Tag: I HEART Beauty Secrets

A nice tag from Sasha of the BeautyBentoBox Darling, thanks so much for this, I do appreciate it! I enjoyed reading other people's secret so I believe its time all of us share! Righty?

I am honestly, seriously, lazy on doing tags, but when I'm tagged with stuffs I love to talk about, I just don't mind and expect me to blab away!

The I heart Beauty Secrets would mean I have to share my beauty secrets (if I have any) as whatever I learned, I always share it online! So good luck to me! I hope I can still talk about something new and different! hahaha If I've been repeating myself over and over again, well....just skip the paragraph! hahaha and forgive the old lady! *winks*

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Anyway here they are:

My Foundation: Paul & Joe Light Cream Foundation (03)

My Mascara: Paul & Joe Curly Mascara and Maybelline

My Blush: Arezia Palette blushes! (the e/s aren't that great but the blushes are!!!!)

My Eye Shadow: NYX, MAC, Kate by Kanebo, G-lish Eyescream, (and I'm still adding up from different brands, I'm sooo open for different brands for e/s)

My Day Cream: Cinique Moisture Surge Cream

My Lipstick: Lancome Pink (love love love this neutral look)

My Beauty Product Brand: Paul & Joe!!! (It's obvious with my Hauls)

My Essential Beauty Product: Moisturizer (hello, dry skin )

My Favorite Makeup Product: Powder (I can't leave home without a gentle pat, I just have this strange feeling that I look dirty and oily...oh the paranoia in me!)

My Perfume: Gucci Envy Me is my fave! Eau de Toilette but works ok

My Nails: I'm not particular with expensive or cheap brands, I go for colors on any brands and the secret would be, top it with a clear coat of Sally Hansen! (makes the polish stays longer)

My Feet & My Hands: Beauty Formulas! You can checkout my post here

Three Products to bring on a deserted island: Sunblock, Facial cleanser, Facial Mist (if we're talking about beauty products only)

Woman I admire for their beauty: My mom, naturally beautiful, with or without make up! (love you mommy)

Woman with the Best Sense of Style: Everyone! As I believe each individual have their own style. And I love how I learn a lot just by looking at them

My Ultimate Dream (but I do not believe in selling my soul to the devil for it): To be a make-up artist, who can make a person feel totally beautiful after a simple makeover.

How Do I Define Womanhood: Confidence, embracing whatever was given to her and WORKING IT OUT! *doing the snap*

My Favorite Fashion Publication: Marie Claire

Now, now now *devilish laugh* I’m tagging:

EVERYONE who reads this --- THAT'S YOU!!!!!

I enjoyed answering this that I'm tagging everyone as I want to know each and everyone's secret...come on...spill it..don't be shy! :P

Your askmewhats,

Nikki

Tip for the Day: Mini-me Containers

Php 19.75 each plastic (for 2 containers) available at Landmark, Makati

I'm sure a lot of beauty addicts won't feel there's anything new with the photo above. Especially to those MMU addicts (hehehe) These babies are super useful. I just wanted to share with you guys that I bought this for Php 19.75 (approx $.50) at the Landmark. One pack has 2 plastic containers.

I like them because they have pink cap with them. Too bad they mixed it with the clear ones :) They could be cheap or expensive...not sure how much some of you gals pay for this...but I'm happy I bought them, they are useful for my loose glitters :D

How much do you pay for these?
Where do you buy these?

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Askmewhats Reviews: Ardell LashGrip vs. Andrea Mod Lash

Here's my "to be continued" post from Oh My Falsies post...

I have tried on Shu Uemura Lash Glue (not on pix) and it works wonders...it sticks and it is easy to peel off as well without tugging your original lashes, but I find it a bit expensive, hehehe It's actually not that expensive but of course, I'm not going to be using falsies everyday of my life so I will settle on something good and yet, affordable...

Here are my 2 hauls of Lash glue ....

Left : Ardell LashGrip available at Watson's SM MOA for Php 380.00 Right: Andrea Modlash available at Beauty Bar for Php 195.00

Ardell Lashgrip Adhesive
comes in 2 types, the black ones and the clear ones (I bought mine in Clear as I thought I can always apply gel liners.

Askmewhats says ---

Pros--

• it really does stick!
• its easy to remove, doesn't pull out your original lashes

Cons --

• the white part really does show! I did try to put not too much, wait for it to get a bit tacky before putting it on, the white glue didn't get transparent (or maybe I should wait longer than 3 minutes)

Overall --

For the price of Php 395.00 ($9.50). It's not too cheap, but it's not too expensive as well as this can last for quite some time. I believe I should give other lash glue a try and I can do some comparison. But basically, this is not a bad product, it doesn't sting and it is easy to remove. (that's the most important thing). For the white part? I find it not a bother as I can easily fill it in with black gel liner and the white glue will be gone! :)

Will I repurchase?
no, read further for my next review for the Andrea brand

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andrea ModLash Adhesive
comes in Black and another type in Clear but in bottle version for individual lashes

Askmewhats says ---

Pros--

• it really does stick!
• its easy to remove, doesn't pull out your original lashes
• it's grayish, not PURE black, but it comes off nice
  
• it's CHEAPER
  

Cons --

• none for now
  

Will I repurchase?
Yes, too bad they don't have this in clear..maybe they'll have it soon :)

Overall note --
If you can click on the picture to enlarge, you can see that both tubes looked EXACTLY the same, you know why? Because both came from the same company with same ingredients and same box wordings. I didn't feel robbed as I started out wanting the clear one (which Andrea doesn't have). I've used both and it gives out the same quality, same tackiness...

Who tried this?
How do you like it?
If not, what are the other brands you guys have tried and totally love it?

Share and make other "falsies-whore" happy :D

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Oh My Falsies!

**all falsies available at the Landmark

I never thought I'm a type of person who would buy falsies. Given the chance? I still don't. But why am I buying all these crazy lashes on pictures above? Well, I love putting falsies to other people and see them look totally different!!! Love it!! I just want to share with you guys the hauls I made. The first picture above would be my first haul, and the next picture would be my haul just last night.

Of course, with Falsies, comes great Lash Adhesives (quoted from Spiderman -- "With great power comes great responsibility" hahaha). Stay tune for my lash adhesives review and comparison (Yup! I bought 2, reviews will be coming up shortly)

Do you use falsies?
Do you like how you look after putting it on?
Do you put falsies to other peeps?

Spill the beans!

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Reader's Corner: Prestige E/S Swatches

As promised, here are the swatches for my Prestige E/S Quads. This was applied DRY, no base, and no flash from the cam :)

You can check out the link about the prestige e/s review here

Enjoy!

Your askmewhats,
Nikki