Cheung + Gomez Wedding (Honolulu, HI)

Karen - Bride

Before

Hair setting


Hair - Front

Hair - Side

After - Make up and hair

Face - Make Up Forever HD Foundation 120, Bare Escentuals tinted mineral veil, Sephora concealer, Nars Sin blush

Eyes - Urban Decay Stray Dog, Stila Dune and Chinois, Anastasia Ash Brown eye brow powder

Lips - Personalized MAC lip stain 

Park-Kim Wedding, September 11, 2010

Gina Park - Bride

Before

After

Face - Make Up Forever HD Foundation 120, Sephora concealer 4 palette, Nars Zen (contour), Nars Lovejoy (blush), Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil

Eyes - Anastasia ash brown, Urban Decay primer potion, Stila Espresso, Dune, Chinois eye shadows, Stila black Smudgepot, Ardell false lashes

Karie and Brad Wedding

This will be further updated with more info soon:

Karie - Bride

Stephanie-Ross Wedding

Bridesmaids:

Krystle before

After
(face: Make Up Forever HD Foundation 120, Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil, Nars Amour blush, Smashbox highlight; eyes: Stila Prize, black smudgepot, Urban Decay Purple Haze, M.A.C. Mylar)

Tori before

                             

After
(face: Make Up Forever HD foundation 123, Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil, Nars Dolce Vita blush, Smashbox tint; eyes: Stila Moonlight, Diamond Lil, Pewter, black smudgepot, M.A.C. Vanilla)

Sara before

After
(Make Up Forever HD Foundation 120, Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil, Cargo HD bronzer, Stila highlighting bronzer; eyes: Urban Decay Fishnet, Underground, Stila Moonlight, black smudgepot, M.A.C. Vanilla)

Kim before

After
(Make Up Forever HD Foundation 123/125, Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil, Cargo HD bronzer, Smashbox tint; eyes: Stila black smudgepot, Urban Decay Maui Wowie, Roach, M.A.C. Wedge, Vanilla)

Bride:

Stephanie before

After
(face: Lorac foundation, Stila illuminating concealer fair, Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil, Cargo HD bronzer, Bare Escentuals Glee, Smashbox highlight; eyes: Anastasia brunette, Stila Moonlight, Summer, Pewter, M.A.C. Vanilla, Stila black smudgepot; lips: M.A.C. lip stain mix of Boss Brown/Sappho)

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Rho-Kim Wedding

May 1st - Fairmont Olympic Hotel 6pm wedding

Bridesmaids:

Lammy (face: Make Up Forever HD foundation 123, eyes: Urban Decay Roach, Smog; M.A.C. Wedge; Stila Chinois and black Smudgepot, cheeks: Bare Escentuals Glee)

Lisa (face: Make Up Forever HD Foundation 120, eyes: Urban Decay Stray Dog, M.A.C. Modelette, Shroom, Stila Chinois, Epresso and black Smudgepot; cheeks: Smashbox tint)

Kisha (face: Make Up Forever HD Foundation 120; eyes: Urban Decay Flipside, M.A.C. Copperplate and Mylar, Stila black Smudgepot; cheeks: Nars Albatross)

Mary Ann (face: Make Up Forever HD Foundation 120; eyes: Stila Pewter, M.A.C. Copperplate and Mylar; cheeks: Bare Escentuals Soft Focus and Nars Laguna bronzer)

Bride: Valerie (face: Make Up Forever HD foundation 117; eyes: Nars deep purple, Stila Cassis, M.A.C. Memorabilia, Stila Chinois; cheeks: Bare Escentuals Glee, Smashbox highlight)

Bridal Checklist

It's getting close to that time.  You are one step away from updating your Facebook status from "engaged" to "married".  How exciting!  But don't get all flustered.  Now is not the time to lose focus.  :-)

Your pre-wedding checklist:
1.  No flat ironing of hair the day before the wedding
2.  No facials, brow waxings, cut/color of hair 3 days or less before the big day
3.  Reduce salt consumption 7 days before the wedding and definitely no salty meals the day before the wedding
4.  Don't switch birth control, change skin care regimen, clothes detergent or any other skin related routine less than 6 weeks before the wedding

5.  Build an emergency kit:

• Safety pins
• Double sided tape
• Small sewing kit
• Scissors
• Bleach pen
• Bobby pinks
• Blotting paper
• Gum/mints
• Razor
• Deodorant
• Bandaids
• Tissue
• Nail polish remover
• Clear nail polish
• Nail file
• Make up remover/ wipes
• Q-tips
• Tampons
• Advil/pain reliever

Good luck and stay calm.  You are beautiful.

 

What do you know about tubing mascaras?

Mascara.

You got lengthening. Plumping. Waterproof. Curling. Colored. Natural. Stains. Etc. But what a lot of people also have is clumping, smudging, running, or flaking mascara. Behold the most recently sensationalized "advancement" to mascaras: tubing formulas.

For me...I have Asian eyes (which means my lashes often touch my lids as well as short and thin lashes), oily skin (which means even waterproof formulas transfer to my lower lash line) and wear contacts. I am pretty much one of hardest to please people when it comes to mascaras...until I discovered tubing formula mascaras.

So what are tubing mascaras you ask? First of all while they are not "waterproof", they are extremely smudge/transfer resistant. One of the biggest misconceptions about "waterproof" mascaras is that they are somehow also smudge or transfer resistant. This is not true (as many "smudge" sufferers probably already know) because smudging and transfer is usually the result of OIL not water. Tubing formulas are both water resistant and resist smudging and transfer due to oil. The other thing that is different about tubing mascaras is that instead of the traditional dissolving removal process, you use warm water and light pressure to essentially "peel" off the mascara. I equate it to using regular nail polish and having to dissolve it off versus the "peel" off nail polishes of the 80s.

One of the first tubing formulas to enter the market was Blinc Kiss Me ($24) mascara. Rated and mentioned in many wedding magazines and wedding make up related articles...it's claim to fame is staying in place even through those happy wedding tears. My personal experience is that if you want relatively natural and well separated lashes...this product is the way to go.

The "best selling mascara in Japan" is Imju Fiberwig ($24). This lengthening formula is recommended by Rachael Ray as well as by yours truly. While the formula is relatively thin, it can also be layered on to a point of looking like false lashes. I have applied a couple layers on my day old mascara-d lashes to find that it builds up quite nicely and doesn't create a "spidery" effect.

My current in use mascara is Clinique's High Impact Curling mascara. Like I mentioned...I have short, straight and sparse lashes. This mascara (at $14 price point) manages to give me the volume that many other tubing mascaras have not, curl without the use of my trusty Shu Uemura eye lash curler as well as ease of removal with warm water and light pressure. Overall I'm pretty pleased with this mascara and need to go out and buy a new one soon. :-)

List of other tubing mascaras that I've tried:

Too Faced Lash Injection Pin Point ($19.50)

• Pros: Small brush gets really close to base of lashes, volumizing formula
• Cons: Somewhat flaking formula, harder to remove with just water and light pressure

Too Faced Lash Injection ($19.50)

• Pros: Similar brush to Dior Show
• Cons: Similar brush to Dior Show, strong "bubbles" scent, all same as above Pin Point

L'oreal Double Extend Beauty Tubes

• Pros: Lengthening formula, easy to remove with water and light pressure
• Cons: 2 mascaras to get end effect, not particularly volumizing

Making the world more beautiful...one face at a time.

Welcome to the world of Hello Mi Pretty!

Over the next few months this site will become filled with "before" and "after" photos. I still need to get a more professional camera, so bear with me for the first round of pictures.