There have been so many "surprisinly amazing" products appearing at the drugstore lately: Revlon came out with Colorburst Lip Butter, L'Oreal with their Infaillible, and Maybelline with their Color Tattoo.  I'm going to review all of them, but today, we'll start from Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Eyeshadow!

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Eyeshadows Clockwise from top left: Pomegranate Punk, Bold Gold, Audacious Asphalt, Bad to the Bronze

At a reasonable price of CA $6.96 at Walmart (prices might vary), I bought 4 of the neutral/more wearable ones. I got 15 Audacious Asphalt, 25 Bad to the Bronze, 30 Pomegranate Punk, and 45 Bold Gold.  (And of course they had to have a sale after I bought them.... Why does this always happen to me?)
These also happened to be the most popular shades among all the colours for obvious reasons (they're more wearable than electric blue).  I picked these out because they are the colours that I would actually wear, and I can probably give these a good use.  I am always weary about drugstore cream shadows (Revlon Creme Eyeshadows quad and NYX Jumbo Pencils were a big disappointment, for example).  Thankfully, these are living up to my expectation (and its name).

I know I am a bit late today... but I am here to talk about things that will get censored if SOPA passed... I respect intellectual property, but with SOPA, everything is blocked when there's a slight indication that it might be a copyright infringment... Imagine life without YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.  I love reading blogs, but if blogs got censored... Our freedom of speech will get censored too.


A lot of major tech giants are opposing SOPA, such as Wikipedia and Google, even our fellow YouTube beauty guru xSparkage are blacking out to voice their opinion!


I am not blacking out today because let's face it, my blog is too small to show significance.  But I am here to spread the word and I urge you to read more about SOPA and PIPA.  Let's STOP SOPA and free the Internet.


Visit this page to read more about it and see how you can help.

Wikipedia Blackout: "Make your voice heard":
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It is the newest addition to the Benefit Cosmetics makeup line.  A lot of people have jump on it when Sephora had a one day flash sale back in December.  Afterwards, I have only seen rave reviews about it.  So when I saw the display was up at a local Sephora, I knew I had to get it.

Benefit Hervana Boxed Powder

Benefit describes it as "an orchid-blossom blush with a satin finish".  I think this description fits the product really well because I do think of an orchid colour after I apply it on my cheek.  I've been wearing it every day since 2012, which is a good change from my exhaustive use of Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed.  I like that it is soft, but still visible, it truly gives you an angelic-glow.  Yet it can be natural enough, depending on how much you apply.  It's like the flush you see on dolls, it's heavenly!

For the past couple months, my nails have become so dry and brittle.  That has to do with a lot of things: the dry weather (check), me being forgetful about applying hand cream (check), unhealthy diets (not quite, but possibly because of lack of certain vitamins/minerals).  I have taken actions to try to mend this.  It has become better, but weather is still dry and I am still washing my dishes (not to mention I feel a need to wash my hands every half an hour), so my nails are not in its best condition in the moment.


I have been hunting down this product lately that I have read great reviews on.  I have finally found it in a not-so-local Walmart!  It is the Essie Grow Stronger™ Fortifying Growth Treatment.  When I first saw this on the Internet, I thought it'd be sold anywhere.  You'd be surprised how many salons, Trade Secrets, Walmarts, and Shoppers Drug Marts I have been, and yet still couldn't find it.  But now here it is!

On New Years Day, I placed a huge order at PinkyParadise.com because they were having a sitewide sale on lenses. It was quite a bit of savings, so I decided it's time for me to get some new Asian beauty products. So here's a sneak peek of what I'm going to test out!