Fragrance post: Fresh - Citron de Vigne

How I love the scent of this when it dries down! It's like a mix of light lime. Kind of like the faint hint of lime in a Gin and Tonic!

The notes in this perfume is: Neroli, Bitter Orange, Pink Grapefruit, Pinot Noir Accord, Jasmine Tea Leaves, Lemongrass, Patchouli, Sandalwood, and Amber.

As you can see by just the list of the notes, it's a very crisp and fresh perfume!

Sadly, this perfume doesn't last very long on me! It goes for about 2-4 hours for me. But it's worth it just for the dried-down scent! Very light, refreshing sparking crisp scent! As if other perfumes who are heavier are like wine and this is like the champagne!

Go have a sniff of it after it dries down on you! Might not work for everyone as perfume is very hard to review.

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Pigment post: MAC Mutiny & Circa Plum

Look what I found in my swatch folders! I remember back in the day where people went crazy for these pigments.

Ignore the watermark I did as usual.

Light swatches (indoor)

These are in the old pigment jar before MAC resized them to the smaller jars. These are smooth and with zero fall out if you use a base underneath them. Also they're not chalky as some MAC pigments can turn chalky. These also don't have major fallout because MAC glitter pigments have a tendency to do that. But I always recommend using a base when working with pigments anyway. Once you have a base applied, most pigments should stay on.

Heavy swatches (indoor)

The colours are very similar for indoor and outdoor swatches so I didn't bother going outside for them. These are both limited edition and therefore are discontinued! I'm sorry for all these old swatches. I hope I didn't create any lemmings for you readers! Haha.

I promise my next post will be NEW. Hehe, I just thought I might as well throw in some old swatches I had to start off my blog while preparing for midterms :P

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Nail post: MAC Violet Fire

I dug up some old swatches I did before ... 2 years-ish to be exact.

This is MAC Violet Fire back from the Style Warriors collection in 2009.

Bottle picture (indoor):

Nail swatch (outdoor):

This is 3 thin coats of Violet Fire. No base or top coat.

In my opinion, it's a nice colour but you have to do it in thin coats because it's quite watery. Only this formula though because I've tried other MAC polishes and it's not usually watery; then again MAC is a hit or miss with their polishes. I didn't take a photo of it but in certain angles it will have a slight blue/cool-tone tinge (so it's a slight duochrome).

Ignore the Yushimi @ Specktra. Haha, I'm too lazy to fix the marking on the photos.

It's a polish you can skip on in my opinion. It wasn't a complete let down for me because I love purples. But if you have something similar then you can skip out and besides...it's 2011 now so I doubt anyone would want to pay the inflation prices for MAC discontinued items!

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Overdue update.

So I don't know if I'm going to restart this blog or remake using a new name.

But I have no where else to write this and Twitter limits me to 160words.

A lot has happened since my last post.

Company went down due to conflict of interests. Don't ask.
That affected the launch of my makeup brushes.

My health is horrible now because of an incident that happened in the summer of 2011.

I have been tempted to switch this blog over to a pure beauty blog and because of that, I am tempted to remake a blog under a new name to fits that purpose.

On a serious note why I want to start a beauty blog; I have so much makeup because I collect them like I collect stamps. Also because I am a makeup artist and a semi-retired model; I know tricks of the trades and just love giving advice.

I have SO many products I can review and to admit a secret, I have been reviewing products since the early 2000. It's just not here :)
I've stopped after I hit past 100 reviews because it had gotten to the point where I think there's too much drama to continue reviewing.

The bright side is that I may be coming back as a new blog here or remake a new one.
Of course, if I do remake a new blog, I will be posting the new blog's link to this blog as a new post.

Don't worry everyone, I have not forgotten about you all.

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EDIT: I guess I am coming back to this blog. I don't want to go through the hassle of figuring out how to get blogger to update posts to my Twitter haha! I will probably dig out some old swatches I did in the past and blog them here.

Blah Blah...Done Yet?

Yap yap yap...some people just don't know when to stop.

Don't get me wrong. I love listening to people and chatting but when you start being repetitive...we have a problem. I can stand around up to five repeats...once you pass that it just makes me want to hang up.

I know I talk or repeat some things at times too but even I know when to stop.

Please be considerate of other's ears. I'm here for you but not here to be abused.

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Grinding Books

*nom nom nom*

So if you haven't noticed already, school started again.
Yes, cramming and studying already.

I'm taking all Health Science courses this semester.

Going on to third year...ONLY a couple more years.
Which school? Simon Fraser University.

That is all.

I'll be reading all my textbooks, highlighting them and flagging important
pages.
I have two reports due already and 3 quizzes.
Ohhh how I love school. Nerd out!

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Chopstix Studio LAUNCHED!

Our business cards!

Heck yea! Chopstix Studio is opened! Our site it up! Go check it out!

The anticipation for this studio to launch seemed like it took forever! Owned by two females! Hayley Lam & I ;)

We're mainly focused on weddings but we can do just normal photoshoots if requested!

To keep it short, I'll be doing all the makeup part and Hayley will be doing the shoot. I'll help out how to pose etc. but we're both here to make the day SPECIAL and UNFORGETTABLE :)

Now it's time to get the word out about us!

I will not give up on this business. I'm determine to make this work even though my parents bashed it. I will prove them wrong.

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