Happiness

Happiness

 

Finally a new post :) i missed my blog and you guys!! I was sooooo busy with the whole "come back to school thing" & my sisters weeding! but Im finally back. This outfit was for my sisters in law baby shower♥ yessss Im going to be an aunt :) SO EXCITED!! anyways.. it was a pool party and since i knew it was going to be really warm that day, I wanted to wear something fresh and summery :) so, here is the outfit.

hope you guys like it ^.^

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Por fin un nuevo post :) Extrañé mi blog y obvio a ustedes!! He estado super ocupada con esto del "regreso a clases" y también por la boda de mi hermana! pero POR FIN aqui estoy :) Este outfit lo hice para el baby shower de mi cuñada! siii seré tia muyyy pronto :D estoy SUPER EMOCIONADA! ya que será mi primera sobrina♥ bueno, .. fué una fiesta en la piscina y como sabia que hiba a hacer calor quería ponerme algo cómodo, fresco y veraniego :D aquí  les dejo el outfit.

espero y les guste ;)

Outfit;

Top; Forever21

Shorts; Bershka

Sandals; Hollister

Belt; Forever21

July Favourites :)

What a month it's been! I've spent so much on make up this month, that it's only expected that I have a favourites crammed with raving and freaking out to myself about the lovely products I've found this month - so very excited for you guys to see! :) It's a bit different from past months where I'm showing you guys products that I've had for a while and loved particularly that month - it's more like a ravefest of new goodies :) Enjoy!

And as for some blogs I've loved this month.. (and the first one I finally found the link to thanks to Charlotte - who's also listed below!) :)

Beauty Mouth

Getting Cheeky

Charlotte's Obsessions

Vanity is an Addiction

Hope you all had a lovely July! Here are some snaps of the lovely Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cotswolds areas that I took while travelling :)

See you in August :)

<3yu

The Goodness of Skintone Eyeliners: UNE SkinGlow Pencils

I remember when I was completely addicted to black eyeliner - I didn't need or want anything else on my face, if I had this I was good to go! For better or for worse, those days are gone!

In its place, though to a much less degree of essential-ness than black eyeliners in the past, are skintone coloured eyeliners, and the one in particular is the UNE SkinGlow Pencil, which retails at around £7 from Boots or Superdrug. I chose this over white eyeliners for the obvious reason - it looks more natural, especially on medium-toned skintones like mine!

The reason why I got this was because I liked the idea of having brightened and awake eyes, and while it does do that, I think the best way to describe its function is to say that it defines your eyes without looking unnatural.

Black eyeliners really bring out your eyes, but it makes it 10x obvious that you're wearing make up, and on a darker skintone like mine, so do white eyeliners. Personally, this isn't a look I go for in the summer, so I wanted this definition without the obvious make-up.

Up close I suppose it's still a little bit obvious, even if this is G04, the darkest shade they have. In this pic I suppose it wouldn't make a difference if I'd gone for a white eyeliner instead!

But from afar, it really does do your eyes a favour - brightens, get rids of the redness on your waterline, and it defines your eyes.

I find that this particular eyeliner doesn't last very long - but unlike black eyeliners where you are constantly worried whether you look like a panda from melting eyeliner, this is a walk in the park because even if it melts it's not so obvious under your eyes, and the eyeliner is easy enough to carry around :) So no harm in being forgetful like me and forgetting to occassionally wipe under my eyes or top up on make up!

So yes - for the summer days atleast, I am a complete convert to skintone eyeliners. That being said, sometimes I do forget to put it on - I mean, it's fleshtone at the end of the day! But I think it's a great thing to have in general for that little oomph to your eyes, especially for days with really red or tired eyes!

How do you keep your eyes natural during the summer? :)

<3yu

P.S. Apologies for the lack of posting/tweeting - I've been on holiday with my family, as they are here in the UK to see me graduate on Friday! :) Will hopefully be back in business on Monday, from good old Japan :) I've got lots to show you, so I'm very excited! Keep in touch :)

Summer nails

Pool side

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii guyssss :) okay soooo im deff not a nail artist, I just like having my nails w/ cute colors and designs ^.^ Here is a summery design w/ neon colors! hope u guys like it :D ooohh and at first it looks kinda mhmmmm bad? but its actually really cute ^^

Holaaaaaaa chic@s! Ok soo no soy super buenisima pintandome las uñas, pero me gusta tenerlas siempre arregladas y pintadas :) Aqui les dejo un diseño supero chevere para el verano con colores neones :D espero que les guste!! ammmm y al principio se ve medio feito pero es muy lindo en verdad ^^

First, I used a white base from

SinfulColors Professional.

"Snow me white"

Second, I put a little green dot from 

China Glaze.

"Kiwi Cool-ada"

Third, do the same thing u did w/ the green but with the fuchsia from

 China Glaze 

"Pool Part"

& girls it doesnt matter if it looks kinda messed up haha thats the whole point ;) It'll look waaayy better at the end ^^

Then, same thing I did w/ the green and fuchsia, u'll do w/ the yellow from 

China Glaze.

"Yellow Polka Dot Bikni"

& last but not least, the black zebra stripes from

Nail Art.

"Black Sketch".

The zebra stripes are waaayy to easy to do bcus they dont need to be super straight so its okay if they look a little messed up ^^ jiji

& we are done :) again guys Im not a nail artist soo Im sorry if it lookes a little messed up sometimes but I tried that the design looked kinda decent for u guys ^.~ lol

Sheer Lip Colour Love :)

A few months ago, tell me a lipstick was sheer and I would've written it off. But somehow over the past few weeks, I've been craving some colour and gloss but not a block of full-on colour that makes it so obvious I'm wearing lipstick. I've been wanting something more natural.

Here are the things I've been turning to, to achieve this more natural look that provides some colour and gloss - not a solid colour like lipsticks, and not a glossy faff of a lipgloss :) (I always find lippies easier to keep up during the day than glosses).

The Body Shop Born Lippy in Watermelon

17 Mirror Shine Lipstick in Nudist Peach (depotted)

17 Mirror Shine Lipstick in Beehive

L to R: TBS Born Lippy Watermelon; 17 Nudist Peach; 17 Beehive

The Body Shop Born Lippy, which retails for £2, gives a really pale pink-ish tint, and the smell is lovely! However, the rest of the range are more like the two lipsticks, in that the formula is more see-through than this - so Watermelon is the one I've been reaching for :)

17 Beehive

The 17 Nudist Peach doesn't do much to my pigmented lips, just give it more warmth. 17 Beehive is my newest addition, which gives me a pale pink lip (as above) - a bit cooler than what I would prefer in the summer, but mixing the two 17 lippies gives a really nice pale peach that I've been loving :) That being said, at £4.59 it's not the most expensive lipstick so I find it has that nasty cheap, plastic, lippie smell.. but the effect is lovely :)

As you can see they have a very nice sheen, that makes it quite natural and great for the summer, and the pigmentation is just right to have a wash over your lips - somehow I associate matte pigmented colour with colder climates and gloss sheer colour with warmer climates.. am I nuts? :P Either way, it's what I've been loving recently! :D

Do you prefer sheerer colours on your lips sometimes?
What are your favourite products for this? :)

<3yu

What I Took To Malta: Beach/Pool Make-Up!

I'm back! Hello to the new followers, and a big I-missed-you hug to the old! Malta was absolutely gorgeous and the perfect wind-down from 3 years of uni. Ben and I also found out that we have graduated with a 2:1 on our degrees - so it was a great week in general!

Today I'll show you what I brought to Malta - hopefully you can take away what I think is great to have for a beach holiday, in case some of you are off on one soon! We had a 15kg limit so a lot of the stuff were compact :)

Before that, I'll show you some snaps of our week there :) We stayed at the Radisson Blu on Golden Bay, courtesy of Ben's aunt for his 21st - we were there with Gary Neville!

Mokka Bar - We always had after dinner drinks here :)

Our kitchen/dining room/living room - I KNOW! We had a suite! :D

TV in bathtub - very convenient for the Wimbledon season! :)

Golden Bay

The pool

The Malta busses - 54p to the capital! :O

Streets of Valetta

 Ben & I at the Grand Harbour

Honestly, I am struggling a bit with a lack of foundation/powder/concealer to match my skin! I also got my nails done, which was fun - OPI Glitzerland is very pretty! On days where we weren't by the pool or the beach, we went to other places like St. Julian's and Mdina - I think my favourite was Valetta - it is absolutely gorgeous!

On to the make-up!

I bought myself a brand new make-up bag for this holiday, and it's this baby from Glitzy Glam. It is so much fun to come up with your own bag, and it's absolutely massive! You can see more in my June Favourites video :) Anyway, this is great for if you're going anywhere for over a week. It also fitted my brushes, moisturizer, and my mini-shower stuff too.

I brought loads of make-up, but the ones I used were things that gave me the most natural and beachy look - here are the kinds of things I'd recommend to someone who is off on a sunny holiday :)

- NIVEA Stay Real Blush in Shades of Rose

This is a great summer shade because it's like a really tanned pink, so it's very natural and goes with the golden glow of a tan! :) Anything else felt too unnatural and unbeach-like because it was too much of a pop of colour.

- CANMAKE Gokubuto Mascara

Waterproof mascara is a must - this one is also natural, in that it separates and lengthens so it was good for a natural beachy look.

- MAC Paint Pot in Rubenesque

I only wore this in the evening, just to add some colour on my eyes - it's a bright gold with a salmon duochrome, which again compliments a tan, and you don't need a brush!

- UNE SkinGlow Pencil in G04

I didn't really use this too much - it got too light as my tan grew! But it's still a great summer-time product that opens up your eyes and no worries about the black eyeliner melting :)

- Lipice Suncare SPF25

Somehow a lipstick seemed too unnatural, and I felt like with such a dark tan, a natural lip was best. So I used this lipbalm with SPF the most, and the lemon-scent is gorgeous! :)

- MAC Moisture Tint in Medium Dark SPF15

While the Bourjois Healthymix was light and natural enough for a beachy feel, I didn't need a lot of coverage because of the tan and my blemishes were going away with the healthy amount of sun! The SPF was a good reassurance too :)

For the bath essentials, I brought mini-things of my favourite body wash and cleanser - the Bodyshop Grapefruit Shower Gel and the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish. I also brought the BodyShop Grapefruit Body Butter, which helped a lot with dried out sunkissed skin!

The biggest difference from my usual routine was my shampoo and conditioner - the LUSH Godiva Shampoo/Conditioner Bar. I picked this because 1) it smells amazing and 2) it's a 2-in-1. It is far from the best haircare, and I felt my hair wasn't in the best condition, but it's definitely a good product for holiday :)

So there you go! I had an amazing time, and I'd definitely want to go back to see more of the country some time. The atmosphere, the architecture, the culture - everything was lovely! And I hope you got some good tips for products or what kinda stuff you might wanna bring to your holiday :)

Who else is off on holiday?
What are your beach holiday must-haves? :)

<3yu

A day in Chicago

A day in the windy city

Yesterday I spent the day walking around downtown with one of my bestfriends Iris :) we had a greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattt time meeting new people, enjoying this warm weather :D

Ayer la pasé super cheverisimo caminando por el centro de Chicago con una de mis mejores amigas Iris :D fue espectaculaaaaaarr conocimos gente nueva y disfrutamos que por fin el frío se fue y summer esta aqui :) 

the famous bean :D

we also went to the  Taste of Chicago that is a food festival in Great Park where u can choose from 59 restaurants to eat :) 

our sad faces bcus we were on our way back home & bcus we were SUPERRRR tired after the 5hr walk around the city hahahaa

outfit;

Top; Forever21

Shorts; Forever 21

Sandals; Hollister

Bag; Forever21

Necklace; Forever21