Fourth of July Look feat. Milani Color Play Felt-Tip Liquid Pens, swatches too!

Hi Bellas!

**For some reason I do not know why, my Fourth of July post was DELETED!!

I am kinda upset, because I do not keep a back-up copy of what I write. Only pictures. I write on impulse that's why.

Anyhoo, I wanted to share this again. If you have seen this post before, you may skip this, or enjoy it again.**

Here are the products I used:

1. MAC Chromagraphic Pencil in Basic Red (eyebrows)

2. Sugarpill Cosmetics e/s in Love+  (eyebrows)

3. Ben Nye Rainbow Wheel - Blue (eyeshadow base) *(not shown)

4. Milani e/s in French Vanilla (brow highlight)

5. Milani e/s in White Lie (upper crease - brow bone)

6. Milani e/s in Olympian Blue (eyelid)

7. Milani e/s in Pitch Black (crease)

8. MAC Technakohl in GraphBlack (upper waterline)

9. Milani Liquif-eye Metallic Eyeliner pencil in Silver (lower waterline)

10. Milani Color Play Felt-Tip Liquid Pen in White Line (stars)

11. MAC Opulash in Optimum Black (mascara)

12. Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso (cheeks)

13.  Milani HD Advanced Lip Color in 102 Nude

14. Milani HD Advances Lip Color in 113 Ignition

15. MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (winged eyeliner) *(not shown)

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Milani released this Limited Edition Color Play Liquid Felt-tip Pens and I was lucky to receive and play with them.

Per Milani's website:

COLOR PLAY Felt-tip Liquid Pen

Find your inner-artist and express yourself!  Fine felt-tip point allows for easy application. Water-resistant & long-lasting.

Price: US $6.99

How To: Use to expertly line your eyes or create works of art on your face or body.

Net Weight: 0.02 fluid ounces / 0.59 milliliters

Available in these colors:

01 Black Line

02 Blue Point

03 Pink Point

 04 Jaded Edge

05 Gray Strokes

06 White Line

And of course, I swatched them for you ;D

These are just beautiful and stunning!

My favorite so far is Black Line and White Line. I wish they have it in purple too!

I can't wait to play with these some more!

Hope you like it! And, thank God I save pictures!

XOXO, 

Jyz

 *All Milani Cosmetics featured are provided by the company for consideration.

Box Day: Milani Cosmetics

Hi Bellas!

Last Friday I received a box of goodies from Milani Cosmetics.



I know what you will say!
WOW!!
Just exactly what I said when I got this package!

The friendly team at Milani is very generous to send me this awesome goodies to try-out. I am so overwhelmed I don't know which one to open first!



I have been a fan of the brand for quite sometime now. I have used some of their products on myself and keep some as staple on my kit. I received their recent collection for Spring/Summer 2012.

Here's the list of what they sent:
Powder Eyeshadow Palette (Paint, Impressionist)
Brow Tint Pen (Natural Taupe, Dark Brown)
Eyetech Extreme (Blackest Black)
Illuminating Face Powder (Amber Nectar, Hermosa Rose, Beauty's Touch)
Powder Eyeshadow (White Lie, Pitch Black, Shocking Pink, Brown Stone, French Vanilla, Tickled Pink, Purple Shock, Olympian Blue, Pearl, Gold Dust, Caramel Brown, Just Perfect)
Runway Lashes Instant Volume Mascara (Black)
Shadow Eyez 12Hr Pencil (Champagne Toast, Green Safari, Aquatic Style)
Total Lash Cover Mascara (Black)
Bronze XL (Bronze Glow, Fake Tan)
Runway Eyeshadow (Antigua, Golden Touch, Peaches and Cream)
Baked Eyeshadow Metallic (Must Have Fuschia, Copper Express)
Baked Eyeshadow Marble (Green Fortune)
Runway Eyes Fashion Shadows (Primary, Complementary)
Haute Flash Lip Gloss (Hot Flash, Flashy, In a Flash, Star Flash, Golden Flash, Quick Flash)

Items arrived neatly packed fully protected with bubble wrap. The Milani Runway Eyes palette was bubble wrapped separately too. I just took them off for the purpose of this picture.

 Milani is available at your nearest drugstores and Target, also available online at www.milanicosmetics.com. Also, follow them on twitter @milanicosmetics and on Pinterest Milani Cosmetics, if you haven't yet.

 I am and will be taking pictures, do a swatches and tests, and of course post some looks using these goodies!
It's definitely PLAYTIME, and I'm taking in requests....LOL.

 XOXO, Jyz

**Products are sent by company mentioned for consideration.

NOTW: Disco Ball Nails

Heya! 

 

I'm feeling kinda blue because of the weather, and I feel like I should go out clubbing this weekend. Emotions like these have results, and here it what it is:

I used my oldie Claire's nail polish in Quicksand as a base. It's my fave black polish with tiny glitters on it. Then I used Milani Jewel FX in 530 Gems.

I used 2 coats of Claire's, and 2 coats of Milani Jewel FX. With the latter you can go away with one coat, but I decide to go for two since i want a supah shiny glittery disco mirror ball look.Hahaha. 

So, what a weird fun set of nails to wear at Thanksgiving Dinner tomorrow. LOL.

FOTD: Favorite Winged Eyeliner Shape

Hello! I'm here for an overdue FOTD.

I did this look last weekend but I have no category to post it, so I just posted this under FOTD. LOL. 

Excuse the picure its low quality, I took it using my iphone4 cause I am in a hurry.

Below is actually my current profile picture in Facebook ;)

Here are some of the products I used:

MAC E/S in Cork, Malt and Embark

MAC Blacktrack in Fluidline

Milani Eyetech Liquid Eyeliner

I tweeted about it and got good responses.. maybe I should do it again and take good pics? ;)

EOTD: You should Pink Twice

Wazzup Bellas :)

It's been pretty hot all week long here in SoCal. I assumed fall season is on its way, but yeah, fall decided to wait. Oh okay.

Here is my EOTD for today. I have nowhere to go but to work. I had some time this week to study on how to create custom watermark for my blog. Yay, now all my blog pics will have identical watermarks.

Here's a list of what I used:

UDPP

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in 621 Hot Pink

Milani Baked Eyeshadow in 601 Pink Twice, 604 Purr-fect Purple, 612 Intermix

MAC E/S in Malt

WnW Color Icon Pencil Eyeliner in Black
Milani Eyetech Liquid Eyeliner 

MAC Opulash in Optimum Black

I am hoping Im getting better on this EOTDs,  I am thinking of making picture tutorials if this pictures are satisfying enough. ;)

FOTD: Drench Me in Soft Gold

It's errand day! 

Here is a simple natural look. I happen to reorganize my drugstore eyeshadows last night and pulled out my Milani Baked Eyeshadows so I get to move them forward, giving me chances to play with them more.

love those custom-made earrings... off topic. lol.

that's my hubby, aka sidekick

Face:
Revlon Photoready in Med.Beige
MAC MSF in Light Medium
MAC SFF in nw25 and nc30

Eyes:
UDPP
Milani Baked E/S in Drench in Gold (lids) and Fusion (crease)
MAC Carbon e/s (eyeliner)
CG Lashblast mascara

Blush:
MAC Blush Powder in True Romantic

Lips: 

my cheapie fave WnW matte in #907C Mauve Outta Here

I applied the eyeshadow dry for a quick and softer look. These baked e/s also have the option to be applied wet for an intense look. I like this as my everyday look, I'll repeat this combo for sure.

FOTD: Yes dear Violet, she smokes...

Yesterday morning seems to be a gloomy one for July. I have a photoshoot scheduled in the afternoon and I made it a habit to always have my own makeup done--or at least a well made-up set of eyes--  before heading to the shoot.

me and my cute goofy nephew, he is 3 years old and whenever somebody asks him what is his Auntie is doing he will say "makeup". LOL.

I'm wearing MAC Studio Fix Powder + Foundation and used MAC MSF in Dark for contour, underye concealed using MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW25 before powder foundation.

For my eyebrows I brushed in WnW Lip Pencil in Berry Red and filled in with Maybelline Eyebrow Powder in Dark Brown -. (It's okay, the red lip pencil did not complained at all, LOL)

After applying UDPP all-over my eyelid, I used Milani Color Brilliance Eye Pencil 

in Purple as base color.  I used the 2 middle colors of the WnW Lust Palette, the matte 

warm violet one on my lid and lower lashline, and the shimmery dark steel gray on my crease. 

Eyes tightlined with Prestige Waterproof Eyeliner , and made a winged line 

using Milani Eyetech Liquid Eye Liner.. Lashes curled and brushes 

with MAC Zoomlash Mascara I also used Select Lash 747s. 

 Cheeks are happy with Smashbox Trio blush in Close-up.

I lined my lips with NYX Lip Pencil in Fushcia

and dabbed with Sally Hansen Lip Inflation clear gloss.

Do you like it? ;) Hope you do!

Gotta Love Paint

Hellooo! :) Hope all is doing well with all of you guys... the week seems draggin' for me since I am looking forward to the weekend shoot with some newlyfound friends. :D 

Let me see how my week will roll.

can you see how safe it travelled?

Last Saturday came a box from Milani Cosmetics. It's the July Limited Edition Paint Eyeshadow Palette. I have been looking for this for about weeks until Milani saw my cry on their FB page. LOL.

Here in the run-down:

Product: Paint Eyeshadow Palette
Net Wt. : 0.35 oz / 9.92g
Price: USD 7.99
Product Description: Super-soft, silk like eyeshadow in fashion forward neon colors.

top row: swatches with no base; bottom row: swatches with base (NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk)

 This palette have a matte finish. Colors pop more when used with a base, or you may use it without if you prefer. I used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. 

Can we say Pigmented? Yes.

Can we say NEON? Yes.

Chalky? Some, and tolerably. (yellow/orange/white.. cmon people, it's MATTE)

Super-soft? Yes.

More pictures below:

If ever you cannot get hold of this product, you may wanna try it's older sister Milani Runway Eyes in 10 Haute Couture palette, almost the same colors but this one's finish is shimmery and can be used wet or dry. Check it out here.

 

I can say I am lucky enough to know and get acquainted with the company's great PR Samantha & with the Product Development Manager Ericka. They were the ones who introduced me to the brand last year and since then I'm hooked. So let me pass this on to you and I know you'll be hooked too!

A FOTD soon? Yeah boy! :) 

 

Glossify with Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour - A Review

Hello beauties! Since i started this blog last week and been active in twitter, I learned that I am loving this! :D I get to meet fellow beauty lovers and it's so fun.

Now Here I am with a full review of Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss.

Product: 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss
Net Wt. :  0.12 OZ/3.48g
Price: $7.49 USD
Website: milani
Description: New soft and brilliant Glitzy formula filled with super shiny polymers and the next generation of pearls to create the illusion of 3D depth for fuller, sexier, looking lips.

Available in spectacular 7 shades.

Movie Star - Ultra-violet with blue & pink sparkles
Fashion Diva - Purple with pink sparkles
Starshine - Purple with iridescent & pink sparkles
Stylish - Orange with copper & gold sparkles
Designer Label - Nude Peach with pink & gold sparkles
In Vogue- Red with pink sparkles
Leading Lady -Rose-berry with pink & gold sparkles


The two that I do not have is Movie Star  and Stylish . If any of u dolls have then I would love to see how they look! ;)

Swatcharoos below:

Honestly, I am not a big fan of lip glosses. Yes i use them when I need them but do not tend to reach for them all the time. I am picky with my glosses, it has to have good amount pigment on them,it has to be sparkly and does not need to exert an annoying taste/smell.

What I love about this product is the sparkles and the scent. The sparkles really does give an illusion of fuller lips.  It smells like a fruit, and doesn't have any weird fruity taste on them.  Pigment wise, I can say it's rightfully pigmented - what you see in the tube is what you really get.

My fave combos:
You can wear them alone or on top of your fave lippie.
-Fashion Diva on top of Milani Lip Flash in Flashy and/or Starflash.
-Designer Label on top of MAC Blankety

You can get these glosses and other fab Milani products at your local Target and drugstores, or check their website.

Are you ready to get Glossified? :)