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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween-ish FOTD

I was at the Stewart/Colbert rally in DC on 10/30 dressed as a vampire loli :3 No one know what the heck I was, as expected, even though I have fangs. I wish I had taken better pics of my makeup though...

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Video Demonstration - Female-to-male (Drag King) Makeup



Guess who the bishounen in this photo is? Haha, it's in fact me, Makeup Piggy! In my newest video, just in time for Halloween, I have demonstrated how to do drag king (female-to-make crossdressing) makeup. I deliberately did not use the typical "draw on a fake beard" approach (which, to be honest, look weird on most girls and doesn't work with anime characters). Instead, I focused on extensive shading to turn a relatively feminine facial structure more masculine. Unfortunately the video is kind of crap, and you can not see me do my lips at all, so I will definitely re-do it in the future.



Two more pics for your viewing pleasure:



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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Circle Lens Review - GEO Hurricane Brown (HC-104)

Here is my review for the Geo Hurricane Brown circle lens. I think these are one of the most lovely lenses I have ever worn, the pattern is AMAZING. :D

I originally ordered these lenses in hazel, but changed my mind and asked the seller to send me brown instead. I still have not seen any reviews of the hazels, but I am glad I chose brown instead because the color is awesome.

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As you can tell from the pictures, the lenses have a very natural starburst of color with a slightly darker outer ring. The pattern is not harsh at all, and the color brings amazing warmth to my eyes. The reason these are called "hurricane" is because there is a subtle swirly pattern on them, but you can't really see it when worn. Look at the pic at the end of the review for the lenses in their case, and you will see the swirly pattern.

Enlargement-wise, they are middle of the road. No scary uber-large doll eyes here. :)

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I think the Hurricane Browns have overtaken the EOS Max Pure Brown as my favourite "Warm Brown Eyes" lenses :) Here are some comparison pics, and you can see the color of the Max Pure are grayer, but they are larger in size than the Hurricane.

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Here is another comparison with the uber-huge GEO Super Nudy Brown. The pattern on the Hurricane is so much more natural compared to the Nudy.

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Here are all the lenses worn in this review. Clockwise from the top: Hurricane Brown upside down, Max Pure Brown, Hurricane Brown right side up, Super Nudy Brown. The swirly pattern is clearly seen here. :)

FINAL VERDICT:
Design: 10/10 - Tons of love for the design :D
Enlargement: 9/10 - Decent enlargement, close to 14.5mm I think.
Comfort: 9/10 - Feels fine for the 10 minutes I wore them for this review
TOTAL: 9.5/10 - I might get these in other colors as well, I hope they will have pink!

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

My look for NYCC 2010

I went to New York Comic Con on Saturday wearing this look. It's been a while since I wear full makeup out, and I am pretty proud of it. :)

Short list of products:
- Revlon Colorstay foundation
- Chacott loose powder
- NYX eyeshadow (black, gunmetal and silver) and glitter eyeliner (silver)
- No-brand white eyeliner
- Maybelline gel eyeliner in black
- MAC lipstick in "Violetta"

Here is a closeup of the eyes. The contacts are Neo Dali Extra Grey.


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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Circle Lens Review - EOS V102-L Brown

Here is my review for EOS V102-L circle lens, sponsored by GWYSHOP. These are the lenses that AngelaBaby wears all the time, and it is not hard to see why: They are among the most natural lenses I have seen!

The V102-L are single-color brown lenses with a diameter of 14.2mm. They have spikes of color that goes into the middle of your eye so they blend better with your real eye color.

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My eyes are naturally very dark, so these lenses made my eyes lighter. But as I said before, these are one of the most natural lenses I have tried. :)

The enlargement is pretty decent too, as you can see below. Also, you can compare my natural eye color with the lenses pretty well in these pics.

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Here are some comparisons of V102-L with natural lenses I have on hand. First are my Hyper Size Platinum Brown:

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The Platinum Browns are much closer to my natural color, and also has a softer edge. They are, however, smaller than the V102-L.

Next up is comparison with the EOS Max Gold Black, which are black-brown:

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The Gold Blacks are very unnatural when compared to the V102-L, and the spikes are very obvious on them.

Here are all the lenses featured in this review. Clockwise from the top: V102-L upside down, Max Gold Black, V102-L right side up, Plat


FINAL VERDICT:
Design: 9/10 - Simple and very natural design, perfect for natural looks
Enlargement: 9/10 - Seems to be bigger than 14.2mm
Comfort: 9/10 - EOS lenses are all quite comfy
TOTAL: 9/10 - No wonder Angelababy love these lenses, they are lovely :)

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