The Magic in MOM! (Milk of Magnesia): How I use it

Heyy beausssssss!

I'm on a mini holiday and really excited abourrrit lol! Hope y'all are having a great weekend as well :)

So on this post, I'll tell you about Milk of Magnesia (MOM) and how you can use it to prime your face. 

Ok!!!!!

So I really dunno what the person who did it first had in mind lol! Cause it's quite funny. This thing is originally for heart burn, constipation and all that LOL! But then, I got some in my make up box as well. 

So MOM can be flavoured, you want to make sure you're getting the original. 

Original as in unflavoured MOM. There are several MOMs out there (products) e.g I got the walgreens MOM one time but never used it for my face. I believe it should do same thing as the Philips one I have the photo up, but then, never tried it. 

How I use it....

( Karen, as the model)

First of all, moisturise your clean face.. 

Then..

Get a cotton ball

Moisten it with the MOM

And then apply on face just as you would whilst cleansing. 

Karen has allover oily face so I put it all over. If you're oily just on your T-zone, you could just dab on just that area. 

It was already getting dry..

You wait for minutes, just so it dries up on your face. Don't fret about the whiteness :)

Karen's hair was allover the place and No hair net X_X had to improvise hahaaha!

 

With the MOM on the face, we went about the brow and eyes first before applying the concealer and foundation. It's quite easy and you just go over your normal routine. 

The finished look of Karen's makeup. #nofilter

Karen spent hoursssss and no single shine on your face or nose, no need to touch up cause your face stays matte all day !

The magic in MOM!

Try it! Test it!

Have a happy Sunday y'all!

Mmwwah!

Bemi & Karen. 

Natural Lips: What I use

Heyy darrrlyns!

So Today was my last CDS. Heheheehh!

Yeahh!

I've been a corp member!

Honestly dunno how I juggled all these together, God has been great!

So in all my excitement,  I posted photos on my Instagram and bbm. There came all the "congrats babes" "happy for you babes" and also the "what lipstick are you wearing?" 

LOL!  I was like I should probably put that up on the blog. I can be very boring with make up on my face, I pretty much wear same look everyday. 

Photos of today!

Soo! 

What I got asked about today the most was, your lips! What did you use???!

Lips

I used

MAC lip prep and prime

Tara lip pencil in the shade "afia"

Signature lipcolor in the shade "coral kiss"

So public announcement! If you know anyone that sells this Signature "coral kiss" lemme know! I'm forever stocking on it! I think it's been discontinued. The beautiful thing is SO rare! 

Been using it for yearssss people even feel that's my lip color lol! Been getting mine from ebay and amazon.

Oh well...

Y'all have a beautiful evening!

  Mmmwah!

Bemi. 

Product Review: Anastasia Beverly Hills "SEE AND BE SEEN" kit

Hey BP readers!

Haayoodoing?  *In Wendy William's voice. 

I'm here... Overly thankful to God for life and great health :D

Yeah!

So i'm guessing some of you guys must have heard of her. For those who haven't, she's like the BROW KING these days! She has everything you can think of brow-wise... Stencils, pencils, brow powders, gel, even serums.... You could check her youtube to learn some brow tricks. 

See and Be seen

Packing? 

Peng!!!

All contents are wrapped in another paper (like a gift wrap) with the brand name inscriptions. 

Content

- A brow gel in "Caramel"

- 2 hydraful lipglosses (in "plastic" and Heiress)

- Illuminate eyeshadow duo

The brow gel is in the shade Caramel. 

It has gold highlights..

The hydrafull gloss in plastic

The hydrafull gloss in heiress

The illumin8 duo shadow

Swatches

Top without flash and bottom with flash. 

From left

Heiress gloss, Plastic gloss, The caramel brow tint, last two are the illumin8 eyeshadow duo (without primer). 

I played around with the kit and kept adding different products.( totally forgot I was reviewing just the kit)

Oh well, I came up with this look. I'll specify where I used products from this kit and if you'd like to know what I used in other places, simply ask. 

Theme: Sunset

Lips: Plastic lipgloss (I used a pink liner too)

Brow: I used a brow pencil to draw out the shape, then highlighted with the caramel brow tint

Eyes: I used the lighter one of the duo shadow in the inner corner of my eye. 

I also used the darker gold on my eyelid.

What I don't like..

- The glosses have this spatula-like things rather than regular brushes. It made application quite weird and uneven. 

- The brow tint, Can't be used to achieve a natural look for people with dark brows

What I love about this kit

- At first I didn't think the Caramel brow tint would work on my very dark brow hair but see, I think I really like it. Just this and that, you'll be good to go.

Note: This might not work good for everyone with dark brow hair. (Not for you if you're looking to achieve a natural look)

- Everything! All the items in this kit, well pigmented. 

Would I recommend to a friend?

Sure!

It's a great great great deal as these shades of the hydrafull glosses can be found in only this kit. The glosses are my fav! Comfortable and long lasting. 

Mmwah!

Bemi. 

How To Depot Eyeshadows (Into the Mac Pro Palette W/O inserts)

Hey lovelies....! 

I'm full of smiles today cause when I woke up, I told myself I'd stay happy, come what may! :D

Here's a step by step post on how you can depot eyeshadows into the MAC pro palette. 

There are several palettes out there all for you to have loads of colours at a go! It reduces all the bulky stuff you have to move around with, especially as a make up artist.  

This is what the Pro palette i'm using today looks like.     

Most people get inserts to fit in this palette so they can then use it for whatever makeup they decide. If you get the lipstick insert, then you have a lipstick palette. 

The inserts with the highest pots for eyeshadows from MAC has15 pots. 

15 to me is too little and then my favourite eyeshadows aren't all from MAC Cosmetics. 

With that in mind, I decided to get the palette anyway but without the inserts. 

All I'm working with today

  

What you need...

The palette

Nail file (you can use a very flat knife if you find one)

Glue

Candle and a match Box or a lighter

Then your eyeshadow

Here's how

For the mac shadows depot

 

Locate where you have that line, push in the file and twist. 

You'll hear a click sound. 

Take out the insert and hold with a lash holder (like me) or you could use a tweezer.  

Hold over flame in a fast swinging motion so the insert doesn't flame up nor melt. 

After a few seconds, turn insert over and use the file to push out the pan. 

All these can be done carefully, without damaging the case. 

The insert should still fit in and make a click sound. 

Why take care when you don't need the case?

I heard MAC gives a free lipstick with every 5 empty MAC cosmetics case you return. So there!

Next thing you want to do is name your pot. 

Hold over flame for 2 seconds without burning, it gets really easy to peel off. 

You either stick this to the bottom of the pan if you're not glueing it to the palette OR you stick the name to the approximate opposite part of the palette lid where that pot would be glued. 

Repeat steps for as many shadows that can fit in. Mind you, MAC has refill  shadows (you don't have to depot) at an even cheaper rate. 

Other products

Tara

The depoting is quite different but easy anyway. 

(The shadows don't come with those blue strips. It was just a form of identification back in makeup school. So nobody "mistakenly" keeps my property X_X LOL!)

Hehe....!

I'm totally about these particular shadows these days. 

That's already 12 shadows and space for more.

Have a happy-happy weekend!

Bemi. 

Mwah!