[diy] foundation pump

Hello! Back again with a somewhat-review! 

Today's it's on a foundation pump I got for my Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation! It's the best liquid foundation  I've tried, because 

1. Doesn't break me out

2. Lightweight natural finish 

3. Good coverage (yes it applies liquid dries powdery and covers really well. 2. and 3. don't contradict, you have to try this out to see the wonders for yourself) 

4. Doesn't transfer onto clothes nor "melt" off the face= dance costume friendly, and clothes friendly(: 

...and the list goes on... 

Unfortunately what I did not like about this product was that the bottle doesn't come with a pump. ): means you either always dispense too much or too little and it's not the most hygienic dispensing method. 

To solve the problem, I read up online on makeupalley and a few other blogs to see what beauty gurus out there did, and I decided to try for myself! 

Got myself the MAC foundation pump from a MAC counter just to be extra safe! (Cost me SGD 9 from Isetan.) it's just a black pump with a tube that sticks into the bottle to suck up the foundation (: 

We're ready to begin! 

My foundation, the pump, cotton pad, scissors and some rubbing alcohol. 

Because the tube was too long (the Estée Lauder bottles are shorter than the Mac ones), I cut 1cm off my tube diagonally! 

Wiped it with rubbing alcohol because I don't think the scissors were super clean heh. 

And the moment of truth! 

It fit perfectly! Love my "improved" foundation! Especially the very sleek MAC foundation pump which has a lock function (no worries about accidentally pumping and wasting foundation) and a teeny cap! 

I realised later MAC and Estée Lauder share the same parent company so maybe that's why the head fit on Estée Lauder bottle!

Very very good idea, although the pump head is a little pricey! And it's a bit strange-looking. Gold would have been a little more attractive for the matte bottle. 

Other than that it achieves it's function and I am super pleased for newfound convenience! 

Thank you all the beauty gurus out there for teaching me hehe.  Hope y'all had a great weekend! Honestly not looking forward to tutorial-heavy Monday :P but hey, it's a new week again!

More DIYs coming your way! Watch this space!(: 

X

(event) take five!

So a week ago we had take five at sentosa! Hope everyone who went had loads of fun that day(: it was a pretty tiring day overall for me, cos we were scheduled to perform at 11, which essentially means from 7am onwards we had to prepare and be on standby backstage. Of course me being me I started makeup at about 8am! Too afraid I wouldn't get it done in time + may need to help others so it was probably the best plan. Plus I didn't sign up for any games so we ended up doing makeup backstage in the hot sun! 

First time ever not even using a proper mirror but thankful that everything turned out alright! 

I decided to just repeat what I did before (although not exactly the same)... 

Here's a close up of the eyes! 

Finally used my crystals I got from Taobao last year (a few cents for sooooo many of them 😱) putting them to good use at last! 

Used my trusty KATE eyeshadow base, Canmake Mascara, Cat-Eye lashes I got from the drugstore in Japan (no idea about the exact name), dolly wink liquid eyeliner, holika holika jewel stick, étude house line nuance duo (in no. 1), and HnM turquoise eyeshadow stick (this was my friends and I have no clue what the exact name is) 

The purple and pink eyeshadow is courtesy of another friend of mine(: her eyeshadow palette is amazing for brights! I think it's the brand "VOL" it's a little chalky but then if you put it with an eyeshadow base the colours apply like a dream ❤️ 

Brows were done by rocio (thank you heheheh) because I had no proper

Mirror so I got scared. 

Lips was revlon's lip butter in peach parfait and cheeks were Majorca Majolica's puff de cheek in or302. 

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After the performance we took loads of pictures with people around(: by then everyone was leaving because we were dismissed!! And take five was on valentines day so obviously people were rushing off! 😅 

Here's the few pictures i got with the lovely people that day!

Longtime oldest friend award probably goes to leam0208 ❤️ Thank you for being there for me let's grow old together!!(: 

Tessa the insanely talented crazy sexy dancer 😍 thank you for all the fun times we've had heehe love u! 

Eunice! Ex classmate now batchmate 

Super talented beautiful OGmate rachel

It's always fun to watch her sing (she has an amazing voice!!) 

Megan and Lexxxxx! (I'm running out of caption ideas) this photo speaks for itself 😛 

With the meowmeow Ty who probably had one of the best valentines days of his life with his girl!! Last longggggg you two ☺️ 

( Matchmaking success!! Ok not really but... Still.) 

Strange picture with the Ts (Ty and thanh) after everyone else had left hahah. 

I got hijacked by @cutiez_changz 😒 but thanks for being a wonderful batchmate the past year! 

(Even though you're scarred please continue reading haha it's a little bit more

to go) 

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Thank you batch! Once again for everything, for the fun stress blood

tears and sweat over the item, for the 12-midnight-costume-emergency-phonecalling (6 hours before we met for the event), to the heartfelt batch talks we had. It was a lot of frustration and sadness but I guess all this just goes to show how I actually do care about the batch... There's just a fine line between love and hate. I guess for me to be angry at someone I must be loving that person a whole lot in the first place right? For me to even spend energy on my emotions?  Hmm. 

I don't think I would ever be able

to take a synchronised jumpshot with another group of people other than y'all! 

Xx

(thoughts) take five

WOW February is here!! And I haven't been keeping up with my posts much sigh it's been really busy! 

ANYWAY TOMORROW IS TAKE 5 !!! 

it's a day for our school to take five literally and play at sentosa (beach). Super excitingggg. Because we all get to play games, or sit in the shade and chill listening to the on going concert. Or maybe do what we love and perform(: hehe. There's something going on for nearly everyone tomorrow!

And of course it is also valentines day❤️ Happy valentine's to all you lovebirds! I'll be spending mine with my friendS. Ooh and here are pretty roses megan received today- we took this while waiting in between our megalong rehearsal today!!!

 

Tomorrow is going to be so draining yet I really can't wait! Not sure what's gonna happen for hair+ makeup tomorrow heh. 

Only know I'm going to attempt a new hairstyle on my guinea pig😅 thank goodness for letting me try on her hehehehhe. 

Fingers crossed that the stuff I do tomorrow will be as pretty as/ better than the one I 'whacked' during open house hehe. Cant decide till tomorrow I guess!! Torn between brights and a toned down valentine day appropriate look... I'm terrible at such decisions. 

Have a love-ly day ahead this valentine's day☺️

(thoughts) super short post to commemorate new header (cr: spaceinvader)

hello!

first of all,
happy lunar new year to everyone celebrating it~ it's truly a period for us to all fatten up and indulge in homemade goodies hehe. hope everyone's had a good holidays! will update more on my new years! tried a few new products, new to me anyway. can't wait to share!

second,
I HAVE A NEW HEADER. yes i finally have a new header. i know winter is kind of ending (my world follows the northern hemisphere season changes heh x.x) but i really wanted a new blog header. snowflakes are so pretty! i love how every snowflake is different from others, like an individual's thumbprint that's unique to oneself.

because i am terrible at html/ blog layout/ computer stuff, apart from torrenting my favourite shows and downloading subtitles, all credits of this blog template goes to a dear friend/ bro of mine, spaceinvader ;thank you thank you thank you for the wonderful layout(: it's what i had in mind, and so much more (': couldn't have done it without you... because i can only conceptualise.

but hopefully i'll work on that somemore and one day i'll be proficient enough to settle my own blog layout.

for now everybody enjoy the new layout!

xx M

P.S. for now bear with weird colours like orange post headers if you see them, and pretend they're blue. changes made to blog template BUT blogger is not registering the commands ): so they are appearing orange on my screen. i hope they are blue on yours!