Back From Hiatus

Hi world. :) It's been a long time since I posted something, and just like before, I'm going to apologize for being MIA. I miss blogging, I really do. Sometimes I just don't have anything to talk about on here. I still come on here just to read people's blogs. :)

Alright, updates. Well, 2nd semester just ended. It went pretty well, got grades that are good enough. Thank God I don't have summer classes this time, so I'll be pretty much a bum this summer.

This post will be all about a fine dining event that our class had a couple of weeks back. This event is sort of a final requirement for one of our class. The event's motif was black and white with a touch of red. Below is a picture of what I wore. :)

After 2 years, I finally got to use the clutch that came in a set from Stila. It was actually a Christmas gift from Thiamere. :)

I kept the makeup simple, went for neutral eyes. As for the lips, I figured a lot will be sporting red lips because of the motif, so I chose to wear pink, I wore my favorite NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Addis Ababa.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading. :)

And also, if you have an Instagram, feel free to follow me. My username is cnchico. I'll follow you back as well. :)

Review: ELF Peachy Keen Blush

Happy Sunday everyone. How are you all doing? If you ask me, I'm doing great. Last Thursday was my birthday and it was awesome, spent it with my friends and family. I'm already 19, and it's amazing how time passed by so quickly. I remember when I posted my first blog post it was about my 17th birthday.

Enough talking, let's get to the main point of this post. As the title says, I'm going to be talking about the ELF Peachy Keen blush. I got this 2 months ago when I went to Manila for a very short vacation. I can't remember exactly how much I paid for it, but I'm pretty sure it was less than P250.

The packaging reminds me a lot of NARS blushes, except for the little window and the plastic packaging. Just like what I said before, I would much rather prefer ELF's packaging than NARS' rubber packaging. It also has a mirror inside which I think is useless because I find it too small.

I would describe it as peach blush with a gold sheen, if that even made sense. Anyway, I know I suck at describing the color, and swatch sucks too, sorry for that. I love how the blush just warms up my face and give off a certain glow when I wear it. It was the perfect summer blush for me. For the lasting power, it's about 3-4 hours, same as the blush from the blush/bronzer duo.

And this is how the blush look like on me, taken under natural lighting.

The blush is great for wearing alone or layering it with another blush. When I layer it with another blush, I usually use my MAC Fleur Power blush which is a satin, just to add some shimmer and glow. I highly recommend ELF Peachy Keen blush. :)

When boredom strikes..

Don't worry if I post random pictures of me here from time to time, it's not that I'm going crazy or anything, I just really want to share them with you. ;)

Have you ever felt like you're really bored, and then you just feel a sudden urge to play with makeup? Well, I kind of felt that tonight. I wanted to make myself not look like me. I don't know if that even made sense, but have fun with the pictures.







I know it doesn't look neat because I was just playing around awhile ago. Slapping all sorts of product on to my face.

Thanks for the time reading my post. :)

-Nicole <3

Untitled. :)

Hey everyone. Please don't mind the title, I just can't think of a good title that's why I decided to use that. I should be doing a speech for tomorrow's English class, but instead, I'm here doing a post. Bad girl Nikki. Well anyway, this is just going to be quick. ;)

Last night, I offered to do my friend's makeup for a party she's going to. She wanted me to teach her how to do her makeup, but I offered to do it anyway since I had nothing to do last night. She was wearing a red dress with black shoes. I decided to keep it simple since I don't want her to go over the top because it's not her party.











I just thought it would be nice to share with you my experience last night. I better go and start making my speech now. I hope you all have a safe week ahead. :)

- Nicole <3

Late as always. :)

Before anything else, I wanna greet you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I know I'm very late, but as they say 'Better late than never.' Again, I apologize for not posting for about a month. Truth is, I just don't have anything to write here. I know, lame excuse. Sorry.

To make up for my absence, I wanna show you all my collective haul. These are things that I bought online and in store, from a swap, and my Christmas gift from my elder brother.

And also, I wanna give a heads up to my Davao-based readers, L.A. Girl is now available in NCCC Mall. So we now have L.A. Colors and L.A. Girl. I tried out their lipsticks and I like it. It reminds me of the NYX Round Lipsticks, only cheaper and a tad better. :)

Thanks for reading. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. :)

-Nicole <3

Color madness. O_O

Ever since I started out my love for makeup, I have always wanted to get the 88 palette. Everyone knows it, and everyone has it. I wanted to get the 88 Matte palette but I find matte to be very boring sometimes. Then I wanted to get the 88 Shimmer palette but I don't like to have just shimmers. I also wanted to get the 88 Warm palette but I find it too neutral. I wanted to get a palette with a mix of matte, satin and shimmer. Lo and behold, the Avant Garde Palette from Dollface Cosmetics. My bestfriend bought me this as her Christmas present, this is why I love Christmas. ;)

It's very colorful, I'm in awe. It reminds me of my water color set back when I was younger. One shadow had a chip though, but it's okay because the color can be easily duped. I got it for P900 + 75 for shipping. I think it's reasonable. It was packed very well, tons and tons of bubble wrap. The seller, Ms. Pearl was also very accommodating. I'm very happy with this palette. I can't wait to start playing with it. :D

Christmas Present. :)

Hey everyone. Yesterday was happy day for me, it's because my grandpa bought me his Christmas gift. My laptop Fernando has been put to rest for a couple of months now, that's the reason why I haven't been blogging that much. My cousin just lets me borrow hers when I need to do something online. About a month ago, I asked my grandpa if I could get a new toy for Christmas and he said yes. I decided to get a netbook since it's small and I could easily bring it to school. As I'm making this post, I'm using my new netbook. Exciting. :D And of course, I named him already. His name is Rambo. ;) I have a thing for naming my toys.

That's it for my quick post. I can now officially start blogging again. Before I end this, I'm gonna leave you a photo of what I've been eating since yesterday.

Mango float, yum! :D

- Nicole <3