hammie bo bammie!

remember, all pics clickable, click to see him in all his cuteness!

Alrightyyyyyy then, if you follow my twitter you might already know this and have probably seen two pics of him.. but a few weeks ago my boyfriend managed to convince me to buy a hamster.

The night before, I forgot wth we were talking about.. but suddenly the topic landed on what he used to do as a kid.. then it went to the pets he's actually owned.. then about his endless supply of hamsters and how he used to play with them and stuff.

Then suddenly, it's like.. HEY lets go get a hamster.

Thank god he's easy to take care of.. I have a small history of pets dying on me. All my fish die even when I feed them at the right times and clean their tanks... still don't understand why. Then I had turtles but same thing happened... wtf... then I had a bird but my mom accidently let him out and he did end up flying back to us but got tangled up near the a/c fan outside... and... yea.. then I had a pet rabbit but my friggin dad thought he knew what was best and when I went to school, he took the rabbit out from the shady garage into the hot sun but forgot to bring him inside (summer too) and he got dehydrated and died... at least that's what dad said.. I never actually saw it so I think he let it out on accident too. So I guess the last two weren't my fault.. but still.. bad luck I tell you. After all that my parents banned me from EVER bringing home another pet.

Anyways.. I present to you, Riku! Christian always talks to it and says "Hello Riku my son!!" He's a Winter White Russian Dwarf hammie, if you follow XiaXue, she has the same kind of hammies! Two in fact! I wanted a yellow pudding but apparently it's a rare color and Petsmart only had browns and these weird mixed colors.

sleeping in a burrowed hole near his wheel.. for weird some reason he likes that spot.

whoops, the red light on my camera woke him up

climbing out of his hole

his domain.. lol.. I like his wheel, it looks so spiffy! FYI, I had a blue theme going on, they didn't have purple bedding!

He ran inside his igloo when I woke him up but he's peaking out now!

Then he ran behind his wheel.. but when I called him "Rikuku!" he came peaking out from under! awwwww!!

reminds me of Indiana Jones?

hehehe peaking over the table

looking over the edge again

his daddy was playing a game, he wanted to play too! You can see where he dumped the seeds that were in his mouth earlier

Ok so remember the palettes I had purchased previously? the Maybelline smokes collection?

Here's me using the Natural Smokes palette, the left one lol. Sorry, fast application in the morning so it's uneven.. I fixed it later on but forgot to take a pic! I'm wearing one of the outfits I bought from Japan!

Here's me using the purple Kate palette I bought from Japan.. and I'm wearing another outfit from Japan lol. Ignore my eyeliner.. I was fighting with it that day.

While driving to school, guess what I spotted? A TESLA! Christian thought it was a Lotus and I'm like... LOOK AGAIN! HAHAHAHHA, that's a $120K car, definitely not a lotus.

Next up, I got my love return package from Sarah (motosays)!! She had given me a lot more candy than that but I ate over half of them by the time I actually got my camera back. LOL.

Picola Greentea wafer straw cookies, mint chocolates, japanese jelly candy, gummy bears, Hershey's Dark Chocolate (me loves dark chocolate!!), HIP lipgloss, Revlon Nude Attitude ls, Mac Creme de Nude (ooooo!!!!), Mac dazzleglass in Smile (oooooohhh!!!), Mark sample, and I'm too lazy to go look at what the other sample was!! If you're wondering what that pink card is, that is her business card

IF YOU HAVE/KNOW OF A WEDDING AND NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER, GIVE HER A CALL! SHE IS.. DUH! A PHOTOGRAPHER! To contact her, go to her personal blog

Revlon Nude attitude, Mac Creme de Nude

Top Nude Attitude, bottom Creme de Nude

With flash

Hip lipgloss in Sassy I believe

when mixed, it makes this SUPER pretty peachy color! I'd most def wear the light pink side by itself too

Then I did some hauling lately but here's a pic of what I bought just last week at CVS

Essence of Beauty makeup remover (in trial), Revlon Colorstay Mineral ES trio in Sunlit Jade, Maybelline Dream Matte powder in Medium 0-1 (BOGO free!!) Revlon lip glaze in Slip Into Pink, more Styli-Style line and seal eyeliners in black and brown(LOVESSSSS, NEW CHEAP LINER HG STATUS)

Revlon gloss in Slip into Pink

Revlon Colorstay mineral trio

with flash. LOVES this trio!! I've used it twice already!

makeup remover, only used for about 3 days now

It says non-oily but it does leave a slight oily film on your face afterwards but it's like a soft moisturizer type of after feeling.. I always wash my face after using makeup remover anyway so it doesn't matter to me, but it's not overly oily like that nasty Neutrogena I got last time. That shit dried out my skin and irritated the area around my eyes and made it all flakey!! EWWW! But this one hasn't so far, it's a gorgeous purple color and it smells REALLY GOOD, wow, I've never had a mu remover smell good before! It's like.. a light soap smell.. and the top of the bottle makes controlling the amount coming out a LOT EASIER.. DEFINITELY a huge plus!! This only cost me like.. $5 for a 4 fl oz bottle, not too shabby. I'll keep yall posted!

OK.. i need to go study for my final now.. hehehehe?

Until next time my darlings!

Katie

I'm still laggin, Fotd, tiny haul, yadaaa daa doop.

Ok so haul time!



I got another Ardell lash as my other one was too worn, Wet n Wild pigment in Amythest, maybelline define a brow in soft black, HIP shadow duo in Magnetic, Styli-Style line and seal liner in black, Styli-Style glitter liner in Silver, Maybelline's new smokey collection in Charcoal Smoke, Natural Smoke, and Emerald Smoke.

I bought Emerald Smoke yesterday at CVS since that was all that was left, but when I went to Rite Aid today they had the other colors! PLUS it was buy one maybelline product get the second free!!!!! YAY!!! BOGOS!!!! So I got one of the quads for free!! They looked pretty, haven't played with them yet.

The quads


So I was bored and decided to play with the HIP duo in Magnetic!! This is only the second HIP duo I own so I'm still fascinated by the pigmentation! I LOOOOVE this duo!!!! So shimmery!!!! I'm also using the worn Ardell lashes one last time before I throw them away, it's their time to go. LOL.

EXCUSE THE BARE BROWS, as with all my quick looks during the night, I didn't want to waste my brow crayon (expensive yo!) so the look looks a bit incomplete. My sincerest apologies! No, my hair isn't styled in any way, I had just let it out of a pony tail and my bangs were clipped up since like I said before, I cut them in Japan and they're super short!

Meet my blanket.


I have no caption for this one


I got darker yet I still seem pale. HMMM.



OI OI OI! Why am I always so washed out when I upload to blogger?!?!?!? It shows up fine on my desktop preview!! wtf!

NOW, I did end up using my other China Glaze polish from my previous haul in For Audrey!!


SOOOOO pretty!!!! It looks a little washed out in the pictures but it really is like the Tiffany's Blue!!!!

So yesterday night, per my lover's request, I made my special Spam rolls with special seasoning tossed with the rice.



:) and with that, I bid you all adieu.

Katie

why... HELLO THERE!!

:) well well well.... in my usual weekly absence from blogging, I've managed to obtain a few new subscribers! I'm too lazy to comment on your blogs to bid you girls a how do you do so HELLOOOOOOOOOO OUT THERE!!!!

If you left me a comment with a question in it, I will answer in an upcoming blog! There was a question about NYX dupes and I have to fumble through traincase B to remember whatever mental notes I had previously made about dupes :)

Ok so what do start with.. OH! So I did finally get the replacement coastal scents palette (remember mine arrived here shattered)!! I present to you.. a picture of an unbroken palette! YES!!

Ahhh!! Pretty, very pretty.

To celebrate, I decided to do another look but I used the 88 Matte palette, not the shimmer since it's new and I don't want to use it yet!!

I call it.. uhh.. hmm.. *drooooooooooool**schlerp*... Cranberry! MEH. The camera washed the colors out a little so it looks a little more brown in these pictures but TRUST ME.. it's very cranberry-ish IRL. Very wearable for your typical everyday thing. Seriously, this sucks. I have the original picture right next to this uploaded one and the colors are SOOOOOO washed out here. *cries*

Brows not filled in as always, I've been really lazy about that lately, I thank the tweezer god that I don't have random ass bald spots.

zee eyesss

HELLO

le poofamaboof

muah

kisses for my bubby!!!! Our 3 year anni is coming up (we've officially known each other for 3 years)!!! Remember, sister was a brat about our anni being the same as hers.. so we moved our anni date back to when we first started actually talking, not dating.

grabbed him to take a pic after he played his vid games for over an hour, YOU DESERVE THEM NASTY DRY TIRED EYES BUTTHOLEE!

Hey there, you come here often?

Face

Urban Decay SSMM in Supernova

Maybelline Dream Matte compact in 0-1 Medium (T-zone)

Tarte Hotel Heiress (contour)

Mac MSF in Refined

Eyes

CS 88 matte palette

Row 1, 2 down (highlight)

Row 8, 3rd up from the bottom (lid)

Row 11, 2nd up from the bottom (crease, outer v)

Row 8, 3 down (crease)

Lips

Maybelline Pink Carats lipstick

Lorac Lotsalip Babie lipgloss

Let's see.. what else.. oH. MY PRINTER. THIS INFURIATES ME!!!!!

So I bought this HP laserjet printer back in September.. and after only 3 months it just STOPS WORKING. As in.. it won't print anything.. so I turned it off and turned it back on to see if it just needed to be reset.. and it just won't turn on anymore. Soooo.. since it has a 1 year warranty on it, I took it back to Best Buy and they sent it back to HP, who then after a month and some weeks.. decided it wasn't salvageable so they sent me a brand new one. My guess, since they stopped making this model, it must've been the last one in their damn warehouse because when I set it up to install it, guess whaaaaaat? It doesn't show up under "networks" in the set up assistant. After emailing HP Support back and forth for the past god.. umm.. 2 months???? They finally sent me an email basically saying OH SINCE WE'VE TRIED ALL THE STEPS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT YOUR LAPTOP OR NETWORK SOURCE THAT'S DISFUNCTIONAL, it is the printer's hard drive that needs service, so you should go look for an HP service provider nearest to you to have it fixed, but you're going to have to PAY FOR IT since it's out of warranty OR you have the option of buying another printer from us (select models) for a discounted price.

.......... WHAT THE FUCK?!!?!?!?!?

WHY SHOULD I PAY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?!?!?!

OBVIOUSLY I emailed them back and now I'm waiting for a response. They send me another defective item to replace a previously defected item?? FUCK YOU HP. I'VE ALWAYS HATED YOUR CRAP.

*breathes*

Ok, yay. Finals are coming up next week. Woo..hoo.. yea. But on the bright side.. I have news!

Mother goes back to Japan like.. every year just to shop, eat, relax, then come back and shove purchases in my face. She's always telling me to go back with her but EVERY TIME she schedules a trip, it just happens to be right when school starts for me, when I start an internship, or when I have this and that to do. So my trip back to Japan (went to Kyoto when I was a baby) was post-poned for a whillllllle. So guess what?

I'm going to Japan in 2 weeks!!

June 12th to be exact. I'm not staying long, I'll be back June 20th I believe. Mom was trying to get us 1st class seats but since me and my little sister told her what days we were free like.. WAYY too late.. all the first class tickets were sold and we were put on standby.. I told her going Coach was fine but mom being.... mom... was all blah blah blah. So then today she calls me and says (translating it into english from chinese) "eff it we're going business class again" By again.. it means my mom is a high maintenance person and I think our past few trips throughout the years (mix of business/1st class) on planes have been a waste of money but whatever floats her boat. We were going to stay at my Uncle's house in Shibuya but he has some friends currently borrowing the place so we're staying at a hotel.

:) If you haven't read my info, I'm 1/8 Japanese on my father's side. Apparently before I was born and probably when my dad was just born.. something went on between my Jap blood and my Taiwanese blood.. and since then both sides have kept their distance.

The only person who know anything about our Jap lineage is my grandmother.. and she is VERY tight lipped about it.... I wish I knew why.. even dad says he doesn't know anything. It kinda makes me sad knowing that I have family out there that I'll never get to meet.. ahh.. oh well..

Sadly.. I'll be missing me and bubby's 3 year anni.. but we're celebrating it for weekend after I'm come back! :( Sowwie hunny..

NOW...

I stole that off google, as I do with everything I post, but anyways! I believe that's 101 in Taipei if memory serves me right.. 101 floors of SHOPPINGGGGGGGGG!! I remember when I was a kid, my mom took us there and shopped her ass off for hours.. I hated it then, but now I'm excited to go back!

:) That's right, IF my plans don't change (they always do), I will be going back to Taiwan again this winter! It's been.. 5-6 years since I last visited. I'm bringing bug spray this time. The 64 massive bug bites I received last time... ahh I remember those well. I have pictures to prove it but I decided not to make you girls puke.

Why a random trip to Taiwan too you ask? Well, a few of my relatives.. one aunt, two uncles, both grandmas.. aren't as.. healthy.. as they used to be. It's been a long time since I've seen my cousins as well, and I JUST FOUND OUT that one of my cousins had gotten married a week before my 21st bday but my parents never told me!! WTH!!!!

I have a lot of pride in my nationality as I believe everyone should be, when I hear people say "i wish I was ______" it's like.. wth.. you should be proud of who you are you douche!!

AHHH.. I've gained a lot of weight this year.. plus these coming trips? Ahh.. crap. I want to teleport back through time to least year!! That was my happy weight time!! *cry*

Until next time!

Katie

ps- wish me luck on my finals!!

tra la la poop splat

I couldn't think of a better title. 

So remember how I complained about my 88 Ultra Shimmer palette being broken and how they offered me $7 credit only for some future use as a solution and how I emailed them back basically saying that's dumb, let me just send it back? I noticed that those people who complained through the REVIEW/RATING system seemed to get treated a lot better, huh. Wonder why? Maybe because..... it makes coastal scents look bad if they just ignore them, I don't know. 

So. I went and rated everything I had ever boughten, well.. not the brushes. Just 3 palettes. I gave them all 5 stars as they do deserve them, and commentary for each, which was more or less excellent, making sure to mention how I blogged about it in my blog without actually releasing my blog name, then when I was writing the review for the Ultra Shimmer palette, I made sure to include that it was broken when I received it, how it's an issue I'm still trying to work out, blah blah blah, it's a pretty palette, blah blah blah. So then MAGICALLY I get an email saying that oh we're so sorry to hear that you were unhappy with your purchase, we are sending you a new one free of charge, basically. Would I say my secondary plan worked? Yes I would. Whoever answered my first message to them should get slapped in the face with a big fat stick of melting goat cheese on a super freaking hot summer day. Why goat cheese? I think it smells the nastiest, that's why.

So! Remember that day my mother went with me to the mall because of my laptop issues? Well she was shoe shopping for a concert she was going to (which was this past saturday) and we came across these gladiator-ish sandals that were REALLY cute but they only had a size 6 left. wayyy too big, so I ordered them online. I ordered a size 5.5 since it looked like it might run a little narrow but arghh I was wrong. It runs pretty true to size so it's actually a SMIDGE too big on me.. I'm really a size 5 here. It's not too bad though, I mean I could've returned it for the right size but it's just half a size and I don't feel like going through the hassle. Pics!

my feet look a little small here.. hmm..

OH so this whole week nothing but badddddddd things have been happening to me.. not horrible things but just physically.. painful things.. Remember how I slipped in chicken juice and bruised my knee, then that same day I was eating lunch with my legs crossed but when I got up to put the dishes away I hit my knee on the chair in the same spot? Well.. two days later I was doing my makeup in front of my vanity mirror with my legs crossed. I got up when I finished and hit my knee on the exact same spot at the bottom sharp edge of the drawer/table thing my vanity mirror is on so I ended up tearing my skin on the bruise. NIIIIIIIICE.

I got blisters on the sides of my feet where the side buckle thing from those cute sandals from above were rubbing against my feet that whole day that I wore them, so I popped them and they look all nasty now. 

If you girls don't follow me on twitter.. I accidently cut a huge chunk of my arm out a few days ago when I was cutting open my NYX package. The box was so ridiculously taped up that my scissors were having trouble going through it. I was wielding it pretty carelessly too.. and well.. you can guess what happened. Better yet, I'll be mean and nasty and show you the pic I posted on my twitter!!!!

Gross no?

OH since I'm moving apartments, me and my sister decided to sell my ugly brown couch so we could buy a day bed for our new one! Surprisingly somebody actually fell in love with it and came by to buy it!! It all went pretty smoothly, very nice guy, but remember that bad luck thing? Yea, the guy made sure I didn't have to do much since apparently I'm just a girl and he didn't want me to hurt myself, but his head was about to get hit by the metal leg of the sofa when he was loading it in and I grabbed it so it wouldn't, but then he was losing his grip on it and it was too heavy for me to hold and blah blah.. I have a half an inch cut running between my pinky and ring finger on my right hand, the opposite hand from the one that has the chunk missing. 

*breathes* I've lost so much blood this week. LOL. Forreal, when I lost that chunk from my arm, the rest of the day my lips had this weird blue-ish cast on them. It's ok, I'm ok now. 

I did a gunmetal/dark greenish look a few days ago too!! pics! Brows not filled, sorry! This was one of those night looks again so I didn't want to waste my brow crayon. I think I look alright without filling my brows.

Mwah!! You can see the makeup too.

Close up of zee eyeee.

I think I got a little darker and uhh.. fuller faced. BLECH.

A new laptop?!?!?!?

HEHEh! Nope! I just bought a new protection hard case for it! It's so cute!! It's perfectly see through so you can't really tell it's a cover! It looks like  a real blue laptop all around, top and bottom, side, everything! :) Pretty no????

My small NYX haul that came in a large ass box that caused my arm to suffer

With flash: Jumbo pencil in Purple, wild flower shadow, Luxor shadow, beige concealer

No Flash

I didn't.. I couldn't have.. OH YES I DID. You know those high end cosmetics dupe lists that have been floating around? As extensive as my collection of makeup is.. I wanted to see just how ACCURATE these dupes are. I do NOT agree completely with some items on those lists, sometimes I wonder if those people who suggested those items were drunk. Anyways, THESE TWO HOWEVER, I do applaud and agree with. 

NYX Wild Flower eyeshadow is supposed to be the dupe of MAC Paradisco eyeshadow. The finish is the exact same, the color and the specks of glitter are an incredible dupe.. HOWEVER. Wild Flower is a LOT MORE pigmented and a lot easier to apply than the normal Mac Paradisco, I find Paradisco hard to layer on, it's a PAIN to use sometimes but with Wild Flower, you can get it to show up VERY easily without trying too hard.

NYX Luxor eyeshadow is supposed to be a dupe of Mac Stars and Rockets eyeshadow. ONCE AGAIN, BRAVO. Almost the exact same!!!! It's closer than the other suggested dupe, Milani in Shock, and when placed side by side, you really can't tell the difference! 

If anyone's on a budget or doesn't yet own Paradisco and Stars and Rockets, go with the NYX dupes! You'll save money!! 

Went to Rite Aid with my little sister while waiting for our pizza to be made on Sunday and bought some things I've been wanting to try out.

Jane Be Pure Mineral Gel Liner and Prestige Wet/Dry mineral foundation in Soft Spice

I've been using the Prestige compact these past 2 days at school and the color is an excellent match. I'll review it soon enough, I doubt I'll ever use it wet though.  The gel liner is SUPPOSED to be better than the Mac fluidline, but I have yet to test it out. 

HMMM.. forgot to review the revlon pen.. I'll do it later. LOL!

Three days later and it's still bleeding through my bandaids. Getting better though, I think? HEHE?

Anywhos, time to spend time with the boyfriend! Night everyone!!

EWWWWWWWWWW finals are coming up. El screwed-o!!

Katie