Etude House Easy Drawing Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown

Hey everyone!

Sharing a quick swatch post today!

I bought an eyebrow pencil from BeautyMNL and it's the...

Etude House Easy Drawing Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown

My 2018 Althea Christmas Wishlist

Hello loves!

Christmas is just around the corner and you know what that means—Christmas Shopping Spree!!!

I'm actually guilty of shopping a bit early and mostly online because the Manila traffic is even more horrible during the Christmas season and I don't want to be stuck in traffic for hours. I'm just so thankful that many online stores are available for us to browse and buy what we like. And speaking with online stores, one of my most frequently visited one is Althea! I do love my Korean beauty products and I've been browsing their website first even before I became an Althea Angel.

And now, I just browsed Althea and have my eyes glued on some of their products. So for today's post, let me share with you my Althea Wishlist this Christmas.

New Hair Color—Red Ends!

Hello loves!

After a stressful month, I decided I want something new. I wasn't particular about what that "new" thing is. Yeah I've been shopping (if you've seen my latest haul post), but I wanted MOREEEE. And so I decided to do this...

February-March (2018) Haul

Hey everyone! 

Just got back from my vacation at Japan a couple of days ago. I'm still on a high because that was a 9-day long trip and I was able to see so many beautiful sights and ate delicious food. I'll share with you some of the details on a future post along with the beauty items I bought. :)

For today, I want to at least post something on the blog. So here's a haul post about the new items I bought for the past two months (I know I keep saying I need to stop but I will give up now because I know myself and I'm pretty sure I'll keep on buying something for the next coming months. Haha!). So here they are...

First is this Althea Box. I took advantage of their clearance sale and I bought items with huge discounts! Yay! I'll post the original price but I was able to buy all items at half off.

10 and Tenacious: Project Vanity's 10th Anniversary Celebration

Hey dearies!

Project Vanity, one of the leading beauty resource in the Philippines, just celebrated its tenth anniversary! 

Wow! I can't believe it has been that long. I remember, even before I started blogging, Project Vanity was one of the blogs I often visit to read reviews about certain products. I was a makeup newbie back then and I usually ask my sister for advice, and if I needed more information, I read blogs. To be honest, since I've already established who my favorite beauty bloggers and beauty gurus way back then, I barely check out others so I'm not familiar with most of the recent ones out there. It's not that I snub them, but I became curious and adventurous with my makeup and skincare that I would like to try them out myself to see how it works on my skin... and probably because life also got busier as well.

EOTD: My Current Go-To Eye Makeup

Hello loves!

This is not really my "eye of the day" since I wore this last Thursday. I just want to share this eye makeup look that I usually wear nowadays, especially when I'm in a hurry...

I wear this pinkish nude eye makeup partnered with a pinkish nude lippie. It only takes a few minutes to do and I think it would look great on many skin tones. 

Here are the products I used:

Etude House Play 101 Pencils in #33

The Face Shop Eyebrow Pencil in Grey Brown

 Holika Holika Jewel-light Waterproof Eyeliner in Brown Ember

Lancome Artliner Precision Felt Tip Liquid Liner

NARS Audacious Mascara

Dior Backstage Eye Prime

Sephora Book of Wishes Eyeshadow in Wish No. 2 (Be a Role Model)

The look is a mixture of matte and shimmery colors. Since the colors are soft and almost neutral, I paired it with an edgy cat liner wing.

Just blend the shadows well so there's the contrast between the soft colors and the sharp liner.

However, I would prefer a darker eyeliner. Unfortunately, my kuripot (stingy) self do not want to use a new eyeliner until the current one I have dries up or reaches its expiration date. Haha! :P

And that's my current GO-TO eye makeup! Any thoughts?

Cheers,
DAWN

May (2016) Haul

Hello loves!

I know that I just got back from my Sydney trip last month, but I just can't help myself from taking advantage of the end of season sales of brands. There were so much goodies with hugely marked-down prices that I just had to withdraw some of my money and promise my account to not withdraw again for the next two months. Haha! If you see the new stuff I bought, you'll understand why. ;)

These are just... half of my haul ;)

All the shopping happened in just three separate days. Haha! Some of them I really planned on buying, while some are just random things that I thought were too cool of a deal to pass out. 

So here are the new items that you will be seeing in future blog posts... :)

The Face Shop Designing Eyebrow Pencils in Gray Brown, Brown, and Dark Brown

Each costs PhP 225.00.

I got them on a promo—you buy two and you get one for free! 

The Face Shop Premium Eyelash Curler
PhP 205.00

I had to visit a Beauty Bar branch to help a friend pick some makeup for her... I ended up buying more stuff than her. Haha!

Smashbox Santigolden Age Eye Shadow Collage

Original price was PhP 1,900. Got this for only PhP 665.00.

ArtDeco Kajal Liner 04

Original Price - Php 395.00

Bought for PhP 256.75

Mineral Fusion Intense Hydration Face Cream

Original price was PhP 850.00

Sale price is PhP 637.50

The next three products are the planned purchases:

Mario Badescu Drying Lotion - PhP 1,095.00

Mario Badescu Anti Acne Serum - PhP 1,545.00

Mario Badescu Glycolic Acid Toner - PhP 1,145.00

I also got free samples of their Enzyme Cleansing Gel and AHA and Ceramide Moisturizer!

Etude House Beauty Tool Brush 121 Skin - PhP 848.00

I just thought it was cute and I wanted to try it out... I did hesitate because I didn't expect the price to be that high, but I actually like using it to apply foundations or bb creams. :)

A few days ago, my bro and I had a shopping spree when we went to a sort of warehouse sale. We splurged on brands that are quite high-end or too expensive for our wallets but they were discounted for more than 50% in this sale so we took advantage and bought a lot! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to keep the receipt so I forgot how much we bought them. Sorry. :P

AVEDA shampoos and conditioner

(Mines the "be curly" variant while the "dry remedy" and "smooth infusion" are my brother's)

Elizabeth Arden Skincare—Toners and a Hydrating cleanser

Aveda Men Pomade (also my bro's)

Issey Miyake L'eau Dissey (also my bro's)

Philosophy time in a bottle

I wish I didn't buy the one I got from Beauty Bar if I knew I will be getting this. Haha! I think I was able to get this for less than 1k. 

Yes, I buy unused testers. Haha! These are Guerlain products though. And they are gooood and I'm sure they are authentic.

Shiseido Maquillage True Liquid Long Keep UV in OC20 Natural Ochre

Got this for PhP 500.00.

Make Up For Ever Powder Blush in 88 Cotton Candy

Sleek Matte Me Ultra Smooth Matte Lip Cream in Birthday Suit

Sleek True Lip Colour Lipstick in Smoulder

Sleek True Lip Colour Lipstick in Cherry

Sleek True Lip Colour Lipstick in Barely There

Lanvin Merry Me Eau de Parfum

And that's all! Haha! I guess you won't be seeing a haul post anytime soon (two months shopping ban for me). Even though I spent so much, I'm really happy with all the products I bought. Hihihihi...

Which product are you most interested in reading a review of? Comment them below!

Cheers,
DAWN

FOTD: Blonde Hair Red Lips Combo

Hello ladies,

I have always wanted to color my hair differently especially after I had that balayage treatment a few years back. So after last year, I was finally able to get my hair colored.

So I went to Vivere salon and told my stylist, Ms. Rich Abella that I wanted purple hair. However, since I previously had my hair colored blue-black and I wanted dark purple, bleaching will take more than one session. So for this coloring job, we had to divide it into two sessions.

So I actually achieved two hair goals in two weeks. Week 1, I was blonde but my hair was more yellow than the nice blonde we see on film so it was a struggle to fix up my make-up and make it look natural on me.

Dawn came to my rescue with a few brow kits (Kanebo Kate Eyebrow Mascara in LB-1 and Etude House Easy Brow Pencil) and it helped up-lift my face and make the blonde work. Which came in a good time because my cousin's wedding happened that weekend and my blonde hair was immortalized.

And this was how I wore it to the event. Simple classic red lips and a french twist hairstyle to keep everything classy.

I do think french twist looks better with colored hair since you can see the twist better than when it's done on black hair.

It's quite easy to do. I actually did this one myself. It's easier to do on short and medium length hair rather than with long hair. There are a number of youtube video tutorials on how to do it. And here is one.

https://youtu.be/F00c_e16_is

Do you think I pulled off the blonde hair look? I'll be posting my purple hair in a few days so hope you read that too. Plus, since my birthday is coming up soon, we'll be launching a birthday giveaway in a few days, wait for that as well.

Cheers,

LIZ

Etude House Hot Style Bubble Hair Coloring in Cherry Brown

Hello loves!

It's been almost a year since I last colored my hair. The hair growth is very visible that the hair from my root up to the part where my hair was colored is noticeable—that's 6-8 inches of black hair. So when Etude House was on-sale last December to January, I bought some of their bubble dye. I haven't tried any bubble dyes before so I was pretty excited to try it out.

Etude House Hot Style Bubble Hair Coloring 
Got it for PhP 428.00 but it was a buy1 take 1 promo so it's like getting it for PhP 214.00 only.

I'm not into light hair. I just like my hair to be brown and it's okay if it has red or ashy finish, as long as it's in the brown shade. So I decided to get the Cherry Brown or RD 05.

I've heard good reviews about bubble dyes like they are easy to use, they don't smell bad, and that the formula isn't too strong that it would irritate the skin. I have heard some people (my friends mostly) that the color doesn't last too long. Well, I'd like to see if these testimonials are true so here goes.

Once you open the box, you'll see these items inside.

There's a pair of gloves and a wrap around plastic "robe"/gown that's more like a small poncho so that your clothes will not get stained. I still suggest you wear old, dark shirts just to be sure. :) There's also the conditioner, colorant, and the pump bottle with developer inside.

It comes with the instructions on how to use it. The english labels aren't here though but can be seen on the box (you can check the photo of the labels above). The illustrations are pretty easy to understand too.

After wearing the gloves, I put the colorant inside the bottle where the colorant already is. Close the bottle with the cap and mix the solutions together.

This is what the foam looks like after. 

But before you apply this, try to test first if you'll get any allergic reactions or just any irritations. Get a part of both solutions and test it on a small portion of you skin (for me it's on my arm). If you can do this a day or two before the planned date of coloring your hair, the better just to be sure.

So this was my hair prior to application:

Under fluorescent light, it's almost black! You can see where my hair was colored and the where the natural black part is at.

Here's my hair when I place it next to my window and captured the photo in a higher angle.

I applied it at the uncolored part first because it's darker but after 5 minutes, I applied and massaged it on the rest of my hair after. I experienced some stinging sensations while I have the dye on. I had to massage it to lessen the stinging. If I had to compare, I would say that it's no different than when I use the DIY dye kits from Revlon or Garnier or Hortaleza that I've used before. What I noticed though is that it contains a lot of product. The solution was able to coat the entirety of my hair with a lot of it left in the pump bottle. I tried to put everything just to make sure that the color will be evenly distributed.

I waited for 40 minutes until I rinsed it.

I used the conditioner after rinsing and I guess the amount is too little. I had to grab a different conditioner so that it covers all of my hair. The scent is fantastic though!

I let my hair dry naturally and what I noticed is that it felt dry, like all the moist in my hair was gone. I had to do some intense damage repair treatment to make my hair softer again.

My hair in natural lighting under the shade

I'm sorry if I wasn't able to take photos of my roots. I completely forgot about it. This was taken weeks ago (I dyed my hair during the first week of January then took this photo 3 days after). It came out even! I didn't have to dye it all over again. Yay!

My hair under the sun

But the cherry brown color is very visible. And I think that the color suits me for it made my skin look brighter. After 4 weeks, I think the color faded a little because I didn't use sulfate-free hair products or anything that's for color-treated hair for that matter (booo me). I asked my friends and they told me that the cherry brown color is still there but not as vibrant anymore, especially when indoors.

Have you tried any of Etude House Hot Style Bubble Hair Coloring? Which shade? What was your experience? Do you dye your own hair too?

Cheers,

DAWN