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Hi Everyone,

Time flies! I'm late on my favorites again, but nonetheless here it is! :)

Most of my Feb favs were more of my oldies. I haven't had access to my makeup for the longest time and I think I'm going through a phase of re-connecting with the ones that I had totally forgotten about.

You can read about Butter London's Queen Vic here

Missha eyeliner

You can read about the eyeliner here

Here are some swatches of the products mentioned in the video :)

As you can see, the brow box shades (on the lower right side of each picture) aren't as dark as they appear in the box.

Here are the blushes on their own.

Tipsy is a crazy neon coral color, so one should be careful to subtly build it up when applying it. Out of the three, I am more inclined towards adored and peach perfection (first impression-wise).

Here's how they look in their cases. You can read more about the blushes here

And here's the dress I was wearing ^_^

It is from prettyDNA.com - the trendsetting Bling dress. Super stretchy and comfy (easily fits up to US size 6 or skinny 8) with accent pockets on the side to add some functionality. Love the dress! You can buy it here

xoxo,

Catalina

I feel like I've been good with the 'no makeup shopping' ban for a while, so as a reward to myself, I hauled a bit /insert guilty face here/. Today's post is going to be more of an "introductory" post and I'll try to break down the products and go into detailed reviews after I've tried them a bit

Some are from sasa.com and some are from Sephora.

Let's start with the Nars foundation.

I'm usually more of a foundation person (not so much a BB cream person), and since the weather in LA is heating up really quickly, I decided to go for more wearable and sheer/light foundations. I love my Bobbi Brown skin foundation, but couldn't resist buying another light weight foundation.

It's the Nars Sheer Glow foundation, and I'm in shade Light 2, Mont Blanc.

I compared it with light 1 and light 3, and light 1 is too light for my skin tone and light 3 is too pink for me. Light 2 has more yellow undertone to it, and I think for my fare Asian skin it's a perfect match. I usually fit the second lightest shade of most foundations (MAC NC20, bobbi brown 2 sand, Revlon colorstay 150 buff, etc..).

I have it on right now and it's extremely light weight and sheer. The coverage isn't comparable to other heavy duty foundations, but it's perfect for light, everyday makeup.

Next, Tarte's Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blushes.

I've been dying to get my hands on these blushes! They are actually my first Tarte products, and so far, I only have good things to say about this brand. I love that they are a cruelty free company and for some reason I'm already fond of the products they put out.

I know doll face is the famous one, but I wasn't impressed with the powdery formula. I got Tipsy (a bright, almost neon, coral - with a hint of pink in it), which seems to be in the permanent line and Adored, which was in a separate collection. Adored is a vivid pink blush with tons of silvery shimmers in it. Even one swatch shows how this blush makes your skin glow with the subtle shimmers.

Next, I have two Japanese brand eyebrow products.

Kiss Me (the brand famous for their heroine mascaras), heavy rotation eyebrow coloring formula in its lightest color - Light Ash. It's actually a eyebrow color for people with bleached hair, but I decided to give it a go since there are some makeup looks I would like to create with lighter brows. It's such a convenient concept since you don't have to bleach out your eyebrows to match whatever hair color you have. Purchased from sasa.com

Next is from Kose, cosmagic: Visual Up Brow.

It's a coppery shimmer formula, and does the same trick as the Kiss Me Heavy Rotation. It's a tad bit darker than Kiss Me, so it's more for girls with chocolate brown hair or medium light brown hair. Also useful when you want to change up your brow color without having to use drastic measures. This was purchased from sasa.com

I also bought some sunscreen. Inevitably, I'm out in the sun a lot more than I want nowadays and I'm rapidly depleting my CNP sunscreen. I wanted a powerful and effective sunscreen, and out of the ones in the market, Anessa is notorious(?) for doing the best job.

Seems promising, so I will try to do a review after I use up CNP sunscreen and start using this. I'm also interested in the foundation, but I'll decide on the purchase after I have a good experience with this sunscreen.

Next is a face illuminator from Milani.

I believe this is from their spring 2012 collection.

The targets I go to are extremely slow to put in new stock, so I'm a bit late on Milani's spring collection. I grabbed 01 Amber Nectar. I actually wanted 03 Beauty's Touch, but there were none in stock. Swatches and review will be up very soon! :)

Last but not least is Lower Lashes from Eyelash Extension.

They are a bit longer and sparser than what I wanted them to be. I'm not going to open it until I need it for a tutorial. I'm always on the look out for good lower lashes, so we'll see how I like it. :)

That was about it with my recent hauls.

I'm excited to try them out and share them in my upcoming videos.

Swatches reviews will be up individually once I use the products and have a concrete opinion about how the product works.

Catalina

I've reached 100 videos on Youtube already! :)

Technically, I'm probably over 100 videos, since there are so many videos that got deleted or taken off, but out of the "published and public" ones, here's my 100th video ^__^

Oliver is a great boyfriend who has been supportive with whatever decision I've made throughout our relationship. He's encouraged me to persevere when I faced so many moments where I was at the verge of 'quitting'. He's also supported the technical backbone of most of my online activities, constantly helping out with new cameras and computers upgrades to help improve my video/blog quality. I think it was a very special experience and I am extremely happy to share it with you guys. I feel like I've reached my first milestone, so I promise I'll try to do better both on my channel and blog.

Please enjoy ^__^*

Catalina

I wanted to introduce one of my favorite workout videos of all time. I've tried almost every workout video out in the market, and this is one of my favorites.

Here are some points that might be helpful for you guys.

Here's some bio on the lady in the middle. She's a super famous person in Korea called MoemJJang Ajumma, loosely translating as 'Mrs. Best Body'. Her success story of losing weight and actually toning up at a pretty late age was one of the biggest media sensations in Korea some years ago.

This is one of the images that surfaced on the Internet that made her an overnight sensation. And here's some motivating before and after photos.

I'm just going to assume that you guys are on a healthy diet and adding this workout routine will help you shed some unwanted flabs. Have fun!!! ^__^

Catalina