Neon + Grey Lace Blouse OOTD

I had been browsing my favorite store, Target, as usual in search of some cute finds. I needed more sleeveless summer tops since it has just been so hot outside. I mean the weather has just made anything outdoors into a sauna. As usual, I browse my favorite section first, aka the 70% off sale section. Sale sections can really just be hit or miss sometimes. Fortunately, I got a hit.

I bought this blouse for $5.38, which is exactly around the price range I look for in Target sale racks. The brand is Mossimo. Although in these pictures it looks yellow, it actually has more of a green tint. I'm not usually attracted to overly bright colors but this was just too cute and too cheap to pass up. I really love the grey lace over the bright green. It really goes well together. A bit of product placement over there with my favorite dry cleaning place, Zips. When they say $1.99 for any garment, they really do mean it.

This is how I paired my new blouse into an outfit...no edits, I swear. I've been seeing a lot of under $25 outfits so I tried to do one myself. I don't remember the exact prices for some of these items but I will just round up. As I said, the shirt cost $5.38 but let's just round up to $6. The skirt was from XXI and cost $7.99 (I blogged about them in a past post). The shoes were also from XXI and cost under $4. Then the bag is just some cheap thing my mom gave me from the Philippines so I'll estimate it to be around $5. In total, this outfit cost about $23. Not bad, am I right? I would like to think that I'm quite the budget friendly shopper.

Revitalift Night Cream by L'Oréal Paris

Many of you may not know this but I am turning 22 at the end of August and that scares me. I am terrified of aging and growing old and becoming an adult and having to pay for all my own insurances. Like what? I don't even know how to get insurance. Do I even have a credit score? I'm pretty sure mine is nonexistent right now. Those things aside, I feel like my skin is aging. It might be because I'm so harsh and uncaring to it and that will bite me in the butt down the road. So I thought to invest in some anti-aging products.

I bought this at my local ULTA store. It was originally $16.99 but that week, the product was on sale for $14.44 and I had a $5 off coupon so I only paid $9.44. Quite a substantial mark down, I believe. I never pay full price for anything anymore. It is one of many products in its series, which include Revitalift cleansers, day lotion, eye cream, and serums.

Here are some of the things it says on the box. On the front of the box, it claimed to have retinol, which seems to be the new popular thing in anti aging products and supposedly the best thing to have. I'm no expert with anti aging products and what ingredients do what but I do recognize collagen and this product has three types of collagen which I assume will help make my skin firmer. When I looked at all the products in the series, they all seemed to have these same "8 natural lifters" so I bought the one with the bigger container for the same price. I decided to go with the night cream because that's when I would apply it, most likely.

What I like about this product is that it can be used for both the face and neck. I fear the loose skin (aka turkey neck) that comes with aging. In my opinion, prevention is key. I see articles recommending that you should start using anti aging products in your 30s but I don't really see articles discouraging the use of anti aging products in your 20s. This product is moisturizing and since I needed a moisturizer, I thought to get a moisturizer that had other benefits as well. Two birds with one stone, right?

The cream is white but goes on clear on the skin. It does have a smell that I think is pleasant though not everyone may like it. I find that my skin becomes super moisturized in the morning and very smooth to the touch. It feels really nice. It didn't make me break out, which is good. When I apply it to the area underneath my eyes and my eyelids, I get more eye crusties than usual in the morning but it isn't unbearable or anything. I don't know if my skin looks any younger and maybe my skin isn't as old as I feel just yet, but it doesn't hurt to do some preparation for old age, I think. After all, is it bad to be too prepared for aging skin?

MOTD: Summer Pink Lips

I've decided to change up my makeup quite a bit now that it is summer. Some by choice, some not. The heat and humidity have made wearing too much makeup a pain so I have decided to lighten the load on my face a little bit.

First, I now wear less eyeliner. I've noticed that eyeliner in the outer corners of my eye just bleed and come off and I end up looking like a raccoon. Then the eyeliner gets into my eyes and irritates it and then the tears take out the rest of the eyeliner. Also, I no longer line my waterline because that comes off and does that too. I'll look like Tom Nook in about an hour (kudos to anyone who gets the reference! Haha share your friend code with me!)  I copied my friend Sandy's Park Sora makeup tutorial but used black eyeliner instead of brown because brown doesn't really show up well on my skin.

My new thing is now also having super bright pink lips. I first line my lips with my ULTA Contour Lip Liner "Rose" to make it look like I have bigger lips, then put use my ULTA Lip Crayon "Sweet Dreams" all over then top it off with my ULTA Super Shiny Lip Butter "LA" for some shine and a moisturizing element. It makes my lips so super pink. Although now that I've gotten a bit darker, my makeup makes me look a bit like Nicki Minaj sometimes. Oh well, no shame in that I guess.

Pokemon Soul Silver Team

I absolutely adore Soul Silver. As a child, my favorite game was my Gold version and now I was able to have a silver version (lol sorta?). My favorite remake ever! I got this game along with Pokemon White when I finally got a DSi. I did try to mimic the team from my old Gold version, but with a few modifications. I wouldn't say this is the best team I've put together, but it's my favorite. And still pretty much my favorite game so far, especially with the throwback old game boy sounds.

My darling starter.Named after the crocodile in some German children's cartoon that I was shown on youtube by some friends. I also started with totodile in my original Gold version.

His special attack is so high. I love it! I got his name from a character in the musical "Wicked", which I watched over the summer. It was wonderful! In my original version, I had an arcanine as my fire pokemon.

I loved chikorita, so cute! Meganium is just as adorable. Except I found him the hardest to train and the moves he could learn was so limited... at least his defense and special defense made up for it in a way.

Alakazam is my favorite psychic pokemon. I had one in my original team and I just had to have one again this time! His low hp is made up for by his high special attack, assuming he goes first all the time.

In my old team, I had a pidgeot for my flying pokemon and I was pretty underwhelmed but its stats and moveset. I decided to change it up to a crobat this time, which can learn a nicer variety of moves. Looking back at it, a crobat still wasn't that great of a choice but with trainer, she was a good pokemon.

I really missed out on having a rock pokemon on my team in my Gold version. I decided to get one this time and it is awesome! Love all the 1/2 damage and Earthquake is a killer move.

Thinking back on it now, my old team used to be Feraligatr, Arcanine, Alakazam, Pidgeot, and Dragonite. Oh how things have changed now that I'm older... lol and now have friends to trade with!

ULTA Salon Formula Nail Lacquer "Baby Doll"

I got this nail lacquer for free because I had a qualifying purchase of ULTA products that cost $8 or more. They usually have deals like that very often at ULTA. I had never actually tried any of ULTA's own nail polishes so it was a good opportunity to try considering this product was free. Who doesn't love free right?

This product retails originally for $6 but sometimes is on sale for $3. The description online is as follows:

Salon Formula Nail Lacquer by ULTA in a quick-drying, chip resistant formula with a high shine finish the possibilities are endless! Finish guide: CR = Cream/SH = Shimmer/GL = Glitter

This particular shade, "Baby Doll", has a cream finish. The color on the bottle looks so pretty but the formula is just so very sheer. It took three thick coats to make the color show at all, which to me is quite a con. I love very intense color that only takes at the most, two coats. Just because of that, I probably would not purchase any more ULTA brand nail polishes. I'll stick to my China Glaze from now on.

Well, this purchase was part of my Ulta pink purchase, as I would like to call it. I bought quite a few things in pink, which I will be reviewing. This has been part 3 of a 4 part series. Other items from the purchase include  the Ulta Super Shiny Lip Butter "LA", Ulta Lip Crayon "Sweet Dreams", and Ulta Contour Lip Liner "Rose".

Ulta Contour Lip Liner "Rose"

I had been wanting to buy a lip liner for a while because it seems like all the makeup gurus use lip liners to create fuller looking lips. I was not blessed with full luscious lips so I need to somehow create the illusion that I do. When I bought this product, it was on sale for $4, whereas the normal retail price is $7. I wanted a light pink color to match my other pink lip products and I finally settled on the color "Rose".

Here is the description provided online:

Apply rich, shimmering color to your lips with ULTA's slim wood lip pencils. Formulated with aloe, vitamin E, jojoba oil, and other emollients to provide moisturizing color, this liner pencil doesn't skip or dry out. Achieve precision color with a smearproof application.

"Rose" seems to be the lightest color of the series. At first I was really worried that I couldn't find a pink light enough to match my other light pink purchases because all the lip liners look pretty dark. However, "Rose" is lighter when applied than how the color looks on the pencil. I can see why some complaints were "not true to color" and "poor color selection" because it is hard to judge the color of this product without actually applying it. In the picture above, I only applied it on the outer parts of my lips. This is my first time using lip liner and I need some more practice, obviously. My lips that I drew aren't even.

Anyway, love the color on this product. It's absolutely gorgeous and light enough to match my other pink lip cosmetics and can be put under a darker lipstick. I do believe it does make my lips look larger. Now, the initial application was quite difficult because it was sharpened to a point. Obviously, that doesn't work well when applying to lips so the point actually broke off. After the tip became more blunted, it was easier to apply. It goes on quite smoothly and easily. I'm not sure about the product being "moisturizing" because it doesn't seem very moisturizing to me. All in all, I do like it and am thinking of buying a darker red color to match my red lip crayon and lip glosses.

Well, this purchase was part of my Ulta pink purchase, as I would like to call it. I bought quite a few things in pink, which I will be reviewing. This has been part 3 of a 4 part series. Other items from the purchase include  the Ulta Super Shiny Lip Butter "LA", Ulta Lip Crayon "Sweet Dreams", and Ulta Salon Nail Lacquer "Baby Doll".

ULTA Lip Crayon "Sweet Dreams"

Recently I went to Ulta to buy some lip products because that week, their lip and eye cosmetics were all on sale for $4 each. I always love when they have sales. I had bought one of their lip crayons before in the color "Valentine", which seems to be a discontinued color because I don't see it anymore in the stores or on the website. Now, this color "Sweet Dreams" does not look anything like what it does online. On the website, it clearly looks more like an orange coral color, way different from how it looks in real life. I can definitely understand why one of the biggest complains were "not true to color" and "poor color selection" because the color is just way off. That's something they really need to fix and one of the reasons I prefer to buy in person than online.

This lip crayon is a very shimmering light pink. It really is a beautiful color. I just love how light and pastel it is. I patted it with a tissue and it didn't really come off. I have to wipe it off for it to come off. I think it lasts quite well. Now, my biggest complaint is that it stinks. I mean it really smells, like a mixture of old lipstick and melted crayola crayons. It's so strong and it makes me cringe when I put it on. It's just so weird that it smells like that because my Ulta Lip Crayon "Valentine" does not have a smell. I bought that a while back though so they probably changed the formula. Another complaint online is that the product is very "drying" and it is. It offers no moisturizing element whatsoever.

As much as I love the color, the smell and the dryness deters me from buying the product again.

Well, this purchase was part of my Ulta pink purchase, as I would like to call it. I bought quite a few things in pink, which I will be reviewing. This has been part 2 of a 4 part series. Other items from the purchase include  the Ulta Super Shiny Lip Butter "LA", Ulta Contour Lip Liner "Rose", and Ulta Salon Formula Nail Lacquer "Baby Doll".