a day on treme.

Treme season 3 episode 7

hihi! so i worked on treme today for a mardi gras scene and it was miserably hot! now, i am super red and sunburned.. TT_TT ~L-c ^.~

face: too faced primed & poreless, 2 pumps stila one step makeup (tone) mixed with 1 pump tarina tarantino pearl glow primer--set with aveda mineral loose powder (translucent), too faced invisible candlelight powder, cheeks: too faced pink leopard bronzer, eyes: maybelline color tattoo: tenacious turquoise, audacious asphalt, and too cool; stila sparkle waterproof liner in spectrum, clinique lash primer, maybelline illegal length mascara (blackest black) and falsies flared mascara (very black); smashbox o-gloss, and urban decay de slick setting spray.

birthday "haul"!!!

hi everyone! so some of you guys know that my birthday has passed, this is what i got (aside from money/gift cards). ~L-c ^.~

update: i know this post is a little bit late, but there were some issues with a marketplace seller...

a new camera (canon ps elph 300) & a 4s
if you guys are wondering, that's an anti-glare screen protector from eforcity. beautiful, isn't it? >w< 

a cookbook and the boondocks season 3

lush! good karma gift set -- happy hippy shower gel and karma soap (it's actually a reddish orange, not brown...)

   

we went to drago's for dinner and here's my birthday cake (mom couldn't find matching candles ^^;)
flour power white chocolate strawberry

another life update

hi everyone! so paul's moved out of his place and into mine now so i will be going back and forth a lot to visit whenever i can. i got a few more extra roles this week and next! super exciting. the scene from the 22nd was from the same movie as this past week and where i'll be later this week. and i'm also going to be on treme this week. hopefully with all of this "work" i'll still have time to figure out all this wedding stuff. but i'm glad that all of the shower stuff and invitations and whatever are done with. all that's left is to pick a florist. ganbarimasu! ~L-c ^.~

nail of the day: my first **attempt** at water marbling

 

what i learned: alpine snow is not super great as a base color for this--i wish it were a more bright and vibrant white, ibiza comes out looking like black (except for that little strip on my left thumb), pink frost gives some of them a cool effect but is too sheer, and patience, patience, patience is everything. my middle fingers and right pointer and thumb were double-dipped, they came out too white after the first try. after the second dip, my middle finger looks a bit muddy. as you can probably see, one of the last ones i did (right ring finger) looks the best......... >.> ~Lin-chan ^.~

ps; if you don't know what a water marble is or how to do it, check out SimpleLittlePleasures' tutorials.

eye makeup remover comparison

i haven't really broadened my horizons trying different eye make up removers, but here are two that i've tried. ~Lin-chan ^.~

Make Up For Ever Sens'Eyes (deluxe sample size, .84oz) and Avon Moisture effective eye makeup remover lotion

sens'eyes, at a whopping $23 price--for regular size (3.38oz), is amazing. just a few quick, gentle swipes and your eye makeup is gone..well the pigment is. some of the glitter stays behind, but i suppose you'd expect that of most makeup products.. you get about the same results from avon's but it needs a little working in, using about 2x the product, but for the price it's totally worth it. the avon remover is anywhere from $1-$4 per 2oz bottle, depending on the sale at the time. the two times i've bought it, it was 2/$1.50 and $1 each, which isn't bad.

verdict: buy either.