Update: Upcoming Haul & Liese Hair Dye
LIESE BUBBLE HAIR DYE:On my last blog post I did a pretty thorough (Or I would like to think I did hahaha) review and I as a final conclusion I gave it a 4/5 rating. It's now been a week, and I find that the colour faded about 1 shade down, for me that meant, that it was getting lighter since the colour before I dyed it was very light. I don't have any pictures of when it faded, since I dyed my hair again (YES I KNOW SO BAD >________< but I really wanted the lightness gone), but I could tell you that it my whole head was a tad bit lighter than when I first dyed it.
SO BECAUSE OF THE RESULT OF ONLY 7 DAYS LATER: I revoke my rating of it being 4/5 to a 3.5/5.
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I RECOMMEND THIS DYE TO THOSE WHO ARE ONLY LOOKING FOR A SUBTLE CHANGE IN HAIR COLOR, or you want to achieve a shade that is 1 level subdued from what the picture on the box is.
On a sidenote:
I re-dyed only about the top of my head (4 inches from my roots) using Redken Color Fusion Dye in Natural 4NN. It's a professional hair dye box (I got this from my cousin who's a hairstylist, so I had to mix my own dye with peroxide level 10, and I used level 10 cause I wanted to darken my hair colour) and I only left it in for about 15-18 minutes just cause I only wanted to get a tad bit darker. Turned out awesome, the bottom half of my hair is a bit lighter because of the Liese Dye, but I actually really like the effect.
UPCOMING HAUL:
1)
As you guys might know (or not), I've ordered quite a few products from this South Korean site called "StyleNanda". I didn't order any clothes from them, just because I didn't see anything particular that I like or stood out to me (There are certainly some really nice pieces on the site, but nothing I feel that I can't find around where I live). So all that things from StyleNanda will be only make-up related things.
The package has actually arrived, but I'm missing two things for some reason.. they wrote the wrong address on the second package of things and now they're sending it back to Korea =.= So it won't be most likely until another 2 weeks or so until I get the rest of my things from them. And I won't be putting up a blog post until I have everything together.
So far all I can say is: their shipping is actually quite fast, the first package came in 10 days! Impressiveeeeeee.... but it might take double that time to get my second package SIGH...
Here's a little preview of StyleNanda products I ordered:
Check out their site here: http://en.stylenanda.com/
2)
Along with my StyleNanda stuff, I'll also be showing you guys a collective haul of the things I got including, random stuffs from Daiso (Japanese 2$ Store), clothes and accessories from Zara, French Connection, The Bay Hudson's Company, Guess and h&m!
3)
I'll also be posting up a review on Skinfood's Red Orange BB Cream, and Skinfood's Fresh Fruit Lip & Cheek Tint~
*FOR THE HAUL, I'll just be using my crappy quality ipod camera. But for the review I WILL use a better quality camera... hopefully x_____x, I'm still trying to find my charger (fingers crossed)
Bye says Ttalgi~
Review: Liese/Prettia Bubble Hair Colour
DESCRIPTION FROM LIESE SITE:
Liese Bubble Hair Color is a new type of permanent hair color. Just apply foam on hair and massage. No more troublesome sectioning of hair! Foam reaches all over the head easily and you can achieve beautiful, evenly colored hair easily! With 17 shades available, choose your favorite colors from the Pink Brown series to Ash Brown series.
STORY BEHIND IT ALL:
First of all I want to talk about my hair before dying:
I've dyed my hair once in March 2011 professionally at a salon, and I've probably done about 3 times self roots touch ups, my hair colour was originally a mixture between a medium ash blonde and brown (I had this done at my cousin's salon, so she made a special colour for me and I did bleach it once to get the colour). Before that I did use a L'Oreal Box Dye, and a Nice and Easy hair dye as well. Overtime, due to my Asian-ness dark hair, it got brassy/coppery over time, so by the 3rd month it was an orangey brown. I would say I use hot tools on my hair about twice a week, and I almost never blow dry my hair when I get out of the shower (Air dry instead, just cause I'm lazy :P).
This is the first time I used Liese Hair Dye:
I was hesitating on either dying my hair again at a salon, but it was a bit pricey. And I didn't want to dye it myself since it would be messy and I can't get all the spots, I don't really trust other people other than pros with my hair ... (especially after trying those drug store dyes, the colour correction process for that was soooo long) I only decided to try this dye out because of the countless reviews I've researched.
PROS:
- Super easy to use, and quick too
- Not as damaging as regular dye since it's in a foam form
- The colour came out almost exactly as it said on the box
- Entertaining since it's all foamy!!
- Comes with hair lotion that smells super gooooood and leaves hair soft
- Good range of colours to choose from
CONS:
- Smell is realllllyyyy strong, stronger than most regular dyes
- Instructions are in Japanese
- Suggested time on the box does not get you the colour they depict on the box
- Stains clothes and some surfaces
PROCESS AND END LOOK:
My younger cousin actually dyed her hair with the Chiffon Beige colour, and she recommended me to leave it in my longer than intended since she didn't get the desired colour she wanted. In the box it says to leave it in no longer than 40 minutes, but I left it in for little over an hour and I managed to get the almost EXACT colour on the box. I AM NOT IN ANYWAY SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD DO THIS TOO, that is just my experience. It's probably bad to leave it in more than intended (obviously =_=), but I took that risk to achieve my hair colour. While waiting I did put a shower cap on top of my foamy hair just to make sure the colour really sunk into my hair, it doesn't say to do that on the box either, and I'm not too sure if it worked, but better to do it anyways right since there's no harm ^__^. Then I only rinsed my hair until the water ran clear, then I just used conditioner (no shampoo!) and blow dry-ed my hair.
After that, I did not wash my hair for 2 days.. It doesn't say to do that on the box either or the instructions provided on the Liese site, but I figured that my natural oils will help it stay put since that's how it works with most dyes.. and I'm happy to say that it did so far. (It's only been 3 days though hahaha) I only did this because I was scared the colour might fade since my hair was sooo light before.
I picked the colour Elegant Ash, and it's almost close to black, a reallly dark brown with an ashy undertone, in the sun my hair is still a little bit orangey, but not too much. That shouldn't be a problem if you dyed your hair light without bleaching it, I believe it's only orangey because I bleached it once..
I picked the colour Elegant Ash, and it's almost close to black, a reallly dark brown with an ashy undertone, in the sun my hair is still a little bit orangey, but not too much. That shouldn't be a problem if you dyed your hair light without bleaching it, I believe it's only orangey because I bleached it once..
OVERALL RATING OUT OF 5:
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I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS DYE!
If you're on a budget that is!
I bought this for $16.99 CAD (not including tax) at my local T&T Supermarket (Asian chain supermarket)
I really recommend this to majority of you guys since it is I believe aimed towards Asian women, concluding that it works and performs well on dark hair colours and for you Asian ladies, the colour choices are very complimenting..
LIESE BUBBLE HAIR DYE SITE ~ CLICK IT
BUBZBEAUTY DYES HER HAIR WITH LIESE ~ CLICK IT
I used Bubzbeauty's hair dying video as a ref for instructions on how to as well as the instructions on the Liese website.
And that's all!
Bye says Ttalgi~
Labels: Reviews
Everyday Natural Smokey Eye: Ulzzang Inspired
Hey guys,so this is the look I wore today, it's one of a few looks I often wear to school :) (Just to mention, if you click on the pictures, it zooms in!!)
This look is uljjang/ulzzang (짱) inspired look, and ulzzang means "best face" in Korean and the word is used both online and in real life. Basically, an ulzzang is someone who has a very attractive face, but most people use the term to describe people who have become popular for their looks.
Usually they're looks are really focused on perfect skin, blush, and eyeliner with very minimal eyeshadow. This look I'm sporting is a bit more elaborate than just eyeliner and mascara though.
Sorry, I don't have the best quality camera in the world, so the blush/colours are a bit washed out, but I don't use a lot that much, just for a hue of colour. And I want to mention that I use a fluffy blending brush for the eyeshadows because it gives a very natural application!
First of all, I want to mention that I am wearing the EOS Pure Brown Contacts, just the regular 14.0 diameter. (I might do a review in the future)
- A mixture of BB Moisture Cover in Natural Finish + Magic Premium High Intensive BB Cream in Natural Beige.
- I mix these two because I find that the BB Moisture Cover is a bit too yellow and the Magic BB Cream is a bit too pale, so I mix them. And I apply it with my elf studio powder brush.
- Fresh Umbrian Clay Absolute Concealer in Shade 2 for my under eyes.
- Contour the sides of my nose and the hollows of my cheek bones using a light hand with my Nars Laguna Bronzer.
- Apply blush on the apples of my cheeks using Nars G-Spot Multiple using just a regular blush brush.
- (probably after eye-make up) Lastly filled in my brows with Daiso Brand Eye Brow pencil in Dark Brown. I extended my brows slightly just so it could match the length of the winged eyeliner.
- I did that by aligning the side of my nose to the end of my winged eyeliner, and where it aligned on my eyebrows, I extended it till there.
For my eyes/lips:
- Applied Urban Decay (UD) Primer Potion all over my lids and let it set for a couple of seconds.
- With a fluffy blending brush, used UD's Suspect (Naked2, a satin light taupe) as an all over lid colour (keep it within your crease).
- Using the same brush, applied UD's Chopper (Naked 2, metallic rose gold) on the outer third, making a ">" shape.
- Taking a warm light matte brown colour (Too Faced, Chinchilla) with the same brush and applied it right on top of Chopper and blended towards the inner corner, focusing more on the outer V until it was a nice gradient.
- Using Sephora's liquid eyeliner in Dark Brown, lined my upper lash line only on outer 2 thirds verrrrrryy thinly, and extended it about a cm out horizontally. (so no winging it up! just straight out)
- Lastly tight-lined upper lash line using NYX black eye pencil, and curled lashes and applied Benefit's Bad Gal Lash in Black (I curl my lashes before and after I apply mascara!!)
- For my lips, I used Clinique Lip-Shaping Pencil in Raspberry and applied it only within the inner bit of my lip. Then I took the brush I used for my foundation, and with the residue left over, just brushed it on my lips so that it took a tiny bit of my natural lip colour away.
Tada~ That's the final look, I hope you guys enjoyed ... reading all of that~ hahhahaLet me know if you guys liked or hated this look down below:)
Bye says Ttalgi~
Labels: Make-up
Hello for the first time!
Hi guys! (That's me!! in the pic) Some of you guys might have landed on my blog via my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/AnnyeongUlzzang and some of you just may have landed on my blog by pure chance, but either way, makes me happy that you guys decided to..... manage to read up to here already in my boring intro hahaha~
Anyways, for the sake of my blog, youtube channel, and my personal preferred privacy, my name is going to be Ttalgi, which is just strawberry in korean ^^ This is actually the first time I'm introducing myself to my youtube subscribers as well! As you subbies should know, I started going on you tube solely to translate Ulzzang Pony's make-up tutorials as a reference to people who don't understand what she writes in korean. I, myself, am not the greatest korean translator, but I try my best, and appreciate all the feedback I get from it.
On to the goods:
So this blog will mostly be on reviews of products, and maybe some make-up tutorials I decide to translate since I might be lazy to make them into a video for you guys :P
This blog will also include fashion tips, make-up tips, maybe my personal outfits(not too sure yet), random facts about me or other things, random... actual blog posts about my life haha, hair and etc.
I'm always on the look-out for feedback, so tell me what you guys want to see me blog or make videos in the future! I can't really promise you guys I'll update often... like....... how I didn't keep up on you tube, but I'll try my best! (da skool, da job, da laziness........ haha)
Bye says Ttalgi~
