Cry Fest... All Nighters... No problem! How to get rid of tired heavy eyes

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Crying all night or having to pull an all nighter is no fun especially when you have somewhere important to be.
When you lack sleep but still need to achieve the refreshed/well slept look, don't fret. The solution is simple. It takes a few simple products to get rid of tired heavy eyes.

1. COLD EYE MASK
2. VISINE
3. EYE CREAM
4. WHITE/ FLESH EYELINER 
5. CONCEALER

The blood vessels in your eyes are dilated due to lack of sleep making it feel sensitive, heavy, puffy, and tired. By putting a cold eye mask, the vessels would shrink and soothe the eyes. As a rule: anything hot will make vessels dilate and cold will shrink it. If you don't have a cold eye mask, put ice in a bag and wrap it in a towel. Also a cucumber, a potato, or a spoon that is put in the freezer will also make do. (You must cut and peel the cucumber and potato in a thin circular shape to fit your eyes.)

While the cold eye mask will soothe your eyes, it won't take care of the "blood shot eyes" look. Putting a few drops of visine will help clear the redness.

Lack of sleep will also result in eye bags and dark circles. The skin around the eyes are very thin and eye creams will help moisturize and protect it. I'm currently using Neutrogena's ageless restoratives eye cream. It has a glow luminous effect around the eyes.

White or flesh eye pencils used for the water line will help make the sclera (white part of the eye) look even whiter. I'm currently using NYX jumbo eye pencil in MILK and I love it!

Last but not least a good concealer. I'm currently using MAC's NC 20 studio fix concealer. I will review different concealers on my next blog so I will have more details then.

Having puffy, tired, and heavy eyes  is no fun. And the best solution to avoid these symptoms is to actually have a full nights rest. Until then, using a few simple products will surely make your eyes feel better and help you achieve the well rested look. 

An Ode to Blogging, Youtube, and Twitter

My newly found love is blogging. Since the economy is still down, I needed to find another way to distress and unwind from day to day without having to spend money. In my search of a new hobby, I stumbled on you tube one day and I happened to watch Lollipop26. I loved it so much that I decided to join you tube and subscribed to both Laura's you tube channel and blog. Since then, I have found other gurus that shares their knowledge and passion for make-up and fashion through you tube, blogs, and twitter. I was so inspired by them that I decided to join the beauty and fashion community as well.

I uploaded 2 videos on you tube before, but decided to take them down. Maybe I'll try again and do what's in my bag (those are always fun to watch). My twitter is fairly new too so if you have one, I'd be happy to follow you ^_^

Right now I'm very much into blogging and reading other beauty/ fashion gurus' blogs that I decided to join a site called "Blog Lovin." This site claims to make blog reading fun and easy by notifying readers when one of their favorite blogs has written a new blog post.

Well its now 2:50 am. Time for me to go to bed.

Sweet Dreams

Confessions...

I am addicted to fashion. Anything shiny and the ones with a lot of details I'm completely enamored! I don't even know where this obsession started or even where to begin as for what "shiny" and "detailed" things I'm constantly hoarding, but I am collecting them. From clothes, to shoes, to everyday accessories, if it's shiny, I have it. So what's bad in this description? Well nothing... that is if its in moderation and if you have room for it. I mean there's nothing wrong with collecting things, having a hobby, or being fashionable, but when it starts to take over your life its bad. In my case, it took over my room and finances.


I was doing my spring cleaning and I couldn't believe my eyes. I found clothes that have tags or have been worn once and never seen day light again. I filled up bags after bags (6 of them to be exact) and it was ridiculous. I remember I kept saying I have no clothes to wear or I need this or want this. Well I now shake my head at that absurd comment of mine. Seriously, if  a person can go on for months without having to do laundry but still have more than enough clean clothes to wear... then that person is a shopaholic either that or a "pack rat"  i.e. me. That's a lot of clothes if you think about it. Considering I have a closet that's a size of a wall in my room. Its no walk-in closet but its pretty big and roomy to stash all the things that I have. Oh and shoes?! I don't know where to begin. And no.. I'm no Imelda Marcos, but I do have plenty of shoes. And some if not most have not been worn. And like many other things that I have, I have a hard time relinquishing them...


Sure I can sell my stuff at plato's closet or have a garage sale, but I won't get half the price I bought them for. I know because that's what I did.  All those clothes and shoes that had never been worn, I just think of how much money I could have put into my savings account instead. So moral of the story is to think really hard whether you really need it or not. And before buying  the latest trends, make sure to check-out your closets first. Chances are, you already have it.


With that said, I've taken the latest fashion trends as seen in People Magazine and recreated these trends with clothes that I have in my closet.


1st Trend: Hot Pink Dress

My Version of the Hot Pink Dress and Nude Sandals:

Dress: Forever 21

Shoes: Michael Antonio

2nd Inspiration: Light Pink Scarf

My Version of Jennier Love Hewitt's outfit is:

Scarf: Bought in the Philippines

Hand bag: Liz Claiborne

Long sleeves: Charlotte Rouse

Blue Jeans: Nordstrom

3rd Outfit: Tuxedo Blazer

My version of Jessica Parker's outfitt:

Blazer: LVL X 

Dress: Express

Clutch: Marshalls

Pumps: Colin Stuart

Necklace: Express

All the clothes and accessories I featured on here, I owned for at least a year or more. For example, the LVL X blazer I bought at my first job when I was 15. Remember that trends come and go and of course they are recycled too so no need to spend a fortune to look trendy. All you really need is confidence and things you already have.