just like that.

listening to "Monster" by Super Junior

Whenever I listen to Korean music, I always sing the English parts and hum everything else. Korean is so hard to sing. It's like tongue twisters for me. Sometimes I want to learn the language just so I could sing. Here, have a blurry picture.
No outfit post today. I went out to buy some makeup and makeup remover to practice with for next week. I was recruited as a waitress for my school's Japanese cultural festival next week. And I'm supposed to be like. Cute or something. So I'm practicing using makeup for that.

Ooh yeah, fun stuff. I got a package today from Petticoat Junction. Flippin huge package. I haven't posted clothing purchases for a while.It's a bag off poof! So fluffy, oh gosh. I've wanted a Malco Mode petticoat for a while, but held off on buying one because I kept telling myself I didn't need it and it was too expensive. Well, I finally caved in. I bought Malco Mode 582 in Natural. It was between natural and white, and I went with natural because I like off white better than pure white. A lot of people buy Malco Mode pettis in petite for the length, so I almost bought a small instead of medium. So glad I went with medium. It's already kind of tightish in medium.
This is the reason I haven't posted a room photo for the past couple weeks. Can't even walk in here. I swear, I trip and slip on stub my toes on everything in here. It's not messy because I'm a messy person. Rather, I'm trying to clear my shelves, drawers, and closet of things that I don't want anymore to sell or give away before college. There's boxes and boxes of manga in front of my closet. I can't even get to my closet. There has to be around 200 books in those boxes. And that doesn't even count the ones that I'm keeping. It's spring cleaning time.

Love, Kai

going nude: mac viva glam gaga 2 review, comparisons, and swatches.

I was finally able to go to MAC to pick up my Viva Glam Gaga today. Stopped by Borders on the way, so I was able to pick up the March issue of Vogue. I wasn't careful and accidentally chose one with a rip on the bottom. Dangit.
I was kind of hoping that the MAC store would be giving out free Gaga posters. No luck there.

I only bought the lipstick, but I might go back for the lipglass. In general, I'm not a huge fan of lipglosses, but I can make an exception if it's MAC and Gaga. The lipstick is a nice warm flesh nude shade. It doesn't apply as dark as it looks. The only other MAC nude color I am familiar with is Myth, which applies really light. Viva Glam Gaga 2 is a darker shade than Myth, and is more flattering on different skin tones.


Here are my other nude lipsticks. From left to right, Victoria's Secret Femme, MAC Viva Glam Gaga 2, and Revlon Nude Attitude.
And some swatches on my arm for color comparison. After getting this MAC one, I don't think I can go back to using the other two. The MAC formula is that good. It glides on smoothly and easily and goes on creamy, while the Victoria's Secret one is hard to apply and makes my lips look cracked and flaky. The only other formula that I can think of that might be better is the Yves Saint Laurent lipsticks, which are over twice the price of MAC.

Here it is worn. Left is before and right is after.
Kissy face. I tried doing a toothy smile, but I haven't been able to do one of those since 9th grade. The all came out looking really forced, so I decided against putting it in.

The color is pretty light. When I was looking in the mirror, in the bathroom light, it looked like my skin is darker than the lipstick. In most lighting, it looks about the same. I would like it to be a tad darker, but I do like this lipstick quite a bit.
I tried to take a closeup, but my lips are extremely non-photogenic. At least that's not too much of a concern as a style blogger.

Overall, I do recommend this lipstick. Like most nudes, it does tend to flatter the fair skinned more, but it is quite wearable on non-fair skinned people. My skintone is not particularly light, which is something I have to take into consideration when choosing out cosmetics. (Someone once said to me, 'if you have sun allergies, why is your skin so dark?').

Bonus time. I thought this kind of went with the nude theme. I'm currently wearing Chanel Inattendu nail polish. My grandmother bought it for me as a present last year before I returned to America. If it were a little less warm and orangy, it might possibly be my mannequin hands color. Chanel polish has the most flawless formula for application, but is too much of a splurge for me to buy. Thought the colors are great and the formula is great, Chanel varnish is really just for the name. For the time being, I'll just stick with dupes.

Beauty blogging is probably not for me.

Love, Kai

vivaglam gaga is back.

Another thing for me to look forward to next month! The first thing I'm looking forward to is finishing the last of my college apps.
The first Vivaglam Gaga lipstick for MAC was released about a year ago alongside Vivaglam Cyndi. I'd never bought a lipstick before, and the light pink isn't quite the type of color I would wear. Nude colored lipstick is the only color I'm willing to use.
But you know. If it's Gaga lipstick, I had to get it. Here's a picture I took of the first Vivaglam Gaga from last February.

Vivaglam Gaga II will be released in the US on February 17th. I'm particularly excited to buy it this time around because Vivaglam Gaga II will be a nude color!
I'll be running off to the mall just for this next month, no doubt. Information courtesy of Temptalia.

Love, Kai