Coming Soon on Maquillage Lover: More Jill Stuart, Benefit and Vivi March 2010

It's another Jill Stuart Haul!

I'm really having a mini Jill Stuart counter here at home...

I don't know why but I'm really hooked on Jill Stuart

So...

I'm getting the following:

Jill Stuart lipstick in Baby Coral

I was actually lemming for the Rosy Coral but Taiwan's Rosy Coral is limited edition ='( 

Anyway, there will be a whole lot of rosy coral lippies coming in my life 

I'm also getting Jill Stuart Eye Jelly in Midnight Shine

It's not the Midnight shine on the photo though

Jill Stuart is very famous for it's eye jelly and I ought to try one!

It's not Jill Stuart though, this is Benefit 10- a bronzer and highlighter in one

I don't own any bronzer or highlighter so this is a perfect package for me

The bronzer seems light enough that it won't look harsh on my pale skin

Last but not the least, another Vivi magazine! 

This time it's gonna be the Chinese version so I could read it. 

Koda Kumi looks very alluring!

All these purchases made possible by Bon

Gosh, I don't know how much I've spent on shopping at Bon's online shop since August 2009 but every cent is worth it.

Her prices are a whole lot cheaper so I can stretch my Philippine Peso and I won't have to beat the traffic going to the malls just to buy make up. The best thing is, the boxes are delivered to a place very near to mine's! <3 

You may reach Bon at http://www.wehaveit43.multiply.com 

I swear, she's the best! 

Tear Drop Eye Make-Up Tutorial

Now I'm starting a lemming for a glitter eyeliner so I could recreate the teary eyed look. Teary eyed look is quite famous among Japanese women and lucky for me, Vivi February 2010 has a tutorial on how to do the teary eyed look.

I'm smelling a trip to Etude House to get the Teardrop Liner, but I think they are still out of stock =( Sad...

Here's a closer look to the teary eyed look

It looks so pretty and wearable. At first I thought glitter liners would be a glitter bomb but they did something different in the application so it would look neat.

Here is the beautiful model sans make-up. She looks pretty on her own.

Here are the products used, of course we could recreate this look using other brands as long as the quality is good.

The steps are labeled #1 and #2 starting from the right going to the left

You can enlarge the photo by clicking on it too.

This step is actually great for a natural neutral look.

Instead of using the normal eye liner bristle included in your liquid eye liner, use a clean wooden applicator

click to enlarge and see for yourself =p

The purpose of using a wooden applicator is great because bristles would absorb most the liquid glitter liner while wooden applicator wouldn't. This would effectively deposit glitter liner on your peepers.

Check out the direction on how to sparingly apply glitter liner; instead of swiping the glitter liner on your lower lash line, you apply it separately to give the illusion of tear drops.

Continue doing this and viola! You're done

Note: I don't know how to read Japanese so all the comments I've made are based on my comprehension =p

What's Inside Vivi Magazine February 2010

Now I'm getting sick saying 'I got this from Hong Kong', nah just kidding =p

It's such a great opportunity to grab Japanese magazines while staying in Hong Kong ^.^

I can't find a bookstore or magazine place selling Japanese magazines here in the Philippines

The bad news is that I'm starting to get hooked browsing through Japanese magazines

I grabbed Vivi Magazine from a magazine stand at the streets just a few walking distance away from the hotel I've stayed in. I got this for HK$68

Can you see the black and white pattern? I've watched a Japanese TV channel before and it features this.

I saw some Japanese people demonstrating how to use this; most of their phones carry special features when you point your phone camera to this pattern and snap it up, it would enable you to download product information and it could also reroute you to brand product websites.

I saw one demonstration wherein a young girl goes in a phone store and asks for a copy of phone features, the SA hands her a small card and she snaps the code up and viola! The information is automatically saved on her phone.

I'm not sure which phones can do this, I think DOCOMO does... ^.^ Wouldn't it be cool when we're gonna have the same technology? It could save so much trees! Most of the time after reading a pamphlet or leaflet we'd just throw it away.

The magazine features Ayumi Hamasaki, their Cover Queen

Here in this shot you'll see pages showing us her music video in the making

A lot of fashion spreads

I have grown fond of looking Japanese Magazine because it suggests to you how to dress up on the streets on your normal day.

Shoes galore!

Cover ups, anyone?

Love the girly jacket on the left, reminds me of sweet sweet Jill Stuart ^.^

This is what I've been looking for!

Ever wonder how almost every Japanese woman seems like a pro doing their own make up?

Tadah! Vivi teaches you how to do your own eye make up, putting on blush and lip color.

What I like here is that they do it step by step; it's very detailed.

More eye make up and how to put falsies on

Most of the make up brands featured are also Japanese brand which is great because they support their own.

I love her hair cut especially on the left side.

More make up, I can't read Katakana or Hiragana, I can read a bit of Kanji because it is Chinese but I have heard Japanese have different interpretations for various Chinese characters so it might not be accurate. Like for us the Chinese character for soup means hot bath house for the Japanese.

Aw... I wish I could understand what they're saying about the products!

I'm not sure why they have black and white spreads but they do!

Tip on reading Japanese magazines: 

Like any regular Chinese books, Japanese magazines' spine are on the right side

Open the magazine from the left side

Read or browse from right to left,

If it's heavy on texts (like the lower part of this page), read from right to left (direction of reading), up to down (reading sentences)

I hope the directions are clear =p

Along with Vivi Magazine comes this small diet book

I quickly checked on this page

So just like what I said on reading Japanese magazines, when you're looking at the photos or the dance moves, the first step to be done is the one on the upper right side going to the left

I just love this fab picture! ^.^ I guess you know why, it's so quirky! =p