Packages

I've gotten a few packages from the last couple of weeks because of certain contests I won and I thought I would share with you guys =]
I was soooo happy and thankful for being able to win these contests! I got really excited everytime my dad handed me a package saying "I don't know what this is." I'm surprised he didn't ask why I got a package from the US and from the UK!

Anyways, I shall do this in the order I received them.

MOONBEAMSTARLIGHT
So a while back I won Ling's contest (aka. moonbeamstarlight on youtube) for doing this magical theme look.

And I won...

So here Ling sent me a make up brush bag that she made herself, which is the blue starry sparkley bag =] I think the material is so cute! I didn't realize that it was that glittery also. For a second, I thought that she used sparkly paper to write her note but then I realized that it was just the glitter from the bag. Ahah. She also sent me a Clinique bag which is really big! It fit all my beauty products when I went to Buffalo for a weekend.

This is the Hello Kitty eye shadow palette by H&M. I noticed that she uses this palette in a lot of her videos, which is probably the reason why she's giving it as a prize. I didn't even know that H&M sold these type of things. I did not realize how sparkly the eye shadows were until now. I would have totally used this for my DragonPalace88 entry.
I was very excited about getting the Glam Crystals Collection 2000 Eyeliner because I don't think the brand is even available in Canada and I heard they're really good from Ling of course. Ahah. There's a bunch of different colours but the one she gave me was silver. I'm glad I got the silver one because it can basically go with any outfit, though I do wanna see the other colours as well XD I did a swatch on my hand when I got it. Very pretty and sparkly =] ... and again I would have totally used it for my DragonPalace88 entry! D:

Ling is also a huge Hello Kitty fan so she sent me this Hello Kitty egg. It's almost like a Kinder Surprise! XD It came with a little Hello Kitty toy, Hello Kitty stickers, and candy. Yummm.. The toy was so cute and so small. I didn't want to lose it so I put it in my make up brush holder.

Can you find her? D:


Ninjatown desktop yeahhhhh.

Besides these items I also got a small Mango body butter tub, a Juicy Couture perfume sample (which is like a mini spray bottle!), a small tub of Vitamin E moisture cream, a L'Oreal true match sample in N4 (it's not that off from my skin tone, I'm N3 =]) and a bunch of samples.

Thank you so much Ling!!! =]
Subscribe to her on youtube! Her channel is moonbeamstarlight.

NEXT!

23 CRYSTALS
I already posted about winning the 23 Crystals contest a while back and I finally took pictures of the new necklace I got from them.
So just a little recap. We had to send in a picture doing the '23' for their August 2009 Cuties Contest and my entry got chosen =] I did it with my sister while I was in Californiaaaaaa.

And I won...

Yayyyy =] The necklace is from their Cuties Collection.. thus the name of the contest. So prettyyyyyyy. I already got compliments on it.
So comparing it to my other necklace, it is smaller but it still looks great just on its own.

My collection will probably get a lot bigger in the future... when I have money XD. I decided to mix and match with my other necklace for fun.

Yes, I am using their awesome note paper as the background.

I cannot enter in the next one for September and it's my birthday month too =( Ahah. It's all good. There will be more in the future >=] So, go follow 23 Crystals on their blog and join their group on facebook! They have more awesome swarovski jewelry for cheap prices and will be hosting a giveaway every month. You still have a chance to enter for the September 2009 Cuties Contest!

Thank you again Anne and Toots!

Lastly,

DRAGONPALACE88

At the beginning of August, I won DragonPalace88's Contest called "Eye of the Dragon" for doing this look.

I am very happy that I won because I put so much effort into designing and creating this look. A few things I was stuck on for the design were the scales and the claws. (Which is why you might notice that when I show the design on the video it wasn't completely finished. Ahah) I wanted to be happy with every choice I made. Then one day, I came across this picture where someone did a snake look and she had scales on her forehead and cheeks. On the description she said she used fishnets. I thought that idea was brilliant! I youtubed it, and she's not the only person that has done it before. So I decided to borrow this technique. It worked perfectly =]
For this contest, the winner was chosen by votes. There were only about 5 or 6 entries for this contest. I was sooooo happy seeing that almost all the votes were for me! I really don't remember how many votes there were. I think over 50? I might be completely off, but I know that there were like 3 votes for other people. But still... I was sooo happy! XD Thank you to those who did take the time to vote and support me.

I won....

I really excited so I opened them already before I took the picture.

Sonia Kashuk products! I am very happy because I don't think Sonia Kashuk is available in Canada either. She sent me them in this really awesome envelope, which is the background of that picture! It's so rad. I love it!
As you can see, I got some Sonia Kashuk lashes. I usually only wear false eye lashes for dance competitions so my mom buys the thicker ones. But these ones I think I will use for special occasions because they look more natural looking =] I can probably use them in any future tutorial contest entries.

This is the 5 piece brush set that comes in the little white pouch. Perfect for travel! It has a litte mirror inside and there are even labels for the brushes on the inside. It's very cute =]

Lastly, this is the eye shadow quad called "Smoke in your Eyes." I find the name funny for some reason. Ahah. I LOVE the packaging for Sonia Kashuk. I haven't tried it yet, but the eye shadows seem well pigmented.
Thank you so much for hosting this contest DragonPalace88! (Your real name is very unique =] )
Go subscribe to her! XD

Because we're on the topic of packages, I did receive the photos from the Fever photoshoot I was chosen to be in. I was going to post about the photoshoot when I did receive the pictures so then there would be something to show you, but unfortunately, they told us that we're not allowed to post the pictures on facebook or anything =(. This made me really sad because I really wanted to share with everyone T_T. We took so many pictures, but in the end they only gave us a few. I got like 9 pictures. They said if we wanted more we would have to order them from the photographer. My mom and I are curious to see what the others looked like so we might email them back to see and hopefully order.

Toodlez~

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Thank you Anne and Toots! =]

It was announced on their blog here.
I'm so happy I get to own another piece of 23 Crystals! ^^
I can mix and match it with my other one =]

I was able to find time to take a picture with my sister wearing our 23 Crystals necklaces during my little cousin Bianca's birthday party here in California =] She just turned two! I will go into more detail about the party later. It was a good opportunity take the photo because we were both dressed nicely (though you can't even see our dresses in the photo). lololololol i used my sister to win a necklace .... don't worry i told her about it beforehand =]

My posts on my California trip will take a while. Ahah. Sometimes I can't even believe I'm still here, just because so much has happened. I've got most of the pictures on facebook though.
I could have been smart and posted after each day here (if something that would be interesting to you guys happened) but I was lazyyyy. I guess I should start soon D:

Anyways, getting off topic.
We took just two photos but in the same pose. One on my sisters cam and one on my cam. But the one on my sister's cam looked better so I got hers on my laptop and started editing.
Really with photoshop I only know how to do basic things. No major graphics or anything. However, recently I heard about this Chinese photo editing program that is free on someone's blog. The photos that she had looked like they came out from those photobooths in asian places! ahah. So I went and downloaded it. A lil catch is that, everything is in Chinese >.<'' So you can't exactly understand any of the words, but you will still be able to use the program because it is that easy. I played around with the program using the photo with my sister and I, and I came up with some different versions of it.

This is the original

This is the one they liked the best! =]

I'm so happy that all my photo editing during my vacation time did not go to waste.
I'm very thankful that I was chosen for this month ^^
They will be hosting this contest for every month so go follow them on their blog and their facebook group if you haven't already.

Anne and Tootsie are the best! XD

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DragonPalace88 Contest Entry

I worked a lot harder on this one that my last video, so I hope I do well with this!

This time I think there is only one winner and it is based on votes. I don't think you can vote til the contest closes, which is on the 30th. So please support me when the voting does start! =] It's one vote per username. If you don't have a youtube account, make one now and vote for me! ^^ I'll heart you foreverrrrrrrrrrrr... kinda.

Toodlez~

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Eye of the Dragon

So, there's a new contest by DragonPalace88 that I am planning on entering! Yayyyy... The theme is "Eye of the Dragon" I thought it was a pretty interesting topic so I have already started on a design in my moleskine =]
I can't post up the video here because it was disabled. Click here!

Ever since I won the Moonbeamstarlight contest, I have gained some confidence in entering make up looks. Ahah. And please don't judge me. I am not doing these because I am crazy obsessed with make up or anything. And I don't enter every single contest I see either.
I see creating these looks as art, which is why I put effort into designing and everything beforehand. I see make up as an art actually, especially eye make up... which probably explains why I own so many eye products! Though, I still do know how much is appropriate for everyday =]

Anyways, I already have an idea of what I am doing. I just hope no one's look is similar to mine because there are only so many things you can think of with a dragon theme! I do have an inspiration figure (which will not be revealed until I'm done my video) so I hope no one steals that too! Ahah.

My entry will be posted in a couple of days because I won't be able to make it or post it up towards the deadline.

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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Spring Contest Entry

Finally done! I obviously put more effort into this one than in my last contest entry. It was a lot of fun doing this =]
Special thanks to Bryan for helping me film and borrowing his tripod ^^

Oh and if you could, can you rate it on youtube? Just because I know there's people who are purposely rating horribly on everyone's videos... in the Happiness contest people rated high for each other hahah. So that must mean something. I already got one rating and it was a 2/5. All the other contest entries are low as well. Oh wells. I guess the ratings don't really matter in the end, but it is good to have a high one lol.

Toodlez~

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