OMGWTFBBQ Awesome NicNic Givewaway

Why am I so late on everything!!? http://bangbangsheshoots.blogspot.com/2010/05/opening-of-wwwapopofkawaiicom-giveaway.html

NicNic is hosting this amazing giveaway for the opening of her online Japanese makeup shop. There are a ton of generous prizes so please go check it out!

Virus Attack! & Fuzkittie!

I haven't posted in a looong time. I've been really really busy lately with school and the upcoming exams! AHhh.. all this stress has been making me break out A LOT. *sigh. Why does my skin do this to me?
Well anyways, I've been preoccupied for most of the day today trying to fix my netbook. A virus popped up, disguised as an antivirus software. There were a ton of fake notifications and popups saying I needed to upgrade my software. Plus Internet Explorer kept on opening by itself to pr0n sites! TRICKY! I knew that my friends have had this virus so I immediately downloaded MalwareBytes (a godsend if you ask me) and beat down the sucker. Now, my netbook works perfectly fine. Yay! Too bad I spent like 5 hours trying to fix it and almost pulled out all my hair in frustration.

On a lighter note, one of my all-time favorite beauty gurus is back!! OMG, I thought she had left for forever!! I'm so glad Fuzkittie's still blogging and making videos. I think she was the first beauty guru that I had subscribed to and followed. Her tips and fashion sense are amazing and she's gorgeous! I'm pretty sure all of you know her already, but here's her latest video!

Also this is my very most favorite look & video from her! It is sooo cute! I actually haven't tried it out yet, but I will soon! Not to sound like a creeper, but I've seen this so many times and have sent it to all my friends!

Skin Care Kick

I'm super motivated right now to begin a campaign for skincare. These past few days I've been thinking.. Why should I spend so much money for foundations, concealers, highlighters when I can devote my time to improving my actual skin. There's no need to simulate good skin when I can get it!
There's age old techniques that stem from what you put into your body to what you put on the surface. Plenty of water, a good diet rich in antioxidants and vitamins, and a good skincare routine.

What inspired me to start this today was reading a thread on soompi. One poster brought up a blog at www.scform.com in where the blogger gives his secrets for beautiful skin. From the many soompiers' experience, his techniques work. Thus, I'll be religiously following his tips for the next few weeks.

How to Get Even Skin Tone

Day:

Topical antioxidant or Tone correcting treatment

Sunscreen

Night:

Exfoliation product

Tone correcting treatment

In his post, he gives an abundance of hard science behind his skincare regimen. He lists products and mini reviews of them and how they've worked on his skin.
Thus, as my inspiration, I'm going to create my own change in routine.
1. Drink at least 8 cups of water everyday (I'm terribly bad at this!)
2. Eat plenty of fruit (guilty of this one too!)
3. Gentle cleansing of skin with scrubber (for daily exfoliation)
4. AHA in apple cider vinegar for a natural approach to exfoliation
5. Vitamin E oil facial massages

I'm looking into buying a Clarisonic Mia right now. Been reading tons of reviews online and watching them on YouTube. It seems like this would be the perfect solution to unclog & deeply clean my skin. However,... I don't know if I want to put down $150 for a fancy face brush. *sigh.

My goal is to be able to go out into the world, confident in my bare skin and be the image of religious skin care! Hopefully I'll be able to see some progress and get back to you on this blog about it.

Ranzuki 04/10 Scans

To tell you the truth, I don't like Ranzuki all that much. There's not enough makeup for me, and there's too many ads. However I picked out some pages that I found interesting and wanted to share them!

Highlights of this issue:

- Jeans are in. => especially jean jackets, overalls, and baggy boyfriend jeans

- Casual style with cardigans

- One word: LAYERS

- School girl style for the new semester

DS Love

I haven't posted in such a long time, but rest assured that I am always reading beauty blogs! Hopefully, I'll get more into actually writing my own posts. Teehee. Well I'll leave you a picture I took a while ago during a dark day. I thought it looked cool so I'm going to share it!

Intro Post

Hihi! I'm not new to the blogging community. I've kind of been lurking around the makeup community for the past year or so, posting a few comments here and there. I used to have a blog, but I've let it decay and fade away, so I decided to make a new one.

I enjoy many things in life including music, skincare, makeup, reading, and tv dramas. As a full-time student, I barely have any time to do anything, but I manage to squeeze in some to waste. XD

This blog will be mainly of my rants, reviews, and discoveries. Hey, who doesn't like learning new things?

Plus, I enjoy looking through Japanese magazines, and I know that many others do too. I'll try to do my best to share some with you guys. Stay tuned!