Monthly Archives: March 2008

I’m ready for Spring!

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It’s past midnight and I really should be in bed, but I can’t help but post this…

I was cursed (or blessed?) with pin straight Asian hair, and I’ve been looking for ways to style it wavy for that summer I’ve-been-hanging-by-the-pool-or-beach-all-day look. I never had much luck with curling irons either; I always ended up having prom hair.

I get a girly urge every once in a while (even in pyjamas) and lo and behold, I am having one of those days. When I found this Beachy Waves with a Flat Iron tutorial, I was all over it and wanted to try it at once. And wow! I am so pleased with the results. After 20 minutes my hair was looking pretty hot! Needless to say I will be sporting my beachy waves a few more times when the warmer weather hits Toronto. This was super easy, even for a klutz like me, and I don’t know squat about hairstyling! My only annoyance about this is that my flat iron often unplugged itself from the electrical outlet from over-twisting. I think this would be much easier having 360 degree electrical outlets around.

And now for the pictures.




Nerd!

How do you spell love? U.D.P.P.

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Ladies with oily lids: hear me out! I have had so many eyeliner disappointments throughout the years. My smashbox cream liner failed miserably (raccoon eyes, hello!). Even my MAC Fluidline, which is supposed to be smudge proof, traveled all over my eyelids after a couple of hours. I was ready to give up on eyeliner altogether, but I gathered up the courage to head to Sephora to pick up the UDPP.

It takes a little bit of practice to get used to the application. It applies with a long awkward wand, just like the lipgloss wands. The first time I tried this, it ended up all over my lashes as well (not good!). Once you get past the awkward stage, everything will be wonderful.

Then here comes the test. I applied it at 9 am. Let it dry completely; this is very important! Once it was completely dry, I put on the MAC Fluidline and prayed to the makeup gods. This was also the day that I will be going out for a sweaty day of snowboarding! After a solid 9 hours of snowboarding, I looked in the mirror to see my eyeliner unsmudged; still as fresh as it was when I first applied it. Wow! You can say that I’m totally hooked on this stuff!

I guess they don’t call this potion for nothing. I will definitely buy this again until they stop selling it!

Edited on April 12, 2008

For those who are curious, this sadly does NOT work with my smashbox Cream Liner. Then again, what a disaster that eyeliner was for me!