shades are also less pigmented and I find them almost an annoyance to use when I try them out. They do not blend easily enough and the finish when applied to the lid is matte. The black appears more like a darker grey on the lids.  I find that when I used my ELF eyeshadow primer these shadows lasted for about 5 hours without fading. When I used my bare study paintpot from MAC, they lasted slightly longer at about 6 hours. These shadows are some of the cheapest shadows you can find - they are $1 for 4 different shades. I do find that the packaging is slightly flimsy and is made out of a cheap plastic material. The lid seems very flimsy and the given applicator is scratchy. Although they are smaller than most shadows in quads - there is no specific .oz given on the packaging or the website. The taupe shade is lighter than MAC's Satin Taupe and less purple. It is also more pink, and slightly lighter than Wet n' Wild's Nutty.

Product: 4/10
Packaging: 3/10
Value: 6/10
Pigmentation: 3/10

Final Thoughts:  The two purple and black shades bring down both the pigmentation and product severely. If i simply judged the outer two shades, I would've given the product a 5/10. This is definitely my favorite option and I do not reach for this quad daily - unless I'm looking for these particular shades. If you are looking for some below average yet, overall okay eyeshadow quads for a good price, try these.

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New Scent from Bath and Body Works! - Paris Amour

I hardly ever follow all those limited edition scents from B&BW. They're almost worse than MAC when it comes to limited edition collections. Yet, I popped my head in recently when they were having a Buy 3,  Get 3 free sale of some sort. There's this new scent, it's called Paris Amour and will be released in August of 2011. It claims to have..
Top notes:
Sparkling Mandarin, Petite Strawberry, Cassis, Pink Apple Blossom, Dewy Freesia

Mid notes:
Luscious Peach, Jasmine Petals, French Tulip, Water Lily, Frangipani

Drydown notes:
French Vanilla, Coconut Milk, Amber Wood, Sandalwood, Creamy Musk


From B&BW: Paris Amour is the perfect scent for the fall. The essence of a woman who isn’t afraid of spontaneous adventure. Feminine and romantic,Paris Amour captures those first fleeting moments of falling in love: stolen glances from a beautiful stranger, a stroll down the Champs-Elysees, the unforgettable kiss.

The latest addition to the Signature Collection, Paris Amour evokes the enchanting spirit of the namesake city. Envelop yourself inParisian allure every day with a blend of sweet sparkling florals andwarm, creamy musk. A part of Bath & Body Works’ “Romantic” collection, Paris Amour is formulated to make you feel elegant, beautiful and chic.

I'm a huge fan of the top and middle notes, I always love myself a good fruity, floral scent. Yet, I'm not so sure how I feel about coconut and vanilla being in the bottom notes. I'm a fan of neither but, hopefully the combination will only enhance the muskiness of the other drydown scents. 

Now that that's over with, can we just look at the packaging? LOOK! It's absolutely beautiful. I'm going to have to get the perfume, because the packaging is just so cute. Everything. I'm not a huge pink person, or rainbow person at that. But this reminds me of one of my favorite cartoons when I was little. And yes, being the good asian I was, they were My Little Pony, Dragon Tales, Clifford, Cyberchase and some Japenese one about animal girls (there was lots of glitter and rainbows, and cupcakes!). Oh! I forgot pokemon.. how could I? 


Products include: Shower Gel ($10.50), Body Lotion ($10.50), Fragrance Mist ($12.50), Eau de Toilette ($29.50), Bubble Bath ($12.00), Shimmer Mist ($14.00), Select A Shimmer ($14.00) 

Reviews and Swatches of my makeup collection

I've decided that I want to start reviewing and swatching all of my makeup for you guys. Not only will it organize my makeup for myself and let me know what I think of each product but, it will also help me realize what I have and don't have. I also think this is helpful for people out there who are thinking about trying products from that brand or so on. I've decided to organize it by brand and then by whether it is an eyes, lips, faces, or a cheek product. I'm not quite sure how I'll organize it all, it's all very confusing to me. I'm still figuring that out. But, it will hopefully be helpful to both you and me!

One of those analogies

Solving our lives is like solving a Rubiks cube with an algorithm. You can only get so far before you give up. Yet, this effort is enough, because you almost get there. It is almost complete. But, you never achieve perfection - Nine identical perfect colored cubes lined up in rows. Somehow, I'm completely fine with being almost perfect.

Oh, If you'd like to solve a Rubiks Cube - watch the following video. Maybe you'll learn the secret to life through it.