Hanny's Random Ramblings

Monday, May 20, 2013

FOTD: The Easiest, Most Wearable Neutral Look EVER!

It’s funny where one receives the inspiration for FOTDs, but this is not the first time that I’ve done one based on a character from a TVB palace drama.

This time, I took a leaf out of Sheren Tang’s character in Beauty at War (or rather, War and Beauty 2 - 金枝欲孽贰) – Yue Fei (Concubine Yue).

(Image source here)

I loved her character in War and Beauty, where she was conniving and cunning, fighting for her survival in the Forbidden Palace. She’s more docile in the second season, and her character’s makeup is changed a little to reflect that .

(Image source here)

As you can see on the picture above, Yue Fei’s makeup is beautifully simple. It is pretty neutral with coral lips and cheeks. Inspired, I decided to come up with an FOTD which I will show you… now ^.^

Step 1: Apply a black eyeshadow onto the upper lashline.

Step 2: Pat your favorite brown eyeshadow onto the entire eyelid area.

Step 3: Highlight the area above your crease/socket-line. If you want to give the brown a little sheen, you can go over that area with the highlight color as well.

Step 4: Apply mascara to the upper lashline and lower lashline, remembering to line the upper lashline if you want a more concrete line. I kept the waterline and lower lashline clean to stay true to Yue Fei’s look. Define the brows.

[OOPS, I didn’t realize that I used the same picture for Steps 3 and 4, SORRY!]

Step 5: I mixed a pink blush with a peach one for the cheeks and used the only coral colored lipstick in my arsenal.

There, the look is complete! It’s a really simple look, but a very wearable one as well. It works for the office, dinner parties, family lunches/dinners etc. heh heh. Do tell me if it worked for you!

Products Used:

Eyes -

Inglot 322 Matte (Black) – Upper lashline
Inglot 363 Matte (Brown) – Eyelid
Inglot 395 Pearl (Highlight) – Area above crease/socket-line, mixed with Inglot 363 Matte.
In2It Felt tip liquid liner – Black
Maybelline Volum’Express the Magnum Cat Eyes mascara

Lips -

Dior Addict Extreme in Riviera.

Face -

Nars Sheer Glow in Barcelona
MAC Something Special Blushcreme
MAC Peaches Sheertone Blush

Saturday, May 18, 2013

PandaMay’s Day in the MUSA Office!

Heh heh heh I’m BAAACK!

Today my Owner decided to bring me to her Uni! As the Panda Ambassador from China, my duties include visiting foreign universities and giving their students a talk about myself and my homeland as well as how those pathetic humans can help with our plight with something called conservation. Didn’t know how that worked, but my Owner thought that it would be good of me to earn my keep once in awhile so I decided to do what she said… for once.

My Owner let me sit at the dashboard of her car, next to this funny little thing that dances in the sun. But… this morning was raining so it didn’t dance at all.

Here I am, in my Owner’s office while she sorted out my workstation. I wonder how many people would come to hear me speak?

Ah, as you can see, I was going to talk about China’s bamboo trade. I think Malaysia should import more Chinese bamboo – I’ve had the Malaysian stuff and it tastes horrible. My Owner is poor, so she couldn’t do anything but to give me the bad stuff. So, today I shall tell the future leaders of this nation to bring more tasty bamboo from my homeland so that all Panda Ambassadors in Malaysia won’t have to be tortured with inferior-quality food!

Wait… are those foxes making out?

(Oh, and I forgot, this Panda is so “badass” that she uses a computer with TWO SCREENS!)

OH NO! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING, WOMAN! UNHAND ME! I DEMAND YOU PUT ME DOWN AT ONCE! I HAVE A PRESENTATION TO FINISH!

WAIT! I AM AN AMBASSADOR! DO NOT PUT ME ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD AS IF I’M YOUR PLAYTHING! I WILL REPORT THIS TO THE GLOBAL DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY! CHINA WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!

Whew, after that horrendous ordeal, I managed to complete my presentation and rush to the 4th MUSC Meeting. Thank the heavens my Owner even managed to get me a bamboo-flavored frappe from Starbucks to calm my nerves!

It was a nervous experience chairing a meeting, those people out there are a tough crowd to please!

After my presentation, the meeting continued, talking about mundane issues that did not concern a Panda Ambassador at all. It was heart-wrenching to see that they did not care much about me at all, apart from the fact that I’m so heart-meltingly adorable.

So, I decided to hang on my owner’s laptop screen and watch the proceedings of the meeting after my section. My Owner told me that they were only students and could only voice out to higher authorities about their problems. It was all nonsense to me, of course, but I am a little glad that the kind MUSA President hinted that he would allocate a small amount of the budget for a small Chinese bamboo garden so that Panda Ambassadors that come to their university campus would not need to starve!

All in all, this was a rather good day. Alright, to the two ladies who I said was manhandling me, I’m sorry. I only said those mean things to uphold my… er… tough Panda Ambassador image. You can put me on top of your heads all you want!

Hah hah, I hope you all liked PandaMay’s adventures! She really had a full day filled with adoring new fans and friends, as well as a very enlightening day on how I suffer on a day to day basis!

However, I would have to say that as she is just a Panda cub, she doesn’t really know how the world really works and whatever she said here just happened in her head. If you are a student from my Uni, and want to know what really happened during MUSC meetings, please check out the minutes here.

(As if you didn’t know that whatever I wrote before the line break was just for a bit of a laugh, HAH HAH!)

Friday, May 17, 2013

Is It Really Perfect? Quick Review: Shiseido Senka Perfect Watery Oil

Shiseido’s drugstore line is finally here in Malaysia, yay!

I got this the very moment my copious amounts of Perfect Liquid finished, and I’ve been using this for a while now.

As a cleansing oil, I would say that it is a little more runny than the Perfect Liquid, which is very viscous. You will definitely need to use more product to clean off a full face of makeup than the former. I usually uses at least three pumps of the stuff for my everyday makeup – just because my mascara is waterproff, heh heh ^.^

Saying that, I would have to say that the Perfect Watery Oil does not leave a slightly greasy film on the face after cleaning off the makeup with this one. It leaves the skin feeling clean. Of course, one must always follow up with one’s normal cleanser to get EVERYTHING off, but if you’re in a pinch, it’s alright to skip the cleanser.

So, is this better than the Perfect Liquid? I would say it rolls down to preference. This comes in a bigger volume than its cousin, but said cousin requires less product to clean off the same amount of makeup.

This retails at RM 48ish in Watsons in Malaysia.

Pros: Non-greasy, affordable,

Cons: More product is needed to clean the face than the Perfect Liquid.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

FOTD: Bronzy and Beachy!

Ah, soon summer will be upon us, and all around us the cosmetics companies have been churning out summer collections faster than we can breathe. It seems though, year after year, these companies will definitely bring something bronze. It can be a bronzer, and eyeshadow… just something that is shiny and brown mixed with a little gold.

Well, my job today is to replicate this look, but as per HRR fashion, I’ll do it the other way. YEP. I’m so serious about it that I used italics hah hah. What do I mean, you ask? Here is my answer:

I shall be doing a FOTD that is bronzy on the lips and beachy on the eyes! ^.^

Step 1: Start out with a light layer of lipgloss sticky enough to hold some powder. Apply it liberally all around your lips.

Step 2: Gently pat a black eyeshadow over the lipgloss, making sure to get into all those little nooks and crannies of your lips. However, there WILL be areas where the eyeshadow will just slide off like the innermost parts of my lips as you can see – that can’t be helped Sad smile . Clean up the lines with a small, precise brush after your lips are totally black.

Step 3: Dab a yellowish orange eyeshadow onto the center of your lips. Due to the fact that the black I used had a little blue in it, the orange in the center turned a little green – giving it a little bronze effect going on. This will also give your lips a little more dimension.

Step 4: Apply a light peachy-beige color all over your eyelids.

Step 5: Apply a little sandy color at the outer 2/3 of the eye.

Step 6: Blend a shimmering orange halfway between the crease and your eye socket.

Step 7: Deepen the crease/socket-line area by blending in a burgundy color without using more black.

Step 8: Line your eyes haphazardly, smudging it if necessary.

Steps 9 and 10: Define your brows – I mixed a grey, brown and black to get this color so that my brows don’t get too washed up from all the black on the lips. Also, put on your favorite pair of eyelashes!

Step 11: I lightly bronzed the perimeter of my face and brushed any remaining bronzer onto my cheekbones for that “sun-kissed glow” and the FOTD is done!

So, what do you think? I kinda like this look, actually, heh heh. No, I will not wear it out to the beach soon, but it is a nice twist to what we’re normally used to, heh heh!