NYX Haul Swatches

Here are my NYX orders and I swatched them just for you guys who are interested to buy and found it quite difficult to choose from their variety of shades, I didn't order that much but I hope it helps! :D

Here are my 9 orders of NYX Single shadows.... (please click to enlarge)

Here are the colors swatched on my wonderfully dirty hands :) hehehe

Here are my NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Hauls and swatch...

The NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil and NYX Chrome Eyeshadows..

All of the above swatches are applied WITHOUT base and DRY! :) Hope this mini haul helps you guys :)


Your askmewhats,
Nikki

The CAS Cosmetics Fair

A CAS Cosmetics Fair is what I've been waiting for. Why? Well, my favorite Paul & Joe make up will be on sale! And when I say SALE, it's big big sale!!! And you can just see how excited I look like and I've arrowed down Ms. Lanie Acedillo , Associate Chief Make Up artist of Paul and Joe and also Von, the Boutique manager of P&J Rustan's Makati branch. Everyone at Paul & Joe are so helpful and super friendly (no joke, no sales talk here ok? hehehe). And with them being uber helpful and friendly makes me go back to them! Trust me, having friendly staffs really makes me go back!

Check out my red lips, I never wore red lipstick, but for them, I would! hahaha
(in the pix also Ms. Raizelle, super helpful girl as well from Paul & Joe)

Me, doing the pouty lips, and failed, I looked so unfriendly! hahaha

And here are my hauls!!!
I bought basically 2 Duo Crayons, 1 Eyebrow pencil no. 3,
P&J Light Cream Foundation in 03, Black Curly Mascara and
Autumn 2007 Face Colour

And the pix below are my freebies (they are smaller in person, just a finger high)
Moisture Lotion, Light Cleansing Milk and the Emulsion
(can't wait to try these cutey babies)

Not shown in pix, I also got my Paul & Joe luggage! For spending a certain amount of money.
I love freebies! Really! well who doesn't? hahaha

In this fair, the Body Shop, Jane Iredale Mineral Make-up and Watercolours were also there!

Happy moment...awww. Sad moment for my wallet *sniff*

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

My Cherry Culture NYX Cosmetics FINALLY ARRIVED!

I have been waiting, waiting, waiting for almost a month now, for my first Cherry Culture orders. Can you just imagine how excited I was that I got the notice card and my wonderful hubby went to the Postal Office to get the package for me. He's super nice enough to take a pix of it while I was still in the office and he made such cute message to me as well (2nd photo)....

AAAAWWWWWWWwwwww.....

Here are my orders:

• 3 pcs of NYX Chrome Eyeshadows
• NYX Concealer in a Jar
• 2 pcs of NYX Glitter eyeliner
• 2 pcs of NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow pencils
• 9 pcs of NYX Single eyeshadows
• 4 pcs of NYX Pearl Mania

And I got their usual freebie of the Cherry Culture lip gloss. My orders are well packed and its correct and complete...whew.

So happy, I was swatching and trying on it right away :D

Giddy Askmewhats,
Nikki

Askmewhats Version: "Sophia Loren" Look

You guys know Sophia Loren right? And if you're wondering what inspires me to use this icon as my inspiration....you'll be surprised! Aside from her being a "style" and "beauty" icon, the reason why I chose her is because...my model's name is SOPHIA LOREN!!! (No joke!) Phia, my friend is also named after Sophia Loren, YES! That's her full and complete name. If you're wondering how that happened, well to make the long story short, her grandpa idolizes Sophia Loren and changed their family name into "Loren" ...crazy? But TRUE! hehehe Since she's got the looks and the eyes, I kinda tried out a "Sophia Loren" look on her and here's the result... (of course, I'll post the before pix first)

Before Picture...

A closer look

An overall sideway look

Hahaha, she's got her headset on as it's workday! :)
By the way, the makeover was done BREAKTIME ok?
Whoever's reading this who's my boss, BREAKTIME OK??? hahaha

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Tip for the Day: Mini Resealable Plastics

I always have a mini make-up pouch inside my bag. And I don't usually use liquid foundation for touch-ups and I don't even retouch my eye make up when I'm out. But there will always be days where friends would request for a makeover and I wouldn't want to be caught using my own powder puff or sponge applicators. That is not only uncool but its unhygienic.

Here's my tip, find a resealable plastic bag (and you can choose the size depending on your preference). I bought mine at the bookstore (National bookstore to be exact) for Php 48.00 (approx $1.00). At least, people whom you put make-up on can see that it's clean and at the same time, you protect your products as well.

I hope this tip helps :)

Your askmewhats,
Nikki