My no-makeup, makeup look

Previously on Temptalia, users were sharing their no-makeup, makeup look. Basically its just a very natural and simple look you could do each day without looking like you’re wearing any makeup. My no-makeup look includes using:

• Makeup base, like Paul & Joe Foundation Base
• Sheer powder foundation, like Jill Stuart Moist Silk Foundation
• Black eyeliner (for tightlining), such as Make Up For Ever Aqua Eye liners in 1L
• Mascara, like Clinique High Impact Curling Mascara
• Natural blush for glow,colour and contour, such as Benefit Sugarbomb
• Milky pink lipgloss

The entire look takes less than 5 minutes to do and is perfect for looking like you’re made up, but still not overdoing it. You can add a little more jazz with some nude-shaded eyeshadow such as something from Urban Decay’s Naked palette (which I got and will be reviewing/swatching soon!).

Some pictures…

All-nighters & ultra simple fresh-faced FOTD

I had another all-nighter on Monday night/Tuesday morning while working on my business law assignment. I finished early in the morning and had time to kill so I decided to put on some makeup, also partly because my skin looked so horrible and sallow after another night of no sleep. You can see the crazy sallow face here:

This was my face after I gave it a quick, deep cleanse with some cleansing oil and Clinique Liquid Facial Soap. Its not as scary as before and there is some warmth back into my skin after washing it with nice warm water.

You can see that makeup makes a world of a difference.

Products I used

Face

• Make Up for Ever HD Primer in #2, which is the mauve one
• Jill Stuart Moist Silk Powder Foundation
• Guerlain Meteorites Powder in #2 Pink Fresh – Blush

Eyes

• Too Faced Shadow Insurance – Primer
• Dior 5-colour Iridescent Eyeshadow in #859 Graphic Lights
• MAC Penultimate Eyeliner in Rapidblack
• Diorshow Iconic in Black
• Clarins Double Fix’ Mascara
• Dior Jazzclub Palette in Purple Jazz – Eyebrow powder

Lips

• Burt’s Bees Replenishing Lip Balm with Pomegranate Oil
• MAC Lipstick in Cutester

Its a very simple FOTD that you can do in probably 5 minutes flat. I love how the Graphic Lights palette is already pretty blendable, although some colours can get quite chalky.

I’m not wearing any falsies, so you can see that without them, I have almost no lashes XD. Also you can see that the Jill Stuart powder foundation has almost no coverage, as it doesn’t even cover up my freckles… *sigh*

This is before my lashes got combed out, haha. Oopsies.

Let’s end off with a funny face.

I realized today that I constantly have low blood sugar. How do I know that? I tend to feel ultra tired after a while with no eating. And I’m not just making up a reason for my pigging out… lol. I’ve noticed this pattern for a while now, especially when I’m in Kingston and I sleep for a bit longer than I usually sleep. Maybe its because I’m not eating a balanced diet or something, because it never happens when I’m at home and living with mom.

Anyways, what do you think about this look? And don’t forget to follow me to get updates about the one-year anniversary contest that I will have coming up! More full-size products have been added to the prizes.

New Hauls & Modelling pics of Juicy dress!

I received 3 packages in the mail this week, one was the dress I ordered from S|Sense, one was the stuff I bought from Diane‘s blog sale, and one was from Sephora.

First, the dress. I LOVE this dress. Originally I was so scared that I wouldn’t fit into the 6 because Juicy’s clothes fit smaller, but I actually fit perfectly. It fits so perfectly, I can wear it as a strapless dress. Being able to fit into the Juicy 6 really made me realize I am a size 6 now, I can’t believe I lost 2 sizes in a year (went from a 10 to a 6 in 12 months-ish). If you look closely, the big poke-a-dots on the dress are actually apples and pears. This is another reason why I love this dress so much.

And the price? it was $68CAD after tax and shipping, down from $350ish.

Edit: OMG the dress has pockets!!! Its very well hidden too because it is a bubble dress. I can hide a camera or credit card in it without it looking bulgy =D

I am makeup-less today.


Here are the stuff I bought from Diane‘s blog sale. I bought a Coffret D’or eyeshadow palette and a MUFE HD primer. The awesome Diane also added a ton of Laneige (LOVE), Shu Uemura and Juice Beauty samples for me to try out. Thank you Diane!!

Coffret D’or palette up close.

Swatches of the Coffret D’or palette and MUFE Primer. The Coffret D’or palette is very light, and not that pigmented, but it is extremely smooth and easy to blend. I actually prefer it this way because all of my Dior palettes are super pigmented, it is good to have one that I can wear during the day so I don’t end up looking super dramatic all the time.

The MUFE primer is just globbed on my hand for now. The texture is very light and creamy, and very easily blendable.

My Sephora order. See the Too Faced palette on the right? I ordered THREE of these. One for me and two more for my friends who had birthdays in October.

This is a really cute palette that has everything you need for a pretty face. I havent tested it out yet, but it all looks very wearable, not to mention it smells nice. The top flap kind of covers it, but there are actually 6 eyeshadows and a bronzer on the top row. The 2 side flaps are all lip products with the middle main part filled with face and eye products. It also comes with a mini eyeliner, mini lip injection and mini mascara. Total love, don’t you think?