Food: Wisconsin Goodness

Anybody wanna get hungry?
Then you should checkout this site

Cheese & Burgers Society

Amazing food styling!
Doesn't the voice over reminds you of someone?
I'm almost positively sure it's Patrick Warburton

You know you love me,
Shizuru

Jabber: Hi, I Am Shizuru and I'm a Shopaholic

I'm such a shopaholic. Can't seem to sit in front of the laptop without joining a spree or ordering something online. More specifically, beauty items. Looking back at all the things I ordered and asking myself, do I really need this much makeup stuff? Pause for a second or half a second and answered YES! Lol... I'm so not regretting all the stuff that I bought.

First of all, I don't have that much makeup collection to begin with. I'm just building up my collections.

Second, I used or going to use all of it, of course not all at once but everything I got is need items not want items.

Third, most the stuff that I got is on sale and to not grab the chance is like near stupidity since I'm going to get it anyways, why not get it on sale, right? =P

But just to justify some of my buying addict, I'm going on a rehab. Yes, I'm going to try and constraint myself from buying any beauty items starting next month, for two month. Therefore, there will be no more buying of makeups, makeup tools and what not from September till October. Will I survive? Am I able to constraint myself from buying? I like to think so. We shall see ^_^

You know you love me,
Shizuru

Beauty Finds: MAC vs Loew Cornell

I've been in searched for the Loew Cornell brushes for quite sometime now and the search has ended since I finally found them with the help of some forum friends, you know who you are ^_^ The 411 on these brushes for those who don't already know. Loew Cornell brushes are painting brush. Yes, you wont find them in any of your beauty store or counter since they are originally made for painting. They are one of the top brand as far as painting brushes are concern, very high end. So, you don't have to worry about the quality.



What so great about these brushes for all the makeup addict out there is that some of their brushes are dead end dupe for MAC brushes. You will be more informed by watching the video below.

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Ok now the answer to the questions you been waiting for. Where can I get these brushes here in Malaysia? You all can extend your thanks to Craft Haven™ at One Utama for bringing these brushes here. YAY! They have many selection of Loew Cornell brushes but low in stock for most of the popular brushes. I went there last week in search of the MAC 239 dupe which is the Loew Cornell Maxine's Mop 3/8. You can't imagine how happy I am when they still have three of the brushes in stock. So, without thinking I bought two of them ^_^

They are super soft to the touch and does not poke

The Loew Cornell brushes price range from RM12 - RM40 for different type of brushes. The Maxine's Mop 3/8 retail at RM14.90. That's a lot of saving if you compare it to MAC 239 which retails at RM103 @_@ *butimstillgoingtogetitonceicanaffordit*

Below are more info on Craft Haven™, I suggest you gave them a call first to check on the brushes availability. Happy shopping ladies.

Address:
Craft Haven™
Lot S211 (2nd Floor),
1 Utama Shopping Centre,
1 Lebuh Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya,
Malaysia.

Tel/Fax number
+603 – 7727 3541

Email Enquiries:
getcrafty@craft-haven.com

You know you love me,
Shizuru

Video: Leighton Meester - Good Girl Go Bad

Love love love the new music video Good Girl Go Bad, its not actually that new but whatever and its not actually Leighton Meester a.k.a Blair Waldorf music video. It's Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester. Here's the MV, enjoy!

Cobra Starship reminds me a lot of Big Bang maybe its the big dorky sunglasses =P
Whatever it is, they still roxxx!!!

Beauty Finds: Palettes, palettes and more palettes

I'm so excited on doing this post just because I found a bargain deal (well not that much bargain but exceptable) on eBay for some palettes which are identical to the Coastal Scent palettes, they are practically twins. The palettes that I'm talking about is the Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette and the Blush & Contour Palette

Been wanting to get these palettes for the longest time but the price + shipping from Coastal Scent make me think twice every time I think about ordering them. There are a lot of seller on eBay selling these palette but I was quite skeptical on buying them because I'm afraid that the quality will be sucky. This is because I had a bad experience buying the 88 Piece Makeup Palette from other seller before and I was disappointed with the quality, it has a strong smell, it shattered easily, it wont even survived if you take them traveling with you and the packaging was awful. Even though it was cheaper than the Coastal Scent one, its totally not worth it and I end up buying a second one from Coastal Scent. That's why I was so happy when I found these on eBay.

Pweety shimmer!!

They are totally the same with the Coastal Scent one but with nearly half the price. No strong smell and no shattered palette and you don't have to worry about taking them traveling with you. I took the chance and it was worth it. Here's the link to the palettes if you're thinking of checking them out and don't worry, they even shipped worldwide!!!

Now, if only I can find the 88 Warm Palette ^^'

You know you love me,
Shizuru

Urban Decay Friends and Family Sale!!!!

ITS BACK!!!


What are you ladies waiting for?

Lets get shopping!!!!

You know you love me,
Shizuru

Review: My Youtube Guru's

I never been a Youtube fan until mid last year when I started watching makeup tutorial. Its not because I hate it, its just because the videos take to long to load on my broadband line and I don't think I have anything to watch from there.

Like I said, I started watching it mid last year around July 2008. I was trying to find the right look for me to do for my pre-graduation night. I kinda have the idea on what I want it to look like, is just that I have no idea on how to do it. So, I did some research on google and forums just to find like picture and stuff. On one of the forums I went to, they mention about RiceBunny a.k.a MichellePhan channel on Youtube. So, her channel was the first one I watched and I started to search for other videos and OMG I have no idea there was a lot of them. I found faffinatex3 a.k.a Aubrey and I thought her makeup skill was pretty and easy to follow and since then I have subscribe to a lot of gurus. They really helped me whether I'm looking for a product review or to learn new makeup skills.

I know maybe some people would say that, if you want to learn how to put on makeup why watched it on Youtube? Are those gurus qualified? Why not take classes?

Well I am going to take classes in the future and the question whether these gurus are qualified or not is not a problem to me. There are those who I followed are professional makeup artist but there are also some who only do freelance job and some who are just your average everyday girl who are willing to share their experience and views. To me the more info and views I can get, the better.

But I do have some tips that people should remember when following a guru.

1. Don't just follow one guru religiously. Get as many points of view you can get.
2. Don't go buying everything the gurus recommend. What suitable for her doesn't mean it will be suitable for you to.
3. Try to look for gurus who has the closes features to you. What looks good on her doesn't mean it will work on you.
4. Know yourself first. For example your skin type, your eye shape, your skin tone etc.
   

Bellow are some of the gurus I followed (in random order):
AllThatGlitters21
EnKoreMakeup
fafinettex3
julieg713
juicystar07
kuuipo1207
lollipop26
MakeupByTiffanyD
MakeupGeekTV
MichellePhan
pursebuzz
pinkiecharm
pixiwoo
whatstyleistonickel
xsparkage
If you decided to watched these ladies or guys in action don't forget to rate, comment and subscribe.

Hope this post will be helpful to all you ladies out there who is starting to use makeup or just want to have fun with it (^_^)

You know you love me,
Shizuru