June Favorites

With the heat of the sun, I make sure that I’m using products that contain SPF to protect my skin before sun exposure. Wow, another month had passed and here we go again for the monthly favorites.


I purchased some products at Macy’s one time which includes bonus offer including products shown at 1-A to 1E with other few more products. Im impressed with how much I used it for the past month 1A Lancome Color Design Molten Shore quad. It includes beige color named Flower (sheen), right top is Turquoise Blue(metallic), bottom left is Violet heat (metallic pink gold) and lastly Lava (shimmery dark bronze). Isn’t it perfect for summer?! 1B is Lancome color design Blush in Shimmer Mocha Havana, looks natural with your tan color. 1C Color Design in color Pink Attitude (shimmer) 1D Color Design in color Oh! My! 1E Color Design in color Vintage Rose (sheen). These three are very light and shimmery. Perfect for everyday use. For the face, I make sure that my foundation comes with SPF, 2 its MAC Studio FIx Fluid No 35, a little dark for my skin but I feel its perfect for summer. It gives full coverage, I just hate the smell. But overall, I never had breakouts with MAC products which is great. 3 Benefit Pore fessional Pro balm -- I used this as face primer before applying foundation to minimize the appearance of pores. What I love about Benefit is its gentle to skin and mild to use. I never had problems too with benefit products. I recommend them for face primers and cheek stains. 4 NARS bronzer in Laguna color. Again perfect for the season, I used it to contour my face, I used it at the sides of the face, jaw line and top of the forehead. 5 Laura Mercier Secret Concealer in No. 3, I used it on my dark spots, I love its consistency, also perfect for under eye. 6 MAC Suntints SPF 20 Lip balm in Full of Grace color. Again, rarely you can find lip balm with SPF, I apply it before sun exposure, typical lip balm, highly shimmery and i love it to death. Too bad it comes at 10ml, I wish I could find bigger one for the future. 7 MAC Splashproof Lash. This is a great mascara. It certainly does its job. It makes your lashes stand out and volumizes. Its super black and a great top coat to other mascaras so they don't smudge. Made for sports, I used it often when we go to the beach. Thickens and lengthens! Don’t forget your favorite lash curler too. 8 Clinique bottom lash mascara in black, its long wearing formula, ideally made for bottom lashes. 9 Okay, I have tons of mascara, another favorite is Lancome Hypnose Drama, if you want instant volume, this will do the job, i love it so much! 10 MAC Retro in Satin, perfect red for me at least, I used it when I want to add color to my face, love it! 11 MAC Pro Longwear in Faithfully Yours, a little dark brown, highly pigmented, I used it with blue or gray eyeshadows. 12 My favorite cologne for the month, Fresh in Redcurrant basil, I love Fresh products, you need to try it yourself. 13 My inexpensive secret for wavy hair. I got lots of compliments when Im using this moose -- Tresemme Flawless Curls. I used it on my damp hair and just let it dry. The result is amazing!

Above are my favorite nail polishes last month, I bought the Butter products at Ulta, China Glaze can be found anywhere, the fourth one is new OPI Nail Shatter Lacquer, I will post samples when it shatters on top of any regular nail polishes. The fifth one is OPI too and lastly is Hello Kitty in yellow color, I used it with my kids too, very light yet fun. Perfect for summer!

Hope you guys are enjoying the weather, stay safe and healthy!

Favorite Music of the month: Buddha Cafe Lounge Bar Music Club Album

May Favorites

Its a bit late but better late than never! Here’s a list of my favorite products that I often used last May.

1 I used to love Pantene but stopped using it for quite a long time. Guess what! now I’m loving it, its Pantene Restore Beautiful Lengths Shampoo, 2 Conditioner 3 Replenishing Mask 4 Smoothing Balm. It provides damage protection for your long hair and strengthens it to help avoid future damage. This is also good for those trying to grow their hair out. 5 MAC Fix+, I had this for years but really never used it that often. Now Im using it after my makeup and the result is amazing-- you’re makeup will look refreshed. It’s gentle aqua-spritz of vitamin and minerals, infused with a calm-the-skin blend of Green Tea, Camomile, Cucumber, topped off with the fresh, natural, energizing scent of Sugi. I love it, you can also use it to blend mineral eyeshadows. 6 Rimmel London Lash Accelerator-- my eye lashes have never been healthier looking than ever before. The formula in this mascara is supposed to help repair lashes and keep them from falling out and this is exactly what it does with my lashes, so I’m happy with it. And its very inexpensive mascara, you can buy it at any drugstores. 7 MAC wonder woman powder blush in Amazon Princess, its bigger than any MAC blusher that I know, its a duo, one side in magenta and the other in berry, when combined, its perfect for spring look, i love it! 8 Neutrogena Makeup remover cleansing towelette, inexpensive than MAC Bulk Wipes cleansing towelettes that I used before, it also removes waterproof mascara, very gentle and smells good too. I bought mine at costco. 9 Lush Bubble gum Lip scrub, I love using it, taste good but its main use is to exfoliate your lips by rubbing sugar-bubble gum flavor-like scrubs on your dry, cracked lips to make them smooth and supple again, I love it! 10 After exfoliating or simply make my lips smoother, I use Rosebud Strawberry Lip Balm, I bought it Sephora, its gentle and okay to use for kids. 11 Naked Palette, perfect for everyday makeup, perfect for spring. You can do simple to dramatic eye makeup from this Palette, I highly recommend it to all beauties out there to add it in their makeup collection! 12 MAC Ravishing, its a cremesheen lipstick from Mac, coral in color and perfect for spring. It is smooth and stays on for hours. I spice it up by putting Viva Glam Gaga lipglass over it and it makes beautiful peachy glow on your lips. 13 Another product from Wonder Woman collection of Mac, Athena’s Kiss Lipglass, swatches below, highly pigmented, a cool-toned fuchshia pink with white and fuchsia shimmer on it.
Below were my favorite nail polishes for May. 1 Finger Paints in Paper Mache, I tweeted this before and I got a lot of compliments when I use this color. 2 Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat, has thick consistency but dries fast. It lasts longer than Seche Vite top coat, so I love it. 3 China glaze Wild mink, gorgeous rosy pink perfect for spring, very opaque, two coats do justice. I love it!
Lastly, my fave list won’t be complete without perfume. And the winner is Katy Perry’s Purr, very light , playful, and feminine. I used it almost everyday last month. The packaging is cute too, see picture below.

October Favorites

Here are my Favorites for the month of October from Facial cleanser to Perfume. These are the items I frequently used last month and been loving up to now. Hope you’ll like it too. Share also your October Favorites and comment below. Thanks!

URBAN DECAY NAKED PALETTE
Includes 12 best selling eyeshadows with newest shades like Buck, Darkhorse, and Virgin. Great for everyday look from bronzy, sultry smokey,or grey-hued shade combos. You’ll also get double-ended version of 24/7 eye pencil in zero(black) and whisky(warm brown) with mini genie bottle of eyeshadow primer potion. I love this!
Price $44.00


KIM KARDASHIAN’S SMOLDERING LIPS AND EYE COLOR COMPACT
Includes 3 eyeshadows for smokey effect, lip gloss/lip color and one cream blush. Perfect for creating smokey eye effect. It also comes with instructions and brushes. I bought this with kim’s perfume in a gift set. Unfortunately, I don’t like her perfume. I love this!


VERY HOLLYWOOD BY MICHAEL KORS
Seductive. Captivating. Luxurious.
Great for night outs, glamorous and fabulous Very hollywood classic. too nice for work! I love this!
Price $ 85.00


AVEENO CLEAR COMPLEXION DAILY CLEANSING PADS
The big cleansing pads are pre-moistened with salicylic acid and moisture-rich Soy extracts. It has has two sides, one smooth and the other side for gently exfoliating sensitive skins. After using, you will feel your face is so clean, moisturized and smooth.
Price $7.29


LIPSTICKS BY VICTORIA’S SECRET AND MAC
These are the lipsticks I frequently used last October.
From left: Perfect Lipstick by VS in Adored
Middle: Amplified Lipstick by MAC in Violetta
Right: Amplified Lipstick by MAC in Blankety
From the three, I used blankety more often if Im wearing smokey-eye look, its nude and pink beige. I love these lipsticks!
Price $12.00 | 15.50 | 14.50


ALMAY ONE COAT DIAL UP MASCARA
The first mascara I bought with dialer. The adjustable dial allows you to control the level of lash fullness from 1 to 3, and 3 as being the heaviest coat. I use it only in one coat and it gives me the look I wanted. I love this mascara!
Price $8.49


SMOKEY EYE WAND BY PIXI
I use this on top of my eyeshadows, to create smokey eyes. I also use it alone when I’m in a hurry. The wand comes with a sponge tip applicator at the top and when you take off the cap, the tip is loaded with eyeshadow in Black Silver, very handy! I bought it Hautelook.com but I saw one at Target.
Price $19.99