Best and Worst of 2010!

Hello everyone!

I remember reading this post from Catalina at the end of last year (2009) and I really wanted to do it! But I never use too much stuff to know and yeah, it was also when I wasn't into youtubing and blogging as much as I am now!

But now that I am apart of the beauty community, I thought this would be the great chance to do the best and worst products of the year!

PS. I copied and paste Catalina's format. I hope she doesn't mind!!

So now without any further ado, here's my list =D

Ratings are based on how well it worked with my skin! (cause well.. I can't base it any other way right? hehe)


- Best Foundation Experience : HERA HD Foundation [10/10]
- Worst Foundation Experience : Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua [2/10]

- Best Tinted Moisturizer: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer [10/10]
- Worst Tinted Moisturizer: Bobbi Brown Tinted Moisturizer [5/10]

- Best Face Primer: Laura Mericer Foundation Primer [9/10]
- Worst Face Primer: N/A

- Best Eyeliner : MUFE Auqa eyes [9/10] MISSHA Missha M Super-Extreme Waterproof Eyeliner [10/10]
- Worst Eyeliner : L'oreal Lineur Intense

- Best Mascara : Majolica Majorca Lash Extend Mascara [10/10] Yves Saint Laurent Effect Faux Cils Nior Radical [9/10] Imju Fiberwig Mascara [8/10]
- Worst Mascara : Benefit Bad Gal Lash [2/10]

- Best Face Highlighter : Benefit Highbeam [8/10]
- Worst Face Highlighter : N/A

- Best Loose Powder: HERA HD Loose Powder
- Worst Loose Powder: N/A

- Best Powder Blush: NYX Blush (Peach) [10/10]
- Worst Blush: ELF Blush and Bronzer Duo [6/10] Missha M Show Blushers [2/10]

- Best Cream Blusher: NARS Multiple Tints
- Worst Cream Blushers: N/A

- Best Bronzer: Benefit Hoola [7/10]
- Worst Bronzer: N/A

- Best concealer: Shu Uemura Pro Concealer [10/10]
- Worst concealer: Boujois Healthy Mix Concealer [4/10]

- Best eyeshadow: Lunasol Shadows [10/10] Inglot Shadows [10/10]
- Worst eyeshadow: Models Perfer Shadow Palettes [1/10]

- Best Pigment: N/A
- Worst Pigment: N/A

- Best Mineral makeup: N/A
- Worst Mineral Makeup: N/A

- Best Glitter: Inglot Glitters [10/10]
- Worst Glitter: N/A

- Best eye primer: Lancome Ombre Perfecteur [9/10]
- Worst eye primer: MAC Paintpot in Bare Study (only that one) [2/10]

- Best cream shadow: Missha The Style Mono Touch Shadows [8/10]
- Worst cream shadow: N/A

- Best gel liner: Bobbi Brown Gel Liner [8.5/10]
- Worst gel liner: n/a

- Best false lashes: Daisy lashes [8/10]
- Worst false lashes: n/a

- Best lipstick: Chanel Rouge Coco [9.5/10] Banila Co Lipsticks [8.5/10]
- Worst lipstick: GOSH Darling Lipstick [2/10]

- Best face brush: Sephora Platinum professional #55 brush [9/10]
- Worst face brush: Skinfood Stippling brush [4/10]

- Best powder brush: ELF Studio Powder Brush [10/10] Sigma SS129 brush[10/10]
- Worst powder brush: N/A

- Best eye shadow brush: Missha Eye Brushes [10/10] MAC 217 [10/10]
- Worst eye shadow brush: N/A

- Best other brush: Lancome #6 blush brush [10/10]
- Worst other brush: Coast Scents Badger Cheek brush

- Best cleansing scrub: Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Foaming Scrub [8/10] St. Ives FRESH Warming Scrub [9/10]
- Worst cleanser: Jurlique Daily Exfoliating Scrub [1/10]

- Best Makeup Remover: Lancome Bi-facil Waterproof makeup remover [10/10]
- Worst makeup remover: Neutrogena Makeup Removing Towelettes

- Best moisturizer: Shishedo White Lucent Skincare Line [10/10]
- Worst moisturizer: Dunappel All-in-one Natural Moisturizer [2/10]

- Best Hair dye: Prettia Hair Dye
- Worst hair dye: N/A

And that concludes the list! hehe I hope that this is useful and if you guys want a specific review on a product I really love or hate! Please don't hesitate and ask me! I will glady do a review for you!!

And now, I shall share some photos with for from either New Years or Christmas!

Christmas Day =D




Christmas with Childhood friends! ♥



A few weeks before Christmas :)


This was at like.. 6am? We were both pretty gone ;) hahaha

New years :)

With love,
Cathy xox

Current favourites + NOTD + FOTD!

Hi everyone!

Just updating you guys with my new video :)

I recently filmed a current favourites video! The video is pretty much self explanatory so theres not much need for me to write a lot :)



And as for NOTD, I've been reallllly loving my new nail colour! Check it out! XD


No flash

With flash

The nail polish colour is by Essie - Eternal Optimist!
I love love love loveeeeee! this shade! It's so pretty! And the quality of the polish is mad fab! It's not streeky(?) and so smooth! Awsome! Heart it! haha

And now to finish off the post with a FOTD :)



Thats allllll!

Love,
Cathy. xoxox

February Favs!

Hi girls!

So its the time of the month again where I blog about my Febuary favs! For those of you'se who don't know what monthly favs is about its just where gurus or any makeup lovers just blog/vlog about the products they used a lot throughout the month at the beginning of the month. So for example it's now march but im blogging about my feb favs. The reason behind this is you get a month to trial out the products to see if you love/like it or not, then you report it at the beginning of the next month ;) clear? not really? then um yeh lol!

Anywho lets get started!

So as for face products, I've been using Missha Pore Minimizing first base.



I use this as a face primer before I put on my foundation. I don't use this all over the face though, I would only use this product in areas that is like uneven or bumpy, because this will smooth it all out and create a smooth canvas for you to apply your foundation. The smell of the base is really refreshing too!



Another face primer I've been using is Benefits That Gal's primer. This primer is so moisturising its amazing. I only use this primer on my forehead because lately my forehead area has been so dry. The good thing about this primer is that it can be worn ONTOP of your makeup. So even if you already have foundation on, you can still use this primer. haha This primer gives you this beautiful glow. It makes you look really awake. I love it ♥



Missha's B.B Cream! Stands for Blemish Balm. The one I use is M Perfect Cover BB cream. Its like a foudantion/tinted moisturiser. I wear this to school on some days where I feel that my skin isn't in it's best condition. Since this is meant to help the skin recover from any blemishes and pimples, its great on days where I can feel that pimples are going to pop up anytime soon. I'm preventing the pimples, which this ^^ The coverage for this bb cream is amazing too! It gives you a medium coverage. *two thumbs up*

Now moving onto eyes... mmm



Starting off with eyebrows, I normally use lancome's eyebrow pencil in taupe, but lately I've been using my Etude House Perfect Brow Kit. This was actually my first brow product so I'm glad I'm back to using it again. I like this brow kit because it has two colours, dark brown and light brown. This way, you can match it with your hair colour more easily :)



Next is Nyx Jumbo Eyeshadow pencils. They are basically eyeshadows, in a cream format, and in a stick. LOL these babies are awesome! The colours are pigmented and they blend extremely well. The colour variety is massive too. Theres not much I'd prob can say about these besides that theyre really really creamy! haha



Now for mascara, I've been realllllllly loving L'Oreal's Telescopic Explosion mascara! This is the dupe for Givenchy Phenomen' Eyes Mascara. This mascara is quite amazing. ahaha I it lengthens my lashes and what amazes me is that it doesn't clump! This is a really big bonus because a lot of drug store mascaras tend to clump depending on which ones. So I really like this =) The wand is also small so its great for getting into the inner corners of your lashes.



As for blush, I've been using my NYX poweder blush in peach every day this whole month! The colour is freakishly beautiful! Its a peachy baby pink and it just gives my face a really nice and soft glow. I have quite white skin with a warn undertone and this blush brings out my girlyness. It's amazing ♥


I did have some repeats this month so I'm not going to go into detail of those same products, but I'll list them


Hera's HD Foundation
Lancome's le crayon khol
and my beauty blender!


This is all for now, goodnight my loves ♥


Love
Cathy. xoxo

January Favs!

Hi girls!

So.. since I'm tired from reading my text books, so whats better than blogging right? I needed a break from all the book reading anyway XD

So now that we're in Febuary now, I thought I would blog about all the makeup products that I've been using a lot in the month of January.
Okay, so I know it's already the 7th of Feb, so this blog is very delayed... But it's better than never right? ^^

So first off..

I recently have become very in love with my Dior Diorshow mascara. When I first purchased it, I didn't like it after a few uses because it kept smudging and I thought it was the mascara but it wasn't. Instead it was the eyeliner that I was using. haha So I gave this mascara another chance, and oh my! It works like a dream! This particular mascara actually holds my curls and lengthens my lashes!! Not many of my mascaras actually hold my curls. My other ones either holds my curls or just lengthens not both! So I'm really in love with this mascara atm. Oh! and also the brush/wand of this mascara is really bigggggg! it's huge! ahaha I really like it though. The wand is even bigger than Dejavu's Fiberwig. Those of you'se who owe the fiber wig should know how big the wand is compared to other mascaras.
The only downfull of this product is that it's expensive. (><)

In my opinion, Dandelion has got to be one of Benefits best blushes. I love this blush to bits! This blush was the first blush I ever purchased and I've loved it from the very beginning. To me, this blush is my HG. It works with every look and is such a beautiful light pink colour. It gives you this very angelic glow on your cheeks! It's so innocent! I love it. I went though a phase where I didn't touch this blush at all for nearly half a year last year because... well I sort of forgot how beautiful the colour was since I was always using other blushes and purchasing other blushes. But yeh, this colour is very subtle. I use it for school everyday because it has that natural glow to it. This product is a product that I will purchase over and over again, thats how much I love it. Though it's a tad on the pricey side since Benefit products prices are very jacked up over here in Australia bleh~

I've always been into the whole white bristles angled brush for my blushes, I don't know why really. I think it's just the way I like to do my blush happens to work best with angled brushes. As for the white bristles, I have no explaination for that. Haha so yeh. I really like this brush because the bristles are really soft and the brush is full. The size is just right aswell. So I like this brush a lot. I use it for all my blushes, excluding cream blushes of course ^^

As for eyeliners, my current favs is Lancome's le crayon khol. I think Lancome cosmetic is one of the best out there, and especially their eyeliners and mascaras are love! I like this liner, and the one I have is in brown. This eyeliner works particularly well on the waterline so I really like that because when I go to school, I tend to only tightline (the top waterline) and line my bottom waterline. And this one stays on all day. Though once again, Lancome is on the pricey side... So yeh.

This foundation is ah-maz-zing! I love this foundation a lot! The coverage is awsome and it smells so good! ahaha I think the thing I love the most about this foundation is the smell. I'm not even going to try and explain what the smell smells like because I'm going to fail miserably. Haha the smell is just really nice. It's like some.. flower or something ahha. The staying power of this foundation is quite good. I wear it to school and when I come home in the afternoon, it's still there. So I give this a thumbs up XD My colour is the number '21'. The downfall of this product is that you can only purchase in it in Korea and the shade selection isn't very big. I think it has like 3 shades? Haha. I got mine from a survey on soompi forums =)

The beauty blender~ ahaha you guys are probably like wtf is this?! ahaha it's a foundation sponge =) ahaha in an egg shape! XD So you're probably wondering whats so good about this sponge? ahaha the special thing about this sponge is that it expands when you wet it. You can use it dry or wet, I perfer using it wet as it adds moist to my face while im applying my foundation. This sponge can only be used with liquid foundation, if you use it wit a creme lmfao, it'll eat up your product. The downful of this product is that it does eat a lot of your product so when you pump out your foundation, you have to pump a little extra hehe

Ever since... erm maybe mid last year, I've been using Clinque's 3 step skin care pack as they said I was oily skin type so since then, I've been using their skincare products and haven't change because it has worked so well for me, so well that it has sort've dried out my skin. I've recently realised that my skins been drying out and having dry patches on certain places of my face. It was plesant. Long before I started using Clinque 3 step, I used Ganier green skin care line, but after they discontiuned the moisturiser, (I'm still annoyed about it) I tried a lot of different skin care products but none really suited my skin untill clinque, and now that clinque is starting to dry me out and I still have heaps of the products left, so its a waste of money if i bin it. When I saw this product ont he shelves of Big W, i grabbed it without a heartbeat because it reminded it so much of my old garnier moisturiser. Im really glad I did because this moisturiser works great for me. the formula had a more thicker feel to the clinque one but it doesnt feel greasy. Love!

Thats all for now people! I'm really sorry for not posting regularly as I'm really busy with a lot of school work because I am now in yr 12. there's lots of work to be done~~

Love,
Cathy. xoxo