Tip of the Day: 5/15/13

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Hi, friends!

If you're new to the blog, welcome! If you're returning, welcome back! I hope y'all are having a great day today, I have a beauty tip of the day today for you! It really helps for all those lazy, non-morning people (me.) out there.

Ramble alert: Recently, I've been sleeping in 10-15 minutes later than usual. I usually wake up at around 6AM, though I used to wake up at 5:45. I have less time to get my purdy together. I think it might be the lack of sleep I've been getting lately, especially since I've had testing and such. There are only 5 weeks left of school to this day! asdfjlqwertyuiop

Psst... read on after the jump for the tip!

Spring Beauty Trend 2013: Bright Eyeliner!

Hello beautiful rays of sunshine,

I hope you're having a wonderful week so far! I know I'm not... Exams galore and last minute grades going into the gradebook. >.<

My birthday's TODAY (happy birthday to me..), but I'm not very excited this year. I have two exams and additional homework from other classes. I might have to get up early to go to a math review session at school... 5:30am on my birthday, woooot~

Anywhoo, on a much brighter note (ehehe), I've been honestly seeing this trend EVERYWHERE lately, on celebs, on the runway, on the street, legitimately everywhere I go. Bright eyes, a brilliant pop of color along the upper lashline. It makes your face look youthful and adds some color. You can play around with the look, whether you want it subtle or dramatic, it's entirely up to the person.

Runway

Kenzo Spring 2013

Moschino Cheap and Chic Spring 2013

Donna Karan Spring/Summer 2013

On the runway, the colors were being worn on the upper and lower lashline, accentuating different parts of the eye, but still bring attention to the eyes in general. Another way of wearing the bright eyeliner is just a ring around the eye.

Valentine's Day Face Tutorial

Hello my fuzzy luvs,

It's that time of the year again! It's the month of lurrrvvv. Around February 14th, men scramble to find flowers and chocolate, women try to get ready for the big day of celebrating the best emotion out there, couples are happy and engorged (I feel like this is bad word choice.) in each other, and I?

I'm at home watching the ABC Valentine's day specials with a bucket of mint chocolate ice cream and my stuffed animals. Forever alone! <3

But, I know a lot of you guys want to look special for this special holiday (is it a holiday?), so I'm putting together a very small series of posts centered around Valentine's day, maybe an inspirational picture or a makeup tutorial here and there, you can never tell with me. c;

So, on to the face tutorial!

Tip of the Day 12/17/12

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If you haven't been on my blog before, first off, warm welcomes, and here's what these tips of the day are. I do these every so often, and honestly, they're kind of random. Like me. :D

How do I decide my tips of the day? Well, I have a bunch of random tips and tricks that I've picked up over the course of my young life, and I like to share them with people who haven't stumbled across such knowledge yet. So, getting on to it, today's topic is on making the perfect smudged liner!

Read on for more!

Tip of the Day: 9/21/2012

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Do you ever have that moment when you find an eyelash on your face, on your finger, or ON YOUR EYELASH CURLER? Basically, anywhere else besides your lashline? Well, if you haven't, I totally have.

I will help you prevent this! Da da da DAAAA. Mai to the rescue! Because I think I know what you're doing wrong. Here's the tip of the day:

Bronze Eye Tutorial

Excuse the flyaway hair..

Hello, lovelies. I realize we are hitting the smack middle of summer and weather has been crazy, but whenever I wear this look, it makes me feel... I don't know, really warm. It's weird. It's probably just me. Anyway, you don't want to listen to my lame intros or rambling, let's just get to the tutorial.

Drugstore EOTD: Simple Smokey Eye

Hey guys, I'm sorry I haven't posted in a WEEK. I'm not dead, I promise, I'm just starting up a bunch of drafts for the summer and getting ready for fall/winter Back to School Series! :) But first things first, I've got to get everything for the summer done first! Anyway, here's my little EOTD, it's really easy to recreate, I was using everything drugstore. Even my brushes and primer were drugstore, and it really did uphold through the whole night. But you probably want to see pictures, so here we go. P.S. I apologize for the wonky fallout and eyebrows. DX It was a long night.

Spring/Summer 2012 Trends: Silver eyes (plus some tricks!)

Siilllverrr and goollldddd. Sillvvverrrr and goooolldd! Do you guys remember that song? Maybe I'm just weird and I'm the only that knows that song? Maybe. Anyway, today I'm going to show you ladies (and possibly gents) how extremely popular silver eyes have been this S/S 2012.

On the runway:

Phillip Lim S/S '12 (image)

Ferragamo

Giorgio Armani Spring 2009 (image)

Mascara Monday 1: Maybelline Lash Stiletto Voluptuous Waterproof Mascara Review

Hullo readers! Today's Mascara Monday will be on Maybelline's Lash Stiletto Voluptuous Waterproof Mascara. Woah, what a mouthful.

Oily lids? Here's How to Get Rid of Them

Hello readers! Today I'm going to address the problem of oily lids and creasing eyeshadow. Yucky stuff, I know. I am a victim of oily lids, and I've always despised how my eyeshadow looked creased and how my eyeliner, no matter what brand, spread into raccoon eyes. Raccoon eyes= a no-no. So, I have found a solution for all of those that suffer from oilylid-itis.

Maybelline Colossal Volum' Express Mascara Review

So, my first makeup review of the blog, the world, here we go then. This mascara is an interesting one.

Pros:

•  It volumizes a lottttt
• It makes your lashes look fuller because it has such a big wand
• It has a big wand. <3
• It gives the illusion of bigger lashes, not long ones.

Cons:

• If you don't apply it right, it can make your eyelashes look spidery and clumpy.
• I got it, and it kind of smelled. It's most likely the smell of the collagen in it, but I tossed it after 2 weeks.
• If you get the non waterproof kind, it's REALLY non waterproof. It will run like heck.
• I've heard that it flakes on some people. It didn't happen to me, but it might to you. O_O

The formula is a wee bit runny, so apply a lot if you end up buying this product. For me, the cons outweighed the pros. A lot of people like this, but it's not for me. It's not the worse I've come by, but it's an iffy one. It definitely volumizes a lot. Yes indeed, that it does. It easily can create a dramatic look without false lashes, and with, but I prefer Maybelline Falsies over this one. But that is a story for another time folks. It's time to go beddybye. Have a good one, internet readers.

~Mai, your rambling beauty lover