Happy New Year Lips

 

I haven't been Blogging as I went offgrid when my son's school break started and I also started my own mini break watching and catching up on K-dramas and movies.

Who watched Squid Games 2?  I did and I am obsessed!  I can't wait for season 3.

It has been a week since the start of 2025.  I already did a BOOBOO, did you know that I woke up super early today and sent my son to school wondering why the school is so quiet?  Too quiet it turned out school starts tomorrow!  It was funny but I want to punch myself back to sleep!  Too late, so here I am using up this extra hours to blog and update you guys because I miss you all!

As always, RED is an auspicious color so I am wearing a red that works for me, this time with MAC.

💋MAC Studio Fix Powder NC25
💋MAC Fix+ Matte
💋MAC A Little Tamed Powder Matte Liquid Lipcolor
💋MAC E For Effortless Love Me Lipstick

If you wonder why I added a Fix+, it is not just for my face but also to "set" my red lipstick!  I use this trick to prevent the red color to transfer on my teeth and skin.

If you are not comfortable with Ruby Woo, you may give  MAC E For Effortless Love Me Lipstick especially if you have dry lips like I do.  Under the Love Me Lipstick line --- these are all-new argan oil-inflused formula that gives moisture all-day and gives off a weightless feel and satin-soft finish.

True enough, I find this line to be my favorite and I can't wait to get more shades!  Look how luscious and soft my lips look and girl I tell you, if you are a long-time AskMeWhats reader, you know how dry my lips could get!

An Update + My Rihoas Dress ...

 That earned thumbs up when I wore this in my recent Osaka trip!  

I had a hard time updating my Blog because I can't seem to upload photos from my IPAD to the blog!  I may have tweaked something in a wrong way as I have a few Gmail accounts for both personal, work and my son's!  Anyways, if you have any thoughts on that your help would be very much appreciated!

Since my last posting, I have went to Osaka with my family for a week vacation and it was so much fun!  You can see updates on (shameless plug ahead) both Tiktok and Instagram!

As much as I'd love to share travel tips, I'll do so when I get to understand how I can upload photos from my Ipad since I depend on it so much I felt disabled!  

Here's what I posted that made my friends appreciate how I wore it in Japan.  

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This RIHOAS dress is so dainty, pretty and comfortable this is definitely my Vacationing dress starting today!

I can wear this with rubber shoes as shown on my previous photo and style it to make it more classy with a cute sandals or even shoes.

The extra slit made it extra nice, sexy but in a classy way :D  What do you think?

I am so sorry for the lack of postings but I appreciate all of you guys! I promise I'll be back with better, in detail content that would help you out and hopefully, would make your day as well!

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!

Laura Mercier High Vibe Lip Color Review

 

Laura Mercier has been a staple brand in every Make Up Artists Kit.  Mostly, I own their foundation, primer and their famous Loose Setting Powder.

Little did I know I am missing a lot when I finally got my hands on their newest lipstick line called High Vibe Lip Color.

Laura Mercier says ---

Imagine your lips coming to life with the most alive and vivid color.
High Vibe Lip glides sensuously onto lips delivering impactful vivid color in just one effortless stroke.

Supercharged pigments and light-reflecting, vivid pearls boost color vibrancy while Guava oil ensures a comfortable smooth wear for 6 hours.

Offered in 16 high energy colors inspired by Laura Mercier’s vision that a touch of color can brighten your life.

Swatch: Top Peek, Bottom Buzz

AMW says ---

• Packaging is very sleek and catchy.
• Wearable shades.
• Very natural on lips.
• Comfortable on lips.
• Both colors are so nice and natural.
• Does not sit on dry lip lines.
• Long-wearing. 

Peek is a warm tone dark coral shade that looks so pretty on my NC20 warm tone skin.

Green on green Casual Wear

I used to dislike long skirts as they make me feel small!  But fast forward to growing older - way older - and maybe a huge change in fashion on how people are more open to different fashion style.  I find myself leaning more on to long, flowy skirts as opposed to short skirts which I used to love years back.  

I have to thank Motherhood for that.  Motherhood changed not only my outlook in life but also my fashion style.  I always wear clothes that can make me move freely.  Yes, even with an 11 year old, I still need the energy and freedom to move around because BOYS will always be BOYS :) 

During the summer, I enrolled my son to a Kiddie Chef program at TGIFridays and I was there daily to watch over him.  That said, it was a trial and error method as well for me in fashion sense to try styles I haven't tried before.

Because waistcoat is a thing year 2024, I picked my favorite waistcoat I bought from SM Department Store and paired it with a green long skirt which I bought from a bazaar.

Paired my super comfy Skechers flats, I kinda like this look a lot and would totally repeat this look!

It's comfortable, I don't have to worry about legs showing whenever I sit down - high chair or sofa or even if I squat to help out my son, I felt comfortable enough to say - I am a cool yet fashionable mom!

That's how I felt and confidence is key to a successful look!

How do you like this look?

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!

Issy &. Co. Active Concealer Review

 

Natural concealer that is buildable in coverage and lightweight in nature.

That's the Issy & Co. Active Concealer which I finished up since I received this last year.  It is an easy daily concealer you can use that won't make you look too made up but lightweight enough to add more layers for more coverage.

PM3 is the shade I got and it has the right amount of "warmth" to cover up some of my undereye darkness.  

You can see unfiltered photo below, left side facing you is the one with concealer while totally bare faced on the other side.  Can you see how it covers my dark undereye?

Swatch: PM3

Best to set the product properly with powder as this will glide off especially if you have oily skin.  I have dry skin but I still choose to set this for better and even coverage.  The Issy & Co. Active Concealer works even alone, I prefer to choose this over foundation anytime just to spot conceal and set my whole face with powder.  

You get the no-makeup makeup look in an instant and your face will look lifted.

If you want to see this concealer in action, please watch this IG Reel.

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!