Ornament Storage Boxes Are Awesome!

Saturday, January 28, 2012   Catalina   2 Comments


Hi everyone,

I found quite a danny piece of treasure at Target's clearance section the other day. I wish I was smarter and picked up more if I had known that it will come in THIS handy. For those of you who are pondering about too much makeup and what to do with them, I would suggest using an ornament storage box to organize your makeup products.


The one I picked up is from snapware and it was on clearance for $8.38.
It has two layers and comes with precut cardboard dividers, which are really flimsy btw, to utilize your space the way you want to. (You can watch my video about it here)

Here's how I used one layer of my box.

I think it's specifically great for people like me who like to keep the original boxes.
You can easily spot the product name on the boxes and pick items out.


So much lip, nail and face products fit into one layer. If I wanted to squeeze in more it wouldn't be a problem either. This specific box is deep enough to hold taller items like foundation bottles and lip glosses.


And if you don't want to use the dividers, the box would pretty much look like my top layer.

You can stack as many boxes as you want and just top it off with a lid. I think this comes in so handy because it saves massive amount of space AND helps keep things in place.
The only problematic part about it is the plastic aspect of it. Since makeup is quite heavy, lifting the box up with the lid only is really a bad idea (it will snap for sure!).


So, do you guys have any other creative storage suggestions?
I feel like I have to be super compact and organized with my stuff when I move in to my new LA apartment because it's so tiny! :p


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NOTD: Orly - Sweet Peacock

Tuesday, January 24, 2012   Catalina   3 Comments


Electric Blue!!!!

Usually electric blue (or any blue) in the beauty world (nails, hair color, eye makeup..) could easily be labeled as 'trashy' or 'cheap-looking'. I think blue is one of the harder colors to pull off.
Today's nails is Orly's blue foil polish called sweet peacock. It's from the birds of feather collection, which I believe was released in Fall 2011.





Here's a swatch of the polish from Orly's site.
In real life, the formula appears and applies lighter than the dark midnight blue swatch on the site.



What I love

  • The application is amazingly smooth. Despite having a rough texture the formula spreads out evenly on the nail surface to form a nice flat layer of polish. Keep in mind though, if you apply top coat a whee-bit too early, it'll thin out areas where the top coat brush first touches and drags the polish down.
  • Amazing reflection power! :: The amount of light the nails reflect is amazing. It adds no shame to the term "foil", because it literally feels like foil on nails.
  • I've come to appreciate Orly's ergonimcally superior bottle cap. The spongy grip makes it very easy to have control over how much polish you apply on which section.
  • A little goes a long way with this particular shade. :: I have to admit that I wasn't so keen about some cream finishes Orly put out previously, but this shade does great with the minimal amount!




    • What I don't like

  • Dries a bit too slow.
  • Could be a bit too flashy to wear to work (if you work at even a semi-conservative place)

    • So what do you guys think? :) Like it, or nah??



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    Happy Lunar New Year :)

    Sunday, January 22, 2012   Catalina   6 Comments

    Hi Everyone!

    Sorry I miserably failed to blog everyday.
    Happy Lunar New Year tho :) It's a New Year in a way, so I'm going to try to be persistent and keep my word! I actually have a lot to blog about, I'm just a very lazy person who is struggling to get into good habits.

    Anyway,
    I received my very first red envelope today from my BF's aunt and was told to put it under my pillow and sleep for the New Year (how kind of her!).



    I hope you guys have a great LNY too, and for those that don't celebrate it, it's still a good time to look back at your New Year's resolutions and see how far you have come!

    Much Love,
    Catalina

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    Knowing when to throw things out

    Thursday, January 19, 2012   Catalina   8 Comments


    We all know things expire, hence the "expiration date" stamped somewhere on a product, but do we really abide by those guidelines? Expiration dates are set at a very standard point not considering every individual's margin of error. So how do you guys decide when a product should get dumped?


    I'm going to list my indicators of a couple of beauty products.


    Contact lenses


    I usually use the year-long lenses when it comes to circle and color lenses. My eyes are usually dry and barely produces tears so I feel like lenses damage more easily on me.
    The moment I feel an uncomfortable scratchy feeling in my eyes (usually happens more on the left eye than the right, sometime around 7-8 months into using lenses), I dispose them.


    Foundation


    Liquid: When the pump starts to squirt out clumps, when the foundation shows any signs of separation. Other than that, I usually run the full 24 months after opening.
    Pressed Powder: When the surface starts smelling weird with darkened wet(?) spots showing.
    Cream: When the consistency changes and too much dust particles get caught in the foundation (usually when I hit the middle of the pan).

    Eye Shadows

    Cream type: When the application starts getting uneven and weirdly cakey.
    Pressed Powder: ???? I don't have an indicator :'(

    Blushes

    Pressed Powder type: When it starts crumbling (almost towards the end of a life cycle)

    Concealer
    I am usually very bad with throwing out concealer, but ladies, I think concealers should be used excessively and often replaced with new ones.

    Mascara
    I don't wait the three months. As soon as the mascara turns crumby or flaky, I toss it.
    Mascara bases fixers are kept a bit longer, but when the white formula on the wand starts turning dark from mascara, I ruthlessly throw it out.


    Do you guys have your own indicators?


    * Sorry - this post was finished on the 18th, but I accidentally didn't publish it until the 19th :'( I have no excuse for skipping the previous 2 days, but I will make up for it T^T)


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