Valentine Day-Look #2, Coach Coupon

*Let me start off by saying sorry for the bad quality pictures, I took them with my iPhone4 because I didn't have my camera with me. Aside from that; I hope you enjoy this post =]*

I decided to post a softer, more romantic valentine look in comparison to my last valentine look using the same techniques I showed you guys in my simple soft neutral smokey eye. You can look back to that post to see a picture showing you step by step instructions. The only difference in this post is that I used pinks and purples rather than browns and beige. Keep reading to see more pictures of the look and products I used on my entire face =]

P.S. Are you in love with Coach or are you searching for a V-day gift for your girlfriend? I included a $100 off promo code below!!! A little warning is that this coupon code might be a one-time use only so hurry and use the coupon before anyone else does LOL.

*CLICK to enlarge picture*

Simple Soft Neutral Smokey Eye For Hooded/Asian Eyes

Looking for a simple, easy, quick eye tutorial for hooded eyes? Well, hope this post helps =)

To get a more dramatic and intense look, simply use the same techniques and layer more colours on or use darker/more pigmented shadows. I only did one layer of each colour in the pictures below which makes this smokey eye very soft and wearable; even in the day time.

Keep reading for a detailed step by step tutorial =], ENJOY!

(CLOSED) My First Giveaway (100+ Members) =]

Hi everyone! =]

Sorry for being MIA for almost 2 months! My school schedule is seriously killing me with all the papers and tests and ever since I got my iPhone, I completely stopped using my computer. Therefore, I wasn't too motivated to blog but I'm pretty active on twitter so follow me and we can chat there instead =].

Now onto the giveaway, a few months back I have said that I will be hosting a mini giveaway end of August/beginning of September to thank all my 100+ members of my blog but as you can all see that it's ALREADY October so I wanted to host this giveaway asap before you girls come hunt me down =P. This is just a way to thank all of you for following my blog and leaving me the sweetest comments EVER!, So thankful that I have actually reached 125 followers, never thought this would be possible even thought I know 100+ may not seem a lot to a lot to some people but it is to ME!! So thank you all for sticking around even if I'm constantly MIA s2! Hope you like this mini giveaway, it's not a lot of prizes but most of them are my favourites from ELF =]. Enjoy and thanks for entering!

ThisIsAlx's First Giveaway!

- There will be two winners (prize packs are similar in value =])
- Must be at least 18 years old to enter or have parent's permission to give out your address if you win
- Open internationally
- Winners chosen randomly via random.org
- Giveaway opened until November 30th, 2011 at 11:59pm Eastern Time

WINNER #1

Prize #1 includes:
- ELF Studio Powder Brush (flat top)
- ELF Studio Angled Contour Brush
- ELF 32 Piece Eyeshadow Collection (included a picture of the colours inside the palette)
- ELF Studio Warm Bronzer
- ELF Studio Conditioning Lip Balm SPF 15 in Peaceful Pink

- ELF Studio Blush in Mellow Mauve
- ELF Dramatic False Lashes in black (comes with glue)
- ELF Mechanical Eye Curler

WINNER #2

Prize #2 includes:

- ELF Studio Blush in Candid Coral
- ELF Studio Complete Coverage Concealer in Light

- ELF Studio Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder

- ELF Studio Conditioning Lip Balm SPF15 in Peaceful Pink

- ELF Natural Lash Kit in Brown (comes with glue)

- ELF Brightening Eye Colour quad in Ivy
- ELF Mineral Lipstick in Natural Nymph
- ELF Eyeshadow Brush
- ELF Studio Stipple Brush 


RULES (Total of ONE comment only with all your entries and requirements): 
- Must be a member of http://thisisalx.blogspot.com publicly through Google Friend Connect (GFC)
- In the comment, please leave me with:
1) GFC Name
2) Email (so I can contact you if you win)
3) Comment on which prize set you would like to win, what you would like to see in future giveaways and what you would like to see more of in my blog =]

That's all you need to entered =], but if you want to increase your chances then add the following extra entries into the SAME comment (remember, I want a total of ONE comment only, it's less confusing that way)

*Will be disqualified if you don't follow these easy rules =P*

Extra entries:
4) Link my giveaway on your sidebar using my giveaway picture (+5), leave me a link to your blog
5) Make a blog post about my giveaway on your blog (+5), leave me a link to your blog post
6) Follow me (@ThisIsAlx) on twitter  (+2), leave me your twitter name
7) Tweet about my giveaway, must tag me (@ThisIsAlx), include this hashtag (#giveaway)  and a link to this giveaway. Example: "Enter @Thisisalx 's first #giveaway for a chance to win some ELF products! http://thisisalx.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-first-giveaway-100-members.html" (+3)

-Total possible points: 16

8) IF any one my 18 followers from my second blog (Thisisalx 2.0) is entering, they will automatically get an extra of 10 points!!! Just a thank you all for being so genuine and for listening to my rants on my technical problems that I was going though at that moment, that blog will be locked after this giveaway ends because the technical issues are kinda fixed now. I can finally stay with my this blog (http://thisisalx.blogspot.com)! =D

-Total possible points: 26

*All prizes were purchased with my own money at www.eyeslipsface.com, but I secretly wish they would sponsor me =P*

Let me know if you have any questions =]
Hope you all have a wonderful day!

**Alx**

Review: ELF Cream Eyeliner (requested)

Fine fine fine.. I'll post something!!.. even if I'm super mad at blogger for not showing my updates on dashboard for the LONGEST time!! a month or so already? T_T.. anyone else experiencing the same problem? How can I resolve this? A fellow blogger told me that I can't fix it =[, does that mean it will always stay like this? =`[...I'm totally unmotivated to blog =[

Moreover, I have to pick out my courses for next year and it's pain in the tush! because it's my last year and I can't mess this up! I need to make sure I have the right courses and the right amount of credits so I've been slacking off a WHOLE lot......But I am pretty active on Twitter. Follow me there if you want small little updates, giveaways, freebies, awesome sales like 60% off ELF, food posts, mini hauls and quick tips and tricks on how to beautify yourself. Tweet me and I'll make sure I follow back =].

Okay, lets move on with this post. Tiffo wanted to know how I liked the  ELF Cream Eyeliner when she saw it on my ELF haul here. Yes, it was a month ago!!!, I really am lazy, no? So here we go, read the captions below each picture for the Review =]

ELF Cream Eyeliner in Black, comes with a mini angled brush which I love!
Buy it here
$3 (but never checkout without a coupon code!)

*Ignore the other swatches, focus on the black liner please =P*

One layer of swatch, went on smoothly, dried quickly and it was very pigmented
Using the brush provided, you can easily line your eyes as well as tight lining you upper lash lines
With an eye primer, this eyeliner will stay better but still smudging a little
Without an eye primer, this eyeliner will smudge like no other, you will end up with a raccoon eye

*Sorry about the bad photo quality, I took it with the front camera of my phone*
After 5 hours: oily eye lids, hot and humid weather
The line is already less pigmented, needs touch ups if you want a sharp and define line
However, if you want a more natural and softer look then this eyeliner would be great because throughout the day, it will get less intense
*Wearing L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black on upper lashes only*

With a primer: I used ELF's $1 eyelid primer, maybe it will stay even better if I used a better primer?
Hope you can see a small amount of smudging on the lower outer corner of my eye, not too visible but it's there.

Without a primer: Yes, I went to school with one eye primed and not the other, came home having one raccoon eye =P
You can clearly see how badly smudged this cream eyeliner is without a primer! So make sure to use a primer of any kind! Even the $1 ELF eyelid primer helped a whole lot =].

Overall,
PROS:
- The formula of the liner is very pigmented, and creamy therefore making the application super easy
- The brush that it came with is very soft to the touch but stiff enough to perfect a line of any thickness (maybe not a super thin line but still loveable to use it to tight line)
- Can easily do a winged eye-look
- Can easily reverse a mistake by wiping it because the staying power is not that good
- Affordable and suitable for beginners
- Would repurchase it just because it's so user friendly, inexpensive and works fine with a primer
CONS:
- Does not stay long
- Easily smudged
- Cute but over packaged product
- Brush is very short and tiny, can't be easily found in my makeup bag

Has anyone else tried this cream liner before? How do you like it? Any inexpensive primer alternatives (I just ordered their mineral eyeshadow primer which I heard is a dupe to the urban decay primer potion)?




Hope my problems gets resolved quickly or else you all might not see me smile anymore =[




**Alx**

Mini Collective Haul: E.L.F, BeautyBlender, NYX, and Makeupgeek store

Sorry, I haven't been too active lately, June is full of essays/midterms PLUS, I don't have my camera with me but luckily I remember I made a couple purchases before that I haven't shared with you guys yet and that I have already taken some pictures of them!! =] So this will do =]...

*****I bought stuff from E.L.F. and from Marlena's Makeupgeek Store with my own money******

Let me start with ELF and then I'll move on to the things I bought from Marlena (Youtuber), I only got 3 things.

Everything came inside this ELF plastic bag. Surprisingly my package came really fast, took about 2 weeks instead of 1 month!! =] and they didn't charge me extra custom fees like my previous order maybe because I only bought a few things this time instead of the $100 I spent last time. One con was that they left out one item from my list because they sold out and they didn't adjust my bill =[. But it's okay it's only $3 and it was probably one of the free items because I had a coupon code for 5 free eye and lip Studio Products when you spend $25 or more.
-Everything shown on the picture below are priced as follow:
- Regular Line = $1
- Studio Line = $3
-Studio Line 32- E/S palette = $5-Shipping fees varies by country
- But never buy ELF without a coupon code because there's always one!

Out of the bag in their packaging, missing the 32-eyeshadow Palette: Everyday Basic

Out of the package, note the false lashes are brown! because they ran out of black and I really wanted to try some lashes. These are my first ones ever.

From left to right, top to bottom
-Studio Line Blush: Peachy Keen, Candid Coral, Mellow Mauve
-Studio Line Complexion Brush, Regular Line Eyeshadow brush, Studio Line: Cream Eyeliner in Black, Single E/S in Saddle and Butter Cream and Regular Line Lucious Liquid Lipstick in Baby Lips
-Natural Lash Kit in Brown
- Studio Line: Conditioning Lip Balm SPF 15 in Nice and Natural and they left out my Peaceful Pink =[

Bad picture with flash: But you can see the blushes better =]First impression is that the blushes look sooo similar in real life, eye shadows are not pigmented, eyesadow brush seems stiff, liquid lipstick has so little product. But definitely loving the complexion brush, cream eye liner and the super pigmented conditioning lip balm s2

$5.00 USD
32 Eyeshadow Palette in Everyday Basics

With Flash

A sample swatch of some shadows with no primer underneath. There are not that pigmented but still great to play around with as a beginner so I don't over load my brush with pigmented shadow that I can't reverse! and this entire palette is only $5! I think it's totally worth it.

ELF: Subtotal was $25 USD and after shipping and handling my total came to $35 CAN =]

Will be doing more in depth review/swatch/pictures after I have tried them for a while (might take long since I rarely use makeup specially eye makeup =P)

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Now on to Makeupgeek's Store =]. I got a great deal because she has good prizes in comparison to the official retailers. For example, I bought two BeautyBlender sponges for $22.99 USD (but now it cost $23.99 ><) in comparison to $25.99 USD at sephora.com

2 BeautyBlender, NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (matte white) and Makeupgeek bent eyeliner brush (dislike it, can't deliver a thin line)

$22.99 but now selling for $23.99
-2 BeautyBlender, comes with a sample of their cleanser which I have not tried yet but I love the beautyblender and I seriously use this every single day and stopped using all my foundation brushes. Can turn your cakey powder foundation into a dewy silky foundation that still delivers coverage s2

$3.49 USD
-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (Matte white, love to use this to highlight my brow bone and tear duct).
Pigmented, very creamy and blendable

Picture taken from www.makeupgeek.com
$3.49 USD
Don't quite like this yet because I can't get a thin line with this brush but will still use this, maybe with an dark eye shadow to create a thicker softer line for a natural look?

 

Is that a spelling mistake? or is that the actual name? Idk

My purchase at Makeupgeek came to a total of around $35 shipping included (No tax!) and shipping came really fast around 1-2 weeks


Alright that's my mini haul from last month =].. Let me know if you've tried anything you see here, did you like it? hate it? or do you want anything you see but haven't got the chance to purchase it? Comment below and hope you all are having a nicee weekend, I know I am and Jessy totally made my day^^. Will update you guys soon on why I'm so happy!!! Talk to you girls soon =]







**Alx**