M.A.C. Summer Lippies

• Vegas Volt (Amplified) – The newest edition to my lipstick collection. I find this shade very easy to work with, it’s perfect for day or night. It’s subtle orange coral hues gives that extra umph to a look. • Love Lorn (Lusture) – Medium toned sheer, natural pink with subtle cool tones. Both warm and cool skin tones can enjoy. If you’re looking for that Barbie pink color this isn’t it. It’s the perfect mixture of mauve-pink to give life to your lips. Do you like Kylie Jenner? This shade is the perfect color to recreate those infamous lips of hers. Pair it with M.A.C.’s Soar lipliner & you’re a Kardashian doll!
• Shy Girl (Cremesheen) – Neutral coral-beige, M.A.C.’s top selling shades, and I can see why; the color isn’t too warm, so it should flatter almost all skin tones. It has that almost nude effect but gives up a very subtle pink undertone.
• Ravishing (Cremesheen) – One of my personal favorites. It’s clean light peachy coral goes great with my everyday look. It’s not too bright or pale, it’s my go-to lipstick every time.
Sadly, summer is coming to an end. But who else is excited for fall?! Dark lips, chunky sweaters, knee-high boots, oh…..my!! Can’t wait!

What was your favorite summer lip color?  Did you do anything that was so amazing to make this summer memorable? Please leave a comment down below, I would love to read them!

xoxo, ji

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Skin-ogrpahy Regime

Hey loves! Today, I would like to talk about 2 of my favorite products that I’ve been using relentlessly. I work about 50 hours a week, which wreaks havoc on my skin. But first, a little info about my skin type. It sucks. Got blessed with the best combo in the world, oily AND dryness. Thanks Mom! I’m mostly oily around my T-zone area especially on my forehead and the bridge of my nose and super dry on the corners of my nose, corners of the mouth and chin area. With that being said, I RELY on masks to help in the skin department. First off, Bioré Self Heating One Minute Mask with natural charcoal. I’m already a huge fan of Bioré products but a recent trip to Wally World (Walmart) made me a bigger fan. I’m absolutely IN LOOOVE with this! I wasn’t expecting it to get “hot” immediately when applied even though it does say heating on the package. What it does:

“Gives you purified pores in just 1 minute. This unique formula heats on contact with water to open pores & draw out pore-clogging dirt and oil, then cools leaving skin tingly smooth & refreshed.”

excuse the towel o_O

• With Natural Charcoal, known for its ability to draw out impurities & trap them.

Verdict? I 100% agree every single word. In order to open your pores you need heat. Throw in some charcoal magic to draw out all that nasty oil and dirt that I’ve been hoarding for the last week is a big bonus!

This isn’t a leave on mask which I didn’t realize until I got home to try this baby out. First, apply onto a clean face. This mask is activated by water so leave the face wet. Using dry hands, apply the product onto your face. You’ll immediately feel that charcoal doing its thang. Massage while spreading the product evenly for about 1 minute (I did it for 2. Seriously, it felt soo good). After however many minutes has passed, throughly rinse with water. Giving me that deep cleaning treatment result at a high end spa.

Depending on how my skin is after a long week of being a slave in the glorious restaurant industry, I would’ve just followed up with my normal skin care regime. But I had a bad week and I needed that extra R&R. This might sound crazy but have you ever heard of snail slime? Yes, you read that right…SNAIL SLIME. It’s all the rage in South Korea, the capital of great skincare. Snail extract has shown to enhance skin cell regeneration. Before you say, “ewww” and start judging think about this…lipstick contains fish scales and bird droppings are in spa facials. Now you can add glorious snail slime to your skin care collection!

Studies have shown that applying products with snail extract showed significantly reduced acne scarring, acne prevention, dryness and hyper pigmentation. I found this mask (shockingly) at Forever21 for $1.90!! I was obviously hesitant because F21 isn’t known for skincare products but I decided to go on and purchase a couple of these. So far, they’re my go to masks. I’ve been using these 1-2 times a week for the last month and a half. Like I said before, I have a lot of redness around my jawline and dry spots around my mouth are which has been dramatically reduced. Or it could be a placebo effect…..either way its only $1.90.

The mask itself is pretty good quality, the cotton is soft but very durable so it won’t rip like tissue paper. There’s a generous amount of serum that it’s soaked in so you won’t be worrying about if you have enough product to cover your entire face. I usually leave the mask on for about 15 minutes then rub the excess throughout my face down to my neck.

no makeup mondays

You can buy the charcoal mask at Walmart and if you can’t find the snail mask at your local F21 store here’s the link to buy it online. Click Here Remember, good skin is the best foundation for your makeup.

P.S. No snail were hurt in the process.

TGIM

Finally! It’s a Monday! Technically, its a Tuesday but you get the point. Everyone hates Mondays but I LOVE it! If you read my previous entries then you would know that I’m a CIA agent working for S.H.E.I.L.D. saving the world with a guy in a American flag spandex leotard. Or in reality, I’m a server. If you work or worked in a restaurant industry then you definitely know what I’m talking about.

• Pros about being a server: money, build communication skills, money, discover that you are capable of holding 6 cups at once, or most of all money.
• Cons: you meet some bat shit, crazy mother f**kers, while realizing that you hate all forms of human life, and YOU. NEVER. EVER. EVVERRRRR. HAVE WEEKENDS OFF!

Why? Because you guys get lazy after over a long work week and gather half the human population to come on the weekend to bother me. But hey! I’m not complaining..ish. Thanks for your contribution for my daily survival!

And if you’re one of those assholes who don’t tip…I really hope a massive seagull takes a shit on your face.

I’ve decided to go down to my hometown and explore for a day. From fusion food, to half off happy hours, and grubbing down on one of my favorite foods. By the way, I’m still new to this “blogging/vlogging” thing so forgive me if its not on fleek.  Everything was captured with iPhone only. Kotosh: 2408 Lomita Blvd Lomita, CA 90717
Naja’s Place: 154 International Boardwalk Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Ramen Yamadaya: 3118 W 182nd St. Torrance, CA 90504

Current Loves with Reviews

I’m not a person who would go and spend a fortune on just one product. There’s no way! Have you SEEN the gas prices lately? Not to mention, I’m definitely one those people who would gladly pay $15 for a hipster burger than a lipstick. Sorry, food over anything. But I was in dire need for a new foundation, and couple other beauty products. I’ve been using them for about a month now so I guess it’s safe to say that I can give my honest opinion. I’m not a beauty guru, just a girl with honest (sometimes TOO honest) opinion. Yay! My first review post! *happy dance*

Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation SPF 15
With constant research and spending a life time watching beauty gurus review about this or that foundation. I settled with this. I was going back and fourth about getting this sucker because of the price whopping $40! Those damn Youtube beauty videos! I ended up biting the bullet since my last foundation was a drugstore brand, I wanted to mix it up. First off, it claims to be full coverage, and oil free. Definitely, full coverage without that “cakey” feel which is a major plus!

I have redness around my jawline and cheekbones, not to mention some freckles, and uneven skin tone, that I was blessed with. Thank you, genetics! Anyway, this bad boy covers alllllllllllllllllll of my perfect imperfections. Oil free, that’s a hit or miss as weird as that sounds. Whenever I’m at work (I’m a server by the way) it tends to get “shinny” look after awhile. Again, this could be me cause I’m running around the restaurant getting my job done to feed those impatient hungry customers. On days when I’m off like a normal human, no shine. Just that beautiful matte, satin finish. Overall, very impressed with this product. Good job Tarte!

Designer Impostors Light Blue D&G
The infamous Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue. We all know this scent, right ladies? That clean, fresh, linen, smell that just makes you feel so complete whenever you walk out that door for a day out. But do YOU like paying $60 when you run out of this sweet liquid? Did you say, “hell to the no!”? Well, then my virtual friends! I give you Designer Impostors! I stumbled on this while I was at Walmart. I was like, “WHAAAAA?!” opened it, sprayed it, smelled it, saw the price ($7) and then I was like…
Mmm..hmm. Girl, it smells just like the real thing! My sister was really shocked on how it smelled exactly like it’s higher end cousin that she went to go buy a bottle for herself. If you want a good dupe then this is a definite must try. Love you, Wally World.

Maybelline Colossal Mascara Waterproof #7
I’m blessed with straight, very stubborn, short lashes. THANKS MOM! As much as I love those falsies, I really wanted to be on the more natural side. My best friend has the same eyelash handicap as me. But one day over lunch I noticed these full, voluminous, lengthy, Kim Kardashian of lashes on her. And when she said she wasn’t wearing any falsies….I damn near tackled her to tell me what she used. To my already shocked face imagine what I looked like when I found out it was a drugstore product. I went to my local Target and threw money at the cashier. BUUUUUUUUT there’s no happy ending to my lash story…Unlike my friend, I didn’t get those Kim K lashes. I ended up with very clumpy, spidery, of freak show. Maybe I used too much product? So the next day I was very careful with the amount of product on that wand thingy. Still the same result (less clumpy tho!) I figured maybe it’s my eyelash curler? Either way, I was sooooo bummed out. Buy or no buy? I would say buy, cause I see what it does do. It does give you the length and thickness as promised. Just be careful on how much you put on, little does go a long way.

Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser Primer
Probably my least favorite purchase out of the 4. I figured it was a good alternative to Benefits POREfessional Primer. That’s one of the down falls on being a penny pincher on beauty products, sometimes you get what you pay for. In all honesty I don’t hate the product, I still use it from time to time but definitely not during work hours. I noticed that I get soooo greasy looking after x amount of hours. On the positive side, it’s very light weight and easy to apply. The product itself comes out clear, so no added color which I like. I think I would recommend this product for people who has drier skin than oily. Does it fill in pores? I honestly couldn’t tell but then again I don’t have very large pores to begin with. I just wanted my foundation to stay on longer but instead I got greasy cake face. Boo.

Wow, doing reviews is hard work! But I’ve been dying to do some of these for a really long time. I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I liked writing it. Also, I should put it out there that I’m not a grammar pirate. So if you see any misuse of any punctuation marks and you’re thinking, “omg she didn’t put a comma here or a semi colon there” well, here’s a potato

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