I was chatting with my gal pal earlier, and she’s trying to convince me to spend a lot of time by the water on our upcoming getaway. While, obviously, my main concern is my celluite being near said watery conditions, I am concerned about my makeup!
Since it is summer, and probably many of you are way more mature about such matters than me, you are probably looking for some hot waterproof looks of your own. Check out this fun video from Tarte, offering a tutorial of their waterproof wonders including eyeQuatic.
The EyeQuatic set includes three mermaid-inspired lock & roll creaseless …read more

My mom has been touting the virtues of gel eyeliner for ages, and I have finally decided she may actually be right.
My find? Shu Uemura Painting Gel Eye Liner. It’s highly pigmented, and goes on smooth and creamy, and doesn’t flake!
Plus, it comes in cool shade range that is really good for creative makeup.
• Black, Brown, Night Blue
• White, Vivid Blue:
• Green, Purple
• Gold, Silver
Why do gel eyeliners work so great? They give you the precision of a liquid liner, but are as transfer-resistant as a pencil. (And yet, if you find a good one, will stay on and not …read more

One way to bring edginess to your look is to use a product you’ve always been a fan of in an entirely new way. For instance, why don’t you take your favorite shadow shade – and make it into an eyeliner???
Too Faced thought of this with their Liquif-Eye Shadow Collection, a palette of 12 super intense metallic smoldering smoky shadows accompanied by Too Faced’s awesome shadow transformer, Liquif-Eye.
How I used this: If you put darker shades on the top lash line and the lighter/brighter shades in the inner corners and bottom lash liner this will make your eyes …read more

Image: thefaceshopen .com
Shimmer Liner Pencil
Golden Bronze
The Face Shop
Concept
Creamy and soft eye liner with a hint of shimmer for a trendy look. Versatile liner that can be used as a shadow.
Description
Waterproof Smudge-proof. Contains Vitamin E to prevent eye areas from getting dry. (Source: The Face Shop)
On a whim, I dropped by The Face Shop in Glorietta, Makati City the very same day when I shopped for my MAC fafi. Twas my first stop, actually. I had thought that I ought to give their makeup a try. Write up an Eastern Experiments post on them. But for now, I’ll just be …read more

And I thought I’ve had my share of free beauty loot for the holiday season! I’m quite happy with my new brush set and mineral makeup samples but Roanne Vista of Vanity Vibe surprised me with a cool new makeup that I can experiment with.
It’s Fashion 21 Stick Eyeshadow/Liner, Lotus. I don’t normally use sticks for eye makeup except for my pencil eye liner AND I don’t usually wear pink except for blush. So, this practically dares me to try something totally new. Forcing me out of my comfort zone, eh?
I’ll try my best to document one of my …read more