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Haha. I'm sorry for scaring you guys. Dr. Dennis Gross' chemical exfoliating pads are pretty good. I've never tried any other chemical exfoliant so ... my reviews/experiences with it are pretty limited.
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These bumps are called milia. Perhaps you should decrease the amount of products you are putting around your eye area. Try using some kind of chemical exfoliant to get rid of them, if they don't disappear naturally. I've got not patience and basically popped mine out (edit: not recommended).
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There's no miracle products to treat acne without side effects. It sounds like you have hormonal acne. It's nothing to worry about, really. It'll disappear on its own in a few years. Everybody's had it at some point. Facials would help, I'm sure. But the results might be temporary as long as if your hormones are imbalanced. But do regularly cleanse and tone your face to prevent your current condition from aggravating.
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Did you manage to get it off? It's only the second time that I've worn that pair of contacts (monthly disposal) and I can't get it off! I don't like mac face products very much. I used to have a studio sculpt and I was pretty bothered by how much it smelled like drawing paint.
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Is that like a favorite of the month? I've managed to get makeup onto my contacts today. I don't know how that's even possible. But I did and I was practically blind all day. Has it happened to anyone else?
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I've been kept busy with back-to-back exams lately & haven't had the chance to shop, do my makeup and quite frankly, sleep. My cousin bought me a little gift today & I'm super excited about it. It's the shiseido sparkling party palette! What's better than splurging on makeup? To have someone you love buy you makeup. =P
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What kind of skin do you have? I've got combination, but dehydrated skin. It's like I've got the worst of both worlds. My face produces oil mid-day but I can't enjoy a lot of foundations out there because, ha, they accentuate my dried up skin flakes.
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I feel like I will like the GA foundation. I'm not in urgent need of it so I'm waiting for the sale. Might as well save 15%, since I won't be able to truly enjoy it until exams are over... The Dior foundation sounds very high maintenance. I hate it when foundation gets onto places other than my face. I'll probably pass on that.
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Thanks for the review! I'm planning on getting GA at the next sephora sale, can't wait! How do you apply dior air flash? Do you spray it directly to your face (I can imagine it being really really messy) or do you put the product on your hands first?
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I've ordered directly from Etude house's website before. The prices are far more reasonable. You have to make sure to wait for their "princess days events" that occurs every 2-3 months to get free shipping.
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My life seems to be a negative rollarcoaster. There's no positive. Only bad or badder. I apologize for the negatively beforehand. I don't have a close friend who I can really rely on to voice my complaints. I'd like to surround myself with only people I really love. Unfortunately, I cannot because I hate everyone in my "family" except for my mother. My grandparents from my mother's side have been living with us for over two years now. They are supposed to be "visiting" but no, they are not. I don't think they'll ever go back to where they come from until they die. Of course, they complain and "threatens" to go back to their own country whenever they deem my mother "unfilial" and what not, but its all words and no action. My mother, being the saint that she is, is paying for their expenses while they are here with us and she is obviously not going to kick them out despite their actions because she believes that its her responsibilities as their daughter to basically take care of them. Why I hate them? 1) They are extremely biased. They had two children. My mother and my uncle. They are very traditionally chinese and prefers boys over girls. They've basically spent all their money they've saved over the years on their son. Buying him luxury houses and here and there. I have no problem with that. It's their money. Yes, the bias hurts because my mother and I basically struggled a lot without money when we first immigrated to Canada, but its their money. What I DO have a problem with is how they are plotting to take my mother's money and use it on their son. Now that my mother finally have a good paying job, they've been making her pay for the expensive "medicine" for their son, making my mom pay for my cousin's school tuition (about 10,000 a year, because she is a international student) until she said no after 3 years because my cousin's main priorities are obviously not on studying, paying for everyone's expenses, sharing her car, and the list goes on. They've told my mother before, "you have to help your brother because he doesn't make as much as you do". No. Why didn't they help us when my mother was doing 3 full-time low paying jobs? They were enjoying their life. 2) As I briefly mentioned, they are sexist. My father wasn't the greatest man on the world. He was an alcoholic and beat on my mother a lot. My mother's been trying to get her life together and find someone new. Luck wasn't exactly on her side in terms of love. She had multiple boyfriends until she found the one. My mom overheard my grandfather calling her a slut and got really upset. Really? She's in her forties. She wants to find someone and lead a stable life when she retires. I wonder who he doesn't consider a slut. A woman weak enough to stay in an abusive relationship? I should mention that my grandfather was a woman beater too. 3) He tried to hit me (and succeeded) when things didn't go his way. I hit him back. Yes, I did. I don't care how "unfilial" and how "disrespecful" that sounds. I don't fcuking care if he is an elder. I don't care if he is my relative. He did nothing to warrant my respect and I don't find a problem with doing something I consider to be self defense. I've heard him calling me a thing lower than a dog (畜生 if anyone understands chinese). Because even a dog wouldn't bite the person who feeds him. The problem is he never fed me? I am only indebted to my mother and the Canadian government. 4) He does not listen to complaints, at least from me. Every time at dinner he talks as if I am anorexic. I find it to be extremely insulting because I eat healthy (except for the occasionally french fries and sweets) and have a very normal BMI. I told him to stop it. Because obviously I am a healthy eater. Let me be and obviously I would not die if he stopped his unjustified comments. Now he is pretending that I don't exist. His other granddaughter (my cousin) has made comments that were way out of line than mine. But his anger is only directed at me because I guess he didn't like me that much to begin with. Others have told me to be nice to him despite his actions because he is old and probably don't have many years left in him. But what if I was hit by a car the next day or die of an accident? Then who is going to be nice to me? Most of my complaints are towards my grandfather. My grandmother mostly fights with my mom. She thinks that my mom has a responsibility to pay for my cousin's expenses and tuition. She told my mom once before, "when I die, all my houses and money are going to your niece (my cousin)". She finds ways to take money out of my mom's pocket to send to her son. I feel really sad for my mother when these things happen. Like I said before, they are not people who I can ignore because they live with me. My mom is determined to be as filial as she can and there's nothing I can do about it. Their actions hurt despite the fact that I try to tell myself that they should not be important people in my life and I should not care. A friend once told me before that she feels nothing but negativity from me when we hang out and she's tired of it. What can I say? I wasn't raised in the most positive environment. I look at the bad before I see the good because that's the way things happen around me.
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I love them. But to be honest, I just follow the hype and pretend that I'm getting the same results as everyone else. I use IOPE and it's been pretty good at concealing without extenuating my dry patches of skin. Cushions dry out faster than normal foundations though.
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If I ever see her again… I will. Meanwhile, I'm going to interpret her actions as jealousy and leave it at that. She's no longer worth my time.
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I've never tried EM myself but I believe it's good quality. The youtubers who I follow (the ones who review luxury makeup) all gave it stellar reviews. Other youtubers who normally review drug store products gave it bad reviews. The products themselves aren't even that expensive compared to other luxury brands. If price isn't a limiting factor for you, then definitely try it, I do think its worth it. (The reason why I haven't tried EM yet is because I'm from Canada. Shipping is kind of an issue.)
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I have a friend… who every time I meet up with her, makes a negative comment about me. She brings it up so casually at times I don't even realize she's doing it until afterwards. I'm pretty sure by this point that she must be doing it on purpose. In my last encounter with her, she suddenly switched gears in our conversion and said to me: "Your face looks rounder than the last time I saw you. You must've gained weight". And couple minutes later she begins to brag about how she thinks she lost weight. In my second to last encounter with her, she told me that she wasn't doing well with school and I was trying to comfort her. She asked how I did so well in school and before I even had the chance to reply to her, she followed up with: "It must be because you are in a easy major". Well geez. I'm sure that my classmates who are struggling with sleep to pass would've said other wise. I'm pretty pissed that she belittled my efforts to do well in school and attributed it to something else. I was taking biochem, organic chem, biology and had 5 courses in a semester. She's in accounting and only had 4 courses a semester. She has a lot of friends… so I'm pretty sure she doesn't pull the same shit on them as she does to me. I am so confused about her actions. I guess I won't hang out with her anytime soon again.
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I've got an actual makeup application related question. How do you guys apply concealers? I was never able to master the art of concealing without making my face look caked up. Too little concealer = not enough coverage. Too much concealer = ugly nude coloured bump that looks way too unnatural. And as soon as I try to blend that thing into my skin, redness from my pimple underneath shows up. Oh, and I have tried those colour correcting wheels as well. They don't work very well for me.
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You said you were going to try GA's foundation, right? I think that would be a good bet if you are looking for natural coverage + comfortability. My cousin let me try her's and it felt like a serum. And have you ever tried Korea's cushion foundations? They are like heaven. I had IOPE and laneige and plans to expand soon into other brands. (Amore pacific sold in sephora have cushions aimed toward non-asian skin colours) I have Chanel's baked blush and love it a lot. What kind of qualities are you looking for in a blush? My birthday's in november so I get to try sephora's birthday gifts pretty much last. I didn't like the makeup forever birthday kit from last year at all. They gave me a puny eyeliner pencil, a lipstick that was too dark for my liking and a mascara I didn't even bother to try.
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Haha. What happened? The sales associate must've been good.
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Seems like a good deal! Shu-uemura palettes run out fast.
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Shu uemura if you want to get a feel of the brushes in store before you buy (assuming that you live close to one). Wayne Goss' brush collection available on beautylish are also made in Japan. It's $210 for a set of really good quality brushes. There's also hakuhodo and chikuhodo. Japanese brushes are handmade. I don't recall reading any negative reviews on them, at all.
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I'm going to butt in on the conversation and say… Sigma still sucks. Japanese brushes are the best.