Sweet Swap with Sweetheart Kay!!

Suuuuuuuper late on posting this, so sowwies!! The lovely Kay of BihadaDiaries and I did a swap a few weeks ago and it was just love!!

She sent a huge package stuffed with sweets, skincare, and cuteness!

The Sweets

sugar rush! peach and strawberry candies and gummies...the peach gummies have vitamin C, collagen and hyaluronic acid!

Hello Kitty baggies with special flavored mini KitKats! including white peach, yellow peach, green tea, rose, strawberry, caramel and regular (she says it tastes different!)

another cute Hello Kitty bag of goodies...

filled with Hello Kitty candies and Skin Food samples!

speaking of Hello Kitty baggies...

hehe I asked for a couple and she sent me an entire variety of sizes! now I'm well stocked

The Skincare

I wanted to try out some DHC products since they seem pretty popular, so she sent me several travel size sets! The small sizes make them great for just trying out to see if I like these products.

Acerola Travel Set with Mild Soap, Deep Cleansing Oil, Acerola Lotion and Acerola Gel (comes with the cute denim bag)

DHC Olive Essentials Mini Set with cute bag, Mild Soap, Deep Cleansing Oil, Extra Olive Virgin Oil and Mild Lotion

and the super sexy Q10 Travel Set with Q10 Milk, Q10 Lotion, Q10 Cream, Olive Soap, Deep Cleansing Oil and another cute bag

I'm really loving the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil so far! It does a much better job at removing makeup than my Mandom Cleansing Express.

The Cuteness

Lots of pink, sparkly Rilakkuma goodies! I really liked these when I saw them on Fuz's blog but couldn't find them at my local Kinokuniya, so Kay was sweet enough to find and get them for me!

2 makeup bags (so when I go somewhere like a weekend trip I won't have to carry a traincase), a checkbook wallet, and a super useful coin purse that I've been using every day to hold my cards, cash and coins.

I really love everything and it was so fun to open the package. Kay really spoiled me!

Thank you, Kay!! ♥

Late Last Weekend Update

Sorry so late! I'm such a White Rabbit, always running late! This is going to be a really long post to make up for my lateness (i.e., very picture heavy!).

First things first, I dyed my hair again! Yeah...what's new...well it was supposed to be "dark ash brown" but it came out black!

My makeup is the same as the last blog post, so you can see how the dark ash shade really minimalizes the redness in my skin tone and cools down my face.

silly girl face

my usual looking-down look

you can look at me but I'm not looking at you! haha jk

My friend Sean got married last weekend! Our friend Ann came up from San Diego to be my date. We got makeovers done at MAC...haha, I didn't realized a new MAC Pro Store opened last month at Cerritos mall, which is closer than the other locations I was going to!

I look unreal!


I found it interesting that the MUA used a light foundation shade (Studio Sculpt SPF 15 in NC25) and a darker powder (MSF Natural in Medium Dark, caramel beige) because I'd read somewhere that the powder should be a shade lighter than your skin. It actually looked nice and natural...except when my camera's flash was on (you'll see).

Here's all the makeup I can remember she used:

♥ Naked Honey Collection High-Light Powder in Golden Nectar - Muted golden tan with shimmer
♥ Powder Blush in Peachykeen - Very baby peach (Sheertone Shimmer)
♥ e/s in Blanc Type - Creamy beige (Matte²)
♥ e/s in Mythology - Copper (Lustre)
♥ e/s in Mulch - Red-brown w/bronze pearl (Velvet)
♥ e/s in Black Tied - Black w/silver sparkle (Velvet)
♥ eyebrows e/s in Espresso- Muted golden brown (Matte)
♥ lipstick Viva Glam VI - Terracotta-plum with pearl (Lustre) (corrected)
♥ tinted lipglass Viva Glam VI - Warm plum with pearl (Frost) (I'm guessing VI)

What I ended up getting (the makeover is free with $50 minimum purchase):
♥ Naked Honey Collection High-Light Powder in Golden Nectar
♥ e/s in Mythology
♥ e/s in Espresso
♥ lipstick Viva Glam V
♥ empty e/s quad

(sorry no time to take good pics!)

Though I'm contemplating exchanging the lipstick. Honestly it wasn't the color I'd picked out myself, but we were in a rush and MAC was too crackin' so I had to "hurry up and buy!" Plus the MUA convinced me I'd need to touch up throughout the evening (I only did once with my own Dior lipgloss). I will prob bring it back for a lighter lipgloss, something golden or bronzy or more warm to look like honey.

I spotted this multi-layered necklace at Forever 21...but I only liked it for one layer! I bought it anyways to wear for the wedding reception.

going to have to ask Mona or Yasumi to recreate this piece! gold with cream pearls

'cause here's the full multi-layered necklace (crappy pics taken inside the store)

Sean and Jeanette's Wedding...Part 1 of 2!

Damn I hate rushing...my hair/"bangs" were blown astray by the wind on the way in, and in most of the pics they kept falling and looking like a hot mess! So sorries.

with my hot date, Ann

all wedding receptions must start with a drink...but look how gothic pale I looked with flash!

no flash...still with my drinky drink...

with our friends the groom and one of his groomsmen

with the bride! she's looking at a dif camera though

this was funny! little boy was like "I want to see what's under there!" so he got on the floor to have a peek, LOL

shots with the groom!

me and my buddy, the happy groom!

shots...hey my arm looks like a chicken wing! damn we should have faced the other way (camera)

only I tilt my head back? with my chicken wing arm lol

lastly, with our friend Val and her adorable son, cutest boy there!

And because I love food...I'll leave you with this!

my fav breakfast, Hof's Skillet at Hof's Hut in LB!

portion's pretty generous so we always add extra meat and sides and split it! here's my half...mmmmm

what it is...

we get ours with sourdough toast, eggs over easy (hers), scrambled eggs (mine), ham (hers) and bacon or sausage or all! (mine...I love to eat!)

*Whew* That's it for this post! Hope you have an awesome 4th of July weekend! I'm loving the weather in So Cal right now, so perfect and summery! Ciao bellas!!

CORRECTION: Sorry...apparently she sold me Viva Glam V but what she used on me for the wedding reception was VI = Terracotta-plum with pearl (Lustre).

Vroooommm!! Random Drive By Update!

Ever notice how I can be a bit random sometimes? haha

I got an incredibly generous package from the sweet and thoughtful Kay, it totally made my day! But I'll dedicate a post to it once I have pics ready. For now, if you're really curious, just watch the video on my YouTube or else be patient!

Here are some pics of me wearing Benefit's Creaseless Cream Shadow in Samba-dy Loves Me. Samba-dy Loves Me is a great shade! I was in a rush so for my eye makeup I only used that along with my MUFE Aqua Eyes in Pearly Brown 2L and of course curled my lashes and added mascara.

without flash

with flash

I'm also wearing CORALista! It's a pretty daytime blush, really more of a coral pink so here I paired it with a sample I got of Benefit's Jing A Ling lipstick.


Which reminds me...I returned the Boscia Willowbark Breakout Treatment since it was doing nothing for me and picked up this MUFE Full Cover Concealer in Beige 8.


I'd been using MAC Studio Fix Touch Up Stick that's been worn to a nub and also the color doesn't really match me anymore. This one was $30 so it's not cheap but I was pretty impressed with how well it covered a scar that a monster pimple left behind (see...told you the Boscia Willowbark Breakout Treatment didn't work for me). Since I only use a small dab, this tube'll last me forever! (Oh...you mean like Make Up For Ever? har har)

And a bit late but Bath & Body Works is having their semi-annual sale with a lot of great sales...I picked up some surprises for Kay and also snagged a deal for myself.

True Blue Spa Self Meditating Body Butter with rice bran oil & green tea

I've been using it and it's pretty nice, it has a consistency like whipped marshmallowy...uh...butter! It doesn't contain parabens, petrolatum, mineral oil or drying alcohol. The scent is a light and clean "Asian" smell (rice bran oil) that doesn't linger too long. The best part is regular price $15.00...in store clearance, 75% off, so it only cost me $4!! If you like B&BW products, I suggest you go in and take advantage of the semi annual sale (though the exact sales seem to change over the weeks and weekends).

This weekend I found myself in Old Town Pasadena...which I somewhat consider to be my old stomping grounds or at the least, I'm familiar with the area since I used to work both in Old Town and the Playhouse District (just down the street) and I used to go there a lot to shop (love the really nice, two story Forever 21 and H&M there), eat, play pool (yup so Asian) and hang out with friends. I was at the Sephora at the Paseo ("Pasadena's Antique Mall" or something like that) and found there was the Chalk Festival going on.

pretty artistic and skillful, don't you think?

I walked around a bit, went into LUSH in Pasadena for the first time...pretty funny considering I used to work only a block away! Like a 5 minute walk...seriously a hop, skip and jump away! I didn't buy anything though but the SA was so nice, she gave me a generous sample of Cosmetic Lad face moisturizer and Breath of Fresh Air toner sample too (sorry no pics). Cosmetic Lad smells good...but even though it's light, it's still a bit too rich for me right now so I'm going to stick with the Boscia Oil-free Daily Hydration sample that I have. (Yes, I have samples for daysssss!)

For old times' sake...I went into Famima to grab a quick meal before I left. Famima is basically a Japanese 7-11, just a bit overpriced but I used to go there so much on my breaks for snacks and it's also where I first bought Japanese magazines (though they were pricey, but now I don't think they carry J mags anymore).

onigiri, cheese danish and my fav Vitamin Water XXX (I forgot salmon onigiri > smoked salmon and cream cheese onigiri...but kombu/seaweed is my other favorite)

Old Town/Paseo is cracking on the weekends...I got a free box of chocolate fingers just for walking by, and since I went in and out of Sephora, I walked by twice! haha


They're called Fling..."Naughty...but not that naughty™" lol. Apparently they sell in retail stores in Cali but you can also buy online. They sell for $5 a box...I kind of wish I walked by a third time so I'd have the Hazelnut box too, haha, but then again my purse was already stuffed. =P

How's that for random? ;)