Christmas Presents :)

WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY!

How was everyone's Christmas?? Well.. I went to 3 different Christmas Party. Lots of relatives that's why :) Here's the husband and I wearing our Santa's hat. :) I look so bloated! Haha! Yiii :/


Then the next day, another party and I took pictures of course :) After the LYNA thing, my skin got worse. I got pimples on my forehead and I hated it. :( Good thing I found Laneige. I tried their samples and I fell in love with it. The bottles were too expensive, but the husband was kind enough to let me get the full size bottles. Christmas gift! Yay! My skin is getting better each day..

Then the last party I went to, I was too tired to even put make up on. I know! :( I worked 16 hours that day, put on some eyeliner and MAC Mineralized Skinfinish/Natural Powder. That was it. My eyeliner smudged on me, and I looked ridiculously tired. I woke up at around 5am, and this picture was taken past midnight already. Horrible ! :(

So... Here are some of the gifts I received this Christmas. Thanks to all who greeted me and to those who gave me presents. I love everything I got :) There's more.. but I was too lazy to take pictures. maybe next time :)

NARS Palette! :) Yay Thanks to the husband! I loooovvveee it! :) It also came with the red pouch thingy. :)

Converse Jack Purcell matching shoes for the husband and I :) Mine's so small compare to his!

Empty MAC palette, MAC 239 Brush, and 5 eyeshadows

More MAC stuff :)

Empty MAC palette again (LOL!), Make up bags, Dooney & Burke coin purses

Japanese Magazine! (Hoooray! My 1st ever jap mag!), Laneige emulsion and refiner, lots of samples and pearl earrings again :)

Stila Contour Set

Here's what the palette looks like:

And you know what?? The parents are sooo nice to HELLO KITTY-fied my car! Yay!

Here's what my rag looks like: So freakin cute!!! I can't get over it! :P I love hello kitty! :)

Here's my steering wheel cover :)

Here's my plate cover. I dunno how you call this. LOL! Sorry I don't wanna take a picture of my whole license plate. Haha!

Here's my Sunshade which I can't use it since its cold outside. LOL! I'll use it over the summer maybe :)

I'm so happy for all the things I got! Thank You Everyone!! I love you all! Will update again soon. I had to sleep now since I have to wake up early tomorrow! Ugh I'm not a morning person.. :(

Happy Holidays! :)

Just wanna wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :) I know I haven't been updating.. I was busy working! Yes Working even if its a holiday. Gotta suck it up since I'm still on probation and can't really do much.

I will be updating soon along with the gifts I received :) Thank you so much for your patience. Haha. :)

My Hello Kitty Make Up Organizer

It makes me sad that I wasn't able to join Pink's Powwow! I had to work, and on top of that, its like an hour and half to get there. :( Well maybe next time. Hope you ladies enjoyed the party and don't forget to show me pictures! Yay! :)

My Birthday is coming up.. I'm turning 22! :P I feel so old now! Haha. I don't have any plans for my birthday. I'm too broke to even consider making a wishlist for myself. So I guess the husband and I will just have a quiet dinner. I'm too tired from work. :( I'm glad tomorrow's my Day Off! We will be at Glendale because we have a family dinner. Then on Monday, I will hit those Japanese stores and we'll see what I'll get. :p Hopefully the husband will let me get the Japanese magazines this time :p I'm also thinking of buying an outfit for the Christmas party that were having at Green Rivers. I still don't know what to wear, make up, etc.

I painted my nails and I think it suits the holiday. I got compliments from work wearing this nail polish :P I painted my nails at work! Haha!  I did this like 4 in the morning. My patients were asleep so I got bored. Haha. Oh I used Milani in Disco Lights in case you wanna know :P My nails are too long :P

Also when I got home, I Changed the decorations of my make up organizer. I decided to hello kitty-fied by organizer and my 88 CS palette. Haha. They look like kiddy make up now. LOL! But I'm loving it. I'm so excited for the MAC+Hello Kitty! I'm starting to save up! :P How much will you spend? :P

Ok, beauty chicas! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!! :)

Beauty Review: Lucido-L Aqua Hair Curling Lotion (Airy)

Note: Try this product at your own risk. The following review is merely my opinion. It is best to research all about a product first before trying it.

Images and product description are credited to: lucido-l.com

Lucido-L Aqua Hair Curling Lotion (Airy)

Product Description:

It is a lotion for the hair to make cute curls. It is smooth, design to keep created style for hours even in a humid day. It is liquidy and easy to spray on hair.

Styling Techniques:

- Divide your hair into blocks first. Start curling 1-2 cm from ends in order for springy curls to look natural and beautiful.

- To create volume and look more elegant, mix outward curling and inward curling

To use:

- Spray at a distance of 5-10 cm to moisten hair. Blend into hair before styling using straighteners or heater curler.

Size: 180mL

PROS: It smells really good, easy to use, not sticky and it made my hair manageable! The curls was intact for more than 24 hours. Yes I had gorgeous curls and trust me, my curls never lasts long until I used this product. I'm very happy and yes I'll repurchase :) It's also cheap for $8.49 at Mitsuwa.

CONS: Its hard to find and I have to drive an hour just to buy this :(

OVERALL: To see is to believe. Curls for 16 hours :)

Oh, I also tried the NARIS EGG PEEL, and boy, I lovvveee it! I'll do a review soon!! :) But look: it looks scary! Haha! :p

I'm also done gift wrapping all the Christmas presents. Yay! I'm glad that's over :P

Well, goodnight Ladies! I still have work tomorrow :) I'm sorry if my replies are late. I have been sooo busy at work and at home :P

Tag Game + Hauls

I was tagged by 3 ladies: Thank You! :)

• Pau
• Jen
• Katrina

Directions: Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you, at the end choose 3 people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them, don't forget to leave them a comment "you're it" and to read your blog. You can't tag the person who tagged you (duh).

Ok on to the 16 random things...

1. I have the weird habit of not throwing the boxes of all the things I bought. :P Who does this? I just wanna keep them like new. :p I have my blushes and face products still in boxes too :)

2. I hate taking vitamins. I don't know why! The husband has too force me to take my multivitamins! :p

3. I love hoarding make up but don't like to use the new ones til I run out of the old ones :p

4. I want to buy japanese magazines but can't read/understand a single japanese word. haha. I'm so weird.

5. I hate being in school but manage to be in the dean's list when I was in college.

6. I love competition at school. Whenever a person gets a better grade, I try to study more to beat that person's average :p

7. I'm trying to learn how to drive a stick shift :)

8. I started collecting make up last March 2008. Yup, I just started! :)

9. I love the color PINK! Since then..til now!

10. I got engage a minute before I turned 21.

11. I have 6 piercings - 2 on each ear, earlobe, and belly ring

12. I want to have 2 kids before I turn 30

13. I want to go back to school to finish my BS in Nursing. I still have 1 year to go. Too lazy!

14. I sleep late every night

15. During my days off, I sleep like 10 hours or more

16. When I was a little kid, I joined the girls scout. lol!

Ok so I went to Orange County today with the husband and went to visit some stores there :)

Here are some of my haulage today :) Weee! Cute Pinks! :)

First stop was South Coast. I just went to some stores but just decided to get some of the Bath & Body Hand Soap. They are 3 for $10. I also got the Rose Salve for my dry lips. :) Then I went to the MAC stores to return 6 empty containers so I got a free lipstick! Yay for free stuff! :) I got the Cremesheen lipstick in DARE YOU.

Then after that, to Mitsuwa to buy some pore strips for the husband :) I was looking for the PINK Lucido-L but did not find it, so I got this one instead.

Then we went to The Block and I decided to check out their CCO, and heres what I got: Neo Sci Fi Eyeshadow in Magnetic Fields and a Dazzleglass in SPANKING RICH. Super pretty glittery reddish something :p I also got this Hello Kitty Skin for my Itouch :) Super cute! :)

Then last stop was the Amore Store. I was going to get the Hanskin Caviar BB cream but I changed my mind. I think I wanna try the Le'gere one first! :) I was also going to get some Laneiege stuff but the lady told me to try the samples 1st. She gave me tons and a free pearl earrings. What did I get? Some pretty faux lashes! :) Aren't they pretty?

I had a long day today and had too much fun! :) But its all worth it. Thanks to the husband :) I have work tomorrow :( So I gotta sleep now. Hope you ladies have a good today later :) Peace Out! :P

Oh, I'm tagging whoever that hasn't done this thingy :P

My Early Christmas Gift

Guess what?? I got my early Christmas gift today! Yay! I'm so stoked! Ahh! I just wanna scream for joy! haha! Ok, I'll let you guys see it...

TA-DA!!!!

It's one of my Christmas Wishlist. The 13 inch Aluminum 2.4Ghz! :) The husband couldn't wait to give it til Christmas so he decided for me to open it already so he could see my reaction.

My reaction??? Ecstatic!! :D Thank you so much my Angel!!! :D

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Ok, so I feel extremely excited so I started playing it, and boy it was damn hard! I was a PC user and getting use to this toy is just so complicated. I need help! I just learned how to copy paste and it was still hard for me to get used to that. I find myself right clicking. WTF! I forgot it doesn't have a right click :( I have a lot of things I wanna know so you mac users out there, I need help! Seriously..

1. How do you maximize it without showing the applications on the bottom side? (Refer to the last picture) I want to be able to see the full screen and not have those little buttons down there.

Ok, I think that's it for now. I can't remember those questions I had in mind awhile ago. haha. I'm such a dork! :p

Oh, and when I double click the "add image" here at blogger, it doesn't seem to respond right away. ahhh! I'm getting crazy. I guess I just got used to my PC and MAC is just too complicated for me :(

Oh, and yes, I'm still withdrawing from LY-NA Pearl Cream. I feel like an addict that has been banned to use her Illegal drugs. :( I'm going to OC tomorrow with the husband. I should be sleeping now because I need to get up early tomorrow. I will be going to Amore store. I think I will get either a Laneige product or that Caviar BB cream that I saw. We'll see. Well, good night ladies! I will be posting some pictures soon! Yay! :) and maybe new videos :)

Beauty Review: LY-NA Pearl Cream (Updated with another Link)

NOTE: Try this product at your own risk. If it works for me, it does not mean it will work for you too. Everyone has different types of skin. My skin consists of dry - combination - sensitive type of skin.

Please Read this discussion also from Cozycot.com (CLICK) If you are not satisfied with all of these articles, I suggest you do your own research and share it to us. I love this product so much that I don't know what to believe now. Its better safe than sorry ladies.

(Image and information source: thejamushop.com)

LY-NA MEDICATED PEARL CREAM

Product Description:

Sulfur is legendary for providing relief for various skin ailments, especially acne. Together with pearl's brightening properties, the skin is expected to be clear and luminous. Sulphur, an active mineral ingredient, also helps the skin resist bacteria, while preserving the skin. The pearl powder possesses the requisite factors in keeping the skin healthy, so when the powder is mixed with Nienna cream, the combination is eminently capable of removing blackheads, pimples, ephelis and wrinkles. It will provide for a complexion that is soft and lustrous. Do ensure that the skin is thoroughly clean before applying the cream. When using the cream, you should eat lots of vegetables and fruits and less of oily and fatty foods. When using the cream, it is best to avoid sunburn, ultraviolet rays and chemical actions upon the skin. Apply the cream daily and you will always be beautiful. After successful application, you will be able to walk out in the sun and get a beautiful and even tan.

Many imitations have been made available recently, especially in Malaysia and Dubai. Do note the original packaging and marks when purchasing. It is best to purchase from a reputable source. Note that the plastic jar and outer box is beige in colour and there is no gold coloured ring around the plastic jar.

[ Ingredients ]

Active ingredients: 1.5% natural sulphur 0.5% seawater pearl. Base ingredients: Stearic Acid Cetanol Lanolin Glyceryl Monosterate, Isopropyl Myristate Sulfur Perfume Ion Exchange Water Glycerine Potassium Hydroxide

My Take on this Review:

Remember how I raved about this product and how it made my skin so soft, lightened my scars, and made my blemishes disappear? Well it still does! (Click for pictures) As a matter of fact, I have it on right now. Whenever I have some blemishes on my forehead, this product never fails me and always heals my acne. I love it so much that it hurts me that I will finally stop using it.

Why you might ask?

I did my research and I found out that it has been banned in some Asian countries for more than 10 years now! Why would they ban such a great product? Because it contains mercury!!! (Here's the source: Click)

What can mercury do to us?

Well, it lightens our skin, removing the 1st layer of our skin, and eventually thins it out, making us very sensitive to the sun. Our skin will get tan easily, our skin will be very sensitive thus when you discontinue using it, skin can get damage as it will be very sensitive to a lot of things. Yes, it will help your skin clear blemishes and all that but in the long run, you will see more damage to your skin. Read this article also: Click

Long effects of Mercury

- impairment of peripheral vision

- disturbances in sensations - that 'pins and needles' feeling as well as numbness - usually in the hands feet and sometimes around the mouth

- lack of coordination of movements, such as writing

- impairment of speech, hearing, walking

- muscle weakness

- skin rashes

- mood swing, memory loss, and mental disturbances

Coming into contact with too much mercury this way can damage a growing brain, harming the way unborn and young children will be able to think and learn. It can also harm anyone's heart, kidneys, lungs, and immune system.

I was getting frustrated after reading and researching all of these and getting irritated about all this, and the husband was trying to tickle me and all that while I was typing this. I said, "Stop it with irritating voice", and he's like "That's the side effects of LY-NA! mood swings!" I frowned and remembered, I still have the LYNA on my face. You see, I had the LYNA put on my face after work, then I decided I wanna research more about the LY-NA. Then found out all of these. It made me so sad and so mad.

The Verdict:

As much as this product made my skin so beautiful and removed all of my blemishes, I had to stop it. I knew it was too good to be true. Magical indeed but I can't risk it. I'm just too scared that I might give more damage to my sensitive skin. Lesson learned. Research about a product 1st before using it. Its so hard. :( Good bye LY-NA Pearl Cream. This will be the last day that I will be using you. I know the husband will be very glad. No more old lady smells. :( *tears*