Picks of the Week

My Wishlist for 3/3/14 - 3/9/14

Picks of the Week by kkangshi featuring Butter London

1) Butter London Nail Lacquer in Cake-Hole

2) 100% Pure Fruit Pigmented Pretty Naked Palette

3) Vapour Organic Beaauty Stratus Soft Focus Instant Skin Perfector

4) Everyday Minerals Blush in Tea Rose

5) Juice Beauty Spa Set

Friday Face-Off: Givenchy vs. Zuzu Luxe

1. I was browsing the Sephora website and found their Our Favorites section. One of the first items to pop up was Givenchy's Le Rouge lipstick. I loved some of the colors, so I decided to look up the label and color it here. I was disappointed by some of the ingredients (Hydroxycitronella? BHT? ewwww~), so I decided to look up something comparable. I've been a huge fan of Zuzu cosmetics for years now, so I found a similar shade called Luxe Lipstick in Beso Beso AND it's formulated with better ingredients! Lastly, as if it wasn't good enough already, the whole line is cruelty-free, vegan and gluten-free. I think it's easy to tell who won this battle~

Before and After: The power of Contouring and Cosmetics

Before and Afters:

The Power of Contouring and Cosmetics

Often when I show pictures like these to people, there will inevitably be a debate on whether or not "that's the same girl in both pictures."

The power of makeup, especially contouring, has an amazing ability to reshape the face and bring out our best features. Here's a collection of pictures I have found around the web of some of the most astonishing before-and-after shots. Whether you style is more natural, or if you the Go Big Or Go Home Time, I think we can all agree that it's fun to image the possibilities of what we can do with cosmetics.

Click here to see my collection of 

Before and After images from around the web!

My Ipsy Bag: February

Got my Ipsy bag for January! Check out what's inside! Also, click from the products listed below to check out their color-coordinated ingredients label (for all the details how the toxicity level of each chemical in the product). 

1) City Color Be Matte Blush - Fresh Melon

2) Zoya Professional Nail Lacquer - Odette

3) Pop Beauty Plump Pout Mini - Fuchsia Freesia

4) J.Cat Beauty Eyelash + Glue

My Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

This was my first Ipsy bag, and I have to say I was a little disappointed. While the blush color was gorgeous, after looking at the ingredients, I'm not sure I'm going to use it much. Parabens and fragrance are HUGE no-nos, especially for daily use. While the lipgloss is cute and comes in a fun color, it contained WAY too many mysterious ingredients for me to be comfortable ingesting. As for the lashes, I'll probably use them, but with a safer glue (if I ever find one). The best product in the bag was the nail polish, since Zoya is a 5-Free brand, however I wasn't lucky enough to get the cute color and instead ended up with "Odette" which is a pale lavender I'm sure I'll never use.

The cute pink bag everything comes in is adorable. I will use the pink bag.

My Ipsy Bag: February by kkangshi on Polyvore