Easy breezy day and night looks with Bobbi Brown's Long Wear Cream Shadow Sticks // Bobbi Brown持久炫彩眼影筆 打造話咁易的日夜妝!

Today I'll be showing you how to create day and night looks using Bobbi Brown's Long-Wear Cream Shadow Sticks, which had just been released! These play sticks and crayons, which are extremely easy and handy to work with!

今天和大家介紹如何使用 Bobbi Brown 新的持久炫彩眼影筆系列來打造話咁易既日夜 2 種妝效. 呢次推出既眼影筆很似蠟筆, 用起黎十分容易同方便!

I'd be using three shades from the range: 

Vanilla, a beige ivory color without shimmer;

Bark, a dark brown with slight shimmer;

Violet Plum, a deep plummy shade also with very fine shimmer. 

我揀了 3 隻色黎示範今次介紹的 2 種妝效: 

Vanilla 是象牙米黃色, 無閃粉的;

Bark 顧名思義就是樹幹的啡色, 微閃;

Violet Plum 是深紫色, 微閃.

Some swatches on arm. You will see that Vanilla is a color-correcting shade basically, it's immensely useful to neutralize the discoloration on our eyelids. These shadow sticks are pigmented and glides smoothly on the skin so there's no tugging or blotchy patches, bonus!

在手背上的試色, Vanilla 很適合用來調色, 它的象牙色剛好蓋掉了眼蓋上的暗灰, 絕對是必買的顏色! 既可以做 corrector, 又可做底色, 畫在眉骨做 highlight 都仲得! 值得一提的是這個系列的眼影筆全都是很 '上色'的, 刷上皮膚絕不會有拉扯的感覺, 畫出來平均並且柔滑, 不會一韃韃, 超讚!

I'll create a timeless neutral eye using ALL THREE SHADES:

而家講下點畫一個乜場合都岩, 永遠唔會 outdate 既 neutral look, 我用晒以上 3 種顏色:

First, swipe Vanilla all over the eyelid to correct any discoloration, use your fingers to blend evenly:

首先在整個眼窩畫上 Vanilla, 用手指推開, 先中和眼蓋的暗沉:

Apply BARK to the outer 1/3 of the lid, just below the crease, then use your fingers to blend. Add a flick of black eyeliner on upper lash line. 

然後用 Bark 在 眼尾的 1/3 位置塗數下, 在眼褶以下停下來, 用手指往內眼方向 blend 開, 造出漸變效果. 我用了黑色的眼線筆畫上眼線.

Lastly, dab a bit of Violet Plum on the inner corner, use your fingers to blend again:

最後, 以 Violet Plum 在內眼角點數下, 用尾指推開:

After blending, you will see that the darker colors used on the outer and inner corners instantly gave more dimension to the eye, it resembled the deeply sculpted eyes. This is timeless neutral eye look with a twist ;)

推開之後, 你會發現內外眼角的深色令眼蓋中間位置更鮮明突出, 強化眼部輪廓, 令這個 neutral look 更有玩味 ;)

The second look I create below will be suitable for ladies who prefers more dramatic and sultry look. Here, I swiped Vanilla all over the eyelid again, then blend.

第 2 個 look 適合喜歡 dramatic 效果的女士們. 同樣地, 先塗 Vanilla 在整個眼蓋, 推開作調色之用.

Apply Bark as an eyeliner just above the upper lash, blend with fingers. 

把 Bark 用作眼線般在上眼線位置畫數下, 然後 blend 開.

Apply Violet Plum on lower lash line as eyeliner, stopping just before reaching the inner corner.

以 Violet Plum 畫下眼線, 在接近內眼角前停下.

Eyes instantly look more awake. 

眼晴即時精神起來.

I used the deep purple sparkle shade in Black Pearl Eyeshadow Palette, also released by Bobbi Brown earlier: 

我用了同是 Bobbi Brown早前出的 Black Pearl 眼影盤右上角帶有明顯閃粉的深紫色:

Swipe the dark sparkle shade on lower half of eyelid, stopping just beneath the crease, blend again. Apply black eyeliner on the upper lash line.

用眼影掃塗於眼褶以下的位置, 推勻, 再加黑色眼線.

Voila! The night sultry look is done! Isn't that easy breezy? The whole process took just a few minutes! 

這個輕易的晚妝便完成了! 整個過程才只不過數分鐘!

These Bobbi Brown cream shadow sticks are extremely convenient and easy to work with, all you need to do is: SWIPE, BLEND, and GO! If you haven't played with these yet, go and swatch them at the counters - there are a total of 8 new shades in the lineup! They are HK$260 each.

這次介紹的筆狀眼影膏十分方便帶出街使用, 連眼影掃都省掉, 只需畫, 推開, 搞掂! 一共有 8 色, 快 d 去專櫃玩下啦! 每支售 HK$260. 

Bobbi Brown Soothing Cleansing Oil: A Girl's Best Friend // 女孩的好朋友: Bobbi Brown舒緩卸妝潔面油

A few years ago, I used up a bottle of Bobbi Brown's old cleansing oil and thought nothing of it. Boy, was I stunned this time upon my learning that they have a new cleansing oil coming out in July.

幾年前，我用了Bobbi Brown的舊的卸妝油並沒有太多的想法。誰知話咁快新的 舒緩卸妝潔面油在7月份推出喇。

Bobbi Brown Spring '12 Long-Wear Eye Collection Swatches and Look // Bobbi Brown 春季持久不脫落妝品

Bobbi Brown's Spring Color Collection theme is Long-Wear that lasts from coffee to cocktail hours, the lineup includes Long-Wear Eye Pencils, Long-Wear Cream Shadows, Intensifying Long-Wear Mascara. Alas, I told myself, my search for a pencil liner that stays put on my lash line is finally over! I'm an avid fan of pencil liners over liquid liners any day, and the latest release of Long-Wear Eye Pencils from Bobbi does not disappoint!

Bobbi Brown的春天的顏色款式的主題是12小時持久不脫落，春季陣容包括持久不脫落眼線筆，持久不脫落的膏狀眼影，和持久不脫落睫毛膏。天啊，我立刻告訴自己，終於可以結束搜尋一支持久不渾染的眼線筆了！我每天畫眼線之餘, 幾乎只使用眼線筆 (可刨的那種)，而Bobbi Brown新出的眼線鉛筆令我喜出望外！

Foundation that lasts from Coffee to Cocktails - Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Even Finish SPF15 // 返工放工都緊貼皮膚 - Bobbi Brown全新Long Wear Even Finish SPF15粉底液

Sometime before Easter, I was invited by Anthia and Sylvia to experience an intense workout session after work, and of course to try Bobbi Brown's new liquid foundation. I arrived at the venue, changed into gym outfits in no time, and had my face patted on with the new Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation by Bobbi Brown. I was excited to see how this foundation fares after an intense 45-minute workout session!

復活節前，我被Anthia和Sylvia邀請體驗Bobbi Brown新的無厚持久粉底液。我到達會場，換上運動服，塗上無厚持久粉底液. 我很期待經過45分鐘劇烈運動後的粉底液會變成如何！

Packing makeup for travel// Bloggers meetup// Happy Holidays!!

Hi ladies! Since I will be leaving for Taiwan in 2 days, I figure I would do a post on what I pack for trips that last for 1 week. I planned on blogging more often but my daytime job is sucking away my time and energy (and daylight for taking proper product pictures)! Hence this condensed post :P

Packing for a 1-week trip is easy, and the choices are considerably easy to make compared to, say, packing for my stay in Europe for 6 months.

There is a separator which came along with the makeup bag and I use it to separate base/face products and point-makeup products.

On the far left is a close-to-finishing tinted sunscreen from Orbis with SPF 34, it will be used up after a few uses. Next to it is the MAC x DSquared Sculpt & Shape Powder. On top of it is a loose settling powder given to me by Georgina in our swap, love anything with high SPF. Next to it is Benefit I Lotused You Looking blush (lilac), Canmake cream blush in Vitamin Orange, and Lola's Refine Eye Mousse eye base and primer, which also acts as a makeup eraser when something goes wrong ;) I keep it in my bag all the time whenever I found something smudging.

Below is 3 foundation samples (Jill Stuart, Cle de Peau, Dior Snow). 3 foundation samples should be more than enough for a week, and they weigh much less than a full-size powder foundation.
Then the right portion of the makeup bag will be devoted to: Q-tips, Canmake nudy glow gloss 01, YSL mascara sample, Shiseido Maquillage concealer stick, Canmake Cover & Stretch concealer wand, Revlon ColorStay eyeliner in Charcoal (love this stuff), Urban Decay Bourbon eyeliner (brown with golden glitter). Shiseido Majolica Majorca lash expander, Benefit Miss Popularity Highlighter, Shu Uemura eyelash curler, mini concealer brush from a Benefit palette, and 2 face brushes, the dual-ended one for contouring + blush, and the other one for applying loose powder. It's really hard for me to decide which blush to bring (LOL do I need to explain this?), so at the end I think it'd be great to bring an orange and my HG lilac blush, I could possibly throw in a pink one too...bu I remind myself it's just 1 week. For eyeliners, I go for softer colors (versus all black), charcoal and deep brown are definitely on the list too.

Now move on to the skincare bag, I put it 3 pairs of eye masks + 3 face masks; dental floss; 2 bottles of contact lens solution, 1 contact lens case; a sample of body lotion, The Body Shop Tea Tree Blemish Stick (for you don't know when a pimple will come up), wet facial + hand wipes, Shu Uemura moisturizer samples (5 of them there, think it will be sufficient for 7 days?). Sara Happ Lip balm, Crabtree & Evelyn hand cream. Then notice the far left on the top: I use an old contact lens case to store my facial wash instead of bringing a large tube with me. I filled both sides with the facial wash and should be enough for more than 1 week. I also read that some girls will pump their liquid foundation into the case instead of bringing a large glass bottle, it makes your bag so much lighter. Next to the facial wash is a mini bottle of toner (container bought from Muji), a small tub of eye cream.

A few days ago I met up with Kay from Cosmeddicted! We went browsing and shopping for a bit ^^ and settled in a local restaurant serving typical local food! She was very kind to help me CP a few stuff from Korres in Sephora too, thankyou so much for bringing them all the way from Hawaii!

Hawaii-ness + Kawaii-ness = Hello Kitty! (Sorry for the bad pun, lol.....)

Apart from the Hello Kitty phone strap and memo pad, she got me a palette from Stila and a shower gel from Philosophy. I love gingyyyyy! This is way too cute *v*

She helped me CP a gift set from Korres, and their anti-aging primer, Korres is not available in HK. Thanks again Kay!

This was the third bloggers meetup I've had in a month :) the forth one is coming soon too!! hehe you know who you are :P

The following items are given to me by my friend: NARS Multiple in Copacabana, Sofina jenne moisturizer, the silver tube of eye cream next to the Carmex hand cream, and a beauty serum and tiny jar of cream on the far left from a brand called iS Clinical.

And this hugeeeee bag from Bobbi Brown....

....Which houses the deluxe travel kit (makeup traincase).
It's black and made of patent leather.
it's really HUGE (you will see why soon), the insides:
There are slots for keeping your makeup brushes in place:
The black makeup bag is detachable from the traincase:
When the cover of the bag is lifted, it revealed a very roomy space:
I put a blush compact next to it so you can compare the size of the traincase... I probably won't bring it with me to travel, not for a week anyway, lol it's almost the size of my notebook computer...
To end this post, I would like to say ♥Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas♥ to everyone of you reading this :)