Dolce and Gabanna Waist belt

 Last week when I went to go return the pillow cougar boots, I thought I would just stroll around Winners once again for the last time for the next three months since me going to Winners has gone out of control. If you check my receipt pile, every two to three receipt is Winners. I call that an addiction. I don’t NEED to go there so much, I just like to go there to look around: /. It’s basically like walking in a park to me, but it cost me money LOL. So I pledge to not go to winners for three months just to clean it out of my system. I’ve been trying to build my belt collection and when I saw a really cool Matt and Nat double belt with a chain detailing, I was intrigued. I tried to find a belt that was small enough for me and had enough holes to fit my size zero waist but there wasn’t any. The smallest one still needed four holes just so I could wear it without it making my pants fall off. Right when I was digging through the rack for the different sizes, I saw a black box with the lid underneath it just sitting there. Whenever you see a box in Winners, something is up. Winners don’t display their products in boxes usually so my mind just jumped on it. All I saw was the beautiful ruby (it’s not real ruby obviously) brooch on a black thick waist belt with black ribbon detailing. The brooch was very well made, gold setting, very well made. That was all that was going through my made. Then when I went to pick up the little black box, I almost couldn’t believe my eyes. DOLCE AND GABANA?? Holy cows! I never in a million could think that winners would have such a beautiful belt. I mean yes, Winners in downtown has a lot of nice pieces and has a lot of designer clothing and bags but I have never think they would have accessories too :D. The biggest shock was that I could actually afford it! It was $79.99! I was expecting at least $200 and I’d have tear face going out of the store because I can’t afford such a high price. Original price was $150 but even then I don’t think that is a bad price for D. I also wondered why this belt wasn’t bought already but I’m happy that I could lay my hands on it :).

 The belt is a thick black suede with a black ribbon going all around the middle of the belt. Where the red brooch lays is a bow-estiqe black ribbon sticking out of it and the right side of the belt has two sliver chain detailing which gives a nice chic touch. In the back of the belt, there is two three rows of snappies to keep the belt on. Super nice quality and heavy duty. This is exactly what I think top quality should be like.

One thing that really annoys me is that I can’t find out about this belt! I love to know where my clothes and products come from. I can not find out where the belt is from, as in what season it came out or anything! If anyone can find anything about this belt, please tell me! I’d really love to know. I can’t wait to wear this belt for the holidays and special occasions! It just screams Christmas to me.

 I paired this belt with my French connection high waist pencil skirt.  The thing i love about this skirt is that it has pockets! Not a lot of skirts has pockets but I found out at Winners! This skirt was only $24.99, not bad espically for the brand too.  One thing about this skirt is it is true size zero so I almost can't breath HAHA.  I'm a tiny girl but dayumm! Why so tight~  I also have my H&M puffy chiffon blouse that has a giant slit on the sleeves which is sometimesn  not so comfortable since it feels like i'm flying LOL but other then that, i love the design of it and the fabric choice is perfect :).  I usually wear a strapless bra since there is some shoulder details that i don't want to disturb so I'm wearing a full body suit.  I don't really like strapless bras since it always feels like its always falling down :/.

What do you guys thing about my purchase? I have absolutely no regrets on buying this belt. :)

ELF fall haul featuring Jumbo eyeshadow sticks, blush and contouring cream and mineral pressed eyeshadow

I know I know…I have been going crazy with the elf hauls. They are like back to back, but this is the last one I swear. Okay maybe I might get a few things on cyber Monday but I swear! LOL I even banned myself from going to Winners since I’m basically get prepared to go on a shopping spree on Boxing Day! First store I’m going to hit is Nine west for more heels! I’m eyeing this really cool black heel with a wedge, but its not exactly a full on wedge and it has really beautiful, somewhat indian-estque gold sun embellishments on the wedge but it is $345. Geez :/ That’s a lot of money. Anyways back to the elf haul!

Since they had a 50% off all eye product coupon code and I really wanted their new jumbo eye shadow sticks, I thought this would the perfect opportunity to go ahead and order. When I found out that elf was coming out with jumbo eye shadow sticks, I freaked out! And since it was just a sneak peek on instagram, I just couldn’t wait! Sad thing is that they are $2, not $1 but still good! They came out with nine colors but a lot of them are frosty. Only about two are matte. The biggest disappointment was the two lightest shades since I was hoping it would be a matte skin color like the soft ochre from MAC. Nope, it’s a shimmery mess and it doesn’t even show up on the skin. What a bummer. My first impressions of them are that they are really creamy, really pigmented (well at least the darker shades), and easy to blend. I was somewhat hesitate about getting these since I did not like their past cream eye shadows. They were greasy and just plain gross. I still have to experiment with them but overall I like these :). Oh yea, these don’t need sharpening! Stupid NYX jumbo eye shadow sharpening cough cough*. They twist up, how convenient.

Another really new product was their contouring blush and bronzing cream! Now everyone already know and love their powder form but they have it in cream version now! I don’t know why but I kept thinking that these would be just like their cream blushes, which has the same texture as the Maybelline bouncy blushes. So when I opened the compact, I was surprised it wasn’t that formula! It’s just the typical cream texture, easy to blend and pigmented! I think you guys would like it. This goes for $3 from their studio line.

Some other random eye products I picked up was their essentials custom eye eye shadows for $1. I really do love these eye shadows but the one complain I have with these is that it isn’t pressed tight enough cause them to be somewhat powdery fall out city! This I can easily fix with pressing it myself so I didn’t really mind. They came out with a lot of new colors so I picked up three of the ones that interested me the most, Wheat (light brown wheat color with golden brown shimmers), Taupe (taupe gold with a hint of warm green; shimmery finish) and a bright teal. I might pick up the rest when it comes around to cyber Monday but I am pleased with these.

 

I also go some backups of my favorite eyelid primers from their essential line for $1, sheer and champagne. I love love love the color champagne since it is the least shimmery out of the three colored ones and the color is really natural. They came out with primer eye shadows a long time ago but I never got around trying it. Their cream eyeliners (in black and coffee) are a must for my since it’s so cheap but it works well and it doesn’t budge at all! Not bad for only $1.50. Not really liking the fact it is really frosty but we’ll see. Just like the usual, I got the free gift which is their hypershine lipgloss in Flirt.

The last two items I got were their newest pressed mineral eye shadows from their mineral line for $3 each. I didn’t want to go crazy with these since a lot of the colors were really similar and the swatches I saw online didn’t really excite me. I only got two shades which would be lunch break (light cool wheat brown color; satin frosty finish) and What’s your name (cool purple shade; satin finish). Not really excited about these colors but they would be a color I’d be comfortable using day to day.

Which products are you most excited about? Which ones do you want to see reviews on? :)

Cougar boots haul

Since the weather was changing drastically in Vancouver, I thought it would have been a good idea to get a rain boot for the upcoming horrors. And since Winners was having a boot fest, where they had tons and tons and tons of boots to choose from, I thought I would find myself the perfect pair.  Right when I got to the aisle with all the boots, my eye just shot to a pair that had the green and white lettering logo called Cougar.  I remembered when Juciytuesday on YouTube was doing a “What would you do for a pair of boots” video that spotlighted on these boots.  Cougar boots is a Canadian brand where they keep Canadian weather in mind so I thought this brand would be perfect!

The first pair I got was a pair called “Storm by Cougar”. It has the shape of a standard rain boot but it has a waterproof fabric for flexibility and then some leather on the top of the boot.  What really attracted me to these pair of boots was that it was fleece lined.  Sooo comfy and warm, it’s amazing.  It also had slight pillow happiness for my feet.  They are also guaranteed to keep you warm under -11°F (-24°C).  And they were only $50 which I happily paid for but my mom kept saying that it was ugly and the fabric part made my legs look chunky.  I thought these were finding but I really did like the other cougar boots that they had to offer, especially the pillow boots. And also the fact that these storm boots were made in China was kind of a deal breaker for me since it’s supposed to be a “Canadian brand.” I was hoping that I was actually supporting a Canadian brand.

 Before I went to school about two weeks ago,  I went and strolled around at the Downtown winners in Vancouver not really keeping in mind for the Cougar boots so it was a complete surprised when I saw the zip up pillow Cougar boots.  I didn’t really love them but I knew that I needed a really warm boot for the upcoming winter.  The boot itself is a yellowish tan color which really screamed retro to me.  It comes with a metal zipper with stud detailing all around the zipper and the interior is bright red which peeks out a little on the top when you wear it.  The inside is what the name is called, “Pillow boots; zip zip and away.” The inside,  just like the other one, is super comfy and warm and these boots are supposed to withstand the cold even under  -11°F (-24°C).  The price point for these are a bit hefty since these are made in Italy and the whole exterior of the boot Is genuine leather; $159.99 (compared to $256). I was a little hesitant about these boots but I thought to myself; I’d have these for a long time, leather boots, super warm, non-slip bottoms even walking on black ice…fine I’ll get these.  I was really excited about these boots and I wore them to school the next day.  But once I started walking in these, I noticed that the zipper near my ankles would fold in and the whole boot is kind of slanted.  It really pissed me off because it was annoying to walk in them with the fold touching my ankles like that.  And also the fact that I accidently hit the cement stairs when I was walking up back to the skytrain and a little bit of the leather already chipped off, that was a totally deal breaker for me.  I really wanted to love these boots but it was hard to for the price….It wasn’t worth it.  I returned both of those boots in the end and I’m still on the hunt for the perfect boots.  I’m still happy with my Nevada brown boots I got four years ago at Sears for only $30 but I wanted to add another pair of boots for the harsh winter season.  Guess I’m still going to have to look for one.

Has anyone tried cougar boots? These were super popular back in the 80’s.  If they are really that good, I’ll consider getting the original lace up pillow boots for fill price but what do you guys think?

Rotating earring holder from Ebay

I've been trying to find for the longest time an earring holder that rotates. Everytime I went to winners, I would check if they would have one but I'm always left disappointed. They had cute ones with little owl bracelet holder and bridie jewlery holder but never a rotating earring holder. So i just gave up and surrendered and just bought one off of ebay. The price was between $10-$20 depending on how many pairs of earrings you wanted to hold and what style. The one that was the most comment was the one I have, but only few sellers that sold ones that have 144+ holes and 200+ holes. I settled for 144 holes since i didn't have that many pairs of earrings and wanted to save a little bit of money ;). Thought to myself that i could just use my old froggie earring holder from ages ago from claires if i did really run out of holes on the rotating one. I will link the seller down below but if the link doesn't work later on, the seller is "fgatedd" on ebay.

The package did arrive in around 24 days but I already expected that since it came from China. I didn't mind since I already knew that but if that is something that bothers you, then you might want to stay away. The product is almost flawless! The finish on it is really professionally done but one complain I have is the holes are not all even. I believe it is a black enamel but don't quote me. Some are crocked but that doens't really matter since Its just holding earrings.

Do you guys have a cool earring holder? Would you like a rotating one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/144-holes-rotating-black-earrings-display-stand-rack-holder-/140874005635?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ccbebc83

Maleficent look

 Halloween is just around the corner so I thought an evil queen look would be perfect! ELF came out with exclusive Disney villain palettes and the evil villain from sleeping beauty, Maleficent. looked like something that would have been awesome to recreate. She’s got that classic villain look, the high arch brows, tall black horns coming out of her head, strong make up and cold toned colors…it’s just perfect! Everything about her screamed scary and so does Halloween HAHA. I actually never watched sleeping beauty but I have read the books many many times. Hope you guys enjoy my recreation. I was going to do my whole face, but I didn’t have the horns and the cloak to complete the outfit, so I just did the eye look. This was an okay medium difficulty level but you just had to make sure everything was clean and crisp since this is a Cut crease look with strong eyebrows. Her eyebrows are way thinner and dark but I just wanted to keep my eyebrows like normal but filled it in with black eyeliner. Enjoy :)

 Green lid :

Color base: Make up forever flash palette, green shade from bottom right

All over the lid: Leishi pigment #60

Mid crease green highlightt: Maybelline Eye studio color explosion in Emerald Forest fury (light green to the left)

Cut crease : Maybelline eye studio color explosion in Emerald Forest fury (dark green in the V)

 Purple surroundings:

Color base : Make up forever flash palette, red shade(bottom row next to the white)

Warm reddish base: 88 color palette reddish pink color; third row to the right, bottom

Purple highlights : Leishi pigments #78 & #56 and Maybelline Eye studio color explosion in Amethyst ablaze (light pinkish purple shade)

Eyeliner : 1) Elf liquid eyeliner in black 2) ELF studio kohl eyeliner 3) Mac eye kohl in smolder

Mascara : Maybelline one by one mascara

False lashes: Daiso (Sorry I forgot the brand and the name :/)

Eyeliner : 1) Elf liquid eyeliner in black 2) ELF studio kohl eyeliner 3) Mac eye kohl in smolder

Mascara : Maybelline one by one mascara

False lashes: Daiso (Sorry I forgot the brand and the name :/)