Friday, September 20, 2013

Esmaltes da Kelly - Sofia

E aí, galera?
Como estão?
Olha que fofura é esse esmalte!





Poxa, ignorem meu dedinho que está um pouco avermelhado e inchado, não sei o porquê! Não tinha nem mexido na cutícula no dia! Acho que devo ter arranhado, enfim... Vamos nos concentrar no esmalte!!!

O Sofia é da coleção antiga da Kelly, na qual ela deu nome de mulheres para os esmaltes! Já que não tinha nenhum Andressa, comprei o Sofia mesmo XD




Achei tão lindinha a mistura das cores! A base é leitosa levemente azulada. O glitter predominante é azul médio e pequeno. Os glitters grandes hexagonais variam entre amarelo, vermelho, roxo, verde... Ainda tem um glitter quadrado roxo também! Ufa, pelo menos foi o que eu vi.




Passei duas camadinhas e uma de top coat. Mas o top coat que eu usei foi o Seche Vite que já estava no finzinho, então ele estava bem melequento e nem deu aquele brilho todo =/




Adorei, achei uma fofura! E também adoro o nome Sofia!
Gostaram?
Beijos!

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Snippets of Everyday Life, Ep. 3: Food, Dessert, and Cute Signs

Mealtop Bingsu:
While almost every café offers some sort of bingsoo (shaved ice) in the summer, most Koreans seem to agree that Mealtop is by far the best! Apparently sometimes people have to wait up to an hour!


7,000W for a small size. A little pricey! However, the ice was very finely shaved and uniformly milky. Milky is good because flavorless ice can get very boring. And if the bingsoo is not finely shaved, the hard pieces can make it difficult to chew and noisy to eat. But for the price, I’ll stick with Café Benne—just 3,000W more for a GINORMOUS portion, and still quite yummy!



Accessorize:
We stopped by an outlet location in Sinsa for Accessorize, an accessory chain. I loved the flowers and the pink neon sign that greeted us in!




Shy Bana:
Shy Bana is a Southern American style restaurant in Sinsa. All the utensils and napkins were tucked inside the bucket on the right!


(my friend)


Seafood Gumbo (~16,000W)


Sour Cream Fried Rice (~13,000W)

I can’t say it was authentic Southern cuisine—I wouldn’t know myself—but t’was tasty enough!



--Subway Sightings--


A little tip for navigating the subway:
Here’s a little tip. If you’re transferring between subway lines, look for maps like this at the boarding platform:


They indicate the “Quickest Transfer Points.” They tell you which is the best subway car to board—that is, which car will be closest to the appropriate stairway. It’ll save you lots of time and energy!


Caution sign:
A man with his manbag stuck in the door, shouting “Acha!” How cute!




Subway ads:
This was an ad at the boarding platform. Look at his furry little head~~ >3<



I also really like this ad, which was for a game I think:


I guess I'm quite partial to anime; reality always seems to freeze whenever I look at it! Take this poster for example. So bright, so carefree, so joyous~ I feel so free just looking at it!


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Waffle from Beans & Coffee:
Taking a break from shopping, my sister and I decided to stop by a café to recuperate.


We each ordered a coffee, as well as a waffle to share. It came on a little tray:


Almost all cafes offer a waffle of some sort, and they all kinda look like this! A thick chunk of bread, topped with a mountain of cream:


This one was chocolate, though in hindsight caramel would have been wiser. I must say that this café’s waffle was lackluster...they didn’t even precut the bread! ☹


Episode 4 to follow soon!

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Mootta.com Sponsored Giveaway #1

Keep your eyes out over the next few months for some giveaways, sponsored by a company called Mootta!


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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Dote - Beira do Mar e Dote - Luau na Praia

Oi, gente linda! Vou mostrar um esmaltinho que eu queria bastante! É da coleção Toque de Areia, da Dote! Vamos ver?





Acho que a Dote foi a empresa nacional que teve mais sucesso nessa onda de esmaltes texturizados. Os da Ludurana, os da DNA Italy e os da Cora não são nada delicados. Eu, pelo menos, não usaria.
Essa moda de texturizado começou com os esmaltes gringos, como os Liquid Sand da OPI e os Pixie Dust, da Zoya. Dá para notar uma grande diferença entre os nacionais e os importados, né???

Enfim, aí veio a Dote e agora sim temos um esmalte texturizado nacional que vale a pena!




Super delicadinho, textura agradável e cores lindas! Entre os glitters fininhos aparecem alguns que são um pouco maiores, que parecem um ponto luz. Eles refletem levemente a luz e fica lindo!




Antes eu ficava só invejando a Nanda se exibindo com os Toque de Areia da Dote que a Sil mandou para ela XD Maaas agora também posso me exibir por aí, tááá meninassss? Hahaha


Bom, vamos falar dos esmaltes! O Beira do Mar é um lilás meio entristecido e o Luau na Praia é prata. Usei duas camadas de cada um e sem extrabrilho, claro. Apesar de alguns glitterzinhos que grudam nos cantinhos, foi fácil de limpar.




A textura é um pouco mais grosseira do que dos esmaltes importados, mas não incomoda, não arranha e não engancha em nada <3 Na foto abaixo acho que dá para ver bem a textura:




Paguei aproximadamente R$ 4,00 em cada um. Vocês já conheciam os Toque de Areia da Dote? O que acharam??
Beijos!

Sunday, September 15, 2013

My new favorite eyeshadow! Lioele Color Eye Shadow 27 Gold Peach

I am still very into matte peach eyeshadows, even moreso now with the return of autumn! I've been hunting for the perfect peach color for months now, but I think I've finally found it! Thank you, Lioele!



Brand: Lioele
Name: Color Eye Shadow
Color: 27 Gold Peach
Amount: 2.5g Actual Weight: 27g
Price in Korea: 5,000KRW
Price on Koreadepart: $5.86 (click here)






Both the package and the encasing are simple and black:







[ Diameter: 4.1cm | Height: 1.7cm ]




In direct sunlight:

I’d say that the color of the tub under artificial lighting is quite representative of how the tub looks in real life.




Simply put, it’s a blend of pink and orange. For the most part, it leans more towards the pink side, though it does depend on the lighting as well. It ranges anywhere in between:




Natural Sunlight (window): Frosty peach. It’s frosty because of the shimmer, and frostier under direct sunlight.



The frostiness can also be decreased if you blend it out—see the Shimmer section below!



Dim Natural Light (window): Soft pumpkiny peach. For this picture I retreated back, away from the window:




Yellow Bathroom Light: : Yellow-orange. Just as in natural lighting, it can be very shimmery or not, depending on how the light hits it.



Pink Layering: I also want to note that the more layers, the more pink it looks:




Eyelid Swatch: Swatches tend to be a little more concentrated, so here is how it looks on my eyes when I use a brush! I don't know if you can tell, but there's a tiny variation in the color between my two eyes:






Slightly shimmery. Unlike some eyeshadows that bear a uniform, metallic shine, this shimmer comes from tiny specks of gold glitter. The glitter doesn’t really stick to the eyeshadow; it’s sort of just mixed in. So when I blend the eyeshadow, the glitter ends up spreading out much further than the color itself:


If you blend enough, the glitter basically gets dusted away:

This, in effect, leaves you with a very subtle shimmer:


(You can't see the color well here, so just focus on the golden specks!)





Medium. The color payoff isn't as opaque and uniform as some shadows. But when it comes down to actually using it on my eyes, it's plenty pigmented! It's buildable anywho.


Finger Swatches:



Brush Swatches:





Semisoft. At first, this eyeshadow seemed dry, chalky, and unpigmented. But like other eyeshadows, it improved after wearing down the top layer. It’s still not quite velvety...semisoft, I'd say! But definitely softer and less chalky than the average eyeshadow (from Skinfood, Etude, Holika Holika, etc.)






I love it! It’s my new favorite eyeshadow. It’s a beautiful peach color, the perfect balance of pink and orange. Very flattering on fair skin! Pigmentation is good, it's not chalky, and not too shimmery, although I’d still prefer it completely matte.

I think it’s the best peach eyeshadow yet. Everything else I’ve seen is either too orangey, too metallic—soft peach and harsh shine don’t match well, I think—or not pigmented enough. Other brands, take note please!




Thank you Koreadepart for sending me this fantastic eyeshadow! There are many other colors in this series. Click on the pictures to check them out!