Valentine's Day.....

Happy Valentine's Day, Everybody!

In this pic are mostly the makeup products I'll be wearing today:

Eyes: Sleek Makeup Oh So Special Palette, Eylure Naturalites Lashes #101

Cheeks:  Lakmé Absolute Chromatic Baked Blush in Day Blushes. Review here

Lips: MAC Ruby Woo Lipstick. Review here

Nails: Colorbar Bloody Mary.Swatch here 

Perfume: Marc Jacobs DOT. Review here 

As for the outfit, I'll wear the River Island black lace dress with Primark faux fur coat or Forever New peach trench. I don't know, let's see later.

I'm not ashamed to say I am obsessed with a Justin Bieber song..... 

 

If you reached this point, there's nothing like you =)

♥ Cynthia Z *.*

Which Dress For Valentine's Day?

It began snowing again here, so anything sexy we wear on love day will be smothered with a boring coat we've worn a hundred times before =\

Still, we have to pick a nice dress and hope it'll be warm enough at the rendezvous venue so we can show it off. Below are my dress options:

River Island Wrap Back Lace Dress With Belt

Lipsy Ripple Bodycon Dress

L'Oreal Excellence Creme Goes PINK!

I've used L'Oreal Excellence Creme many many times, but this is the first time I'm seeing pink. So loverly.

I got it a couple weeks back, and have not had a chance use it yet. It's gonna be done before V-Day.

Shade: Natural Ash Blonde 8.1 

♥ Cynthia Z *.*

How I Conceal Pimples ~ Pictorial

IHaveABigAnnoyingPimpleThatIsProbablyGoingToScarArgh!!!

I hate pimples. I hate them. I never had them during my teens, but now it's every frickin' month! Adult acne, or just the side effects of being a beauty blogger who tries out almost everything? I believe it's the latter.

Possible Culprits:

• My new toner ~ L'Oreal Re-nourish Velvety Toner
• Wearing Garnier BB Cream & Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation together.
• Another reason I will share with you in another post.

NEW! Bourjois Fan-Tastic Volume Mascara ~ WOW!

They've done pink, now they're doing lavender. They've done curvy, now it's time for angular. That's Bourjois' mascara packaging for you. Doesn't that brush look like a hair brush? We're hoping it really will give us FAN-TASTIC lashes.

For now, we just know the mascara formula has silk extracts & the unique brush design will help fan out lashes. 

That's enough info, coz we're already sold!!!

♥ Cynthia Z *.*

Something 'Cheeky' For Valentine's Day

I love Valentine's Day! Even when I was younger & single and didn't have someone to celebrate it with, I didn't hate it. In fact, I'd still plan an outfit for the day, and if I weren't so broke, I would have bought myself a lot of gifts too. For me, and I'm sure for many other people, it means so much more than just a mushy mushy day for lovers. I like that I get to see & indulge in a whole lot of cuteness....PINKS....HEARTS.....STUFFED TOYS.....

I got myself these Primark Love To Lounge Cheeky fleece Pyjamas that are so warm & cosy

Yes, this is a random post about a pair of pyjamas (and socks!), but don't miss my point.

You don't need a lover to spoil & love you on Valentine's Day. Do it yourself! Buy or make yourself something cute & lovable. Get yourself flowers, bake pink cupcakes, go shoe shopping....do something nice for yourself.

If I were single:

First I'd go shopping....then I'd go for drinks with friends.....then I'd come home.... wear this set of pyjamas.... watch The Devil Wears Prada while eating a heart-shaped pastry that I got while shopping.... and smile at a single pink rose that I got for myself the day before.

Happy Valentine's Week! =) 

♥ Cynthia Z *.*

Veronica Lodge Inspired Makeup Look

Hello!

I'm sure you've known me forever, but I'll  introduce myself anyway. My name is Veronica Lodge. Daddy named me after Veronica Lake. Now MAC Cosmetics has named a makeup collection, Archies Girls, after me & my best friend Betty.

I love to shop. I love shoes. Ah, shoes! You can never have too many shoes! 

MAC Impassioned ~ Lipstick Of The Month!

When you're browsing the MAC website, is there a particular swatch from the wall of lipstick swatches that you always end up clicking?

For me, it has a-l-w-a-y-s been Impassioned. I think I've clicked on it, like, 30 times. So in September last year, before leaving New Delhi, I decided to get it & try out the attractive thing. But I didn't start using it until December! Now I'm wearing it at least twice a week. Mostly because all the warm clothes I have to wear in this weather are black, and I just want to brighten up something. 

Coming Soon! Can You Guess Who?

♥ Cynthia Z *.*

EOTD: A Touch Of Rose Gold

I used Product Of The Week: Sleek Oh So Special Palette. 

• Celebrate on outer half of lid & outer half of lower lash line
• Ribbon & Organza on inner half of lid
• The Mail in the crease & to blend edges
• Gateau on inner tear duct area
• Gift Basket on inner half of lower lash line
• Noir to line lash line & outer half of lower lash line
• Bow on brow bone.
• Boxed to fill in eyebrows
• Lakmé Eyeconic Kajal to tightline & on waterline.
• Max Factor 2000 Calorie Curved Brush Mascara on top & lower lashes 

Tip: If you don't have a rose gold eyeshadow, just mix a peachy-pink eyeshadow or blush with a gold eyeshadow.

Try Mixing: Lakmé  Chromatic Baked Blush in Day Blushes (photos here) & Maybelline Color Tattoo On And On Bronze (photos here) & a lil' bit of gold eyeshadow. You could also add a gold-ivory like Inglot Eyeshadow #30 shine (photos here).

Have a good week!

♥ Cynthia Z *.*

LOTD ~ Big Hair With Babyliss Volume Waves Tong

Do you have a dream hairstyle? One that you have always imagined yourself with, but have never been able to achieve it? Sometimes you're sooo close to it, then *BAM!* the stupid hairstylist trimmed it too much or burned part of it during rebonding; OR you ruined it yourself by doing something equally stupid- like, streaking with Fem Bleach or spontaneously giving yourself a "razor cut" with some puraana blunt scissors and you ended up with high-low hair (one side shorter than the other). And then it's only just a dream, again.

My dream hairstyle is a longer (on the sides), pouffier (at the roots), shinier, evenly colored (dark roots make them look flatter) version of what I have here. Dreamy, romantic, cascading waves.....like cashmere between his fingertips.....yeah yeah.

But a dream hairstyle is like everything else in life. If you want it, you have to make an effort and get it yourself!

So.... I got myself a curling iron. I've always wanted one! I had a hard time trying to decide between Babyliss Volume Waves Tong & TRESemme Salon Professional Volume Curls Tong . In the end, I went with my gut. By that, I mean I went with the more established hair styling tools brand.

Barrel Size- 38mm (1 and 1/2 half inch)

Plates- Nano Titanium Ceramic 

Heat Settings- 155°, 170°,185°, 200° C.

 

This was just a trial, and my 1st time using it. I will come back let you know if it makes me happy, how to use it, products etc, another time. But first impression was quite good, considering I didn't really make an effort. The curls started to flatten at night, but the waves & volume were still there the next day.

CUTEST Hand Creams!

An Ebay seller I got the Etude House Princess Etoinette products from sent me a card of her online store, and first things I saw were these hand creams that are so.... oh my bows, I can't even..... dizziness by cuteness!

Etude House Missing U 'Bee Happy' Hand Creams ~ How painfully cute are these?!!! They come in 4 types:

• Pink - Queen Bee
• Yellow-  Honey Bee
• Green -  Baby Bee [that honey baby bottle is just too funny!]
• Red - Ladybug 

Maybelline Brown Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner ~ Revisited

Brown eyeliner is my go-to product on "no-makeup-look" days. Like, when I'm only staying home and I don't want to wear makeup but I want my lash-less eyes to pop. I just tightline and smudge a brown pencil (always Bourjois Effet Smoky Pencil in Smoked Brown) on my waterline. It makes me feel better about staying in mismatched pyjamas & not wanting to brush my hair.

This is a my 2nd pot. I bought my first brown Maybelline Gel Liner from Malaysia during the time when I'd just started blogging. It is still there in our home in India, and I think it hasn't dried up completely.