Beauty 101: Mascara's wands

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful"

- Norman Vincent Peale

That quote really fits with this article. But in this case, Christmas is us and the magic wand is mascara's wand to make our lashes softer and more beautiful ;p

There're so many types of mascara's wand and believe it or not, each mascara's wand brings HUGE different result. Now, let's find out what type of wand do our lashes really need and did you use the right type? ;)

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Straight brush shape

I think this is the most common wand mascara shape out there. Almost every mascara had this type of wand. This wand very easy to use because you can use them the way you like to get the mascara on every lash. A thick straight brush with lots of bristles are great for people with bigger eyes and lots of eyelashes. As people with smaller eyes can try a thinner straight wand with more less bristles. The smaller the bristles the more control you have.

This straight wands give natural volume and length to our lashes and perfect for daily use.

Curved brush shape

As its name, this type of wand has curved shape, to make easier application and to get the product to every single lashes in one swipe. This curved shape is really good if you want curly lashes and extra lift. This shape is my favourite shape as my lashes are straight down and typical asian had this kind of lashes.

When you use it, make sure the curved side facing upwards so your lashes fit perfectly the wand. This will give maximum curling effect.

Heart brush shape

Heart brush shape or some sources also called it tapered brush is more like the same with straight brush but only it taper off to pointy tip. This will give more precision result and great for tiny lashes. With this brush shape, you can coat those tiny lashes at the corner of your lashes or bottom lashes.

This brush will give you more precise and polished look of lashes perfection!

Round brush shape

This unique mascara brush is relatively new to make-up industry. This shape is allow you to reach every single lash. Coating and defining every lash is super easy with this wand. But, the size of this brush, maybe it will take more time to coat your lashes. But, Hey, perfection needs time, right? ;)

Comb-like brush shape

This comb brush looks exactly like a comb for your lashes, only they're super tiny. Comb brush usually made from plastic or rubber. This type of brush is really great for those want more length and defined lashes. However, because the space between each bristles, this brush doesn't give much volume. This brush great if you already had naturally thick lashes but want more extra length. But on the bright side, no more clumping with this brush!

There you have it! Are you mastered mascara's wand yet? ;)

This article only covered basic shape of mascara's wand. With the make-up industry that keep growing and evolving, i'm sure there're will be unique wand coming up!

Share in the comment what your favourite mascara's wand? ;))

35 beauty tricks that a girl should know!

Hi, guys~~ I'm back with a tips post~~

Today's post is about beauty tricks!! I tried to find tricks that not mainstream!
This will be quite a long post, so grab your snack, sit back, and enjoy! ;DD

1. Long lasting blush

Tired of blush that melts down by midday? Try layering different formulas of blush! Use cream blush over your foundation and lightly dust powder blush over it. And enjoy your glowing look that lasts all day! ;)

2. Customize your own mascara

I know how hard it can be to get a perfect mascara! Mascara is totally our frenemies. So, to get that perfect mascara that you need, layer your mascara with 2 different functions of mascara instead of 1. For example, if you want a volumizing and curling mascara, but never found mascara that has that 2 functions, use volumizing mascara and layer with another mascara that had curling formula. Enjoy the benefits of both mascara!

3. Smudge that eyeline!!

Lining your eyes is kinda tricky. Lining your eyes with thick black liner can make you look older than you actually are. (and make you look like rockstar wanna-be or gothic girl! XD) so, try lining close your lash line and smudge the line for more subtle and natural look. Or, for a school appropriate look, use brown eyeliner.

4. Prime your lid

This extra step can change your life! (seriously!) Retouching eyeliner or eyeshadow can be troublesome and take times. Primer can make your eye makeup stays all day and make the colour more bright.

5. Blot your foundation

Cream and liquid foundation tends to had a lot of excess oil and make you look put too much make up than you actually are. After you put on your foundation, wait a few minutes and blot your face with a facial tissue. This step will remove the excess oil and liquid, make your foundation last longer and no more greasy make up!!

6. Use eye cream

Prep your eye area with eye cream can make your concealer apply smoother. This eye cream will makes your eye moisturized and prevent your concealer from creasing. Wait the eye cream to sink in before you put your usual make up. (this step really do wonder for me!)

7. Triangle on your face

Instead of traditional way of using concealer (half moon shape on your dark circles), try to put it on with triangle shape under your eyes! Blend it up to your lower lash line, inner corner of your eyes, and the triangle shape. This way, you conceal your dark circles, brighten your eyes, and highlighting your cheeks area in one step!

8. Reduce puffy eyes

Use raw, peeled potato, cutted in half and put it over your eyes for 10 minutes. The potato will cooling down your eyes and decreasing the puffiness. Cucumber will works as well!

9. Reduce cellulites

Notice cellulites start building up? Try using coffee grounds as body scrub! the caffeine will stimulate the skin cells and get rid of your dead skin.

10. Mayo for your hair

Did you know mayonnaise not only delicious to eat but also nutritious for your hair? Mask your hair with mayo for 20 minutes, rinse with cold water, and enjoy your healthy, smooth, conditioned hair! Just remember not to lick it while it stays on your hair! :p

11. The nightmare of glitter polish

Glitter nail polishes....so pretty but annoying when it comes to kick them off your nails!! Try soaking cotton ball in nail polish remover, place it on your nails, and wrap them with tin foils. Let them sit for 5 minutes and the polish will be gone with no traces!! Or even better, use peel-off base!

12. Rush that mani!

Tired of manicure that lasts for 1 minute? (oh, you know what i'm talking about! :p) Dip your nails in cold water after you paint them, wait for 3 minutes and your manicure will came out dry!!

13. Eye cream for cuticles

Got annoying cuticles but your favourite hand cream just ran out? use eye cream instead, this will work as amazing!

14. Blush naturally

Allow 2 fingers from your nose tip to your apple cheeks to start your blush. Blend it out to your temples for natural blush.

15. Balance your sparkles

If you going to rock out shimmering eye look, balance it out with matte lips. Not only it will brings balance to your look, this will also brings attention to your eyes, make them look brighter.

16. Sparks that lips!

Use shimmering lipgloss to the center of your lips instead of regular clear lipgloss. This will catch light to your lips, making them look pouty and kissable!

17. (fake) Crystal clear skin

Notice a pimple before your big day? Apply tea tree oil as soon you spot it and also before you makeup and use cleanser with salycilic acid.

18. Choosing red lipstick

Red lipstick is a gorgeous classic shade that never wears-off. Choosing a shade that matches your skin undertone. If you have warm undertone, find a shade with orange undertones. If you have cool undertones, a red shades with blue undertones will be amazing. 

19. Wear that red (lipstick)

If you afraid of that strong colour, Put it on and blot it off with facial tissue. This way, the red will appear more subtle and leave just a right amount of stain on your lips. Or try put it on your inner lips, the red will appear as soft rosy look and add dimension to your lips.

20. Exfoliate your skin

Exfoliating is a must for clearer skin. Just limit yourself to 2-3 times a week. For those with dry skin, i suggest to exfoliate once a week with a peeling gel.

21. SPF for lips

Find a chapstick or lipbalm that contain SPF. Sun rays also can burn your lips, make them lose its natural rosiness and turn them to black or darker.

22. Benefits of red lipstick

A right red lipstick will makes your complexion appears brighter, and light up your eyes, hair and your skin. As the wrong one, will makes you look like a old people.

23. Splurge your favourite item

Splurge on an item that important to you. If you love lip products, buy that YSL or Mac lipsticks that you desire. But remember to save on other beauty items.

24. Stop the smudge

If you tired of smudging pencil eyeliner and makes you look like a panda, apply matching shade of eyeshadow over your eyeliner. the eyeshadow will set the creaminess of your pencil eyeliner and prevent it from smudging.

25. Remove make up with lotion

Ran out your make up remover but didn't have time to buy a new one? Use your regular lotion instead! Not only it works wonder for waterproof mascara, you also removing your make up and moisturize in one simple step!

26. Customize your shade

Instead of buy all the lipstick's shades that exist on earth, try to customize one for yourself! try to mix your existing lipstick and you'll be surprise of how much shades that you can combine!

27. Nudy lips

Nude lips is beautiful and rock any make up look. Don't need to buy new lipstick just for this look! simply put foundation over your lips and finish it off with clear lipgloss. You'll have a beautiful natural shade of nude with money stays in your pocket.

28. Lip gloss on your cheeks

Use lipgloss as blusher can make your cheeks look natural and moisturized. Tinted lipbalm will works as well.

29. Lip gloss on your eyes

Finish your eye make up with clear lipgloss. This will makes your eyes looks moist and enchance the colours of your eyeshadow. Plus, this will draw attention to your eyes, make them look brighter.

30. Apply concealer after your foundation

I know, we're told that concealer should be under your foundation. But putting it on after your foundation will gives you more coverage and no more too much concealer! This way, you can save your favorite concealer and get the best of it. Remember to set it up with powder to prevent them from sliding off.

31. Photo-friendly make up

NEVER ever put a SPF product on your face if you're in photoshot (well, unless your photoshot is for halloween) SPF products will leave a white cast on your face, makes you look like someone just throw an ounce of powder to your face.

32. Photo-friendly make up II

Dimension is important when it comes to photo. Foundation can makes your face look flat. Highlighting not only will brings glow to your face but also will add dimension. Use a powder highlighter for photoshoot. Liquid highlighter will be too moist and makes your face look greasy in your photos.

33. Highlight!

Highlighting your inner corner of your eyes can make them look brighter. Use shimmering eyeshadow or tear liner. But if sparkling eyes look too much for everyday look, try to highlight them with concealer, this will create more natural highlight.

34. Before D-day

Never tweeze, shave or cut your hair a day before the D-day!! If something go wrong, you'll end up regretting it for the rest of your life! (OK, may be not for entire life, but you'll regret it anyway :p) If you want a new look for that big day, do that 3 weeks before will give you time to adjust it and fix it if something happen. 

35. SMILE!

Remember an ultimate beauty trick a girl can pull-off is smile!!

Phewww~ that's quite a lot, huh?? So, did you found a trick for your beauty problems? ;D Tell me your ultimate beauty trick in the comment!! 

Good luck and have fun! XOXO :3

8 skincare myths: the truth revealed!!

Hello, what's up girls~~~

So, today i'm going to share something that i'm sure some of you guys already known. But! did you actually know the truth behind it?~ ;)

I'm going to revealed the truth behind skincare myths that have been going around pretty much our lives. 

I'm sure you ever heard,"i don't need sunscreen anymore since i had SPF in my foundie" or "I need to change my skincare products routinely". But, do they actually true? Stay tune for the shocking reveal!! ;DD

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So, let's begin!

#1 You don't need sunscreen when it's cloudy 

You always need sunscreen!!! No matter what day, what year or what season it is, you NEED to apply sunscreen every single day! This is always something that every skin and beauty experts reminded us on and on, yet somebody out there still don't know the truth behind this myth. 

Sunlight has UVA and UVB rays. UVA contains 95% of ultraviolet and radiation that can reaches the earth's surface and can causing damage to our skin. UVA can pass through any clouds or glasses. UVA doesn't leave obvious effect like UVB does (like reddening or sunburn), UVA penetrate deep in our skin causing damage to our skin's DNA which lead to skin cancer or early aging.

So, remember girls, sunscreen will always be your best friend. ;) 

#2 Make-up with SPF in it can substitute my sunscreen

Ah~~ make-up with SPF in it, is like the best invention in make-up history. They're such a convenient and multipurpose product that just ah~mazing. But, honey, SPF in your make-up is just not enough to provide us quality protection. Adding SPF to a foundation can changes the consistency of the make-up, so make-up companies only using a little SPF. Unless you put an inch thick of foundie on your face, the SPF in it will never enough. So, always remember to put on sunscreen before your make-up or tinted moisturizer with SPF for more lightweight alternative.

#3 Pricey skincare products work best

It's just not the case. Many of drugstore brands are better than the high-end brands. I'm not saying you should suddenly become allergic of anything pricey, but that's not the way skincare works. There are many factors that actually affect whether a particular product work on you or not. Like your skin condition, your enviroment, the weather, climate in your country and so on. And, drugstore brand can had a better quality than high-end ones because of the strong competition. I personally prefer korean brands skincare since they are provide better quality for such low prices and so far they work wonder to my skin. There's no way to actually know whether a product works for you or not unless you actually try it! Just remember guys, pricier product doesn't guarantee a better result. 

#4 All-natural products always a safer option

There's actually no evidence that can prove natural products are more effective and safer for your skin. This is only something that people think that no chemical means better for you. Not all chemicals are harmful to our skin and not all-natural ingredients are safe. Robyn S. Gmyrek, MD, Director of Cosmetic Dermatology at ColumbiaDoctors Midtown, said that,"while naturally occuring ingredients aren't synthetically produced, they still can cause allergic reactions and be harmful." Also, natural products actually take more time to work, so if you want a quicker result, the chemical-based one may worth to try.

#5 You should change your skincare regularly since your skin gets used to it

This is so not true and funny at the same time! XD come on, we're not chameleon that can adapt to everything we touch. Spinaches don't stop being nutritious just because you eat them everyday. The reason that your skincare not as effective as you first used it just because your skin is already in better condition. If you want a boost for that special event, try using face masks or serum. Just keep maintaining your routine and your skin will thank you! 

#6 Oily and acne-prone skin shouldn't use moisturizer

Most of moisturisers these days had a lightweight formula, don't clog pores and cause acne. In fact, people with oily and acne-prone skin need to moisten up their skin since dry skin can cause excessive sebum produce that make your oily and acne even worse. Just find an oil-free moisturizer or gel and lotion type.

#7 If you had acne-prone skin, you should use products for acne

I know, it sounds weird, but read this first! If you had a bad case of acne (i mean, really bad!) than you should go for it. But, if you only had acne in couple of place and time, this might be make your acne worse. Products for acne is extremely drying, to heal up individual breakouts. This formula will over-dry your clean face area causing clogged pores and even worse acne. Go with your usual exfoliation, spot treatment, and moisturiser; your acne will heal up in no time!

#8 If your skin squeaky clean after you wash it, you doing it right

Wrong!! Nothing should be squeaky clean unless your window or your coffee table! If skin feels tight and squeaky after cleansing, this means your moisture and natural oil had been stripped during the process causing dry skin cell and breakouts. Find a gentle facial cleanser and not a soap!

OK, i think that's it, guys! Did you find the shocking truth? ;D I find quite a lot corrections to what i already believed about skincare products and quite shock about the truth behind it.

Remember, A flawless skin start from yourself! Never skip your skincare beauty and sunscreen and believe that beautiful crystal clear face is all about hardworking!

Good luck! ;)