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Best of 2014

12/31/2014

Hello sunshine~

Today is 31st of December, the very end of 2014.

Hence this entry is made. Otherwise I will lay in my bed doing nothing and forgot that I have a blog that need to be updated. Ha ha ha...

*ehem*

okie..

I honestly very confused how to start this post.

There are just too many things happened in 2014' which kinda the starting point of my life. I am not going to write everything, but here are some biggest events in 2014.

First thing first, I was really glad that I could finish my college on time!

Who thought that me and my friends can survive this horrifying Uni pretty smoothly since our first comment at semester one was, "I don't think that I can finish this in 4 years"

But hey, I did it anyway, also with a grade that satisfying enough and could be proud of to my children later.

Lesson learnt, never underestimated your own ability :D

However the point is, being born with Asian culture, this is my time to get out of the house, building my own life and career, payback my parents for all they gave to me bits by bits.

Later on, I started this blog out of my boredom.

I must be lying if I say I don't care about the page views because I checked it everyday! Of course I am very happy when people are actually reading this crap blog of my muttering. I put a deep thought to almost every posts and never expected that my most popular post is Schwarzkopf one!

I wrote that super fast without any thought and Photoshop-ed it really fast too.

Just click click click and done and publish it o.o"

Maybe next time I should have done that again......

There are more going on, but those are too personal. I should keep it exclusively for me and family and close-friends.

Anyway, what kind of beauty blogger (~~can I call myself beauty blogger?~~) am I if I didn't list best products of the year! Now I present you mine :D

was intended to pick only one, but cannot decide so I pick everything I love :|

(the decision taken is based on what I used most for the year)

Makeup list:

Face Primer - Benefit POREfessional

Foundation - Laneige Snow Crystal Dual Foundation White Plus Renew

Under Eye Concealer - Tarte Maracuja Creaseless Concealer & Maybelline Fit Me

Concealer - Maybelline Fit Me

Powder - SK-II Loose Powder

Highlighter - YSL Touche e clat

Blusher - Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick & Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour Blush

Eye Primer - Urban Decay Primer Potion

Eyebrow - Dolly Wink Eyebrow Pencil

Eyeliner - K-Palette 1 Day Tattoo Eyeliner, Dolly Wink Pencil Eyecolor, & MAC Fluidline (in Blacktrack)

Contour - Benefit Hoola

Eyeshadow Palette - UD Naked 2

Makeup Palette - Benefit The Bronze of Champions

Eyelash Glue - Duo Eyelash Adhesive

Mascara - Benefit They're Real Mascara

Lipstick - Revlon Colorburst Matte & Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter

Nail Polish - OPI Nail Lacquer in Samoan Sand (my fave shade!!!)

aaaaand my signature perfume 2014 is Dior Addict 2

It is still my all time favorite *love*

Apparently there are some version of Dior Addict 2. I remembered the other bottles are in purple and orange which all nice, but my favorite is this pink bottle :D

Skincare List:

Makeup Remover - Bioderma Sensibio H2O & SK-II Cleansing Oil

Face Cleanser - Laneige Deep Pore Cleanser

Exfoliator - Himalaya Neem Scrub (Indonesia's brand and it works pretty good)

Essence - none other than SK-II Facial Treatment Essence :D

Toner - SK-II Facial Treatment Clear Lotion

Serum - SK-II Whitening Spot Specialist

Eye Cream - SK-II Advance Eye Treatment Film

Moisturizer - SK-II Cellumination Deep Surge & Josie Maran Argan Oil

Face Mask - SK-II Facial Treatment Mask, Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque, & Queen Helene Grape Seed Peel Off Masque

Sunscreen - Biore UV Aqua Rich SPF 50+ PA+++

Lol now you may realize that I am a SK-II addict.

My entire skincare used to be all SK-II product, but my skin is getting accustomed with their formula and I saw no progress in last 4 months.

Well, I already use them for 3 years so it didn't surprise me at all.

Now I am steadily change my skincare to another products and planning to go back to SK-II when I think my skin is ready for their product again :D

To wrap 2014, I am super super thankful for everything in the past year.

I learnt so much, I gained so much, so many emotion in this year.

Tell you, being a sentimental and making a resolution for a new year is not my thing. So, I expect nothing for 2015..
I never make a resolution because when I couldn't reach all of them, I'm likely will be disappointed. What I do every year is just dedicate myself to do best, get better, and be a better person.
This new year will be the same. Just!! Since my application for Australia Visa is in the process, I really wish that I could get the visa smoothly and fly there asap (because I need a job plus living and travelling to Aussie sounds great in my ear ^^).
Not forgotten that my biggest wish for 2015 is to eat healthily and lose some weight.
I realize that entering this stage of life (why I felt like an old lady -_-), my body's metabolism is getting slower. It's a choice between now or regret later because the losing weight process become harder.

Now, those all from me for 2014. I would like to hear your wish 2015 just leave a comment below.
I wish you a happy happy new year 2015.
May us do live better in this new year ^^
Good luck!

eyeliner, Kosmos, review

Cosmos Eyeliner

12/19/2014

I was strolling my instagram that night and accidentally found out that this eyeliner had became a talk in instagram world for a while.

Now let me tell you what I think about the eyeliner

Cosmos is a makeup brand from Taiwan. I was a little bit hesitant at first because of the 'made in Taiwan' thingy somehow sounds like 'made in China' in my ear,
but... hell yea, who cares, there must be something about it that people raved about.

This eyeliner has been rumored that it will stay on your watery and oily eyes.
Well, I had to agree about that, though.
I have an oily eyelids and they never smudge on me.
Mine is in Champagne and Chocolate Moose(this is not a typo. The packaging really written like this!) color.
Chocolate Moose one is like your normal dark brown eyeliner nice for waterline or for your normal application, while Champagne has this beautiful gold rose color perfect to highlight the inner corner of our eyes. It looks beautiful on the pan with adequate amount of sparkle, until I swatch it on my hands...
Oh by the way, they are very pigmented. What you see is what you get :P

It's actually very nice on my eyes if I don't mind the glitter
It. just. not. working...
The glitter went everywhere on my eyes especially when I wore Champagne for waterline.
Has I said that the glitter is not the tiny little chunk but the BIG chunk?
That is the reason why :(
Both products have the same consistency which is very smooth and creamy.
Too creamy that makes Champagne broke during my flight to Jakarta T_T

Cosmos provides us a small sharpener for you all who prefer a sharp edge to start your makeup. Not forgetting that inside that cap, there is a smudger as well!
How thoughtful of them, really, if only the smudger do its purpose.
No matter how fast I am using the smudger as soon as I put my eyeliner on,
it never works. It never smudge it! What I got was just a red and sore eyelids instead :'(

I did the swatch and it's time to test it now!

- I put it under a running water. Waterproof test -> Checked.
- I rub it once. Staying power(?) test -> Checked.
- I rub it five times. Great staying power(~~wtf~~) test -> Checked.
- I rub it like crazy until you see all those redness. Almost perfect staying power(~~duh~~) test -> Checked.

All in all, my final opinion is:

Pros:
- Great pigmentation
- Great staying power
- Cheap! I haven't mention this, right?
- It's retractable. No more of those sharpening jobs :D

Cons:
- Champagne has waaaay too much glitter and big chunks of it (attention!)
- Removing problem. The glitter seems like loving to stay on my eyes. One night I was forced to sleep with the glitters leftover on my eyes, which is a bad thing :(
- Good staying power, but honestly both of them were quite a bad child when I want to put them off. I had a hard time removing them from my eyes.
- Too fragile. Remember, Champagne is broke!

Overall Score:
6/10

I have think about it and my final decision is that I'm not going to purchase this anymore

Until next post,
BAI

dolly wink, eyeliner, review

Dolly Wink Pencil Eyecolor Review

11/19/2014

Eyes are one of the most beautiful feature of our beauty

Have you ever been in a situation when you meet someone or look at a picture

then enchanted by their eyes?

Because I DO ^-^

I like to explore things to enhance this particular part of our face

and just recently fell in love with Dolly Wink Pencil Eyecolor

Don't become misunderstood by the name.

Because even though it named 'eyecolor', it is actually an eyeliner and comes in one shade only, which is a golden brown

The packaging is no different with other dolly wink products

Still with the flower and all the cuteness

I bought this online for about IDR 80.000 -ish (USD $6) few months ago

You might curious what the ingredients are and the instruction

Good luck working on that! Lol

It has this kind of seal where you need to press it and the round thingy will 'clicked' with the other part

Yet it is not tight enough that the eyeliner can easily come out of the packaging

Peek-a-boo!

I put my Iphone5 as a comparison for you to know the estimate size of this eyeliner in real life. I personally feel that it is quite short though. I need more :P

In the picture you will see a golden brown color (it looks exactly the same with the real thing) which I love. I put this for my waterline and the corner of eye to brighten it.

That's why the color is perfect because I'm not a fan of pure white for those area.

It makes me looks like a cheapy cheerleader or entertainer whose need to get the attention of people from faraway wtf