Gold Love + MOTDs

My addiction and obssession over something seems like a recurring process for me. Though I'm fickle minded I know most of the things that I like seems connected to each other, or they seem to have something in common. 

It was 2007 when I started lusting over anything with gold in it. Makeups, earrings, shoes, bags, everything.. As long as there's gold in it I'll surely love it. I've bought a gold cream lipstick from Elizabeth Arden, metallic gold lipstick from in2it, metallic gold lipstick from Mary Kay, Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss that's also glossy gold (I forgot the shade's name)and then there's Herbench Paintbox eyeshadow duo in bronze and gold that I used to pair with Mac Gliss lipstick (perfect pair! plus JErgen's soft shimmer lotion) and I used to have a glitter cream eyeshadow from Avon that I used to wear almost everyday. Sad thing about all these gleaming items I've mentioned is that they're all discontinued now. Young me feels Cleopatra-ish and I love my eyelids with micro gold glitters on them. The King Midas fever in me lasted for 2 years and I was even so thrilled when Avon released 24k Gold lipstick collection and I even bought 3! Shades I went for were natural gold, 24k pink and my favorite golden peach. What I don't understand is that why on earth these cosmetics company discontinued every products I've mentioned. Even the very latest Maybelline Eyestudio Diamond Eyeshadow that I love so much is gone forever as well. I'm currently in search for perfect replacement for those, and still willing to buy if they'll all be recreated and manufactured again.

Fortunately and unpredictably, my special affinity to sparkly things and gold hues have resurrected. The addiction has been reborn and stronger and stranger than ever! Suddenly I have so many gold and glittery eyeshadows once again in my makeup traincase, all bought and received just last April.

Kiss Me Heroine Make Eye Jewelries from Japan. P595. I already did a review for it and just when I thought I'll be using Yellow Sapphire more, it turned out that I'll be frequently reaching for Pink Amethyst coz I'm currently addicted to its pale gold shade which I use for strobing. I want a beautiful highlighter/strobe powder so bad but I still haven't met my dream highlighter. So far, the pale golden eyeshadow powder from the Pink Amethyst paltte gives me an amazing glow and It's now my improvised highlighter and strobe powder. During lazy days I reach for Yellow Sapphire to give my eyelids a touch of very fine glitters and it easily brightens my eyes, but lazy days were a rare occurence for a makeup addict like me. I always top it off or mix with several eyeshadows.

The Face Shop Color Me Lovely Me: Ex Glitter Eyeshadow in Sand Dune from South Korea. P195 I bought it at The Face Shop store in Glorietta. It's also more of a cream/mousse type than powdery and glides on my eyelids like a dream. The specks of glitters were bigger than Kiss Me Heroine Make's Eye Jewelries, and the explosion of glitters were more intense. When photos were taken with flash the glitters were pretty obvious I use it when I want more emphasis on my eyes or I feel like I'm Tinkerbell, as the glitters were too fabulous and disco-ball like for daytime wear.

Mac Eyeshadow in Tempting from Canada. It's actually a Canadian brand but came from my best friend from Singapore. I was thinking of getting Woodwinked again but I've decided to try another shade that's more taupe-like. It looks great on its own but I love pairing it with Makeup Geek's Badabing or with my Sugar Skull Cosmetics 88 Metal Palette. Without an eye base, it creates a sheer wash of color on eyelids that is still pigmented (since it's Mac after all) and when used under a primer/eyebase the pigmentation's so intense. Best paired with any shade that belongs to the brown, orange and bronze family

Now I would like to share with you two fresh, glittery MOTD that I did for two consecutive days. By the way I'm not really that flawless but the flash made my skin smoother than usual. (I sooo love my Samsung Grand Prime!)

MOTD 1 is more on fresh, au naturel look but shimmery.

Product Breakdown

FACE

Mary Kay Luminous Wear Liquid Foundation in Beige 2

Mary Kay Mineral Powder in Ivory 1 mixed with Avon Smooth Minerals in Natural

Clinique Cyberwhite stick concealer

BROWS

Mary Kay Eyebrow Pencil in Brunette

Avon Eyebrow Pencil in Soft Brown

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Mocha

EYES

The Face Shop Color Me Ex glitter eyeshadow in Sand Dune mixed with 

Kiss Me Heroine Make Eye Jewelry in Yellow Sapphire

Mary Kay Eyeliner in Black

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Corrupt

Clinique Mascara

Revlon Eyelash curler

**no false eyeslashes**

CHEEKS

Kiss Me Heroine Make Eye Jewelry in Pink Amethyst's pale gold shade for strobing

Mary Kay Mineral Blush in Shy for my cheeks (it also has gold glitters in it) 

LIPS

BYS Matte Lipstick in Day Dreamer with

The Face Shop Color Me Ex glitter eyeshadow in Sand Dune on top

MOTD 2 has more intense golden copper color. Still shimmery and more on strobing, and I used my other not so new glittery golden eyeshadows that I still love.

Product Breakdown

FACE

Mary Kay Luminous Wear Liquid Foundation in Beige 2

Mary Kay Mineral Powder in Ivory 1 mixed with Avon Smooth Minerals in Natural

Jazzy Collections cream foundation used as concealer

BROWS

Mary Kay Eyebrow Pencil in Brunette

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Mocha

EYES

The Face Shop Color Me Ex glitter eyeshadow in Sand Dune mixed with 

Etude House Tear Powder in Crystal Gold Tear

L'oreal High Intensity Pigment in Fluorescent

Avon Eyeshadow Quad in Sandy Corals

Maybelline Eye Studio Diamond Eyeshadow in Copper 01

Mary Kay Eyeliner in Black

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Corrupt

Avon Lengthening Mascara

Revlon Eyelash curler

**no false eyeslashes**

CHEEKS

Kiss Me Heroine Make Eye Jewelry in Pink Amethyst's pale gold shade for strobing

Mary Kay Mineral Blush in Shy for my cheeks (my HG blush!) 

LIPS

BYS Matte Lipstick in Day Dreamer mixed with

Etude House Dear Darling Lipstick in OR205

L'oreal High Intensity Pigment  dabbed on top of lips

My addiction to it won't fade for sure. More gold products I'm currently eyeing on: Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal in Gold and Nyx Cream Stick in 24 Karats. Glad to know that they're cheap and I hope I can purchase them soon.

My thoughts on Strobing: it's just highlighting, minus contouring. I'm not really a fan of contouring since the bony parts of my face were too prominent now, plus it makes my facial features sharper than ever. Though it doesn't work that well on me I love seeing beautiful and talented muas on Instagram with their contouring on point. I look different in person and even in pictures so I just do light contouring with a darker powder. Horaay to the strobing trend, I'll be doing it til I ran out of strobe powders.

How about you my lovely readers? What's your favorite eyeshadow shade? Is there an addiction/obsession that has died down and suddenly you want to be addicted once again to it? Aside from this gold thingy my old flame Hello Kitty' catching my attention again, yet I'm still thinking about it coz I have a son now, I don't think seeing him play with my kitties will be a good idea.

So long my pretty readers! Thanks for visiting my blog! Seeing the blog hits of more than 400,000 makes my heart flutter! when i started I was pretty sure no one will even read my blog, but now I've got tons of readers! Thanks to all of you! Ciao Ciao!

Kiss Me by Isehan Heroine Make Jewelry Eyes

Summer hues and summer inspired color palettes were a must these days and I'm lucky enough to have my own Kiss Me Heroine Make Jewelry eye in Yellow Sapphire and Pink Amethyst. Yellow and pink for the eyelids? Yes! It's not the bright yellow and bright pink eyeshadows that you think, it's more on the sheer and shimmery side paired with glittery neutral  eyeshadows on the same palette.

The eyeshadows were soft to touch, the texture and consistency were like the fusion of cream  and mousse. In terms of color pay off and pigmentation, it's exceptional. The fine glitters can easily brighten the eyes, and the best part of it is that it has its own shimmery cream type base/primer. The eyeshadow primer itself is already glittery, then once the other eyeshadows were applied and layered on, brace yourselves for the explosion of glitters and pigments.

Available in four shades: Yellow Sapphire, Beige Gold, Pink Amethyst and 

I have lots of ideas on how to wear them or what to pair them but I'm still too busy to recreate different look these days. Though I don't have much time to play with colors I often grab for the Yellow Sapphire palette for my everyday neutral eyes. Pink amethyst were actually meant for fair skinned girls but I prefer those with anything gold in it.

Swatches

Yellow Sapphire

It has pearl-white cream base, glittery vanilla eyeshadow for brow bones and outer crease, yellow gold eyeshadow for inner crease and dark silver eyeshadow for outer V and eyelining.

  

Pink Amethyst

It has pale pink cream base, white gold eyeshadow for outer crease and brow bones, baby pink glittery eyeshadow for inner crease and purplish grey eyeshadow for outer V and eyelining.

Thumbs Up

- it already has e a primer/eyeshadow base in one compact so the rest of the eyeshadow is guaranteed to stay in place sinc eit has something to adhere with. The primer also helps to make the colors pop out even more and intensifies the glitters.
- each shades complement each other for easier mixing and matching.
- there's a step by step procedure for the eyeshadow application at the back of its packaging so you'll know where to apply and which eyeshadow to use
-The applicator has dual purpose. The bigger flat one's for applying eyeshadow on the crease and browbones, while the pointed one's for outer v and eyelining.

- very pigmented and glittery
- It has a staying power and almost waterproof/rub proof. I tried to rub it off when I don't want the glitters anymore but nothing has changed, still glittery as ever.
- it's actually cheap, considering the good color pay off and quality.
- the lighter shades can be used as a highlighter. I used it for highlighting my brow bones, bridge of my nose, cheekbones and my lip's cupid's bow.

Thumbs Down
- the primer isn't those for oily eyelids coz it's cream type. there's a chance of eyeshadow creasing if used on oily lids.
- if you're not a fan of glittery and shimmery eyeshadows then this one's not for you.
- an oil based eye makeup remover's a must for removing those tiny glitters.

Fresh looking makeup if eye jewelries were used on eyelids, brow bone and cheekbones

My selfie of my FOTD using Kiss me by Isehan Heroine Make Eye Jewelry in Yellow Sapphire. All pictures were taken using my Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime phone ( my new blog buddy!)
 I love the eyeshadows. I have a penchant these days for everything gold, and finally I've found a replacement for my old favorite eyeshadow from Maybelline (Eyestudio Diamond Eyeshadow) that has been discontinued. They're almost similar to each other, but Kiss Me eye jewelry's more glittery. Now my next wishlist is to buy Kiss Me Eye Jewelry in Beige Gold.

My cousin Atta Marie will soon be reviewing the Pink Amethyst palette on her blog, so watch out for that. Thanks for reading!

Kiss Me by Isehan Eye Jewelry Launch with Miss Sayuri Igarashi

Hello lovelies how are you? Today I would like to share with you my happiness and excitement when Mandom Philippines Corporation invited me for the launching of Kiss me by Isehan Heroine Make Eye Jewelry. Mandom Philippines offer products both from Indonesia and Japan. They're also the producer of Gatsby so aside from Japanese makeups they also offer products for hair. They also have another makeup line called Pixy.

This is actually the first big event I've attended and it has exceeded my expectations. The products that were introduced to us were really good, a makeup line that's definitely something that I like since I love Asian-produced cosmetics, not to mention they're long lasting and most were waterproof. Since I'm a makeup addict, I was so engrossed and I even wanted to buy every products I encountered there. I met a lot of beauty and lifestyle bloggers, supervisors and managers from Mandom Phils. and Mr. Noel B. Orsal from Philippine Entertainment Portal. Of course, what I really look forward to that day was the makeup workshop from a Japanese makeup artist and beauty counselor Miss Sayuri Igarashi.

The workshop started at around 1:00 pm hosted by Miss Mica Javier. All cameras and smartphones were ready and we immediately started posting on our Instagram with the hashtags #kissmeheroinemake and #kissmejewelryeye. Penser Q multimedia company even printed the pictures from the hashtags and the winners were announced in between workshops. Miss Sayuri Igarashi's very cheerful, sweet and accomodating. She brilliantly responds to every queries we have and I learned a lot of techniques and tricks that's very helpful for my career as a makeup artist. I'll share with you lovelies everything that I learned from her later on. Miss Sayuri asked for two volunteers so she can do the makeover and demo, one for the daytime/natural makeup and one for evening/party makeup using Kiss me by Isehan Heroine Make products.

She introduced first to us the newest addition to the Heroine Make Makeup line and they're the alluring and long lasting Kiss me Jewelry Eyeshadows. They're available in four shades: Yellow Sapphire, Beige Gold, Pink Amethyst and Rose Garnet. I'll be doing my own makeup look and try different eyeshadow combinations using these eye jewels soon so please look forward to that!

Now let's proceed to the workshop/makeup demo proper. Miss Sayuri started first with Miss Rowena a.k.a Animetric for a daytime look and she used the combination of Yellow Sapphire and Beige Gold to compliment her hair color and skintone. She gives a lot of  tips while doing Ms. Rowena's makeover and I'm honestly in love with the final look. She gave her a glamorous neutral makeup paired with peach blush and peach lips. If you still remember neutrals and peaches were my favorite makeup look of all time.

Second makeover is for an evening/party look and the Rose Garnet palette was used to Miss Ehya of ehyanism.com

Here are the things I learned from Miss Sayuri. In my 8 years in the beauty business and vanity world, I've learned a lot from her more than those tips I've heard from other MUA and beauty counselors. Since I have no official training or certification as a Makeup Artist, I need her workshop in my life!

• Fair skinned girls should wear eyeshadows in lighter colors like pastel pink, because when we're tired our eye areas become darker. For older women, eyeshadows in lighter hues will definitely make them look younger as brown and earth colors will make them look more mature. 
• The arch of your eyebrows are very important. Draw on a good arch that complements your face as they also move when you make facial expressions.Make the end of your brows longer as it gives the illusion of smaller face (model like). Darker eyeshadow application depends on the eyeshape and the emphasis that you want for your eyes, to make it look longer or bigger still depends on your eyeshadow application technique.
• For fuller lips, and to avoid lipstick bleeding or sliding off your lips, use lip liners. If not or for natural looking lips, lipstick alone will do. Lipgloss were optional.

Here's me and Miss Sayuri Igarashi. 

Now for the official photos taken by Mr. Noel B. Orsal from Philippine Entertainment Portal. Thank you sir for sending me these! :)

Most of my fellow bloggers have gone home and I was still left in the room chatting with Miss Sayuri, Ms. Jackie and Ms. Charm. Being left inside the room just to ask questions was never a habit of mine when I was still a student. If only my mom sent me to a makeup academy then I'm pretty sure I'll be more excited to go and attend the class, or should I say maybe I'll strive hard to become cum laude?

Thanks Miss Charm and Miss Jackie! It was so nice to meet both of you.

Lastly, makeover compilation!

I also went home with a huge smile on my face coz I can't wait to open up and test the goodies!

What I got inside my bag were four wonderful products from Kiss Me Heroine Make. The mineral powder, liquid eyeliner and two Kiss me Heroine Eye Jewelry in Yellow Sapphire and Pink Amethyst. 

These are basically the things I need to learn in my life and in my career since I always provide service to my fellow Filipinos who all have the same feature and skin tone like I do. I must say my daily makeup routine will start to change now. I'm so thankful I became part of this event and I'm planning to attend more workshops in the future. Pursuing a career like this needs a lot of help from professionals and successful people. Listening is the most important part of learning process, but then since I'm a  visually-stimulated person, Miss Sayuri's demonstration really made me focused.

What products from Kiss Me Heroine Make have you lovelies tried? Any HG products from them? Please look forward to my next post, I'll be creating makeup looks using Kiss me Heroine Eye Jewelries! I hope y'all excited as I am!

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