FOTD: VALENTINE'S Day Look

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Well, what have you done with your loved ones? It's the last day of classroom training for me and we had a "Wear Your Status" thing in the office. Red for married ones of course! 

Here's a look I made for today though hubby and I really don't have plans of going out on a date, they went to see me in the office anyway after work. :)

What I've used:

THE FACE SHOP Make Up Base

MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC25

BENEFIT Boi-ing

ELF Eye Shadow Primer

ESTEE LAUDER Pure Color e/s in Iridescent Violet

ESTEE LAUDER Pure Color e/s in Tranquil Moon

ELF 24K Eye Pencil in Black

ELF Cream Eye Liner in Black

ESTEE LAUDER Double Wear Lengthening Mascara in Black

ETUDE HOUSE Color My Brows

ACTIVE COSMETICS Powder Blush in Peach

BENEFIT Hello Flawless Powder in "I love me Ivory"

MAC Lipstick in Chatterbox

I hope you enjoyed your V-day with your loved ones! 

FOTD: The Look I wore on CHRISTMAS EVE

Hi there beauties! A lot of days have passed and browsing through our Baguio vacay photos, I just realized that I wasn't able to take a snap shot of my look on Christmas Eve. So I re-created it since I promised to post my FOTD for you.

What I've used:

THE FACE SHOP Lovely Me Ex make up base

REVLON Photo Ready in Shell

ELF Eyelid primer

IN2IT Duo e/s in Earth

TONY MOLY Simply Style Mascara

ETUDE HOUSE Color My Brows

HERBENCH Paint Box Blush

ESTEE LAUDER lipstick in Mystic Mauve

MAC Select Sheer Pressed Powder NC30

Yes, I didn't use eyeliner on Christmas Eve. :)

So there! Wish me luck on my first day at work. I'm on a mid-shift training from 2pm 'til 10pm so I need to fight sleep. LOL!

Thanks and have a nice week ahead!

Review: ESTEE LAUDER Pure Color Lipstick in MYSTIC MAUVE

Another year, another review from one of the newest lipsticks in my collection. It's part of the Estee Lauder travel kit that I received from my mom in law last month. 

You can see that the packaging is gold and very luxe! It also smells good like a prune, a break from the usual vanilla scent from my MAC lipsticks. 

Luxe tube!

the swatch 

on my lips

PRO's:

- luxe packaging

- smells good

- lasts for 4-6hrs

- it comes in a travel kit which is much affordable than buying it separately

- moisturizing, doesn't dry my lips

CON's:

- not sure if it's available locally

- for travelers, you can purchase the travel kit inside the planes or at the airport, for non-travelers, you might want to ask someone to    purchase it for you

I love the scent, color and lasting power! :)

'til then! 

My DECEMBER Favorites

Happy New Year loves! This post should have been created last month, but I got no time to write about it. Anyway, my favorites for the month of December is already a late post, so sorry for that.

Here they are:

Primer: THE FACE SHOP Lovely Me Ex (I love this so much!)

Concealers: ELF Tone Correcting Concealer; BENEFIT Boi-ing

 Eye Primer: ELF Eyelid Primer; BENEFIT Lemon Aid

Liquid Foundation: REVLON Photo Ready in Shell (I think I'm gonna be emptying this bottle soon!)

Mascaras: ETUDE HOUSE Oh m'Eye Lash; TONY MOLY Simply Style Slim Mascara

Eyebrows: ETUDE HOUSE Color My brows

Eyeliner: ELF Cream Eyeliner

Eye shadow: IN2IT Duo e/s in Earth

Blushes: ACTIVE COSMETICS blushes in Pink and Peach 

Lipsticks: ESTEE LAUDER lipstick in Mystic Mauve; MAC lipstick in Innocence

Blush: HERBENCH Paint Box

Pressed Powder: BENEFIT Hello Flawless Powder in "I love me" Ivory

(I've already hit the pan, yehey!)

Thanks again! :)

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! :)

Weekend BEAUTY Loot

How are you lovely ladies? I hope you all started the week right! Well, for me, it's not actually a good start of the week 'cause I have colds and I need some rest for I feel kinda exhausted from last week's activities. 

Anyway, like what I mentioned from my last post, we went to see my mother-in-law who just arrived from Dubai last Friday. We got to her hotel in Makati on Saturday to see her and had lunch with my mom, dad and bro. Of course, hubby and his bro Tobby were also there, Yale was too shocked indeed when he saw his "lola" from his daddy's side. :)

Since my MIL is also very "kikay" on her own, she always bring a beauty loot for me every time she goes home or whenever she sends out a package for the family. She always put blouses, shirts and dresses on my loot, but I'm more concentrated now on the cosmetics part. LOL!

Here's the prettifying items included in my beauty loot:

MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC25

VICTORIA'S SECRET Simply Breathless eau de toilette

ESTEE LAUDER Travel Exclusive Make up kit

So there goes my beauty loot from mama Thess (hubby's mom). I also got blouses and a lot of sweets! I'm the only girl whom she gives a beauty loot since she has two sons (hubby and Tobby) and Yale, they're all guys so they're more on shirts, perfumes, rubber shoes, watches and gadgets. 

Will be putting these babies to road test this holiday and I'll make a review then.

Yale with mama Thess

Thanks! 

Appreciate, don't hate! :)