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i've been using my joppa minerals a lot lately...i want to sample all the shades i got from their 45-pc sample baggy set so i can order full pots soon! i love their shades and texture. and this is the first mmu that i was able to foil successfully.

their colors are not that loud, though i love loud shades, i simply heart the way they make my eyes more tamed even though i am not using neutrals. :)

:)

previous EOTDs/FOTDs

I just started wearing eyeshadows last year, so please bear with me because i still suck at blending colors.   Most of the time, my left eye would be darker and good thing that i have bangs to cover my boo-boos.  hehehe

last thursday, mom informed that i have 3 packages that arrived...i was so excited that i wanted to come home and skip work. hehhee...

anyways, saturday came and the first thing i did when i arrived home was to look for my stuff. and here they are:


yiiii....it was like xmas time again. i was so excited that i almost forgot to see my mom first. hehehe...so where do these stuff came from?

1) from DREAMWORLD MINERALS

my mix and match pixie set consists of 5 sample foundies and 8 other 1/4 tsp baggie samples


my Dreamworld foundies

Almost a month ago, i've been exchanging emails with Ellie of Dreamworld about what foundie shades should i get for my pixie set. Unfortunately, upon checking out i encountered some problems with paypal. after several attempts, i decided not to push thru with the order. i took it as a sign that i should stop buying since i've been buying a lot of mmu samples lately and that i need to stop. oh well!

a week later, i got an email notification that Dreamworld sent me a package. Thinking that it might be some sort of an error, i just ignored the email and besides, i never really pushed thru with my order. another week later, i decided to again give it a try. i went back to Dreamworld's site and since mix and match pixie set is no longer available, i decided to get some foundie sample baggies along with several samples of their e/s and blushes from different "worlds." in short, i once again made some serious sample hoarding. LOL i just can't ignore their pretty shades and their nice names. Ellie's really have a great way of naming her minerals...the curiosity for its names and Annielise's review of her products really made me give in.

just days after that, i again got another email that Dreamworld had sent me a package...uh-oh, i began to think that Ellie might really have sent me someting...and then mom told me that i got 3 packages and one of them came from Ellie. And my suspicions are correct, my first order that didn't push thru was sent to me even without any payment from me. So i immediately emailed Ellie about it. I didnt want to take advantage of her probable confusion because of the number of orders coming in. So i asked her how i can pay her for the items she sent me. it would be nice to have them as freebies or maybe i can just not tell her about this mistake (and too bad, i have the same foundie shades ordered on my second attempt) but i d wouldn't want to abuse her kindness in assisting me in what shades to get. i just can't bring myself to fool somebody who give such good customer service.


2) FROM SHE SPACE

my she space eye pigments

i am literally drooling over the shades...i love, love loud colors though i also ordered some neutrals and i think some from her velvet collection. the samples are really small, maybe would last you 2-3 uses...but i am VERY SURE that i would be coming back to get some full pots of some of these shades and oh! she has new LE shades that just came out. UH-OH...i am in big trouble!


3) FROM MEOW MINERALS


my meow loot


samples from the Modern Eyes collection


samples from the Scandal Eyes collection


samples from the Ideal Eyes collection


blush samples


samples from the Firefly collection


feliners


samples of the WildCats


and i am again trying to find my perfect foundation shade from this brand


freebies i got!

weeeehhh....3 down, 6 more to go!
yahooo!

i can say that i am a late-bloomer when it comes to makeup...well, not really because as far as i can remember, i started wearing a bit of makeup (powder, blush and lipstick) when i was in college.  but at that time, my stuffs are mostly from my mom. i was fond of raiding her closet to look (and get) some of her makeups, without thinking if they suit me or not.  it's not until i joined one message board and got addicted to reading topics about makeup that i came across the terms "skintone" and "undertones."  geesh, i didn't know that these two are important in determining what shade of makeup would suit you. 

Everyone's skin tone breaks down into two: (1) warm which has the yellow undertones and (2) cool which has the pink undertones.  Once you determine what skin tone you have, it would be easier and of course, helpful for us in honing in on the most flattering makeup shades and colors of our wardrobes.

So here's four easy ways to determine your skin tone:

1. Try on a gold bracelet and a silver bracelet. If gold looks better on you, then you're warm.  Otherwise, you're cool.
2. Get a piece of clothing with something orange and something pink in color. Probably a scarf or a towel and drape it around your head.  If you look better in pink, then you're cool.  Otherwise, you're warm.
3. Take a look at the veins on the inside of your wrists.  If they are mostly bluish, then you're cool...if they are mostly greenish, then you're warm.
4. Get a white shirt and an off-white or cream-colored shirt.  Try them one after the other. If cream looks better on you, you're warm so go for peachy tones.  If white looks better on you, then of course, you're cool and pink shades would look best on you.

Now, if you think you look good on both...or you're confused as to whether you're a warm or cool since you can basically pull off colors from both undertones, then you have a neutral skin tone. This means you see some yellow, pink, beige or peach undertones in your skin.

And finally, after years of wearing (or rather, trying hard to wear makeup) i've discovered that i have a neutral skintone.  Now, is it a good thing or a bad thing?  Since, i would have a wide range of color choices to choose from, i might get confused all the more.  But one thing i learned about makeup is that as long as you can pull off the looks you're wearing...you are good to go.

(wink wink)

another view of my mmu stash

other view of my non-mmu stash 

so where do i store them? i am yet to find a BIG traincase, and because i am still waiting for a lot of mmu samples to arrive, for now this is where i put them:

hi everyone, this is IAMSUTIL signing in to VOX community :)

eversince i've started blogging a year ago, i got addicted to it since it's a good way to express yourself at times when you cannot express what you want to say or what you feel at the moment, directly. like most of those who have just started, i tried to hide my identity, probably because i am scared of what other people might say about me or might think about the things that i would be posting about. but eventually, i realized, what the heck...this is my blog and i can do whatever i want...be whoever i want.  but of course, i just want to be me...the simple-but-complicated ME.

so in here you'd find things that i like, i don't like and some other out-of-this-world ramblings about anything.  some, if not all of you, might find it nonsense but again...i am just here to share a part of my life...and be given a chance to meet more friends as well.

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