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Monday, December 20, 2010

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






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Sunday, December 12, 2010

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

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

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!

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