Cute Trash Bin

Photograph Sleeping Kingdom by dottydotcom

I can imagine our ideal tent for me and for him. Somewhere is the garbage can we got from Victoria. It gives any room the bengal touch.

Room for My Stuff

Mr. Root was wonderful today! I can't get over his loving words. I was retelling the story about my belongings situation and how I am trying to find space for them because my mom was not going to put up with it. Then I asked him if I could keep some of the stuff at his place and he said I could keep anything I wanted there, and he instructed, especially, to leave my heart there in his room. I almost lost my breath. I wanted to jump out of the chair and announce to everyone in my office that I had left my heart in my boyfriend's bedroom. Not San Francisco. Not anywhere else but his bedroom.

BareEscentuals Makeup Foundation Color

Which one am I?! The question of the century! I've never been to a make-up counter for a personal consultation and up until now I just went at it blindly! Am I golden medium, medium tan, light? This chart was taken from BareEscentuals

Makeup Guide - "Asian Beauty"

Asian Beauty (Hardcover)
by Margaret Kimura (Author), Marianne Dougherty (Author)

This book I mentioned before in other post. I really learned a lot after reading it. There are so many different types of everything. Before I wouldn't know what "translucent" means and I'd just think that it was targeting those pale Brits who look so ghastly all the time. Now that I know what kind of shade it is, I choose translucent over other shades for foundations. I'm all for the natural look so translucent is best for me since it provides the lightest of coverage but can still even out my skin tone and make smooth the texture.

Blush Collection - Origins Pinch Your Cheeks

Origins Pinch Your Cheeks® - Coralberry $11

HOW TO USE: Dot on cheeks and quickly blend with your fingertips in a circular motion. Use alone for a light, sheer blush glow. Or, apply a light dusting of your favorite shade of Brush-on Color over it.

Ingredients:
water, myrtle leaf water, chamomile flower water, butylene glycol, carbomer, tromethamine, disodium edta, caprylyl glycol, phenoxyethanol, hexylene glycol, colors.


I love this from the first sight of opening the package. It was a shipment from an online order. The story behind it was that all I wanted was the free gifts from origins. But in order to get them I had to order something. So I picked one of the cheapest and most necessary, personally, which was something for my cheeks. I've always wanted rosy cheeks but using blush just didn't come to me naturally. But when I saw a stain form, I was excited. I was hoping that what I've read in the book would become self evident in this product. I read the "Asian Beauty" makeup guide book a year ago and that's when I learned that there were forms of the same product. After reading that book I was able to determine what I liked: translucent powder, cheek and lip stain, heated eyelash curlers, and powder forms of everything else.

Makeup Collection - Organic Wear

Physicians Formula Organic wear™ 100% Natural Origin Loose Powder - Translucent Light $14

100% natural origin loose powder, formulated with 10.6% certified organic ingredients, including safflower seed oil and jojoba seed oil to moisturize and corn starch to mattify the skin.

100% Free of Harsh Chemicals. 100% Free of Synthetic Preservatives. 100% Free of Parabens. 100% Free of GMO's. 100% Free of Synthetic Colors. 100% Free of Synthetic Fragrances. 100% Cruelty Free.

Ingredients:
MICA, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, ZEA MAYS (CORN) STARCH*, CALCIUM CARBONATE, KAOLIN, GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE, CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS (SAFFLOWER) SEED OIL, GLYCERIN, GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) OIL*, OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) FRUIT OIL*, ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) HULL POWDER, SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL*, CINNAMIC ACID, CITRUS GRANDIS (GRAPEFRUIT) FRUIT EXTRACT, SODIUM LEVULINATE, TOCOPHEROL, WATER. MAY CONTAIN: IRON OXIDES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE. *PRODUCED FROM ORGANIC FARMING

Officially my first makeup foundation. Well, the one before it I only used like twice so that doesn't count. It was a Maybelline Wonder Finish liquid-to-cream sorta thing in a tube and of course I made a mistake with that one. Six years ago I wouldn't know what's good for my face if it bit me in the face, if you know what I mean. Now I'm all natural-conscious about every single product and eco-friendly and etcetera. So please excuse me for having put my face through such un-healthy products. But I know I'm making a good choice with this one! It's a keeper because it literally doesn't come off on my fingers or clothes, unless I put so much on of course. The only bad thing is the cheap brush. The bristles come off all the time and so I don't think that's gonna last through the first 3 months. But it's compact so I have to use it; it comes built into the jar as you can see above. Underneath it I have other makeup which I'll blog about later. But this is the primary one for giving me the smooth and bright complexion.

Lotion Collection - Kiss My Face Hand Creme

Kiss My Face Obsessively Organic grapefruit + bergamot hand crème $9

Featuring:
Green Tea: soothing
Goldenseal: healing

INGREDIENTS:
Aqua, Organic Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract*, Organic Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Leaf Extract*, Organic Hydrastis Canadensis (Golden Seal) Root Extract*, Organic Melissa Officinalis (Lemon Balm) Leaf Extract*, Organic Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower Seed) Oil*, Glyceryl Stearate, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearth-20, Organic Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil, Caprylic Acid, Glycine, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Oil, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Lecithin

I've actually checked all of the chemical-sounding ingredients above, and I'm happy to say that they're all good! So even though they sound like harsh chemicals, don't get too paranoid. Just use the very handy dandy ingredient glossary provided by KissMyFace.com and you'll be able to track down almost all of them. I bookmarked that by the way so count on it that you'll probably need to refer to it as often as I do.