K-pop Makeup Tutorial: Hyuna in Troublemaker MV

My take on one of Hyuna's looks in her Troublemake MV

If you want to know how to achieve this look, read more after the cut!~~~~~^^

Filipina Youtube Beauty Guru itsjudytime’s Meet and Greet in Manila

With Judy and Benji <3

 

I’m a huge fan of Youtube. Believe me when Youtube became popular, I was so happy that normal people would post videos of themselves doing makeup and making tutorials for us to recreate on our own. It’s like one big beauty community making videos for each other so we can interactively learn from one another. Now those regular people have stepped up their game and are now known as beauty gurus in Youtube. One of the beauty gurus that I followed was Judy with her channel itsjudytime. I followed her because she’s Filipina and because her videos were very informative about hair and makeup. Through the years she has been making videos for her beauty channel and has opened a new channel solely for videos that are not related to her beauty channel so we can have a peek at her life. That channel is itsjudyslife. People would think a Vlog channel would be boring, but honestly, getting a peek at someone else’s life isn’t boring at all if it’s Judy and Benji we’re talking about. Along with her husband Benji of BenjiManTV, they make the power couple of Youtube and watching their daily Vlogs has been a part of my daily Youtube fix. <3

 

READ MORE AFTER THE CUT!

Colder Weather

The holiday season is in full swing and the cold weather is starting to change my skin already. My lips alone can’t survive without lip balm on 24/7 and believe me, my lips are cracking and bleeding like crazy. But the good thing is, I can experiment with more lip based looks rather than eyes because it’s the season of fall/winter lip color! If you ask me, my favorite season to wear lipcolor is during the fall/winter season just because I can whip out my dark lipcolors. You guys know me, I LOVE my dark lipcolors.  But anyways enough of that.

Just want to let you guys know that I’m going to post entries quite soon. I’m working out on how I will be posting them and probably which post goes first because technically I have three lined up: Seoul Photo Blog, Hyuna’s Dark Trouble Maker look partnered with my friend Andee at OhItsAndee, and Fall/Winter Lip colors. So just stay tuned while I prepare those exciting entries for you guys. Til then…

<3,

Bianca

From the Land of Kimchi and K-pop

I’m back everyone! It will take some time for me to be putting up posts here again since I will be a bit busy this month for a couple of things. But I am really excited to share a lot of what went down during my 10-day trip to Seoul. First, it was my first time traveling on my own and it was a feat since I had to manage both my time and expenses. But it was a well worth trip and I had a lot of friends to keep me company there. Also, I have mastered the Seoul Metro and that’s also a big challenge since taking the train there is one of the main forms of transportation and it has over 13 lines and goes even outside Seoul.

To make up for my absence, I’ve made a video about my trip. Don’t worry as an extensive photo post will come up in a week or two. For now, enjoy my video!

<3,

Bianca

Feature: Subspace Coffee

I have a little confession to make. I like coffee for its taste, but I don’t like caffeine not one bit. Unlike some people who rely on coffee for sustenance and energy, it does the exact opposite on me. While some people hang out at coffee shops in my campus area to study (or should I say, cram) I basically hang out at coffee shops to relax. For me, coffee shops with the best ambiance can make me finish reading a book in less than a day. That’s why I never got to finish any type of schoolwork at a coffee shop until my 4th year in college where I have no choice but to be with four other individuals who all rely on caffeine for some kind of mind boost. Coffee shops are basically a staple to every person who must have gone through their college phase once in their life and will carry on even after.

Here in Manila, coffee shops are all very similar. They all have earthy drawings of coffee beans and cups on the walls, well cushioned wooden furniture,  and have standard coffee shop music playing the whole time. I guess it’s a way to say that no matter which area of the city you go, you will always find that familiar spot for you to do whatever it is you’re accustomed to doing in this place. It’s a good thing for some, but a downside to me. I like the uncommon sights and places with a theme or a personal flair added into them. This is where Subspace makes up for that.

Read more after the cut!

How to Winged Eyeliner + Teardrop Liner

Before I embark on my trip to Seoul next week, I will teach you guys how to achieve the winged eyeliner + teardrop liner look. This I have to say is my staple eye makeup when I’m too lazy to just think of anything else to do with my face, but I still want to look as if I spent a lot of time on it.

Etude House's Tear Drop Liner

Teardrop liner first of all is basically glitter liner. If you don’t have an Etude House store where you live, don’t feel bad if you can’t get your hands on it because a lot of brands carry glitter liners (NYX, MAC, Urban Decay, Stila, Makeup Forever, etc.). The teardrop liner look is preferred by most Korean celebrities and ulzzangs because it brightens up the eyes and gives that innocent teary doe-eyed  look. Korean celebrities who are known to rock this look are T-ara, Bom of 2NE1, and IU.

Soyeon of T-ara and IU

For this tutorial, I have made a step by step photo procedure to help you guys out on creating this look.

Click to enlarge~~^^

Click below to read through the steps!

It’s been so long..

First off, I have to apologize for the lack of entries here. I have so many excuses lined up for everyone to read but the most predictable answer is laziness. But during the time that I have been away, so many thing have happened and some are just bound to happen. In 3 weeks time, I’m set to go back to Seoul for a 10 day leisure trip with friends. I’m new to the independent traveling department and this time I don’t have my parents to go with me to tour countries. But Seoul is a different place for me because it feels just like home except colder and definitely titillating. It’s such a busy city and it gives off the same vibe the US has but more laid back and offers more room for fun in my opinion.

But enough with the traveling talk. The other reason why I have been away as well and at that time,I actually REFUSE to post photos of myself  because I had a minor surgery. The surgery I went through is to remove the stubborn mole that I grew up with ever since it decided to pop out during my years in kindergarten. It is such a relief to remove something that has been bothering you and giving you so much trouble ever since. I had experienced so much with such a tiny imperfection on my face. I was given names, teased, insulted (whether they were intentional or not) the whole duration that I’ve had it on my face. It’s like a constant reminder everyday for me of everything I’ve gone through. I know it may sound so emotional, but I have been wanting ever since puberty to have it removed. Having it removed wasn’t so much of a big decision to make as well because it was an automatic yes once I have been given the go signal from my father to find a surgeon who can remove it.

So now that I have come back, I will try and plan the succeeding posts that I will put here. I hope you all look forward to them as much as I do and you can contact me any time if you want to see anything here.

Also, to make up a bit for my lack of posts, here’s a random photo. XD

Hello World~~~

<3,

Bianca

Water Marbled Nails

They remind me so much of planets.

Today I attempted water marbling on my nails. I have to say that even though the procedure sounds easy, it is very messy and it needs a ton of patience. I first heard of water marbling through a Youtube video by SimpleLittlePleasues. I won’t be making a detailed post on this yet since this is my first time doing it and I have to admit I was flustered half of the time and my whole desk was seriously covered with nail polish splatters. But the result I got turned out quite well. Excuse the poor job I did on cleaning my nails and fingers. It was really tough trying to clean up afterwards without smearing or ruining the patterns I just did on my nails.  I did random color combinations just to test it out first and was giggling after since I realized they looked like the surface of planets.  I finished everything off with a matte top coat. I used matte instead of a shiny topcoat because I thought that it would show the marbling more.

UPDATE:

So far after using the garlic treatment on my nails, I noticed that they have indeed become stronger and definitely less brittle. They don’t peel as much as before as well. Getting used to the garlic smell was a feat but it goes away after a day or two.

Miss A: Goodbye Baby Look

When it comes to K-pop, I may have a strong passion for fangirling when it comes to boy groups ( No seriously, my love for Korean boy groups deserves a different post because I cannot for the love of Korea put it here as I’m about to discuss my love for one particular girl group).  But when it comes to girl groups, I have to say my favorite is Miss A. I have followed them since their debut with Bad Girl, Good Girl and I fell in love with Fei because to me she has the most goddess potential at that time. But my love for them grew when they came out with Breathe and since then, I have pledged my loyalty to my first K-pop girl group fandom.

For today’s look I have decided to do Bae Suzy’s makeup in their latest single Goodbye Baby. What I like about Miss A’s makeup here is that they don’t have a ton of makeup as opposed to other girl groups. Basically they focus on bold eyeliner and that’s it. No shimmer and no dark lipsticks. It looks as if the rest of the face is bare but they have a strong eyeliner look that complements each of the girls’ eye shapes.

Check the video out for yourselves! It’s so kick ass <3

Click below to find out how to do this look!

Garlic Nail Strengthener

My bottle of Garlic Nail Strengthener. You can see the garlic that has settled at the bottom of the bottle.

UPDATE:

Out of impatience, I tried it out on my left hand’s set of nails. Right now I can totally say that IT DOES STINK. Maybe because I am very sensitive to smells. But thankfully when I’m doing things, I forget that I have it on my nails. But once in a while when my left hand comes near my nose, I can smell it. Some may be able to handle it, some may not. But so far I think I can. I will let you guys know if the smell fades eventually.

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This whole week I have been contemplating on trying out this nail treatment that I honestly read from Michelle Phan’s blog. She talks about worldwide beauty secrets. The usual beauty secrets are found in that list except for one particular secret originating from the Dominican Republic. It requires you to put garlic in your nail polish to create a nail strengthener. Being curious about how garlic helps strengthen nails, I immediately looked it up and read that the sulphur minerals in garlic will help strengthen your nails and make them harder. At first I was skeptical since we all know how strong garlic’s smell stays on your hands when you peel or chop them up. But they say the smell dissipates once the polish has dried on your nails.

Word has it that the strengthener is so good that it can make your nails as strong as acrylics. Being a nailcare addict, I definitely had to try it since I literally have nail polish on my nails all the time and have noticed that when you do that despite the nail hardeners and base coats, your nails will eventually weaken.

This morning, I have concocted my garlic nail strengthener and you can do it too without worrying that you don’t have the necessary ingredients at home.

What you need:

- A bottle of clear or colored polish

- a clove or two of crushed garlic.

All you have to do is mince and crush the garlic and put it in your preferred nail polish. I had a fresh bottle of polish so I had to drain a bit of it so that it won’t overflow once I put in the garlic. You have to let your concoction marinate for 6-7 days and use it as a form of treatment. I don’t know if my method will work but I normally use nail strengtheners before I apply basecoat so I will probably use that method first once my garlic nail strengthener is ready.

I will make a follow up post on this once I have tried this for about a month or so~~~~ ^___^

<3,

Bianca