It feels like decades since I've written beauty products' review. And now I'm back with Dear My Blooming Lips-talk from Etude House. It's not a new product. Old one. But I've been wanting this since its first launch. Well, just now I was given the chance (read: money).

The cons maybe it won't really last long on lips. However, I'm quite satisfied with this product. I love the colors.

Which shade is your favorite?

November, the 'shortest' month of the year, will come to an end. Is it me only, but I always feel November goes so fast. In a blink of an eye, here comes the 20th of November. It scares me, but at the same time I become excited. Because it means long holiday is nearby!!

Talking about this holiday, every thing should be in Christmas color. Who doesn't dream of White Christmas?! Even though I'm not a Christian, I'm the one who admires White Christmas. Winter, snow, plus Christmas seems so magical for me. Here, I stole a pic from google that I think describe how delightful the White Christmas.

taken from: gowanuslounge.com

People say Winter sucks. Can't bear the coldness. However, I still hope that God will allow me someday to experience the White Christmas. I'm just in love with the color of silver, white, and red combined. Therefore, I made an FOTD, inspired by this Christmas color.

This makeup is simple. As long as it looks kinda pale but still sparkling, it's enough. For lips, I wear my Lancôme Gloss in Love. I usually don't wear lipgloss, because I think it's too glossy for a matte lover like me. But, for this look, bright matte color will look too much, while nude color will look so pale. Then, I try to wear this lipgloss to avoid the dullness. The gloss is kinda similar with the sparkling theme I wear on my eye-make. Well, the result turns out good. I love the color of my lips.

Lancôme Gloss in Love in Scarlett Starlette.

The packaging is very luxurious, sweet, and cute. There's a small button to be clicked to open the lid. The applicator was made curved to be accustomed to our lip shape. See how much effort for designing this product.

This lipgloss has lovely color. It comes out natural, sweet, and shiny. It's a really perfect match to complete our holiday look. 

Lancôme Gloss in Love, I'm in love! Happy holiday!

Tadaaa! Etude House Color Pop Tint in Sunny Pop

I bought it moooontttthsss ago. And now, this becomes my favorite lip color to be worn to create gradient lips. Read the post here.

This Color Pop Tint claims to have such a cute pop color to our lips. Pop means bright here. It's available in five different colors: #1 Fashion Pop, #2 Sunny Pop, #3 Vita Pop, #4 Coral Pop, #5 Swing Pop. I chose the #2 Sunny Pop because I'm always a fan of red-orange color.

This is the applicator.

Nothing special, just usual applicator.

And this is the swatch on my hand:

And on my lips:

Pretty color, isn't it?! The color really pops out. Not as orange as I expected, though, but it will appear great if we apply concealer first.

That's all! Bye!

I actually wanna call this 'My Everyday Lip-make' but I realized I don't wear this everyday, I wear it often, but not everyday. Ain't nobody got time for that. Moreover, I wanna make the title more specific, so let's call it 'Gradient Lips', the famous term to describe this kind of lip makeup. This lip-make is really popular in Korea. Like any other makeup that comes from Korea, it creates a dolly and innocent look.

It is pretty simple. We only need these products to create gradient lips:

(From left to right)

1. Lip Balm 

I'm using Eos Lip Balm in Lemon Drop. Lip balm is really important because it prevents dryness. The lip tint, lip concealer, and lipstick (though the lipstick I used already moisture lips) can make your lips very dry and chapped. So, always use lip balm!

2. Lip Concealer 

It is actually nude lipstick, that has the same color as your skin. The one that I use here is Etude House Color Me Nude.

3. Lip Tint

I placed it wrong. Use lipstick first, and then lip tint. This lip tint absorbs to our lips and creates natural color on it. But beware, this kind of product can make lips dry faster. My favorite lip tint is the Color Pop #2 Sunny Pop from Etude House.

4. Lipstick

Yaaa, we all know lipstick. I use Maybelline Extreme Moisture Lipstick R41 Wine. 

As you can see, I choose bright lip colors. Those lip colors won't be used to all over our lips, just a tiny part of it, so don't worry it will appear soft.

Then, let's do this!

Step 1: Use lip balm

Step 2: Apply Lip Concealer and smooth it over. It will blur the outer lip-line.

Step 3: Apply lipstick on the inner part of lips, and smooth the lips. It gives a hint of pink.

Step 4: Make dots on the inner part of lips using lip tint. Pat the lips to make the color even.

Done!

You may add lip gloss for glossy lips, it also will diminish the appearance of lip cracks. 

That's all! Hope you like it.

Hi there! I announce you that I'm back to black! Black hair, I mean.

After more than a year having light brown hair, I've finally decided to dye my hair back to black.

Why?!

Because one day, my...umm...boss(?!)/supervisor(?!)...whoever he is...looked at me for such a long time, and then he approached me and said, "If you wanna go work again, dye your hair black, okay? Because the rule can't allow you to have orange hair."

At first, I thought I don't wanna be back to black haired. Never! Ever! But well, my ORANGE hair was really annoying since I couldn't achieve an even color. Dyed hair is hard to maintain *true story*. However, wait until the time comes, I'm gonna bleach my hair to blonde....at the salon. Hahahahahahaha.

This, what I used to dye my hair black: Syoss

Not hard to achieve black hair, but what happened to me is, again, uneven color. My tip is darker than my root. Sigh!

Kinda weird having black hair again. Everytime I wanna take a pic, I feel like I wanna be an emo. LOL! But glad makeup helps. I assure myself that I still can be kawaii with black hair, like Kurumi Nakada and Saki Sato from Harajuku Kawaii TV. Hahahahahahaha.

Black hair also means more chances to wear any color of lipstick. Yeah, with ORANGE hair, I usually stick to soft pink or soft orange lip color, because the hair itself already becomes a center of attention. Though I know these days 'crazy' makeup becomes a trend; crazy colorful hair, with bright lips, and bright blusher.

Anyway, black hair makes nude lip color looks cool. It seems so pale, but still cool, right?! It emphasizes dark and white: the hair color and the skin color. 

Or, wear red lipstick!

Tadaaa, more contrast I get! Black, White, and Red.

Which lip color suits me best?

Nude lips.

Or red lips?

When people see my selca or selfie pic, most of them will say, 'You look so Korean!'. No offense! But for me, I don't like being told like a Korean. Maybe because I'm not into Korean style. Yeah I know most of my makeup stuff comes from Korea. It's simply because Korean product has good quality and good price, and also easy to get here in Indonesia. But using Korean products doesn't mean I'm into Korean makeup style, right?! People should know that Chinese or Chinese-looking-girl who wears circle lens and eyeliner is not necessarily a Korean-craze. There are many many many styles outside Korea, like feizl, gyaru, visual kei, manba, etc. 

So, I'm gonna show how one of the makeup style existed in Korea looks like. This is the real Korean look.

Yap! As the title has said, this post will be about my attempt in being an ulzzang. Ulzzang means best face. It's derived from Korean, 'eoljjang', that also means best face. Best face is best face, so ulzzang is literally someone who has best or pretty face. They are famous because they upload their pretty picture to the internet, and many people see it and like it, and they become online celebrity.

I bet now there're so many people that are really really familiar with this term. I can see it from seeing how many ulzzangs wanna be on facebook. I've been knowing ulzzang since a long time, and I also ever had big interest into this. Even I have written an essay about it for my assignment. Hahahaha. I have some favorite ulzzangs too, like Park Tae Jun, Jungroo, Lee Jung Ha, Hong Young Gi. Yeah, I know they're kinda first or old generation ulzzangs. Pardon my.....age.

So, this ulzzang has their own style. Mostly, the style is about makeup. The trademark is the big eyes. Ulzzang usually wear circle lens that have big diameter so it will make their eyes look big and cute. Not only circle lens, ulzzang also plays much in eyeliner. 

Okay, I'm not gonna say a word anymore. This is 'attempt to achieve an ulzzang eye' step by step:

1.) Wear circle lens. I use Princess Mimi Almond that has 14.5 mm diameter. It also has black outer ring that can make big difference for eye. It will appear big and cute like a doll eye.

2.) Apply a bit of brown eyeshadow. It will help to enlarge the eye because it makes the illusion of bigger eyelid. But not too many please, ulzzang doesn't play much on eyeshadow. Natural eyes, but big!

3.) Just a look of the eyeshadow when I close my eye.

4.) Line the upper line with liquid eyeliner. Don't wing it, just make it longer following the eyeline.

5.) Time to line the bottom line. Line it until reaching the half of the eye. I use pencil eyeliner because it's easier to line the bottom line with that. After that, I define the line with liquid eyeliner.

Before finished.) Use white eyeliner or tear drop liner from the tear gland to the end of the black line. It emphasize the eye more and also make it looks bling bling but innocent, because it's kinda teardrops.

And..finished! I got my ulzzang eye.

Oh, apply mascara or natural fake lashes if necessary. For more ulzzang look, you can make the gradient lips. Just a bit of lip tint or lip stain to the lips.

Here it is, my ulzzang look.

But you cannot be an ulzzang without the pose.

The famous pose of ulzzang (my version):

1. Pouty face or duck face

2. Cute V or peace sign

3. Aegyo, or (trying to) look cute

4. And (awkward) hand pose