Love from Melanie <3

Yay!! Another update! I'm on a roll :p Lots of you wants me to do random updates - more personal stuff. I don't mind updating anything that's in my mind but I don't wanna bore you guys out. LOL! If you only read my personal multiply (which I stopped updating), you will see random updates like "Ohh I just saw this flip-flops and I want it" Haha. Something like that. Short and sweet :P

I don't have work today, so I went to pick up my paycheck (not too happy because of the paycut) but was too lazy to go to the bank to deposit it so I told Adrian to do that tomorrow. Besides I HAVE A TEST ON THURSDAY and I need to do major studying today (which I don't feel like it).

I LEFT MY <3 IN SAN FRANCISCO

I went to check the mail and to my surprise, there's a bubble envelope waiting for me there. I squeeled with joy when I saw who it came from :) Its from my Youtube and Twitter friend MELANIE. <-- click to check her YT videos. She's amazing :) So, we've been talking through twitter and updating each other because I am going to San Francisco soon and would love to meet her :) She mentioned that their CCO is amazing so I have to check it out when I get there :) Adrian was asking, who is it from? and I told him about her and how we met and all that stuff :) I was excited to open it. :) and when I opened it, I felt I was in LA LA Land! Or more like HK land. Hahaha. She hooked me up! :) She is sooooo generous! She filled the envelope with lots of HK goodies from stationaries, tissue, band-aid to decorations. Ohhh I love everything! and what's that surprise thingy that is wrapped with white paper and cute yellow tape?? :)

TA-DA!!!! My Heatherette LOLLIPOP LOVING!!! Ohhhhhhhh!!! I'm so happy! *dancing with joy* Lala.. lala.. :) Haha! I'm just to excited about it. I went to MAC Counter and tried this on and I felt like I wanna buy it but I waited..and I got a better one with cute packaging! :) Isn't pretty?? Say yes yes.. ahaha! :P

She included a sweet note. This is what I LOVE about her. She informed me that her package is going to get delayed and I know from the very 1st start why and I know already that her package won't come any sooner, and she is NICE enough to let me know :) You know what I mean? Heh :P

Dearest Melanie, Thank You so much for your generosity, and I know you don't have to do this for me but you still did and what even more got me is you even included some HK in your package. Awww.. you didn't have to :) You are a very sweet girl and yes I would LOVE to meet you when I get there. We need to keep in touch. Thank You again for this sweet package. :) I'll love you long time :)

After all the dramas I went to (I'm itching to go detail by detail on this but I'm trying to restrain myself) regarding swapping and all that, I'm glad there's a lot of people out there who cares :)

THANK YOU LADIES!!!!

You guys know who you are (hint: to all the people who I emailed).. for making me strong, making me realize some things :) I love you all :D I will always be here for you all too :D

NAILS and SHADOWS

These are my sad attempt of painting my nails using China Glaze Nail Polish. I personally love the 5th Avenue Nail polish :) The 2nd picture is just a disaster. Haha! I didn't use any sticker to make my french line even that is why its all ugly and crooked :P I'm still new to this stuff and hopefully I'll make it better next time :)



I depotted some of my eyeshadows and decided to put them in this quad. I wanna do a B2MAC once I get 6 empty containers. Hehee. So far I have 5! :p

TOP: Gesso and Swimming
BOTTOM: Bold&Brazen and Sunset B

Then the purple one is actually a pressed pigment. I did it last night since I can't sleep. Its called Lovely Lily pigment. Then the orange e/s is Evening aura e/s/

and last is just a picture of me with my sad attempt 2 green eyeshadow blended together. Hehe. This is after 16 hours of application. Yup, its around 12:30AM - I just came home from work :P

See you guys next post! :) I'll try to update more often. I wish I'll be done in school in no time :(

Update and More :)

Hello ladddiessss.. A lot of things happened this past few days (School, Work, Dramas, Gossips) but we all survived! Hah! and I will have a new Day off starting this Sunday.. I will now have Sunday-Monday Off! Woot Woot! No more Monday madness! Haha :)

Anyway, a recap of my week:

LOVE FROM JES!

Jessica aka Jesmakeup was very kind enough to send me something from the mail. Oh girl, you know you made my week? I was so happy when I got your envelope. You are too sweet :)

I joined her contest and she sent me this. She's such a sweetie. :) Now I have some kawaii bandage to use when I get a boo-boo.. I also love the Hello Kitty eyeshadow dusts. So cuteee! Well, I love anything Hello Kitty! hahah!

Thank You so much girl for this :) You just made my entire week happy :) *hugs* Hope to meet you real soon, and if you move here where I live, you know we'll always gonna hang out right? :)

WHICH ONE??

Ok, so I was looking through my old pictures, and found some pictures of me with my "light brown" hair. I kinda miss my old hair color and think that it looks better than my black hair. What do you guys think?




In this picture, these are the things I'm wearing:
FACE:
MUFE HD Primer in Blue (my favorite primer ever!!!)
L'egere BB Cream
Sunbasque Blush
Boi-ing Concealer

EYES:
BE Primer (one of the best I've tried since UDPP)
Expensive Pink e/s (lightly on the lid)
Carbon e/s (just to add some definition)

LIPS:
Dior 457 (one of my fave lipgloss..so moisturizing and not drying!)

HAUL...S!

Oh, and I finally visited Melody's at Alhambra. I liked it there because they sell MAC, Smashbox, Stila, Dior and much more for discounted price. They even have Hello Kitty!! Popster for $11!!! Yup, I got 4 things only. CCO is still cheaper I tell ya but its worth checking this place out :)

MELODY'S

11 S 2nd St
Alhambra, CA

91801-3714

I got this MSF in Blonde. I've been wanting it for so long but coudn't justify myself to buy an MSF worth $28! But when i saw this one, I know I had to get it.. :) I'm getting addicted to MSF as a blush :)

MAC PaintPot in Blackground - I want this because lots of blogger gals use this as their base and makes their e/s stands out more :)

To add to my growing collection of MAC e/s: Gesso

I'm feeling kinda spring so I had to get this: Swimming

I also went to MAC Store with no intention of buying. The Sugarsweet Collection is nice but I'm saving my money for the A Rose Romance Collection. I love tinted blush and liptint so I might get that from that Collection.
I went to the MAC store just to look, then the MUA there tried this on me (LOVE ROCK) and oh I fell in love with it. When I 1st swatched it on my hand, it was shimmery and DIDN'T LIKE IT AT ALL! But I guess when applied to your face is different. :) So Adrian let me have it.

LUSH at Glendale Galleria. Ohhh the smell was strong, but when I tried their hand treatment, I was hooked! Tried the Angels on Bare Skin and I gave in and bought $5 something worth. I tried it last night, woke up to a smooth skin! Love it! :)

Then bought some China Glaze Nail Polish in 5th Avenue (oh so nice!) and Treat me like a queen (red one) I am getting hooked on nail polish! I have 5 China Glaze so far and no OPI. I have yet to try OPI but they're very expensive! Haha!

Well, this is it.. hope you guys enjoy the weekend! Work tomorrow but its my "Friday" so I don't really care.. :) I also bought my IMATS tickets so hopefully I'll see you guys there! :D

Storm with Surprise + Kt and M's Love

Heeellooo!! Heeelloooo (echooo)!! Haha.. I feel like I have not updated for a long time. I wasn't even lurking or leaving my prints on any blogs. I've been so busy with work and school (again). I studied and found out that our quiz was postponed! Crazzzy! Haha! :p

I totally skipped the Sugarsweet Collection (even if I was tempted).. I/we have been saving (and I'm proud of that!) but of course I had to buy little bit here and there.. :p

CLOVER.. AM I LUCKY??

On St. Patrick's Day, I had to work..so no drinking for me! Besides I don't really like drinking that much because I get so red, I look like tomatoes! lol! Anyway, so I worked the whole night, floated to 2 units and well, was so tired! :( I wore my St. Patrick's Hello Kitty Shirt. It says "DON'T PINCH ME" but all they can read was "PINCH ME!" lol.. I also drew a clover on my face which was a total failure, it looked like a bruise! The teacher asked me, "OMG What happened to your face?" LOL! Hilarious..

Also, you'll see here my UGLY black hair :( Must change the color sometime soon.. Adrian loves it though..

Here you can also see my growing eye bags. Ugh, I hate eye bags.. sooo ugly! :(

TIA LOVE SWAP

Kimberly Tia and I did I swap and her shipping is amazing! I got it right away! :) I wanted the Hello Kitty Bow.. Of course, as an HK Lover, I must have her Bow! Teeheehee! I love everything she included in the box :) She's such a sweetie :D

Unveiling the love for me... ohhhhh....

Ahh! My Bow.. at last! :)

Ohhh! Pretty colors :)

Samples she included just for moi :D

My fave! Loveee it! :D

CAN I BE A KITTY?

Isn't cute?? I Lovee it! Thank you so much Tia for this bow. Sooo cute :) You are very talented and crafty :D Wish I can make more of this.. haha! :)

MONA'S SWEETNESS

This came in the mail this week, and I got really excited because its my 1st Shishem! Weee! Thank You soo much Mona.. you are just too sweet! :)

STORM ME WITH SURPRISE!

I know, this is a never-ending surprises from the husband.. He know I've been feeling sad and down lately (I dunno why).. I even twitted about this.. So when I got home and found this BB Storm ad a surprise, I got really excited! :) I've been wanting a new phone and can't which to get but the husband is very sweet to get me this phone. So cute and I'm loving it. Just hard to get used to it. Thanks again my Adrian! :)

MAC Hello Kitty Wallpaper and Theme :)

When I locked the screen, this comes out. So cute :)

SEPHORA ESSENTIALS

I went to Sephora today to buy some essentials.. I was surprised nothing really appealed to me there. I so want a new Dior lipgloss but when I tried all, I didn't find any that I want at that moment.. Also I avoided MAC counter because I don't wanna get lured to getting any from the Sugarsweet Collection. :) I was looking for Korres Lip balm but did not find it. :/

This is my 5th bottle.. I tried so many cleanser but I kept on coming back to this particular Clinique product. So Mild! :)

Had to stock some UD eyeliner. I love this better than MUFE Aqua. The MUFE smudged on me, but this one stays better on my waterline :)

My UDPP is all dried out and needed a primer bad! But the Sephora I went to does not have the UDPP in stock so I decided to get this instead, thanks to Fuz's amazing review. I'll do my review soon :)

HELLO KITTY KOUTURE POWDER
I've been using this since I got it, and I must say I loveee it so much! I use the MUFE Primer and top it with this powder and gives me smooth clear skin. The MUA at Sephora even asked me what foundation do I wear. She was shocked when I told her I only use the HK Powder. The Powder is very fine and soft. Like velvety soft :)

I want to Thank everyone including Diana and Valiohh who recently gave me an award! So happy I met you guys here on blogger. I feel blessed and happy that you guys are there :)

New Love and Hello Kitty Surprise

Hello! :) I just woke up.. I was going to dye my hair but I fell asleep. 4 hours of nap is too much. I fell asleep with a headache & woke up with a massive headache. Ugh. I'm craving for some hot white chocolate mocha from starbucks..

Yesterday was awesome! :) Adrian took me to Orange County for our days off.. & He got me some stuff.. Yiii.. *Suprise Suprise*

HELLO KITTY KOUTURE SURPRISE
I was at MAC, looking at the Grand Duos Blush Collection (which I didn't like because it was too shimmery) then I was also looking at the compact. Well, he did tell me already that he's gonna get me the compact. I was so excited, but what I didn't know is that he's also gonna get me the other dazzleglass which is in "Kitty Kouture" Awwww..

So here's the other Dazzleglass. Its lighter than my "Dazzlepuss" but I loveee it! Like I said, you can remove the charm & put it in any lipglass that you want

Here's the Hello Kitty Compact with its refill. I love it! :D Its sooo smooth & fine :) The MUA tested the Light shade on me & thought it was nice, but then when she tried the Medium plus, we both thought it was nicer because it will give me a nice color to my pale face. :)

I told you guys about this in my other post, but i'll say it again: you can actually use a blush refill that you want & it fits on the compact. We tried it, & it worked :)

WALMART GOODIES

We went groceries there & I got some dye to color my hair (not pictured) but I'm also looking for a nice lipbalm for my dry lips. Then I saw this new chapstick & decided to try them :) So far, so good :)

MARUKAI & SEAFOOD CITY

The husband brought me to Marukai to get me some hello kitty stuff. I saw this fleece throw & thought it was cute. It was only $12 something (not pictured, but you can see it at the youtube vid I made) We also went to Seafood City to do some groceries and found something there..

Introducing... Eskinol Pearl Cream!!! Yup! Its another pearl cream but this one is safer & better in my opinion.
So what's the difference between Lyna & Eskinol Pearl Cream?? A lot!!

• Scent: Eskinol smells better! The husband actually loves the smell of this. No more old lady smell!
• Price: This is much cheaper! For only 99cents, you can never go wrong! lol!
• Ingredients: This one has Vitamin B3, Pro Vitamin B5, Vitamin E and sulfur which helps lighten the scars & removes blemish
• SPF: Lyna will make you sensitive to the sun, but Eskinol have a sunscreen to actually protect you from the sun
• Expiration: Eskinol has an expiration date so you can actually know when to toss it
  

I tried this last night, and it was amazing! I woke up to a smooth skin.. my reviews will continue next month :) Definitely a NEW LOVE!


Some snacks I wanted.. yum yum! :)
Some Magazines Adrian got me from the Book-Off at Marukai


SWATCHING DIOR'S LIPGLOSS IN 657
Diane asked me to swatch the lipgloss in 657. Here's a lip swatch :) I also use the Benefit Boi-ing Concealer on my chin. Totally awesome for hiding the scars :p



SELL OR SWAP??
I was thinking of selling or swapping my Laneige Skin Care Items. Don't get me wrong, I do like them but I love my Clinique products more that I'd rather stick to them. So if anyone is interested in them, message me at: ayaleoncio@gmail.com


Laneige Emulsion (originally $24.00) and Laneige Light Refiner (originally $21.00) are great for Combination Skin.

I will sell/swap it for $40 for both, but the shipping would be more than $3.00 because they are heavy :p

This is the Laneige make up remover/cleanser
Description: Make up removing, foam cleansing & micro scrubbing 3 in 1 effect providing soft & clean feeling.
Originally $20.00
My Price: $18.00
Only used once!





AWARD
I've never gotten an award. 3 people tagged/gave me an award & I'm so thankful you guys :)
Diana, Bunnie & Annie are the sweetest girls who gave me this award :)

“This award is bestowed upon a fellow blogger whose blog’s content or design is, in the giver’s opinion, brilliant.

“When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to the said person so everyone knows she/he is real. Choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don’t have seven friends. Show the seven random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with Honest Weblog. Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten (10) honest things about yourself. Then pass it on!”

10 Honest things about me...
1. I get headache almost everyday. Ugh. I hate it. I cannot function too well.
2. I sleep very late almost every night. The latest is 5am
3. I can stay in front of my laptop for hours
4. I hoard a lot of lipstick/lipgloss but don't actually use them
5. I can't walk in heels for a very long time. My foot will hurt like hell
6. I don't like taking vitamins
7. I eat a lot, I love eating veggies
8. I am very moody
9. I love watching Horror movies
10. You guys know about this already - I keep all of my make up boxes :)

I'm tagging/Giving an award to:
1. Fuzkittie
2. Jesmakeup

3. Miss Katin

4. Mimi
5. Katrina
6. Ria
7. Imee