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Nagoya, Japan (Feb., 2016) Makeup Haul

July 2, 2016

For those who don’t know, I am actually extremely biased towards Asian makeup brands. I’ve had my fair chances of hoarding them during my trips to Korea, and Tokyo during the past few years, and up until now, I still can’t stop this tendency of buying Asian-brand makeup out of impulse!

The first thing that really gets to me is how they come up with such cute brand collaborations, leading to even cuter packaging! Second, is probably my trust on the quality of the brand, since I’ve had my fair share of Asian makeup hauls in the past. Through that, I was able to find out which products seem to work better for me from certain brands. For example, I prefer the eyeliners from Dolly Wink, concealers from Holika Holika, and then the cream blush tints from Canmake. Though, those are just a few examples of the many good makeup brands out there. Continue Reading

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Sailor Moon x Larme-inspired Photo Shoot: “The Lunar Apogee”

February 7, 2016

Last January 30, 2016 (Saturday), my friends from the Kawaii PH family and I had a shoot inspired from the Larme-kei style, with hints of style inspiration derived from the popular mahou shoujo anime/manga, Sailor Moon. We had actually been planning to have this shoot for quite a while now, and I’m very glad that we were able to push through with it and come up with good results!

I’ll be sharing with you guys a handful of the results from the shoot, but you can view the complete photos on the timeline of my blog’s Facebook page, The Dream Machine.

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