[MAKEUP REVIEW] Part Seven

This ain't even my final entry because I went crazy. This entry includes part 2 of my crazy Christmas haul. I hope to start to write detailed reviews of specific products soon because I find that my reviews are just TL;DRs of how the product worked for me (and to show you what products I use lel). Hopefully I can write a tutorial sometime down the line too.


Benefit They're Real Mascara 8/10
Alot of people tell me they don't like this mascara... and I don't see why? I personally don't think this mascara is overhyped at all. I was kind of stuck with it after I failed to sell it to anyone because I bought the Sugarglam Fairies Christmas Box. It extends my lashes naturally without clumping and doesn't smudge surprisingly! This is coming from someone who absolutely despises plastic wands... this mascara restored my faith in them LOL. The only thing I found difficult is that the product tend to stick to the tip of the wand so you end up not being able to use it for your undereye lashes.

NARS Highlighting Blush 8/10
I was choosing between this and Benefit Sunbeam for my highlighter and decided to use this because powders are easier to apply PLUS the Albatross packaging matched cutely with my Laguna. And boy it did! Highlighting is always easier than contouring so I find myself using this one more than the other one. The glow from this highlighter is natural, yet buildable (if you want to look like Kim Kardashian I guess).

STILA Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Liner 9/10
This was a part of my impulse Christmas spending spree because at the time I was so frustrated with my crappy MAC pencil I thought maybe a brown liquid liner will be better to create more natural looks. This baby has a nice thin tip so the lines I can create can be super precise and thin (especially for my favourite no makeup makeup look). It also has a nice spring cap that keeps air from going in AKA drying. But the gimmick has its downsides because the lid wouldn't stop coming off and getting stuck... awkward. It also doesn't fit on the other end so you can lose it if you don't take care of it.

STILA Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner 6/10
Stila's crowd favourite pencil eyeliner makes an appearance in my makeup collection because I realised I don't actually have a black pencil liner. The application is smooth and the colour nicely pigmented... but there's a huge drawback. The twist-design of the eyeliner may seem convenient.. BUT DON'T BE FOOLED! It takes heaps of effort to get the eyeliner out because most of the liners are buggy. And if you get too much product out... guess what? You can't twist the other way to get it back in so you might waste product. And you cannot get a thin line because you can't exactly sharpen the tip unless you use the good ol' wipe on tissue until tip sharpens trick. Another downside of this product is its inability to stay on my bottom lashline... IT STILL SMUDGES ;A; The only one that doesn't so far is the Urban Decay liner... review soon.

Guerlain Gloss d'Enfer Maxi Shine Lipgloss 7/10

This review is specifically for the colour 'Rouge Parade' which is a part of Guerlain's holiday collection (A Day At the Opera). I got it for super cheap during the boxing day sales. The colour of this gloss is amazing and long-lasting. It's actually super intense and you can even use it as a lip stain because of how rich the colour is. However the applicator is impossible to figure out because it's really stiff and weirdly shaped unlike other lipglosses I own like my good ol' Chanel one. Newbies also watch out because the tone of colour can be difficult to work with.

Long weeks

The existence of Snapchat stories really make the whole Blogging thing redundant, but I still try my best to write even if most of the time my posts are vague and confusing. It's ok because I feel like I'm getting my feelings across so that's all that matters right?

The past week had been an emotional one. I had a billion moodswings and alot of my friends stayed away from me due to my tendency to take it out on others through my passive aggressive comments via text. And while it hasn't been an entirely horrible, disastrous week considering after my date on Saturday this happened:

So apparently the mother-in-LAW-pun-cuz-I-can had always liked me so yeah the entire time I was stressing about it was just me being oversensitive and stressful... again. In fact while I was sitting on the bus stressing hard the whole reveal thing had been extremely ridiculously anticlimactic. Yeah PuffyBarrelStep prayer circle is quite OP.

But then it went all downhill from there. I had been so overwhelmed by negative thoughts by the end of the week I just couldn't be bothered to do anything.

For example in recent weeks my involvement with Anime Club had been disastrous since all their meetings were on Friday which was always my no-go day. So they were going to shuffle some of the positions during AGM, which was fine by me. And as I contemplate on just resigning (instead of running for pres) by next year there just has been an interesting turn of things. People change, and even if their personality don't necessarily change, their perception of you certainly do. I'm feeling the full hit of these not-so-subtle changes lately and boy do that not feel good.

That's another story for another day, however because another major issue had been about effort. How much am I putting in? How much are you putting in? How much should we both be putting in? Questions bugged my head and being alone on Wednesday just made these questions into negative affirmations. But hey, it only took a huge text-based confession, four hours of emotional ranting to a close friend and intense makeup before I'm back to normal again.

I don't normally get PMS-y, but these weirdass moodswings are as close as I get to them.

彼氏より玉子

The Tale of Eggs over Boys

[Charmingsenpaiguy] lmao my mum's like how can ur girlfriend like you when you dont even eat eggs
[Puffincakes] thats the thing
[Puffincakes] i dont
[Puffincakes] plot twist
[Charmingsenpaiguy] o
[Charmingsenpaiguy] brb gonna cry myself to sleep
[Puffincakes] don't drown in your tears now

My thoughts right now

1. Everybody sucks
2. My brain needs detox
3. I want another drink

I get stressed easily

I always seem to find new things to stress over even as I conquer past worries and stresses. Some of these stress topics are completely unjustified and irrelevant but good ol' me stresses over them anyway.

First and foremost I've been worried about the Bar's momma for a week now. She's one of those overprotective mothers who pretty much dislikes all girls getting close to her baby. So naturally he wouldn't have told his rents and I'm pretty much encouraging him to and if they say no I'm happy to hold it off in respect because respecting parents is important but idk the thoughts of that really makes me depressed so I have this entire battle plan written up because I'm sure that right now at this moment she severely dislikes me because life. PRAY4FRIDAY.

Second is the uni work that is piling up. Jap 3 is a needy gf that needs constant attention while FInt is like a strict parent that test you on your studied knowledge (AKA readings sigh) every week. Now add all the extra stuff I do for church and Anime and suddenly I realise I haven't touched Dota in weeks.

Additionally even though Centrelink finally backpaid me my finances are strained. Not only did I buy my new Chroma keyboard and Cedar Street Maise ($600 lel) I also bought alot of random other things sigh impulse why. Because I wanted to catch the train with Bar I'm basically paying for an extra trip every day and apparently transfer trips don't count for Opal CEEEEEEEBS. I didn't know till today when I tried to use it for Usyd and Nsyd.

Finally my relationship with my own rents are on a strain because I've been really busy so I'm barely at home and that pisses them off so everytime I'm at home they would get angry at me. Yesterday dad snapped at me threw a random tantrum and then two of them went out for dinner without me. I didn't even have lunch and obv there was nothing edible at home so I was prepared to starve with nothing but vodka in my stomach until Step came and took me to a Drive-Thru at like 11pm she's like my angel omg I can't deal. I ate really unhealthy but I had nothing to eat all day.

Some positive things about this week: I got to see my Bar every single day! On Monday I caught his train as usual because I hung with my imouto and Mig after uni so I killed the 3 hours easily. On Tuesday I was formally invited to UpCG and while we didn't get to talk much I had to sit through as he announce to the group for the billionth time "oh yeah we dating ok" because peer pressure sigh. On Wednesday my FInt lecture was cancelled so we got to hang till 5:30 and PDA till the train got here YEP I'VE BECOME ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. This is like 2 and a half hours which is like a lot trust me we barely see eachother because his uni schedule and unknowing parents sigh. Today for some reason we had to go Nsyd to pick up the cashbox so I asked him to come see me at the station best 15 minutes of my day hands down.

Also I've finally started a workout routine but Day 1 left me completely sore and disabled and what do I do? Eat heaps of unhealthy stuff to make up for it suddenly an entire day's work has gone to waste. Step left me her dumbells though so yep I guess you could say I lift now. I will be sure to motivate myself to continue this routine.

STRESS STRESS GO AWAY COME BACK ANOTHER DAY IN FACT JUST GET OUT DON'T COME BACK AT ALL IRONICALLY TOMORROW'S STUDY IS ON STRESS.