Light Silk

Okay, makeup story. I also discovered eyeshadow. Putting all sorts of colors on my lids. Ugh... When I look back! Especially them brows! Disgusting. I had a war with my brows. I didn't understand why they wouldn't curve. It turned out that I have straight brows. Born with them. I can proudly say nowadays that I can pull off the Korean brows now. Ha! I still have a war with them brows. It is more about maintaining them. Constantly trying to think when should I go and thread them. They're straight and bushy. After high school, I returned to Malaysia. I grew the brows out. Patiently waiting for them to blossom. It just looked horrible for a month. 

Enough with the brow story. I wanted to add the eyeliner story. The panda liner. I thought I "rocked" it. I even wore baggy jeans and so on. Just thought I'd make myself a rock chick. Ha! Oh how horrible those panda liners were. 

After I came back, I stopped wearing makeup for two years. Enjoying the makeup-free world. It was about the hair now! The kind of texture of my hair is the wavy curly type. The type where you can have a love and hate relationship with it. It look amazing for a minute and when it gets really hot, it frizzes like crazy. So, I was all crazy about rebonding (straightening). I would beg my mom to take me to the salon and rebond my hair. Rebonding is hella expensive. The cheap ones will ruin your hair. Been there done that. Cheap. Done! Expensive? Done! That straightening hair phase went for a good 4 years. What a waste! I remember that I looking like a China Doll because it really looked like I stole the hair of a China Doll. Too straight. I should tell my young self to embrace those curls. This was before the discovery of YouTube. MySpace was big back then but my parents didn't introduce me to the Internet. Hmmm... Thank you parents! Remember Friendster? Hahahahahaha! Okay, stop talking about social media.

The year of university. The year of "freedom". The years when I could sleep, hang out and skip class whenever I wanted to! Okay kids, don't skip classes! I also discovered Kawaii makeup aka Japanese makeup. I wanted to look like those Vivi models. And also the discovery of Korean makeup. Thanks to K-pop. I started exploring YouTube. Discovered Michelle Phan. Then I slowly understood makeup. I starred subscribing to YouTuber with similar eye shape and as well as face shape. I loved the idea of enhancing my eyes without drawing a panda liner. 

This is a long story. Please continue to read.

There was also the discovery of double eyelid glue and tape. I use double eyelid tapes till today. That tape is used to balance my eyelids whenever they are unbalanced. Especially when I don't get enough sleep. One eye is bigger than the other. Too big than the other. 

I bought a lot of cheap makeup. That's what you get for watching a lot of Makeup Collection on YouTube. I end up giving them away. I realized it was ridiculous to keep an excessive amount of makeup. Sigh. I then started buying makeup for my skin. I realized that I shouldn't just buy any kind of makeup. I buy things that I would wear. I don't just shop like I didn't care. I care about my skin. Nowadays, i make sure the makeup I buy won't ruin my skin since I have sensitive skin. I also got myself to care about skincare. Well, that was because I worked with a skin care company. I learnt that I had so many problems with my skin. I was so afraid. I started taking care of my skin. Before, I slept with my makeup on and didn't care about double cleansing. Today, I triple cleanse. I make sure everything is off. I also bought skin care products for my skin type. I use drug store products. They're good enough. I cleanse. I tone. I use serum. I moisturize. I do the A to Z routine. It satisfy me to know how well my skin is doing.

I think I'll stop here now. I'll write more stories when someone would request one. So, bye for now. 

Whoah! A review?! Yes, a review. However, I prefer not to call it a review. I call it the ‘Beauty Bag’. Whatever I pick from the Beauty Bag is indeed going to be reviewed. So today, we have the Etude House Total Age Repair Effective Two-Way Cake SPF48 PA++. I don’t think it is popular nowadays since BB cushions are likely to be bought than a two-way cake foundation. I bought it because I wanted a setting powder (and also something nice in the bag). To be honest, I’m not a fan of two-way cake foundation. You’d be wondering why I bought this. I’ve explained. So let’s get into this review.

Personally, I like it. It looks nice (in my eyes). It looks like a typical BB cushion packaging - bulky. It’s light, so I wouldn’t mind stuffing it in my bag. However its bulkiness is a turn-off. I wish they would have made it slimmer. The mirror is wonderful – Big mirror. Can a girl not complain about mirrors? The product also comes with a sponge. I didn’t display the sponge in the picture because it was too grotesque for me to show you. Usually bloggers would take a picture of the product before using it. I, however, used the product first.

I was told that this powder foundation could help with my dry skin. It is an anti-aging powder foundation. I’ve got shade #2 Natural Beige. It contains 12g of product. I can’t remember the price because I bought it in Korea. I remember the first time I tried it; I used it as a powder foundation. It looked powdery on me because I have dry skin. Then I splashed a bit of water to my face and the foundation sunk in. Perfect! That was winter in Korea. I found a way to make it look as natural as possible. I don’t like to cake up my face. Who does? I like to apply it lightly. Coverage is medium to full coverage. Before applying the product by itself, I make sure I have a base. Primers are important! You know how your skin is like a sponge and it absorbs anything you put on? Yes, put on a base! Then conceal whatever needs to be concealed. And place the powder foundation on top. You can leave it as it is or even sprits a bit of water to let it sink in. I like to leave it as it is because of the weather condition I live with – the tropical weather. The lasting power of this two-way cake foundation last for a good 3-5 hours or so for me before I have to touch up. It is also a matte finish, reduces shine and evens out the skin tone. I personally do not like a matte look. My dry skin makes any dewy foundation look matte.

As long as I’ve used this product, I’ve never had any breakout. This is probably because I would triple cleanse my face. I would make sure nothing is in the pores.

That’s all for today! Bye!