~Beauty Review: Innisfree No Sebum Mineral Pact and The Face Shop Magic Cover BB Cream~

Uhh I don't think that's what they meant by putting makeup on your face >,<

Gee that's a long title! Haha~ Hello everyone!! Today I'll be doing a dual review on two different products that I purchased from Amazon recently ^.^ I decided to do these two reviews together because I bought them to use together and this will be my first time trying them both out so I decided two in one would make the most sense and be more efficient ahha~

I now have four BB creams in my large make-up collection (large to my standards, ok? lol) Shara Shara BB cream, Atom BB cream, L'OREAL BB cream, and now this Magic Cover BB cream by The Face Shop! I've heard many promising things about this product. Mostly I just wanted to try something new, but I realized I ordered this before I bought the green BB cream I reviewed last time so...yeah now I have too many creams hahaha. Anyways, this particular one caught my eye because of it's packaging! Normally cute packaging is what catches my eye, but this time I noticed that this BB cream comes in a sort of tube/pump type packaging which I thought was pretty interesting! And I thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a try because it has SPF 20 and I'm always trying to look for the perfect coverage/color combo in BB cream. So far the closest I've gotten to matching my skin tone is mixing two of my different BB creams (now that I think about it, maybe I should also do an update on what's in my makeup collection? Yes.) and even then it's not exactly the right color. Hopefully this one will be closer! I ordered Natural Beige.

As for the compact powder, I actually only have two powders a loose one and a compact one. The loose one is my go to favorite: Skin Food Peach Sake Silky Finish Powder. And the compact was one of the first makeup items I ever bought: Too Cool for School Photoready Compact. I expected the TCFS one to be really good but I find that after an hour or so, even in the winter when I'm not SUPER oily, my t-zone gets shiny. So I wanted a new powder that would give me better results. I was about to buy the Tony Moly Cats Wink Clear Pact but I decided to try this Innisfree No-Sebum Pact first because the loose powder one has really awesome reviews.

Pictures of the products:

Pretty purple packaging ^.^

"The perfect cover fix powder magically covers fine skin flaws, through dense coverage to enable the skin to appear fair. It adheres to the skin comfortably and helps make-up last for an extended period of time."

On the back it tells you how to use the pump I think? 

I hope you can read this >.< lol

I love the color of the compact!

Compare the size to my hand. It's quite small, you see!

Here's my makeup routine using both of these products!

As usual I start with a clean face and dab on a bit of my Smashbox primer:

And now the BB cream!

See the cap and pump? 

This side of my face will be primer and BB cream only (with the powder on top later)

Texture of the BB cream:

You really don't need a lot for medium coverage, this BB cream is quite thick! I used this amount for half my face and I think it's still kind of too much!

Once it's blended in!

On the right side of this picture I'm putting the green tinted L'OREAL BB cream under this BB cream to see if it looks nicer/how the color blends with a darker colored cream:

Putting on the green stuff first!

Then TFS Magic Cover on top!

Everything is blended in!

Now my whole face has BB cream! In this pic no particular side looked "better" but I like the color (in person) of mixing the green and Magic BB creams (right side)

Time to set with powder!:

Swiped a bit with my finger.

Swatch on hand.

It really is translucent! A nice thin powder!

Apply with puff:

Can you tell it matte-fied my face? 

Compare sides of face:

Sometimes I don't mist after I use powder, this time I didn't for the sake of testing the oil trapping qualities of the compact!

Done!

BB Cream thoughts:
Texture/consistency: It's quite a thick BB cream! Not runny at all! And you can tell when you put it on that it's very creamy and smooth but it is also dry if that makes sense?! I didn't get what it meant on the front when it said "fix powder" but now I do. It gives you a dewy complexion without actually being liquid-y and oily feeling. It's like a matte texture with a dewy look! COOL.

Color match: Right when I put it on I could tell that it wasn't my shade hahaha. Surprise surprise. It is darker than my CC cream by Too Cool For School and is about the same as my Atom BB cream! A bit more olive-y than pink, which I appreciate since I'm trying to minimize my pink/red tones.

Scent: BEAUTIFUL. I love the scent of this product!! It's light and floral when you first put it on and stays smelling fresh throughout the day ^.^

Coverage: For me this is more of a medium-full coverage BB cream. It is still build able but I can see myself wearing just one layer of this! I might not even need the green BB cream underneath it because it's pretty perfect on it's own. There isn't much of a difference so maybe this could be my new go-to BB cream!!! AHH!

Irritation?: None at all! So far at least!

MAGIC?!: The only weird thing I noticed with this is when I looked in the mirror I think I missed a spot on my nose? And my pores just in that one area looked HUGE compared to the rest of my nose? I covered it up with the BB cream and it disappeared like it never happened. Are my pores really that large?! Or does this BB cream just shrink the pores on the rest of my face and nose so much that my normal looking pore look enlarged? Spoopy!

Longevity: My t-zone got a little cakey looking after about 4 hours outside walking around living life, but the side with just Magic cover and powder stood up a lot longer than green BB and the Magic BB, which is a good sign!

Overall: The color match was disappointing since that was one of the reasons why I wanted a new BB cream. But everything else about this is AMAZING. I'm sure my fall/winter tone will look really nice with this BB cream and I'm looking forward to using it for the rest of the year! Yipee! A success!

Compact thoughts:
Texture: Smooth, not grainy or clumpy or anything. It's a nice thin powder.

Scent: There really isn't a scent to this. Maybe because all I can smell on my face right now is the BB cream (mm so good lol). So it's not exactly a bad thing that this has no scent! I actually prefer that the powder doesn't have a scent haha. But my mom said it smells like baking powder? It really doesn't smell like anything to me ahha.

Translucency: When I put it on it didn't wash me out or lighten me at all! Surprisingly. It just blends right in with the rest of my makeup.

Longevity (Did it last throughout the day?): Patting this liberally on my t-zone (focusing on my nose because it's the oiliest) this lasted me about the same as my TCFS compact which made me REALLY disappointed:

Closeup of my face after a long day out and about in Seattle: it was a hot day with a lot of stairs and sweat so it was a good day to test this stuff out! This is in unnatural (bathroom) lighting.

Nose is shiny (I didn't re-apply throughout the  day b/c reviews said you wouldn't have to. But I think  I need to sadly haha) And the area between my eyebrows got a little cakey.

Overall: The only other thing I don't like about this compact compared to my TCFS one is that this one doesn't come with a cover inside the compact to keep the puff from touching the powder all day like my other one:

The TCFS compact comes with that plastic cover set on a hinge so the cotton pad isn't sitting on the powder all day, whereas the Innisfree compact has a temporary plastic cover only.

I do however like that this compact is...compact! It's much smaller than my Too Cool For School one so I am more comfortable taking it around everywhere! And since it actually is translucent I can put it over any makeup without fear of looking oily ^__^ I don't think I'll repurchase the compact version though. Maybe next time I'll try the loose powder (even though it's not so easily portable I've had more success in the past with those!)

Thanks for reading as usual! Hope you are all having a great week!

xoxo Abby

~Beauty Review: Chosungah 22 Click Click Click Multicolor Lip Tint~

Hello hello! Today I have another beauty review! I don't usually buy makeup products from Sephora but this lip tint caught my eye:

I tried a cushion lip tint before but I didn't really like the color or results. This time I decided to try it again because there were more colors available and it was a brand I hadn't seen before! I kind of wish that I looked online for this lip tint to see if it was cheaper on Amazon or an Asian cosmetics website before impulse buying this at Sephora but oh well haha. I also haven't seen many reviews on this yet so hopefully I can give you all a good first review ^.^

***HINT: TL;DR at the bottom of this post! <3***

The brand is Chosungah 22 and it's called Click Click Click Multicolor. I was trying to choose between Acai Berry (a purplish color) and a red color (I can't remember the name lol) and I chose the Acai Berry since I lost one of my other lip tints in a similar color T___T saaaad. This lip tint seems to be pretty new since I can't seem to find it on the Sephora website or on Google anywhere, which is weird hahaha. Not even on the Chosungah 22 website O.o I've never even heard of this brand until I saw it at Sephora >.< That's how much of an impulse buy this was lol, but it is a Korean cosmetics brand and the packaging looked cartoonish and funky (you know me with packaging lol) so I was like YEAH OOO COOL GOOD I needed a new lip tint hahaha.

Now onto the actual review! If you've never tried a cushion type lip product before, you're actually not missing out on much IMO. Like I said up above, I only tried one other lip tint and it was the Peripera Peri Cushion lipsin the color Play More (a BRIGHT pink). It had cute packaging and the concept of having a blending cushion on the end of the lip tint made it seem like it was good for gradient lips. But the Peripera version was disappointing to me because the actual tint sort of flaked off throughout the day and looked kinda like my lips were chapped and pink. So when I found this new cushion tint I didn't have super high hopes for it either, but I just LOVED the Acai Berry color when I swatched it so I decided to give the cushion a second try haha.

Here's what my lips looked like before applying the tint. I just did my normal makeup routine (which I will describe in a future post currently being worked on haha) and put a bit of Vaseline on my lips, which I wiped off mostly before putting on the tint~

And here's what the cushion part of the tint looks like!

When we were at Sephora I thought the concept of "Click Click" was kind of weird. It's supposed to be like a pen and if you look at the first of these two pictures above, on the right of the picture there is a clicker on the top of the tint pen and you click it like a pen until you start to see color come out like so:

After maybe 10-15 clicks

After about 20 clicks

Over 20-ish clicks

It really doesn't look like there is a lot of product on/in the brush after this many clicks. But at this point the brush is really actually loaded quite a bit! I touched this amount to my lips and attempted to do a gradient style:

First application: I just dabbed on a bit

Application 2: Dabbed on a bit more

Finished application: I spread it evenly on my lips and gave up on gradient lol

You could definitely do gradient with this lip tint! If you are experienced at doing it (unlike me hahaha). I think the consistency of this tint is what makes it nice for gradient lips. It's smooth and feels more like a juicy tint rather than a cream tint (like the Peripera Cushion one for example) but it's also not like a milk tint (my fave) so I have to put chapstick over it, which I'm totally fine with haha. It's definitely a build able color as well. Now that I look at it, it doesn't really show up that much in these three pictures I provided from the first to third application, but in person you could really see the difference between dabbing a bit on and building up the color. And that makes sense because this is actually meant to be a lip AND cheek tint! But I'm focusing on the lip aspect because I actually don't wear cheek tints or blushes ^____^ lol.

See? There's actually quite a bit of product! It didn't look like there was that much (even after clicking it so many times) but once you press it to your lips the liquid spreads to the top of the cushion and BAM!! COLOR!

These days I don't go out looking for a lip tint expecting it to be super long lasting. But I always check longevity and how many times I have to reapply anyways haha. This tint actually surprised me a little bit! Most of my other tints last about two hours before you really can't see that I'm wearing tint anymore. I know this because I recall having to reapply in between class last year and also after going to the movies with friends.

This is in the H&M fitting room so the lighting isn't natural or the same as the one in the previous pics. But what can ya do? lol

OK so it's not that noticeable in this lighting. But this is about three hours after putting on lip tint and IRL it still looked like I was wearing tint! NICE. I didn't reapply or anything at this point either. This is still from that first application. I mostly didn't reapply because I actually forgot to bring the tint with me when we went out that day lol.

Here's what my lips looked like at the end of the day. The tint look is gone, but I'm still satisfied overall at how it lasted a few hours longer than my other tints! And it doesn't even promise to be long-lasting on the box, which is awesome considering it lasts longer than my other tint that did boast about longevity. 

And just so you guys know, I tend to lick and bite my lips throughout the day (bad habit? meh) and I also eat and drink a lot throughout the day as well. So you can imagine the average wear and tear my lips go through daily and this tint STILL stuck on for that long? I'm rather surprised, I'm definitely going to be testing this tint out more to see if that one day wasn't just a fluke or something lol.

***TL;DR***
Color 10/10: It matches the lip tint that I lost almost EXACTLY and I really loved that color so I hope I can find it again someday. But this tint might actually be better than that one now that I think about it? I thought it was going to be more of a pink color but it's a very nice mix of pink and purple. It's not super bright and I just think it suits me overall.

Longevity 8/10: Lasts longer than some of my other tints (Etude House Fresh Cherry and Peripera) but I would still recommend reapplying throughout the day if you want it to look vibrant. It fades subtly overtime and for me lasted til about 3-4 hours before it really faded away.

Taste 9/10: This category is kind of weird, but I felt like I needed to add it because some other tints I've tried (especially the juice tints) tasted really chemically. This one weirdly tastes lightly of actual juice! Kind of like raspberry Lipton tea? Please don't try eating or drinking the product just because I mentioned it lol. I trust you guys to be safe, okie? LOL

Scent 10/10: The scent is probably a big factor for why I thought this tint tasted like juice actually. It really does smell like a fruit juice, and maybe that's what made me think it tasted good lol. It doesn't have that bad chemical smell, just a fruity perfume scent that is only there for a while and fades. It's quite a light scent.

Texture 9/10: **EDITED 10/13**
OK so after using this constantly for the past two weeks or so, I'm pretty sure this is actually more of a milk tint than a juice tint! YAY! I guess it was just really liquid-y when I first used it and did this review so I assumed it was a juice tint. It is a bit moister than some of my other milk tints though, surprisingly! Instead of drying matte and drying out your lips this tint sinks in nice and evenly after a few minutes and then you can gloss or balm right over it without fear of it smudging! Compared to my Peripera Cushion tint, this runnier (I guess?) milk tint had a better consistency with the cushion than a thicker, creamier tint ^__^

Design/concept 8/10: The click click concept is somewhat effective. You can't always tell how much product is coming out at first, it takes some trial and error. But it's not like you're wasting product really, it all just ends up on the brush anyways since it's a liquid type. There's so much clicking though, it might get annoying for some people LOL. But being a pen is really nice because they tend to have easier control and you can easily have it in your purse/bag/backpack/makeup pouch etc. without fearing it will spill like bottle tints!

Overall 9/10: I actually would buy this again! Even though it's more expensive than some of my other lip tints this one seems to have a nice color, texture, and amount of product per application, which makes it TOTALLY worth it. Aaaand I might go back for two other colors actually (red and pink LOL) SOMEONE STOP ME PLZ.

I hope you all enjoyed this weeks beauty review! I start my second year of Uni on Wednesday (30th) AHHHHH!! Wish me luck! Good luck to you guys too! If there's anything else I forgot to mention about the tint that you guys want to know about, please comment below! <3

xoxo Abby

~Back to School Tips and Essentials~

I wish these were my real glasses frames, but alas, my real ones are just plain tortoise T__T hahaha

Hi everyone! I know school has started for many people already but I just wanted to have a post about some school essentials before I start school again myself! This is also kind of a motivational post for me and anyone else feeling anxious about this school year. Hopefully this pumps us up and gets us excited about what's to come!! WOO HOO!!

I'll start with some tips that will hopefully help us stay sane this school year!

1.) Stay organized!

OK OK I know I'm starting off with something a bit cliche that's on every back to school motivation list. But Just thinking back on how I was last year with organization compared to other years I think organization of my things and time were what I did wrong on my first year of Uni. Senioritis practically seeped into third quarter (somehow skipping fall and winter quarter?!) and I am definitely starting out at a low point my Sophomore year now T____T BUT!! I believe better organization this quarter will be something that will combat the bad vibes I picked up at the end of last year! This year will be stronger!!

A little peek at what I constantly keep in my backpack (minus my laptop + charger)

I don't keep much in my main pencil pouch, I usually just use a pen to take notes so having a nice pen that will last a while (like those 7 year pens maybe? :O) is a great idea if you like hand-writing your lecture notes and whatnot like I do!

Last year I used my planner at the beginning of the year, and that's probably why I did a lot better at the beginning of the year as well hahaha~

I have a four subject spiral notebook with a section for each class. Multi subject notebooks are great for me because it's lighter than having to carry around three different notebooks for my classes. And we don't submit our notes anyways so it's ok if they're all in one notebook!

Folders (especially cute ones!) are my absolute favorite and a MUST HAVE.

My backpack (pre being decorated with buttons and charms lol) nice and sturdy! Holds up SUPER well in the rain and none of my stuff has ever gotten wet! Kankens are cute but I stick to Dakine for durability and comfort ^>^

To help with organization I suggest lots and LOTS of cute folders and a cute planner to keep you in line ^>^ I've found that folders are a lot lighter and easier to carry around campus than a large binder or something similar. Especially when you have to walk from one end of campus to the other every hour hahaha. Folders keep papers from each class separate from one another and not crumpled in your notebook or backpack! Plastic folders also keep your things dry in case your backpack is a bit thin and it's raining and a bit of water leaks through! Or if you have your water bottle in your backpack and it has condensation or if it spills in your backpack. Thankfully this hasn't happened to me at Uni yet :3

2.) Eat! (BEHOLD, some of the many pictures of food from my phone/instagram LOL)

I know not everyone eats breakfast (and especially not this much!) everyday but try to at least grab some fruit or a protein bar on the way out the door! Many people say they can focus without a morning meal, and for some people it actually gives them a stomach ache to eat breakfast! Don't rush into this process if that's your case, but maybe try to eat some small things or drink a healthy smoothie in the morning! It really makes a difference to how you feel throughout the day!

For lunch I suggest something quick and easy as well. Especially if your classes are non-stop throughout the day you'll want something you can eat between class so you can focus, rather than eat in class like I have done before hahaha. A sandwich is good for these situations!

If you have time for a sit down, wholesome meal then definitely do it! You can even look through your notes a little while waiting for your food to come or cool down if you're really a study bugger hahaha.

I know a lot of us love caffeinated drinks, just be careful on how many sweet/caffeine filled drinks you have in a day! Water is really the best option!

And by eat I don't mean a bag of chips in the morning and a muffin for lunch. Yes I know people who took to this type of diet for a lot of the school year, and it's not good! I'm not a nutritionist or health expert, and I do eat things like chips and pop tarts and stuff. And I know sometimes people are in a rush or in a pinch and they have no choice but to eat that way. I just want to encourage at least some of you to maybe think about eating at least a semi-real meal every once in a while? Especially people who live away from caretakers and people who usually provide meals and things *tries to be ambiguous to appeal to a larger audience* Maybe think about eating a sandwich with tasty things like avocado and cheese? Turkey and tomato? Easy pasta dishes? If you have trouble with time management, make your breakfast or lunch the night before and have it ready for the morning! That's what I do :D I dunno you guys, just at least remember to eat something!! Please! I've nearly fallen asleep in class before because I lacked energy from skipping out on a proper lunch (I LOVE strawberry Poptarts 3:) it sucks.

3.) Stay active!

This is something I'm definitely taking on this year. I was afraid to visit the IMA (basically the school gym) at our school last year but this time I'm going to change that >:) I'm going to try and find a workout buddy or at least invest in a nice workout outfit so I feel obligated to work out everyday. Freshman fifteen is too real you guys lol, trust me.

4.) Talk to people!

I had trouble doing this around the end of the school year as well. It's so weird, I start out confident and talk to everyone and make friends at the beginning of the year. And I think the reason I might have tapered off on the socialization at the end of the year was because I was starting to just get really down spring quarter and I didn't really try my best at much at that point. Now I know I'm happier when I have people and friends whom I can relate to and talk to! Don't bottle it up and stick it out on your own, or at least try not to even though it can be hard to meet new people if you're an introvert like me ^__^ I WILL find a study group this year!! I WILL talk to the T.A. when I have questions and am struggling!! I WILL make new friends!! Hahaha

5.) Remember why you're in school in the first place!!

Try not to over stress when it comes to school! Know your limitations, set goals, sort out problems/ask questions when you don't understand, and know that mistakes do happen (BIG and small ^.^) but what matters is how you bounce back.

This reason is different for everyone I'd say. Even though many people say it's because they want to have a good job and have a good life in the future, everyone has different details and things that motivate them to go to school. I could tell you to go to class everyday or buy all the textbooks and read them all front to back, but I know that just isn't realistic for everyone. We all have off days! And that's totally OK :) That's why it's always good to find that one thing that motivates you to do whatever it is you do in life. I mostly just want to say we should do the best we can do and have no regrets! Not trying my hardest and only dipping my toes into things last year is probably my biggest regret for last year and I'll be paying for it with hard work these next three years :D Whether you have chosen to go to school or are not currently in school or in the ideal situation you want to be in right now I hope we all try our best at life together =^__^=


Alright now onto some essentials for school! I'll just lay out some basic things I can't leave home without ^.^

If your fall weather is like what we have in the PNW, you're definitely going to want to invest in some good rain gear haha.

Having a cute rain jacket handy is always a good idea :3 This one is from Urban Outfitters I think?

A rain poncho is able to cover your whole body and even your backpack if you get an extra big one! Urban Outfitters always has cool ones but they aren't always cheap 3: I buy them when they go on sale for $5 lol.

Yep, here it rains in the summer...

And of course in the fall ^.^ But cute rain boots help make rainy days cheerier! 

You'll also be walking around quite a bit if you have a big school campus that has outdoor areas so make sure you have good walking shoes/rain boots if this is also your case!

A laptop is also something you should have handy, but don't think you need to go out and buy a brand new one especially if  you are starting college and feel obligated to do so. It's not always necessary! I recommend going to class for at least a month before you think about buying a laptop. The only times I've really needed it while I was on campus was when I took it to quiz section to work on a group project. But other than that I really didn't need it with me most of the time! I just took it to school so I didn't have to use one of the school computers even though there were a ton available. It's nice to have a laptop whether you live on campus or not but you can definitely get by just fine by using the school computers or a desktop if you already have it. I thought I would need a laptop to help me take notes but it turns out that a paper pad and a pen are my tools of choice for note taking ^.^ I suppose it all depends on your preference though! If you do decide to get a laptop, definitely try to take advantage of any discounts your school might get you on tech!! If you plan on carrying it around (and/or if you commute like me) you probably want a lighter/more compact laptop. I also bring my charger with me and there are charging ports in places all over campus like the library.

Lastly I would say that all you might need is a bit of cash on hand to buy yourself lunch in case you need it for something. Around campus our school card is accepted in most places but sometimes you might find yourself in need of a few dollars, so carry around maybe five dollars in ones and a few quarters? And keep your school card in an accessible place because sometimes you might need that right away as well!

***QUICK PSA ON ALL NIGHTERS: If you know you can avoid them, avoid them. We have all stayed up until 2 in the morning working on an assignment that was given weeks in advance. If you're like me and work best under pressure, I'm sure you've found that all nighters have actually given you some pretty good results in the past. But you know what also has good results? Sleep. We all need more of that as well. So please (me especially included) try to keep yourself (myself) organized and do assignments bit by bit and not all in one night. Thank you.

I hope this back to school post didn't stress you out or make you guys anxious (like it sort of did for me while listing all these things hahaha). But I also hope this school year is a great one for all of us as well!!

xoxo Abby

~What's In My Makeup Collection?~

Hi lovelies! I realized while writing a different post that I wasn't completely sure what I have in terms of makeup right now. So I decided to go through that with you guys! Like I said in the past, I'm definitely not an expert in makeup or anything. But anyways, here's what I have collected over the past one and a half years or so starting my makeup wearing adventures!

Instead of going in order of what I first bought when I started wearing makeup (like I originally wanted to) I just took pictures of everything in pairs and put them in order I wear them in haha ^.^

SO! First things first! Here are all my primers. The main one I use is the Smashbox Photo Finish all over a clean face ^__^ Next to it I have eyelid primers, the Estee Lauder one is one that my mom wasn't using so she gave it to me ahha. But I don't really use it all that often, I probably should though. It might help with the smudging. The smaller pot below that has a sample from a Too Faced eye primer that I can't remember the name of but it smells awful and I gave up using it hahahha. 

Next up is cream/foundation. These days I use BB cream a lot more often than foundation. I've found that depending on the product you will get different coverage results, whether it's a BB/CC cream or foundation doesn't really make much of difference. All of the BB creams I've tried so far have actually given me more coverage! I always thought foundation would do that but, trial and error! What can I say? Hahaha. If I'm wearing anything that doesn't already have SPF in it I usually put the Beach Defense sunscreen on right after putting on primer, sometimes even before putting primer on because it's light and hydrating and doesn't irritate my skin ^.^ The BB creams on the top picture are in order of when I got them, not my preference (although I got the CC cream and Shara Shara things together, oops lol). If you read my blog from the beginning you might remember that I swatched the Shara Shara and Too Cool For School CC cream from my Meme Boxes here. Using the Atom BB cream (white) and L'OREAL BB cream (my review here)together is my current favorite as it matches my skin tone the best! I used to use the Shara Shara BB cream in the winter time because it's VERY ashy looking and washes me out. It has grey tones that seem to counteract my redness but it's just tooooo light for me right now hahaha. The Atom BB cream is also too light so I like to mix it with the L'OREAL (this one first to get rid of redness, then the Atom on top of it because it also has SPF) since it's a bit darker and blends nicer with my current natural skin tone. The CC cream probably has my favorite scent and texture of all my BB creams but it is also too light for me right now. Asian cosmetics tend to be on the lighter side so make sure you are wary of that when purchasing them! 

As for foundations the Pur Minerals Liquid Veil (which I did a review on here) is my favorite of these two because it matches my skin tone better (even though it's still kinda light) and is build-able since it's a spray type foundation! The Calypso Magic Foundation I also (sort of) did a review on here and has more one application coverage than the Liquid Veil and is not my favorite shade. I tend to use it on my neck and it blends with the rest of my makeup on my face somehow hahahha.

Sometimes I put concealer on before cream, sometimes after. These days I don't wear it much partially because I'm running out, partially because I don't really like the coverage of this concealer, and partially because my skin is mostly clearing up anyways and my BB cream takes care of my redness hahaha >__< 

Depending on whether I forget or not I usually put powder on next to smooth everything over. I use the kabuki (blue) brush with the Skinfood powder, I just find that it spreads things better than the puff I guess haha. And I take the compact with me to school or in my purse even though I still get oily after a few hours T__T The other brush is one that I use with the Pur Minerals foundation! 

Sometimes I just stop there, but when I'm really feeling up to it I also add a bit of eyeshadow:

This is the only eyeshadow palette I have and I love it so much I don't need any other ones <3__<3 I did a review of this here as well! I basically use only two colors because I'm lazy and boring and I don't experiment with colors at all ahhaa. It keeps me from looking less dead in the morning tbh. I also have a lil eyeshadow brush in there that my mom found and gave to me because apparently all her eyeshadow palettes come with their own brushes. Step up your game Too Faced, I wish this came with a cute chocolate brush T__T 

After my face is all done I spritz some of my Shiseido face mist (which I might do a review on in the future) all over my face and neck and pat to set:

I'd say on average this past summer I was usually done with my makeup after putting on a bit of mascara! Even though my eyelashes are already pretty long, I like the look of extra length ^.^ I'm a bit greedy you see lol. I don't curl em' though, just mascara:

These ones actually are listed in order of my preference. Mostly because a lot of them (all of them?!) are basically free/from my mom since she gets them for free when she orders things lol. Benefit is my newest one and it's AMAZING. NO CLUMPS. And it makes my eyelashes so even and long ugh it's beautiful. Before I had that one I used that white Estee Lauder Sumptutous Bold Lifting mascara. I think I used to have a Clinique volume one that I used more often but I can't find it?! The other Clinique High Impact mascara is also quite good too. It has a nice long wand and the bristles on the brush are smooth. I rarely get clumps from the Clinique ones as well ^.^ The Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara is one that I don't use often so I'm not sure if it works super well. It's one that's often at the bottom of my makeup bag for some reason lol. The Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara was the most disappointing personally. Two of my other friends who have tried it (hi Karyn and Angelina if you guys read my blog!! LOL) said it works nicely for them. But for some reason it's just SOOO clumpy for me! And it's frustrating because in the beginning when I first got it it worked well and the brush has so many bristles that the volume and impact of lashes is AMAZING. But now it ALWAYS CLUMPS and I just can't. 

Even on days when I don't wear makeup I like to wear some lip stuff!! LIP. STUFF. IS. MY. FAVORITE. And of all the lip stuff, lip tints and lip milks are my absolute favorite!!! So of course my lip stuff collection reflects my obsession lol:

Pro-tip! I keep my lip tints standing upright on a shelf inside my closet (a cool dry place) so they don't get sticky or anything :3

These are listed in order of my preference (except that Shara Shara, I just put it on top ahhaha) and I think there are so many that I'll just do a mass review on all my lip stuff because I love them so much lol. But basically I wear the four in the first top row pretty much all the time. 

Aaaaand last but not least! On school days when I'm feeling super fabulous (or I'm feeling really crappy but I want to look fabulous!) I wear eyeliner! Liquid is my favorite because it's easiest for me to control ahha. I've always used liquid since using eyeliner but I have a few non liquid (they might be pencil or something?) that my mom gave me because she doesn't use them. As you can see I get a lot of makeup leftovers from my mom LOL. 

The eyeliners are in order of how often I use them. The Colossal eyeliner is my favorite because it's basically a giant black marker! And since I like drawing and stuff I'm very use to drawing lines with markers and things. My hands are quite stready. I've even applied eyeliner while on the bus before LOL. But that was back in winter quarter when I was a pro and now I'm back to being a novice and my wings aren't even because it's summer OK?! /rantover LOL. The very first makeup I ever got that wasn't lip stuff was the gold sparkly eyeliner and that was in high school! My mom was ok with it because she said it looked cute and didn't make me look mature >.< hahaha The Flower eyeliner is also one of my favorites. It's a brown one from a makeup line that Drew Barrymore has(had?!) but I don't see it in store anymore!! That makes me sad because this had the nicest light brown color and had a marker like tip as well. I hope I find it in stores again! The Rimmel and Pallaido are about at the same level since they are liquid but you have to dip them and stuff. The color is good and they're smooth to put on, but for some reason my eyeliner just ends up looking bad when I use these? The brushes are a lot stiffer is probably why. That's why I mostly use these for tight lining. The pink one in the middle is K-Palette 1-Day Magic eyeliner in dark brown. It has a thin side and a thick side of the brush (though it's one brush) and I would love it more if it wasn't so difficult to handle because of that. Perhaps I just need more practice using it hahaha. The last two are a brown Clio pencil type eyeliner in brown and an Intersense dual eyeliner/eyeshadow set in pink. I thought the pink was much stronger in the Intersense one when I first swatched it at the store. But when I actually tried it on at home you really couldn't see it. How disappointing lol.

The rest of the random stuff I have in my bag is some Shara Shara lip scrub (also from my Meme Box!), Softlips chapstick in vanilla, and some Princess Vera Wang perfume sticks, TonyMoly Bunny Perfume stick (pink), a few masks I don't use, and an aqua colored nail polish pen!

I hope you all enjoyed perusing through my makeup bag! It really all fits in one bag right now! LOL. For now. Let's continue my makeup adventures on here together, shall we? =^__^= And thanks for reading as always! <3

xoxo Abby