Beauty Favourites of 2012

Saw heaps and heaps of Youtube videos on this so I thought I'd do a blog post on it, since I haven't really been posting all that much. :c

Anyhoo, I don't have that many but here are some things that I really really liked in 2012.

L-R: Lancome Star Bronzer (sample size) | Clinique Blush in smoldering plum (sample size) | Clinique sample quad (beach plum, strawberry fudge, like mink duo on the bottom row | Coral Colours Eyepencil Kohl in Midnight | Rimmel professional eyebrow pencil | tonymoly water jelly tint | garnier bb cream (oil-free)

 Lancome Star Bronzer: 
I got this near the beginning of 2012 as a sample from a purchase my mum got. And as you can see, I've been using it religiously for the whole year and I have hit pan. It goes on pigmented, but not overly pigmented, so it's easy to blend away and it looks super natural. It has some gold glitter/shimmer in it, but it's hardly noticeable on the skin, especially if you blend it away.

Clinique Blush in smouldering plum
My mum bought stuff from Clinique and I got this from a gift sample thing. The lady was like, 'this might be a bit too dark for you but oh well', and then I went home and tried it, it's not at all ! On my skintone, it looks really nice and natural. Doesn't even look plum - it turns out more warm and a dark coral tone on my skin. It's not very pigmented but when I finish this, I'll be trying out other stuff hehe.

 Clinique sample quad 
I've used this the whole year for nearly all my eyeball looks hahaha. But I haven't touched the purple/plum shadow because I'm not into that stuff ahaha. However, I've hit pan on the other three. The top right is a duochrome shadow, it looks pink, but when layered on the skin, it comes out as a really warm gold colour. It's gorgeous and I've used this for my inner corners and tearduct. The bottom left shade is a basic champagne colour which I started off using as a browbone highlight but then I realised you can use this as a face highlighter and I've been using it so much I'm nearly out of it. :C The last one is the brown one which I've hit pan on near the end of December because I've never really used it. But I started using it as smudged liner instead. (:

 Tonymoly Water Jelly Tint
I think I've mentioned this heaps but I really like this. I don't ever use it on my cheeks cos I never really like using blush anyways. But this looks super natural on the lips and I really like it ! When I'm out of it, I'll have to purchase it again or look for one that similar.

Garnier Oil-free BB Cream in Light

I recently got this around the end of November when it was on sale. I have the other one that Garnier makes, and comparing them, this one has heaps more coverage and is more matte. Really enjoying this. 

 Coral Colours Eyepencil in Midnight 
I don't know where you can get this, but I got this free with the purchase of a magazine. I expected it to be super cheap and crappy and it'll smudge everywhere, but this is actually really amazing. It doesn't smudge at all! It has a smudger foam thing on the end of it, and you have to work sort of fast if you're going to smudge it out because it dries quite quick. Nevertheless, really like this. Only downside, I wish it would sharpen itself, because I'm super lazy. :P

Rimmel London Professional Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown
Initially bought this near the beginning of last year, and I didn't know how to use it. Since then after watching heaps of Youtube videos, I learnt how to use it, and it's really good. (:

L-R: Lash & Brow Comb | small crease brush | ecotools eye shadow brush | realTechniques blush brush | realTechniques expert face brush

 Lash & Brow Comb
I got this along with several other brushes for free in this small kit that came with a purchase in the Duty free shop when I was getting back from New Zealand. I didn't really want the kit, but I was like, worth a shot. And it seriously surprised me. I didn't know something free could be that good ! All the brushes were actually decent quality. And I've been using this brush for after mascara and brows, it's super handy !

Small crease Brush
Like I said earlier, I got a kit from the duty-free store, and this was another brush that came with the kit. It's super small so it's perfect for the crease and inner corner and I just never expected it to be so soft.

Ecotools Eyeshadow Brush
I got this from my bestie (THANK YOU ♥) in a beauty exchange box because she knew I liked to QUOTE: "do a lot of stuff with my eyeballs". And this is really good for just anything really. Super soft and has a tapered end so I can do a whole eyelook with shadow just using this brush.

realTechniques Blush Brush
I got this online, because it's CRAZY EXPENSIVE IN AUSTRALIA. THIS IS F*CKING $40 OVER HERE (excuse the language). I got this online for $9.99! Anyways, I heard from reviews this is really good for powder, not blush because it's way too big, and that's what I use it for. It's really soft, and when I first got it I couldn't stop feeling it hehe. Anyways, really recommend this, and the whole collection.

realTechniques Expert Face Brush
I got this as well after reading really positive reviews on it. I didn't really use it at all because I don't wear foundation  except for formal and then when I started using it with my concealer and BB cream, it makes the biggest difference ever. It buffs it in so naturally you can't really tell you're wearing anything. Highly recommend this!

That's all I have for beauty favourites. I hope you enjoyed reading this. Honestly, I get a lot of my makeup as gifts or sample sizes from other purchases from my mum, so yeah, I'm a real makeupp cheapie.

Anyways, thanks for reading.

Michelle ♥

Update: New Favourite Song

This is my new favourite song. It's so good !! Love Chester See and Tiffany Alvord. :D

Michelle <3

Song: Best Friend

This is by Jason Chen. (: Love him <3

This is his new single and he also has a Chinese version. (: Enjoy.

Chinese Version :

Enjoy !

Michelle <3

Favourites: October 2011

I reckon I should do a favourites post after every month. (: It's kind of late but better than never. :D

SONGS:

Haven't really been up to date with songs but my favourites ( in no particular order ) are :

Skyscraper by Demi Lovato

Invincible by Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland

and Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. Lol.

BOOKS:

I've only read one book last month and I loved it. It's 'The Painted Man' by Peter Brett. (: So good ! It's a series so I need to get the next one. (:

MOVIE/VIDEO:

Haven't watched any new movies last month. But I did watch a short film on Youtube which I have placed on here before. I love it ! So damn hilarious and suspenseful. :P

'Crush the Skull'

FASHION:

My fashion hasn't changed much but since it's Spring/Summer, I'm wearing more bright happy colours like bright blue and purple. (:

Gladiator sandals ! Got mine last year and they were cheap, so I've been wearing them nearly ever week now. (:

BEAUTY:

Been loving this mascara by Maybelline. Colossal Volum' Xpress by Maybelline :


Image courtesy from Google.

That's it for now. (: I'll do a November favourites some time and if I forget, someone scream at me :P

Michelle <3

Favourites Tag - Made by Julia

OK. So Julia 'tagged' me to do this Favourites List. Which I have done many times...well twice before, but that was my songs so yeah. (: And these are separated in categories. I'm going to twist the tag a bit and put two favourites in one category. >:)

Link to Julia's blog: http://www.xxjuliaxx.blogspot.com/

Song:

Right now...I am loving 'Look at me Now' which is by Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne. I know everyone knows this but I've been listening to this the most and I have listened to any 'new' songs. :P

Second favourite would be 'Jar of Hearts' by Christina Perri. (: That's a good one too. (: <3

Book:

Definitely 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee. Which I absolutely loved but it was boring at the beginning. No offense. :O
 


 Second favourite would be 'The Red Pyramid' by Rick Riordan. That's another favourite. (:


 Movie/Video:

That's a hard one....well I'll just do a Youtube channel. Which would be Freddie Wong's Channel. Since I love action-packed stuff mixed with comedy. That channel is my favourite (:

Link to his channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew

Fashion:

Really into cropped stuff. I love cropped tops and cropped jackets and cropped blazers and literally everything cropped.

I'm also loving jeggings because.....I don't know. If you know me, my style at the moment is usually: a hoodie, with jeggings and fringe boots ;) Yeps that's me. And it was funny when the chinese teacher at our school turned up at school in a hoodie, jeggings and fringe boots. :O

Beauty:

First love would be this new lip gloss I got from Bloom. It's a sample sized one but neverless it's really good. I'm going to tell my sister to get me one for my birthday since it's so expensive. After I finish the sample sized one. (: The shade is in Kissable which is really pretty :D <3




 Second favourite would be the Maybelline New York the Falsies Volume 'Xpress mascara. Nearly out of it but I bought the Colossal which I'll try later on. (:




 That's it for now. When I have more favourites I'll post them (: Now I tag Amanda and other people who would read this. :P

Michelle xx 

Movie Review No. 5 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part. 2 !!!

Voldemort (YES I SAID IT :P) seriously needs a nose job. :L

 I'VE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO WATCH HARRY POTTER 7 !! AND I JUST CAME HOME :D

Lemme tell you, it was the best experience ever and I really really REALLY want to watch it again (: It was truly a worth-while movie.

We actually booked our tickets online last night since we were scared it was going to be sold out and thank god we did that because when we got there to receive our tickets, they really were sold out. I feel so glad we were able to watch it (:

Two things though :
1) I wish it was real.
2) I wish they would write/make another one. ANYTHING to return to that world. It was so FREAKING awesome !

Rating: 11/10 :D

Recommendation: WATCH IT. And that's an order. :P

Thanks for reading,
Michelle xx

Movie Review No. 4 - 'I am Number 4'

Hello,


I also have finally watched 'I am Number 4'. This was a seriously great movie. There were scenes in the movie that were kinda cringe-worthy. I really hope there's going to be a continued movie of this since the ending is kind of ambigious and it doesn't really end. Other than that, it was awesome (: I like supernatural movies so this was totally A-W-E-S-O-M-E. :D

Rating: 9.5/10

Thanks for reading,
Michelle xx

Movie Review No. 3 - 'Kung-Fu Panda 2' (Contains Spoilers)

Boo (:

So I've finally watched Kung-Fu Panda 2. Well I watched it last week so here's my review (:


One word : AWESOME :D

I swear this movie was really really good. I really want to watch it again. I watched this in 3-D but as with every movie that's 3D it's not really that different. I really liked the plot-line and I have no idea why, but anything that is emotional in a movie, I would cry to.

SPOILER ALERT: DON'T READ THE FOLLOWING IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE YET :P

So there was a scene where it shows Po's mother leaving him in a crate full of radishes to save her own son from this ... uhh ... crane that wants to eliminate all the living pandas in the province. So it was really sad when the mother sacrificed herself for him. Now that part was so sad to me, I cried. YES ! I said it. There. I cried. Lol. Well, it was sad... *shrug*

Rating: 10/10

DEFINITELY A FAVOURITE (: I think there's going to be Kung-Fu Panda 3 :D I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO WATCH THAT !

Thanks for reading,
Michelle xx

Kiss the Rain by Yiruma

Hey guys,

So one of the Youtube videos of Kiss the Rain which can be played below is a new favourite. (:

On one of the comments, it tells you to try this:

" 1. pause at 0:00
2. open new tab
3. go to Rainymood(dot)com
4. play this ^
5. love the sound "

And I tried it. BEST THING EVER. Just play the song when it's loading and it's really awesome. (:

Enjoy,
Michelle xx

Movie Review No. 1 - Romeo and Julet

Hey guys,



 So at school sometime, we finished watching 'Romeo and Juliet'. We watched the Baz Lurhmann's version which I prefer anyways. I like how it's really cliche and dramatized. I know some people don't like movies like that but I personally don't mind it.

The love theme/song from the movie is really good and is so sad. The song is 'I'm Kissing You' by Des'Ree. It's really good since it reminds me of the movie and the ending.
Listen to the song:

I found the ending really sad and found it hard not to cry to. I'm pretty sure all those Leonardo fans out there would totally dig this movie. *wink* I can't wink but whatever. :P

Rating: 5/5
Recommendation: YES. If you don't mind crying to tragedy love stories. Or if you love Leonardo Di'Caprico. Lol.

Don't watch it if you've just broken up with someone because you'll bawl out waterfalls. :P

Michelle xx

Favourite K-Pop Songs At the Moment

Hey guys,

Just wanted to share with you some of my favourite Kpop songs I know and LOVE :) They aren't in any particular order.

I've probably mentioned this one before but I honestly LOVE this. And her voice is so angelic. In my opinion.
Nagging - IU ft. Seulong (2AM):

Why - 4Minute:

I My Me Mine - 4Minute:

As you can see I'm leaning a bit to 4minute. Heh.
Huh - 4Minute (you might have to skip to 0:28 until the actual song starts):

Bad Girl, Good Girl - Miss A:

This one isn't that catchy and I think the only thing that I love is the dance routine. Hahaha.

Run Devil Run - Girls Generation:

That's it for now (:

Enjoy,
Michelle xx

Update No. 6 - Kitty is sick ):

Hey guys,

So around yesterday, I discovered some vomit of food in the backyard from my cat and he was really sick yesterday. So today, he didn't eat much, I haven't found any vomit yet and he slept a lot. But he more active today than yesterday. I hope he'll get better soon because my parents won't let me take him to the vet because they don't want to pay for it. Oh well. Hopefully, all will be good.

Didn't do much today. Went shopping for camp items. I ended up grabbing two pump bottles from 'Hot Dollar'. And some other things. Right now, I really want a hoodie, a sloppy joe and an oversized jumper. Why haven't I gotten them? Well technically, I'm on a buying-clothes-ban for this year, as I've bought too many clothes the last time I went to China earlier this year. That doesn't count as part of the clothing ban. So I've started once I came back but I've only broken it once. From buying this denim jacket from Dotti on a sale some time ago. I couldn't resist, since it was originally $99.99 and it was reduced to $19.99. And the design is really really good. And I didn't have a denim jacket. It's probably one of my favourite pieces of clothing. Maybe I'll show you guys later and model it to show you how GOOD it is :) in my later posts.

So nothing much, but I need to do my history assignment and pack for camp. I haven't even written a list yet, so need to do that soon.

If you ever see this in Tongli BUY IT :) and never look back ONCE:

October Fifth Pineapple Shortcakes (:

This is one of my FAVOURITE things to eat once I've come home from a rough day at school. And it retails for about $5 depending on which Tongli store you get it at :) And the Tongli store is an asian store that looks like this:



Until next time,
Michelle xx

Update No. 5 - A few of my favourite songs (:

Hey guys,

So the songs I've been loving lately are (not in any particular order):