Updated: What's in my Kikay Kit (Makeup Kit)?

Hi everyone! Another week has passed and pretty soon, the first quarter of the supposed last year according to the Mayan Calendar will be over. Anyway, I like taking a peek on what most of you ladies stuff in your kikay kit and I have been meaning to post an updated what's in my kikay kit since the last one was way back in 2009, I think, but haven't gotten around to doing so until now. What I am going to show you is what I have in my kit at the moment because it changes on  weekly or daily basis depending on my mood and how lazy or not I am in changing the products I use everyday. So without further ado, here's a  peek on my kikay kit and what's inside.

I am using a cosmetic pouch from Estee Lauder

Face/Base Makeup - Giorgio Armani Face Fabric 2 | Maybelline
Dream Mousse Concealer - Cream | MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural
- Light | Kanebo Kate High Coverage Pressed Powder UV

Cheeks - Giorgio Armani Blushing Fabric 2 | Chanel Joues Contraste -
Tea Rose

Lips - Vaseline Lip Therapy Advanced Formula | Models Own Lip Balm
- Tangerine | MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Ultra Darling | YSL Rouge
Pur Couture Lipstick in 17 Rose Dahlia

Eye Area - Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Zero | Kiss Me Heroine
Make Volume & Curl Mascara | Browlash Ex Water Strong W Eyebrow

I wear makeup to a minimum especially with the kind of weather we have which is beyond description. Well, it is the type which can easily make one sick overnight. Here is my everyday look using most of the products in my kit. I don't normally use eyeliners because almost all that I've tried smudges on me but I am liking UD Zero so far. Products usually change but it's pretty much the same look everyday for me. And oh, the lipstick I am wearing here is Bewitching Coral from Max Factor's Elixir lipstick line which is something I really don't wear to the office but picked it up today just for this post. It is a tad bright for my liking.

Have you updated your kikay kit lately?

Happy Sunday, super awesome peeps! Another work week again. I badly need a massage. :-\

Cheers,

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EOTD/FOTD: UAAP Series - DLSU

I finally had the time to blog on a week night! Yey! Anyway, here's the third installment on my UAAP Series and this time, it's DLSU. I've always loved the sound of Animo La Salle! I don't think it'll sound great with any other school - Animo USTE! Animo Ateneo! Animo UP! Animo San Beda (okay, may naligaw na taga-NCAA), Animo Assumption! Animo FEU! and so on and so forth but you get the drift, right? :P For a random story like I did with the first two, here it is. I didn't like it when a couple of Lasallians broke my heart that I swore I'll never date someone from that school again, ever! I think I made that swear a few times but I always end up eating my words. Maybe I'm cursed. Haha! It may just be pure coincidence but then again, maybe it's a curse. :D Oh well, here's the EOTD/FOTD.

First off, I am aware of the two pimples on my right brow area. I gotta hand it to MUFE Mat Velvet + for giving me three pimples just by wearing it once. Hell yeah! :P

Of course, I used the same ol' Sleek Bad Girl Palette, like it's the only one I own. I used Innocence on the inner corners, brow bones, and inner lower lash lines. Applied Intoxicated on the the outer part, crease, and outer lower lash lines. I used Envy to line my upper lash lines, applied a coat of mascara and that's it!

My half-FOTD

Products I used:
- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel
- Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer
- Kanebo Coffret D'Or Beauty Lasting Pact
- Skinfood Choco Powder Eyebrow Wood Pencil
- Sleek Bad Girl Palette
- Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara
- Chanel Joues Contraste Tea Rose
- Korres Lip Butter Pomegranate
- Guerlain Kiss Kiss Stick Gloss Corail des Mers

I hope I did their school colours a little justice. There is definitely no bitterness when I made this eye look. :P

Happy Tuesday, super awesome peeps! :P

Cheers,

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EOTD/FOTD: UAAP Series - UST

Hi everyone! I hope you're all having a great Sunday so far, weekend's almost over and tomorrow will be another manic Monday! Anyway, as the title suggests, this will be a series of EOTD featuring the university colors of the eight schools that are members of the UAAP or the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (much more like the NCAA in the US). I can't think of other themes so while I am looking for my thinking cap, this is what I'll be doing for the next few EOTDs. So the first one will be for UST (University of Santo Tomas) - black, gold, and white - which reminded me so much of the first ever pep rally way back on my freshman year. The first time my batch cheered "Go USTe!" with the matching hand/arm movement. Those were the days. :P I hope you'll like it! :)

I first filled in my brows with Revlon Brow Fantasy in Brunette, using just the pencil. I used both the Sleek Bad Girl and Kiss Beauty eye shadow palettes for this look. After priming my eyes with the ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer, I applied Innocence from the Sleek palette on the inner half of the lids. Then applied the gold shade from the Kiss Beauty palette on the outer half of the lids. Noir from the Sleek palette was then applied on the outer V extending to the crease to give definition on the eyes. Innocence was used again to highlight the inner corners of the eyes as well as the brow bones. I used all three shades to line the lower lash lines too.

My half FOTD. My skin is better now, thanks to Cetaphil.

Products I used:
- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel
- Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer
- Skinfood Salmon Dark Circle Powder
- Kanebo Coffret D'Or Beauty Lasting Pact
- Revlon Brow Fantasy Brunette
- Sleek Bad Girl Palette
- Kiss Beauty Palette
- Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara
- Shu Uemura Glow On P Pink 30
- Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate

I'm still not using liquid foundation and most of the time just used pressed powder and not even powder foundation to allow my skin to breath and recover from the recent break out.

Anyway, let me know what you think of this EOTD series. If you find it corny, please let me know so I can come up with something better.

Happy Sunday, super awesome peeps! :)

Cheers,

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FOTD: Fairytopia Using Shu Uemura Aya Takano Reindeer Kiss Palette + KKcenterHK purple lashes

TGIF, everyone! Weekend's finally here and for most of us, it's the best time to relax and bond with the family. Anyway, I received a package yesterday. KKcenterHK has sent me another pair of falsies to try and review and it is something that instantly reminded me of Tessa Prieto-Valdez when I first saw it. So I decided to try the falsies and thought of something that wouldn't overpower the lashes but something that would complement them instead. I decided to finally use the Shu Uemura Aya Takano Reindeer XXXX Kiss Palette (will do a separate review for it). The result reminded me of Barbie in Fairytopia movie (yes, I'm a grown up who still enjoys watching Barbie movies), thus the title. So here are pictures together with the the eye products I used for this look at the end of the post.

I extended the silver eye shadow all the way to the eyebrows to make them softer.

The purple lashes were a pain to apply because the lashes are outrageously long and quite heavy but they look really pretty. Though I'd be insane to use them on a regular day, I think they'd be perfect for costume parties. I honestly have no idea how to review it because it's not something I'd use or wear everyday. But as I mentioned earlier, this is great for costume or themed parties, or if you simply feel like dressing up at home on a boring afternoon. Oh, this also comes with a glue with the label ELF which kinda confused me but I used my own eyelash adhesive anyway.

The eye makeup

Products I used for the entire look:
- Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief
- Kanebo Freshel White C Mineral BB Cream UV
- Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer
- Kryolan Anti Shine Powder
- Skinfood Choco Powder Eyebrow Wood Pencil
- ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer
- Shu Uemura Aya Takano Reindeer Kiss XXXX Palette trio eye shadows
- Purple lashes from KKcenterHK
- Shu Uemura Glow on K6 from the palette as well
- Mentholatum Lip Ice Lemon
- Palladio Herbal Lip Slix Rosewood

Have you tried using such lashes?

Happy Friday, super awesome peeps! :P

Cheers,

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EOTD: Metallica Thursday

It may not be too obvious but I like Metallica - they're super awesome! My favorites being Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters. Anyway, I decided to play with my Sleek Bad Girl Palette and created a look that will remind me of Metallica. So here are a few pictures of the eye makeup I came up with.

Innocence applied all over the lids then to highlight inner corners &
brow bones; Gun Metal applied in inner half of the lids; &
Noir applied on outer half of the lids

I was tearing up when I applied the
kohl liner on my waterline so I  wiped off
the shadow on my lower lash lines

Products I used:
- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel
- Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet + Foundation
- Laura Mercier Secret Concealer
- Skinfood Salmon Dark Circle Powder
- Kryolan Anti Shine Powder
- Skinfood Choco Powder Eyebrow Wood Pencil
- Innoncence, Gun Metal, and Noir Eyeshadow from Sleek Bad Girl Palette
- Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express Mascara
- B! Kohl liner on lower lashlines (only seen on the half FOTD)
- Shu Uemura Glow On K6
- Kiehl's Lip Balm 1
- Palladio Herbal Lip Slix in Rosewood

Anyway, you might be getting tired of seeing EOTDs so I'll resume to regular posts on product reviews but will do EOTDs at least once or twice a week.

Do you also like Metallica?

Happy Thursday, everyone! :P

Cheers,

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FOTD: Classic Wingled Eyeliner + Red Lips

I have always admired vintage and classic looks where women look so polished yet all they wore on their faces were red lipsticks and winged eyeliner, of course aside from foundation and perhaps concealer and mascara and a very very light and subtle blush. I have seen several looks on YouTube and on blogs so I got inspired to try that look on myself. So last night, while waiting for my mom to finish playing games on my laptop, I played with makeup and did that look. Here are a few pics:

I used falsies again from KKcenterHK and chose more natural looking ones so as to not overdo the look since I applied my gel liner quite thickly.

I like how the liner and falsies opened up my eyes.

And the usual half-FOTD with the same ol' angle

Products I used:

- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel
- Celeteque DermoScience eye cream
- MUFE Mat Velvet + Foundation
- Laura Mercier Secret Concealer
- Skinfood Salmon Dark Circle Powder
- Kryolan Anti Shine Powder
- Skinfood Choco Powder Eyebrow Wood Pencil
- Maybelline Gel Liner
- Falsies
- Kanebo Coffret D'Or Blush PK 22
- Mentholatum Lip Ice Lemon
- Clinique Berry Freeze l/s

Do you like the classic winged eyeliner + red lips look?

Happy Manic Monday, everyone! :)

Cheers,

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EOTD: Mystical Forest

Toink! I should be more creative with titles. :P Ayway, I ♡ green eye shadows that's why I try to make different possible combinations with it. I've done it with black and gold so I thought of combining it with brown or a neutral shade. Green + brown = a tree! So I was super tempted to call this "Puno (tree) look". Nonsense story- I remember meeting up with a friend and he was wearing a moss green long-sleeved polo and really dark brown slacks. When I saw him, I said, "Puno, ikaw ba yan? (Tree, is that you?)", which made him smirk at me because I didn't realize that my voice was kinda loud and a lot of people heard it. Anyway, before I keep blabbing, here's the look.

No falsies again, just two coats of mascara.

I applied brown on the inner half and green on the outer half and blended.
I then applied Guerlain L'instant Precieux on the inner corners and
 browbones and applied it wet to line the upper lash lines in place
of an eyeliner.

Products I used:
- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel
- MUFE (Make Up For Ever) Mat Velvet + Foundation
- Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer
- Kanebo Coffret D'Or Beauty Lasting Pact
- Skinfood Choco Powder Eyebrow Wood Pencil
- ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer
- Laura Mercier Eyeshadow in Topaz
- Wet n Wild ColorIcon Single Eyeshadow in Envy ♡
- Guerlain L'Instant Precieux Eye Shadow
- Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara
- Chanel Joues Contraste in Tea Rose
- Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate

Do you also like green eye shadows?

Happy Saturday and a blessed Sunday tomorrow, super awesome peeps! :P

Cheers,

P.S. I just ordered a Sleek iDivine eye shadow palette in Bad Girl! I am so excited to play with the dark greens, purples, silvers, creams, and black. :P
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EOTD: Pink, Please

Another EOTD/FOTD! As I've mentioned somewhere on my previous posts, I am getting fond of doing EOTDs even though I don't go out wearing eye shadows. Last night's was an exception as I wore it when I had dinner with a couple of friends I used to work with. Since it was dinner and not during day time, I figured a little eye shadow won't hurt. So I used pinks and here's the look I came up with.

My hands aren't steady, thus, the poor eye lining skill. Okay, maybe I need more practice then. :P

Didn't use falsies either. Applied two coats of mascara instead.

Apologies for the stray hairs on my face. I don't have Photoshop or other photo-editing software so the hairs stay on the face. And I only took a few shots. It can be tiring to smile while taking pictures, you know.

Products I used:
- Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief
- Celeteque DermoScience Brightening Eye Tuck plus Dark Circles Lightener (the current eye cream I'm testing)
- MUFE (MakeUp For Ever) Mat Velvet + Foundation
- Laura Mercier Secret Concealer
- Skinfood Salmon Dark Circle Powder
- Kryolan Anti Shine Powder
- Skinfood Choco Powder Eyebrow Wood Pencil
- ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer
- Kryolan white sparkles (pigment)
- MAC pigment (I don't know the shade, I just got it as a sample)
- Maybelline Gel Liner
- Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express Mascara
- Stila Contouring Trio
- Shu Uemura Glow on M Pink 30
- Korres Lip Butter Pomegranate
- Dior Addict High Color Rose Orgasme

Do you like pink eye shadows?

By the way, I am in ♡♡♡ with this:

Spicy Beef Maki from Tokyo Tokyo

Since I am allergic to seafood, I settle for this one instead. Yummy!

Happy Friday, super awesome peeps! :P

Cheers,

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EOTD: Neutral Wednesday

How's everyone? I hope you're all doing well. I'd like to share another EOTD and since the previous two featured dark shades, I decided to go back to basics and use neutral shades. If there are shades I cannot really wear, those are neutral ones. For some reason, they look muddy on me (could be due to my being acidic) and make my eyes look dirty. Anyway, here are the pictures.

I decided not to wear any falsies this time and I also wanted to compare pics of those with and without falsies. I like how the falsies add more oomph to the EOTDs but I like how natural this EOTD looks without them.

In this EOTD, I used the 3 neutral shades on my Laura Mercier Colour Classics Face Palette.

Well, I still like dark shades better and I still love green eye shadow a lot. :)

Products I used:
- Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief
- YSL Matt Touch Oil Free Foundation
- Laura Mercier Secret Concealer
- Skinfood Salmon Dark Circle Powder
- Maybelline Dream Matte Powder
- Skinfood Choco Powder Eyebrow Wood Pencil
- Laura Mercier Colour Classics Face Palette
- Maybelline Gel Liner
- Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express Mascara
- Shu Uemura Glow On P Pink 30
- Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate

Do you like neutrals? :)

Happy Wednesday, super awesome peeps!

Cheers,

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