Video Tutorial - "Black Swan" Movie Poster Makeup Re-creation

This is my attempt at recreating the makeup look on Natalie Portman on the poster for the movie "Black Swan". The poster was captivating, and the movie was awesome as well. If you have a chance you should go see it!

Here is the finished look:
A couple of eyes closeup:


And of course more camwhoring. I am not really used to this whole elegant thing. :p

FOTD - Department X'mas party

Tonight was my department's x'mas party, I wore a simple neutral eye with false lashes and blood red lips (Revlon "Blackberry"), paired with wavy hair, a black dress, red tank top and lace tights with heels. Nothing fancy but I was one of the more dressed-up people at the party already. Grad students are lazy. :p

Circle Lens Review - Vassen Super Glamour Pink (V2-16-PK) sponsored by KoreaBigEyes

Here is my review for Vassen Super Glamour Pink, sponsored by KoreaBigEyes. I am so happy to finally have a pair of circle lens that are actually, noticeably pink, and in such a nice design as well! :)
The Super Glamour Pinks are two-color lenses with a "dashed" outer black ring surrounding the actual colored part. The color is quite strong and shows up well on my dark brown eyes.

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As you can see, they are a strong, slightly violet-toned pink, which is very nice indeed. :)

Enlargement-wise, they are 14.5mm and does enlarge visibly.

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The design of the Super Glamour Pink are very similar to my favorite "bright yet natural color" lenses, the Neo Cosmos Glamour Blue. Here are the two lenses side-by-side for comparison. The Super Glamour is slightly bigger but lacks the golden-brown inner ring of color that the Cosmos Glamour has.

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Here are comparisons with my other pair of pink lenses, Dueba Big DM23 Pink. The DM23 has darker outer ring, so the color is not as obvious as the Super Glamour.

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Here are all the lenses featured in this. Clockwise from the top: Super Glamour Pink right side up, Big D

FINAL VERDICT:
Design: 9/10 - Nice bright color but not freaky-looking even though they are pink
Enlargement: 9/10 - Noticeable enlargement, but the soft outer ring prevents alien-eye look
Comfort: 9/10 - No discomfort at all
TOTAL: 9/10 - Very cute lenses, lovely pink color!

Thank you KoreaBigEyes for the lenses!

500 Follower Giveaway RESULT!

Thank you for the 10 readers that commented on my last entry! I used Random.org for the drawing, and the winner is....

Comment #3, MeiBelle! Congratulations!! :D

Please comment below and give me your address, I won't publish it don't worry :)

500 Followers Celebration GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate that Makeup Piggy finally has 500+ followers (THANK YOU EVERYONE!), I am hosting my first ever Lucky Draw Giveaway! The above pair of false lashes, the same style as the ones worn in my Japanese Gyaru Makeup Tutorial Ver 2.0, will be given to one lucky follower. Here is what you need to do:

- Make sure you are a follower of my blog (I will check!) and live within the continental US (sorry international readers...)
- Comment in this entry BEFORE 11/28 telling me about your favorite/HG makeup item
- Check back next week to see who's the randomly selected winner!

Good luck everyone :)

Circle Lens Review - GEO Hurricane Hazel HC-106 (sponsored by eye love sushi)

This is my review for GEO Hurricane Hazel (HC-106), sponsored by eye love sushi. I already own these lenses in Brown (reviewed here), but Anna from eye love sushi offered these lenses for me to review, so here it is! :)

I only got these lenses in plano, so I probably won't wear them for going out. The color blends really nice with my own eye color, but give it a subtle pattern.

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As I said above, the color of these hazel lenses blend really well with my own eye color. For those who like natural looking lenses, these are for you. :)

Enlargement wise, these are decent without being bug-eyed.

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Here are some comparison pics with the Hurricane Browns I have. I am a fan of stronger colored lenses, so I have to say I prefer the Browns more (the amber color is really sweet). However, it is easier to see the "hurricane" swirly pattern in the Hazels even though they are darker.

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Here is another comparison with Honey Wing Brown, a favorite among natural lens fans. I think the Wings look a bit smaller than the Hurricane Hazels.

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Here are all the lenses featured in this review. Clockwise from top: Hurricane Hazel upside down, Hurricane Brown, Hurricane Hazel right side up, Honey Wing (All from GEO).

FINAL VERDICT:
Design: 8/10 - Awesome design, but color is a bit dark for my taste.
Enlargement: 9/10 - Decent enlargement.
Comfort: 9/10 - Feels fine for the 10 minutes I wore them for this review
TOTAL: 8.5/10 - I still love my Hurricane Browns more, but these are quite nice :)

Thank You eye love sushi for the lenses!

Halloween-ish FOTD

I was at the Stewart/Colbert rally in DC on 10/30 dressed as a vampire loli :3 No one know what the heck I was, as expected, even though I have fangs. I wish I had taken better pics of my makeup though...

Video Demonstration - Female-to-male (Drag King) Makeup

Guess who the bishounen in this photo is? Haha, it's in fact me, Makeup Piggy! In my newest video, just in time for Halloween, I have demonstrated how to do drag king (female-to-make crossdressing) makeup. I deliberately did not use the typical "draw on a fake beard" approach (which, to be honest, look weird on most girls and doesn't work with anime characters). Instead, I focused on extensive shading to turn a relatively feminine facial structure more masculine. Unfortunately the video is kind of crap, and you can not see me do my lips at all, so I will definitely re-do it in the future.

Two more pics for your viewing pleasure:

Thank you for 2000+ Youtube subscribers!

Circle Lens Review - GEO Hurricane Brown (HC-104)

Here is my review for the Geo Hurricane Brown circle lens. I think these are one of the most lovely lenses I have ever worn, the pattern is AMAZING. :D

I originally ordered these lenses in hazel, but changed my mind and asked the seller to send me brown instead. I still have not seen any reviews of the hazels, but I am glad I chose brown instead because the color is awesome.

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As you can tell from the pictures, the lenses have a very natural starburst of color with a slightly darker outer ring. The pattern is not harsh at all, and the color brings amazing warmth to my eyes. The reason these are called "hurricane" is because there is a subtle swirly pattern on them, but you can't really see it when worn. Look at the pic at the end of the review for the lenses in their case, and you will see the swirly pattern.

Enlargement-wise, they are middle of the road. No scary uber-large doll eyes here. :)

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I think the Hurricane Browns have overtaken the EOS Max Pure Brown as my favourite "Warm Brown Eyes" lenses :) Here are some comparison pics, and you can see the color of the Max Pure are grayer, but they are larger in size than the Hurricane.

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Here is another comparison with the uber-huge GEO Super Nudy Brown. The pattern on the Hurricane is so much more natural compared to the Nudy.

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Here are all the lenses worn in this review. Clockwise from the top: Hurricane Brown upside down, Max Pure Brown, Hurricane Brown right side up, Super Nudy Brown. The swirly pattern is clearly seen here. :)

FINAL VERDICT:
Design: 10/10 - Tons of love for the design :D
Enlargement: 9/10 - Decent enlargement, close to 14.5mm I think.
Comfort: 9/10 - Feels fine for the 10 minutes I wore them for this review
TOTAL: 9.5/10 - I might get these in other colors as well, I hope they will have pink!