FOTD: Christmas Eve Warmth

Good morning, friends!

It's Christmas Eve and I am very much in the holiday spirit! I'm at the airport right now waiting to board my flight in an hour and catching up on emails, work stuff, and reading your blogs.

I did another look using the Naked 3 palette. I'm really loving how versatile this palette is. It has the perfect amount of matte and shimmery shades to make it as much a neutral palette as a holiday palette. The rose-gold tones feel really festive!

I used Burnout as a shimmery all-over lid base and went over it with Nooner, a matte rose-brown color. I know that's a weird description but it's like brown based pink? LOL It almost has a purply shade when blended together.

I dusted a bit of Laura Mercier's Golden Mozaiac bronzer and finished off with a red lipstick from Revlon called Love That Red. It's form their Super Lustrous collection but I felt like it dried to a matte finish! I love this color. It's the perfect red! Not too cool, not too warm. Just a timeless, classic shade.

I also used Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner which I'm kind of liking again. It's not as heavy duty as Dolly Wink or K-Palette but it's nice because it has a shiny finish. 

I hope you're all having a very nice holiday and enjoying some time off with loved ones. I'll be posting shortly. And don't forget to follow me on Instagram and Facebook for photos, blog sales, giveaways and other random stuff! 

Merry Christmas!!!!! 

FOTD: Bright Eyed Look With the Naked 3 Palette

I just got the Naked 3 palette a few days ago and I am already in love! I think it's my favorite Naked palette to date. I was so hesitant about the rose-gold type of shades but it turned out to be very flattering. The shades are so soft and romantic, and looks effortless! I am a single shadow kind of gal and it still looks so pretty, standing on its own single color. The combination of subtle shimmer, and rosey shades actually compliments gals with brown eyes because it enhances them.

I apologize in advance for the grainy photos. I used my phone's camera!

Review: Perlier Imperial Honey Body Butter

Body butters are essential. Living in California requires a substantial amount moisturizers because of the dry, arid climate. In the winter, it gets even drier because of the cold weather, and heating. When I first tried the Perlier Imperial Honey body butter, I hadn't heard of the brand before but it seemed really luxurious because of the pretty packaging and its namesake.

 Perlier Imperial Honey Body Butter - 6.7 fl oz ($40.00)

The body butter is incredible. It's very moisturizing! Even more so than the Body Shop butters. Can you believe that? I actually really enjoy the texture a lot and I loved the fact that it really penetrates the skin. My arms and legs actually felt nourished without that heavy silicone feeling.

They claim that the formula is made from black bees and royal jelly. I actually know of Burt's Bees that formulate some of products using royal jelly and it's just a very natural ingredient that's very good for the skin because of its high antioxidants.

The one con about this butter is the scent. It's a really strong dark chocolate smell... it gives me the impression of Hershey's special dark chocolates but times 10000+. I'm not a huge fan of the scent and I actually cringe at the smell whenever I wear it but I try to let the quality of the butter offset the smell.

I do think aside from the scent that this body butter is very good. It leaves my skin with that really supple feeling that lasts all night. In the morning when I am getting dressed for work, my skin still feels really hydrated! It's like a miracle worker!

Ingredients: AQUA (WATER), BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER (BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER), THEOBROMA CACAO BUTTER (THEOBROMA CACAO (COCOA) SEED BUTTER), ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, PERSEA GRATISSIMA OIL (PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL), BEHENYL ALCOHOL, PEG-40 STEARATE, STEARYL ALCOHOL, DIMETHICONE, GLYCERYL STEARATE SE, PENTAERYTHRITYL DISTEARATE, STEARIC ACID, MEL (HONEY), SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS OIL (SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL), CETYL ALCOHOL, ROYAL JELLY, PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), PHENOXYETHANOL, CARBOMER, IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, TETRASODIUM EDTA, BHT, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, COUMARIN. MADE IN ITALY

If you're interested in checking out the body butter, check it out here!

Picked up the Naked 3 Palette! And some other items.

Hi dears! I am back with some more things I picked up over the course of the week. 

I'm so excited for this palette! I'm not sure if the rose-gold theme will really be my thing but I'm keeping an open mind. I love the Naked palettes in general and I trust their judgement ;) I'm a neutral kinda gal after all.

I'm so excited to use this tonight. I'll try and post some looks here! 

I also picked up some mascaras. The Loreal Telescopic mascara is my favorite drugstore one. I usually use the gold one (original) but I saw the other one in Carbon Black and decided to try it.

If you follow me on Instagram, you'll also know I recently picked up the OCC Lip Tars from Sephora. At first, I just bought the set of 4 but then I loved it sooo much that I picked up the set of 12. I'm loving them so far! They are so opaque and fun. Like the mother of all lip colors.

OCC Lip Tar in Memento

Last week my local Target had one Phillip Lim x Target medium brown satchel left! It was only $11.00! 

Not a purchase but I took out my boots. California has been unseasonably cold since last week. Temps reached 30F here which was freeeeeeeezing for us!

Feeling cozy!

Enjoying the  new bag I purchased on Black Friday! 

And last night...

Went out for dinner and drinks after work with my colleagues.

Gorgeous bar/lounge in SF called Rickhouse. I loved the wooden displays and the cool vibe!

It looked like an old tavern with modern fixtures. So beautiful!

Cheers! 

Gorgeous chandelier at Novela Bar.

It was a fun ans memorable night. I had so much fun!

Tonight I'm going to go ice skating! Very excited.

I hope you all enjoyed my purchases! Let me know what you think of the Naked 3 Palette.

See you in the comments!

November/Early Dec Haul

If you saw my last post, I recently acquired a new bag! Here are some other stuff I brought back home with me. Every time I visit my parents, i always come back with too many things. 

Hair Clips... aren't these gorgeous? They are jeweled metal hair clips with really pretty details. I think they look so fancy by themselves :)

Some interesting hair bands my mother gave me. They are big!

November was also my birthday month and my mom got me a whole set of these Korean face lotions! I'm really excited to try it. I've never heard of these brands before, so if you are familiar, please do let me know!

If you saw on my Facebook/Instagram page, I also bought the Sonicare Flexcare toothbrush set from Costco yesterday! After watching FrmHeadtoToe's video on her dental regime, I felt the need to switch mine up, haha ;)

So that highlights November :)

Also, I'm going to place an order for the Naked 3 palette! Anyone else as excited as I am for it?! :)