Love Live! x FIFA World Cup 2014

Hello~

Like the title suggests, this is an old post!

I originally posted this on Pika Pika's blog but I decided that it should appear on my blog too!

So last year, my maid cafe and I rode on the FIFA World Cup hype and cosed a fan art version of Love Live! crossover-ed with FIFA WORLD CUP~!

Here is the original picture!

This post was written by Natsumi, Neko and I together and it was meant to be a story of sorts, so please excuse the weirdness! HAHAHA!

I literally copied and pasted the entry because I was the one who wrote it mainly! My stage name is Nanami by the way! :D

Here goes!

YOSH~~!! This is Nanami, Natsumi & Neko writing!

We'll be your guide for this post!

WELCOME TO VIETNEM!!! /shot

Jkjk~ we were just fooling around with the props~

How has everyone been doing? We are very sorry about the lack of posts and updates, but the past few weeks has just been so utterly hectic that we had no time to blog D:

Though the past few weeks has been exhausting, it doesn't mean that it wasn't fun! Many things took place. We had our training session for our event, our event itself ( the post will be up soon~ ) and then we had our Love Live x World Cup photoshoot!

We had our shoot at White Cottage Studio, located at Chinatown, behind Oriental Plaza~

The three of us decided to meet about 2 hours earlier in order to prepare ourselves for our shoot. We only booked the studio for 2 hours so if we started preparing at the studio itself at the start of the shoot, by the time we got ready, we'll have to leave already LOL. SO YES. THE THREE OF US MET UP EARLIER AND CAMPED AT THIS ULU TOILET AT ORIENTAL PLAZA. ( We weren't allowed inside the studio ahead of time you see D: ) We were totally getting judged. It didn't help that Nanami's wig before cutting looked like a bird nest.

Nanami: I would put in a picture of how my wig looked like before cutting but Natsumi wouldn't let me D: BOOOOOOOO!

Close to the shoot, we started calling Suzume and asking where she was. She told us that the rest of the girls and her ( except for Naru ), were already at the studio.

The three of us just

(.______.)

(.________.)

and

 (.____________.)

WHATTTTTTTT. How did we end up the ones being late!! D< Maybe we shouldn't have tried to wait for them after all....

We hurriedly grabbed our things and left Oriental Plaza.

Nanami: NEVER EVER LET NATSUMI TAKE THE LEAD OKAY. I THOUGHT SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT BUT SHE WAS CLUELESS AS TO WHERE THE PLACE WAS D:<

Like Nanami hinted above, we got lost. OTL

It took us about 15 minutes of contacting the girls and getting clearer directions as to where the studio was exactly. It was so ulu.... but YAY. WE GOT THERE EVENTUALLYYYYYY~!! *celebrates*

The photographer was already there, so seeing as Natsumi and Nanami were the most ready out of all the other girls, they had their photos taken first.

Before we forget, this is a list of who took which character~

Kousaka Honoka - Nanami
Sonoda Umi - Suzume
Minami Kotori - Yukari
Yazawa Nico - Neko
Ayase Eli - Spica
Toujou Nozomi - Natsumi
Nishikino Maki - Mirei
Koizumi Hanayo - Amane
Hoshizora Rin - Naru

Here's a group (we're missing Hanayo & Rin D:) selfie first of all!

How do we look! =)

Nanami: I'll be posting my selfies with the other members so just a heads up that you'll be seeing loads of my face!

With Natsumi~

Nanami: NATSUMI IS SO PRETTY THAT I CAN'T EVEN -----!@#$!@#$%^&*()

With Neko~ (she took out her wig already but its okay)

With Mirei~

With Suzume~

With Amane~

With Naru~

With Spica~ (she decorated our photo o.o)

With Yukari~

Nanami: I can't find my selfie with Yukari so here's pretty Suzume's selfie with Yukari and Naru~!! =) Btw, although you sick of seeing my face already, I shall just post my own selfie here eheheheh~!!

Honoka desu~!!!

Many funny things happened throughout our shoot and we almost ran out of time to shoot D:

So like we were saying previously, Natsumi and Nanami had their shoot first!

Here are some pictures~

HAHAHAHA!!! Natsumi had to stand on the chair in order to get the height difference between Nozomi and Honoka right because Nanami is just way too tall OTL

Okay, we'll try to shut up for now and just let you enjoy this flood of pictures~ 8'D

Nanami: If I ever want to sue Natsumi, I can use this and say she like to molest me xD but its a Nozomi thing to do~~

And just because Nanami is one of the writers of this post, she can post more of her selfies! /shot

Nanami: For the Honoka fans out there~~!! I hope that I didn't disappoint you!!

Thank you for taking time to read this post! We hope that we weren't overly horrible writers QAQ Thank you KeiCho Photography for being our photographer and for taking our pictures that day!

Many things are going to happen so remember to keep checking our blog and Facebook page! :) Most of our photoshoot pictures are going to be uploaded on out Facebook page so it'll be your loss if you do not check it out!

See you next time~!!

PS.
Nanami: If you are wondering why theres so many Nanami, Natsumi & Neko pictures, its because we are the writers and there's nothing more we have on hand than our own pictures! xD

Hello,

Nice to be writing blog posts once again~ My last post was from way too long ago that I cannot even remember what it was about exactly AHAHAHAHA

After school started, my life was so hectic that I didn't even have time to sleep much less blog! D: I sure hope I'll be able to blog more often!

Cheers,
Diiyawn

Ps. I bought a lot of stuff recently, super excited to review them!

REVIEW | Tarte Cosmetics - Leave Her Blushing

This review is on blushes! I did reviews on foundation, lipsticks, lip balms, eyeshadows and all so I was thinking 'It's time for something new!' Hence, this post about cheeks.

Newly added into my collection, is this stunning Tarte 'Leave Her Blushing' blush set! I have heard rave reviews regarding their products and I am absolutely delighted to have a chance to try and use their products!

'Leave Her Blushing', is a set of 3 deluxe Amazonian Clay 12-hour Blushes & Blush Brush set!

It comes in this pretty purple & gold box!

Isn't it so pretty! The gold branches makes it look so refined!

This is how the packaging inside looks!

The blushes included in this set are
Honoured - a beautiful Nudy Rose shade
Imagined - a startling Candy Pink shade
Treasured - a subtle Melon shade

This is Honoured

Like its description, it has a pinkish tint like roses, except that it leans more towards the brown side. It is a little browner in real life. The color is gradual which allows you to build on the layers, therefore allowing you to get the intensity that you want.

I normally use this when I have intense eyes or lip colors and I just want to give my cheeks a slight wash of color.

This is Imagined

It is a bright shade of pink and it really seems to make your cheeks 'pop'. This is best used when you have subtle eyes and lips. Apply this to the apple of your cheeks but as this is rather concentrated and pigmented, avoid over applying this or you'll look weird! Like you'll look like a overripe apple of sorts.

As much as I love this shade of pink, it doesn't exactly look very nice on me, because I tend to overdo it AHAHAHA!

This is Treasured

This blusher leans more towards the orange side, and I found out that it works great if you are going for a natural sun-kissed look.

For the sun-kissed look, prep your face with the basics like foundation, do your eyes if you want, and then load the brush up with this blusher, and drag it from one side of your face to another. From the apple of one side of your cheeks, over the nose bridge, and then over the apple of the other side of your cheeks. Is that confusing? xD

Tip: To make it even more natural, take a brown eyeliner pencil or eyeshadow, dot your cheeks and nose slightly and then blend it in to add depth and reality to your sun-kissed look! After all, sun-kissed leans toward the tan side as well, so you cannot just be pure orange-red! xD

This series of blushers are good in the sense that they are long lasting and they lessen your need to constantly excuse yourself to touch up your makeup! Isn't that what every girl wishes for? To not have to touch up your makeup too frequently? Because we are all mostly lazy? LOL

These blushers are made with Amazonian clay and before you go 'HUH?! CLAY?! WHATTTTTTTTTTTTT?', read this!

Amazonian Clay helps to minimize the amount of oil in and around the pores to help balance your skin and keep it matte, as well as to help keep the product in place while also helping to hydrate the skin naturally in order to restore moisture, therefore efficiently reducing the appearance of dry flaky skin! Isn't that nice? No flaky or patchy looking skin to annoy us all! :)

These blushers are also formulated without

• Parabens
• Mineral Oil
• Phthalates
• Triclosan
• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
• Synthetic Fragrance 

I don't exactly know what these are, but since these blushers are formulated without those products, those products probably help to make your skin dry, flaky and patchy. I think. o.o

Also, these blushers are wonderful and it is great for all skin types! So you can enjoy all of these blushers without worrying that it will harm or worsen your skin condition!

For

• Oily skin: The Amazonian clay minimizes oil in and around pores to balance skin and keep the product in place so that the oil doesn't cause the blush to run or get blotchy!
• Dry skin: The Amazonian clay hydrates the skin naturally to restore and provide moisture so that your blush wears better and longer and you don't have to worry that it'll crack!
• Dull skin: The Amazonian clay helps to improve the appearance of skin clarity as well as your skin texture!
• Combination skin: The Amazonian clay is completely intuitive! It will give the skin an overall smooth and even texture!

This product can be bought from HERE through under-twenty20!!

Alternatively, you could buy Tarte cosmetic products through the official Tarte Cosmetics website but they only ship in the States! ): So Singaporeans like me simply have to make use of the Singapore based website that kindly helps to ship Tarte cosmetics in!

Enjoy and go wild Tartelettes!

Peace! >D

REVIEW | Sleek Makeup - Pout Polish SPF 15 Tinted Lip Conditioner

A while back, I purchased the Sleek MakeUp Pout Polish that I had been eyeing for quite a while. It normally costs $13, but due to the fact that I bought it when Luxola was having a 25% off sale, I got it for around $9.75. What a steal :D

The thing that first caught my attention when I stumbled upon the webpage, were the colors that the pout polish was available in. I had a such a surprise when it came xD I thought that it would be small and round, when in actual fact, it was flat and sleek. The Pout Polish/Tinted Lip Conditioner, was set in a palm sized looking pot and it just looked so endearing to me. It didn't look bulky like my Body Shop's lip balms, but instead, it looked really sleek like its name suggests!

The Pout Polish comes in various colors.

Perfect Plum

Pink Cadillac

Electro Peach

Chocolate Kiss

Peach Perfection

and,

Powder Pink

I am not sure if everyone feels the same way, but the various shades of pink makes me go all 'AWWW!! WANT WANT WANT!!!' while the other colors make me go 'Er...okay?' LOL

I bought the pout polish in Peach Perfection! It took me quite a while to decide which color to get. I was torn between Pink Cadillac, Peach Perfection and Powder Pink. It was a really difficult decision! ): They all looked so good! My friend Sarah, had to intervene because I was really taking a very long time to decide. She convinced me that Pink Cadillac wasn't my color because it was dark pink and it would only serve to darken my lips, while Powder Pink was too pale a pink and it would only serve to make me look sick and queer. So Peach Perfection it was! Pink with an orange tint/undertone.

When it arrived, I was really happy and excited to try it out. Some things that I like about this product is that it is

• Highly pigmented
• Built in with SPF15
• A host of moisturizing oils
• Able to stain your lips deeper than most glosses
• Long lasting

Don't you just hate it when your lip products don't last long? You have to constantly excuse yourself to reapply it! So troublesome! D<

The product came exactly how I imagined it. Sweet, endearing, sleek and compact, along with the smell of Vanilla. Such a sweet smelling product. 

With flash

Without flash :)

A few things that I noticed when using this product

• It takes on the form of a cream
• It is really smooth when you touch it
• Glides onto lips smoothly
• Not sticky to the touch
• Nice pigmentation
• Lasts for a fair bit (About 3-6 hours, depending on what you do)
• If you do not rid your lips of dead skin before applying this product, you will end up with patchy and splotchy lips with flaky skin. YUCKS.
• Lip balm is advised before usage of this product.
• Lips have a slight tingly sensation 
• The scent of Vanilla can get pretty overbearing

Well, overall, I am semi satisfied with this product. Though I don't feel extremely compelled to use this unlike when I first saw it.

I would rate this around a 7.5/10, because the fact that I have to use lip balm before I use this product. WHAT IF I AM IN A RUSH D< WHAT IF I RAN OUT OF LIP BALM AND LIP STICK AND I NEEDED TO USE THIS DESPERATELY HUH! The tingly sensation sort of gets to me as well. It doesn't cause my lips to itch or anything, but it just bugs me. You would too if your lips felt weird. The vanilla scent was probably the one that pulled my rating of 8.5 to a 7.5. I understand that you want your products to smell good, but I think you really went overboard with the scent for this. It can get pretty nauseating if you have to smell it constantly. The saving grace for this is probably the fact that it lasts long and you don't have to keep opening the container and smell that sweet scent. Is it just my pot being so sweet smelling? Anyone else has this problem too?

This product can be bought from HERE through Luxola! Enjoy shopping!

Thank you for reading! Have a happy day! :)

Cheers!