Beauty & Make Up / Tips & Tricks: M.A.C Club Eyeshadow

Author: Shahidah

Picture: Onsugar

Club eyeshadow by M.A.C is a unique, and lovely shade. It has a duochrome finish, meaning that it's basically two colours and when its reflected in the light, you will see either/or brown/green.




First Impressions:

"AAAAAH, ITS SO PRETTY!! GIMME!!"



My screams may have annoyed everyone at M.A.C but so what? I was happy. And really, isn't my happiness all that matters in this world and other universes alike? (That was a rhetorical question. )

Applying it with a blending brush (M.A.C 217), I noticed that wherever I had applied Club, (on my eyelid area) was brown. Just brown. A shitty brown, at that. And the brown was kinda sheer. There's nothing worse than a shit, sheer brown. An overall disappointment, really. Which brings my to my next point:

How to make make your club eyeshadow (brown AND green) show up on your eyes:

• Eyeshadow primer.

I ALWAYS use one, do you want to walk around with splotchy eye make up? Do you like looking at yourself in the mirror of a swanky bathroom and realise that there's oil on the crease of your lids and that you're face has decided to best buds with your eyeshadows? Didn't think so. The best eyshadow primer I've used so far is, Too Faced Shadow Insurance and thankfully, you can get this at Sephora.




Picture: Sephora.com

• Brushes.

Secondly, consider what brush you're using for the application. Try using a stiffer brush to pack on the colour. The kind of brushes you use to apply your make up does make a difference. My brushes are usually from M.A.C and they've lasted me two years. Except for one that I accidentally fully immersed in water (3 weeks) BIG MISTAKE!.

Picture: emanmakeup.blogspot.

 

• Technique

Instead of using the usual windshield wiper technique, try to pat on the colour with your brush instead. This will help with the building up of the shadow, thus more a more opaque colour on your lids.

After following these steps, and when you start to see the lovely green overlay, then you'll stop being so pissy with the shitty brown and see why Club is quite a pretty cool and unique shade. Though, I wish it was a touch pigmented.

This is the result of how Club looks when heavily packed on:

Cool huh?



Yours,
Shahidah

MOVEMBER: Let's Do Our Part!

                                                                                                                                             Author: Hanna

It's November and it's time to do our part for Movember!


Movember is an annual month long event that involves the growing of moustaches in the month of November. It began when a group of Australian man came up with the idea of growing moustaches for charity which snowballed throughout the country causing a "Mo-phenomenon" as many got involved with it.


Today, Movember do not only represent the men in Australia but every men as it has spread throughout the whole world raising awareness and funds for men's health issues specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.


There are rules of conduct given on the Movember site which states:-


1. Once registered at movember.com each mo bro must begin the 1st of Movember with a clean shaven face
2. For the entire month of Movember each mo bro must grow and groom a moustache
3. There is to be no joining of the mo to your side burns. (That’s considered a beard.)
4. There is to be no joining of the handlebars to your chin. (That’s considered a goatee.)
5. Each mo bro must conduct himself like a true country gentleman


At the end of the month, Mo bros and Mo sistas (female supporters) celebrate their victory by either throwing a Movember party of their own or by attending one of them infamous parties that are held all around the world by Movember for Movember.


Anyone and everyone can do their part for Movember and it's for a good cause so why not have fun with it!


All information can be found at http://www.movember.com/


Or you can also get more information of Movember Singapore by visiting their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Movember-Singapore/135710126502676?sk=wall


In the spirit of it all, we both did our tribute for Movember one way or the other and hope that you would do too. :)


It's Movember featuring:

MovemberMeow!

MovemberRain!

Hope you like it!

Hanna x

Make Up & Beauty: M.A.C Pro Longwear Foundation / Ode to Nicki Minaj

Author: Shahidah



Oy vey! I'm back with my latest review!!

Okay, so we last left you with a review from Hanna and her HD foundation (got a nice ring to it, don't it?). I have been wanting to purchase this HD foundation but unfortunately I came aross this review that suggested that it wasn't quite suited for oily skin.. much like most products. After crying about a thousand tears and eating a tub Ben & Jerry's Clusterfluff, I went on my search for a new foundation.

The foundation that I'm looking for would tell the oil on my skin to fuck off and wait until I get home and wash the make up of my face, would conceal most blemishes and photograph well. But no, that's more like a miracle. But I needed to get something close to this.

After reading up on a couple more reviews online, I decided that M.A.C's Pro Longwear Foundation would be my best bet. So yada yada and I bought it. Yay!

Choosing the right shade:

First, I knew about how the shade varied and went for a shade lighter. I tried it out at the store too, to make sure that it was the right colour. I'm usually an NC 40 - NC 42 (depends.. time and tans change.) But I got an NC 35 instead. The make up artist even tried to ask me if I wanted to try NC37 and I was like, "Bitch please. I know what I'm doing."

Okay, fine. I didnt say that. But I was adamant that NC35 was my shade and thus that was the shade I had purchased.

First impressions:

First, I would like to talk about packaging. I was surprised to see that the bottle came with a pump. And by surprised I mean anal. First of all, I would like to stress how particular I am about pump packaging.

Cons to pump packaging:

• Sometimes the pump itself pumps out alot more product than you really need. = WASTE of money and product!
• Sometimes the product clogs up the pump feature and you end up making a huge ass mess. Plus, foundation in your hair and eyes is never a good look! Seriously.

Pros:

• Convenience

And I was a little mortified to see that the foundation had oxidised a hella lot and looked a little orangey! Shocking, it didn't look like that in the store! But I gave this sucker a chance anyway and you know what?

I really, really like this foundation.

The texture was a little strange. Like sticky but not sticky. Plus, it left a weird film on my brush. But it didn't look orangey. The pump only gave out a small amount, and 2 pumps was all I needed for my entire face. But depending on the coverage you want (totes buildable, by the way!) you might need more than just 2 pumps. Oy!

It photographs really well too. My best photographing buddy, The Sun was out today cause it rained like a mother. I had to use flash photography instead. (Cringe, I know.) And while taking the pictures, I was surprised at the coverage and how nice it look. Even with an SPF of 10,  I love that it didn't give my face a white cast like some foundations do. I wore it for 4 hours.. There was a slight shine to my forehead, but not as much as it normally does with other foundations.

I think this is my favourite new foundation next to Studio Fix Fluid. Great job, M.A.C!

I hope our reviews are useful to those of you out there looking for new foundations!


Yours,
Shahidah

Here are some pictures:

See the difference in their shades? And they're both NC35!

Getcha Foundation Face on!

Make Up And Beauty: Make Up For Ever HD Foundation.

                                                                                                                                               Author: Hanna

i has HD on! 

Make Up For Ever HD Foundation is amaaaazing. I have use it for a week now and I am totally in love with it. I'm not sure on how to convince you of its amazing-ness but what i will do is give you ten worthy reasons on why its sooo goood! 
And let you decide!


So here it goes:


1. It's light on the face.
2. Easy application with you fingers or brush or both
3. Has a nice glow-y finish to it
4. It lasts the whole day.
5. It keeps you looking fresh all day.
6. It does not streak or blotch under the sun. 
7. With two pumps, you can get full coverage.
8. Photographs beautifully
9. Does not oxidize
10. And,there's a variety of shades from you to choose from leaving you with The Perfect Match


And with every good comes the bad. 


This foundation is not suitable with anyone with oily skin and 
it does not have any SPF in it.


I wont say that it is THE greatest foundation around soo far but its good enough for me and it photographs astonishingly well! (What more can a girl ask for right?!)


I am extremely excited and happy with this purchase therefore, I thought I'd share it with the world.


I hope you'll like it as much as I do cos it's totally worth it.


Hanna x

Rant: Fuck Society

Author: Hanna

Hey People,


Fuck Society.


Yes, a wonderful way to end this evening, well at least for me it is.


Stop judging and start embracing. 


In the word's of Miley Cyrus "Nobody's Perfect". (yes! I'm quoting Miley cos it's that serious!)


Everyone is absolutely different in their own way.
To each their own!


Lighten up people!

Yours truly,
Hanna

Rant: Shitty Day

Author: Shahidah

“We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Everyone knows what its like, to wake up one day and feel like shit for no good reason. Your whole day starts off on the wrong foot and for some god damned stupid reason, continues that way for the rest of the day. I sometimes feel like, even when I express myself better by jotting my thoughts down, I still manage to sound like a complete ignoramus, when I'm upset (See: She-Hulk)

"I WILL CRUSH YOOOOU!! ..... But check out my badonka-donk first!"

I took to listening Cheap Trick's I Want You To Want Me the past 50 times and Come On Eileen by Save Ferris and Rockwell's Knife (for some reason). It seems that music only exacerbates your already shitty feelings.

NO RELATION!!

I don't mean to turn this into an Oprah moment but, how do you guys handle your emotions without sounding like a complete and utter fool?




Also, I think I might just be completely insane. (See: List of mental disorders.)




Yours,
(she)Shahidah(hulk)

Make Up & Beauty: Gettin' Naked with Urban Decay.

I'm a little slow on this, I know. But we weren't left with many options considering how I had travelled the globe (Seattle and Vancouver) to find this palette (not specifically. I was on a holiday and 'accidentally' stumbled on the Sephora branches there.) and came up with zilch. Tsk. Tsk.


I'm talking about Urban Decay's Naked palette. Sold out. Restocked. Sold out. Sold out. Sold out.


So you can imagine my utter delight when I, 'accidentally stumbled' upon a Sephora at KL and found stocks of this palette at the Urban Decay counter! (So excited that I ended this sentence with an exclamation mark.)

 I love this palette. I absolutely love the versatilty of it. I was able to recreate two of my favourite looks using this palette. And they are:

• My no-make-up-look-but-I-really-took-15-okay-no-20- minutes-to-make-it-work-look:

Colours used:

Naked (on the lid), Buck (in the crease) and Virgin (on the lower eyeline and the inner corners of my eyes.) and Virgin (as highlighter)




"I can see your halo, halo, haaaalo!"



• And the porn star smokey eye:

Creep (on the lid), Darkhorse & Creep ( blended in the crease) and Creep (on the lower eyeline) and Virgin (as highlighter and inner corner of eyes.)





"Mmmm... Sexy tiime."


I recommend this for those of you, who

• like me, found Urban Decay's last few eyeshadow sets disappointing and walked around with chunky glitter all over our faces. (I'm talking about you, Midnight Cowboy!!!! Argh.) But still have some faith in UD's eyeshadow sets.
• Love neutral eyeshadows
• need an on-the-go palette for when you're travelling.

I will love and cherish this palette.


Until some other palette comes out and kicks this palette's ass.


Yours,


Shahidah


Click here for swatches and overall product review!

Rant: Creativity Can't Be Forced.

Author: Hanna

Hey World,


Ever felt like you've got all these ideas and inspiration overwhelmed you inside but when its time to let it all out to share it with the world, you're just not productive at all?


Well, its a phase and it happens a lot. 


It will come by naturally and when it does, exciting things will happen.


So be sure to look out for it and embrace it when it comes by.
Also don't forget to stay tuned to us here too.


Cheers,
Hanna

Introduction: 1st post! Ho lee shiiit!

" 'Dem dirrty slave girls are at it again!!"


 As I type this, my fingers are sorta jittery and there's a slight panic running through me. It might be that I'm just nervous writing our first blog post or it might be the three cups of my awesome (and surprisingly affordable Nescafe) kaw-fee that I just had. Who knows?


Anyways, sup y'alls. I'm Shahidah and this is my cousin Hanna. (Weird. You can't see us, but I don't know how these sort of virtual introductions go.) We decided to start our own blog, covering just about any topics that are of great interest to us.


"But what makes you guys stand out from other bloggers who are doing the exact same thing??", you ask?


Well, we don't know either.


But I'm pretty sure we're kindasorta awesome and cuddly. (Who doesn't like cuddles anyway?) And we don't bite. (On a good day.)


This went better than I expected.


Cheers,
Shahidah
(its Sha-HEE-daah)