My "ARTies" for our BAGUIO CHRISTMAS Vacay

Two days and we're going up North! Yep, we'll celebrate Christmas in Baguio since hubby's mom will be here for only a few days. She'll be leaving on the 30th and won't be able to spend the New Year with us, so Christmas will be hers. :)

Before, I do pack a lot of things whenever we go to a short trip. But now, I can't do that thing anymore 'cause I have to concentrate mostly on what Yale's bag will contain. 

I only chose some of the little staples I'll be needing for the holiday looks. Since I'm pretty sure that we won't stay all day at the hotel. Definitely, we'll be goin' out a lot during our stay there. So better look always good on the camera! LOL

too much? nah, just enough to create a face. lol

 THE FACE SHOP Lovely Me Ex Make up base - I love this so much!

BENEFIT Lemon Aid and Boi-ing

ELF Eyelid primer

REVLON Photo Ready Liquid Foundation - I have a strong feeling that this bottle will be emptied soon!

MAC Select Sheer Pressed powder

IN2IT Duo Eye shadow - baked shadows good for the holidays

HERBENCH Paint Box - I'm good with this! 

AVON Eye defining pencil

TONY MOLY Simple Style Mascara

ELF Cream liner

ETUDE HOUSE Color My Brows

ELF Eyelash curler 

MAC Heroine Lipstick

MAC Russian Red Lipstick

ESTEE LAUDER Pure Color Long Last Lipstick in Mystic Mauve

You can never go wrong by having different shades! 

ELF Brushes:

Stipple

Eye shadow

Blending

and

Extra cosmetic wedges 

Temporarily, this pouch will be their home while we're away from home :)

And of course, to cleanse off make up after, I just have to bring my ever so trusted POND's cold cream.

Also, to keep lips moisturized is a lip balm and a VS scent to keep me fresh! 

Excited for our trip! Happy Holidays! :)

Favorites for NOVEMBER

It's the time of the month again for my favorite make up items from my kit! Christmas is coming and that means getting new items for my kit too. :)

Anyway, here they are:

From left to right:

ETUDE HOUSE Oh My Lash Mascara in black

ELF Eye shadow Primer

ELF Tone Correcting concealer

AVON Eye Defining Pencil

ELF Cream Eyeliner in black

THE FACE SHOP Lovely Me Ex make up base

BENEFIT Hello Flawless powder in "I love me" Ivory (from the How to be the Best of Everything kit)

Left: ELF Bronzer in Warm tan

Right: ACTIVE Cosmetics Eye shadow palette

My fave lippies (again) for day and night:

MAC Russian Red

MAC Chatterbox

So there goes my faves for this month. Hopefully, I can keep my promise of not getting a new powder and lipstick 'til the new year comes. :)

'til then! 

EOTD: PLAY AFTER WORK

My day has been so long...Two hours client meeting in the morning, emails sent to my boss, even washed the car. Whew! I think I've burnt a lot of calories from my Starbucks frappes! :)

Anyway, here's another EOTD after all the work I've done today. While resting in front of the lappie and watching tv, I just have to play with my make ups. My husband even thought that I'm eating my make ups. Oops! Is that a signal that he's gonna get me some more? lol

Here's what happened to my eyelid-turned-to-canvas work:

My eyes are longing for sleep now, very tired looking 

What I've used:

ELF Eye shadow primer

COASTAL SCENTS 88 color palette - for all the e/s I've used

ELF Cream liner in Black

ELF 24K Lengthening and Defining mascara in Black

AVON Eyebrow pencil in Brown

BENEFIT Boi-ing Under eye concealer

Here's more:

I just added a pink color to give another look for the usual grays and blacks. 

'Til then! :)

EOTD: USING ACTIVE COSMETICS PALETTE

Hi loves! I'm planning to purchase a new eye shadow palette or e/s pans but while checking my make up box, I found out that I still have this ACTIVE cosmetics make up kit that my mom-in-law gave me, she was still in London when she got me this palette and I think this is not locally available.

Let me show you an EOTD using only this palette for the eye shadows.

Take a look at this:

I used purple shades for this look 

To show you how I came up with this, here's my ACTIVE cosmetics e/s palette:

1. LIGHT PURPLE SHADE - I applied this color on my lid using an ELF eye shadow brush.
2. DEEP PURPLE SHADE - this is the darkest purple that can be found on my palette, I used this on the outer crease area.
3. BLACK - applied on the outer edge of my eyes.
4. LIGHT BEIGE - used to highlight my brow bone.
5. SHIMMER GRAY - applied on the inner edge of my eyes to make it brighter.

 These are the things I've used all over the eyes:

ELF Eye Shadow Primer

ETUDE HOUSE Oh m'Eye Lash Mascara in Black

ELF Tone Correcting Concealer

ELF Cream Liner in Black - used on my water lines too

AVON Eye Pencil in Brown

I only used two brushes for this eye make up:

ELF Eye shadow brush 

ELF Blending eye brush

Here's more of the eye make up: 

Hope you'd like it!

Thanks again! :)

My AUGUST Favorites

I never thought of creating a post of my monthly favorites, it's just now that I have realized that I should do so. :)

So here they are...

From left to right: palette from Active Cosmetics, Black Liner from Elf, One Great Mascara from Avon, Eyebrow wax and powder from Elf

I love using this palette from Active Cosmetics, I can use it for smokey eye looks as well as for natural looks. But of course, I rarely use the brush that comes with it. The Black liner from Elf was included in their 24k collection.

Revlon Photo Ready (Liquid foundation)

 Used with an Elf foundation brush

This liquid foundation from Revlon has always been my favorite ever since it first landed on my face. It helps keep me get a full coverage and it really looks good on photos. It is a staple on my make up kit. :)

From left to right: NYX round lipstick in Hot Pink, Elf Bronzing Powder, MAC lipstick in Heroine

I love the color of NYX round lipstick, though it dries my lips at times. So I think I need to look on another shade of good lipstick. I will try to check out MAC again for that. Elf's bronzing powder is best for parties that fall on night time. MAC lipstick in Heroine has always been an "eye catcher". I love how it tints my lips so well, aside from its matte finish.

So there, will post another favorites next month. See you again! :)