Make Up Books by Claire's

Hi, guys! I was window shopping on-line (as always) when I bumped into these super cute make up palettes by Claire's. And they reminded me so much of those high end packaging from famous brands like The Balm, Benefit, Too Faced and Urban Decay.

Now, we all know that the palettes from these brands have sky high prices so opted to go look for alternatives. Although I am also aware that these popular brands are sold at a particular price range for a reason— they are of good quality. But I was browsing through (one of my most favorite YouTube gurus) EmilyNoel83's channel and one of her videos called Surprisingly Awesome Make Up Products featured Claire's eyeshadows being nice and pigmented!

And this is a guru I truly admire and trust when it comes to reviews. Her opinions and her commentary about certain products even those that were sent to her for free are always so honest and sincere. I see that she doesn't praise these products just because they were freebies but she's always so specific about the hits and misses, pros and cons, and whatnots. I really love her!

So anyway, I am drifting. Here are the super cute palettes I originally wanted to talk about. They are called Make Up Books by Claire's and they are extremely cute and pretty! I really love the flip book, high end-ish quality that I see just looking at them in these photos:

More after the jump!

One Direction - Up All Night

I absolutely have no idea how to describe my musical preference. I usually don't listen to mainstream and it's not because I'm a poser, a hipster, or conformophobic in any way, it's just that I am more drawn into hearing obscure, haunting voices, and songs that I personally can relate to or understand and not just cause it's the current hit or it's always on the radio.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying this to sound cool or unique.

I do listen to pop, in fact, I consider them feel good songs!

And to prove that, I am here to tell you about my current favorite boy band called... ONE DIRECTION!

If you are to get the whole album, I can definitely assure you, it's worth it! :)

Up All Night (DOWNLOAD)

AppMazing: Carousel

I've been discovering a lot of really fun, efficient, and cheap apps these days. And I thought of sharing these amazing finds here in my blog from time to time.

Yesterday, I was going through random Instagram clients for my Mac and I found Carousel. Believe me or not, I love Instagram. I am always on it and I make sure I post at least 3 photos everyday of the things I eat, I buy, the scenery. It's a nice photoblog where in you have a dashboard to view the photos other people you follow post. I guess you can say it turned out to a social media tool for iOS users.

And they've recently announced that they are whipping up an Android version of the App so more people will have access to it! Hooray for my Android friends! ^^

So anyways, what I like about Carousel is the easy access feel to it as well as it's retro-ish interface. It's really nice! Give it a try if you are both Instagram and Mac user :)

CAROUSEL (DOWNLOAD)

Check out my previous AppMazing entry: TotalFinder

Series

I stopped watching 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, and My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho though.

The rest, I still watch religiously with my boyfriend (except Saturday Night Live)

I love watching series! Oh! My Will and Grace and That 70's Show complete series are in my external HD, by the way. Which reminds me to redownload As Told By Ginger because it's just an amazing show I never get tired of watching over and over! Hahahaha.

How 'bout you? What series do you watch? :)

Honolulu Academy Of Arts

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Will update the captions next time!

OTD: Art Museum

Disclaimer: I am not a fashion expert or anything close. Just thought of doing an Outfit Of The Day post to share what I wore today during the museum trip downtown that I had with my cousins:)

Boyfriend blazer (black) - LA Kitty

Floral top (royal blue) - Chicco

Rugged denim shorts - Levi's

Hobo bag - Nine West

Floral flats - Brash (although you can't actually see it in this photo)

LOL that's it. Hahahaha my fashion sense, if you can even consider it 'fashion', I would say is very laid-back and casual. I don't really like dressing up too much although I like pretty clothes hahaha:)

I'm comfortable and happy when I wear something I really like and not just because it's the current trend.

I'm no fashion forward but I like updating myself:) I also consider my body built when dressing up:)

P/S: Definitely posting more photos from the museum in my next post:)

She is MY rose.

To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think

that my rose looked just like you— the rose that belongs to me.

But in herself alone she's more important

than all the hundreds of you other roses:

because it is she that I have watered;

because it is she that I have put under the glass globe;

because it is for her that I've killed the caterpillars

(except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies);

because it is she that I have listed to, when she grumbled,

or boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing.

Because she is MY rose.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery