Pink and Undecided: January 2018

Complete Your Day with Shinzui Ume Body Mist

Hello girlsss!

How's everybody doin'?

Like my blog's name suggested, i am obsessed with the color pink (and anything kawaii) so imagine my excitement when i was invited (along with some of my beauty blogger/influencer friends) by Shinzui Ume last Saturday, January 20th 2018 for their blogger's gathering "Complete Your Day” because : one, it was held in One Pose Cafe, the CUTEST cafe in town with countless number of hug-able Teddy Bears and two, the dress code was pink and white, time to bring out all the girlieness out ^^!

That huge smile is a testament of how happy i was that day to be surrounded by all the kawaii-ness, which strongly includes these Shinzui Ume Body Mist, of course...

Shinzui Ume Body Mist having their event in One Pose is like a match made in heaven, if you're a fan of anything pastel and kawaii, you'd totally agree with me ^^.

My OOTD for the event, head to toe in pink and white, ofc

With some of my girlies, Teph-Claresta-Bella-yours truly-Gita and Angel ^^

The event was opened by two hilarious MC and followed by welcome speech and product presentation by Shinzui Ume's Brand Manager :

You must have caught glimpses of them in the photos above, but here they are in close up!

Shinzui Ume Body Mist, L-R : Hatsune, Keiko, Iseiya and Ayumi

I mean... How cuuuttteeee are theyyy????? Kawaii to the maxxxx, i would say that those are the cutest body mist packaging (and better news yet : they are very affordable!) i have so far!

Not only super cute, but they also (obviously) smell really good! Each Ume Body Mist girl represents different personalities (which is super unique and fun coz we all have different personalities so it's super cool that Ume Body Mist has different scents for different personalities too!) with different scent and characteristics too.

Hatsune (the green one) wants you to show your creativity, and it has pineapple, peach, pear, apricot rose and orchid in their perfume's spectrum.

Keiko (the purple one) wants you to show your charm, it has lavender, wood, geranium, peony and rose in their perfume's spectrum.

Iseiya (the red one) wants you to express your style with citrus, bergamot, cassis, jasmine and vanilla in their perfume spectrum.

Ayumi (the pink one) wants you to show your beauty with plum, white berries and white lily as their perfume spectrum.

Can you guess which one is my favorite? I actually like all four Ume Body Mist! But my personal fave is Keiko as it is soft, light, elegant but also fresh!

Btw, back to the event : next on the schedule is a talkshow with their special guest Stefani Gabriela who gave us some pointers on how to be an all in one beauty influencer

With Stefani Gabriela

During the event we were also spoiled with food, from appetizer to main to dessert, there's just not enough time for us to be hungry :D!

Not only talk show, Shinzui Ume also had another fun acitivity for us : DIY ing clutch to hold our Ume Body Mist!

The MCs and the DIY master ^^

It was the first time for me and it was a lot of fun!

All the ladies engrossed in making and decorating our very own clutches!

It was a real fun, kawaii-infused day :D! Thank you Shinzui Ume for having us ^^!

Don't forget to follow Shinzui Ume's Instagram @shinzuiume_id and like their Facebook Page Shinzui Ume Indonesia to learn more tips and tricks on how to take care of your appearance ^^.

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Lip Talk 31 : Odessa Cosmetics Lip Matte Cream (SPONSORED)

beauty

Hello hello!!!

So this post should be up a while ago but... Life has been crazy, you know? And i am still down with a horrible case of flu FML. Alas, i was determined to make this post happen before January ends at least :))

Like i promised in my last Lip Talk series, i have a full review of Odessa Lip Cream Matte (to learn more about Odessa Cosmetics, you can check out my Odessa Cosmetics Matte Lipstick review) to share with y'all :

Odessa Cosmetics Lip Matte Cream

I think it's no secret that i didn't use to like matte lip creams at all, and i still prefer regular lipsticks in a bullet in general - BUT after trying out so many matte lip creams (they're such a hype in the last couple of years it's impossible to escape them!), i am warming out to them and i know now what i like and dislike from them. There are formulas that i can tolerate,then there are also formulas that makes me want to stay far far away from them *LOL* - and after wearing Odessa's Lip Matte Cream a LOT in the past month i can safely say that i really LIKE them a LOT!

At the moment Odessa has five shades in their Lip Matte Cream line, two are in the pinky family, one nude and two reds

As usual, let's talk packaging first :

Odessa Cosmetics Lip Matte Cream comes in a white box with a little window to see the shade that you have inside

Even though boxes are very extra and not exactly necessary, i still can't help but like products that comes with boxes because it just feels more luxurious (even though they are actually very affordable, like this one!). I also really like the melted lip cream design on the box, reminding us to that international brand by the reality show star once again haha

Each tube contains 4g worth of product. In the box you can also find information of the shade

And there's also this little sticker to indicate the shade's number and name

Yeah, again, agree with the claims mostly!

Ingredient list

The product itself is housed in a simple transparent plastic tube (in which you can see the shade easily) with a black top. Very simple but nice enough

Before we talk in detail about the lippies, here are the swatches first:

L-R : Pink Up Line, Mauvely in Love, Bare Bear, EnamouRed, Always Red You

Also let me tell you first how much i appreciate those creative, cheeky names! They are not playin', y'all!

I hear ya Odessa Cosmetics, and i like what i hear!

The wand is medium length and it has a slanted applicator, it's pretty easy to use and manouver with

So from the five shades that they have, three are soft, lighter shades and two are loud, bright reds. I find the consistency of the three lighter ones slightly differ from the two reds somehow.

So Pink Me Up, Mauvely in Love and Bare Bear are all lighter in consistency, they are creamy but neither too thick nor runny - this is the consistency that i like because application is a breeze, it's pretty impossible to mess up and they are all very very comfortable for me. I really don't like super dry, dead matte lip mattes that grabs to your lips and hugs it tightly, Odessa Lip Matte Cream (especially these three lighter shades) sits comfortably on my lips without drying it out or making me feel like my lips are getting crunchy as time passed *LOL*. I also am not usually a fan of light pink lippies (i love fuchsia and neons) or nudes, but all three from Odessa are very pretty and wearable! I kept on reaching out to them on a daily basis lately.

As for EnamouRed and Always Red You for some reasons mine have slightly different consistency than the other three. The two reds are much thicker, making application a tad harder and the end result a little bit patchy. But it can be fixed with a second layer. Thankfully a second layer won't shift, crack, or leave bald patches (this happens sometimes with thicker consistency lip creams). The two reds are really gorgeous though so all of their shortcomings are forgiven :p.

Other than that, all five lip creams are quite consistent. They are all very pigmented, smell pleasant (for me, this is depending on taste and preference okay. They all have artificial cake scent, probably vanilla, and i love cake/fruit scents on my lippies), last very very long but not transfer proof so after a heavy meal you'd have to reapply, they stain a lot (this is a plus for me but might be a minus for some of you) especially the reds and they are very comfortable (due to the consistency, the reds feel more heavy but still quite comfortable for me) to wear for even long hours. I never have any problem with dry lips after using them. They have velvet matte finish so definitely not dead matte (this is probably why they are so comfortable), so if you're a fan of dead matte - they are probably not for you, but if you want a comfortable soft matte and don't mind that they transfer, they're a must have.

Let's get a closer look at the colors :

OMC901 Pink Up Line

Pink Me Up looks almost nude pink on the tube but translate to a beautiful light pink shade on my naturally pale pink lips. This is a very sweet shade that is highly wearable because it's not too Barbie-ish

I like Pink Up Line a lot despite the fact that i don't really like wearing pink lipsticks, but this one is very wearable and easy to pair with any eye makeup and clothing

OMC902 Mauvely in Love

Although it's called mauve, i personally think that it looks more dusty pink with a hint of salmon in real life (in this pic it does look a little purplish)

Mauvely in Love is even more wearable than Pink Up Line, most light pinks usually wash me out but this one makes me look fresh and lively even when i wear very little other makeup

OMC903 Bare Bear

Bare Bear is a beautiful nude shade, looks almost greige on the tube but on the lips it's translates into a MLBB kind of shade for me

I usually have a pretty hard time finding nude shades that works for my complexion (most of them makes me look dead...) but Bare Bear is gorgeous and i would even say that it's one of my favorite nude shade lippies so far!

OMC904 EnamouRed

EnamouRed is a universally flattering red shade which has a pink undertone. Like i mentioned earlier, the reds are harder to apply and it bleeds a bit in the lip swatch >.<

But color wise, EnamouRed is probably my fave (followed strongly by Bare Bear) because it's the type of red that makes you look super polished even when you're wearing very minimal makeup

OMG905 Always Red You

Always Red You is very similar to EnamouRed (in the tubes they look pretty much identical) except that Always Red You is more Orange toned. This one also bleeds a bit because the reds are a bit hard to control

I quite like Always Red You but i still prefer EnamouRed and since they're so similar, i don't think you need to have both in your collection

Color wise, they are all very pretty but the pinks are very similar to each other and so are the reds, so maybe if you don't want to buy too many of them, you can pick one from each color family. I really like these lip creams so i do hope that Odessa would sooner come up with more shades (maybe purples and browns? That'd be awesomeeee).

Odessa Cosmetics Lip Matte Cream retails for IDR 50.000 each, which is a very good price point and you can find the closest counter in their Where to Find Eternally Beauty section.

If you are looking for gorgeous, basic colored, comfortable and affordable lip creams, i would highly suggest you to check Odessa Cosmetics Lip Matte Cream out. I would not recommend this if you want a dead matte, transferproof lip creams or are looking for more daring shades.

I personally love my experience with Odessa Cosmetics so far and i can't wait for them to come out with more products!

Thank you Odessa and Surabaya Beauty Blogger for the chance to try out these awesome lippies!

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December Movies

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Hallooowwww...

How ya doin' peeps? Better than me i hope... I've been getting a barrage of sickness since last week, it started with a bad case of allergic (in all my teenage and adult life i didn't use to be allergic to anything but dusts, but now i'm well into my adulthood, i suddenly developed quite a bad allergic reactions to some fish and other *unknown* stuffs WTF, i seriously have no idea why! This happens suddenly too, just started a few months ago!), continued with a bad (BAD) case of stomach infections, i also got vertigo attacks followed with a bad sorethroat and ended (HOPEFULLY!) with a BAD case of flu now! LOLOLOL, i got enough disease to last me a year so i hope i will be super healthy for the remainder of 2018 hahaha!

Alright, let's get on with December movies review ^^!

1. Coco

FYI, i am super into cultural things, and i am also into something slightly morbid. So the combination of the two always intrigued me. Us in the East (especially for Chinese) has what we called Hungry Ghost Festival (if you don't know about this and want to learn more about it, i actually wrote a post about Hungry Ghost Festival once, you can read it there!) and the Mexicans have Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, which is the background of this movie.

Miguel comes from a humble (but pretty successful in their field) shoe-making family and they have a weird generations-old ban on music. His grandma's daddy (Miguel's great grandpa) was a musician who left his family for his music one day and never returned, the family decides that they will never let music enter their lives and their hearts again-but Miguel dreams of becoming a successful musician, like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. One thing lead to another and Miguel finds himself in Land of the Dead by accident, where he meets various characters, including the trickster Hector and together they set off to an adventure to find Miguel's grandfather to give him his blessing so that he could go back to the land of the living.

Now, although i am super intrigued with Dia de los Muertos itself, i wasn't particularly interested to watch Coco judging from the trailer. I watched another animated movie with similar background before, i think it was The Book of Life - and i wasn't impressed. But Coco totally impressed me! It's such a lovely, funny, heartwarming story and it made me cry like a baby. Family always comes first! Highly, highly recommended!

2. Murder on the Orient Express

I am a huge fan of Agatha Christie since i was little (yes, i was a strange kid. And a huge bookworm. I read heavy novels since very very young, Agatha Christie novels are my book of choice since kindergarten years), and i am very familiar with her weird, unlikely hero : Hercule Poirot (although i didn't really know how to pronounce his name back then) so i was quite interested when i heard they are making a movie out of one Hercule's most iconic story. Honestly when i first heard about the movie, i didn't realize right away that it's based on Agatha Christie's book and hunny was the one who wanted to watch it, but once i knew it was... I knew right away that i would enjoy it and hunny would fall asleep *LOLOLOL*. And i am right :)).

So, Hercule Poirot, the best detective in the world (i think he is definitely autistic or something. Definitely OCD. Not sure such diagnostic are available in his era tho) can never find himself time to relax, even when he is trying his best to have a vacation. Next thing he knew, he is boarding on the Orient Express because he is needed for an investigation. Little that he knew that he's going to face one of the hardest (if not THE hardest) case in his career right on that very train. A passenger is killed while the train accidentally gets stopped due to a small avalanche and he must find the killer and explain the motif before the train starts working again.

If you are a fan of Agatha Christie's books like me, then you'd know that her genre is crime drama, which means the movie would also be a crime drama (strong emphasize on the drama, i mean... With Hercule Poirot with his dramatic flairs... ) meaning there'd be a lot more dialogue, puzzle solving and mysteries than action. If you are looking for a popcorn, fast paced typed of movie : this ain't it. Even i get a little bit sleepy at times-but as a whole, i still very much enjoy it. Hunny claims to enjoy it too (even though he def fell asleep a few times during the movie *LOL*) but this is very much of a love it or hate it movie. I know people who thinks that this movie is boring AF, but there are also people who praise the movie the heavens. I am neither one of these two opposites tho, as i do like it but i also wouldn't be recommending it to everybody. Just to Agatha Christie/Hercule Poirot fans and or crime drama lovers.

3. Star Wars : Episode VII - The Last Jedi

Okay so i said this many times (two times actually) before that i am not a fan of Star Wars and i know nothing about it before other than Luke Skywalker, Darth Vadder, Master Yoda and Chewbacca - and i am only familiar with their names, period. I only started watching since The Force Awakens and i had to nag my son about who is who throughout the movie. I liked The Force Awaken, but then my image of Star Wars was destroyed by Rouge One *LOL* i was completely at loss throughout the movie so i had a mixed feeling going into The Last Jedi.

Luke Skywalker has been exiling himself for many many years, and his solitary, peaceful existence (coz you can hardly call it life) is completely disturbed by the appearance of Rey, a young woman with a strong signs of the Force and even stronger head. She won't leave him alone before he agrees to help the resistance or at least, to train her to be a Jedi - which Luke is adamant not to do due to a traumatic event with his nephew (now known as Kylo Ren alias the current enemy), but soon he realizes that he might not have a choice.

As someone who's knows nothing about Star Wars, i personally don't mind The Last Jedi. Is it very very good? Errr, i don't think so. I think The Force Awaken was a lot more entertaining. Was it horrible? No, ofc not, it's pretty nice. And i LOVE those porgs! I can't say anything to Star Wars fan ofc (i heard there are two strong opinions regarding this movie? I could be wrong), but if you're a civilian like me, it's not a must watch but it's not an entirely horrible way to spend your time either.

4. Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle

I grew up in the 90s, meaning when the original Jumanji came out, i was a kid myself (in case you don't know, i am younger than Kristen Dunst) - and like other kids of 90s, i LOVED Jumanji. It's probably one of the best movies of my childhood (i think my ultimate fave is Casper tho), and it leaves a strong mark. This is why the new Jumanji has a huge shoe to fill for us, and it's proven to be a pretty hard deal to do so. Kids who are born in the mid 90s to 2000s might not be as familiar with the original Jumanji and they love this new one, but for old skoolers like us... It can never replace the original. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad - on the contrary, it's very good and highly entertaining but personally i find it doesn't even compare to the original (probably biased too). I am glad they come up with an entirely different story line tho!

The movie opens in 1996, when the Jumanji board game is found and given to Alex Vreeke, but he claims that board games are boring and somehow, the game transformed into a video game cartrige, which Alex found the next day, proceed on playing and ofc - got sucked into the game. Fast forward to present time (when Alex Vreeke is well known as the teenage who disappeared), four high school students on detention find the same old video game and they began playing - they are more than just a little surprised when they got sucked into the game and turn into the avatar that they chose at the beginning. They soon realize that the only way to play is to survive the game, and that they have to finish the game to get back to their real lives.

Jumanji movies are always loud to say the least, Welcome to the Jungle is nothing like the original and it doesn't try to be as it is very different. It's a very fun movie, i actually would highly recommend this for a nice laugh and a good time, it's just that for me, the original would probably always be the best, but i can appreciate a good reboot when i see one. Plus, The Rock can always make any movie good in my opinion, he's crazy and hilarious, i just love him! And i can finally understand a little bit why girls love Nick Jonas so much *LOL*.

And those are the movies i watched in December, not much but all pretty good! Did you watch and enjoy any of those too?

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Eye Stories 14 : Absolute New York Eye Artiste Eyeshadow (in Moss, Mystique and Sugar Plum)

beauty

Heyyylllooo ^^!

2018 has proven to be a little more productive already for me compared to the last months of 2017, i am literally patting myself on the back as i type this *LOL*.

Anyway, i have been blogging here for 5 years but there are still firsts :)), because i think (mind you, i have over 1000 posts by now) i've never reviewed single eye shadows before so this is a first indeed!

You might already know that Surabaya Beauty Bloggers hold our very own Soirees practically every month now, the first one was back in November and one of the sponsors is Absolute New York.

Absolute New York is a brand that had caught my attention ever since they arrived in Indonesia (just last year, i believe). I was very excited when they finally opened their first store in Surabaya (in Ciputra World Mall, but they also have a counter in SOGO Pakuwon Mall) but sadly, i couldn't attend their opening because it clashed with my trip schedule to South Korea last November.

I've been dying to try out their super interesting looking collections and i felt like crying a little because i missed the chance to do so back in November, so i was super excited because now (thanks to the Soiree) i finally get the chance to get my hands on some of their products. Quite a few, actually - i also have a few of their lip products but i will be reviewing them in a different post because today's post is dedicated to Absolute New York Eye Artiste single eye shadows ^^.

I currently have 3 ANY's Eye Artists

According to their website, they have 14 shades in this collection but sadly when we went to their studio (they were kind enough to let us choose the shade we wanted) the shades available were very limited (the one shade that i was really interested in was Pixie Dust :(... It looks exactly like the shade that i would get a LOT of wear of and i think i can also use it as a highlighter), so i picked the more interesting shades that i could find from what was available.

I have one matte (actually it's only sort of matte) shade called Mystique and two metallic ones called Sugar Plum and Moss. Accidentally picked two from purple family and this was before i even know that Pantone's color of the year 2018 is Ultraviolet! I've always been good at things like this tho *smug*, it's like i'm almost psychic when it comes to beauty and fashion trends sometimes hahaha

Let's talk about the only matte shade first :

Absolute New York Eye Artiste in AEAS16 Mystique
All Eye Artistes come in a black cardboard box with white lettering and a window so you can see the shade inside

You can find the shade's name on the top and bottom of the box

I love how the box's sleeves are color coded according to the product inside, it's little touch like that which shows you that it's a serious, professional brand

Ingredient list

The product itself is housed in a square black casing with transparent window

With the shade's name on the back. Each pan contains 2.25g worth of product

So with naked eyes Mystique looks like a very dark purple and it looks matte, but when i took the close up pic under my very bright light - you can see that it actually has tiny, micro shimmer in them. When you wear it you can't detect the shimmer either BUT

Under super bright lights it does look like it has a metallic sheen! It's so strange... Btw the hand swatch looks a bit like a bruise to me *LOL*

So when applied Mystique shows up brownish, greyish purple. It's very pigmented that i had quite a shock when i first used it because i barely tapped the pan with my brush but it showed up super dark and bold on my lids! I heard that purples are the hardest shade to make in the beauty industry and although Mystique is not a straight purple, it shows some of the characteristics that purple eyeshadows have as in it can be quite patchy and uneven. The pigmentation is there so when you apply it boldly, you would have no problem with it, but when you start blending it, the blended parts can have sort of bald patches. I personally love to use this shade to darken and deepen my crease, it can work for full smokey eyes too ofc, but it would require a bit of work to make it blended perfectly.

Absolute New York Eye Artiste in AEAS15 Sugar Plum

Again on the pan, it looks like an innocent metallic purple

But when you apply it, it gives your multidimensional shade with strong gold shimmer

Just like Mystique, Sugar Plum is very pigmented and it actually applies darker than how it looks on the pan. I thought it's pretty light and it doesn't look very bold on the pan, so i very confidently poke my brush on it and went for it, needless to say i ended up with a much darker, dramatic eye look than i intended that day :)).

Absolute New York Eye Artiste in AEAS14 Moss

Like the name, Moss is a metallic light mossy green shade on the pan

But when you appy it, the gold shimmer is quite strong too

Moss is the only shade out of the three that i have that actually less bold than how it looks on the pan. The pigmentation is not as good as the other two, i did have to build the shade up quite a bit for it to show up boldly on my lids (or the hand swatch).

How all three shades look on my eyes :

I used Mystique all over my lid and crease (then blend it heavily because i didn't plan to wear dark eye makeup that day), Sugar Plum on the middle part of the lid and Moss on my waterline

I dunno if you can see it but when worn Mystique and Sugar Plum surprisingly looks similar but obviously Sugar Plum is a lot more metallic - but the shades are so close to each other some people might think i was just wearing one shade on my lids

I don't normally pair purples with greens, but i really wanted to use all three colors on a look so i just went for it hahaha

I didn't mind the result, i think it would be a fun look if you want a summery look but still look dark and mysterious enough *LOL*

I recently used Mystique and Sugar Plum again for a darker, more coherent look.

The lip product's also from Absolute New York, btw

Overall i think Absolute New York Eye Artiste are nice eye shadows with pretty good performances. They didn't make me jump up and down in excitement or anything (their lippies does, tho :p) but that could be due to the shade selection that didn't really call to me - or because i prefer eyeshadow palettes than singles like these. The texture are pretty smooth, they are not chalky or dry, they go on pretty easily with some fall off so you might want to bake under your eyes (or do your eye makeup first, i prefer to bake tho) when applying them so you can brush the fall off away easily.

Absolute New York Eye Artiste retails for IDR 80.000 each, which is not a bad price point at all. The pan is pretty big and it will take you forever to finish *LOL*. If you are a simple girl who doesn't experiment with a lot of eye shades, they can be a good choice because of the pretty affordable price tag, size and overall performance - but if you want to get a lot of look out of your eyeshadows then you should probably go for the palettes. I don't have any of Absolute New York's palettes yet so i can't make any comment on their quality, but i am definitely interested in them (i generally am just very interested in all of their products to be honest with you *LOL*, they have so many selections and that really excites me!!!).

So are you a palette girl or singles girl? Let me know on the comment box below ^^!