Above are some leftover outfit pics from October - November. Watch episodes of Totally Spies! and 6teen and channel your inner preteen with me. Write down some New Year's Resolutions so we can both share what we want to change about ourselves in the next post. See you in 2012, lovely.
When I filmed the following video, my skin was doing worse than usual. Expect to see chapped, irritated, splotchy, bumpy skin. I stopped using the new products that I suspect has reacted badly with my skin and reverted back to my simple skincare routine of olive oil, Caprina Goat's Milk Soap, Nivea Refreshing Toner, and Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisturizer (alternating with Nivea's Light Regenerating Night Cream). I also added OXY Triple Action Pads with 0.5% salicylic acid into my routine. My skin is returning back to normal slowly but surely.
Well, here it is! If you get squeamish about viewing people with broken-out skin, don't watch this, heh. Products used are listed:
- Neutrogena Moisture Oil-Free for combination skin, $9
- L'Oreal Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base, $14 *NOTE: Not too sure if this is breaking me out just yet. Only been using it for a week. Will make an update on this soon!
- Mizon Multi-Function BB Cream w/ snail healing, $25-30
- Ecotools Powder Brush, $10
- Physician's Formula Talc-Free Mineral Wear loose powder in 'Translucent Medium', $15
- Almay Powder Bronzer in 'Sunkissed 210', $8
- Physician's Formula Multi-Coloured Blush in 'Blushing Berry', $15
I bought a guitar! Again! It's a completely new guitar, not secondhand. I'm going to start teaching myself again hahah. Hope I get somewhere this time.
And happy holidays! Leave all the angst and drama out of the holidays... Plenty of time for that in the new year.
I finally filmed a review for the Beauty Express eyebrow kit from Anastasia Beverly Hills (after all these months... sorry for the wait, guys)! Thanks for a great gift, Anastasia Beverly Hills team! I absolutely love it. It definitely completes and complements my array of cosmetics, and now I have a professional kit to use for my brows instead of just smudging eyeshadow around, heh. 5/5 stars! (Yes, I've tried filling in my eyebrows at the start of the school year, but it was never as easy as using this kit. Playing around with the stencils will be great as well, so I might film another video in the future.)
(Pssst... Anastasia Beverly Hills is hosting a new contest soon! Check this out and stay tuned.)
I'll embed my foundation routine video in the next post. Be warned... My skin reacted pretty badly to some new products I've tried, and it does not look pretty. But then, my skin rarely ever looks pretty without the magic of makeup. Honest.
Lace tee: American Apparel (warehouse sale), $18 Jeans: Bongo brand, Urban Planet, $20 Boots: thrifted @ Value Village, $8-10 Black shoulder bag: thrifted @ Salvation Army, $6.99
Sorry for the absence, lovelies. I'm currently in the process of recording a foundation routine video and writing a review of the Beauty Express eyebrow kit by Anastasia Beverley Hills. I'm at home for the next 2 weeks, but there's still parties to attend, family gatherings, gifts to wrap, shopping to do, hair to redye (pink fades quickly!).
My skin is my biggest insecurity. Some good lighting, a ton of makeup, and sneaky editing tricks may conceal every little bump and zit and the redness, but in reality, I have terrible, irritable, oily, acne-prone, sensitive skin. Filming this foundation routine is tough for me, but I want girls to know that not everybody has flawless skin. In fact, 99% of people do not have perfect skin, and that's perfectly fine. Makeup is great for covering up these blemishes, but you have to accept yourself and your skin once the makeup's all washed off.
Oh, I might also record another cover. It's a song by one of the greatest bands in the world.
(left to right) Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Jackie Fox, Sandy West, and Joan Jett
If you want to watch an in-depth, artsy film about the years when The Runaways took the rock scene by storm, this is not the movie. Instead you get Miss Fanning's awkward, lanky dancing, and KStew's surprisingly believable don't-give-a-fuck-too-cool-for-school attitude, mixed together with some highs and lows (and I'm not just talking about the prevalent theme of drug use and abuse), provocative outfits, and electrifying music. To whomever designed Cherie's clothes for this movie... Ummm, can you be my personal stylist? Kthx.
cast of The Runaways (2010 film)
If you liked The Runaways, you'd enjoy Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains even more so (I know I've blogged this before but it's one of my favourite movies of all time so deal), a cult film from the 80's with a superior cast led by young Diane Lane (she was only 15 when she starred in this movie), featuring a fictional all-girl rock band. These three teenage girls are definitely "genuine jail-bait" as well, to paraphrase Michael Shannon's characterization of Kim Fowley in The Runaways. Appearances are made by ex-Sex Pistols and also by members of The Clash and The Tubes.
Isn't she absolutely beautiful? Note to self: buy red eyeshadow and fake bangs; Imma be all up on this for Halloween 2012.
The entire movie used to be available on Youtube, but the magical moderators have long since deleted the videos. If you're smart enough, you'll find it through Google. If you're not, buy it on Amazon or something.
Instead, have a watch of the trailer below:
Yeah, I don't know why this film wasn't better received at the time either. I mean, it's fantastic, its humour is subtle but dead-on, and it's targeted towards both male and females in their teens. There's drama, there's sex, there's music.
I love this girl. I found her this spring while desperately searching through Youtube and the 'Net when I'd broken out terribly before final IB exams. She's gorgeous. Brave. What more can I say?
Cassandra's recent interview with Good Morning America here.
Hopefully you guys understand more clearly how I use virgin olive oil to remove makeup (foundation, eye makeup, everything)!
My bestie Flora paid for 2 piercings on my right ear as an early Christmas present. Thanks, love! Now I am 69% complete. I'm still in need of 1 piercing on my left ear, 1 navel piercing, 1 tattoo on my wrist, 1 tattoo on the back of my neck, 1 tattoo on my right arm, and VOILA, I will be 100% me.
So I realize I have a few items to review:
1) Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyebrow Kit
2) HANAair Hair Dryer from Misikko.com
3) BB creams
Sorry for being so late with writing them! I will definitely catch up during this Christmas break.
BTW I re-bleached the tips of my hair today! I dyed it as well but the colour's not showing up (I only used a teeny bit; still have 3/4 of the jar left). I'm going to redye it soon and snap some pics for you guys.
So I just found out that the Coca-Cola Company has been involved in 9 murders of their Union members in Colombia, and there's been a total count of 179 violations of human rights of Coca-Cola employees. So on top of making kids in America fat and polluting water resources in India, Co-Co-Co has also been using paramilitaries to intimidate, kidnap, and murder employees?
My first final exam is tomorrow at noon. Economics 101 with Gateman. I'm really screwed but I'm gonna cram as much info as possible into my head today. I should probably go to sleep.
blouse, shorts, tights: secondhand, swapped with friend, no tag
black bustier: Forever 21, $15
parka: Costa Blanca, $70
loafers: thrifted, Value Village, $6.99
