Banishing Dry Skin This Winter

Hi everyone,<br /><br />How are you doing? I'm still sick, by the way, but today I can breath a bit better and cough a lot less. Until I got sick, I did not notice how dry the skin on my body has become. Come to think of it, we are pretty much diligent when it comes to apply moisturizer on our faces. However, we seem to neglect the rest of the body. While taking a steamy hot shower to help decongesting my nose, I thought about this issue a lot and came up with a list of things you can do to your body. I am going to break it down in key areas and solutions for them, too. See, even when I am sick, I am still nice to y'all!<br /><br /><b>1. Face and neck:</b><br /><br />As I mentioned earlier, we all moisturize our faces diligently. However, what works in summer may not work that well in winter anymore. The dry air and constant exposure to indoor heat can suck all the moisture out of the air. So, if you have been using a face lotion, it is time to switch to a richer cream. For me, since I have break out prone skin, I choose to apply my face lotion twice.<br /><br />Also, please do not forget your neck! Yes, it may seem strange and slimy at first to apply a cold, wet solution to your neck but this will pay off. Your neck is the part of your body that supports your head and it ages as well. By moisturizing your neck, you make sure the neck and face age evenly.<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><b>2. Hands and nails:</b><br /><br />In winter, my hands take a real beating: I have cracked and dry hands to go with cracked and dry cuticles. It is very difficult to keep a manicure in winter when everything is so dry.<br /><br />The solution: cuticle oil. You do not even need to buy an expensive bottle of cuticle oil at all. Instead, just apply some olive oil in your pantry to your cuticles and you're done.<br /><br />Another way to keep your hands soft is to wear gloves after applying hand lotion. I bought a pair of cotton gloves many years ago and it still serves me well.<br /><br /><b>3. Feet:</b><br /><br />Using the same techniques described above, you apply lotion on your feet and then wear some thick cotton socks before going to sleep. When you wake up, your feet are going to be a lot softer.<br /><br /><b>4. The rest of your body:</b><br /><br />The key idea to keep smooth skin is to moisturize immediately after your shower. The body lotion will lock in moisture before your skin dries off. If you prefer to take a bath, adding bath oil also helps you to moisturize your skin while you clean yourself. If you take showers, just make sure they are not too long and the water is not too hot. I know, that does not sound too pleasant but by doing so, you do not strip the moisture out of your skin.<br /><br />That's all for now, folks! I hope you are doing well. Please keep yourself warm and healthy!<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/?action=view&current=endcredit.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/endcredit.png" /></a><br /><br />P.S: If you like my blog, please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribe to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!

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Update from Blogging Land

Hi everybody,<br /><br />What's going on? Do you enjoy the new year so far?<br /><br />Guess what? Yours truly is coming up with a cold! It is very horrible and right now I feel like this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXbvKvI-898WTMoxL7bZ1AwPpRmuDpPyMVKs_YxK6ZbdE6m53LrycFBbwn9i8V2Moq3BcjIaBzVJpMJW4tenRNyIdrZUYfscoVGkiISQh8sFkcLG6O8L1gzbPF8NlWu80hzKht8pgdZs/s1600-h/sick_teddy_bear(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXbvKvI-898WTMoxL7bZ1AwPpRmuDpPyMVKs_YxK6ZbdE6m53LrycFBbwn9i8V2Moq3BcjIaBzVJpMJW4tenRNyIdrZUYfscoVGkiISQh8sFkcLG6O8L1gzbPF8NlWu80hzKht8pgdZs/s400/sick_teddy_bear(1).jpg" /></a><br /></div><br />The last couple of days, the weather has been freezing cold in the Sunshine State and after braving it, I got a cold! It is so annoying and I miss blogging so much. Oh well, I'll be back after feeling better.<br /><br />Take care and stay warm, everybody!<br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/?action=view&current=endcredit.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/endcredit.png" /></a><br /><br />P.S: If you like my blog, please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribe to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!

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Happy New Year 2010 from My Makeup Blog!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbvUZaTWCr1IK4ztJ7NN9Ac_xf8_Z0BWGLTrev9gGxQfXFi-F4_GXZV8_iPf-0PmqVByvCcUobQSgpyX0z0A5lREhOTpMa2wc_xXR4lyamhgB9r7AYRx2iVoDIm7WfKUWOpVayMv3XSU/s1600-h/nye-garfield.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbvUZaTWCr1IK4ztJ7NN9Ac_xf8_Z0BWGLTrev9gGxQfXFi-F4_GXZV8_iPf-0PmqVByvCcUobQSgpyX0z0A5lREhOTpMa2wc_xXR4lyamhgB9r7AYRx2iVoDIm7WfKUWOpVayMv3XSU/s400/nye-garfield.gif" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">From My Makeup Blog <br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Wishing you a successful and wonderful year ahead<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May 2010 brings you more joy and cheers than ever before!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/?action=view&current=endcredit.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/endcredit.png" /></a><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.comicsidontunderstand.com/nye-garfield.gif">Picture source</a><br />P.S: If you like my blog, please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribe to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!

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My Makeup Blog: a Year in Numbers

Hi everybody,<br /><br />Today is the last day of 2009 and in some hours, we are not only plunging into the next year but also the next decade. How exciting is that? The year 2009 has been wonderful to me, especially since the second half of the year. Not only this blog has picked up new audience and interests from companies, my life has also changed. The moment I am writing this entry, I am no longer a student (at least for a short while.) Finally, I graduated. My Makeup Blog was born because of my passion to makeup, that part we all know. However, there is another part most people don't know about it: it was born when its creator (that's me) was in the abyss of difficulties. At the time I created this blog, I went through hell and back. To say I was between a rock and a hard place was an understatement. There were so many difficulties and uncertainties played in my life at that time that I just wanted to pack my bags and left.<br /><br />However, there's a little voice inside my head that told me if this blog worked, my life is going to be OK. A few friends who knew about this little blog told me it was a silly idea and I would be much better off concentrating on my project, etc. It was a lot of hurt but somehow, I managed to sit and blog almost every day for the first three months since most blogs out there do not survive that long. And that was a year and a half ago!<br /><br />At the beginning, I remember having about 30 page views and a handful of readers a day. Now, the number has grown maybe 20 more times but if you compare to other blogs, it's still a banana. Having a blog brought a lot of perspectives to my life. Now, I have friends and readers who are so intelligent and interested in makeup as much as I do.<br /><br />The three things I've learned about blogging are:<br /><br /><b>1. Be persistent in writing:</b> there's a reason for me to blog most days of the week. The more I blog, the better I become in writing. You can't learn writing by not writing. The only way to learn is to write. Blogging is not a time-consuming habit at all! It also teaches me to be organized in my thoughts.<br /><br />I did not know how well my writing has become until a committee member told me he could understand my thesis crystal clear. And I thought my draft was messy!<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><b>2. Be up to date with information:</b> like science, makeup and beauty trends change constantly. The only way to follow them is to read. I did not read as many makeup books in the beginning but the more I blog, the more I find myself reading them. Heck, I even have a segment called <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Book%20Review">Beauty Literotica</a> on my blog for that!<br /><br /><b>3. Be yourself:</b> I can't pretend I'm someone else, can I? This blog is not about me pretending to be someone. It's about me being myself with a lot more makeup than usual :) Also, during the process of blogging, I learned a lot of things. Nobody taught me how to blog or write codes, I just explored them myself. It's the same spirit that eventually helped me through my master's thesis, as nobody taught me how to use SAS, the statistics software, either!<br /><br />As a statistics lover, I decided to gather my blog stats and cranked up Excel a little bit.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVk4Kxi2PAX2oNDIW6XbAE0bqk4IBtw2F9D2Rfg6fgruFGytMSj3R7a9IrRTCixx4NcV4W0z10Kebnr8Wt19pFPRDCb7U-E9oFAcNWKquvLexzmYU4UmVgMjR7MUnR-xCLb10N3QR3sc/s1600-h/MMB+2009+excel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVk4Kxi2PAX2oNDIW6XbAE0bqk4IBtw2F9D2Rfg6fgruFGytMSj3R7a9IrRTCixx4NcV4W0z10Kebnr8Wt19pFPRDCb7U-E9oFAcNWKquvLexzmYU4UmVgMjR7MUnR-xCLb10N3QR3sc/s400/MMB+2009+excel.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The year in number. I can't believe I wrote 219 posts this year!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwPNQc8borl8ncVpaqBl2M_gOe3o-KAs2x3BuVLMXXsUR0_29hX6o7QDTS1jg6PtwkgT3Zsbbinulm6pM4A4NMYCwOZHrnLGvcifwHhml9-N28n7Cg98zOB4dWj4JF4moT2eGk52pJ6I/s1600-h/MMB+2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwPNQc8borl8ncVpaqBl2M_gOe3o-KAs2x3BuVLMXXsUR0_29hX6o7QDTS1jg6PtwkgT3Zsbbinulm6pM4A4NMYCwOZHrnLGvcifwHhml9-N28n7Cg98zOB4dWj4JF4moT2eGk52pJ6I/s400/MMB+2009.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gotta have a chart<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was very productive in the second half of 2009<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At this time, I would like to thank all of you who have been reading, supporting, subscribing, and being my friends throughout the year. Believing this blog to work makes it work. I also would like to thank various publicists and companies who took interests in my blog and offer me review and giveaway materials. I appreciate your relationship with My Makeup Blog. Last but not least, I want to thank the few people who found this blog interesting and started your subscriptions very early on. You know who you are and I can't thank you enough!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's look forward to a bigger and better blog in the year 2010!<br /></div><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/?action=view&current=endcredit.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/endcredit.png" /></a><br /><br />P.S: If you like my blog, please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribe to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!

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Best of 2009 from My Makeup Blog

Hi everybody,<br /><br />As the year has come to closer an end, I would like to take some time and make a list of 10 favorite products I discovered in 2009. Among hundreds of products I've tried this year, picking out the top 10 is not an easy task. It was something I wanted to do last year but unfortunately, I did not have enough time!<br /><br />Let's all begin, shall we? May I present you...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cCQdMmxgUhlVg-boowppO_Ng920L3Zo_wXL6QtjRQQQBX9qjEFBDJ_BQcNx8vLYivQ7tXAJ2oXpP9fcH3rFLag1ol-j03l1WOSY6a8rMAYqWrUJE0QGRpMMAgQsEn1wvaFUtRO95VbE/s1600-h/watermark2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cCQdMmxgUhlVg-boowppO_Ng920L3Zo_wXL6QtjRQQQBX9qjEFBDJ_BQcNx8vLYivQ7tXAJ2oXpP9fcH3rFLag1ol-j03l1WOSY6a8rMAYqWrUJE0QGRpMMAgQsEn1wvaFUtRO95VbE/s400/watermark2.png" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>My Makeup Blog's Top 10 of 2009</b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The products are listed in no particular order<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"><b>Brushes:</b><br /></div><br />1. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/loew-cornell-spot-detailer-brush-best.html">Loew-Cornell Spot Detailer Brush</a>: It's small but it packs a punch! My liners never go askew after I found this brush.<br /><br />2. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/ecotools-brushes-ahmazin.html">EcoTools brush set</a>: hands down the best 11 dollars I've ever spent on makeup brushes. These brushes are so soft and adorable. On top of that, the materials are environmentally friendly, too!<br /><br />3. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/studiotools-dual-finish-brush-now-if-i.html">StudioTools dual finish brush</a>: it's no longer 2 dollars but it's the best dupe of MAC 187 out there.<br /><br />4. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/elf-studio-powder-brush-my-new-found-hg.html">E.L.F Studio powder brush</a>: the best flat top brush at 3 dollars! I can't wait for E.L.F Studio to be available at Target.<br /><br /><div style="color: magenta;"><b>Eyeliners:</b><br /></div><br />5. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/loreal-hip-color-chrome-eyeliner-so-so.html">L'Oreal HiP Color Chrome eyeliners</a>: they are the best you can get at drugstores. I am glad to have 4 of them and really enjoy these very soft and pigmented eyeliners.<br /><br />There are five more products after the jump! <br /><br /><a name="more"></a><b style="color: magenta;"> Eye Shadows:</b><br /><br />6. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-heart-nyc-metro-quartet-eye-shadows.html">NYC Metro Quartet eye shadows</a>: these soft and mildly pigmented eye shadows are fun to play and portable to tote in your bags. Also, the price is nice and dandy to grab one or all! <br /><br /> 7. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/adorned-with-grace-summer-le-summer.html">Adorned with Grace minerals summer LE</a>: so far, it has been the best LE Adorned with Grace minerals has come up with. I still have all the colors and love them very much!<br /><br /><div style="color: magenta;"><b>Blushes:</b><br /></div><br />8. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/adorned-with-grace-minerals-shimmer.html">Adorned with Grace minerals shimmer blushes</a>: the best mineral blushes I have ever reviewed! They are so silky, pigmented, and adorable.<br /><br /><div style="color: magenta;"><b>Lipsticks</b>:<br /></div><br />9. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/rimmel-london-airy-fairy-pink-lipstick.html">Rimmel London lipstick in Airy Fairy</a>: Who could have thought these Rimmel lipsticks are similar to MAC creamsheen? I think I'm in love with them, after buying Airy Fairy and Pink Champagne. Heck, I might even buy every single color Rimmel has ever made, since I love the texture way too much!<br /><br /><div style="color: magenta;"><b>Perfumes:</b><br /></div><br />10. <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/yves-saint-laurent-parisienne-paris.html">YSL Parisienne</a>: technically, I received this product as a freebie. However, the scent is lovely and feminine enough for me to wear over and over again. Coming from somebody who can't wear a scent 3 days in a row, that's a lot of compliments.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cCQdMmxgUhlVg-boowppO_Ng920L3Zo_wXL6QtjRQQQBX9qjEFBDJ_BQcNx8vLYivQ7tXAJ2oXpP9fcH3rFLag1ol-j03l1WOSY6a8rMAYqWrUJE0QGRpMMAgQsEn1wvaFUtRO95VbE/s1600-h/watermark2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /></div>And now, <i>a disclaimer</i>: all products in this list, except for numbers 7,8, and 10 were purchased from my own pocket for my own use and review purposes. AwG products and YSL Parisienne were provided by said companies via PR contacts. Reviews of the products were written in the year 2009 and published in My Makeup Blog. For more information, please read My Makeup Blog <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-makeup-blog-disclosure.html">disclosure policy</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/?action=view&current=endcredit.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/endcredit.png" /></a><br /><br />P.S: If you like my blog, please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribe to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!

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Everyday Minerals New Year Palette

Hi everybody,<br /><br />We are days away from getting into the year 2010 and I already miss 2009. Some couple of days ago, my friends and I had an epiphany moment when we realized we no longer could write 2009 or '09 or anything with two zeros after number 2 for the year when 2010 starts. (And that's why we've been writing checks like crazy before 2010 begins!)<br /><br />While the year 2009 has been good to me, mainly at the second half of the year, I am looking forward to 2010. The folks at <a href="http://www.everydayminerals.com/">Everyday Minerals</a> agreed, and they came out with the New Year palette. While the <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/everyday-minerals-christmas-palette.html">Christmas palette</a> is bright and cheerful, the New Year palette is rich and a little bit sinful in colors.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIk8yeoRIGR7voTIawFVdVfYcy_59LDkZ9d55QMLVG81CADowvLN57oS13SkHJGp7XVCPqdBuj2IFAd1CO94VBGzghf-g7mowbBd5mPnC4XDKWos3wt8jBePHEPsmK9iL4HkBMK9joQxA/s1600-h/IMG_3896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIk8yeoRIGR7voTIawFVdVfYcy_59LDkZ9d55QMLVG81CADowvLN57oS13SkHJGp7XVCPqdBuj2IFAd1CO94VBGzghf-g7mowbBd5mPnC4XDKWos3wt8jBePHEPsmK9iL4HkBMK9joQxA/s400/IMG_3896.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.everydayminerals.com/store/makeup/holiday-colors/new-years-pallet.html">New Year Palette</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(L-R): Chamomille, Love Letter, Wine Tasting, and Wild Flowers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bpFNK8ZLs5ntUMo0__IyfCKdexO5HQpzjM5QoFXt0Qss0VxQG0AOhvs3jTScwpPlEQWg-at8p-6Dzrdp7sX0VGHfTNlmAwY7WLAyx41PXlSCK_dbH3YSbSTMh4udzDJmYZc8Ftm-eQI/s1600-h/IMG_3899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bpFNK8ZLs5ntUMo0__IyfCKdexO5HQpzjM5QoFXt0Qss0VxQG0AOhvs3jTScwpPlEQWg-at8p-6Dzrdp7sX0VGHfTNlmAwY7WLAyx41PXlSCK_dbH3YSbSTMh4udzDJmYZc8Ftm-eQI/s400/IMG_3899.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The palette, opened</div><div style="text-align: center;">Want to see the swatch and detailed description of each color? Jump!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW1DPt4xIlTJa6TEQwv3ribU-mS7Oven2JCpGP6GbVFgWna3-E3omRfcIhzAd4Kfhe_NKE2nywOJytMvfp9TH-KUxUKWmGFdHnfCscWMXDh1U74QnHybw7e2CJFfBNIuEFa90kaODUs0/s1600-h/IMG_3901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW1DPt4xIlTJa6TEQwv3ribU-mS7Oven2JCpGP6GbVFgWna3-E3omRfcIhzAd4Kfhe_NKE2nywOJytMvfp9TH-KUxUKWmGFdHnfCscWMXDh1U74QnHybw7e2CJFfBNIuEFa90kaODUs0/s400/IMG_3901.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The swatch</div><div style="text-align: center;">(L-R): Wild Flowers, Wine Tasting, Love Letters, and Chamomile</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Color descriptions from Everyday Minerals:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>Chamomile - A light butter yellow with a puff of shimmer.<br />Love Letters - A matte lilac/purple-pink shade.<br />Wine Tasting - A deep grape shade with blue flecks of shimmer.<br />Wild Flowers - Rich taupe matte with mauve undertones.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiIfw5MDbMhteXh__Ur2YiURneJ6W6XRnF8RTX5Rdf5dvfJFZ7wme-HsNyYeZVLqTLPphcUk185irRQnSTHHPd_Inqse_it29UjyoU-Qc-6Hz3iT8B60mn8C4OHOVom052ljTaAQGzKo/s1600-h/IMG_3892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiIfw5MDbMhteXh__Ur2YiURneJ6W6XRnF8RTX5Rdf5dvfJFZ7wme-HsNyYeZVLqTLPphcUk185irRQnSTHHPd_Inqse_it29UjyoU-Qc-6Hz3iT8B60mn8C4OHOVom052ljTaAQGzKo/s400/IMG_3892.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The back of the palette</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Like the Christmas palette, this quad is also pigmented and the texture is a bit more diverse: Chamomile and Wine Tasting have shimmers while Love Letters and Wild Flowers are matte. Chamomile is a very soft yellow color that's suitable for highlighting as well. If I had to choose between the Christmas palette and this one, I would pick the previous ones as I am a fan of colorful eye shadows. However, the New Year palette is more wearable in my opinion.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is currently available at Everyday Minerals for $7 USD. As they are pigments, they can be used wet or dry. When used wet, make sure not to dip your wet brush directly into the pod and use a good mixing medium. When used dry, a good eyeshadow primer is necessary. I use MAC paint pots as eyeshadow primers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />And now, a disclaimer: this palette was sent to me from a kind representative of Everyday Minerals for reviewing purposes. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.everydayminerals.com/">Everyday Minerals website</a>. Click here to read My Makeup Blog <a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-makeup-blog-disclosure.html">disclosure policy</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Hope you are having a good day so far. What do you call 2010? Is it "two thousand ten" or "twenty ten"? I'm curious about that.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/?action=view&current=endcredit.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/endcredit.png" /></a><br /><br />P.S: If you like my blog, please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribe to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!

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Dear M.A.C, Part Deux

Hi everybody,<br /><br />How was your Christmas? Mine was so delightful, jolly, and full that I still feel tingle and happy. Now, sitting in front of the computer and basking over the afterglow of Christmas, I wish to have more time like this. Let me tell you, this is the life, y'all! While checking my email, I noticed a new ad from MAC that prompted me to write another letter to my favorite Canadian makeup company (<a href="http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/dear-mac.html">click here</a> for the original Dear M.A.C.) Rest assure, I am not an anti-fan of Makeup Art Cosmetics in any measures. Some of their products I can't live without, but this is a little bit too much and I guess it's time for some people from MAC to read my blog already.<br /><br />So what prompted my post-Christmas outrage? <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lFbxyzVWAS9LrnHoEVF3reSBBiQTQj1ICr5B__48aPLpNYgzzLI4hoiUG4psmgOJ-FMsaCG2tCHdNR_XNigLDLngcMNcmNrKeBdE1bso6Ud0lVi1w2Jjsqu96thFZFSv7hQLW03_uSo/s1600-h/MAC+in+the+studio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lFbxyzVWAS9LrnHoEVF3reSBBiQTQj1ICr5B__48aPLpNYgzzLI4hoiUG4psmgOJ-FMsaCG2tCHdNR_XNigLDLngcMNcmNrKeBdE1bso6Ud0lVi1w2Jjsqu96thFZFSv7hQLW03_uSo/s400/MAC+in+the+studio.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This ad of MAC <a href="http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/spp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT2067&PRODUCT_ID=6711">Studio Fix Lash</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you see anything strange? Let me show you two!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Numero Uno:</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizT3xBnou_rOY3yopNf6H7mDoSPsqWoC19pD4VXUBsdKvZsvRkehb47JqFc74-uzZEH-RYCouZ7LVE7qSucz7oMeZCYfy8FrAIMADtSnV8gsb5HXRaxpfRCpQQHOePwk_HU7mWM4JGCsY/s1600-h/mac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizT3xBnou_rOY3yopNf6H7mDoSPsqWoC19pD4VXUBsdKvZsvRkehb47JqFc74-uzZEH-RYCouZ7LVE7qSucz7oMeZCYfy8FrAIMADtSnV8gsb5HXRaxpfRCpQQHOePwk_HU7mWM4JGCsY/s400/mac.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Really, what is <i>that</i>?" you asked<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"That, my dear children," I said, "is <i>not</i> the miracle of Christmas. It's the spine of a pair o' falsies!"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wanna see numero dos? Jump! <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax9zJ_niX0oLnf5nedf-TUZsvWE1dlJT2eNaVe06CQKr-jz2dRs4uRAbp-ux_gqXfJG4c_Z1ijKthZFGSdBaba0Vz-1Ukudd192eUjgMBJoawEXfVs9z0mCBWcrSTerp4KEsvB1flkwU/s1600-h/mac1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax9zJ_niX0oLnf5nedf-TUZsvWE1dlJT2eNaVe06CQKr-jz2dRs4uRAbp-ux_gqXfJG4c_Z1ijKthZFGSdBaba0Vz-1Ukudd192eUjgMBJoawEXfVs9z0mCBWcrSTerp4KEsvB1flkwU/s400/mac1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And now, <b>numero dos</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's so wrong in two levels<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me show you:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW2ghu-tCcppXzmw03sH6b1jgB4osT9359v-yTxHAe-hyT1UGxi37F0390ov9HJ-p6nh1WwH34-8bKo4JWKauQKoVaJAgZf2fF2deiUHobcm489csKLIJcyc_mRnA8-LrlmeQ6dGvMd8/s1600-h/mac2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW2ghu-tCcppXzmw03sH6b1jgB4osT9359v-yTxHAe-hyT1UGxi37F0390ov9HJ-p6nh1WwH34-8bKo4JWKauQKoVaJAgZf2fF2deiUHobcm489csKLIJcyc_mRnA8-LrlmeQ6dGvMd8/s400/mac2.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not only you see the spine of the falsies, you also see the model's eyelashes peaking out underneath the pair of falsies!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can I have an "Oh boy!"?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Those, my friends, are images from MAC's newest campaign called "In the Studio" sent this morning. I don't know if MAC wants to keep it real in their ad campaign for a mascara by not photoshopping the real lashes out of the falsies or not but this is so foul in so many levels:<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. This is an ad for mascara, so why did the model wear fake lashes?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. If I want to buy this mascara, how do I know how well it performs?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. Please hire a new photo retoucher and a new art director<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">    I actually have one in mind for you. Yadiq is a reader of mine and a photo retoucher. I know she won't let this happen. Also, any decent makeup artist would try to blend the real lashes with the false lashes using a heated eyelash curler after applying some mascara. Even I, a makeup addict, can tell you that.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So please, MAC, please stop this ridiculous thing from happening again. I don't want to be mean to you but if I see any mascara ads from you with real lashes peaking out of falsies again, I have to report it up here. And I am not kidding! This has got to stop!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/?action=view&current=endcredit.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/shortylam/endcredit.png" /></a><br /><br />P.S: If you like my blog, please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribe to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!

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