[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!

(thoughts) rollercoaster ride

Today I came to the realisation that I'm in school studying for no one but myself. No matter how crappy I believe my life to be, it's actually a lot better that it could have been.

The academic journey is such a long tough one. And I'm in my "final" year. At least for this year, I just want to live past this year and thrive. But it's so hard if you're alone! So yes, all those J1s out there reading this, make friends with your classmates. They're gonna be the bestest friends you could have in JC, they're the only ones who are gonna see you day in day out, on good hair days, on bad hair days, on zombie days, on happy days, on days when you feel like the world is going to crash, and they're the ones who are going to understand jokes your tutors share with your class, amongst other inside secret jokes only you guys know.

And today was one of those days that I felt that I wasn't being completely honest with myself, with my thoughts and I haven't actually come to a heart-head compromise YET. But I do think I will need to get over myself and figure what I really want to do. Because only I can live for myself. And friends will definitely come and go (dreading the day it happens). So I need to stop relying on others, be that bit more independent and self-reliant, that I always thought I was but actually am not.

Apart from the slightly heart-shattering news today, I think I was incredibly blessed to meet people all along the way back to school after lunch. I thought my brain would be going into overdrive once I got on the MRT platform, but I met a church friend and it was rly nice seeing that familiar face around (':

Then as I was going around running my errands I kept bumping into different people that kept doing nice things for me, listening to me and just empathising. So so grateful... You never know when you can literally brighten someone else's day with just a little bit of attention and interaction.

Thank you guys<3
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That being said, today also marks the one-year-anniversary of freaking-out-before-auditions. I couldn't sleep last night this time, because I was so nervous I wouldn't be able to do well for my auditions. So thank you for letting me join the family, batch '13(: All the best tomorrow, auditionees, may tomorrow be your day(:

It really takes that much fate for people to come together in the same time and same place in this same universe. So thank you God once again for all that's happened to me so far, the good the bad the ugly.

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"Chin up sweetie, tomorrow's a new day."

Even though this is what I said to a close friend of mine today, I think I need it just as much ):
And so do you! We all need a little encouragement now and then, because we need to know we're worth it (:


Hope you're having a better week than I am!

x

(thoughts) tired.

Hello! School's just began again, and recently I've just been feeling so tired out by the immense amount of work that has suddenly flooded my table. 

It's as if I'm but only in a small boat floating in the middle of the vast blur ocean, completely uncertain of the path I'm going to take in the future. Everyday I'm just fighting the water that's coming in and sinking my boat further. Doesn't help university application talks today were pretty overwhelming. 

One good thing that did come out of it all though, was open house with the batch! It was a rly fun day I'm so glad we are a batch, couldn't have asked for a more caring crazy cheerful candid colorful batch. Love you guys hehe. (':

Meet my batch! With our seniors who came back to support us! 

Also on a whim, decided to do an eye makeup look inspired by... Wait for it! 

... The eye shadow palette itself haha. 

Ok I cheat I just used the colours I liked+ what I thought might look nice together! this is my masterpiece heh. 

Will try to get around to do a proper tutorial of the look, hopefully soonnnn. I love the candy colours they look so spring and happy! 

Time to finish my essay outline before crashing for the day! 

X

(thoughts) inspired

Now that I think about it, I'm wondering if this space would be better put to use if I just rambled on about my thoughts and emotions as I get through this year. From the looks of it, it isn't going to be an easy year, I'm wondering if friends will come and go (as they have the year before), and I'm just curious to see what 2014 brings. I hope it brings lots of happiness and fulfillment, after all the hard work (A levels) is over (:

It's not that I'll be stopping what I've barely started on, I'll still be continuing, but I guess I'll share more about other things that come to mind?/ or when I feel like I need to share with the world something.

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Today, I was inspired.

I am inspired because I saw for myself how much passion for something has driven people to achieve things they may not have dreamed of achieving.

I feel so incredibly blessed to have been able watch the people around me improve and grow, and keep on pushing, despite their struggles and their pain. Today felt like a break-through day, like the fruits of their hard work have culminated in good results. But sometimes we don't neccessarily need to do well, all we need to do is to have tried and improved in whatever we were doing.

Had a super long day in school, with PE. and then after that I had dance. But today's dance session showed me that we can do things if we just try, if we just push and hangon to that faint sense of hope, and to the very fact that we're not alone in our struggles. It's through struggles that we become more resilient, we mature.

For the past one year, I've been priveleged to watch a batchmate of mine improve. I first saw him at the side during auditions, and to myself I thought he wouldn't get through. But he did, and I was shocked. He was still extremely awkward when he danced and tried to catch steps, but he really tried over the year. He took amazing efforts, taking up extra dance activities so that he could improve. From someone I thought had "two-left-feet", his progress really inspired me. For our upcoming performance, he's going to do pairwork with a female batchmate of mine, which is something I would never have imagined when I first met him. It's like this small boy I knew matured over the span of one short year!

Seeing him improve, has spurred me on to do as best as I can for whatever I do, and in particular, it gives me hope that really, we will not stop improving as long as we try. (I know I sound cliche, but it's trueeeeee.)

My classmates also did extremely well for their academic competition, and I'm so happy for them today, because Ive seen how hard they worked, and just immense love for the subject they studied. It shows me that sometimes hard work definitely pays off, when its fueled by passion.

And that's about it for today. Immensely thankful for the good session we had today as a batch. I treasure days like these because we just get to spend so much time together. The way we bonded together was very very cool, and I'm so glad for every single one of them.

I hope the next batch coming in will find a family as we did.

x
maddy