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17 / judith / make up & super junior enthusiast / student / ph ✨

[heolduedate-blog]

The past 2 years had been difficult -- members going in and out of the army, marriage, dui scandal, netizens finding desperate reasons to hate them much more, the fandom getting separated and fans focusing on their biases instead. It was hard. Gone were the times when we watched music videos with so much effort, and had our phone batteries drained because we were streaming legally at Korean sites (which, now we know that they don't count streams from international fans). Gone were those days when I always see Super Junior in my Twitter; gone were the days when they were always attached by the hip, probably fighting over who's gonna shower first and who goes last. I got so used to the fact that I will only see the members alone on their schedules. The fact that the remaining active ones were so busy to even catch up with each other. The fact that... they already live separately. I was also used to seeing the fans spending more time with their personal lives, trust me, I'm happy for them. I'm one of those who had a life too after they went on a hiatus, but sometimes I can't help but wish to bring back times. When we were okay, when we were together, when we were united as one and went gaga over this particular group. But then this happened. Lotte fanmeet. I couldn't have been more thankful to the organizers for bringing my boys back together again after a long time. Sungmin and Shindong are back too. They look better than they used to before -- all of then do. There was some negativity spreading, but when I heard the fans chanting, "Lee Sungmin! Saranghaeyo Lee Sungmin!", it overwhelmed me. Overwhelmed me so much that it drowns all the negativity down to wherever it belongs to. We are fine. We are going to be fine, ALRIGHT. Even after all the hard times, we're alright. It'll probably take nine more months before the awaited comeback and I'm willing to wait dor more. I've already come this far, didn't I? Sorry if my thoughts seem messy. It's 10:30 P.M. (philippine time) and I'm just... writing whatever seemed to pop in my head. Currently waiting for Darling U's release. Please anticipate ♡

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[HIT OR SHIT?] Maybelline Colorsensational Creamy Matte Lip Color | Divine Wine

A few weeks ago, I have watched Raiza Contawi’s “Favorite AFFORDABLE Beauty Brands for 2016”  video (hi ate gurl! ganda mo po 😭), and she practically raved about this lipstick – can’t blame her, IT’S GORGEOUS! I was curious about it but since I already had two new liquid lipsticks (I know it’s not much but I am a student).

Scenario last Sunday:

Me: *goes to Maybelline stall in Robinsons Department Store*

Me: *finds Divine Wine*

Me: *swatches*

And since then, I wasn’t able to take this off of my mind. I was mindblown by the formula – GAH, SO PIGMENTED AND IS THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF CREAMY + MATTE. Back in 2015, I steered away from Maybelline’s Creamy Mattes because the first one I had was a bit too shiny and sheer for me? I have some dark spots on the outline of my lips and it’s just not pantay.

Spoiler alert: I am glad I decided to give this another try!

PRICE: PHP 299 (but I got it for only 199 because they’re on sale until January 31!)

It contains 4.2 grams of product so you get a lot for the price. Some expensive lippies I know only has more or less 3.4 g.

Divine Wine is a Red with Brown undertones (undertones? undertones? I’m not an expert lmao) and is one of those gorgeous vampy shades. 🖤 It made my Morena skin look a tad bit brighter.

IS IT A HIT OR A SHIT?

This lipstick is hella pigmented, you know that one swipe stuff youtubers get crazy about? Maybe with it being a dark shade or idk, again, not an expert hehe. I haven’t tried the lighter shades though ever since I got that orange lippie when I was just starting make up LOL 😂 It doesn’t feel heavy, at all! Plus it moisturizing unlike most matte lipsticks. The only downside is that it transfers (but that can be solved by blotting your lips with a tissue), it emphasizes your cracks if you didn’t exfoliate beforehand. Moisturizing but emphasizes cracks? Are we clear, guys? HAHAHAHA I know it’s confusing but it is what it is.

It also performed well. I had this for 5 hours and ate something light. It faded a little on the inner part and had a minor bleeding but rest is still just as good as when I applied it. Plus the fading isn’t really that obvious? I wonder how long this could have lasted had I not eaten.

I grabbed dinner at 7:30, and that was when it started breaking apart + bled some more. Btw, I lined my lips before applying the lipstick itself. But for 6.5 hours of keeping in tact? That’s above satisfactory for the price! Some of my a lil’ more expensive lippies can’t even last for that long without retouching.

You can guess it’s a screaming hit, right?

🎯🎯🎯

note:

🎯 - alright.

🎯🎯 - yayy

🎯🎯🎯 - they ain’t playing bb gurl!

🎯🎯🎯🎯 - oh gOD YES

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 - HOLY GRAIL!

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Testing out a new lipstick! ❤💄Will leave this here while I head out for my 3 PM class. Bye~ See you later. 👋

[skincarejesus]

Snails and Skincare? 🐌

It may sound like the weirdest thing, but snail secretion filtrate (yes, the slime) is honestly my favorite skincare ingredient of the moment

Heals acne scars and other skin injury

Balances skin tone

Soothing and hydrating

The snails are not harmed in the process

Need some snail in your life? Here are some of my recommendations:

Benton Snail Bee High Content Steam Cream- My holy grail moisturizer. Thick and moisturizing, but WILL NOT clog your pores. Brightening and anti-aging effects. Bee venom as well 🐝

Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence- Light and hydrating. Heals the skin. 96% snail mucin, so it’s potent and doesn’t have any fillers. If you want to test the effects of snail mucin, this is the product.

Tosowoong Pure Snail Sheet Mask- Instant cooling and redness reduction. Leaves your skin dewy and plump. 

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[L.A. GIRL]  MATTE FLAT FINISH PIGMENT GLOSS

Holidays are over and my second semester just started /sighs/, at least I have a “souvenir” or so what they call “katas ng Pasko”. You know how Filipinos have this tradition of giving their nieces and nephews money whenever Christmas comes and me, being a 17 y/o, ISN’T EXEMPTED AT. ALL. HAHAHAHA :p I splurged on two matte liquid lipsticks (which are my firsts since I started doing make up over a year ago).

PRICE: PHP 349 each

It comes with a doe-foot applicator that looks kinda flat but makes it easy for me to reach my inner corners. Gah, I never knew applying liquid lipsticks can be this hard.

I got the shades Dreamy (mauve pink) & Frisky (bright red). For this review, I will only be using Frisky. I do find that Dreamy makes me look washed out but nevertheless, it is long-lasting.

IS IT A HIT OR A SHIT?

Like I said, it is pretty long-lasting, and also very opaque [see pictures below]

Anyway, please do excuse my ugly lips and crooked tooth.

bare lips

6:00 A.M. [right after application]

3:00 P.M. [9 hours later]

You can see that it made my lips look cracked and dry, even if I applied a lip balm beforehand. Also, it feels quite weird after applying, like kinda heavy but not really (?) If you let your food and drink touch your lips, you gotta endure the tacky feeling for the rest of the day. I only ate some bread for lunch this day (I wasn’t even hungry at all because it was cold) and I was careful of not letting it touch my lips. You can see that only the inner part faded and the rest is still looking dang good.

It’s a...

HIT! 

🎯🎯 hits at that 

[with 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 being the highest]

Despite all the cons... I ain’t really that bothered by the them bc 1) no one’s going to look at your lips so close that they’d know it’s cracked af 2) i can withstand the really tiny tiny tiny heavy feeling [it isn’t even that heavy in the first place] 3) i can also prevent food from being in contact with my lips so tacky feelz no more.

And for the staying power, IDC, THE STAYING POWER IS AWESOME AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS [FOR ME]. I hope this helped you a bit. HEHE.

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[ETUDE HOUSE] BIG COVER CONCEALER BB

As someone who suffered from a huge acne breakout, and is still suffering the aftermath (acne scars, hyper pigmentation, and stuff), I needed a product that provides a high coverage.

It just so happened that Etude House came up with the Big Cover line on 2015's last quarter. I AM SOLD, and I was absolutely excited, waiting for that line to be launched here in the Philippines. Quite unfortunate that I needed to wait until March 2016 before I got to grab my own *sighs*. I wasn't that experienced in buying make-up online yet so I didn't bother to do so, plus the shipping fee is quite expensive so I waited... and waited...

PRICE: PHP 898 Available in Etude House's branches nationwide. List here. Or you can order online at http://www.etudehouse.com/

It has 30g/1.05 oz of product which expires 12 months after opening and comes with a huge doe-foot applicator (and which I think isn’t hygienic at all but, meh)

IS IT A HIT OR SHIT?

The shade threw me off a bit -- IT WAS TOO LIGHT! Idek why I grabbed it even after swatching on the store (but thinking I was too hyped for this product and wanted it so much).

Girl... I literally looked like an Espasol.

Coverage however is dang lit! I mean, SEE FOR YOURSELF.

Another downside though is that it settles on my dry spots (I have combination skin) a few hours after application. Anyway, I actually already ran out of this product about 4 months ago and only kept some before and after pictures (which are what I showed you guys). Maybe it was just me being new to make up and kinda still don’t know what to do and how to fix things LOL I don’t even use a sponge back then.

But back to the question, is it a hit or a shit?

DEFINITELY A HIT! I mean I can work on the horrible shade (that’s the darkest they have fyi) and some lil dry thingy showing up. Totally better than leaving my pimple marks uncovered. The coverage, gurrrl, Etude House ain’t playing when they said “Big Cover”. It totally makes up for the cons that came with it.