The Body Shop Geisha Doll Lip and Cheek Stain

Hello loves!

The Body Shop has something super cute in-store for you this holiday season.

Most of you might already know that their bestselling product in the country is their lip and cheek stain. Well, this really good product just became more awesome. They've added a new shade and it's inside this very, very cute geisha doll packaging!

OMG! This is just cuteness overload!!!!!!

 Below are their press releases for some info about this product:

First of all, I just can't get enough of this really, really, ridiculously cute packaging. I really like that the bun of the hair is the handle of the applicator. They really put some thought in this design. They made it really cute but still not too bulky. Super, duper like! (But even if it is bulky, I'd still carry this in my purse because it's just really cute!)

The box and packaging has all the important info labeled on them.

The shade is red which is pretty close to the one that the geisha in the design is wearing.

You won't get any leaks with this packaging. It's a twist-up bottle and you can just close it tightly and you won't encounter that problem.

This is the applicator.

Swatch on hand

On my lips

Ummm... make sure you moisturize your lips really well when you use this. I just scrubbed my lips here and it emphasized the parts where there used to be dry patches. :P

I achieved that color after 2-3 coats of the stain. You can easily control how red you want your lips and cheeks to be. It's not like those tints that are too dark and pigmented that you have to hurry to spread so that it won't make those weird strong colored patches on the skin. But you still have to spread it nicely, okay? I suggest you use your fingers or a soft sponge. Hehe. :P

 For the cheeks, I dabbed 2-3 dots per cheek to create that subtle blush. It really warms up the skin. It really looks good for a simple makeup during the holidays.

This can stay up to 5 hours on me as a lippie unless I eat or drink. As a cheek tint, probably less because of my oily face. But I bet this can last even half a day to those who have dry to normal skin.

And that's all for this post. Check out the new Geisha Doll Lip and Cheek Stain at any of the branches of The Body Shop near you! Go and doll yourself up!!! 

So what do you think of this holiday treat from The Body Shop? Don't you just love this Geisha Doll themed product? Don't you find the packaging really cute too? 

Cheers,
DAWN

Makeup Experiment #01 : Vireza is a Geisha

 Hey everyone!

I have mentioned before that I've been doing a series of creative makeovers with my classmates. 

This is actually something we just came up with since we are free from all the schoolwork and just waiting for our graduation day.

Everything from the makeup, costume, hairstyle, photography, lighting, modelling and editing were all done by us! We can say that we applied here some of the things we've learned during our 4-year stay in the College of Fine Arts majoring in Advertising Arts! Plus, this can serve as the creative shot for our graduation photos since majority of my friends (including me) only took the package wherein we were in our toga. Kuripot much?

 If you love doing makeovers and prettifying people, get your beauty school diploma and turn your love of makeup into a career.
 

So first up in our series of makeovers is a geisha theme. You might be wondering why I chose this... It's actually inspired from my thesis. I illustrated scenes from the novel by Arthur Golden, "Memoirs of a Geisha." I am so in-love with the geisha culture that I want to do a makeover inpired by it. I chose Vireza to be my model because out of all my friends, she looks the most 'Japanese.'

These are the people behind this shoot:

Makeup by : Yours truly

Hairstyle : Abbigail Ambrosio

Model : Vireza Wynn Yu

Photo by : Me again!

Place taken : My room (Yes, it has awesome lighting)

 And here are the pictures!!

Quite different from the simple Vireza we're used to seeing.

 See?

Here are more shots!

 The right photo is my favorite! ♥

It would have been nicer if she was wearing long sleeves! Haha! Fail!

Vireza actually doesn't like the feeling of the falsies but she still managed to pose very well and deliver awesome photos! Very professional! Magmowdelz ka na, Vire!

It was a funny shoot since Vireza is only wearing a bathrobe and her hair accessories came from the artificial flowers that are displayed on our living room. Talk about being resourceful! Haha!

There are actually more photos from my classmates' cameras but they haven't uploaded them yet so I can't include them in this post. :(

 It's something we find really fun to do since we get to pour a lot of creative juices we have. Plus, we have to portray different themes and famous celebrities. Stay tuned for more. Next in line to be blogged soon is a Twiggy inspired look!

 So what do you think of these photos?

Cheers,

DAWN